Site for Organization of American States and International Center: Hearings, Eighty-ninth Congress, Second Session, on H.R. 14936 and Related Bills. July 28, and August 1, 1966Committee Serial No. 89-47. Considers H.R. 14936, and similar H.R. 14106 and H.R. 14157, to authorize the acquisition of certain D.C. property to be used as a headquarters site for OAS and other international organizations and foreign governments. |
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Page 2 - ... height and appearance, color, and texture of the materials of exterior construction, shall be submitted by the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to the Commission of Fine Arts; and the said commission shall report promptly to said commissioners...
Page 41 - ... The city is not an assembly of shops and buildings. It is not a collection of goods and services. It is a community for the enrichment of the life of man. It is a place for the satisfaction of man's most urgent needs and his highest aspirations. It is an instrument for the advance of civilization. Our task is to put the highest concerns of our people at the center of urban growth and activity. It is to create and preserve the sense of community with others which gives us significance and security,...
Page 1 - The Administrator of General Services is authorized to acquire, by purchase, condemnation, donation, or otherwise, a suitable site or sites, selected by the Surgeon General in accordance with the direction of the Board, for such buildings and facilities and to erect thereon, furnish, and equip such buildings and facilities. The sums...
Page 32 - MEXICO. 3555 The Ambassador of Mexico presents his compliments to His Excellency the Secretary of State and acknowledges receipt of His Excellency's note of the 16th of this month, informing him that the remarks contained in this Embassy's memorandum 2509 on bill No. 3638 (HR 3638) have been transmitted to the Bureau of Internal Revenue for consideration. The Ambassador of Mexico sincerely thanks His Excellency...
Page 4 - STATEMENT OF HON. DANTE B. FASCELL, A REPRESENTATIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF FLORIDA Mr. FASCELL. Mr. Chairman, members of the committee, I fully support the consolidated presentation made by our secretary of state.
Page 23 - ... the descriptive material is organized. The French regional tradition was passed, also, to workers in other countries. In Germany Friedrich Ratzel initiated a series of regional monographs dealing with different parts of Germany under the general title of Forschungen zur deutschen Landeskunde. The Pan American Institute of Geography and History, a specialized agency of the Organization of American States, undertook to plan and coordinate the preparation of a series of volumes dealing with the...
Page 43 - It should be a place where every man feels safe on his streets and in the house of his friends. It should be a place where each individual's dignity and self-respect is strengthened by the respect and affection of his neighbors. It should be a place where each of us can find the satisfaction and warmth which comes only from being a member of the community of man.
Page 43 - We work in our cities to satisfy our needs for shelter and work and the ability to command a satisfying way of life. We wish to create a city where men and women can feed the hunger of the spirit for beauty and have access to the best of man's work; where education and the richness of diversity expands our horizons and extends our expectations. But we also look for something more. The American city should be a collection of communities where every member has a right to belong. It should be a place...
Page 54 - to plan the appropriate and orderly development and redevelopment of the National Capital and the conservation of the important natural and historical features thereof.
Page 41 - Problems and Future of the Central City and its Suburbs stated that the: core of this problem (of the cities) ... is people and the quality of the lives they lead. We want to build not just housing units, but neighborhoods; not just to construct schools, but to educate children...