Evening star., 1934-08-26
President Selects CITY,
Owned Land Favored
by Experts.
DOCTORS SUGGEST WARD
BE ADDED AT GALLINGER
P. w. A. Funds Seen Available as
tuberculosis Sanatorium
Controversy Ends.

President Roosevelt has decided that
the Districts new tuberculosis hos
pital for adult patients shall be erected
at Glenn Dale, Md, on land already
acquired by the District Government,
it was announced at the White House
yesterday.
His decision was made without res
ervations and in accord with the
recommendations Of a special medical
board which studied various sites pro-
posed. It has the hearty approval
of the District Commissioners, who had
previously proposed the site at Glenn
Dale on the recommendation of their
own advisory committee of local
physicians.
At the Public Works Administration
it was said yesterday the loan and
grant Of $1,750 900 sought by the Com
missioners for the erection of the
hospital would be authorized in due
time. Now that the controversy over
the site has been settled, there is no
question about the authorization Of
funds, it is believed.
The Presidents special board went
even further than its designated mis-
sion by recommending also the erec-
ton at Gallinger Hospital, "as soon as
possible, a ward properly equipped for
the thorough and modern treatment
of pulmonary tuberculosis"
Glenn Dale Advantages.
In its report, which the President
approved, the medical board said:
I'VE have visited attractive sites
near Bluemont, Va; Harpers Ferry,
w. Va; Braddock Heights, Md, and
others, but none of those offers, in our
opinion, anything which would out
weigh the many advantages Of Glenn
Dale
For this and many other reasons
this committee, after inspection of
the several sites suggested and due
and careful consideration, recommends
that the District Of Columbia Tuber-
culosis Hospital be erected at Glenn
Dale upon land already acquired by
the District"
The President acted swiftly in an
nouncing his decision when he heard
the committee had submitted its re-
port to Secretary of the Interior Ickes
earlier in the day. He was not ap-
praised of the fact until late in the
afternoon.
Secretary Ickes had called at the
White House during the afternoon, but
on his departure said he had not
taken up the hospital report with the
President. He said he would forward
II IN tho Chiaf Evac,,tiua al IIrda Do III
and make an announcement some
time next week"
Later, the White House requested
Mr.. Ickes to send the report to the
President He did so with a note
of transmission.
Climaxes Campaign.
The Presidents decision climaxes
a long campaign by District authori-
ties and the District of Columbia Tu-
berculoSis Association for the erection
of an adequate hospital at Glenn Dale
for adult tubercular patients. A hos
pital for tubercular children already
has been erected on the site and is
expected to be open soon. President
Roosevelt entered the picture about 10
days ago when he directed Secretary
Ickes to appoint a committee of i'm
partial medical authorities to inspect
all the sites proposed and submit a
report.
Secretary Ickes had held out for a
site in the nearby Maryland or Vir-
ginia mountains, contending that the
Glenn Dale site was unsatisfactory
because of its low altitude and un-
suitable from a social-minded view
point. 1t was indicated that the
President also favored a mountain
site.
The committee of experts consisted
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