Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-07-25
All DC. Tenlpos
10 Be Gone By
July Next Year
US. Will Realize
Soc. 900 From
Building Sales
By WilIiom A. MiIIen

BY this time next year, war
built temporary public housing
here will be completely removed
and the Government will realize
around 100000 from the sale Of
the buildings.
This is the last phase Of q
mammoth job that included re-
housing some $500 families.
James Ring. executive director
Of the National Capital Housing
Authority. said yesterday that
by the end Of this year all this
housing will be cleared away.
except rs houses on the Vista
ton Convent grounds, Thirty
fifth and Reservoir road NV.
Those are scheduled to 60 in
the spring, he said.
"This is in line with the
Authority's policy of getting
the war housing removed
promptly and returning the
sites to the owners" Mr.. Ring
pointed out.
Various suggestions have
been made that the Authority
should allow the houses to re-
main on the sites. But the
Authority has been under COM
mitment to the District Com
missioners, citizens associations
and others that these buildings
would be removed after the
emergency. They were con-
structed 1916.
Keeping Faith With People.
"These houses were erected
without regard to the District
building code and they should
not be allowed to remain to
weaken the controls which in
sure proper housing here. The
Authority has been manage
ment and disposal agent for
the Public Housing Administra-
ton of the Housing and Home
Finance Agency. The disposal
program has been worked out
in cooperation with the FILA
representatives.
I'm carrying out this program,
we are keeping faith with the
people that let us have the land
with the understanding that the
houses erected on it would be
but temporary. A great part of
this land is in private owner
ship, a small amount is park
land or that which the Author
ity itself owned"
Disposal Of war-built proper
ties, scattered in various parts of
Washington and vicinity, has
been accomplished by public adj
veytising, the submission of bids
by private organizations and
contract awards on q competitive
basis. The Government accepts
the bid that brings In the most
money.
Some Yet to Be Sold.
Yet to be sold are: 1873 houses
at Benning road and Forty-sixth
street Sc; the SO Anthony
Bowen houses at First and N
streets S.W.; the la Syphax
houses at First and r streets
S.W., and the EOS Garry houses
on Suitland road, near Suitland,
Md, as well as those on the Visi-
tation Convent grounds.
The Government has thus far
received $173,186 for the war
built houses it has sold, Mr.. Ring
said.
The Columbia Surplus Build
ing Sales, successful bidder for
much Of that housing, describes
itself as the largest operator in
the District in this type of work
c. j. Moore and I. H. Edwards,
| who is a grocery chain man,
both Of Jacksonville, Fla, have
joined in this enterprise.
A report that Louis e. Wolfson,
Capital Transit Co. owner, was
associated in the work has been
denied.
One Of Columbia's projects is
at Seventh and Monroe streets
NE, near Catholic University,
| where 80 houses were constructed
in 1943 by the American Houses,
Inc. of New York. MIR. Moore
said yesterday about 80 Of these
houses have been sold. The land
is owned by the Sulpician
Fathers.
/ Houses Moved Intact.
/ From Seventh and Monroe
streets N. E., the houses are sold
and moved intact. They are
being bought for beach homes
and for other purposes. These
houses consist of two bedrooms,
a living room, dinette and kitch-
J en- and bath. They are wooden