PLAZA HOTEL ACQUISITION

و. آمين

HEARING

BEFORE THE

SUBCOMMITTEE ON

PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

OF THE

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
UNITED STATES SENATE

NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS

SECOND SESSION

ON

S. 3594

A BILL TO AUTHORIZE THE ACQUISITION OF CERTAIN
PROPERTY IN SQUARE 724 OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
FOR THE PURPOSE OF EXTENSION OF THE SITE OF THE
ADDITIONAL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING OR FOR THE
PURPOSE OF ADDITION TO THE U.S. CAPITOL GROUNDS

43-556

APRIL 9, 1970

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OVT. DOCS. DEP.

JUN 1 1270

Y OF CALIFORNIA DERKELEY

U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1970

COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS

JENNINGS RANDOLPH, West Virginia, Chairman

STEPHEN M. YOUNG, Ohio
EDMUND S. MUSKIE, Maine

B. EVERETT JORDAN, North Carolina
BIRCH BAYH, Indiana

JOSEPH M. MONTOYA, New Mexico
WILLIAM B. SPONG, JR., Virginia
THOMAS F. EAGLETON, Missouri
MIKE GRAVEL, Alaska

JOHN SHERMAN COOPER, Kentucky
J. CALEB BOGGS, Delaware
HOWARD H. BAKER, JR., Tennessee
ROBERT J. DOLE, Kansas

EDWARD J. GURNEY, Florida

ROBERT W. PACKWOOD, Oregon

RICHARD B. ROYCE, Chief Clerk and Staff Director

J. B. HUYETT, Jr., Assistant Chief Clerk and Assistant Staff Director
BARRY MEYER, Counsel

BAILEY GUARD, Assistant Chief Clerk (Minority)

TOM C. JORLING, Minority Counsel

JOSEPH F. VAN VLADRICKEN, LEON G. BILLINGS, RICHARD D. GRUNDY,
AND STEWART E. MCCLURE, Professional Staff Members

SUBCOMMITTEE ON PUBLIC BUILDINGS AND GROUNDS

B. EVERETT JORDAN, North Carolina, Chairman

STEPHEN M. YOUNG, Ohio
MIKE GRAVEL, Alaska

(II)

J. CALEB BOGGS, Delaware
EDWARD J. GURNEY, Florida

CONTENTS

WITNESSES AND STATEMENTS

Blackistone, Robert D., owner, Plaza Hotel; accompanied by Bernard
Fensterwald, Jr., Esq.--

Campioli, Mario E., Assistant Architect of the Capitol; accompanied by
Charles A. Henlock, Administrative Officer, and Philip L. Roof, Execu-
tive Assistant....

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Muskie, Hon. Edmund S., a U.S. Senator from the State of Maine, and

member of the Senate Public Works Committee..

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Sparkman, Hon. John J., a U.S. Senator from the State of Alabama, and
Chairman of the Senate Office Building Commission
Weiss, Edwin M., Assistant Corporation Counsel, District of Columbia___
ADDITIONAL DATA

Campioli, Mario E.:

Plat of property in Square 724-

Table: Parking facilities, Capitol building and grounds.
Answers to questions submitted by Senator Cooper-

Jordan, Hon. B. Everett: Letter to Senator Randolph from Acting Archi-

tect of the Capitol Mario Campioli, expressing views of Architect

Stewart on S. 3594__

Weiss, Edwin M.: Letter dated April 8, 1970, to Senator Randolph from
Graham W. Watt, Assistant to the Commissioner, District of Columbia

Cooper, Hon. John Sherman:

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Questions submitted to Office of Architect of the Capitol and subse-

quent responses----

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