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Soul Searching

"We have considered the public
interest here," he continued.
"I want everyone to realize that
our decision has come as the
result of a great deal of study and
soul-searching, not off the tops
of our heads. We have put a lot
of work into this study."

Dr. Birdsong said that the
street plan would be considered
as a whole and recommended
that the commission pass
it as such. "We have to act on
it as a whole — that's our procedure,"
he noted. "Once the
plan is passed, then we will make
exceptions to it or ask that certain
areas be restudied."

Asked about the article in yesterday's
Daily Progress that said
the planners would pass the street
plan while recommending
"further study of the Grady—
Gordon portion, Dr. Birdsong
said "That's probably right. We
have talked this over, and I'd
say something on that line is to
be expected. We have even studied
three alternate plans—however,
none of these have amounted
to anything."

Opposition to the plan has
come largely from the residents
of the area and the fraternities
in the way of the proposed road.