Evening star., 1946-02-22
PIdnnersDefer
Decision on
TouriistCamp
New Site Favored
By Commission Unit
After Study

The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission late yester-
day postponed until its March meet
ing consideration of the contro-
versial proposal to locate a new
tourist camp in East Potomac
Park.
Postponement was made at the
request of Engineer Commissioner
Gordon r. Young, who is mem
Der of the commission ex officio
and who could not be present at
yesterdays meeting.
The commission announced.
however, that its Recreation Co.
ordinating Committee, to which the
tourist camp plan was referred for
study last month, has voted in
favor of using East Potomac Park
for recreation purposes only and
that the tourist camp should be To-
Gated elsewhere. National Capital
Parks officials serving on this COM
mittee, however, dissented, Thomas
>. Settle. commission secretary said.
Elimination of Fund Sought.
The District Commissioners and
members of the District Recrea-
ton Board are seeking to have an
item of 100000 to start construc-
ton OF the new camp stricken from
the Interior Department Appropri-
alton Bill, now before the House
Appropriations Committee. Park
omclals have presented strong
testimony to have the item left in
the bill.
The planning commission also:
/. Recommended to the Fine Arts
Commission, which held its meet
ing today, that the new Recon-
struction Finance Corp. Office build
ing which Jerry Miatico proposes to
build at Connecticut avenue and H
street should be two stories and
penthouse lower than planned at
present to conform to other build
lngs surrounding Lafayette Square,
I'he Fine Arts Commission has final
say IN the matter under authority
vested In 1t by the Shipstead-Luce
Act. The building as planned con-
forms to zoning regulations as to
height but, In case of certain areas
such as the Mall and Lafayette
Square, the Fine Arts Commission
can insist on lower heights. than
those permitted under the zoning
laws.
2. Recommended that bakeries
cleaning and dyeing establishments
ana laundries having more than S
employees be permitted to do busi-
ness In first commercial property
but that some definite employe
ceiling be set by the Zoning Com
mission and each individual case
involving such use of first CONNER
cial property be judged on its
merits by the Board of Zoninu
Adjustment,
Ind0rses TRANSPORTATION Studv
5. Approved minor changes in the
location of proposed new hangers
at National Airport and location
OF public automobile service sta /.
ton on the airport grounds at the
intersection of the main approach
road to the terminal building and
the northern exit road.
4. Endorsed in principle a trans
portation study of Washington pre-
pared by the District Chapter of
the Institute of Traffic Engineers
The study questions the need for
extensive underground streetcar
ilnes and proposes superhighway
loop, with connecting superstreets
and parking and downtown transit
facilities arranged to fit in with
the. downtown loop. The institute
plan was made public early this
year and is now being scanned bv
the planning commission for points
which might be used in its own
plans.
5, Referred to its executive COM
mittee a District Highway Depart
ment plan for the streamlining of
the intersection of Minnesota and
avenues SE