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buildings should be accompanied
by parallel planning for develop
ment of communities of homes
close by. He said the two should
be started at the same time and
handled as a single problem.
Experiences Not Happy
Mr.. Pasarew said that his ex-
perience with the General Services
Administration, which is making
the dispersal plans, and its prede-
cessors was not completely a
happy one" Referring to the plan
ming activities of these agencies,
Mr.. Pasarew said, IT have tried re-
peatedly to get a hearing from
those organizations, but never got
an audience" 4
Today's hearing was conducted
by Senator Holland, chairman of
the Public Buildings Subcom-
mittee. He has said it is possible
that the measure before it, the
authorization of an appropriation
for the plan, but not the appro-
priation itself, might possibly be
passed by the Senate before the
end of the year.
BackerS of the plan have about
given up hope for action on the
House side, however. Chairman
Wilmington. of the House Public
Works Committee reiterated to-
day that the dispersal plan is
reasonable. that the committee
has an open mind, but that the
committee wants more informa-
ton. He said the measure may
or may not" be acted on at this
session of Congress.
No Requests Received.
Mr.. Pasarew, in his testimony
today, said he had received no
requests for his Commission
judgment or recommendations on
the dispersal plan.
He urged that the pending bill
be amended to require prior con-
sultation with State and local
agencies. suggestion Senator
Holland said he thought excellent.
Such a proposed amendment
was offered the committee by
Frederick Gutheim. chairman of
the Washington Regional Plan
ming Commission. who testified
before the committee last Friday.
His proposed amendment provides
for Federal cooperation and con-
sultation with local agencies and
the Federal Government should
act through the local planning
and Government bodies where
feasible.
He conceded that sites for the
proposed buildings are secret at
this time. But he added that per-
haps 20 people who had been trav-
cling around adjacent counties in
Maryland knew these secrets, but
had never mentioned them to
county officials.
I'VE have to pick up the
threads left by lack of planning
no planning or inadequate plan
ming" he said.
Request Rebuffed.
He said that some time ago
when planning responsibilities
were assigned to GSA, the As
sociation of State Planning and
Development Agencies asked to
be represented on an advisory
committee which was set UP, to
present the point of view of the
State. He said the answer was
that that viewpoint was repre-
sented on the committee which
was large enough already.
Senator Holland pointed out
that general planning responsible
tiles provided under a 1949 act.
has been shifted from GSA to
the Housing and Home Finance
Agency by reorganization plan.
But Mr.. PasareW replied, THE
/ people are the same"
Senator Holland told Mr.. Pasa-
rev that where the law that
species cooperation with local
agencies is not followed, all those
agencies have to do is to let the
Senate Committee know that they
are being ignored.
Mr.. Stein, in developing his
recommendations that housing
and offices should be planned to-
gether, sketched out this sort of
a development:
Should Be 10000 Population.
A town of about 10000 initially,
close enough to the Office building
SO that employees could walk or
bicycle to work. Beyond that, a
sterilization" circle of open or
park land to control the size of
the community. prevent encroach-
ments on it, and guarantee that
there would be no solid buildup
between the community and it's
agency on the one hand, and
Washington on the. other.
He said this development should
be guided by the Federal Govern
ment which should establish pol
ICY and control plans. The COM
munities should be complete and
small enough so they would not
be targets for bombs, but large
enough to be efficient. He said
the efficient size would range from
20,000-50,000 but the towns should
be planned on a 10000 basis.
The Government plans, in buy
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