Evening star., 1934-02-15
SLUM CLEARANCE
WILL Be STUDIED
EXPLAINING BODY
Commission to Meet To-
morrow to Discuss D. C.
Housing Program.
WILL CONSIDER SITE
FOR INTERIOR BUILDING
Locat tion Of Air Terminal ANON
Score of Matters to Come
Before Meeting.

With the District alley bill delayed
the National Capital Park and Plan.
ming Commission will meet tomorrow
to consider, among a score of projects
the best methods Of handling tn,
housing and slum clearance program
in Washington
Among other important matters tc
come before the commission, which
may have to sit for two days, are tn,
selection Of a site for the new In.
terror Department building, plans for
extension of the Government Print
ing Office, remodeling Of the Pension
Building in Judiciary Square and tn,
status of all civil works projects in
the National Capital. Gravelly Point
as a site for the proposed municipa
airport will be reconsidered at tn
request of the House Military Affair
Committee. There was no indication
however, that the commission woulG
reverse its decision, which has Away
been strongly in favor Of Gravelly
Point above all other proposed sites.
In connection with the slum clear
ance program, the Planning Commis-
sion will discuss again the recon-
| Public Utilities Commission to see If
there is a need Of further adjustments
The District alley bill has passed the
! Senate. but final enactment in the
{ House is being held up while PreSi-
: dent Roosevelt considers the program
which Budget Director Douglas told
the House Committee is not in con-
: formity with the Governments fnan-
/ cial plans.
Demolition of Buildings.
] The commission also is expected
adopt a specific attitude with respe
to the demolition of old buildings
the city under the civil works pr
gram. Elimination of these unsigh'
structures, in cases where the OV
ers are willing to enter into q &C.
tract with the Civil Works Adm
/ istration. is regarded by the Fede
planners an an important step in J.
( proving the general appearance of
city.
A general report and study
I will be made at tomorrow's meet
on various legislative items deal
with local projects, including the g
eral housing bill.
Various sites in the downtown {
angle as well as in the Constitut
| avenue area west of Seventeen
street will be considered for the
! Interior Department bill.
Congress already having request
a S3.500,000 public works allotme
for extension Of the Governme,
Printing Office, the Planning Con,
mission will consider various projec
! involved. The first Is for replacc
ment Of the old building on Mort
Capitol at H street, erected years agc
Public Printer Carter also has sub
mitted plans involving the buildir-
Of huge warehouse and freight depC
across the street next to the railroaC
I yards.
The commissions recommendatio,'
to Assistant Secretary of the Treasur.
Robert for remodeling of the Pension
Building have been met, it is under
stood, and these revised plans will BE-
taken up tomorrow. Two wings were
proposed. fronting on Fourth and
Fifth streets. but the commission
urged that they be set back some 35
feet so as to prevent destruction Of
the fine elm trees lining Judiciary
Square. The revised plans, II is
understood. conform to this suggestion.
Extension Approval Seen.
Approval also is expected TO be given
to plans for the Federal warehouse
extension on D street between Seventh
and Ninth streets. These plans have
been revised to meet the commissions
recommendations as to height and
to projection of the building.
An entirely new matter will come up
when the commission discusses a bill
introduced recently for the construc
ton of a national conservatory OF
music on public lands in the District.
John Noel. jr, director of planning.
will report on the status of the survey
now being made to determine accu-
rately the best location of the proposed
Fort Foote parkway in AnacoStia. Ar
rangements will have to be worked out
satisfactorily to many of the owners
! who nave proposed to dedicate the
| land. This parkway eventually will
hook up with the drive to Fort Wash
ington.
Another report will be made on the
general policy Of the commission with
/ respect to development of the Rock
Creek parkway. especially in connec-
ton with extending a drive down
Piney Branch
The commission will consider the
request Of the Council of Social
| Agencies for study to be made with
a view to unifying the recreation sys-
tenn in the District
A plan also will be submitted for
a new playground project to be known
as the Turkey Thicket playground of
Michigan avenue adjacent to the B. &
o. Railroad tracks north of Brookland.
The commission also will be asked to
approve plans for a park roadway in
Anacostia, connecting the existing
roadway to Boiling Field
A report will be rendered on the
results Of all civil works projects in
the District. many of which are en-
dangered now by the so per cent lin
itation placed on civil works en-
ployes. New civil and public works
projects, in event of any further al
lotments for parks, will be discussed
at the meeting.
A. B. Mcdaniel, chief sanitary en-
gineer for Arlington County, will
make detailed report on the sewage
/ plans in the county that will affect
! the route of the George Washington
Memorial Parkway. The sewage ex-
/ tension system is being carried out
! with a public works allotment.