Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-18
MIA 10 HELP
WAVES Find
Homes Here
Will Try to Locate
Suitable Quarters in
Private Residences

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Private Residences
Coming to the help of the Navy in
handling its problem of domiciling
$500 members of the WAVES on
duty in congested Washington, the
National Housing Agency will as
sist WAVE officers in finding suit
able living quarters in private resi-
denceS and apartments, the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission was informed today.
Brig. Gen. John j. Kingman, rep
resenting the Army engineers on
the commission, reported on this
phase at the opening of the monthly
meeting of the planning group.
Although details were not dis
closed 1t was believed the National
Housing Agency would use its in
fluence and facilities to find homes
within the subsistence allowance
granted by the Navy.
A letter from National Housing
Administrator John Blanford re-
ported on plans worked out pre-
/ viously to house enlisted WAVES
in Government dormitories. The
members of the commission felt this
was probably the best temporary
solution that could have been
reached. The Navy will take over
Immediately one of the completed
dormltories in West Potomac Park
and WAVES also will be permitted
to occupy space temporarily in sew
eral unoccupied dormitories in Ar
lington Farms.
| navy Gets Four Dormitories.
! four OF the 10 new dormitories.
| which the Public Buildings Admin
lstration will build at Arlington
Farms, will be turned over to the
Navy. The Navy will defray the
costs, but the actual construction
VIII be done through the PBA. The
plannlng commission reported this
as a happy solution"
Inc commission rejected tempo
rarlly today proposal by the Dis
trlct commissioners to sell two acres
OF Scnool land in the AnacoStia area
near Alabama avenue and Good
Hope road. Withholding it's an
proVal, 1t referred the matter to the
Co-ordinating Committee for fur
ther study, with the reservation that
the land be reserved for either Dis
trlct or Federal use.
| norman c. Brown, land purchas-
ing agent, reported on the acouisi-
lion OF scattered lots to extend the
watts Branch Parkway in the Ana
COSTA area. These lots are scat
tered from the east side of the Ana
coStla River from Forty-second
street and Dean avenue, extending
toward Congress Heights.
Approval also was given to the
boundary lines agreed upon for the
recently acquired tract of wooded
valley north of Massachusetts ave-
nue. for an extension of the Glover
Archbold Parkway.
Dual Benefit Seen.
The IS acres were acquired from
the Defense Housing Corp. and
form the western boundary of the
Mclean Gardens apartments. The
purchase price was said to have
been nominal"
Final acquisition of this stretch
of park land. the commission said.
would benefit not only the District
PARK system but would also provide
an ideal recreational area for resi-
dents in the Government housing
project.
Ihomas Jeffers, landscape arcbi-
eect, reported the deal had been
closed for purchase of a strip of
land on the east side of Boiling
f1eld. which would improve access
10 the road running along the edge
OF the military establishment The
zeal involved exchanges of land
between the Army, Navy and Dis
trlct Commissioners.
Following luncheon conference
members of the commission went
on an inspection tour of projects
that was to occupy most of the aft
ernoon.
Inc Federal planners are gravelv
concerned with the future use of
Fort Washington after the war and
win making the unfinished Camp
opflngs-Meadow Air Base more ac-
cesslole to Boiling Field and the
ne"ly-developed Suitland (Md)
area. They are looking forward to
the Gay when the new air base NAV
become an important center for pri-
Vate and commercial aviation.
Leased for Duration.
Fort Washington, they reminded
IS In the odd position of being leased
Tor the duration of the war from the
National Park Service Of the In
terror Department Discussion of
plans looking to an agreement with
the war Department for its eventual
return to the Park Service are
necessary at this time, it was ex-
planned, because of certain con-
structlon work for the War Depart
ment wishes to undertake there.
The old fort is an important his
toric feature of the Fort Drive which
links all the Civil War Notifications
used in the defense of Washington.
When it was no longer needed as an
Army post it was turned over to the
Interior Department for preserva-
ton. Now it is the seat of the Ad-
jutant Generals School.
Meanwhile, it developed, the COM
mission proposes to continue it's
studies of urban rehabilitation after
the war. Alfred Bettman of Cln-
cinnati, Ohio, coming expert, who
has made a close study of the PROB
lem, will outline preliminary re-
port.
At a joint meeting with the Fine
Arts Commission tomorrow a letter
received recently from the latter's
! chairman, Gilmore D. Clarke, will be
discussed. 1t carries endorsements
of number of longtime plans OF
| the Parking Commission for the ca