212 ADDRESSES AND STATE PAPERS

of our State's citizens and injects millions of dollars into our State's
economy, and force them to install multimillion dollar pollution
abatement equipment only to increase their property tax assessment
by a corresponding figure based on the additional value of the plant
due to the installation of this equipment.

State and local governments must recognize that industries' invest-
ment in pollution abatement equipment will not improve production
nor increase profit and therefore is not made in the interest of the
corporate stockholders — but in the interest of the general public.
Consequently, it is incumbent upon government to provide tax in-
centives and, or, credits to facilitate this type of capital improvement.

Regulation of motor vehicle pollution, which is actually a more
extensive problem than industrial pollution, must be left to Federal
legislation with provisions authorizing State enforcement due to the
primarily interstate character of this problem. Immediate attention
should concentrate on the control of diesel operated motor vehicles
which emit benzine fumes that have become a major source of pollu-
tion. Carborators or diesel oil burners must be developed that assure
complete combustion to prevent emission of these noxious gases.

The development of adequate rapid mass transit systems should
prove a significant factor in decreasing pollution produced by the
congestion of motor vehicles in urban areas. The State should assist
and fully cooperate with local governments in order to expedite the
construction of rapid rail facilities.

Open burning restrictions should become more stringent in densely
populated areas. This will require thoughtful master planning on the
part of local governments to assure the development of solid waste
disposal facilities. While the responsibility for disposal of solid wastes
rests with the local governments, the State cannot abdicate its obliga-
tions to provide technical and financial assistance to its political sub-
divisions. This is particularly true in the burgeoning metropolitan
areas where local governments are hard pressed to keep pace with
providing existing services, let alone financing the expansion or in-
novation of vital programs. Revolving and, or, matching capital funds
will have to be provided by the Federal and State governments to
those communities that cannot rely upon local bonding resources or
upon the use of State credit to construct necessary solid waste disposal
facilities. In turn, local governments must make every effort to achieve
regional cooperation in order to minimize the considerable capital
expenditures which will be necessary to resolve a problem of this scope
and proportion.