Evening star., 1926-04-05
NAT|ONAL PARK BILL
lRAFT|NG IS BEGUN
Commission Starts Work,
With Money for Purchase
Already Subscribed.

The Southern Appalachian National
t7rk Commission. having been in
formed that sufficient money had been
0scribed by the public for tie par'
ase of both areas. today began the
k of formally drafting the bills
ich it is expected viii result in the
alton at this session Of congress Of
great national parks in the East
he Shenandoah National Fark. 10
ed ir the nearby Blue Ridge
unta.ns Of Virginia, and the Great
oky National Park, located in toe
untains Of North Carolina and
aneSses.
he commission met this morning
the Department of the Interior
u recs4ved reports from the com,
n ties that have been in charge o.
=. campaign in Nirg MIA, North
C'rol.na and Tennessee TO raise
ugh money through a public ap,
J. Il to purchase the two areas and
r stnt them 10 the Federal Govern
n Mt as the outsta anding type east
OF the Rocky Mountains Iov nauJna'
Pc ks.
Virginia Oversubscribed.
Col. II. J. Benchof:, president OF
tn Shenandoah National Park As
Sc ;ation, Inc, informed the commits
So \ that Virginia alont had on er.
Su scri0ed its quota of $1,000, 900. He
~e orted total subscriptions of 1929
Is and added that the Old Dominion
hal not yet completed its drive tC
re se enough money to make ct rtair
tn t the Shenandoah National Park
viii be established before the presen'
Cl lgrt SIS adiourns. These figures dc
IA into Yha SSSD
O. that the District of Columbia has
+ Iced itself % subscribe.
oil. D. c. Chapman. chairman of
= board of dire tors of the Great
) oky Mountain Conservation Com
81 n and head OF the joint commit
l. appointed to raise the necessary
I ! for the Great Smoky National
! K. IN North Carolina and Ten,
: see, reported that Tennessee alone
J subscribed S643 900 and North
tina 81 8 no0.
he total OF these two Is a trife
Ter the minimum quota hat the
thern Appalachian Park Comm:s-
had told the supporters of the
nessee park they would have to
1ge
Tennessee Offers Help.
gas shown, however, that the
- OF Tennessee had far oversub-
bed it's share of the burden, and
en- faced with the figures from
-th Carolina indicating that there
lld be a substantial shortage, Col
tpman tod the commission that II
rth Carolina failed to subscribe
\ full share by the time the bill
'eady for introduction in Congress
State of Tennessee would accept
added burden and guarantee the
ii necessary to make up the
10000 that naust be pledged before
park can be created.
was pointed out by members OF the
mission that the fact hat the min
I'm quotas have now been passed
not lessen in the slightest degree
necessity Of raising the remaining
4 that viii be necessary to pur.
So the entire park area as Planned.
the case OF the Shenandoah Nat
ii / q K, at leaS =
ded for the purchase OF the land.
although Virginia has not yet
ed it's campaign, those in charge
lara that 1t will be necessary for
sons outs de of Virginia to sub
be considerably more than ST.
900.
Il the present time the District
Columbia is in the midst of a
1p2lSn 10 raise $IoU,UUU toward
addi, ,ional fund. At least 500, 900
hat has already been pledged and
)ert N. Harper, chairman of the
shington campaign committee, has
ared that there is no longer any
bit bul that the people of the Dis
I of Columbia will meet their
cation.
National Drive, Planned.
is planned TO inaugurate imme.
tely after the Washington cam
IN a national drive for funds. not
for the Shenando"h h National
k. but the Great Smok" Park
well. All monev subscribed in
shington and points bordering Viz
in Maryland and West V ,inia
he devoted exclusively 10 the
nandoah National Park. But sub
ions from New York and else
ere will BE- divided evenly between
two parks, which Secretary of the
erior Work is anxious TO see eStab-
ed at this session OF Congress.
o this end q committee has been
med consisting OF Mai William A.
lsh, general manager Of the Pal
les Interstate Park and a member
he Southern Appalachian National ]
k Commission; |. Benchof Col.
lpman and Mark uires Of North
o!ina. This committee plans 10
ry the appeal for funds for the two
ks throughout the East.