Evening star., 1955-01-17
BroyhiII Sees
U. 5. Backing
Transit Study
Works for Agreement
With Budget Bureau
On How to Do 1t
b. Harold 3. Rooers

i
The Eisenhower administra-
tion soon officially viii support
q comprehensive study Of WASH
ington metropolitan area mass,
transportation highway and
bridge problems. Representative
Broyhill, Republican. Of Virginia,
predicted today.
Mr.. Eroyhill made the state
ment after he conferred at
length today on the matter with
q high ofncial Of the Bureau of
the Budget. Final decision still
remains to be made. Mr.. Broy-
hill said. as to the manner In
which the study viii be made.
I'VE are getting together and
are going to agree on procedure, "
Mr.. Broyhill said. The law
maker sponsored legislation in
the last Congress for such a
presidentially appointed COM
mission. But 1t was vetoed by
President Eisenhower, partly be-
cause the Broyhill measure was
tied IN with q proposal to set up
q commission to regulate mass
transportation In the District
and nearby Maryland but not in
Virginia.
MI Broyhill told The Star he
still feels o. preside entially. zap
pointed commission should make
such q study and would recon-
mend findings which would carr
ry great weight.
But strong support has devel-
oped from city and Federal plan
ming officials for such q study to
be made by the National Capital
Regional Planning Council.
which represents the District
and the nearby areas In both
States.
The difference between a study
by the presidential commission
and by the regional planning
council proposal Is really only
technical. Mr.. Broyhill said.
The important thing Is to
have 3 study made the .legisla-
tor emphasized. 1T should be
made now
Vital to the success Of any
study. Mr.. Broyhill said, would
be what kind Of cooperation
could be developed to support
the study's findings from the
three Jurisdictions involved, the
District and nearby Virginia and
Maryland.
Agency Spokesmen Confer.
Several spokesmen for various
agencies In the District recently
conferred on Capitol Hill In q
closed door conference on what
should be done in this session
Of Congress to take the next |
step towards solving the long |
controversy over mass transpor-
tation, highways and bridges in
this whole area.
Several of the conferees, in
cluding Representative Hyde,
Republican, Of Maryland, and
spokesmen for the Board of
Trade, the National Capital
Planning Commission and others
felt that a good way to ac-
complish the survey would be
to have 1t done by the Regional
Planning Council, already set up
for such q study.
After the conference, Mr..
Broyhill said he still felt his
idea for a presidential commits
sion would carry more prestige
behind whatever findings were
recommended. But he said
then that the important thing
was to have a study made and
that he did not intend to block
q Regional Council study II 1t
were recommended.
Representative Hyde has intro
duced his measure, revised In
some details, from the section in
the combination bill vetoed by
the President to set up q three
member regulatory commission to
control the operations Of mass
transportation. The jurisdictions
under regulation In the pending
bill include the District, nearby
Maryland and Virginia. The
measure vetoed by the President
had eliminated Virginia.