REPORTS OF THE PANEL CHAIRMEN 639 



1 1 . Federal technical and financial assistance and materials should 

 be made available to local governments in urban areas for the plan- 

 ning of parks, aboretums, botanical gardens, conservatories, zoos, 

 aquariums, and tree planting programs. 



12. The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act should be sup- 

 plemented to guarantee that a reasonable portion of the funds are 

 distributed to local governments. 



13. An increased percentage income tax deduction should be 

 allowed for donations of land for public open space and recreation 

 uses. 



14. Federal law should permit local and regional open space and 

 recreation uses to have at least equal consideration with health and 

 education uses in the acquisition of surplus military and other Federal 

 lands. Open space and recreation uses should also be afforded 

 equal pricing terms. 



15. The Land and Water Conservation Fund Act should be 

 amended to require as a condition of eligibility that States provide 

 to their political subdivisions technical assistance in outdoor recrea- 

 tion-open space program planning. 



16. There should be developed a national program designed to 

 utilize plants and shrubs developed in the National Arboretum and 

 Federal agency nurseries for the public areas of our cities. 



17. A national program should be developed under appropriate 

 conference sponsorship to utilize our public arboretums, experimental 

 stations, and botanical gardens as research centers with an educa- 

 tional component tied in with the science classes of the secondary 

 schools of our Nation. 



18. An updated manual should be prepared outlining and cor- 

 relating the essential provisions of all Federal recreation, open space, 

 urban development, conservation, and natural beauty programs. 



19. We urge a massive national effort aimed at establishing 

 beauty in design as a major consideration in all Federally-assisted 

 urban construction programs. 



20. We urge amendment of the Housing Act of 1949 to add to the 

 declaration of national housing policy language that will make explicit 

 the government's objective to provide leadership in the achievement 

 of beauty in all communities. 



2 1 . We urge establishment of a national council on urban design 

 for the purpose of reviewing Federal-aid projects to secure design 

 quality. 



