.) . 
. '/ 
recast.) 
^morrow fair, 
|es; westerly 
-Highest, 75, 
1 p.m. 
A 
Page 20 
WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION 
1 . 
WASHINGTON, D. C., FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1938—FIFTY-FOUR PAGES 
_ ... _[ -—————— 
'IO-Year U. S. Building Program 
Urged at Cost of $142,250,700 
President’s Special Committee Makes 
Recommendation to Relieve 
7 
Space Congestion . 
By J. RUSSELL YOUNG. 
President Roosevelt today made 
public a report recommending the 
starting of a 10-year Federal building 
program in the District of Columbia 
which will provide 5,208,000 square 
feet of new space to house' Federal 
governmental offices at an estimated 
cost of $142,250,700. 
The report, which was made by a 
special committee named by the Presi¬ 
dent to survey the Federal housing 
needs, calls for a 10-year program 
divided into two 5-year programs. 
The committee is composed of Sec¬ 
retary of Interior Ickes, Senator Elmer 
Thomas, Oklahoma, chairman of the 
Senate Subcommittee on District Ap¬ 
propriations ; Representative Collins 
of Mississippi, chairman of the Sub¬ 
committee of the House Appropria¬ 
tions Committee for the District; 
Frederic A. Delano, chairman Na¬ 
tional Capital Parks and Planning 1 
Commission, and Rear Admiral C. J. 
Peoples, director of the Procurement! 
Division. 
The first five-year program is esti¬ 
mated to cost $94,717,500 and the sec¬ 
ond five-year program is estimated to 
cost $47,539,500. The program, how¬ 
ever, is merely advisory and makes no 
provision for the raising of the money. 
The report pointed out, however, 
that to house the various activities of 
the Federal departments and indi¬ 
vidual agencies, the Government pays 
