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celeration of blight if industry and government do not act together to 

 solve this problem. 



We also concluded that the principal solution to the junk car 

 problem is not to haul the cars into the woods, nor to screen the 

 graveyards, nor to bury the car hulks, nor to cast them into the ocean, 

 nor to use them as fill, nor to experiment with them in an analogy to 

 Public Law 480, for a Gars for Peace program although in terms 

 of certain market sectors and at certain times all of these techniques 

 could be used to good effect. 



We think that the primary emphasis should be on the recycling 

 process of making auto scrap attractive enough from a quality and 

 price standpoint through operation of the market forces, with what- 

 ever government lubrication might be necessary to effectuate this 

 end. 



More specifically, the problem requires Federal, State, local, and 

 industrial cooperation. We therefore considered what could be done 

 at the different levels of power. 



Now, on the State level, it seems appropriate to move for model 

 State legislation providing for automatic and rapid transfer of title 

 to facilitate the movement of abandoned cars into the scrap cycle. 

 If adequate constitutional notice could be given which does not 

 seem to pose too bleak a barrier a statute vesting title more quickly 

 would be legal and effective. 



There also are recommendations for State and local land planning 

 and zoning for wrecking yards so that they can be located in their 

 proper place, not impinge on their neighbors and, in turn, perform 

 a useful economic function without being impinged upon by other 

 uses. 



We also recommend State licensing for wrecking yards. A per- 

 sonal property tax, based on their fair market value, seems in order 

 to expedite the moving of automobile hulks, particularly from the 

 rural areas. 



Our next step up the escalator of power and of money takes us 

 to the grants-in-aid program. Here we suggest matching funds for 

 concentration and storage of processed hulks, for help in screening 

 and planning, and for aid to municipal pickup and disposal, as part 

 of the solid waste disposal program now going on within the Federal- 

 State-local relationship and as proposed in several bills before the 

 Congress. 



On the Federal level, further action is prescribed. First, we 

 recommend that both the interstate highway system and the non- 



