Evening star., 1925-10-14
SENATORS SUPPORT
BUILDING PROGRAM
Bruce, Mcclellan, BIease and
Sheppard Behind s50,00O,-
600 S. Structure Plan.

Vigorous efforts in Congress. led by
Senator Smoot Of Utah, chairman of
the Public Buildings Commission. aid
ed by Senator Fernald of Maine and
Representative Richard y. Elliott of
Indiana. respectively chairmen of the
Senate and House committees on pub
lie buildings and grounds. to have
President Coolidge'S ton
fer a $50 900, 600 public building pro
gram for the National Capital ap-
proved early in the coming session will
receive strong support in both Sen
ate and House.
This Is shown in a number of inter,
views received by The Star. following z
"a series of articles showing in detail
the housing needs of various Federal
agencies and the poor way in which
the most important activities %of the
Government are guartered in the
most beautiful city in the world with
resultant lack of inefficiency and econ
"my. in addition to endangering thou
sands Of lives and priceless records.
Bruce Behind Measure.
Senator William CabeIl Bruce of
Maryland says:
Unless the cost is really prohih-
itive. even when measured by our CO.
lOsSal natural wealth, ! think that the
Federal Government should aba andon
its course of housing its servants at
Washington more or less at random
and should acquire all the property on
each side of Pennsylvania avenue. be
tween the National Capitol grounds
and the Treasury Department and
erect on it. AS the occasion for doing
so arises. and in accordance with the
very best plans for securing architec-
tural beauty and structural utility. the
edlflceS that are now or may hereafter
he needed for the accommodation of
all the governmental activities at
Washington for which adequate pro
vision in the form of public buildings
has not heretofore been made
Our country is the richest and
most powerful in the world, and in
some respects. Wa shington is already
one of the most beautiful and inter
eSting capitals in the world. Why.
then, should the Government not
cease To pitch its tent. so to speak
here and there, IT has been doing
in recent years. and take up its abode
partly in another aSsemblage Of build.
insS worthy of the superb Avenue on
which they would be erected and also
of such splendid creations as the
White House, the Treasury Building
the National Capitol and the Office
| buildings of the Senate and House.
with which they would unite to form
the handsomest and the most i'm
pressve group of official habitations
on the slobe?''
Others Back Project.
Senator Kenneth Mcclellan of
Tennessee says: Wa ashington. ir
lcommon with the remainder of the
country. needs a number of public
buildings. The Government spends too
much for rent there Ol,r Natiopo
Capital. in my judgment. is the most
beautiful city in the world. I favor
"a liberal policy toward our National
Capital.
Senator Cole Blease of South Caro-
lima says: "All measures that will tend
to make Washington the grandest
greatest, most beautiful and most use
full city on earth will have my
earnest support. Since it is our Ma
tion's Capital we should all love her
and be proud of her"
Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas
says that he will support a general
public buildings bill