Evening star., 1936-05-01
President Will Be Requested
to Issue an Executive
Order.
COMMISSION TO WORK
OUT DETAILS OF PLAN
King Indicates He Will Call Meet
ing of Group to Select
Airport Site.
BY WILLIAM A. MILLEN.


to isue an executive order to "stagger'
the working hours of Government
employees, in an effort to alleviate
acute traffic conditions at opening
and closing hours of the depart
mentS.
Representative Carpenter, Demo-
crat. of Kansas, chairman of the
House District Subcommittee that
has been dealing with traffic, ap-
peared today before the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission with William A. Van Duzer,
District director of traffic, who ex-
planned this proposal
The commission agreed to 60 along
with this program, its secretary.
Thomas S. Settle, pointed out, and,
accordingly, a system of staggered
hours will be worked out and sub
mitted to the President.
Seek More Drastic Plan.
While modified system of stag
Rered hours now prevails. the COM
mission believes a more drastic pro-
gram would be good move. The
Interior Department, for example, is
now on Summer schedule, which
brings its employees to work at 8 am.
and releases them officially at $50
pm The Navy Department comes
to work at 8:45 am. and quits al
AIS pm.
J. C. Nichols, prominent Kansas
City real estate developer, who is a
member of the commission, told his
colleagues today that his home city
is installing parko-meters as the re-
suit of a recent investigation. While
no formal action was taken by the
commission regarding park-ometers
for Washington, Settle said the COM
mission is sympathetic with the rider
cn the pending District appropriations
bill to clothe the District Commits
sioners with power to Investigate park
o-meters and determine if they are
justified here.
Amendment Suggested.
An amendment to the Thomas JEFF
ferson Memorial bill, now on the
House calendar, was suggested, to
provide that the site selected by the
special commission that Congress has
set up should receive approval from
the Fine Arts Commission and the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Chairman King of the Senate Dis
trict Committee. who is an ex officio
member of the commission, indicated
that next week he proposes to call a
meeting of the new Airport Commis-
sion of nine members to pick a site
for Washington's airport. The plan
nerS directed their staff to turn over
to this new body previous studies
the commission has made concerning
80 potential airport sites in and
around Washington.
Chairman Lanham of the House
Public Buildings and Grounds Commit
tee. has referred the revised plan for
the PAN American Union Annex to the
commission and to the Pan American
Union itself At today's session of the
commission no formal action was taken,
but the compromise plan embodied in
The bill, providing for closing of Eight
zenith street and Virginia avenue, west
of the Pan-American Union, is on the
program of Chairman Delano. The
Bureau of Public Roads laid before the
commission at its request plans for new
buildings along the Mount Vernon Me-
mortal Highway and presented its re-
Gent action on the Lee Boulevard.
which is being rezoned to prevent COM
ynercial development when it is i'm
proved The bureau recently with
held Federal funds for the boulevard
Mhtil Virginia interests agreed to ban
hot-dog stands and other allegedly un-
aightly structures along the highway.
sas Back Street Proposal.
e. Backing up sentiments expressed by
eDelano that Georgetown should be
SpreServed as residential section, and
that by-passes should be constructed
around it for through traffic, the COM
mission yesterday learned that Col.
Daniel I. Sultan, Engineer Commits
sBioner of the District, already has en-
giEeering surveys under way to widen
X street to accomplish this in part
4 The commission favors slowing
down traffic on P street in George
stown, west of Rock Creek. to Is miles
an hour. to discourage its use as a
straffic artery. 1t took no official
action on removal of the cobblestoneS
hrvP street when it learned that the
street car tracks are to be torn up
and asphalt paving laid. Col. Sultan,
mission, said that some residents
have complained that traffic passing
over the rough cobblestones jars the
plaster off their walls.
No Widening of Street.
Col. Sultan made it clear that,
contrary to the impression of some
people, P street is not to be widened
and that trees and sidewalks will be
left as they are.
Tentative plans for the projected
tuberculosis health camp at Bald
Eagle Hill received general approval
from the commission. A central din
ing hall and cottages are provided.
The commission directed that let
Cer be written to the District Com
miSsioners, asking that-if Congress |
approves the transfer of the National |
Training School from the Federal to !
the District government-proyiSion |
be made for turning over a section
of the eastern part of the grounds to |
the National Capital Parks, as part of |
the fort drive. This is in the vicinity |
Of Anacostia Park and the Arboretum. |
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