Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-02-06
PROPOSAL TO BUY
SITE FOR ARCHIVES
PRESSED IN SENATE
Vote on Amendment Likely
Tom0rroW-Robinson Wants
to Use U. S. Ground.

The proposed appropriation OF
$4S6000 to purchase a site for a ma
tional archives building in Washing
ton contained in a Senate committee
amendment to the sundry civil ap-
preparation bill will come up for ac-
ton, it is expected. tomorrow. The
amendment was passed over during
the consideration of the bill yester-
day at the request of Senator Robin
son of Arkansas, who suggested the
building should be erected upon
ground already owned by the gov
eminent.
Senator Robinson made it clear that
he is not opposed to the erection of
q fireproof building in which to house
the records of the government; in
fact, he said, he was heartily in favor
of it, His idea is to save the govern
ment the money that would be eX-
pended for the site, if possible. The
site proposed for the archives build
ing is near the New National Museum.
and is the block bounded by 18th and
18th streets and b and c streets.
Progress Made on Bill.
Much progress was made in the
yesterday, after the Senate had adopt
ed the anti-smoking provision offered
by Senator Wadsworth of New YORK,
designed to prevent government EN- :
ployes from smoking where it would
endanger government property or in
ferfere with efficiency The Wads-
worth amendment leaves the enforce
ment of the anti-smoking direction to
the heads of departments and gov
,ernment bureaus.
Practically all of the items for the
District of Columbia were adopted.
Including the substitution of the
half-and-half plan of making such
appropriations for the House Ian
guage, which specified that the ap-
preparations should be made 60 per
cent from the revenues of the Dis
trict and 40 per cent from the fed
eral Treasury.
$383,OOO for Memorial.
ing $363.000 for additional work on
the masonry approaches around the
Lincoln memorial, made necessary by
the sinking of some of the APP
proaches, was adopted.
The, Senate also agreed to an
amendment providing s116,000 for
additions to the home economics
building at Howard University
The item of $150.000 for a rejecting
pool in west Potomac Park was in
creased by the Senate to s250,000.
The provisions in the bill for hos
pitfalls for disabled soldiers and SAIL
ors of the great war were passed
over at the request of Senator Robin
son. who desires to increase the
amount approximately $30,00O.000.
The Senate committee provided ST.
100000 for the hospitals.
S2O0,OOO to Guard Liquor.
An item for 100000 to pay the cost
~ f-:I =
other property seized by the govern
ment in enforcing prohibition was
adopted by the Senate. The amend
was inserted after Wayne B. Wheeler.
anti-saloon league counsel, had festi-
fed that more than 100000 gallops of
mobiles had been seized.
The Senate also adopted an amend
ment appropriating $10,00O,000 for
continuing the construction of the
dam and poweresite at Muscle Shoals.
Alabama Theyote was &c to 81. Ac-
ton by the Senate on the amendment.
which previously had been accepted
by the committee. followed two hours
of debate.
Charge Drain ON Treasury.
Senators Smoot. Utah. and Lenroot
Wisconsin. both Republicans. strenu-
ously opposed the proposal, charging
it meant an additional drain on the
Treasury "in large hunks" when the
Treasury was in no condition to stand
it. Mr.. Smoot contended the whole
program should be dropped, the prop
erty sold for what it was worth and
the incident made CLOSED book"
Minority Leader Underwood and
Senator Helm. both of Alabama,
urged continuation of the project for
economic reasons. The former de-
clared it was a waste of time to ire
hash all of the discussion about the
plant and power site, but contended
that opponents of the amendment
were willing to junk the millions of
dollars already invested. sell the half
completed plant for song and dis
card an invaluable national asset in
time of war.