Evening star., 1933-01-02

Jrp OF CHEVY Chase, D. 9.
accomplished only at very great ex-
penSe."
Albert Shaw. editor Of the Review of
Reviews and vice president of the Amer
ican Civic Association, commenting on
the point that celebration of the BIZ
centennial and study of the life and
times of Washington has been salutary,
looks to the future. George Washing
ton, he holds, would today be our most
enthusiastic exponent of all movements
to bring back American life into closer
relationship with the national domain
itself"
Chance for Great Future.
Under Washington's aegis, Mr.. Shaw
believes: "The national parks, the
great waterway improvements, the ex-
ample of urban possibilities presented
by the Federal City-all these achieve
ments pertaining to the national map
would be seen as setting patterns for
States, counties and smaller communi-
ties in their planning for conservation
Of resources, for private well being and
for the growth of the body of social
assets. With our new gospel Of the
shorter working day and the longer
week end of leisure, there must be a
Nationwide effort to convert this re-
covered margin of time and OF physical
vitality into hopeful effort for finer
civilization.
Let us believe that we are at the
dawn Of new epoch-the best that
our country has known. Let us take
what we find about us, seek expert
knowledge and advice, and use our own
constructive imaginations. The Amer
ican Civic Association has now, it
would seem to many of us, the oppor-
tunity to build great future upon its
useful past. 1t has the support Of civic
leaders, of experts in national, State
and local planning, Of leaders in move
ments for conservation of various forms
Of natural wealth, Of park builders,
town planners, landscape designers,
garden makers and experienced author
tiles in the establishment of valuable
contacts between official and voluntary
effort"
None Of the national parks "ever
will be overdeveloped for tourist use,"
in the opinion of Horace M Albright,
director Of the National Park Service,
who contributed an interesting article,
revealing that in Alaska the wilder
ness has only been scratched" He
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Sirable groups of trees adjacent to the
parks, and said that animals native to
the various park areas are being con-
served, predatory as well as other ami
mails, for Investigations have shown that
nature keeps a proper balance by kill
ing of weak animals by disease, If not
by predatory beasts. Steel traps and
poison have been eliminated where it
has been found necessary to kill preda-
tory animals, he said, asserting that II
animal reduction in any form Is re-
quired, shooting by the rangers Is the
humane method.
Wild Life Survey Being Made.
Introduction OF exotic animals into
t1e parks is banned, Mr.. Albright as
serted, native species of fish are used
in restocking lakes and streams, and
foreign species of plants are kept out
Of the national parks. A wild-life sur
vey Is now in progress, Mr. Albright
said, explaining that I'VE hope eventu-
ally to develop in each of the major
parks at least one expert in wild-life
matters" The overflow from Mount
Mckinley National Park, in Alaska, is
providing fur gatherers with animals in
abundance, although hunting in the
park is banned, Mr.. Albright said.
Under the IL per cent transfer au-
thori2ation under the economy act, A.
E Demaray senior assistant director of
the National Park Service, asserted his
group is giving up $4,000 of its
construction funds to aid the other
bureaus Of the department and prevent
their complete Generalization"
Despite unemployment and economic
conditions generally, travel to the ma
tional parks has increased" he said,
although rail travel has decreased ma
terially and visitors have not availed
themselves Of the higher-priced accom-
modations provided by the park opera
tors. The great bulk of the travel has
come in privately-owned automobiles,
the visitors taxing to the limit the
facilities provided by the Federal Gov
ernment and paying a permit tax to
the Federal Government at the same
time"
Roger w. Toll, superintendent Of the
Yellowstone National Park, urged peo-
pie OF the Southwest to set aside the
Of Joshua trees to be included among
the Nations outstanding places of
scenic, historical and scientific interest" !"
Acadia National Park, In Maine, will
be increased from the present 1859
acres, through gifts, to about 10000
acres, Oliver @. Taylor, assistant chief
engineer Of the National Park Service
in charge of Eastern engineering work,
believes. The Everglades in Florida
when established as a national park
will be "the only tropical national park
in the United States and the greatest
bird sanctuary of any," he says. He
pointed to the program for the future
the Shenandoah National Park, in
nearby Virginia; the Mammoth Cave
National Park, In Kentucky, and the
Isle Royale National Park, in Michigan,
where millions may enjoy themselves
The George Washington birthplace and
Colonial national monuments in Vir-
ginia have been added to the national
domain, he recalled.
Boundary Abolished In Two Places.
Isabelle F. Story, editor Of the Ma
tional Park Service, pointed out that
the international boundary between
Canada and the United States has been
abolished in two places-the Waterton-
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