Evening star., 1924-05-16
of 18th Street Extension
To Rene,U Efforts for Appror0
Cndeterred by House Amendment, Proponents De-
ternined to Seek Enactment of Original Plan.
Legion Post Hits Change.

Efforts for the extension of 14th
street through the Walter Reed Hos
pital reservation will be intensified
rather than relaxed because of the
blocking of this proposal by a House
amendment, leading proponents of the
plan said today
The bill was sent to conference by
the House yesterday. The Senate bill
provided for. extending. this street
grounds, while this was changed in
the House to provide for the high
way skirting the southern cone of the
reservation by turning west. The
House cQnferees are Representative
Zihlman, Maryland; Lampert, Wis
consin, and Blanton, Texas.
Those favorfng the extension point
ed to a resolution adopted by Cissei
Saxon Post No. Al. American Legion,
Md, as evidence of the support given
the project by former service men.
Calls Action III-Advised.
This resolution. it is said, contains
statements paralleling the sentiments
extension.
1t states that although nearly all
the congressman who opposed the ex-
tension of 14th street though the
Medical Officers College half of the
Walter Reed reservation justified their
position of stopping 18th street at the
southern side of the reservation as
being for the best interests of the
wounded world war veterans and
soldiers occupying the same reServa-
tion," most of these congressman ad-
mitted the need of the section north of
the hospital to further street exten-
sion and street railway service.
The resolution states that the post
docs most earnestly regret and resent
this ill-adviSed action, based upon the
misleading position of attempting to
aid our wounded comrades of the
world war and the enlisted soldiers of
the Walter Reed reservation"
Two reasons are given for the ac-
ton of the post. The first is that
14th street extension would not be
within two city squares of any ward
Grams of the world war or other sick
soldiers.
Says Omcers Benefit.
points out not only have all of the
enlisted personnel been placed on the
Georgia avenue side. of the reserva-
ton, adjacent to street car line,
but the hospital wards have been
recently permanently located closer
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than they would be to the proposed
car line on 14th street.
The second reason is that the pro-
posed extension will be only through
grounds of the Medical officers Col
lege section of the reservation, which
is entirely devoted to. officers quar-
ters, student officers school building,
museum and library, student officers
quarters and tennis courts.
I'VE firmly believe" states the reso-
luton, "that the members of Congress
who state they are attempting to
serve the wounded veterans and en-
listed men of the Walter Reed reser-
walton are, in fact, only creating and
preserving an exclusive and sacred
officers hill, upon which no enlisted
man or wounded veteran will be de-
sired by the medical officers of the
Army any more than these same
medical officers now desire the travel
ing public to use the much needed ex-
tension of 14th street"
Appeal to Maryland Members.
The resolution petitioned Maryland
congressman to continue their fight
against this unfair and unwarranted
attack upon the future Of our section"
and also provided that copies be
pIaced in the hands of each member