Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-01-09
POLLARD INVITED
TO CITY MEETING
Plans for Approaches to Cap.
itaI From Virginia to Be
Revealed at Session.
BY LESTER N. INSKEEP,
STAFF Correspondent of The Star.


RICHMOND, Va, January s.-The
first complete revelation of the plans
that have been perfected by three and
a-half years of constant work by the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission is to be made at the meet
ing of that body in Washington on
January II, it was declared today by
Charles w. Eliot, city planner of the
Federal body, in extending to Gov
elect william Garland Pollard the in
vitation of the commission to attend
and participate in the meeting.
With Chamber Members.
Coming as personal representative Of
the National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, Eliot accompanied repre-
sentatives of the Chambers of Com
merce of Alexandria and Arlington and
Fairfax Counties here to extend the in
vitation to the governor and to the
members of the General Assembly OF
Virginia. which convened yesterday for
its regular session, to attend the meet
ing, which is to be preceded by tour
OF the areas under consideration.
Gov. Pollard was informed that Presi-
dent Hoover is being urged to attend
the meeting and will probably do so.
Gov. Albert B. Richie of Maryland has
accepted an invitation to participate,
as will also one of the Commissioners
of the District of Columbia and Lieut..
Col. u. S. Grant. Sd. executive officer
of the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission. While he did not
state definitely that he would accept.
Gov Pollard expressed his keen interest
in the proper development of Virginia's
approaches to the National Capital and
indicated his intention of attending the
meeting.
State Senator Frank L. Ball. a men,
her of the committee that called upon
the governor ELECT, informed him that
an invitation to attend both the meet
ing and tour of inspection will be issued
to the General Assembly as a body
and that individual invitations are al
ready in the mail.
Meeting Important.
Al explained by Eliot this meeting
will be the most important ever held
by the commission, since through 1t the
fruits Of a number Of years Of labor and
careful study of the needs Of the en-
virons of the Nations Capital are to
be revealed as whole. The plans
cover the proposals for highways, parks.
parkways air fields, waterfront develop
ment and similar features of an area
within a 20-mile radius of the White
House. This radius. in addition to
large section of Maryland, takes in all
of Alexandria City and Arlington and
Fairfax Counties.
The meeting of the commission will
start at $50 o'clock in the evening
with a concert by the United States
Marine Band, followed at 9 o'clock by
the business meeting. The speeches will
be followed by an illustrated lecture by
Col. Grant. The proceedings are to be
broadcast over the radio, he said.
Eliot expressed the keen interest of
the Federal commission in a bill that
is to be introduced at this session Of the
General Assembly by Senator Ball The
bill provides for joint planning and
coming body for the entire section of
Virginia contained in the Federal bodys
plans
Among those comprising the delega-
ton were Ball. Delegate Hugh Reid,
Guy N. Church and Henry C. Morris
of Arlington County; w. H. Allen and
Edward Gibbs of Fairfax County, Fred
Goodnow of Alexandria and Eliot.