Evening star., 1926-05-20
FOUR PARK BOARD
POSTS ARE FILLED
Completion of Commission
Will Facilitate Work-De-
Iano Among Appointees.

Selection of the four additional
members of the reorganized National
Capital City and Park Planning Com
mission by President Coolidge prepares
the way for the development Of plans
for the beautitCation of the National
Capital and its cuVirOns on wide
scale. and assures the commission the
advice of the outstanding city ANA
park planners of the country. The
members of the old park commission
have been awaiting the presidential
appointment in order to effect an Of
EaniZatiOn of the new commission and
begin the great task of planning for
the Capital City proper and the met
ropolitan districts adjoining in Mary
land and Virginia.
Frederick Law Olmsted Of BroOkline.
Mass. received the appointment for
to be the leading city planner Of the
country lie was a former member of
the National Commission of Fine Arts
and Of the Park Commission of 1901,
which developed the so-called NcMil-
Ian plan, a modification of the Len
FAINT plan, which is being used as a
basis for future development.
DeIano Is Appointed.
Frederic A Delano OF this city
was selected for the flve-year term.
The law required that one of the four
members should be resident of the
District of Columbia Mr. Delano is
president of the American Civic
Association and is chairman of the
Citizens Committee of One Hundred
on the Federal City. and an ardent
worker in behalf of the National
Capital He is now serving on a
mission to Persia. The fOur-year
term went to ]. G. Nichols Of Kansas
City, a we'll known civic promoter and
whose outstanding work is said to be
the development of one of the finest
suburbs of the country at Kansas
City. his home. This development is
known as the Nichols Country Club
District.
Milton r. Medary, il. Of Phladel-
phia. the forth member appointed, is
d member of the National Commission
of Fine Arts and was elected presi-
dent of the American Institute of
Architects n few weeks ago. He is
architectural adviser of the Roose-
welt Memorial Association.
One of the first steps for the new
commission will be to hold an organ
ization meeting. and it is expected
that this will be held as soon as the
four advisory members can be brought
to Washington. Details Of the organ
iZation, such as the employment OF
experts. including a city planner. are
expected to be taken up and decided
at that time.
Many Problems UnsOlved.
There are many problems awaiting
decision by the new commission. One
<1f ,JI,f ovnnndifYIrcI Of "a
5000 900 annual appropriation for the
purchase OF lands for park and recre-
alton purposes in the District Of Co
lumbia and In Maryland and Virginia.
However, owing to the smallneSs Of
the appropriation and the fact that
many projects must he purchased
here promptly before they are for
ever destroyed for park and recreation
use in the advance of home develop
ment, the commission has not made
any purchases in the adjoining
States, with which it is authorized to
cooperate in the development of the
metropolitan districts. Those IA
niliar with the problems of the com
mission point out that there is urgent
necessity for Congress to provide the
full amount authorized by the law
which is ! cent for every inhabitant
of the United States. which, accord
ing to the last census, would be
S1,100, 900.
After the complete organization it
Is understood that one of the first
projects which will be urged upon the
commission will be the acquisition of
land and the development of plans
for erecting a great portal entrance to
the city from the north at the head
Of Sixteenth street.