Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1955-12-15

area.
The presentation was made
day National Capital Planning
Commission meeting. which also
will highlight the Central In
telligence Agency's bid for a new
headquarters site at Langley,
Va, and attempts to resolve the
city's controversial Southwest re-
development program.
In a reversal of intentions,
GSA insisted on presenting the
new public buildings report at q
closed meeting. John Nolen.
jr., NCPC director. said he
was told the reason was that
it had not been cleared by the
Federal Budget Bureau.
To Delay Announcement
Last night, however. General
Services Administrato E. F.
Mansure said the decision to
keep the report secret was en-
tirely his and not the Budget
bureaus. He said, however,
that q conference would be held
today to decide whether to make
the report public.
This morning a spokesman
for Mr.. Mansure said the GSA
chief had decided not to disclose
the important new plan until
he has a chance to present it,
about January / to a House
Public Works subcommittee
which ordered it.
Existence of the completed
plan and its reported highlights
were disclosed in The Star
Sunday. The subcommittee or
dered the report after objecing to
the GSA's "piece-meal approach"
to public building construction
and called for a one-package
plan to show all the Govern
ment's building needs here and
how they should be met.
Two Phases Tied in
The report. 1t was understood,
relates new construction to the
removal of six million square
feet of tempos in some order
of priority, takes UP locations
and proposes basic policy de-
cisions on Just how many Gov
eminent employees should be To-
Gated in permanent quarters
here.
Chairman Jones Of the House
subcommittee, reached at Scots
boro, Ala, told The Star he was
happy to hear" the report is
finished and said he wiz give it
his close attention as soon as
he returns to Washington after
the Christmas holidays.
Later today. the planning
commission was to meet with
the National Capital Regional
Planning Council to set policies
on a 100000 transportation
study the two groups are max
ing for the Washington area.
Up for discussion were a con-
sultant's report recommending
formation of an wide
transit regulatory authority.
which later might operate
transit system. A report to Con-
gresS on this regulatory phase
will be the first part Of the
transit study.
CHA Site Up Tomorrow
The chief subjects at tomor-
rows meeting win be the CHA
site issue and q number Of &C.
tons involving Southwest rede-|
velopment.
The commission was to have
two reports on the CHA proposal
to build at Langley. One will
come from a commission COM
mittee. which met in closed ses-
sion yesterday and the other
from the Regional Planning
Council. The council approved
the Langley site by a vote of
5 to 3.
The chief redevclopment issue
is an attempt to find site
for the Smithsonian Institutions
proposed National Air Museum
that will not conflict with key
features Of the Zeckendorf re-
development plan.
The Commissions Co-ordinat-
ing Committee, made up OF vari-
Gus city and Federal technicians,
will submit a report recommend
ing approval Of land-use plan
proposed by the Zeckendorf firm
of Webb g. Knapp.
Another commission commit
tee headed by Conrad L. Wirth
also is expected TO recommend
approval Of most of the plan. In
dications, however. are that the
committee might recommend
that no immediate decision be
made on the Smithsonian's bid
for a museum site that conflicts
with the Zeckendorf firms pro-
posed South Mall" near Tenth
street and independence avenue
S.W. This has been the stumbling
block That has faced redevelopers
for months.
Other Actions
In other redevelopment mat
tiers. the commission was sched-
uled to:
/. Act on major changes in
Area B, the 76-acre pilot South
west project. The main change
will be to remove all retail
shopping development from the
Area B plan so that it can be
consolidated in a large shopping