Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-11-09
D. c. WARNED TO RID
PARKS OF AUTOS OR
CONGRESS MAY ACT
Fine Arts Commission Says
TangIe Seriously Mars
Beauty of Capital.
FORESEES HUGE PROBLEM
WITH CROWDS IN 1892
Denounces District Heads for Fail
ing to Provide Adequate Regula-
tons for Parking of Cars.

The Fine Arts Commission in a
strongly worded letter has denounced
the lack of parking regulation when
permits long strings OF stationary auVo-
mobiles in Washington's parks ana N
front of its beautiful public buildings
and expects to see this condition mace
much worse by the influx OF tens OF
thousands of visitors to the city curing
the George Washington Blcentennldl
wear in 1882 The letter, Wnlcn was
sent to the National Bicentennlal C0 ,li
mission. of which Senator FesS OF OI'o
is chairman, turned up at the DlS LIZ
building today with request from VIZ
liam TYLER Page, executive Secietaiy %
the National Commission, for ln1orIia-
49,, ax to what the District Cominls-
sioners intended to do about the S1Cua-
ton. 49, ,,ra.ent situa-
4;o,, II, NO uncertain terms, the leteeI VI
Tho Pine Arts Commission carrles
strongly implied threat to go 10 So s;a,
eress about the matter If some renneoiai
action is not taken
1rrpes Provisions for Visitors.
rno zine Arts Commission takes me
,,os,tion that the streets ana pupllo
rpeTEs If washington belong to the Ma
40, and that the pleasure tnaI tiiey
, v, intended to give to the cltlzens
a. Nation is destroyed by the
,,s,,r,1ation of the streets and parks py
1ooo lines of stationary automoplies'
THE commission states that IL has 10. ieao
of numerous pageants ana ceiepla Slot ~
to be held next year to lure peopire PC w
washington, but has nearo VI 30
+;o,s for them when they come mere.
THE letter will be placed before CIe
commissioners for action at tner reg
mar board meeting tomorrow. 80
BEFORE getting into the question Oh
,,arkino problems, the letter describes
fhe coming opening OF the Mouns
Vernon Highway, OF the AI4n1soo oi.
Memorial Bridge and the ROCK G Si'5e5
parkway, and other events scneuuie.o ~
as national in character oeslgnsus ~
draw millions of visitors to Wasnlng-
ton during the celebration months
fro,, February to November next year.
Pursuing this thought 1t continues:
"Anticipating such an influx OF VS.
;tore and having in mind the duties Oh
The National Commission OF FINE AIIs,
this Commission respectfully suggests 10
the limited states Bicentennial COM
mission the following considerations
Cites Ideal Of Founders.
"First. The City of washington itself
ras originally laid out under the I'M
mediate direction of President WASH
3noton as a work of art the ike OF
witch did not then exist. For more
than a century and a quarter the Ma
tional Capital has progressed TOWARD tIe
ideals of its founders, until 1t mas pc
come by universal acknoWleogeineh'
one of the finest cities in the worio.
Second. The opening OF the Arnng-
T1-sI
PARKWAY and the Mount vernon high
1uov will be extensions of the great CEN
trai conposition of Washington
connnosition which for extent, dignity
Grandeur and beauty never has been
SURPASSED in the history OF the Worlo;
zine and extensive as are these vital
elements. they are but steps IN the
march of progress toward higher tnlngS
already outlined and in part proVloeo
for by Congress. IL.
Third. Throughout the origiI.al city
of washington. situated between tne
Anscostia Branch and Rock Creek and
extending from the Potomac to Florloa
avenue. the streets and avenues, the
marks and reservations. all belong to the
people of the United States. THESE
streets and open spaces were secured IN
order to insure both the convenience
and the pleasure of the citizens OF the
entire country and their representatives.
engaged in carrying on the legislative
and executive work of the Government
Hits Congestion of Streets.
Fourth Today the purpose of the
founders is thwarted convenience Is
seriously impeded and pleasure is de-
stroyed by the permitted usurpation OF
streets. parks. parkways and monument
grounds by stationary automobiles. The
millions and millions of dollars spent to
express the gratitude of the Nation 10
those who have deserved well by the re-
public have gone to waste, because un-
worthy undignified lines of cars either
occupy or frame every park and reserva-
ton. The people of the United States
are thus robbed Of their heritage IN
their Capital.
Fifth. With congestion of streets al
ready established and saturation OF
parks complete, with the monuments
10 Washington and Lincoln detaced
with the very steps of the Capitol
blocked by parked automobiles, with TIE
artistic features of the city as planned
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