Evening star., 1948-05-07
Prince Georges
Federation Asks
Road Projects
HyottsviIIe Meeting
Votes Cooperation
WithMontqomeryUnit

The Maryland State Roads Com
mission was urged last night by the
Prince Georges County Civic Fed
Grafton to give top priority consid-
Grafton to three proposed road i'm
provement projects in the county.
The three roads are cross-coun-
ty highway from Western Mont
gomery County through the Uni
versity of Maryland to the proposed
Annapolis freeway, near Landover
Hills; extension Of Rhode Island
avenue from Hyattsville to Beltsville
and widening and Strengthening of
Queens Chapel road starting at the
District line.
recommendations we're contained
in a resolution adopted by Fedora
ton members last night in their
May session at Hyattsville.
Cooperating With Montgomery.
The resolution, which was drafted
by Daniel M. Greene, chairman of
the Federation's Legislative Com
mittee, also proposed that the
Prince Georges County group CO.
operate with the Montgomery Coun-
ty Civic Federation in an effort to
obtain more equitable distribu-
ton of State highway funds for the
benefit of the two counties"
A seven-member committee was
named by the organization to work
with similar group from the
Montgomery County Federation.
which will meet at the call of Wash
ington 1. Cleveland, chairman of the
Montgomery unit.
Named to represent Prince Georges
were Mr.. Greene, committee chair
man; Walter F. Mulligan, president
OF the federation: DR.. Raymond C.
Wiley, College Park; Clifford Boteler
and Fred Knauer, Evansville District
Citizens Association; Dr. Herman
Du Buy, Berwyn Heights District
Civic Association, and Mrs. Dorothy
E. SouSa. West Hyattsville Citizens
Association.
Mr.. Mulligan reported the fedora
ton was "confining" itself to expen-
ditures from State funds and hence
was not including the proposed An
napolis freeWay and Washington
Baltimore parkway on its list be-
cause both are Federal projects.
Mrs. Sousa Succeeds Ford.
The federation also turned over to
the committee request of the New
ton Village Citizens and Improve
ment Association that the roads
commission make River road and
Kenilworth avenue, near Bladens-
burg, safe for people to walk on"
Mrs. Sousa was elected as cor
responding secretary Of the fed
Grafton, to succeed James H. Ford,
formerly OF the Forest Heights
Citizens Association, who has
moved to Cincinnati. Richard
Bauer of the Rogers Heights Citi-
zens' Association, was named to
the Federations Executive Com
mittee in her place.
The group named four members
to represent the federation on sub
committees OF the Prince Georges
County Community Chest and
Planning Council. They were Mr.
Mulligan for the recreation SUBJ
committee; John P Lautz, West
HyattSville Citizens Association
and DR.. Eric Durand, Temple Hills
Citizens Association, for the family
welfare subcommittee, and Mrs.
B. c. ODwyer, Landover Suburban
Citizens Association, health sub
committee. The appointments were
made at the request of Bernard L.
Nees, chairman of the planning
council.
Mr.. Mulligan also was named to-
represent the group on the newly
formed Advisory Committee to the
County Board of Education. The
Community League of Takoma Park
was admitted to membership.