Evening star., 1954-11-16
Green Light
Given on Plan
For Northwest
Lond Agency to Seek
y. S. Loan for Survey
For Urbun Renewal

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For, Urban Renewal
The Redevelopment Land
Agency today was authorized by
the District Commissioners to
apply for $1,25O.000 from the
Housing and Home Finance Ad-
ministration to start planning
on the proposed Northwest
Urban Renewal Project Area.
Okay Southwest Boundaries.
In addition, at their regular
semiweekly meeting, the Com
miSsioners:
/. Formally approved boun-
daries for a low-cost public
housing project in Southwest
Washington on which. a public
hearing was held last Friday
One of the two areas. is bounded
by Third. ! and M streets and
Delaware avenue. The other is
bounded by Second, M, Canal
and N streets.
2. Authorized special policemen
guarding private property to
carry blackjacks-as well as, or
instead of guns-by approving a
corporation counsel opinion that
they are qualified to carry such
weapons "as policemen"
3. Amended new regulations
on. licensing of secondhand
dealers to spell out the items on
which Glass A" dealers must re-
port to police. These include
binoculars, cameras, firearms,
furs, household appliances, jew
elry, musical instruments, Office
machines and equipment, radios
and television sets, watches and
other items worth more than $25.
4. Also amended the second
hand regulations to eliminate
dual licensing of motor vehicle
dealers on condition they report
purchases of second -hand prop
erty as required by the second
hand dealer regulations.
5. Approved applications of the
Howard. George Washington and
Georgetown Medical Schools to
receive dogs from the District
Pound for medical research. The
Georgetown approval will not 60
into effect until adequate kennel
facilities have been completed
and approved by the Health De-
partment.
6. Authorized payment of sti-
pends Of $741 a year-or board
and room instead--to student
nurses under a proposed train
ing program being set UP at the
Districts Glenn Dale Hospital.
7. Accepted the resignation as
president Of the District Plumb
ing Board of Carl C. Lipp. effec-
tive December /, because Of the
"heavy pressure" OF other duties.
Opens Way for Survey.
Approval of the Redevelopment
Land Agency request will permit
that agency to request funds for
q 3O-month survey and planning
Job designed to rehabilitate the
Northwest urban renewal prof.
ect area, which corresponds
roughly with the second police
precinct.
John r. Searles, jr.. executive
director of RIA, said the survey
will be conducted by the new
housing division of the Districts
Department of Licenses and In
spections.
He said it will cover 15,700
dwelling units in the 940-acre
tract bounded by Fourteenth
street, U street, Florida avenue,
the Union Terminal railroad
tracks. Massachusetts avenue
and K street.
In a second formal action on
the same project, the Commis-
sioners approved the boundaries
as adopted recently by the Ma
tional Capital Planning Commis-
sion.
Survey i'm 2 Phases.
Mr.. Searles said the initial Is
month survey will determine
"the condition Of structure and
the condition Of families" some
Of whom may have to be re-
located.
A second 15-month planning
phase Mr.. Searles said, will
break the area down into three
different categories--those to be
conserved" (kept as they are
except. perhaps, for tighter en-
forcement of housing and build
ing regulations); those to be re-
habilitated. as Georgetown has
been revamped in the past few
years. and those to be "rede-
veloped" by tearing down large
areas Of buildings and rebuilding
on special plans.
The blackjack issue was raised
recently by Representative Bu-
chanan, Democrat, of Pennsyl-
vania, who complained that the
Metropolitan Police Department
had ruled that the G. C. Murphy
Co. stores here could not equip
their special police with black
jacks-but only with guns.
The ruling turned on a deflni-
ton OF policemen and other
duly authorized law officers" who
are entitled to carry blackjacks.
Today's ruling includes special
policemen In that category.