Evening star., 1926-02-03
Provides for Board Of Nine
to Develop Park System
in Capital Region.
UP FOR CONSIDERATION
BEFORE HOUSE MONDAY
Program Would Prevent Pollution
of Waterways. Conserve Woods
and Enlarge Parkways.

The bill proposing 70 enlarge the -\b
tional Capital Parks Commission ana
70 intrust to II the duties OF q cit.
planning board was favorably reported
10 the House District committee toda,
by Chairman Gibson of the subcornmiL
tee, which has conducted extensIE~
hearings with foremost authorities o.
city planning and landscape archite'
ture. The District committee, in turn
ordered this measure favorably repori
ed to the House, and IL will be on the
calendar for consideration Distr!c'
day, next Monday.
Many amendments we're made :"
this measure, but the amended bill ue
reported out unanimously by the DIS
trict committee, the subcommittee o.
parks and Fairgrounds and all VII
neSSeS.
The bill. which was originally II
troduced by Chairman Zihlman, .
member of the National Capital Parks
Com mission, at the request OF thai
organization. provides for q compre
kensiye development OF the park ard
playground system of the Capital.
Provides Body of Nine.
In the development OF such pIs
for the Capital and It's environs ii
the flow of water in Rock Creek. to
prevent pollution OF Rock Creek and
the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers, t.
preserve forests and natural scenery
and TO provide for systematic develop
nent OF parks, Fairgrounds and park
way systems, the bill creates com
mission to be known as the Nationat
Capital Park and Planning Commis
sion. The bill as originally introduce
provides for membership Of 1S, bu'
this was reduced TO nine.
This commission would include N.
Engineer Commissioner of the Dis
trict the director of the national park
service, the director OF public build
ings and public parks of the National
Capital, the chairmen Of the House
and Senate District committees and
four eminent citizens well qualified
and experienced in city planning"
An amendment provides that one OF
these shall be O. bona -fide resident Q;
the District OF Columbia and that in
stead of four of these members be
ing selected from the American So
ciety of Civil Engineers, the Amer
can Institute OF Architects, the Amer
can Society of Landscape Architects
and the American City Planning Ir
stitute, they shall be selected By n"
President of the United States.
No Pay. But Expenses.
The bill specifically provides that at
members OF the commission shall serve
without compensa ton, but shall be
paid actual expenses, and that these
experts are to receive not in excess o,
$40 a day and cost OF travel upon al
tending meetings or engaged in inVes
legations.
In addition to the duty of preparing
:. - .sr~sw-
bill. which includes plans for subdivt
sions. highways. parks, schools. play
grounds. water supply, housing, build
ing and coming regulations, bridge
and water fronts. commerce and indus
try and other proper elements OF CITY
and regional planning, a committee
amendment includes also library sites
drainage and sewage.
Another amendment emphasizes
that it IS the purpose Of this act {"
obtain the maximum amount OF CO
operation and correlation of effort be
tween the departments, bureaus anG
commissions Of the Federal and Dis
trict governments. To this end plans
and records are to be made available
10 the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, and it is the
duty Of each member of the commits
sion to adhere in principle TO the of
! IlClal pan OIL lHc
To Act With State Bodies.
The bill directs that the commission
may act in conjunction and co-opera
ton with representatives of the
States of Maryland and Virginia who
NAV be designated by those states II
the development of the environs Of
the District of Columbia.
Chairman Zihlman Of the full com
mittee and Chairman Gibson of the
subcommittee both emphasized thai
the new bill has been drafted SO as To
provide for securing the advice ana
! direction Of the greatest experts in the
country in planning for the National
Capital
Mr.. Gibson offered motion tha-
! action in the House should be de
ferred on the mothers pension bill
| which Is due 10 come up for consic
Grafton next Monday. until action had
! been taken by the District committee
on the general welfare bill, which
provtdes for consolidation of all wei
! fare activities under the sdministra
! ton of the single board. The moth
ers' pension bill provides for admin
istrat!on of the mothers pension funo
! by a separate board.
| Representative Oscar T.. Keller, Re
publican, of Minnesota, chairman o.
! the subcommittee which handled the
mothers pension bill, argued thai
these two mea sures have no relation
shin and that the administration of
mothers aid has nothing to do with
| charity.
Urges Progress With Bills.
Mr.. Gibson explained that his mo
| ,ion was in the interest of making
decent progress while these two meas
ures could be worked out together and
| conflicts avoided.
| Representative Thomas L. Blanton
| Democrat, of Texas urged that action
should not be delayed on the mothers
pension bill but that everything should
be done to make 1t operative as soon
as possible. Mr.. Gibson and Repre-
sentative Florian Lampert, Repub-
lican, of Wisconsin emphasized that
| the general welfare bill passed the
| House in the last Congress and has
already been favorably reported in
this Congress by the Senate District
| committee so that it probably could
| be passed just as quickly as the
mothers aid bill. Mrs. Norton also
urged that nothing should be allow
| ed to interfere with the earliest pos
| sible action on the mothers pension
| bill.
Representative William c. Hammer
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