Evening star., 1944-04-11
Stefan toCaII
For Districts
Postwar Data
Building Congress
Points Optimistic
Picture for Capitol

Picture for Capitol
Representative Stefan. Republic
an, of Nebraska will ask the Com
to submit to the House
subcommittee on District Appropri-
ationS at an early date an outline
OF municipal Improvements to be
in the postwar period.
The city's postwar construction
needs may come in for preliminary
discussion during hearings on the
1945 District supply bill due to
start April "a.
Meanwhile, an optimistic" pic
ture of the construction needs of
the Capital in the postwar period
was painted by speakers before the
Washington Building Congress at
its luncheon meeting yesterday at
the Mayf1ower Hotel.
Frederick c. Macarow, vice chair
man Of both the Board of Trade
Postwar Committee and of the Dis
trict Committee for Economic De-
velopment, predicted that the next
step in postwar planning by these
joint organizations will be q survey
of both employers and consumers,
to begin in about six weeks.
MIR. Stefan, who is ranking minor.
lty member of the subcommittee be-
lleveS the needs of health and well
fare agencies should be high on the
list, especially urgently required
hospital facilities.
New Schools Expected.
School accommodate for rapidly
expanding areas also are expected
to make up an important part of the
postwar improvement program.
The Highway Department, he
said, already has an extensive list
OF construction projects that could
be carried forward as soon as con-
ditions will permit, including COM
pletion of the proposed new bridge
across the Anacostia River at South
Capitol street, and construction of
the next traffic underpass at Du-
pont Circle.
Mr.. Stefan is especially anxious
to get before the subcommittee the
physical improvements that may be
needed at Gallinger Hospital, in
cluding the question of an isola-
tion ward for children with con-
tagious diseases, and better facih-
ties for the psychopathic ward.
The Nebraskan indicated he
thinks it may be possible to include
some capital improvement projects
in the 1945 supply bill. He said it
is his understanding there is no
bottleneck now in structural steel or
cement. In any event, he deems it
advisable to begin planning an over
all postwar improvement program.
Mr.. Macarow, an engineer, who Is
assistant general manager of the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co. said he foresaw an Optimistic
picture" of construction here after
the war.
He declared: "In that picture I
firmly believe-but this does not
mean that we will sail along smooth
ly into that postwar period without
our trials and tribulations."
Big Building Possibilities.
Speaking for the Postwar Com
mittee of the Washington Building
Congress, Charles T. Penn, its
chairman, predicted that on the
basis of research into the period of
1896 to 1910, and the potential pop
ulatton here after the war, there
should be construction possibilities
of about S100,OO0,OO per year.
Calling on the construction in
dustry to concentrate further on
postwar plans, MIR. Penn concluded:
We've all got to go to work. I feel
all OF us so far have passed the
buck too long"
Mi. Macarow, in explaining the
forthcoming survey of both employ
ers sr.d consumers, said:
"TFe employer form in the survey
is designed to accomplish two
things First, an estimate made by
the employers themselves of the
amo1Rt of employment which can
be prsvided in private industry,
using as their base the results of
research, and second, an estimate Of
the construction work pile to be con-
trlbutetl due to expansion, repairs,
mode.t ization, ETC., on the part of
employers.
Consumer Form.
"T'& consumer FORM" he ex-
plainet' lis designed to determine
three things: First, the present
plansi9s our population with regard
to movement, how many people are
planning to leave this area, and Of
those who remain, how many are
planning to move into the suburban
areas, and vice versa; second, what
construction work pile may be anti
cipated from consumers due to
building modernization and repairs:
and third, what is the potential de-
mand lor certain types of consumer
goods"
When these surveys have been
complnted and summarized, Mr..
MacarDW said, the. construction in
dustry should have a pretty good
idea CT the construction work pile
which will be available, and should
be in position to in turn to estimate
their prospective employment, which,
added ito that obtained from the
survey Of other employers. should
offer a pretty accurate method Of
CneckiGg the total emplOyment, out.