Official ProceedingsU.S. Government Printing Office, 1963 - 103 pages |
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87th Congress administration American Army bill Buford Ellington Bureau Carl Schurz Chairman cities Civilian Conservation Corps Committee comprehensive planning concerned Conference on Conservation Congress Congressman Saylor conservation movement conservationists cooperation Corps of Engineers Department of Agriculture economic farm Federal Government field fish and wildlife future Gabrielson Gifford Pinchot going Governor Clyde Governor McNichols Grace Barstow Murphy Green Acres Homestead Act hope important industrial interest Interior John Sherman Cooper Laurance Rockefeller Lee Metcalf legislation ment million acres mineral national forests National Park natural resources open space opportunity panel percent Pinchot population preservation President problems production projects question Reclamation renewable reservoirs resource development responsibility Rockefeller Roosevelt rural Secretary Freeman Secretary Udall Senator Anderson servation Tennessee things tion U.S. Department urban areas Wayne Aspinall Weaver White House Conference Youth Conservation Corps
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Page 42 - O masters, lords and rulers in all lands, How will the Future reckon with this Man? How answer his brute question in that hour When whirlwinds of rebellion shake the world?
Page 62 - We look upon these resources as a heritage to be made use of in establishing and promoting the comfort, prosperity, and happiness of the American people, but not to be wasted, deteriorated , or needlessly destroyed.
Page 25 - Land is the most precious resource of the metropolitan area. The present patterns of haphazard suburban development are contributing to a tragic waste in the use of a vital resource now being consumed at an alarming rate.
Page 25 - Comprehensive planning, as used in this section, includes the following, to the extent directly related to urban needs: (1) preparation? as a guide for long-range development, of general physical plans with respect to the pattern and intensity of land use and the provision of public facilities, together with long-range fiscal plans for such development...
Page 38 - Government is directed to take measures to insure that those who till the soil of Japan shall have a more equal opportunity to enjoy the fruits of their labor.
Page 42 - Bowed by the weight of centuries he leans Upon his hoe and gazes on the ground, The emptiness of ages in his face, And on his back the burden of the world.
Page 62 - E Pluribus Unum is the fundamental fact in our political affairs. E Pluribus Unum is and always must be the basis in dealing with the natural resources. Many problems fuse into one great policy, just as many states fuse into one great Union. When the use of all the natural resources for the general good is seen to be a common policy with a common purpose, the chance for the wise use of each of them becomes infinitely greater than it had ever been before.
Page 8 - We must reaffirm our dedication to the sound practices of conservation which can be defined as the wise use of our natural environment; it is, in the final analysis, the highest form of national thrift — the prevention of waste and despoilment while preserving, improving and renewing the quality and usefulness of all our resources.
Page 25 - ... (2) programing of capital improvements based on a determination of relative urgency, together with definitive financing plans for the...
Page 62 - to keep the resources of the world in sufficient abundance so that man may have a happy, fruitful life, free from suffering — a relatively easy physical existence.