Evening star., 1926-05-16

/ ~ RGANIZED to carry into the
States and municipalities of
the nation the message Of
~ President Coolidge that
Americans must needs be
| dull boys unless they mix with the
| leaven of their routine work little
/ play in the outdoors, the National
| Conference on Outdoor Recreation,
established more than three years ago,
| has urged State and city executives
| to further the interest Of the people
of this nation by formation of com
mittees to carry forward the word that
| the outdoors IS good place and that
! further use should be made of it,
Gratifying response has been had
! by the executives Of the conference
! in Washington to the invitation of
. Murray Hubert. secretary of the
/ State delegates committee, and Chaun-
! ceY j. Hamlin. chairman OF the con
| ference, that Governors appoint com
| mitteeS to work with the national or
] ganization. Under this organization,
a continuing one with headquarters
in Washington, ii is hoped ultimately
! to gather under one banner all the
conservationists. the wild life lovers.
those who would preserve our few re-
naming wildernesses and all those
| W ilO iONe lDe great OUTDOORS.
Hoover Backs Movement
| Although his chief business is pro.
| motion of American trade. Secretary
of Commerce Hoover has declared that
he is not so much interested in
| whether a man catches fish as in get
! ting that man outdoors where he can
/ have opportunity to rest his soul and
! secure that rest and peaceful outlook
on life that fails to come in the shadow
! OF skyscrapers and TO the echo of
! steel Shod heels on concrete pave
| ments.
| Addressing the national conference
here last Winter. Mr.. Hoover pointed
! out that fishing land by this be spoke
| parenthetically, meaning also any
sport where calm reflection takes the
! place of the worries of business) has
in addition TO its physical benefits a
great spiritual uplifting quality Mr.
! Hoover a member of the President S
| committee on outdoor recreation was
assumed to have been speaking for
| the Administration.
| Only recently added steps have been
! taken to bring the value and true
! worth of outdoor recrea ton before
| Americans. Mr. Hubert has sent to
| Governors resolutions adopted by ten
| nationally prominent lovers Of the
| outdoors. urging the State executives
| 10 appoint committees to work with
| the Presidents Committee on Outdoor
Recrea ton and the National Confer
ence on outdoor Recreation
Official Status Urged.
| 1T is respectfully suggested" Mr..
Hubert wrote. that in the appoint
ment Of said committee the Governors
be urged to consider the selection of
| persons willing TO serve without COM
pensation and representative of Off
| cial departments of the State and ci-
william organizations of Statewide
character interested in the field of out
door recreation and education and the
! conservation of plant and wild life
| resources
| And that it shall be the function
of this committee to coordinate in an
advisory capacity the plans and poll
cieS of all State agencies. official and
unofficial, to the end that there may
be a definite State program and policy
which will promote the acquisition and
| adequate administration of outdoor
recreational facilities - Fairgrounds
parks, forests. game preserves, high
ways, public camp sites and unpolluted
i
| joyment and education of all citizens"
| The letter also urged that such State
plans and policies be co-ordinated. in
so far as practicable, with the plans
and policies of counties and munich
palities and with the governors COM
mittees of neighboring States and
with the Presidents committee, head.
ed by Secretary of War Dwight r.
| Davis.
The group which drew up the reso.
! lutions on which the letter was based
| included the following: Squire Du Rec
of California. John II. Hatton of Colo
rado, Miss Clara Julia Anderson of
Iowa. Mrs Frederick d. B. Austin of
/; Maryland. Karl E. Pfeiffer of Mary
! land, Murray Hubert of New York
John J. Blair of North Carolina. DIR.
X Y. Ames of Ohio. Edward A. Bur
! lingame of Rhode Island and Mrs. +.
H. Quarles of Virginia