Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1962-11-02
Reactions Vary
As Officials Get
Study Report
BY LEE FLOR
Star staff Writer

the latest transit program rec
concentrations, r e preventative
Broyhill, Republican of Vir-
GINA, said today.
Congress may not wait for a
message from President Ken
nedy on the transit and high
way recon m endations, Mr..
Broyhill said.
II am going to contact Con-
gresham Mcmillan chairman
of the House District Commit
tee and urge immediate and
thorough hearings" Mr.. Broy-
hill said.
I am sure the chairman will
agree with me-" he said.
The latest recommendations
on transit and highway devel-
opment programs were turned
in to President Kennedy yester-
day. Mr.. Broyhill said he had
scanned the report and recon-
mendations, and said the re-
port 'looks like a real step
forward"
II hope it will be shown that
the Three Sisters bridge will
not be needed" he added.
Cut Back Recommended
The Transportation Agency
yesterday submitted its report
on transit and highways to
President Kennedy. The agency
recommended a $793 million
system of rapid transit, plus a
cutback of 1888 million in high
way construction over 1859 rec
ommendation.
Hundreds of copies of the re-
port were mailed out to officials
and community leaders in the
area, and were opened in to-
days mail. Many of the recip-
tents have not had time to
study the report.
District highway officials
said they had no quarrel with
the transit recommendations.
Harold Aitken, District high
way director, said a serious
, analysis of the Transportation
Agency report would be impos-
sible without the four appen-
dicna which have not beer
published.
"r Mr.. Stolzenbach can build
a transit system for so per cent
of the persons going down town
in rush hour, let him." Mr.. Ait
ken said.
But why can't he let high
ways alone?" he said. &C. OAR
win Stolzenbach is chief of the
Transportation Agency
The District Highway De-
partment will be one of several
agencies asked by President
Kennedy to review the report
before recommendations for
legislation are made to Con-
gress.
A realistic bus system was
not considered by the Trans
portation Agency and a thor
lough analysis of the role of
buses should be made, Mr.. Ait
ken said.
The "back-up material which
| justified the conclusions pre-
sented in the report will have
to be studied before any serious
analysis can be conducted, he
added.
An explanation of the as
sumptions made by the Trans
poptation Agency also will have
to be made public, he explained.
The agency's disposition Of
the private bus system is sud-
den DEATH" Mr.. Aitken said
after a brief examination Of
the report.
ut also appears that the
analysis made by the Meyer
Wohl-Kain report was not
answered" he said.
The Meyer-Wohl-K re-
port, which was released by the
White House a week ago, said
that experiments to try out
mass transit systems should
try express bus systems before
trying risky rapid transit
schemes"
The Transportation Agency
report states that rapid transit
systems are more economical
than express bus systems, and
that the system is not risky
and would generally pay for it.
self.
Clarke mo Comment"
Engineer Commissioner Fred
erick j. Clarke said he had not
had a chance to study the re-
port, and said he had mo COM
ment."
Montgomery County Plan
ming Commissioner Donald E.
Gingery. who has sharply
criticized the Transportation
Agency in the past, said:
Its perfectly obvious there
was no control or checks and
balances over the agency's pro-
cedures.
Il think the agency should
not get any more funds until
Virginia and Maryland get
some representation on the
agency. I recommended some
time ago that Congress give the
State Governors the right to
appoint a chairman who would
rank with Mr.. Stolzenbach.
This was an undercover
study without checks and ball
ances and it throws planning
in both States into chaos"
Herbert w. Wells. chairman
of the Maryland-National Cap
ital Park and Planning Com
mission, said he believed the
agency did take into account