Evening star., 1934-05-15
Cammerer Views Eventual
Extension of Two Ma
tionaI ParkWayS.
DR.. MARVIN AGAIN HEADS
NATIONAL PARK GROUP
Relocation Of Many Rock Creek
Trails Planned by Di-
rector.

National Park in nearby Virginia and
then possibly farther south from
the Great Smokes National Park to
some prominent objective In the
Southwest" Arno B. Cammerer. di-
rector of the National Park Service.
told the annual session of the Ma
tional Parks Association yesterday,
meeting at the Cosmos Club. DR..
Cloyd Heck Marvin, president OF
George Washington University. was
again chosen as president OF the or
ganization and the entire slate OF Of
ficers was reelected.
Special attention is being given to
the park trail system in Washington,
Mr.. Cammerer told his audience.
To Relocate Trails
"The relocation Of many trails in
Rock Creek Park to take them away
from the highway and to eliminate
practically all crossing Of the main
highway is being pushed" said Mr..
Cammerer. This is vitality important
If horseback use of the park is to be
successfully enjoyed. There are actu-
ally areas in Rock Creek Park that
seem like wilderness areas in the
Great Smokies-bits of primeval will
derness where in early Summer the
laurel and azelea bloom entirely out
of sight of the average park visitor" I"
Gilmore Clarke, noted landscape
architect for the Westchester County
Park Commission and the city Of
New York, has been engaged to "as-
Sist our landscape staff in the recon-
naissance and study Of this location
SO that it may be correctly done" said
Mr.. Cammerer, describing the park
way that will link up the Shenandoah
and Great Smoky Mountain National
Parks
I'VE believe that in our Eastern
parks We will have the opportunity OF
catering more to the trail hiker and
horseback rider than perhaps We have
had generally in the Western parks. u
said the director. with E. c. w
help We have laid out q comprehensive
system of trails in the Shenandoah
Park area in cooperation with the
State of Virginia, and In the Great
Smoky Mountains now have some re-
markably fine trails"
Pays Tribute to Trees.
DR.. John Huston Finley, associate
editor of the New York Times, paid
high tribute to trees and their SYM
bolism in the life Of mankind. At the
dawn of history, said he, began the
worship of the tree and men build
their cathedrals in forest shapes. The
National Park Service, he declared,
has preserved for us as a people the
trees, not as solitudes. but for the
refreshment of the spirit.
I'VE must keep part Of the primitive
to help man regain the lost paradise" "
said Dr.. Finley, enabling mankind to
escape from the petrified cities. I'VE
must protect and preserve the parks
and urge the millions who own them
to get out and see their possessions,
before they go from the known to the
unknown, alone"
Visitors at the Grand Canyon used
the telescopes to see the man-made
bridge across the mighty river, instead
Of looking at natures conquest Of
man." said DR.. John c. Merriam,
president of the Carnegie Institute
OF Washington. Speaking on "The
Primitive" DR.. Merriam declared that
seeing and appreciating the primitive
in the parks, we look back and see
whence it came" witnessing the evo-
luton of nature.
What stands behind creation Is
greater than anything we have yet
compassed," said DR.. Merriam. In
the primitive, we have the Garden
of Eden. coming up to us, through
the ages. We should protect that
which is left of the primitive, without
the necessity for speculation. The
Garden Of Eden will remain, when we
have learned to control ourselves"
Praises Park Plan.
Albert Atwood. Saturday Evening
Post writer, in a critique of Mr.. Cam
merer's address, said that President
Roosevelt's reorganization of the parks
and monuments came about logical
ly," although he declared that the
ALLEGATION of space for the horde OF
Government agencies under the new
deal, as the National Park Service
now does, is different from the keep
ing of the Grand Canyon. It is q
difficult problem, but not insoluble,
to deal with the new parks and monu-
ments that have come into the Gus
tody of the National Park Service,
he declared. Mr.. Atwood warned
against overexpansion, as there is a
risk involved there.
THE Everglades and Ouachita" was
the topic of Robert Sterling Yard.
editor of the National Parks Associa-
ton publications. Fighters for Qua
chita, he declared, make no pretenses,
frankly demanding the pafk from
Congress so as to lure profitable motor
travel into the neighborhood." He
termed the Ouachita National Park
bill as most dangerous Of all which
threatened the primitive system since
the wars on Yellowstone" The Ever
glades, he asserted, must be pre-
served "as a primitive biological area.
DR.. Henry B. Ward, secretary Of
the American Association for the Ad-
vancement Of Science, who is vice
president of the National Parks As
ISOLATION, speaking on the topic "Fu-
ture National Park Sites" asserted
that the national primitive parks con-
stitute a closed sacred circle. He
warned against permitting purely local
interests to create national parks that
do not measure up to the required
standards.
Urges Permanent Commission.
He suggested that there should be
a permanent commission, including
the National Park Service and scien-
tific and conservation agencies, to
pass upon the inclusion of future
areas. The choice Of future sites, he
insisted, must be kept free from per-
sonal or political considerations and
added that it is unfair to lsy the re-