Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-03-01
District Asks Senate to Re-
store Appropriations.
ITEMS STRICKEN FROM BILL
Charities to Suffer if House Action
Is Sustained.
CRIPPLED BY PRUNING PROCESS
Mr.. Rudolph Requests Senator Hale
to Increase Allowances Made
in Deficiency Bill.

With the Districts purse growing slim
mer daily. and in the face of the danger
Of seeing some of the Districts necessary
institutions actually without money for
the present year, the Commissioners to-
day made an earnest appeal to the Sen
ate to put back into the deficiency ap-
preparation bill certain items cut out OF
trimmed ruthlessly by the House.
In a letter to Senator Hale, chairman
Of the Senate committee on appropria-
tons. Commissioner Rudolph stated
among other things, that unless Congress
gives the District the few thousand dol
lars asked for to continue certain insti-
tutions until July Of this year a portion
Of the unfortunate inmates of some OF
the charitable homes will have to be
turned out helpless on the world.
1t is also predicted by the Commission
ers that unless some change is made IN
the appropriation covering the personal
services In the contagious disease service
of the health department that service will
be nullified. Moreover, the branch of the
public library at Takoma Park will not
be Opened on time unless the Commits
sioners get the original amount asked for,
namely. s. 333.S3, instead of $500.
House Saves 81 900.
With the population Of the Home for
the Aged and Infirm at it's highest mark,
the board Of charities found it necessary
to ask for a deficiency appropriation of
5000 to keep the home operating until
July Of this year. The House trimmed
that to $1,000. This amount the Commits
sioners say. on the authority of the board
of charities, will not be sufficient to pro-
vide for the destitute which have been
committed to the care Of the District and
assigned to that home.
The necessity for an APPROXIMATION -
said Commissioner Rudolph today, "arises
from the increased number of destitute
people at the home. The amount es-
timated, $1,000. is the very lowest that
the board of charities could ask for with
out entailing suffering by the actual de-
privation of necessities for the care OF
these helpless old people,"
Inc appropriation for the Industrial
Home School for Colored Children was
cut in two, $1,000 having been asked for
The Industrial Home School for White
Children was figured as needing So, JOC
to complete the year. Clothes food and
actual necessities would be bought with
this money.
The House trimmed it to $1,000. The
Commissioners point out to the Senate
appropriations committee that unless
they get the money they asked for they
will simply have to let some of the
Branch Library Item.
The item for the Takoma Park branch
of the Public Library was submitted
first in the sum of $333333, and the
item for the purchase of books was
$4,000. AS reported in the bill from
the House the first item carries $500
and the book-purchase item carries
lot,
sioners. the agreement under which
Carnegie has made a donation of S4O.-
900 for this library was to the effect
that the District of Columbia should
appropriate or provide funds at least
to the extent of 10 per cent of the dona-
ton. which would be at the rate of
$4,000 year. If the library is to be
opened September 1, on which date the
building is expected to be completed,
the whole sum of s3.333.33 will be
item of $4,000 for books is not in
cluded in the original agreement, but
the librarian needs that money to put
books into the library.
Unless the Limitation on personal
services in the contagious disease serv-
ice is lifted from the bill that branch
Of the health department will have
it's hands tied. Personal services con-
stitute almost the entire feature of the
contagious disease work. and the bill
cannot spend more than $4,000 a year
for salaries.
Duties Of the Employees.
Placarding. investigating. the pay OF
experts and similar technical matters
all fall under personal services" and
it has been declared by the health
officer that there is almost no use in
the service, as it will find itself ham
pered by the provisions of the proposed
law. He says $4,000 is needed.
The Commissioners also ask that the
item of $53.05996. covering the old
shortage of the trust funds Occasioned
by the Watson defalcation, be replaced
in the bill.