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Show vWK. S kv ' f J: VflUftVfidj-- UTMWAA'V-rt- . . t . . , -- T' , J ' ' - ' , . V' . ' , ; 4 . r 4 i - G - Canyon, Utah: The Udall boat party admired the " beautiful . Photo by Tod Nlchob . . untouched surroundings of this U.S. attraction FIRST ARTICLE BY THE NEW SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR o o 99 By STEWART L. UDALL AND. JOSEPH STOCKER This is the year for Americans to rediscover America. Heres a guide to family fun in the great outdoors - ironic that America, in its workaday life Hownation of doers, has become, in its moments of relaxation and diversion, a nation of passive sitters and watchers! Television, the movies, radio, the great sports stadiums give us one kind of pleasure, but rob us of a more important one: the pleasure of actually participating. President Kennedy has expressed concern over the increasing physical softness of Americans and he recently warned that our flabbiness is becoming He is convinced that a "menace to our security. 10 we must be a lean country if we are to prevail. It hasnt been too long since another young President also challenged his fellow Americans' to live the strenuous life. He saidt Our country calls not for the life of ease but for the life of strenuous endeavor. That President was Theodore Roosevelt, a man who loved physical exertion and the He took his sons on camping trips and hikes. He said that bodily vigor was his method of getting vigor of soul. He exulted over the 'free, s. self-relian- t. adventurous life of the wilderness. For to Teddy Roosevelt the wilderness was a place where men and boys went to sharpen their determination and skill for whatever big battles lay ahead in their lives. Most of us cant live and work in the the way our parents and grandparents did. But there is no need for ns to become fat and passive. We have vacation time each year and a great network of National and State Parks and wildlife areas. Most are not too different now from the way they were Continued on page 12 hundreds of years ago, out-of-doo- rs v THIS WEEK Mogaiin F.br.ary 12, 191 |