Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1958-06-10
Action Plan Is Seen
In Transit Survey
Expert Disputes
Critical Report
Of Bibles Stoff
BY GEORGE BEvERIDGE
Star star Writer

BY GEORGE BEvERIDGE
star star Writer
Congress was told today that
Washington's forthc o m ing
$460,000 transportation study
win produce " q very solid plan
of action" for handling future
transportation problems on an
area-wide basis.
The assurance came from
Luther Gulick. president of
the Institute of Public Admins
tration and a eonsultant on
the study, in testimony before
the House-Senate committee
studying Washington's metro
problems.
Mr.. Gulick forcefully an
swered criticisms of the study
made in a recent report by
staff members of the Joint
committee headed by Senator
Bible. Democrat of Nevada.
Implications of Report
The staff report, for example.
had implied that the two-year
survey would fall short of ade-
quate recommendations and
that a new agency of some
kind should be set up to con-
tinue extensive new studies.
Mr.. Gulick, one of the Ma
tion's foremost experts ON
metropolitan government prob
lens, said he felt sure the study
would produce a solid plan of
action which could lead di.
rectly into an ultimate pro-
gram for handling transporta.
ton in the District"
At the same time, he said he
felt Washington had studied its
problems enough and urged the
committee to advise action
instead of an endless series Of
studies"
Questions leadership
The staff report also had
various questions about the
leadership of the study and
about delays in collecting tech
nical data needed to reach its
conclusion.
Mi. Gulick said he thought
it would be "a great waste Of
your time" to discuss functions
of the survey leadership. The
one aspect of the study that
has been a disappointment to
him, he said, is that technical
delays have shortened the time
he will have to develop proposals
for the administration and
financing of future transporta.
ton facilities.
But Mr.. Gulick said it was
necessary to have adequate
data and 81 am convinced de-
lays were unavoidable in thu
nature Of this project"
Reports Deadline
The final report is due to be
sent to the White House and
Congress by September Is.
Mr.. Gulick said he has not
yet received all the data neg
essary for him to decide on the
specific form of financing and
administrative policies he will
recommend to the survey
leaders.
Instead. he read to the COM
mittee a lengthy explanation
OF metropolitan area challenges
and how Washington might
cone with them.
Describing the problems
caused by the spread Of urban
growth and political boundary
lines as a major revolution"
ne warned brand-new forms of
political machinery must be
established to solve them.
Washington, he said, has only
TOUR methods to approach this
effective political leadership"
List Of Methods
They are, he said, (D to
continue to let Jurisdiction try
to reach a solution by co-opers.
ton; CO. to set U sin,j--
purpose authority to deal with
specific problems like water
waste disposal and Transports
ton; 90 to set up "a new
layer" of area-wide government
that would deal only with
metro problems, retaining local
autonomy over purely local
ones. or "a to turn to an all-
purpose central government for
the area.
In past discussions of metro
problems throughout the coun-
try. Mr.. Gulick generally ras
supported the third method
a layer of metro government
to deal with regional problems
only.
At the same time, he warned
that Washington's dreamy ex-
pectationS Of doubled popula-
ton within the next few decades
cannot occur unless it finds a
workable metro organization.
Cites Philadelphia Study
/ Another witness, Robert
Mitchell. chief of urban PLAN
ming Of the University Of
Pennsylvania, described deci.
sions Of a policy board that
recently completed a transpor-
tation study Of the Philadelphia
area.
i One decision, he said. was
that a single area authority
should be formed with author
ity over highways as well as
mass transit and that al 0
users should help pay some Ct