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priated to extend the west wing
House action followed two weeks In
which Washington professional anC
civic groups and members of Con-
gress severely criticized the extern
sion plan.
Gurney Registers Opposition.
The independent Offices bill would
be taken up by the Senate Appropri-
ations Committee sometime this
week.
Yesterday Senator Gurney, Re-
publican, of South Dakota, a men,
ber of the Senate Appropriations
Committee, which approved the ap-
preparation for the extension with
out hearing testimony on it, prom
ised a fight to support the House
action.
MY colleague Representative
Case, Republican, of South Dakota,
who moved to block money for the
construction in the House, had
good grounds for his notion" he
said yesterday.
Il hate to see this controversy
arise, but I also hate to see the
White House made into an Office
building. The question should have
been placed clearly before Con-
gress last December when the de-
ficiency bill providing for the White
House extension was offered. 1
hope it is not too late to find other
means of giving the Presidents staff
adequate space, "he said.
Reed Wants All Facts.
Seantor Reed, Republican, of
Kansas, another appropriations
committee member, said yesterday,
IT want to hear all the facts and
I want to hear both sides of the
question"
The resolution Of the American
Planning and Civic Association
said:
I'm view of the long succession of
expressed and recorded opinions
and policies on the part of former
Presidents, public officials and emf
nent architects that permanent eX-
ecutive Offices should be provided
outside the White House grounds,
the board recommends that before
construction begins on any extern
sions to what have been acknowl-
edged as temporary Offices within
the White House grounds, studies
be made to ascertain whether it is
not now possible to provide per-
manent executive Offices in a re-
modelled State Department Building
across West Executive avenue from
the White House.
The board further recommends
that the plans which have existed
for more than 80 years for a new
State Department Building on the
square west of Lafayette Park be
re-studied with view TO proceed
ing at once with the erection of a
State Department Building on that
square, with provision for preserva-
tion of the Decatur and Blair houses
on the site" -...5iae@-
Authorization for a new State De-
partment building on this site, to
cost $18,000,000, is Incorporated in
the Administrations post war Fed
eral Buildings Bill, now being con-
sidered by the House Committee on
Public Buildings and Grounds.
Chairman Lanham of the commit
tee, will hold an executive commit
tee session on the bill Wednesday
prior to reporting it to the House.
Chairman of the associations
board is Frederic A. Delano, uncle
of President Roosevelt, and for
many years chairman of the Nation
al Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. Mr.. Delano was reelected
to the Craftsmanship at yesterdays
annual meeting.
Other Officers Re- elected.
Other officers of the association
who have served for the past year
we're re-electd as follows Mr.. Al
bright, president; Maj. Gen. U. S..
Grant, III, chairman of the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
COMMISSION, nrSI vice president,
Tom Wallace, Louisville, KY, second
vice president; Earle H. Draper,
Washington, third vice president;
c. F. Jacobson. Washington, treas
urer, and Miss Harlean James,
Washington, executive secretary.
farmer Supreme Court Justice
Owen J. Roberts was elected to the
board to succeed Miss Marie Der
mitt, of Pittsburgh, who resigned
recently after 80 years of service
as board member.
Mr.. Roberts recently was sue
ceeded as chairman of the associa-
tion's Committee of 100 on the Fed
eral City by Clifton A. Woodrum,
former representative from Virginia.