Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-06
Trimrled-DoWn
Interior Bill
SET for Vote
BottIefieIds
And Porkwuys
Are Cut Back
BY GRACE BAsSETT
star stan Writer

ny uAAOE DA0okIx
star stan writer
An Interior Department
budget with economy cuts In
area parkway and Civil War
battlefield spending today was
scheduled for q Senate vote
Monday.
Senate Appropriations Com
mittee members have reported
o $478.7 million money bill. $40
million more than the House.
passed version.
The committee lifted o
House bar on future spending
for q water sports center on
the Potomac. parking for the
proposed 50.000-seat Washing
ton stadium and park i'm
provements at Fort Washing
ton and Greenbelt. Md.
1t also called for completion
Of the George Washington
Memorial parkway on both
sides Of the Potomac to Great
Falls. The House demanded
that the parkway end at the
proposed Cabin John bridge.
six miles down river.
But the major parkway re-
quest-$l million to buy an
eight-mile right-of-way along
the shoreline in Prince Georges
County, Md.-was rejected.
The committee thus supported
for the second straight year
House disapproval Of the prof.
ect.
Floor Debate In Prospect
Park proponents noted that
Senator Beall. Republican Of
Maryland, promised to carry
the parkway. tight to the floor
debate.
Senator Beall charged that
the committee had preached
q Federal commitment to pay
half the cost Of the parkway.
Prince Georges is ready to
contribute 81 million.
The Senator was referring to
the congressional authorization
Of the scenic roadway in the
l930s designed to link Fort
Washington and Mount Vernon
along the river to Great Falls.
The roadway is more than
half completed, and planning
funds have been granted for
almost the whole stretch ex- =
cept for the Prince Georges :
section.
Chances Slim
His chances Of successful re- \
insertion Of the 81 million bid q
seemed doubtful. Senate APP ?
preparations Committee Chair
. man Hayden, Democrat of Arr Z
zona, himself . champion Of S
the parkway. was unable toll
convince other committeeman :
that the project should be un- !
dertaken in the light Of the
present tight budget situation.
AS for the $1.2 million adj :
ministration request to acquire !
land at Manassas and Gettys- :
burg battlefields. the commit !
tee recommended only $780, :
600.
Surrounding communities
should protect undeveloped
lands which are now privately :,
owned from commercialism by :
local coming. Senator Hayden :
said. The money allowance of |.
the committee should be used ,
to buy lands already COM =
mercialized, he added. The ~
committee specifically asked :.
that no funds be used at Gettys- = =
burg to buy land known as the .
Adams County Poor Farm. :,
Parking Bill Pending
The committee, in. refusing !,
to ban future Federal spending !,
for parking at the stadium, !
noted that the Controller Gen. :,
eral had ruled that Federal h
money could not be used for
this purpose. Legislation now n
is pending in both the Senate 4
and House to clear Federal
spending, however. :
The Controller General, in q
similar ruling, decided that
Federal funds could be used
ct Fort Washington, Greenbelt
and the Daingerfleld Island
marina seawall., In approving
tl65,000 to build q section Of
the George Washington park
way along the Palisades. the
committee noted that this
should proceed from the Dis
trict line to Great Falls. The
parkway should link Canal road
and the major portion Of the
George Washington parkway
on that side Of the river, COM
mitteemen said.
The bill pending before the
Senate carried the House-rec-
commended totals for the Fine
Arts Commission, $37, 800; for
the Smithsonian, ST. million;
for the National Capital Plan
ming Commission, $4O0. 900 for
operations and $2.2 million for
land acquisition. This latter
amount will allow expenditures
proposed at the Georgetown
Recreation Center, Petworth
Playground, Adams Morgan
Playground. North Sherman
Avenue Park Playground,
Northeast Playground at
Wheatley School, National Cul-
tural Center. Palisades Park
Flats and Neighborhood Park.
Twenty-first street and Vir-
ginia avenue NV.
CONVENTIONS
TODAY