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when it authorizes any type of project. I think we can start out now, 

 even without official action. 



I would think certainly the Bureau of Outdoor Recreation and 

 the Housing and Home Finance Agency, if and when they start 

 on their development grants, should state as a policy position that 

 one of the criteria they will use in authorizing a development 

 project will be natural beauty. In this way, a start can be made 

 by an official of an appropriate governmental agency. 



This will not cost anything. 



Mrs. E. PAGE ALLINSON. Mr. Chairman, the Secretary of Health, 

 Education, and Welfare this morning briefly referred to vandalism. 

 It seems to me that vandalism and litter are a great menace to our 

 landscape. 



To use an example, which is really a town example, in West 

 Chester, Pa., recently when a number of young trees were planted, 

 not one, but dozens of them were broken off almost at the root level 

 so that the trees were completely ruined. This happens also in the 

 country. I would like to know if anyone has found an answer to this 

 sort of vandalism. Of course, I know education is one answer. But 

 there might be a quicker one. 



F. J. MACDONALD. In order to facilitate this program, we 

 might have three activities on a local level. First would be a series 

 of awards and competition to encourage competition on the local 

 and State level. Such an awards program would make available 

 to all areas certain funds and considerable publicity when specific 

 criteria are met. The competition could be based on both the design 

 and the actual construction or installation of the design. Winners 

 could receive Federal prize money as well as much publicity in both 

 of these categories. 



Second, the land grant colleges and universities should develop 

 seminars in cooperation with local organizations, possibly landscape 

 architects, landscape contractors, and nurserymen, to enable the local 

 areas to qualify for the awards mentioned, as well as to educate 

 or orient the State and local people who are interested. 



These seminars or clinics also need recognition and publicity. It 

 is important that the universities and colleges take the incentive 

 in developing these programs, as well as provide guidance, but the 

 emphasis should be placed on publicity which is on the local per- 

 sonnel participation. 



