Evening star., 1945-10-02
PATTON RELIEVED OF BAVAR|AN COMMAND
19OMiIIionFun
Asked for u. ).
bui|dingsHere
FWA Plan Slated
To Be Introduced
In House Today
BY RUDOLPH KAUFMAN III.

BY RUDOLPH KAUFMAN III.
The Federal Works Agency,
with President Truman's ap-
proval, today placed Washington
squarely on the threshold of a
Government building construc-
ton program unrivaled in the
Capitals history by asking Con-
greSS to authorize construction
of $190,475 900 worth of Federal
buildings in and around the Dis
trict.
The request was included in pro-
posed legislation which would au-
thorize $944, 100000 worth of Fed
eral building construction and pur-
chase of building sites throughout
the United States, its territories and
possessions. OF this figure $780,
245,000 worth of projects are spe-
clflc projects for the District and
It's immediate environs to which are
added another $21 ,230, 900 worth Of
projects in nearby Maryland and
Virginia.
The legislation was to be intro.
duced in the House this afternoon.
The amount of building funds re-
quested for Washington is more than
two and half times that expended
to build the Federal triangle build
lngs in the 1930s. The triangle prof.
ect cost S75 900 00C.
New Navy Department.
Leading the list of proposed
buildings are a new Navy Depart
ment building, completion of the
new War Department Building, first
unit of which has already been built
at Twenty-fi street and Virginia
avenue NV, and a new State De-
partment building.
| The legislation is designed to give
effect to President Truman's mes
sage to Congress September re-
questing construction of public
buildings, and FWA officials be-
lieve the legislation sent to Congress
today has good chance of passage.
A list of projects throughout the
country which FWA asks Congress
to make eligible for construction
carries 1920 projects to cost STA
795, 900, of which amount it is asked
that sl93 100000 be Immediately
appropriated. The amount to oe
appropriated for the District imme-
diately was not specified.
Buildings Proposed Here.
The S1 on ATE mn -
| ects for the National Capital breaks
down as follows:
Proposed buildings include:
l. A new Navy Department Build
Ing to be built in the area bounded
by G and Twenty third streets, Vir-
ginia avenue, Constitution avenue
and the Potomac River at cost of
SAT, 100000.
2. Extension westward of the new
War Department Building at Twen-
ty-flrst street and Virginia avenue
NV. at cost of s29, 9,5O0,OOO.
3. Construction of new State De-
partment Building in square 167, i'm
mediately north of the present
State Department (not to be con-
fused with previously planned an
| nex), to cost $18,000,000.
Additional GAO Building.
4. An additional building for the
General Accounting Office in block
adjacent to that in which an ex-
cavation already has been made for
one new GAO building, to cost
$780, 900. Revised total limit of
cost for the two buildings is sl8.-
100000 of which $1,653,775 has been
spent under previous appropria-
ton of S9,850,00O and S8,196,225 re-
mains unexpended.
5. Administrative Offices for the
National Bureau of Standards, 70
cost $3.50 900.
6. Two buildings, one in which to
store Government films and the
other in which to store Government
records, to be built at Suitland. Md,
to cost $5,00oo00 and $4,000, 900, re.
spectively.
Z. A Federal Office building, a
principal occupant of which is des-
tined to be the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, to cost $4,000 600. No
site has been selected for this
building.
8. A service building to house the
moving and transportation organi-
cations of the Public Buildings Ad-
ministration, PBA's central store
rooms and general activities such as
the awning, armature, stonemason,
equipment repair shops and similar
services OF PBA, to cost $4,000 900.
No site has been selected.
g. Two buildings to house the his
torlcal and engineering and indus
trial collections of the Smithsonian
Institution, to be located on the
south side of the Mall near the
present. Smithsonian building, at
(See CONSTRUCTIONS. PAGE A-6l