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hasn't gotten very far in deciding
whom 1t will recommend.
But while the committee is still
a long way from agreeing on its
nominations, offers 10 do the por-
traits are pouring in, despite re-
peated protestations that it is much
too early to think about painters.
"A lot of the calls are from artists
who have never sold a thing before
but say they would be available for
this assignment" Mr.. Clapp says
resignedly.
Scholors Help
An advisory committee Of nine
scholars headed by Columbia Uni
verslty -'roI. AilG. 49,. ID
the names Of $50 other historians
who should be asked for their views.
The advisory committee also rec
commended these ground rules for
the selection: Cd A Senator should
be chosen for his service as a Sem
ator. not his performance in an
other office; 90 the Senator should
have distinguished himself for acts
Of craftsmanship transcending
party lines; 90 craftsmanship may
we'll include" leadership in ma
tional thought and constitutional
Interpretation as well as in legisla-
ton
Names frequently suggested to
the Senate committee are Henry
Clay. Daniel Webster, John c, Cal
noun, Andrew jackson, Stephen A.
Douglas and Robert A. Taft Sew
eral letters have suggested Edmund
Ross. the Senator whose vote saved
Andrew Johnson from impeach-
ment. One man wrote Senator
Kennedy that he thought he had
read about Ross someplace. He
had--in Senator Kennedys own
book, "Proflles in Courage"
II the Senate membership should
agree on five Senators for the
honor II seems certain that at least
one Of the six greats mentioned so
often TO the committee will be
enshrined.
Henry Clay represented Ken
lucky at various times In the first
half Of the 10Th century. Known
as a great Wing compromiser, his
genius and oratory we're able to
prevent for many years the seces-
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families. Now. the District Redevel-
opment Land Agency owns all the
land. For many months, all the
families have been moved TO other
housing. structures have been
cleared and the 80 acres-except
for about 1000. daytime parkers-
has remained empty.
Its prospects: For the first time
In five years. q series Of bottlenecks
appear to have been cleared away.
A New York syndicate, under con-
tract to rebuild Area B into an ALL
residential area. expects to receive
an FILA mortgage commitment on
its first construction In q few weeks.
II that comes through. the develop
ers say their first building. q big
400-unit apartment house at Fourth
and I streets S.W.. can be under
construction by August.
Surrounding Area B on the south
and west, and encompaSsing most
OF the rest Of Southwest Washing
ton, Is Area c, the redevelopment
project planned by real estate
tycoon William Zeckendorf. Like
Area B, most OF It's 442 acres are
to be cleared, its 400 families
moved.
Thus far. RIA has acquired only
the first few blocks. But its rebuild
ing plan, calling for 1890 to 5000
new dwelling units and employment
and commercial buildings, has full
approval. The Federal Government
has approved about $50 million in
loans and about $40 million in Fed
erai grants to help pay for the
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Zoninq

One Of the most important prof.
ects facing Washington 10 the re-
vision Of it, Soning ordinance.
On May a.. the District Zoninr
Commission will open hearings on
proposals TO change the coming
classification Of every parcel in
the city. The proposals, drawn by
Harold M. Lewis. q New York con-
Sultant hired by the District. pro-
pose new. more rigid controls on
the future use Of much Of the city's
land.
Most controversial is q deliberate
effort. through tight coming con-
trolls. to limit the size Of downtown
buildings in order to discourage
further congestion. Such proposals
as this require major policy deci-
sions by the Commissioners on the
kind Of city we want" The new
coming code may direct future busi-
ness development. new industrial
areas. possible dispersal of employ
ment and the density Of residential
development in each section. Few
other decisions will have as heavy
an impact,
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Cultural Center

In January. a high-powered COM
mission Of distinguished citizens
proposed construction of a $38 mill
lion national auditorium and Gull
tural center. complex of build
1ngs big enough to house inaugural
events and flexible enough to house
ballet. concerts. movies and theater.
Congress welcomed proposals that
the construction cost be raised
through Nationwide, private sub
scription. But the Achilles heel Is
selection Of a site, which the COM
mission also asked Congress to buy.
The commission wants a site in
Foggy Bottom. where it conflicts
with the Districts Inner loop.
freeway. Washington business in
terests are plugging for a location
IN the Southwest redevelopment
area. Congress may have to
break the deadlock. Thus far, 1t
hasn't tried.
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The Airport

