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MATERIAL FROM THE KENTUCKY STATE _
Q PLANNING BOARD f
The Kentucky State Planning Board (KSPB) was created by Q
the General Assembly in 1934 to prepare plans for complete Q
transportation systems and conservation of natural resources; \
meet with state and local authorities to coordinate all
physical development plans related to state activities; make j
surveys of rural land utilization (county planning surveys); Q
propose to the General Assembly legislation necessary for Q
conserving the natural resources of the state; and collect Q
and publish information relating to welfare problems affect- Q
ing the people of the State of Kentucky. The National Q
Planning Board sponsored the bill in the General Assembly .
and in other state legislatures in a move designed to improve
the capability of local and state governments to make long-
range development plans. These plans were also used as guides
for making work project proposals to the Public Works
Administration. ;
The first eight members of the Board were appointed by
Governor Ruby Lafoon March 29, 1934. There were to be nine `
members, with Thomas R. Underwood being the ninth and James 4
A. Diskin replacing Desha Breckinridge. The board appointed
Br. J. M. Walters state planner, and placed him in charge of
’ the staff. Board members included:
H. St. G. T. Carmichael, chairman
James H. Richmond N. E. Morrow
Frank C. Dugan James A. Diskin
Dr. Frank L. McVey Thomas R. Underwood
J. Lyter Donaldson Desha Breckinridge;
Max B. Nahm died February 1935
Beginning April l, 1934, a federally provided staff was
available to the board until such time as a staff could be _
provided by the Commonwealth. Office space was also given the `
board at Ninth and Broadway in Louisville in a building occupied `
by the FERA. Beginning in 1935, Federal Project No. 3, Staffing
of State Planning Boards, continued providing KSPB with an
office staff and field workers. For further information see
subgroup VI, Project Records of the Division of Nomen's and
Professional Projects, Federal Project No. 3, Staffing of
State Planning Boards.
The board began with seven staff divisions: industrial
development; surface waters and transportation; land use and
planning; basic population data; industrial geologY. conserva-
tion, and outdoor recreation; public works program and FERA
project planning; and public institutions, local planning and
housing.
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The reorganization of state government in 1936 abolished
the State Planning Board and transferred its function to a
Planning Committee of the Governor's Cabinet. This subgroup
does not include any records Egan the Planning Comuittee.