Evening star., 1925-11-18

q come now 10 the SDeCl1C items
of worthy needs that might well be
undertaken by the Garden Club II
Americas will place first the National
| Arboretum. | place this first not be
| cause | believe II is OF the greatest
| Importance To the National capital
bur because IL Is perhaps more in line
! with the funda mental ideals Of your
! orca niGation.
The passage of the arboretum act.
he went on. will he of tremendous -
! vantage in the development OF the
! plant industry, in which your organl.
"a lion is vitality concerned and will
| he OF the utmost advantage tn the De.
| pdrtm2nt of Agriculture 10 develop II s
| hllldlng program. which is so urgently
| necessary at this time along the right
| lines. The head Offices of IN. deDsrI-
| ment would he developed in the center
OF the city OF Washington and the ex-
perimental and laboratory work would
! be developed on the site Of vour ar
| bor2tum. on the out skirts of the city.
| The arhoretum will further allow
| the removal nf the experimental farm
| now on the Virginia shore adjoining
| arlington Cemetery to the site of
| the arboretum and will thus allow
, The eNpa nsion of the Arlington Gene.
terry to include the present attractive
| experimental farm site. which is con
|
| lies IN charge OF the cemetery. This
| removal Will alSo he necessary in con.
nection with the complexion Of tn.
Arlington Memorial Bridge project
now under way
referring now to the general
! met hod. which I indicated before. the
procedure 10 secure great National
Arh"retum. for certainly this coun.
ny needs one tremendously. Is for
me Secretary of Agriculture to
secure the approval Of the Rureau
of the Budget and tho presi
dent for the bill as beins in ac
r"rdance with his financial progra m.
'hen I" submit the nill to the com
mittees on agriculture Of the Senat .
and House Of Representatives and.
as outlined above. TO secure it's ia G.
sage through both houses and enact
| meht INTO law. immediately after II 9
| "hac'ment. to then. as | outlined.
| lake steps 10 secure the necessary an
pr"priati" authorized in the law.
Can Demonstrate Need.
I'm all Of these steps he said .,be
| Garden club of America can he Of the
| greatest possible help MOI only nv
| their own efforts blIt hy interestipc %
| IN this work all other organizations
OF women, whether political or civic
I'm thelr nature, in order o demonstrate o
/" me President. the Bureau Of the
| honset ana 10 Congress that there
| Is real and insistenr public nsed
and demand for the proposed leci.,a
ton. The means Of ACKNOWLEDGEMENT,
| OF these ends are too well known IN
| YOU To he worthy Of mention. huf
| primarily. of course. your success
| would be in each case to .he uember
"1 congress or member ot the Senate
| WIN whom YOU are best acquainted
ana ny orga nized effort in appealing
! 'he PRESIDENT and 70 the Bureau of
me Budget for their favorable con.
| eideration.
| Inc next step in the program for
| Washington. which ! wish TO hiring
| 10 YOUR special attention and which
| were IL not for the conditions I men.
| TONED before. | would place first on
| this list. Is the necessity for securing
adequate appropriations for the ex.
| tension OF the parks of the National
| 'apltai In accordanc nee with the Ma.
| tional Capital Park Commission act
and up to the fun authorize ton OF
| sl,ooo.ooa a year. The members OF
| the Park Commission feel that dur.
| ing me recent wears of rapid growt h
ef Washington the purchase of park
| land Is at least 30 or ~ years behind
! only very small tracts of mark Ia nd
having been purchs sed since 1901. and
therefore each day building operations
are destroying beautiful forested area
which once lost can never he re.
| covered
| Power to Commission.
| The next most important feature
| in your Washington program should
IN my opinion. he a concentrated effort
| to secure an additional authorize tion
for the National Capital Park Com
| mission Ia convert II into park and
pla ming commission with fun Ithor.
| ity TO make a comprehensive CITY and
regional plan of Washington and its
surroundings in Maryland and Vir.
sln1a. in co-operat ton with the officials
| of those two States The \ational
| Capital Park Commission. at it's meet
ing Yesterday. approved the draft Of a
bill, which ! have here. which. il
| passed. will give this additional au.
| thority and Will insure in the near
| future the development OF Washing
ton along lines OF orderly and beauti
full growth. which has been so woe
| fully neglected in the past
| Another item which I wish to
| commend to your ia vora BILE consid
| Grafton is the necessity for adeQuatA
appropriat tions for the maintenanc
1
! Of Washington. few days ago Mr.
Frederic A. Delano told me that the
| city Of Des Moines, half az large az
| Washington. has park budget for
| this coming year OF $4,000. 900 out of
| q total budget Of $25. 100000. or ap-
| proximately % per cent OF its entire
| expenditures to so to park mainte-
! nance, development and extension
| Instead Of % per cent in Washing.
| ton. we get for park maintena nee and
internal development approxims tely
| , per cent of the budget nd for park
extension about n per cent. or total
| of 81 per cent Of the total budset a {
against % per cent for city which
is State capital and not the Capital
Of the worlds greatest nation
| The parks of Washington receive
less money per capita and less money
per acre. feel quite confident In "a y
ing, that any city Of similar size in
| the United States. and l feel sure that
YOU will agree that as the Nations
| Capital it should receive not only as
much as any other city OF equal size
| but far more