OF all Washington's projects.
none is more ensnarled than the
second airport"
More than five years ago, when
air traffic volumes were approach
ing critical levels at WASHINGTON
National. the administration pro-
posed a second airport at Burke,
Va. Amid an atmosphere of emerg-
ency, funds were granted to buy
part of the 6,000-acre Burke tract.
Meanwhile, Marylanders presumed
for use of Baltimores Friendship
as an alternate" More than a
year ago, the administration re.
versed its old position, and sug-
gested Andrews Air Force Base. in
nearby Suitland. could fill the bill.
The administration has once
more urged S25 million appropria-
ton to carry forth the Burke prof.
ect. Congress has not acted.
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sion Of the South. He's also noted
for failing three times in his try
for the presidency.
Daniel Webster was known as
the "Godlike Daniel to his stern
New England constituents. An
ardent Wing Nationalist and orator.
he served 10 years in two stretches
during the first half of the 10Th
century representing Massachu-
sets.
Stotes Rights condidote
John Caldwell Calhoun of South
Carolina, a Jeffersonian Democrat.
was an ardent spokesman for the
South. He fought for States rights.
clashed with Clay and Webster in
his belief In State notification of
Federal laws and the right of a
State to secede. Calhoun in 1892
became the only Vice President
ever to resign when he was elected
to the Senate.
Andrew Jackson, Tennessee
Democrat, spoke out for the grow
ing West against the East Coast
merchants. He served both as a
Representative and Senator before
being elected President in 1928.
Stephen Arnold Douglas Is the
Illinois Democrat remembered for
his debates with Abraham Lincoln
over whether the new Western
territories should be permitted to
decide for themselves If they SHOULD
be slave or free. While a Senator
from l847-6l Douglas tried to
bridge the growing split in the
Union.
Robert Alphonso Taft is the late
Ohio Republican who from l939-53
was major voice that helped his
party weather the avalanche of
support generated by Franklin d.
Roosevelt. His firm stand for
Republican Party principles and
against central government earned
him the name Of Mr. Republican.
No one expects TO see the por-
traits on view any time soon. Even
II the committee can make up its
mind by May 1t is unlikely a
majority Of the 90 Senators from
48 States will get together easily
on the five greatest Of their prede-
cessors.
Congressional Quarterly
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ton Of i've major buildings at a
total cost Of $189 million through
direct appropriations from Con-
greSS-appear to be endangered
only BY the sweep Of some economy
Ak. The buildings involved are
for the State Department, Gen.
trail Intelligence Agency, Atomic
Energy Commission, Bureau Of
Standards and q Museum Of History
and Technology for the Smithson-
ian Institution.
The remaining sl96 million
worth Of construction-for the most
part general-purpose ONCE build
ings designated for no specific
agency-are in q state Of limbo,
sabotaged at least temporarily by
failure Of the lease-purchase pro-
gram which was to finance them.
One strong drive is under way on
Capitol Hill. lead mainly by Demo-
Gratis, to kill lease-purchase per-
manantly, on grounds that the buy
while-you-rent plan Is unavoidable.
The administration wants to hang
on the legislation. contending it
will work when infiationary pres
sures subside.
Lease-purchase or not, however.
Congress is showing every sign of
wanting to keep intact the big
Washington construction program.
In case after case, the House Ap-
preparations Committee has invited
agencies whose buildings are stale
mated by the lease-purchase to
come back next year with requests
Tor direct appropriation Of con-
struction money.
Four agencies now in the Dis
trlct-AEC, CHA, Bureau of Stand
ards and the Weather Bureau
would desert Washington for the
suburbs under the program. Gen.
orally. however, tnere As no policy
of wide Federal dispersal.
Washington's two most historic
shrines. meanwhile, the Capitol and
the White House, both appear to
be succusnbing to the expanded
needs Of goth century Government.
On Capitol Hill, new Senate
Office Building is virtually com
plete, and plans are in the mill
for a third House ONCE Building.
In early summer, plans will be sub
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are as authorized in the act of Con-
gress which calls for the defense
OF Formosa (Taiwan) and the Pts
cadores (Penghu) area, and of
other related areas if their defense
is connected with the defense of
Taiwan or Penghu wouldn't
want to say there had never been
any private communication be-
tween the President and the heads
OF other governments That is
matter which is within his juris-
diction +. Obviously that deScrip.
ton which have given implies
that under certain conditions we
would go to the defense OF the off,
shore islands. that is, If their de-
Tense seemed related to the defense
OF Taiwan and PenRhu."
Even before the Beal biography
was released by the publisher. the
State Department has described il
as mot an authorized biography"
And Mr.. Dulles, whose combination
OF pride and self-confidenceo gets
high praise from Mr.. Beal. would
say only: Il don't care to comment
on articles written about me-"
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field, Democrat of Montana; Rich
ard B. Russell, Democrat of
Georgia; Styles Bridges. Republican
OF New Hampshire. and John w.
Bricker. Republican OF Ohio. They
are officially called the Special
Committee on the Senate Reception
Room because portraits OF the five
greatest Senators--if they're ever
selected-will hang there.
The reception room is just off
the main Senate chamber and is
used by Senator'S to receive guests.
Impressively appointed with two
elistening chandeliers spraying
light from the high ceiling to the
colorful tile floor, the room has five
blank oval spaces designed for por-
traits.
Asked If the five ovals dictated
the number Of Senators to be
named to the Hall of Fame"
Charles Clapp. Selection Commit
tee staff member, commented wry-
ly: Il think that had something to
do with it,
The committee, other than point
ing to some Of the names most often
mentioned for the honor, admits It
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Sports Stadium

