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administrator, said all federally-
financed Lanham Act projects, where
construction has not yet begun, will
be suspended Immediately and their
allotments rescinded.
Can Complete Needed Projects.
Projects under construction, Gen.
Fleming said, may continue either
to completion or to completion of
useful unit of the project, If need
for the project can be shown still
to exist.
On non-Federal construction pro-
jects to which the Federal Govern
ment contributes part of the cost,
and where contracts have not yet
been approved. the allotments will
be rescinded, FWA said.
An FWA spokesman indicated last
night that no Lanham Act projects
in this area which have been ap-
proved for construction will be can
celled provided they do not have
to ask for more money"
IF project is under construction
and there is an agreement between
the Government and the local COM
munity that it can be finished with
out more FWA funds, and the local
community agrees to operate it when
finished, it is likely FWA will agree
to continue the allotment" the
spokesman said.
Others to Be Completed.
Besides the two hospitals here,
which represent total costs of more
than IS 200, 900, several other prof.
ects in the District, including the
Parkside School in the. Northeast
section and storm sewer and paving
projects in the Northeast and
Southeast sections, thus would be
carried to completion.
Projects in the nearby counties,
according to Henry j. Sullivan, di-
vision engineer for Division of
TWAS Bureau of Community Fa-
cilities, include the Alexandria
Health Center, the Dolly Madison
Junior High School in Arlington,
and the Falls Church High School.
Explaining the curtailment, Gen.
Fleming pointed out, 1T must be
remembered that activities under
the Lanham Act were war activities
to meet war needs and were not
applicable as reconversion meas
ures." S'
Planning for Future.
He added, however, that FWA
was expanding its advance plan
ming program to assist State and
local governments in the preparation
Of plans for needed postwar public
works. The District already has
received aid from this program to
plan postwar sewer construction, it
was pointed out.
Closing of nurseries in this area
is bound to impose hardship on
some mothers, an FWA spokesman
pointed out, since many, including
wives of servicemen killed in the
war, will be obliged to continue
working.
~AS SAAAAo SoiS PA0kl nlAit IlONCfCt l.,
was developed primarily to allow
women to go into war work and
now that the emergency is ended
FWA was obliged to discontinue aid.
1t was added.
107,419 Enrolled in Nation.
BY last June, enrolment at child
care centers and nursery schools
in 1892 communities throughout the
Nation had reached 107,419 children.
Mrs. Mary G. Moon, assistant
commissioner for TWAS War Pub
lie Service, said last night, COM
munities had been warned for the
last year that when the war ended.
Lanham Act fund assistance to child
care centers would cease.
I'VE have been telling local COM
munities that they should prepare
to take them over" she said. Some
communities have done some plan
ming along this line, but 1 don't
think the District has"