Evening star., 1936-01-19
WALLACE. TO SPEAK
BEFORE PLANNERS
Secretary lckes Will Also
!. Address Dinner on
Wednesday.

Secretary of Agriculture Wallace
and Secretary of the Interior Ickes
will be the principal speakers at
dinner wednesday evening opening
the three day conference sponsored by
the American Planning and Civic As
sociation and the National Conference
on State Parks. Sessions will be held
ut the Hotel Mayiiower.
National recognition Of the National
Park. Services broadening field OF
activity will be accorded At the con-
ference. Park, conservation and rec
reation authorities from all parts of
the country will attend the sessions.
The dinner. at pm, will open
the sessions This ts the second time
that the two cabinet officers have
appeared together on National Park
Service program. Secretary Wallace
will discuss "Co-operation Of the De-
partment Of Agriculture" and Secre-
tary Ickes' subject will be "a Worthy
National Park System"
Subjects Of Meetings.
Subjects Of the several meetings are:
"Planning of the National Park Sys-
tem," Standards and Policies Applied
to National Parks" Region Park Sys-
tenn of Washington" Archaeological
and Historical Sites" wilderness and
Wildlife in National Parks" High
lights in the National Parks Legisla-
tive Program" and Pending Legisla-
ton for Service to State Parks"
Prominent Washingtonians taking
part in the program include Frederic
A. Delano, president of the Amer
ican Planning and Civic Association;
Arno B. Cammerer, National Park
| Service director; c. Marshall Finnan,
superintendent Of National Capital
parks; District Commissioner Melvin
C. Hazen. Lewis r. Barrett. recrea-
s.ional co-ordinator of the District;
John Collier. commissioner Of the Bu-
~reau of Indian Affairs: Arthur De-
Smaray, associate director Of the Ma
tionAl Park Service.
Prominent authorities attending
from out Of town include A. d. Taylor
OF Cleveland. president of the Amer
lean Society of Landscape Architects;
Richard Lieber of Indianapolis. presi-
dent of the National Conference on
State Parks: ]. Horace Mcfarland of
Harrisburg. Pa, past president of the
American Civic Association: Horacc
M. Albright of New York. former Ma
tional Parks Service director. and Ker-
init Roosevelt of New York. president
Of the National Association Of Audu-
bon Societies.
Increase in Public Interest.
1.-THE conference" according to Miss
Harlean James. secretary of the Amer
ican Planning and Civic Association
and the National Conference on State
Parks" comes at q very interesting
time. In the last few years there has
been . definite increase in public in
terest In parks and outdoor recreation
and the Park Service. Significant of
the trend of thought is the services
entrance into the field of State CO.
operation in the development of parks
and recreation areas.
The American Planning and Civic
Association came into being July l
last, when the American Civic Associ-
alton and the National Conference
on City Planning merged.
Delano will preside at Wednesdays
dinner meeting. Besides the two
cabinet officers, Delano and Albright
viii be on the speakers program.
Director Cammerer OF the National
Park Service will speak Thursday
morning. A luncheon session Thurs
day will deal with the regional park
system of Washington. The speakers
include Delano; John Nolen, jr.. di-
rector of planning for the National
Capital Park and Planning Commis-
sion; Supt. Finnan of National Capt. |
tai park; Commissioner Hazen and
Barrett, recreation co-ordinator of the
District.