The Washington ball clubs threat
to transfer their major league fran.
chise put the needle this year in
the drive for new stadium.
The day Of breaking ground OBJ
viously is not imminent. But a con-
gressional commission has: Cd In
dorsed maximum seating capacity
OF 10000; ca favored site Just
north Of the District National
Guard Armory on the banks of the
Anacostia River. Under one House
bill. the new stadium would be
financed by a self -liquidating bond
issue. and be built and maintained
by the District Armory Board.
Pending is request by the Armory
Board for a $4,000 Federal grant
to study the possibilities.
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The Federal City

Last year. the Federal Govern
ment developed its first real WASH
ington building program since the
Federal Triangle was begun dec
AIDES ago.
Its sights were high: l) 1896
million worth Of construction in
Is new Federal Office buildings
within the next four years: (2) nine
additional projects within the fol-
lowing five years. to complete the
Federal Triangle and other half
finished Federal buildings; 90
elimination-with all this new per-
manent Office space provided--of
all the unsightly tempos which
have marred the Washington land
scape from two war periods.
Part Of the program-construc-
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of the "loops" southern leg-the
eight-lane Southwest freeway be-
tween South Capitol street and the
Fourteenth street Potomac bridges.
These IA blocks of roads. over
passes and bridges will cost about
$28 million to build-an aver
age of about 50 million block
Estimates are that another priority
portion of the loop" in Foggy Bot
tom may cost closer to So million
a block.
These fantastic costs are per-
haps the best indication Of the
extreme to which Washington,
along with most other cities. is
turning to cope with ever-increasing
traffic. Can Washington afford
them9 It's highway fund. bolstered
by gas taxes and other auto "user"
taxes, apparently can, largely be-
cause Of the liberal new Federal
program which permits grants of
UP to 80 per cent Of the costs Of
such roads on the Al ,000-mile net
work of Federal interstate highways.
The Inner loop" is aimed at
carrying traffic around the con-
gested central area. on broad free
ways with no street intersections,
traffic lights or stop signs. The idea
is that the loop" will let through
traffic keep out of the central core.
And motorists who want to go to
the center of town can swing from
the loop" TO the local street near
est their destination. This network
is the heart of the Districts high
way plan. and will feed new radial
expressways running to and from
Maryland and Virginia in several
high-trafiic corridors.
Are expreSsways. then, the answer
to Washington's spiraling traffic?
Can the city handle an infinite vol
ume of cars? Won't there always
be more autos, waiting to eat UP
any excess highway capacity?
The Washington area is attempt
ing to answer these questions in a
pioneering 100000 study by the
National Capital Regional Planning
Council, to end this year.
Basis Of the study is an about
effort by planners in each part of
the metropolitan area to predict
the total area land development and
population distribution in 1890
and consequently the traffic de-
mands they will generate by that
time.
The guess is that the survey will
find the need for a dual transporta-
ton system: All the new express
ways that are proposed. plus some
kind of extensive rapid transit sys-
TEN. Possibilities in mind are swift,
electric subway and surface trains,
converging from several suburban
stations to central underground
terminal downtown. Key problem
will be rapid transit financing
across the boundaries Of several
political Jurisdictions.
Highway officials. meanwhile. al
ready have absorbed bitter protests
from property owners 10 location
Of the Inner loop" In Foggy Bot
tom. The outlook Is tor more OF
the same.
Washington's most frustrating
experience. however. remains It's
TO build another Potomac
bridge. One. at Jones Point, Alex
andria, finally is set for construc-
ton next year. But Congress must
approve expenditure of money the
District already has in hand to
build ID the Constitution avenue
bridge and 20 a replacement for
the old Highway Bridge.
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TO FILL THE BLANK SPACES
Who Were the Five Greatest Senators?

