566 CONFERENCE ON NATURAL BEAUTY 



At this point, Mrs. Bush-Brown showed a series of slides, illustrat- 

 ing the Philadelphia program. Among them were a number of "be- 

 fore" and "after 33 pictures of neighborhoods and streets. Several pic- 

 tures showed 4-H projects carried on by children under the 4-H 

 Neighborhood Improvement Program financed by the Sears, Roe- 

 buck Foundation. 



"In this last picture, 33 Mrs. Bush-Brown said in concluding her 

 presentation, "you see a group of 4~H girls and boys at work. Some 

 of these children, in fact many of them, had never seen grass be- 

 fore. They got down and felt it and said, 'It is so soft and so green.' 

 Here you see the praisers of beauty for the next generation. This is 

 an important age at which to provide this influence, because these 

 children are going to grow up with a natural love and appreciation 

 for the beauties of nature. They will be fine leaders, I am sure, in 

 their own generation. 3 ' 



ALLEN MORGAN.* All of you have litter pickup problems, and I am 

 sure that many of you have enlisted youngsters and their parents in 

 your communities to pick up this litter. One of the problems faced 

 by Wayland, Mass., developed into an unusual project improving 

 its city dump. Wayland has a dump, and to dramatize the problem 

 of litter and bring attention to the dump, we decided to hold an art 

 show there. 



What makes this unusual is the enthusiasm it generated. The 

 schools held a series of contests. The Historical Society, Garden 

 Club, Women's Club, and hundreds of people became involved in 

 contributing their art, in producing new pieces of art, in putting the 

 artworks up, and generally in dramatizing the fact that the Wayland 

 dump was an eyesore and the finance committee and selectmen had 

 better get busy and do something about it. 



This may seem ridiculous, but it was done and done well to pro- 

 duce action. This is what we needed to stimulate the citizen and to 

 inspire leadership. It gets attention. It gives people like Mrs. Dick- 

 erson something to report. I am sure that action will follow. 



Mr. RAIRDON. The concept of citizen action for natural beauty im- 

 plies that every American must accept a share of personal respon- 

 sibility in the crusade to preserve and refresh our Nation's beauty. 

 I hope to emphasize vigorously the significance and the necessity for 



*Mr. Morgan, at the request of the chairman, spoke briefly at this point, illus- 

 trating his talk with a series of slides. He described a project carried on in 

 Wayland, Mass. 



