Evening star., 1951-04-11
Bill 10 Disperse
10000 Is Sent
To Senate Floor
Committee Approves
Removal of Vital
Federal Agencies
By Francis P. DouqIos


The Senate Public Works Com
mittee today approved the dis
Ipersal bill providing for the re-
Imoval of vital agencies with 10000
employees to new buildings to be
erected on four sites in the sub
Iurbs.
The measure also provides au-
thorization for decentralization
the transfer of agencies to other
places in the United States. The
bill states that it shall be the OBJ
|ject to transfer not less than 25,-
900 positions from the District
area in the decentralization pro-
gram.
Chairman Holland of the sub
committee which handled the bill
said the measure would be intro
duced on the Senate floor this
Afternoon.
He said nine members of the
full committee voted in favor Of
the measure, and that no vote was
cast by Senator Martin, Repub-
Ilican, OF Pennsylvania.
Democratic Senators Mcclellan
lof Arkansas and Stennis of Mis-
sissippi, and Republican Senator
Cain of Washington, who are out
Iof the city. were not recorded as
voting. Senator Holland said,
however, he believes that all three
men would have voted for the
measure.
S107 Million Funds In Bill.
Chairman Chavez of the full
committee and Senator Hennings,
Democrat, of Missouri, voted by
proxy and were recorded in favor.
Senator Holland said they were
prevented by other business from
being present.
The bill is a revision Of the
measure originally introduced in
the last session. It carries au-
thorization for the appropriation
of SLOT million, whereas the orig
inal measure provided for an ap-
preparation Of $190 million.
The SLOT million is broken down
this way: For construction Of
four permanent buildings with
land and utilities, $40 million; for
a circumferential highway, $28
million; for other highway con-
Istruction. $4.5 million, and for.
communications, $4.5 million. The
measure directs that as space be-
comes available in Washington,
with the dispersal and decentral-
ization programs, the General
Services Administration shall tear
down the World War II tempo
|rary buildings. These now provide
office space for 81 900 Government
workers.
Provision is made in the bill
for joint committee on dis
persal, demolition and decentral-
ization. 1t would be composed Of
five members each from the Sen
ate and House Public Works Com
mittees, and shall keep watch on
the progress of the program.
The Senate is expected to take
up the measure next week.
Only Reasonable Solution.
In its report today the subcom-
Imittee said:
1T is clear that unless citadel
structures are to be built, which
could be accomplished only at a
tremendous cost, an orderly and
well-planned dispersal of the more
vital facilities and personnel, to-
lgether with a decentralization Of
certain less vital activities of the
Government. is the only reason
able solution to the problem"
The problem referred to is that
of the safety and continuity Of
government in event of attack,
The reference to citadel was to the
practice adopted by Great Britain
of providing Stout buildings with
underground ounkers for govern
ment offices.
A bill identical to the Senate bill
is expected to be introduced in the
House. There 1t would take the
place of the measure which was re-
jected by a House Public Works
Subcommittee.