Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-06-16
Stadium Roads,
Utilities Funds
Out for Year
White House Gets
Interior Budget
Locking Items
BY GRACE BASSETT
Star STAFF Writer

star stan writer
Federal spending on utilities
and access roads, as well as
parking areas. for the proposed
Washington stadium must be
delayed at least year.
National Capital Parks Supt.
Harry T. Thompson said this
was the effect Of an Interior
Department budget sent to the
White House this morning by
Congress.
This Interpretation Of a
Senate House conference re-
port on the money bill blasted
stadium sponsors hopes that
at least utilities could be built
in the year beginning July /.
1t negated until fiscal 1861 a
signed contract between the
Interior Department and the
Armory Board promising Fed
orally installed water and
sewer lines, parking facilities
and access roads.
George F. Shea, chairman of
the Armory Board, said the
setback put tremendous pres
sure on the community to meet
the 1861 deadline for opening
the stadium.
Redskin Meeting This Week
His board plans to meet this
week to talk over financing
and leasing negotiations with
the Washington Redskins.
A ban on parking money had
been expected. The House or
dered such a bar, even though
the Interior Department had
not sought parking money this
year.
But funding for utilities and
access roads was uncertain I'M
til today. Senate-House con-
fereeS made this recommended
ton in their report on the
budget just approved:
"Conferees have agreed to
deletion of the language added
by the House precluding ex-
penditure Of funds on a park
ing area for the District of
Columbia stadium as the de-
partment has assured the
committees that it does not
contemplate expending any
funds for this purpose in fiscal
1860.
In the event that public
law is amended to authorize
the National Park Service to
expand Federal funds for the
parking area. it is expected
that the agency will withhold
any funds until budget esti-
mate has been submitted for
review and consideration by
the Appropriations Committees
and the Congress-"
Contract Provision Same
Provision for utilities and
approach roads was written
into the same Interior Armory
Board contract as were park
ing areas.
Mr.. Thompson said con-
ferees had asked about utilities
and approach roads. They were
assured by Interior that no
money was available for them
in this budget. Interior off,
Gals had no plans to submit
supplemental request later in
the year to cover these items.
Their decision was influ-
enced by what they called a
decided desire" of congress
sional appropriations commit
tees to review all three con-
tract promises. The contract
promises to install the stadium
facilities IF money is avail
able"
Another headache for sta
dunn sponsors still is pending
in Congress. Because the con-
troller general ruled that Fed
eral money could not be spent
on stadium parking. Repre-
sentative Harris, Democrat of
Arkansas, sponsored legislation
to permit such expenditures.
Included in the $482 million
Interior budget is $450,000 for
preservation of Gettysburg and
Manassas Backgrounds. In
terror was granted funds to ex-
tend the George Washington
Memorial parkway from Cabin
John to Macarthur boulevard,
but was denied parkway money
for an Smile stretch in Prince
Georges County and for au-
thorized extensions on both the
Maryland and Virginia sides of
the Potomac to Great Falls.