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the dissemination of information concerning conservation and natural 

 beauty. 



Title IV of the National Defense Education Act may apply to this 

 proposal, as might also the Vocational Education Act of 1963. 



E. With regard to the general functions subsumed under Investi- 

 gation and Research, we specifically recommend: 



( 1 ) The wide establishment of Community Extension Programs 

 within the various States and regions of the country so that the 

 resources of the universities may be focused on the community as they 

 have long been concerned with rural areas (reference is to Title I 

 University Extension and Continuing Education, S. 600, Higher 

 Education Act of 1965). 



Organizations such as the National University Extension Asso- 

 ciation might be involved in this function. 



(2) Emphasis on the applicability of the National Defense 

 Student Loan Program, Title II, NDEA, to students in fields re- 

 quired for implementation of programs on conservation and natural 

 beauty, e.g., architecture, urban planning, conservation, horticulture, 

 wildlife studies, and the like. 



The Graduate Fellowship Program, Title IV, NDEA, also applies 

 to this recommendation. 



(3) The encouragement by the President's Council on Natural 

 Beauty of the development by interested universities of centers of 

 graduate training for conservation, redevelopment, and maintenance 

 of natural beauty, and that incentive grants and private funds be 

 sought for this purpose. 



(4) Establishment of a panel of research in natural beauty 

 whose purpose would be to encourage and implement study and 

 research programs in problems relating to natural beauty. 



(5) The development of a major poll of public opinion in con- 

 servation, redevelopment, and maintenance of natural beauty with 

 the purpose of reporting on conflicting principles and practices as 

 well as areas of agreement. These polls might be developed at suit- 

 able periods to reflect change in opinion and, if possible, practice. 



Citizen Action 



The Chairman, Mrs. WHITTEMORE. The Citizen Action Panel 

 finds that this generation of Americans is ready, as no earlier gen- 



