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u. 5. toConsider
Area Views in
Dispersal Plan
Virginia Communities
Assured Participation
In Federal Program

of nearby Virginia local govern
ments were given assurance last
night that their views will be
considered in the Federal Govern
ment's dispersal program.
Meeting in Fairfax last night,
were the Northern Virginia Re-
gional Planning and Economic
Development Commission and
local officials from the cities of
Alexandria and Falls Church, the
counties of Fairfax, Arlington,
Prince William and Loudoun, and
the town of Manassas.
The group agreed that the
regional planning commission
should serve as clearing house"
for the communities in their
dealings with the Federal Govern
ment on the dispersal program.
Speakers were Tracy B. Augur,
urban planning officer for the
General Services Administration
Carl Feiss. chief of the COM
munity planning branch of the
division of urban redevelopment
of the Housing and Home Finance
Agency, and John Nolen, jr., di-
rector of planning for the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
w. H. Caldwell chief of the
division OF economic development
of the Virginia Planning and Eco
nomic Development Commission,
also attended the meeting.
8 Buildings Planned.
Mr. Augur said that the pres
ent dispersal plan provides for
eight office buildings with 5000
employees each, about 20 miles
from the center of Washington.
He said that no actual sites have
been selected but that Federal
officials "have driven up and down
your county roads, beat the bushes
and studied maps. We are look
ing for help from people who
know this country"
The problems stemming from
the dispersal proposal instead of
being solved, seem to be growing"
Mr.. Augur said.
Among possible improvements
necessary to put dispersal into
effect he listed tapping the Po-
tomac river near Leesburg to pipe
a new water supply into the area
and construction of a new super
highway or complete reconstruc-
tion Of Lee boulevard to make it
high-speed throughway."
Federal Aid Reactions.
Mr.. Feiss said prospects of Fed
eral aid to build community facil-
tiles in the dispersal area could be
measured by the reaction of Con-
gress to defense housing and
community facilities bill just in
troduced.
Mr.. Feiss said he "hopes to
avoid construction of so-called
'G-Towns'." He said the Govern
ment's objective is to put in in
stallations that will be perma-
nent.
Alfred E. Frisbie, a member of
the Arlington County Board, told
Mr.. Feiss he would like to make
a plea that the Government avoid
construction such as the cow
barns of South Arlington" Mr..
Frisbie said that "so-called tenn
porary" Federally built projects in
South Arlington "are fast becom-
ing slum area"
Ask Central Plans Agency.
Mr.. Nolen said that his commits
sion has proposed that it be set
up as the central planning agency
for the Federal Government.
Otherwise, Mr.. Nolen said, local
planning agencies would have to
deal with half a dozen Federal
agencies"
The speakers were presented by
Bertram Gross of the Arlington
County Planning Commission.
John w. Brookfleld of Spring.
field, chairman of the regional
planning commission, asked mem
bers of the commission to report
at a meeting January IS on sug-
gestions of local governing bodies
and planning commissions regard
ing the pending dispersal legisla-
ton.