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the Seine."

More Hope for the Fair

In a broader field, Mr. Stokes,bas head of the Municipal Art Commission, also hopes to see the fair leave a legacy of useful beauty. Much of the city planning the commission has approved Mr. Stokes would like to see completed before the fair draws the provincials to the metropolis. 

"One of the reproaches we have lived under," he remarked, "is a horrible approach to Manhattan from Long Island. After leaving the speedway one comes, in nearing Queenboro Bridge, to what is almost a No Man's Land. The fair should concentrate attention to that, and it will to other problems in civic development."

In the matter of housing, Mr. Stokes feels that no only New York, but all other American Cities are behind the large municipalities in Europe. 

"Sooner or later," he said, "we must get rid of the slums. They are a triple menace--a health menace, a fire menace and a moral menace. In carrying out slum clearance and housing projects for the greater city there is every opportunity on Staten Island, Long Island, and in the Hackensack meadows for creation of satellite cities. IT is the view of the commission that greater New York will expand vastly in the next generation, although Manhattan is not growing, and will not grow, as it did."