Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-28
BODY STILL BACKS
GRAVE[LY POINT.
AS A|RP0RT'S SITE
Park and Planning Board
Indicates Repetition
of Old Stand.
INDEPENDENCE AVENUE
WIDENING CONSIDERED
Thomas Jefferson Memorial, Lee
Boulevard, Other Projects
Also Come Up.

Indicating it favors reaffirnation
of its stand for development of
Gravelly Point as Washington's air
port, the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission today consid-
cred the widening Of Independence
avenue, the projected memorial to
Thomas jefferson, the Lee Boulevard,
and Improvement of the city's small
downtown parks under 100000
Public Works Administration allot-
ment.
While the commission had the air.
port situation under discussion and
did not reach 4 formal vote by noon
today, it was t',reshadowed that it
would adhere co its oft-repeated stand
in favor of development of Gravelly
Point.
Three airport bills we're being con-
sidered-the House bill for nine men,
bers to pick site; tie Gibson bill,
introduced by the Republican Senator
from Vermont and now pending be-
fore the Senate in favor of Gravelly
Point, and another measure to close
temporarily Military road, which now
cuts the Washington and Hoover air.
ports in two indications were that
the Gibson bill would be reafflrmed.
Avenue to Be Widened.
John Nolen, jr., director of planning
of the commission, laid before it a
program for widening and extension
of Independence avenue. The greater
part would be widened to 80 feet, espe-
cially between Twelfth and Fourteenth
streets, running between the Exten-
sible Building and the main Depart
ment of Agriculture building. Two
archways will span Independence
avenue, but thanks to the commits
sion's campaign there will be no tiers
in the middle of the street and they
will be wide enough to permit an 30
foot roadway and a 12-foot sidewalk
on each side. On the eastern end OF
Independence avenue the width would
be go feet, but as there are a number
of land purchases involved the COM
mission did not announce the exact
lines.
The commission was advised by
Nolen and its secretary, Thomas S.
Settle, that as a result of a recent
conference in Richmond, Va, with the
Governor, the State has agreed to put
up 100000 for the Lee Boulevard
around the northern end of Arlington
National Cemetery and Fort Myer.
Va, if Arlington County puts up the
rest of the cost-Whatever that may
be. This plan provides for 200-foot
right of way on the northern route,
to link up the Lee Highway and the
Arlington Memorial Bridge. Repre-
sentative Smith, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, has taken a leading part in this
Jefferson Memorial Discussed.
Up for consideration later in the
day is the proposal to name streets
Maine and Missouri avenues, both of
which were officially wiped out by
the Mall development.
Representative John ]. Boylan.
Democrat, of New York, and DR.. Fiske
members of the Thomas JET
ferson Memorial Commission, appear
ed before the planners to discuss d
suitable monument to Jefferson. De-
tails are under consideration.
The commission set O'Clock this
afternoon aside to enable members TO
meet Louis r. Barrett, newly ap-
pointed co-ordinator of recreation.
Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the
commission and President Roosevelt's
uncle. was a member of the Recrea-
ton Committee that selected Barrett.