Evening star., 1949-05-15
McCarran Calls
For Millions
ToCIear SIums
District Conditions
'DIseroee TO Notion.
He Tells Senotors
d. N&etele 0 eeesTs

senator AcCsTraS Negnes /
of Nevada YESTERDAY urged tas
SenaIs Apprors Ia isoss Casafp.isse
30 include n tAs penagns secood
denc4eney elI SO 600 a<sa te b~
Used As = revolving !and ses sgain
clearance t3ese es The D4sstact Re-
DEVELOPMENT Land AssnCS
CaargsnE that Washington
Auins are q disgrace 10 ths Ma
tlnn. the Nes ada la~mAkef tod
the senate Appropriations sas-
committee on dereleneies that
the ureeney for aeiion on THIS
matter Is very great
Senator McCarTan made hs
plea la a letter ant 10 Chairman
Mckenar oi the Appropriations
Committee he also mailed . copy
,o all members of ths drficseneiss
subcommittee which also Is headed
by Senator Mcclellan Democrat.
Of Tennessee
AathaF Of lssg Act.
A. author af The Reoevelnp-
ment Land Act of lsse senator
McCarrAn Indicated that hs
favored direct appropriations 10
the land agency here instead ot
having the DISTRICT operate
through an amendment 10 tire
National housing bill noa pend
ms before the House
The House Bankins Committee
reported the National bill To the
House With amendments Authorls-
Ing fun participation Of city
agencies here In the loans and
grants for slam clearance ard
redeselonmeni the same as pro-
plded for the States
The amendment had heen agreed
TO by District Commissioners and
all agencies in Washington eon
ceyned with slum clearance asd
redgelopment
Prefers Land Act
But Senator MecAriRn made it
plain In his letter that he pre-
ferred the city to operate under
the Mccarran land act Of is4e.
Efforts 10 deal with this prob-
lem through some amendment
tackled onto thr pcndins housing
bill" he wrote. can be only par
tally effective at most, and neccs-
Sarily involve abandonment by u1s
Congress OF the principles laid
down In the District Redevelep-
ment Act OF ie4S. which waA Rp.
proved In August. 1916 3"
On this point officials al the
Housing and Home Finance Agency
who helped write the District
amendment 10 the National hoas-
inE bill differ vita Senator Nc
carTan They insisted when the
amendment waa flled. N1al II
would In no way impair The power
Of the land agency 20 operate
under It's own law II Congress
appropriated money.
CritieiHss Approach.
Senator MeCafTan. In his letter
took q slap at the National hous-
ing bill approach 10 the alum
problem here
IF the Appropriations Commit
tee does not aee 1T 10 provide this
money under the tIe4sa authoft-
zation already made he sald.
~ is extremely likely that ether
committees Of the Congress wilI
attempt to solve the problem
through new leRiAistion in . form
which q, least partially by PASSES
the Appropriations Committee ard
not In accordance With the plan
which Congress. some three YEARS
ago overwhelmingly approved aft
er IL had been worked out during
more than two and one half years
OF arduous effort
senator McGhFrAH tfgoitaas6 re
fully expects the Badsss Bureau
70 forward 70 Congress an ss-
tirnate 10 appropriate funds for
the land agency.
Full 70 MIIilens Urged
p The Senator said he did not
know whether the Budget Bureau
would present an estimate fnv the
full SO 900 900 authorized BY Con-
gress. but he asked that whatever
the ssEe Of the expected estimate.
the Appropriations Cnsnrnistes sp~
prove the item for the fuil t7o.-
900 600.
Explaining TIA, many persons
seem 10 think The go 900 0ce
authorized would be spent once
and thrn b@ Eons." the Senator
said "the truth Ia. Of course. that
See EI.UNE, Pace A-a.3