Evening star., 1942-03-11

Washington to provide new and
modern living accommodations for
Government war workers.
The housing legislation in its
present form earmarks SIS, ,000, 900 of
the $4,000, 900 for carrying out the
Goodwillie Plan.
Demonstration Area.
Mr.. Goodwillie explained the nine
blocks in the Southwest section Sc
lecteo for reconstruction were
chosen as demonstration area"
1T Is not the final plan." lie en-
phasized. =
He also pointed out there are
2,700 persons living in the nine
block area and that under his re-
habilitation program housing facili-
ties would be provided for 5000.
Under the bill the reconstructed
homes would be occupied by Gov
ernment DefenN workers only dur-
ing the war.
Repeating substantially much OF
the testimony he gave the Senate
Education and Labor Committee
during hearings on the bill, Mr..
Goodwillie explained there are AT
houses in the ne-block area, ex-
| clusisve Of 78 frame dwellings, about
ready to tumble down"
Families Live Together.
Because of living conditions in
some of the houses, he said, it Is
impossible to distinguish" existing
family units. He pointed out two
or more families sleep in the same
room and cook in the same kitchen.
The area selected for the rehabili-
, tation demonstration, Mr.. Goodwill
lie said, is populated entirely by
cslored residents. Eighteen hundred
OF them, he explained, would have
ITO be moved during the period of
reconstruction.
The Senate inserted a provision
in the bill that temporary homes
should be provided for all persons
moved out Of the section during the
rehabilitation.
When Mr.. GoodWillie took the
witness stand Chairman Lanham
read excerpts from his testimony
before the Senate committee and
remarked: I'VE wonder if condi-
tionS are as bad in that area as
has been pictured?"
! A suggestion was made by Mr..
Goodwillie that the District Alley
| Dwelling Authority be given man.
! agement of the reconstruction. but
that proposal met the vigorous OBJ
/ lection of Representative McGregor,
Republican, of Ohio.
! II can't see where the A. D. A. has
anv authority or jurisdiction in de-
fenSe housing" said Representative
McGregor. 1T should be investi-
gated. I don't want to give it any
more money until some of the things
it has done have been cleared up"
. ASsails Invitations to ID. c.
I At the outset of the hearing,
j Chairman Lanham denounced per-
sons responsible for sending stories
to out-of- town newspapers which
paint rOSeate picture OF Washing
ton in wartime. He read an article
in a Fort Worth Tex paper sp-
pealing to women to come to Wash
ington to take jobs as typists in the
Government service. The story de-
clared living accommodations here
are ample" and room and board
rates are low
Il think it is high time We stop
this kind OF propa ganda which will
further increase the congestion in
Washington" said Chairman Lam
ham. Before these hearings are
over I want to hear from some one
responsible for sending out that in
formation"
The committee will resume the
hearings tomorrow at 10 am. Mr..
/ Goodwillie will complete his testi-
mony at that time.
The housing bill. which already
has passed the Senate and House,
was returned TO Mr. Lanham's COM
mittee because of changes made in
the Senate AS approved by the
House the legislation called for an
appropriation of s5O0O00OO. The
Senate raised the amount to s70.-
100000 and earmarked S45 900 900
for housing and s25,OOO 900 for COM
munity facilities such as additional
school and hospital accommoda-
! tions. extensions to water and sewer
+ services and increased police and
fire protection.