Evening star., 1955-07-31
ID. {. Aid Voted
|DyCongreS
In Final. Rush
Funds Approved
For New Federal
Buildings in City
By HAROLD b. ROGERS

government to launch its pro-
gram for reassessment OF real
estate.
Blocked temporarily yester-
day, but still very much alive
lis the bill to provide machinery
for election of delegates to ma
tional political conventions.
Conferees Act Tomorrow
Efforts to get a House-Senate
conference on the election legis.
lation failed yesterday after.
noon. Attempts viii be resumed
tomorrow to iron out differences
between the House and Senate
versions of the legislation. A
conference Friday broke up with
out agreement. Proposals that
the House accept the Senate
amendments to the measure were
rejected by some District had
ers in the House District Com
mittee.
There was no definite prospect
for final enactment of the meas
ure at this session. But the
measure still would remain alive
for action at the next session ol
the 84th Congress beginning ir
January.
Many items Of importance tx
this area received final congres.
|sional approval yesterday wher
both the House and Senate sent
to the White House the last biz
supplemental appropriation bill
|totaling more than SIG billion
Real Estate Reassessment
In the District of Columbis
section of the supplemental bill
carrying a total of $l,203, ,95l
was an item of $4,000 to pa,
District expenses for the re-
assessment of real estate or
dered by Congress.
Also in this section was Ian
lguage to authorize the Com
lmissioners to use funds alread,
appropriated for local projects
These include preparation o1
plans and specifications for &
warehouse at the Children's
center, construction Of thu
branch library in Woodbridge
the new Metropolitan Police
IWomen's Bureau Building, and
the new firehouse in the vicinity
of Twenty-fourth and Irving
streets, S. E.
Several items appropriatinf
funds for large Federal buildings
in this area were carried In the
supplemental bill. The Centra
Intelligence Agency building wa.
given $5.5 million with the un'
derstanding that If the project
is located at Langley. Va, OF
Government land, 50 millior
would be used for extending thu
George Washington Memoria
Parkway to the site. II the sits
is selected elsewhere than Al
Langley, $35o.O0o would be made
available for the purchase O.
land.
State Dept. Building
The bill also appropriates 81
million for planning and othel
preliminary work on an addition
to the State Department Build.
ing at Virginia avenue anc
Twenty-f1rst street NV, to cost
a total of 500 million.
The bill also carries admins
trative funds to help the Genera
Services Administration gef
started on at least four big Fed
eral buildings under the so-callee
lease-purchase plan, paying fol
them eventually like rent on in
stallment plan.
|. The four local projects in
lclude o building for Southwest
Washington's redevelopmeni
area, the Weather Bureau. Geo.
logical Survey and. Coast ant
Geodetic Sdfvey.
The bill also contains $685..
900 for initial work on an al.
ready authorized i$36 million mu
scum of history and technology
for the Smithsonian Institution
Several Items Denied
Several items were denied by
the conferees for this area
Stricken was a fund of $25, 5,00(
previously approved by the Sen.
late for expenses of a commits.
sion to plan the Washington
Civic Auditorium and Cultura
Center.
Also eliminated from the bill
was 100000 for acquisition o.
privately -owned land at Twenty.
third and c streets NV.
In another action affectinl
buildings projects here, tn
House passed and sent to tn
White House a bill which woul,
increase from one year to flv
years the limit of time that Fed
eral agencies could lease privat
property.
The General Services Admin
istration, In supporting this bill
had explained that enactmen
of this legislation would be bene
fetal to the United States tn
District Of Columbia and tn
property owners.
Bridge Bill Stalled
with longer term leases pos
sible," the GSA said. "it wa
Thought that many new build
ings would be constructed
thereby increasing tax revenue
to the District Of Columbia Gov
ernment."
4 Outside of the District GS.
can make leases UP to five year.
but IN the District the limit
one year.
One District bill on the con
Itroversial subject of the Po
Itomac River Bridge in tn
vicinity Of Roosevelt Island wa
Istill stalled late yesterday. TIL