Evening star., 1938-05-17
SLUM CLEARANCE
CONTRACT IS LET
18 One Family Houses to Be
Built in BIands Court
at $64,023 Cost.

The District Alley Dwelling Author
ity announced today that a S64,023
contract for construction of 18 one
family houses in the 400 block of v
street NV. had been awarded to Vic
tor r. Beauchamp. 643 X street.
The houses to be built in semi
circle opening toward the south. each
will have four rooms and a single bath
room They will be of brick construc-
ton, two stories high. Each house
will have small yard in the rear with
two play areas set aside for the block
A small apartment house is to be built
on an adjoining site
Mr. Beauchamp was low bidder for
the 18 houses, their average cost being
$3.557.
/ The site, known as BlandS court, was
formerly occupied by 81 alley houses.
Meanwhile. items of 100000 for
carrying out the provisions of the
District Alley Dwelling Act and $50, 600
for operation and maintenance OF
Freedmen's Hospital are included in
supplemental estimates for the United
States Housing Authority and the In
terror Department sent to the House
today by the President
Amendments Await Action.
As the Alley Dwelling Authority
speeded its original program. amend
ments to permit broadened program
and utilization Of funds from the
United States Housing Authority were
awaiting early action at both ends oi
the Capitol. --s~
Chairman King Of the Senate Dis.
trict Committee introduced amend.
ments late yesterday, few hour!
after they had been offered in tn.
other branch by Chairman Palmi
sano Of the House District Committee
They will be considered when Sena.
tor King calls the District Committee
into session within few days, prob
ably Friday, to clear the committee
calendar of all measures on which
action at this session is deemed urgent
To Take Up P. w. A.
In addition to the housing amend.
| ments, the committee will take ur
at that meeting Senator Kings othel
bill to enable Washington to share
in the new public works program or
an equal basis with the States ant
up to a limit Of sl8.15O.OO0. Tht
bill would place P. w. A. projects here
on the As per cent grant, SIS per cen
loan ratio applying elsewhere, ant
allow the local community Is year.
in which to repay the loan portion
At present Washington is held to thu
old P. w. A. ratio Of 80 per cen
grant. 10 per cent loan. and is re-
quired to repay the loan at the ratt
OF 100000 a year.
Senator Kings committee may re-
port out a few other pending bill
at this meeting.
Provisions Of Amendments.
The housing amendments intro.
duced in the Senate covered tht
same general objectives of the HOUSE
bill. namely:
To clear the way for acceptance
by the A. D. A. of the offer of Ad.
ministrator Nathan Straus of th(
United States Housing Authority Il
lend from $10,0o0,o00 to s15,0OO,OO(
for subsidized low-rent housing or
terms similar to projects elsewhere.
To authorize the Treasury to loar
the A. D. A. not to exceed 100000
year for five years to enable thai
agency to carry forward its own slun
reclamation and low-rent housing de-
velopments, for which lf-liquidatine
rentals would be fixed.
To enable. the A. D. A. to acquire
land to erect low-rent dwellings fol
families substantially equal in mum.
ber to those whose dwellings it de.
molishes in squares not adapted te
| loW.rent housing.