Commercial Airport: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Parks and Playgrounds... on H.R. 3086, Feb. 7-27, 1935 |
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Page 4 - Commission shall be composed of— "(1) ex officio, the Chief of Engineers of the Army, the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia...
Page 4 - It is charged — with the duty of preparing, developing, and maintaining a comprehensive, consistent, and coordinated plan for the National Capital and environs, which plan shall include recommendations to the proper executive authorities as to traffic and transportation; plats and subdivisions; highways, parks, and parkways; school and library sites; playgrounds; drainage, sewerage, and water supply; housing...
Page 188 - JOHN NOLEN, JR., DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION PROPOSED LOCATION OF WILSON TEACHERS COLLEGE AT THIRTEENTH AND UPSHUR Mr.
Page 119 - Action should be taken without further delay for the early determination of the site of a permanent airport for the National Capital, and for the provision there of a model airport installation. "The airport of the National Capital ought logically to be one of the best in the United States, a suitable base for the civil air operations of the Government departments, a terminal for the travels of Government personnel, and a model to which other cities might turn for inspiration. "Instead, it seems...
Page 104 - If there is no objection on the part of the committee, I would like to ask that they be made part of the record. Mr. JARMAN. The committee would be glad to receive them. (See "Compulsory Commitment Law for Alcoholics,
Page 28 - State organization, which simply serves as a water-distribution agency, is here and I would like to have him make a statement to the committee.
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Page 4 - That the said commission is hereby charged with the duty of preparing, •developing, and maintaining a comprehensive, consistent, and coordinated plan for the National Capital and its environs, which plan shall include recommendations to the proper executive authorities as to traffic and transportation; plats -and subdivisions; highways, parks, and parkways; school and library sites...
Page 4 - Commission, composed of the Chief of Engineers of the Army, the Engineer Commissioner of the District of Columbia, the Director of the National Park Service, the Chief of the Forest Service, the Director of Public Buildings and Public Parks...
Page 166 - ... law. Maybe we should amend that law to include the right of review. I am speaking not of the individual, I am talking about the tribal council, and some tribes look on that in a sense as a sort of independent nation, and some courts have held that they have higher sovereign power than the State.