The creation of this Monument was not the result of chance 

 but of carefully thought-out intention; the gift that made it pos- 

 sible simply provided opportunity for carrying that intention 

 out. No better way of extending into the crowded eastern re- 

 gions of the country the immediate benefits of our National Park 

 system could have been devised than that presented by the 

 Monument, which for the first time gave this system access to 

 navigable waters on a harbored coast and gave the East a Na- 

 tional Park area characteristic of its greatest recreational fea- 

 ture. 



Cordially yours 

 (Signed) Franklin K. Lane 



Hon. Swagar Sherley, 

 Chairman, Committee on Appropriations, 

 House of Representatives, 

 Washington, D.C. 