A special Senate committee is
scheduled to climb out on a limb
May l and name the five greatest
Senator's Of all time to a Senate
Hall Of Fame"
Mail already in shows the selec-
ton committee will not be able to
please everybody; probably nobody.
The nominees must be dead -
requirement that has not cooled the
ardor OF the public nominators.
A Vermont Yankee, for instance.
wrote the committee it had better
PICK Jefferson Davis of Mississippi,
the president of the Confederacy
during the Civil War and a Senator
In the l840s and 1866.
A Texan said the committee
must not overlook Mrs. Rebecca L.
FELTON, of Georgia. He maintained
Mrs. FELTON, should be named one
Of the greatest-even though she
wasn't a Texan-because she was
the first woman Senator. She
served for only two days in 1922.
And a Birmingham, Ala. resident
wrote that his States John Tyler
Morgan. Democratic Senator
from l877-l907, was an all-time
great because "this grand old man
alone conducted the longest fill
buster In the history Of lawmaking
which resulted in defeating Gin
l890) the vicious Force Bill, keep
ing Northern bayonets from watch
ing over Southern ballot boxes"
The ALBANIAN added that the
Panama Canal should be renamed
the Morgan Canal because it was
the Senator's idea In the first place.
There Is Little Agreement
On top OF the deluge of mail from
the public come suggestions from
historians and current Senators.
Few agree since the Senator's gen.
orally want TO honor someone from
their State and party. No matter
whom the committee picks, the
protest is sure to be deafening. 1t
Is entirely possible the Senate itself
will be unable to agree on the FIVE
greatest Senators.
Charged with selecting the nomi-
nees for the Hall OF Fame" are
Senators John F. Kennedy, Demo-
erat OF Massachusetts,; Mike Mans
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
REVIEW OF THE WEEK

may have conveyed certain assur-
ances to Chang Kai-shek.
This most recent literary Juror
over Mr.. Dulles and his motiva-
lions was more than a fuss over a
book. Inevitably. the kind of d.
plomacy Mr.. Dulles has conducted
encourages the Identification of ma
tional policy with the man.
The incident serves to emphasize
the growing impression that Mr..
Dulles is playing his own tune on
the foreign policy keyboard, largely
by ear. and that neither the Nation
nor our allies can predict, from
measure to measure. whether he
next will swing into a militant
march or pastoral sonata.
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Around
The World

On Friday. weeks of negotiations
between a delegation from Red
Poland and the State Department
brought a United States offer of
$75 million in economic assistance.
The offer. repeatedly suggested by
Mr.. Dulles as the best level" prac-
tical at this time. was viewed as a
tentative one as to amount. with
future aid depending on the trend
OF events in Wladyslaw Gomulka's
nationalist" Communist regime.
But Poland. originally asking at
least $3.50 million In agricultural
SURPRISES. fertilizer and farm ma
chinery. was cool to the half-a loaf
offer. Henryk Kotlicki. head OF the
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ChHe's Rioting Ends

