Evening star., 1935-09-21
PLANNERS TO ASK.
Sl,2DO,O)O TO BEGIN.
COURTS BUILDINGS.
Disclosure Follows Delega-
tion of Senator King to
Contact President.
$900-A-MAN LABOR
THOUGHT H0LD-BACK
Senate Committee Member Hits
Limitation Under Current
Works Program.

After delegating Chairman King Of
the Senate District Committee to con-
tact President Roosevelt and Secre-
tary Ickes In an effort to secure
funds Immediately for construction of
the new Police, Municipal and Juvenile
Court Buildings in Judiciary Square,
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission disclosed yesterday
that it proposes to ask the Budget
Bureau for 81 1000 in its estimates
for land purchases for parks, play
grounds and recreation centers in the
coming fiscal year.
Senator King, an ex-off1cio member
of the Planning Commission, told his
colleagues he was informed the 5000
per-man labor limitation under the
current works program is retArding
the granting of the funds for the new
court structures. Models of the new
buildings, prepared by the municipal
architect, Nathan c. Wyeth, were
viewed, and King urged the commits
sion to make another effort to obtain
the needed money. The commission
voted to do so, and Frederic A. De-
lano, the commission chairman, then
delegated Senator King to press the
case.
Thomas s. Settle, the commissions
secretary, announced that his organi-
zation would present estimates before
the Budget Bureau for $500, 900. This
is carrying forward the program of the
Capper- -Cramton park-purchase act,
under which $16,000.000 is to be ex-
pended within the District for parks,
Fairgrounds and recreation centerS.
Due to the acquisition of property in
volved, the commission makes public
no specific projects to be covered by
this new money, but Settle said 1t
would be spent for projects in all parts
of the. city.
The commission conferred with
representatives of the housing divi-
sion of the Public Works Administra-
ton with reference to highway con-
nections for the new low-cost develop
ments at Anacostia terrace on Ridge
road and Kingman terrace on Benning
road. Highway improvements for the
new Hollywood Park Corp, 81 500 900
housing development near Alabama
and Pennsylvania avenues southeast,
were likewise considered.
Approval was given the proposal for
the extension of the Government
Printing Ofice, between the present
building and the railroad terminal.
The plans call for an overpass over
First street, with an overhead rail-
road siding and storehouse.
The commission Endorsed plans pre-
sented by John Ihlder, on behalf of the
Alley Dwelling Authority, for the de-
velopment of an alley near the Capitol
as garages.
Settle presented TO the commission
reports on coordination between that
body and Arlington County and other
Virginia authorities on the develop
ment of parks and highways.
James Ryder of the commission's S
staff laid before it a report on transit
reroutings that have taken place in
the last year.
c. Marshall Finnan, superintendent
of the National Capital Parks, pre-
sented plans for the improvement of
the local parks under the $1,000,00o
P. w. A. program. A special COM
mittee, including Mr.. Delano, Engineer
Commissioner Daniel 1. Sultan, A. E.
Demaray, acting director of the Ma
tional Park Service; Henry v. Hub
bard, landscape architect of Harvard
University, and William A. Delano,
New York architect, all commission
members, was named to go over the
plans in detail. This committee was
to make a tour today of the projects
slated for improvement and report
later to the commission.