TOPICAL INDEX 



781 



Water resources Continued 



local government, planning by: 158, 



163-164 



management of: 143 

 metropolitan areas, attraction to: 



149, 174-175 



population growth, effect on: 172 

 preservation programs: 7, 38, 143 



144, 150, 163 

 private groups, role in: 163, 616 



617 

 reservoirs, effect on erosion: 172 



173 



sources, protection of: 142 

 State aid in controlling: 160 

 in suburban areas: 450-451, 453 

 townscape, significance in: 94, 104 

 Water Resources Council (proposed) : 



27, 160, 162 



Water Resources Planning Act) (pro- 

 posed) : 162-164, 646 

 Waterfronts 



acquisition for recreation: 150151 

 adapting of shorelines: 175 

 beautification programs needed: 39, 



157-160, 162, 175 

 cost of land for: 151-152 

 decay of: 154-156 

 demonstration projects proposed: 



169, 175 



donations by public: 152, 166 

 Federal action in: 160, 175, 645 

 Federal-State-local action in: 646 

 filling as aid to beautification: 646 

 highways, encroachment on: 152 



153, 156, 209 



historic landmarks, preserving: 646 

 historic uses, reversing: 645-646 

 industry encroachments by : 171,174 

 multiple jurisdictions problem: 175 

 pollution control: 646-647 

 program proposed by panel: 645- 



647 

 as recreational landmarks: 167-168, 



645 



spoliation of : 165166 

 State action in: 160 

 transportation, relevance of: 173 



Waterfronts Continued 



uses, extension of: 646 



zoning and easements, use in: 645 

 Watershed Protection and Flood Pre- 

 vention Act: 142 

 Wayland, Mass.: 566 

 Wayne County, Mich. : 97 

 Waysides, place in highway planning: 



240, 650-651 



Weather Bureau: 578-579, 673 

 Weed, L. J.: 387 



Welwyn Garden City, England: 123 

 West Chester, Pa.: 493 

 West River: 300 

 West Side Highway: 189 

 West Virginia: 215, 346, 353, 613 

 Westchester County, N.Y.: 216, 652 

 Western Oil and Gas Association: 253 

 Westinghouse Electric Co. : 366, 368 

 Whiskeytown-Shasta-Trinity National 



Recreation Area: 5, 26 

 White House: 10,51 

 White House Conference on Natural 

 Beauty 



additional statements by delegates: 

 593-630 



Chairman's closing remarks : 674 



Chairman's presentation to Presi- 

 dent: 675 



general session : 17-22 



genesis: 14 



goals of: 48-49 



matters for discussion : 14-15 



President's message to Congress on' 

 1-15, 27 



President's response to Conference: 

 675-683 



reports of panel chairmen : 63 1-674 

 White Plains, N.Y. : 216 

 Whitman, Walt: 595 

 Wiggins, Russell : 562 

 Wild Rivers Bill: 163 

 Wilderness Act of 1964: 68, 475, 622 

 Wilderness System, enlargement : 5 

 Wildlife refuges 



farmland as : 313 



parks and open spaces as : 115 



redevelopment concerning: 36-37 



progress to continue : 5 



threats to : 68 



