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That the Garden Club of Indiana in convention assembled go 

 on record as approving President Johnson's Beautification Program 

 and that members send letters or wires at once to President Johnson 

 and John T. Conner, Secretary of Commerce, in support of this 

 program, and that the Secretary of the Garden Club of Indiana send 

 wires informing them of the action taken by this Convention. 



That the Garden Club of Indiana in convention assembled go 

 on record as approving the plans made at the White House Con- 

 ference on Natural Beauty and that letters or wires be sent by our 

 members at the time of the conference, May 24 and 25, also that 

 the Secretary of the Garden Club of Indiana send a wire to Laurance 

 Rockefeller, Chairman of the conference informing him of the action 

 taken at this convention. 



BENJAMIN SCHWARTZ.* Because we believe that only at top level 

 can the public interest be protected, we urge that the President 

 appoint a Cabinet Committee, including the Secretaries of Defense, 

 Justice, Interior, Commerce, and Council of Economic Advisers 

 (similar to Cabinet Committees appointed by Presidents in the past, 

 to consider the coal, petroleum, and textile industry), to study the 

 following aspects, among others, of secondary raw materials: 



Antimonopoly. The two important characteristics of the eco- 

 nomics of the secondary raw materials industry, are the collection 

 army at the base of the industry, and the function of the law of 

 supply and demand, operating in a free market. The industry is 

 composed essentially of independent and small business units who 

 represent the last outpost of individual initiative within a highly 

 captive industry. The survival of the small and independent 

 operator, and his share of the market, are threatened by the increas- 

 ing concentration of economic power in the scrap business. 



Monopolistic trends in the industry, and the reciprocal and exclu- 

 sive deals affecting the commodities, are raising the serious question 

 whether there will be a place for the small or independent dealer 

 in the future of the industry. In terms of a national emergency, 

 the question is not whether the scrap will be around, but whether 

 the human being and the organization for the collection and proc- 

 essing of the scrap, with its unique ability and experience acquired 

 over many years will be there when it is needed. 



*This is an extension of remarks made by Mr. Schwartz during the panel 

 discussion. 



