Evening star., 1928-12-16
HOUSE TO ADVANCE
BUILDING PROGRAM.
Action Expected Tomorrow
on Office Building and
Court Structure.

Two new buildings in the Greater
Washington plan are expected to be
added to the Federal building pro-
gram by action of the House tomorrow
under suspension of the rules, through
approval of the Dallinger bill provid-
ing for a new House Office building
at an authorized cost of $8,400,0 900 for
site and construction and the Elliott
bill creating a commission to prepare
preliminary plans and cost estimate for
a Supreme Court building to be SUBJ
mitted not later than March /.
The Dallinger bill authorizes 100000
to acquire all privately owned land In
the two parcels on either side Of South
Capitol street, between B and c streets,
New Jersey and Delaware avenues just
south of the Capitol and west of the
present House Office building. 1t also
carries an authorization for the erec-
ton of the building under the super
vision of the Public Building Commits
sion at a cost not to exceed $500, 600.
Court Building Provisions.
The Elliott bill creates a Supreme
Court building commission to be COM
posed of the Chief Justice Of the
United States, an Associate Justice Of
the United States to be designated by
the Supreme Court of the United
States. the chairman and the ranking
minority member of the committee on
public buildings and grounds Of the
Senate, the chairman and the rank
ing minority member of the committee
on public buildings and grounds Of the
House of Representatives, and the
architect of the Capitol. NotwithStand-
ing the expiration of a Congress, any
Representative who is a member of the
commission, if reelected, will continue
to serve thereon until successor is
selected by the House of Representa-
tives. The architect of the Capitol will
serve as executive officer of the COM
mission, and perform such services un-
der this act as the commission may
direct.
The commission is authorized to
procure, by contract or otherwise,
preliminary plans and estimates of
costs for the construction and the fur
nishing and equipping of a suitable
building (including approaches, con-
nections with the Capitol power plant
and architectural landscape treatment
of the grounds), for the accommodation
and exclusive use Of the Supreme Court
of the United States; such building to
be erected upon the site heretofore
uAOAAOA AoC0 AOA 1tldo Ruk POSCs 6IlQ SUCH
building to be so situated, and the ex-
terror to be of such type of architecture
and material, as to harmonic with the
present buildings of the Capitol group.
The amount to be expended in procur-
ing plans and estimates will be deter
mined by the commission, but will be
within the limits of appropriations and
be disbursed by the disbursing officer
OF the Department of the Interior,
under the direction of the executive
officer Of the commission.
North Of Library.
The site for the new Supreme Court
Building is between East Capitol street
and Maryland avenue, First and Second
streets northeast, directly north of the
Library of Congress and fronting the
Capitol Building.
Agreements have been reached for
purchase of the site. An appropriation
OF $500,000 is available for this, and
$268,000 additional will be carried in
the deficiency appropriation bill. This
supplemental estimate has been sub
,mitted by the President, and Chief
Justice Taft has been promised a hear
ing before the appropriations COM
mittee.