Evening star., 1941-04-08
Survey Of Expanding
DC. Shows Millions
Needed for Facilities
Impeding of Defense
Foreseen; Required Fund
May Touch $40, ,000, 900
BY JAMES FREE.

More than $15,000,000 in COM
munity facilities are needed in
Washington because of the city's
expanding population - comp iSed
mainly of national defense workers
a survey of local conditions has re-
vealed, it was learned today.
The not-yet- et-completed survey is
restricted to facilities. which, if not
provided, would in the opinion OF
authorities here impede the national
defense program.
These include schools, streets and
sidewalks, hospital facilities, sewers
and other public works.
While precise locations have not
been worked out in tentative plans
outlined to date, most of the facll-
tiles are recommended for the
Southeast and Southwest areas near
Army and Navy reservations.
Conferences Going On.
Officials of the National Defense
Advisory Commission have conferred
several times with District public
utilities and highway experts, 1t was
learned, and sessions were held yes
terday and today.
Final recommendations OF the
District Commissioners, or at least
Engineer Commissioner David M.
McCoach, jr., will be made probably
late this week or early next week,
according to Defense Commission
representative familiar with studies
being made here.
While District engineers declined
to make public the nature of recon-
mendations they will make. it was
learned on reliable authority that
the cost of needed facilities pro-
posed here will total S15,000000 to
S2O.O00.0OO.
Nearly 3 Millions for Schools.
Of this amount, the only specific
figure known so far is the S2,825 900
recommended for additional school
facilities. Expenditure of this
amount in Washington was urged
by the United States Office of Edu-
cation at hearings last month before
the House Committee on Public
Buildings and Grounds.
Appearing before the committee
to testify in behalf of a supple
mentary appropriation of Sl50,O0O,-
900 to provide community facilities
badly needed around fast-growing
national defense areas, John t.
Studebaker, commissioner OF edu-
cation, said that studies show that
at least 1882 additional families
and $3.50 more SchoOl-age children
will have moved to Washington by
September l.
The appropriation bill. which
several witnesses, including Harry
c. ates, chairman of the American
Federation of Labor's Housing Com
mittee, said should be amended to
provide for 100000 000-is still in
committee, pending final reports
from community planning experts
sent to all parts of the country by
the Defense Commission.
In most defense areas, one or
more of 13 city managers desig-
mated by Frank Bane, defense CO.
ordinator of State and local CO.
operation, surveyed facility require
mentS. In Washington, Defense
Commission experts consulted with
District engineers and highway
authorities.
Just how much is to be recon-
mended for increased hospital IA
cilities here could not be determined,
but it was pointed out that Wash
ington hospitals often have been un-
able to handle all applicants for
rooms.
There have been various estimates
as to how many new persons would
be brought to the Nations Capital
by the defense program, but per-
haps the most significant figures
to date have been given out by the
Civil Service Commission. A re-
cent report showed that, while
10000 additional Government work.
ers came to Washington during the
World War, only $4,000 new Federal
employees have been added to vastly
larger initial Government employ
ment rolls here since the defense
program began last summer.