Evening star., 1950-10-11
Regiona|CounciI
To Draft Role
In Dispersal
Gutheim Elected
Chuirmun as New
Organization Meets

The newly organized Washing
ton Regional Planning Council
plans to meet in about month to
devise measures to make it's in
f1uence felt in the Governments
dispersal of agencies into the sur
rounding area.
Frederick Gutheim, who was
elected chairman of the council
yesterday, said the group wants to
know whether Congress will re-
quire that local planning agencies
be consulted in connection with
dispersal. Mr.. Gutheim is mem
Der OF the Upper Montgomery
County Planning Commission.
Dispersal plans call for con-
struction initiany of buildings for
four agencies employing 10000
persons in outlying sections of the
Washington area as a defense
measure. Ultimately there will
be at least IL dispersed agencies.
I'VE will want to know whether.
in placing these agencies, the
Government will conform to local
and regional plans" Mr.. Gutheim
went on. 1--WE will also want to
know whether there will be unity
in the Governments planning by
the National Security Resources
Board and the other Federal
agencies involved"
Unit Meets Tuesday.
The Executive Committee of
the council meets next Tuesday
and it will have to determine how
this issue will be presented to the
council for its decision, Mr..
Guthelm said. In announcing
that meeting of the full council
will be held a month hence, Mr..
Gutheim said there is still time
ito influence the dispersal pro-
gram"
The council completed it's or
ganization at a meeting yesterday
in the Octagon House. Officers
elected, in addition to Mr.. Gutheim,
were John w. Brookfield, vice
chairman, and John Nolen, jr.,
secretary-treasurer. Mr.. Brook
field is chairman of the Northern
Virginia Regional Planning Com
mission, and Mr.. Nolen is director
of planning for the National Cap
ital Park and Planning Commits
sion.
The question was raised whether
refusal by Congress to appropriate
$139.8 million for the dispersal
plan had not ended it. Mr..
Gutheim remarked there are
plenty Of planning activities 60
ing on across the street" in the
General Services Administration.
Reorganization Issue Up.
Blair Lee, vice chairman of the
Maryland-National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, urged
that the council express ''its keen
desire" to see Congress enact the
bill for the reorganization of the
NCPPC. That bill would add a
member from Maryland and one
from Virginia to the National
Capital commission.
Mr.. Lee said that any Federal
agency now can buy a big site in
Maryland and Virginia without
so much as by your leave" and
disrupt the plans of the local
planning commissions.
Mr.. Brookfield objected, ex-
planning later that. the proposed
legislation would give Virginia and
Maryland one representative each
in a commission of IA members.
He said that is insufficient repre-
sentation.
Othe questions were raised and
Mr.>Lee withdrew his motion but
said he wanted to give warning
he would bring it up again.
rs Delegates Attend.
Brig. Gen. Gordon r. Young.
District Engineer Commissioner.
spoke briefly on civil defense.
About Is delegates attended the
council meeting. The planning
represented were
the NCPPA, the Maryland NPPC.
Prince Georges County outside the
MISUNDERSTANDING Region;
and Falls Church. Va:
Fairfax. Arlington and Loudoun
Counties in Virginia. the North
ern Virginia Regional Commis-
sion and the Interstate Commits
sion on the Potomac River Basin.
The executive committee in
cludes the three officers and Fred
w. Tuemmler, Prince Georges
County; Mr.. Lee, Alfred E. Frisbie.
county supervisor in Arlington,
and I. w. Baker, chairman of the
board of supervisors of Loudoun
County.