FURTHER STATEMENTS SUBMITTED FOR THE RECORD 621 



Freeway complex at Detroit. This type of thinking would create 

 a harmonious whole instead of the present all too often piecemeal 

 approach without regard for the final result. This change in con- 

 cept came in for considerable discussion at the conference. 



The American Right-of-Way Association and its 8,000 members 

 in 43 chapters throughout the country pledge their support to the 

 goals sought by the White House Conference on Natural Beauty. 

 The Association membership includes every facet of the right-of-way 

 profession and the related fields of public utilities, oil companies, 

 railroad companies, city, county, State, and Federal agencies, as- 

 sessors, engineers, title companies, banks, and other lending agencies, 

 and great progress has been made in the 30-year existence of the 

 Association in better understanding and cooperation among all the 

 various interests represented. I believe the Association by increas- 

 ing the scope of its activities can be of great help in attaining the 

 conference goals. It is my intention to make these goals known to 

 every member of the Association at the Annual National Seminar 

 and Meeting of the Board of Directors of the Association at San 

 Diego. 



FRANK J. RIMOLDI. I hereby submit the following suggestions: 



1 . That change be made in Federal Income Tax Law to the effect 

 that anyone donating land to any public governmental unit for 

 conservation, or beautification, or recreational purpose or purposes 

 will be allowed credit over and above the 30-percent of annual in- 

 come exemption. 



2. That a CCG (Civilian Conservation Corps) or similar orga- 

 nization, be reconstituted for purposes of: (a) forest conservation, 

 ( b ) soil conservation, ( c ) water conservation, ( d ) roadside beauti- 

 fication, (e) screening of ugly situations, and (/) general aesthetic 

 improvement of the outdoors, etc. This would not only improve 

 the general appearance of America but would give employment to 

 many high school drop-outs and also to many unemployed youths 

 and thus reduce juvenile delinquency and give thousands of city 

 youths their first contact with nature (a most wholesome and most 

 necessary experience ) . 



3. The subject of the desecration of outdoor scenery by billboards 

 was amply covered in the conference, but if I remember correctly, 

 no mention was made of other forms of outdoor advertising such as 

 all manner of sign boards: (a) Nailed on trees or erected on posts, 

 etc., especially when they start as far as 50 miles or more from the 



