Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-28
Bills Signed
For ; Major
Area Projects
$49 Million Langley
GA Headquarters
Is Top Expenditure
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS

AS the 84th Congress rang
down its curtain last night
leaving behind legislation for an
amazing construction program in
the District, President Eisen-
hover signed a big bill making
funds available for three of the
major projects.
The Chief Executive approved
the SCI billion first supplemental
appropriation bill carrying money
for these big developments:
Central Intelligence Agency
headquarters at Langley, Va
$40 million.
Expansion of the State De-
partment building at Twenty
first street and Virginia avenue
NV, $44.9 million, along with
$250,000 for purchase of a nearby
square, to make the structure
1.-THE biggest Federal Office building
in Washington.
Inc Jones Point Bridge, to
cross the Potomac from Alex
andria to Maryland, SLAB. Under
provisions of the bill Virginia
and Maryland will share the cost
of maintenance and operation
CONSTRUCTION will be handled by
the Bureau of Public Roads OF
the Commerce Department.
Big Building Program
! outs ia n ding among the
achievements of the 84th Con.
gresS for improvement of the
Washington Metropolitan Area
was the gigantic program fol
construction of many Federal
buildings.
They are expected to get under
way under two different methods
OF flnancing-direct appropria-
lions by Congress, and the So
called lease-purchase system. The
lease-purchase plan, calls for con-
Struction by private enterprise
under a contract With the Gov
eminent under which payment
is made like rent Until the prof.
ect Is paid for and turned over
Ito the United States. --sa.
Some of the other larger prof.
Iects are the Atomic Energy Com
mission at Germantown, Md,
the Bureau Of Standards in the
Gaithersburg area and seven diff
ferent lease-purchase jobs most
ly in the District.
Progress on these will make
way for moving Federal per-
sonnet out of temporary build
ings, with the program for even
tual elimination of such Tempo
raries from Washington.
d. c. Revenue Bill
The District government re-
ceived important attention from
Congress with enactment of a
wide variety of legislation.
Among the outstanding bills
which became law was the CITY
revenue act to raise about $40
million annually, and to in
crease the Federal payment to
$23 million. The payment was
raised to $40 million by appro-
priation but Congress denied city
heads requests for the authorized
extra SO million.
The District received additional
funds of $l6.9 million for various
purposes yesterday when the
President signed the first supple
mental appropriation bill.
This item, added to the previ-
ously approved budget of $18l.6
million, brought the total avail
able for the city for this fiscal
year up to 1895 million.
212 More Policemen
Among the projects for which
the $l6.9 million fund will be
used are: 212 more patrolmen fol
the Metropolitan Police, to brins
the force up to its authorized
strength of $500 men; salary in.
creaSes for internS and resident
physicians at District Genera
Hospital, and pay for first-aic
assistants instead of interns or
emergency ambulances.
The appropriation bill alsc
carries funds for numerous mill.
tary construction projects here
and throughout the world. Some
OF these are contingent on presi.
Dental approval of a bill author.
izing such projects. This meas.
ure now before the President i,
a revision of an earlier on,
vetoed by the Chief Executive
Congress hopes it will not B,
vetoed. If it is. many project,
for which money was appropri.
! ated could not be built.
Narcotics Law frightened
! Among District legislation o
, Importance enacted during tn,
session just closed are bills [,
tighten controls over drug adj
! diets; and establishment of ,
Domestic Relations Branch O
Municipal Court with three newl,
appointed judges to handle liti,
cation transferred from U. S
District Court.
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