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Of the commissions report, these
recommendations are made:
/. That there be prompt deci-
sion on the decentralization of
Federal agencies.
q. That the Districts coming
be overhauled completely to con-
troll population densities in vari-
Gus areas, to eliminate nom
conforming standards Of off street
parking in residential areas, and
Tor other aims.
3. That zoning in adjacent ter
ritories be revised. This. Of course,
Is a responsibility of the planning
commissions of those areas. The
NCPPC authority is confined to
the District.
4. That 10000 dilapidated dwell
Ing units be torn down and that
construction of housing for low
income families be speeded up.
5. That highways and bridges
previously proposed be built.
6. That streetcars be replaced
gradually by buses.
May Influence Dispersal.
The commissions decentraliza-
tion plan was drawn up before the
dispersal plan made for the Ma
tlonal Security Resources Board
was conceived. The one agency
bolstering the position of the
other may be an important in
fluence when another effort is
made to get Congress to authorize
the dispersal and appropriate
money for it.
The NSRB plan, as prepared by
the General Services Admins
tration. was rejected by Congress
last month.
John Nolen, jr, planning direc-
tor for the commission, said the
two plans are alike in principle.
He explained they are based on
the conviction that the capital
has grown to such point that,
for a variety of reasons, there
should be no more concentration
of Government employment In the
eongested district.
The commissions plan was
drawn UP before the danger of
an atomic bomb attack was see1a
as an important consideration.
That danger was the compelling
reason for the NSRB plan.
Mr.. Nolen said the commission
plan is flexible and that sites for
Government buildings could be
established farther out if those
recommended are too close to
downtown Washington for safety.
Full Disclosure withheld.
Mr.. Nolen declined to disclose
Just what the commission plans
contemplate. But from what COM
mission members have disclosed
from time to time and from dis
cussions with others interested in
planning on a regional basis,
enough has been learned to pro-
vide substantial preview of the
longawaited plan.
It was learned that these recon-
mendations were made on decen-
tralization:
/. That buildings requiring Gen.
trail locations be erected along
East Capitol street in accordance
with plans already announced.
2. That certain additional struc-
lures be located along the pro-
posed Fort Drive within the Dis
trict.
3. That other buildings such as
for laboratories and semi-indus-
trial activities, be located at the
edge Of the present suburban
development 10 to Is miles from
the White House.
4. That industrial, experimental
and confidential activities be
placed in the area beyond. even
as far as so miles distant.
Plans of both the commission
and the NSRB call for removal of
the temporary buildings in down.
town Washington and a reduction
in the space leased from private
owners. The NSRB plan calls for
the erection of no more Govern
ment buildings in downtown
Washington. Under its plan. sites
along the Fort Drive would be too
near the target point in an atomic
bomb attack.
Committing Criterion.
The NSRB's criterion for sites is
q committing time of 40 minutes
to an hour. The commissions IS
mile mark thus would be at about
the nearest limit and the 50-mile
mark, except in some instances,
would be beyond the NSRB limit.
In drawing up its regional plan,
the commission was reported look
ing forward to the Districts popu-
lation leveling off at about l mil
lion by 1880. There would be an
additional / million in the sub
urban areas.
Most of the new growth would
Britain DELAYS Action