30-1 85-894 SEPTEMBER 12 AND 13; OCTOBER 11 AND 12, 1967 Printed for the use of the Committee on Public Works U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1967 CONTENTS Annunzio, Hon. Frank, a Representative in Congress from the State Arata, Clarence A., executive director, Washington Convention and Avery, George A., chairman, Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Coon, Charles C., assistant vice president, Metropolitan Washington Coopersmith, Mrs. Esther, member of the National Visitor Center Study Commission, Washington, D.C. Dawson, Donald S., Esq., on behalf of O. Roy Chalk, president, D.C. Transit System, Inc., special counsel; accompanied by Manuel J. Davis, Esq., counsel, D.C. Transit System, Inc. Erlenborn, John N., Member of the House of Representatives from the Jennings, Lewellyn A., chairman, Federal City Council.. Jessup, Claude A., president, Eastern Continental Trailways Bus Sys- Knott, Lawson B., Jr., Administrator, General Services Administra- tion; accompanied by Loy M. Shipp, Jr., Deputy Assistant Com- missioner for Space Management, and Karel Yasko, Special Assist- ant to Commissioner, Public Buildings Service McKibben, Virgil T., assistant regional manager, Eastern Greyhound Powell, William J., Esq., executive vice president and general counsel of the U.S. Visitor Center Founding Corp. and the American Foun- dation for World Trade Studies, Inc.; accompanied by Cameron Hartwell Pulley, chairman of the boards of directors; Dr. Alvin C. Loewer and Warren Sargent, architects; John B. Funk, engineer; and William J. Muth, director of public relations.. Prentiss, Maj. Gen. Louis W., chairman, Project Planning Com- mittee, Federal City Council__ Toohey, William D., chairman, Government Relations Committee, National Association of Travel Organizations. Troutman, John, director for plans and programs, National New Career Center, Washington, D.C.. Udall, Hon. Stewart L., Secretary of the Interior; accompanied by T. Sutton Jett, Regional Director, Park Service; Robert L. Plavnick, AIP, urban planning consultant, Washington, D.C.; and Seymour Auerbach, of Cooper & Auerbach, AIA, architects, Washington, 80 Additional information- Page American Motorist, letter and article......... Brotzman, Hon. Donald G., a Representative in Congress from the 274 State of Colorado, statement.. 268 Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, letter.... 273 273 56 Downtown Progress, letter and summary of study. 276 Flynt, Hon. John J., a Representative in Congress from the State of 268 Hodgson, James B., Jr., representative, Hill Restoration Society, etc., 250 Kleppe, Hon. Tom S., a Representative in Congress from the State of 65 Macy, John W., Jr., chairman, U.S. Civil Service Commission, letter. 35 271 National Capitol U.S.O., letter and statement of Henry W. Clark, 252 National Industrial Exposition & Transportation Center, Inc., articles 74 National New Career Center Development program, etc.. 244 Pan American Liaison Committee of Woman's Organizations, Inc., 271 Public Law 757, re franchise for D.C. Transit, etc.- 233 256 153, 164, 175 Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Regulation Compact, joint 184 Washington Sightseeing Tours, letter.. 275 Widnall, Hon. William B., a Representative in Congress from the 40 NATIONAL VISITOR CENTER ACT OF 1967 TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 12, 1967 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS, Washington, D.C. The subcommittee met, pursuant to notice, at 10 a.m., in room 2167, Rayburn House Office Building, Kenneth J. Gray (chairman of the subcommittee) presiding. Mr. GRAY. The Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds of the House Committee on Public Works will please come to order. The Chair would like to welcome all of you here this morning and thank you very kindly for coming. We will conduct open hearings starting today and continuing possibly for 3 or 4 days on H.R. 12603, by Mr. Gray of Illinois; H.R. 12686, by Mr. McClory; H.R. 12693, by Mr. Pickle; H.R. 12752, by Mr. Leggett; H.R. 12760, by Mr. Widnall; H.R. 12770, by Mr. Annunzio; H.R. 12778, by Mr. Matsunaga; H.R. 12784, by Mr. Schwengel and Mr. Mayne; H.R. 12823, by Mr. Eilberg; H.R. 12825, by Mr. Erlenborn; H.R. 12828, by Mr. Farbstein; H.R. 12831, by Mr. Kleppe; H.R. 12845, by Mr. Helstoski; H.R. 12866, by Mr. Grover; H.R. 12870, by Mr. Rodino; and H.R. 12885, by Mr. Henderson, and several identical Senate bills introduced by our colleagues in the other body. This act, if enacted, will be known as the National Visitor Center Act of 1967. (H.R. 12603 follows:) [H.R. 12603, 90th Cong., first sess.] A BILL To supplement the purposes of the Public Buildings Act of 1959 (73 Stat. 479), by authorizing agreements and leases with respect to certain properties in the District of Columbia, for the purpose of a national visitor center, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That this Act may be cited as the "National Visitor Center Act of 1967". SEC. 2. The Administrator of the General Services Administration and the Secretary of the Interior, on behalf of the United States, are authorized to negotiate and enter into agreements and leases with the Washington Terminal Company, the owner of the property in the District of Columbia known as Union Station, for the use of portions of such property for a national visitor center and for a parking facility in connection therewith. SEC. 3. (a) The agreements and leases authorized by section 2 of this Act shall be subject to the following terms and conditions: (1) The Washington Terminal Company shall agree to undertake such alterations of the existing Union Station Building as the Secretary of the Interior deems necessary to provide adequate facilities for visitors, but the total cost of such alterations shall not exceed $5,000,000; (2) The lease of the Union Station Building to the United States shall commence upon completion of such alterations and shall be for a term of not more than twenty years; 1 |