Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-08-03


Federal buildings got a big as
sist during the past session, with
prospects OF several buildings in
Washington and the Metropoli-
tan Area.
Some Lease. Purchase
Some Of these are based on
operation of the lease-purchase
program, which requires final
approval by both House and
Senate Public Works Commit
tees Of each project.
The lease-purchase program
calls for the Government to
contract with private corpora
| tions to construct buildings, to
be paid for on the installment
Iplan like rent.
|; One of these Federal struc-
lures, approved by the Budget
Bureau and recommended to
the House and Senate Public
Works Committees, would be in
Southwest Washington. But it,
|; along with the proposed new
structure for the Civil Service
lCommisSion. likewise recon-
Imended, have not yet been APP
proved by two Public Works
Committees.
Among the legislators active
i'm pushing forward legislation
for the big Federal buildings in
the area has been Representa-
tive Jones, Democrat Of Ala
bama, chairman of the House
Public Works Subcommittee on
Public Buildings and Grounds.
| Among other lease-purchase
Federal public buildings, for
which SIS million was appro-
priated to the General Services
Administration for preliminary
work, are headquarters for the
Weather Bureau, Coast and
Geodetic Survey and Geological
Survey.
Other Big Buildings
Other big Federal buildings in
line for construction include the
$50 million Atomic Energy Com
mission building, on q site Sc
Ilected at Germantown. Md, and
la $47 million Central Intelligence
Agency home. The favored site
for this, a congressional commit
tee reported, is at Langley. Va,
but the CHA will make the final
decision on its location.
A newly authorized museum
OF history and technology, on
Constitution avenue near Twelfth
street, has been allotted $2,288, :
900 for plannings and specifica-
tions, under GSA supervision.
A $50 million extension of the
present State Department on
Virginia avenue NV. has been
given a start with an appropris-
|tion Of $2.5 million for planning
by GSA.
Legislation earlier this year
authorized, and appropriated
, funds for q third House Office
Building, and elaborate extension
of the Capitol grounds.
Indicative OF some of the
!. minor bills passed by Congress
and sent to the White House
was one to permit convention
/. Of hairdreSsers to meet in the
District Armory and another to
repeal an old law requiring the
Potomac Electric Power Co. TO
make an annual report TO Con-
gress.
i Still pending for action next
/. session Is q measure to encour-
/. age the small loan and pawn
. brokers business TO return to
Washington. 1t passed the
House and went to the Senate
Also still pending is the meas
IRE to establish q domestic re-
!. lations branch OF Municipal
Court to take over such cases
from the u. s. District Court
for the District Of Columbia.
The Senate passed one version
and the House District Commit
tee approved another, which is
pending before the House on its
calendar.
One of the last District bills
sent to the White House yester-
day was related to Capital
! Transit Co. 1t would repeal the
old law for 3-cent fare for
school children and authorize
the Public Utilities Commission
to set the fare up to half of the