Evening star., 1944-03-16
Planners 10 Get
Report Today on
200 D. {. Alleys
Proposals to Bon
AII-Doy Parking
Also to Be Heard

Factual information dealing with
Washington's 200 inhabited alleys,
now the subject of controversy in
the Senate District Committee, will
be presented today to the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission at its monthly meeting.
Also on schedule for tomorrow,
the commission will hear proposals
to end all-day parking of automo-
biles on park drives near Govern
ment buildings.
John Nolen, jr., director of plan
ming, will present the alley survey
made by the National Capital Hous-
ing Authority. 1t is expected that
the information contained therein
will be submitted later for consid-
GRAFTON of congressional and Dis
trict officials.
Way Cleared for School.
Land transfers approved today by
the commission paved the way for
the construction of the Abbott Vo-
|cational School in Brentwood Park
as soon as critical materials are
released.
The school will be erected on a
-acre site opposite the Columbia
Institute for the Deaf on a crest
overlooking Brentwood parkway at
Sixth street NE. Officials said the
site adjoins AZ acres acquired a
year ago for playground. The
lands were transferred to the Dis
trict government by the National
Capital Parks office. .
Thomas C. Jeffers, Landscape
architect for the commission, also
negotiated transfers of certain park
lands on Macarthur boulevard
from Loughborough road to the Dis
trict line. Included in these trans
fers were parts of the Delecarlia
water works reservation, decided to
realign Macarthur boulevard. The
reservation is War Department
property. In the same negotiations
the District government transferred
parts of the old road to the War
Department. -.
Recreation Area ENLARGED.
The conn mission announced
through Norman c. Brown, its land
purchasing officer, that it had ac-
quired three parcels of ground in the
Fort Reno recreation center, which,
although not large in total area, are
necessary to round it out.
The commission approved further
contracts in the Watts branch park
way and f1ood-control project be-
tween Division and Southern ave-
nues NE. Only small portions Of
land were involved.
Thomas Macdonald, public roads
administrator, conferred with the
commission on the route of the
Washington Baltimore parkway
from the District line to Fort Meade.
Md. Any land along this route not
publicly owned. viii be acquired by
the Public Roads Administrations.
Members Of the Maryland Park and
Planning Commission also will con-
fer later in hope of arriving at final
determination Of the route of the
parkway.
Settle to Report.
A report is to be presented
to the commission by Secretary
Thomas S. Settle on the revision of
the urban redevelopment bill for
Washington. If the proposed legis-
lation is approved, it will be sub
mitted to the Budget Bureau. Sew
eral State Legislatures already have
enacted similar bills providing for
postwar rehabilitation of blighted
areas.
1t was announced that In line
with these discussions, Max Wehrly.
city planner, tomorrow will give a
comprehensive report of the number
OF building permits issued by the
District in the last four years.
Oh1cials said the report will show
the need for schools, Fairgrounds,
parks, libraries and vacant areas
available for residential develop
ment. These matters will be stud
led in connection with several esti-
mates which Mr.. Nolen will pre-
sent on the future population of the
Washington region in the next 10
years