Evening star., 1955-10-06
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May Evacuate
Section Of DC.
FonduhI Tells Of
Plans at Purley
On . .roffic Problems

Efforts may be made to eyae-
uate completely an entire section
Of the city In the next civil de-
tense exercise.
Col. John Z. Fondahl, District
civil defense director. said that Il
the plans go through, he would
ike to see all persons in the
area selected get out. But he said
no attempt win be made to en-
force flight.
These tentative plans were dis
closed by Col. Fondahl yesterday
at . meeting Of the Conference
on Metropolitan Washington
Trafic Problems. sponsored by
the District Commissioners and
the Governors Of Maryland and
Virginia. Col. Fondatl partici-|
pated IN q panel discussion. Of
which Representative Lankford.
Democrat of Maryland. was mod
orator. The meeting was held In
the Hotel Washington.
Considered Last June
Col. Fondahl said evacuation
Of one area Of the city was con-
sidered as q part Of the civil
defense exercise last June but
not carried out.
He said the area in mind then
was the one south Of Constitu-
tion avenue and running from
Fourth to Seventeenth streets.
It would have included about
10000 persons. It would have
taken In the Agriculture Depart
ment and the Bureau Of En-
craving and Printing.
The next national civil defense
exercise is still in the planning
stage. No date has been all-I
nounced.
The value Of evacuation as al
protection in a hydrogen bomb
attack was stressed by Harold
L. Aitken. executive assistant adj
ministrator Of Federal Civil De-
Tense. He addressed q luncheon
meeting.
Estimates Casualties
He said that In an average day
in Washington, there are SOC, ,0O0l
people within a three-mile radius
of the White House. He took
that as the target for q bomb
equal to 5 million tons Of INT. |
II they could not get away
before the attack. he said. some
720 900 would die. But. he said.
II they moved three miles out,
the estimated number Of casual
ties would be cut in half. He
added:
I'VE say. let's reduce the den-I
sity Of people to q point where
people win not be an attractiveI
target =
Miles r. Rouse Of the District
Highway Department said later
an inventory Of highway facilities
ct about the District limits and
over the Potomac bridges devel-
oped that there are about 7OI
trafiic lanes that could be used
for evacuation traffic.
Check Made ON Flow
A check was made on the traf-
lic how on Thirteenth street at
Spring road NV. Mr.. Rouse
said that, during the peak hours,
cars moved at the rate Of $50
cars per lane per hour. The
southbound Fourteenth street
bridge, In the afternoon peak,
carried 1900 cars per hour per
lane. he said.
In the discussion Of traffic
problems, Judge Walter N. Bas-
tian Of the u. s. Court Of Ap-
peals for the District of Column
bia gave the report Of the COM
mittee on courts. He disclosed
that q subcommittee had recon-
mended consideration be given
to inpounding Of the cars Of
drivers who commit serious traf-
f1c violations. Judge George D. |
Nelson OF the Municipal Court |
Is chairman Of the subcommittee. |
Judge Bastian also disclosed
that the new Violations Bureau
had collected $772. .901 in It's first
year ending August 10. This |
compares with $475. 900 collected
in the former procedure the pre-
ceding year.
A panel discussion on traffic |
In the afternoon was presided
over by Edward r. Carr, presi-
dent Of the Washington Board
of Trade.