Troops and armored cars enforced
a tense calm in Santiago, Chile.
last week after days of violent
rioting in the streets. Crowds DEM
onstrating against rising living costs
clashed in the capital and other
cities with police and troops: the
government of President Carlos
Ibanez reported 10 killed and more
than 300 injured.
The demonstrations, apparently
well organized. were spanked by
leaflets and placards distributed by
the outlawed Communist Party.
Over 1000 rioters were arrested,
and 10 charged as leaders we're
banished TO prison camps in the
remote interior.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
Despondent Refugees

Operation Refugee" by which
some 3l,500 Hungarians who fled
their homeland during and after
the Soviet-suppressed freedom re-
volt last fall had been admitted to
the United States. will be ended
this week. American officials in
Vienna reported.
News of the impending shutoff
plunged the crowded refugee camps
in Austria into despair. A wave of
suicide attempts occurred when de-
spondent Hungarians learned the
doors TO American asylum had been
closed. according to "Caritas." a
Catholic relief agency.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
Room for Doubt

The Secretary has not. in the
opinion OF many observers, knocked
down the statements of his biog-
rapher unequivocally. II. indeed, he
wanted to. There was no fiat denial
that the factor OF provoking a
showdown" on Soviet aid overtures
to the Middle East was present in
the Aswan decision. And there was
no nat denial that Mr.. Eisenhower
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07
Renewal

The biggest parking lot in WASH
ington today is a desolate S0-acre
field a few blocks southwest of the
United States Capitol. The lot"
is Area B, WaShington's pilot re-
development project.
A few years ago. it contained the
city's worst slums, and about 1900
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-04-07

IIdCtlOH Oh driving IN Cne Drllllanl
spring morning won out. And with
the car, he might take in the
evening ball game. At the city
sports stadium. on the banks OF
the Anacostia River. the Senator'S
were entertaining the Yankees for
the first time this season, and it
looked like Washington's year for
a pennant.
A few minutes later, he cut the
family car through the new shop
ping center, swung onto the ex-
pressway and headed down the
valley west of Bethesda toward the
river. Near Georgetown, traffic
slowed for the first time on the
four city-bound lanes of the eight
lane, limited-access expressway,
over the stretch where they had to
absorb the streams of cars from the
new Potomac River bridge.
Beyond the Lincoln Memorial
the traffic spread out again. He
picked UP speed along the Mall.
finally cleared of the Government
tempos. He swung around the big
Auditorium and Cultural Center,
passed the modern apartments near
the rebuilt Southwest waterfront
and slowed down at the South Cap
itol street traffic interchange, Then
he edged into the maze OF park
ing facilities beneath his air
conditioned office building.
How Wild q Dreom?
Is the foregoing an accurate pic
ture of the Capital of two decades
from now. or is it fantasy? Will
commuters OF the future really have
a choice between attractive rapid
transit ana ire flown exrrt s.
ways--or even me-to-work hell
copders! o. VIA >.aploy Mi IL. oe
sufficiently dispersed that people
won't have trouble moving around?
What kind of a Washington is in
the making?
As. a matter of fact. everything
experienced by our Rockville friend
with the glaring exception of the
Senators pennant prospects) is on
the horizon as a possibility. in the
form of projects for which specific
plans are being made.
Never. in the century and a half
since L'Enfant laid out the grid
system of Washington streets, have
there been SO many imminent pro-
grams which could drastically
change the face of the Capital.
AS one architect recently put it.
Washing Von To-Day Is cI.y al
ferment.' 1t is also a city in tor
ment, with frustrating delays, in
decision, power pressures. conflicts
between agencies and-most of all
the need for new governmental
machinery to cope with the over
whelming demands created by the
burgeoning metropolitan area.
The Washington region has
roughly doubled in population in
the last is years. The experts pre-
dict 1t will almost double again
by 1880. to an area population of
between 3 and 3.5 million people.
Nearly all the increase, of course,
VIII occur in the suburbs. But all
OF 1t will have an impact on the
central Capital.
To the question of what kind of
city do We want?" no single answer
exists. 1t is one of Washington's
weaknesses that. despite the null
tiplicity Of imminent projects. there
is no effective development blue
print which has the agreement Of
the many agencies responsible for
guiding development.
1t Is the purpose here to present
q status report on some of the most
important of the projects. which
constitute pieces Of the picture of
the Washington of tonnorro,r