Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-11-21
APPROPRIATION BILL
ASKS $1S8,S53 FOR
D. c. GOVERNMENT
Measure in House Seeks
$150,000 for Hospital,
$25, 900 for Rent Board.
$4,000 IS REQUESTED
FOR CENTER MARKET
$103. .698,221 Entire Sum Recon-
mended for 1922-Several Re-
ductions Hit District.

Appropriation of s1SS,s53.20 for the
District of Columbia municipal gov
ernment is carried in the first de-
ficiency appropriation bill for the
fiscal year 1922. presented to the
House today. This includes S150,eo9
for continuing construction OF the
Gallinger Municipal Hospital and
5000 for expenses of the rent COM
mission; $4,000 for the surveyors Of
fee, $500 for the miscellaneous ex-
penses of the Supreme Court and w.
$500 in payment of judgments
against the District.
The bill also carries recommendation
of S167.6IS for government printing
office. including $150,0o0 for printing
and binding for the Post Office De-
partment.
Under the Department Of Agricul-
:ure appropriation a recommendation
is made for $4,000 for operation of
the Center market in Washington
Entire Amount, xIO3.8Ds.::I.77
The entire amount recommended in
the bill is 6sS.22I77. of which
S24.99194 is for the House OF Rep
resentatives, leaving slo3,673.23?.sS
for the executive branch. This sum
is sS6.s36,4Sl35 less than the esti-
mate submitted or this sum $780,
100000 was eliminated from the re-
quest of the Veterans Bureau and is
in the nature of postponement
rather than reduction. of the re-
mainder of the reduction--approxi-
mately s30,S00,000 - 2i.4Oo,00o was
nf
leaving the reduction in all other
services amounting TO approximately
$3.400.000.
Among the principal reductions in
estimates are: Twenty-Five thousand
dollars for preliminary plans and
borings for the proposed Arlington
Memorial bridge and sS4.50o for Dis
trict of Columbia expenses. including
s33, ,000 asked for the municipal lodg-
ing house and $4,000 asked for the
police department The appropria.
ton for Center market was reduces
$4,000.
Important Items In Bill.
other important appropriations rec.
commended in the bill are: For the
Interstate Commerce Commission, in
GLIDING 100000 on account Of addi-
tional duties imposed by the trans
portation act. s300.lSl.02.
For the United States Veterans Bu-
tional training and s25,000.000 for
disqualification. total of $65,000,060.
For the Department of Agriculture.
including $4,000 for fighting forest
fires, sl50.00o for combating the pine
beetle and s47.500 for enforcing the
future trading act. total of $613,5e0.
For the Department of Justice.
s9O5,2S431. which includes sS65, 5,085.sS
for expenses of the United States
courts.
For the Department of Labor. in
cluding 100000 for regulating inn
Island immigration station and $4,000
for commissioners OF conciliation, a
total of 61.56o.75.
Postal Service Demands.
For postal service, payable from the
postal revenues, s6,525. .934.0s.
For the State Department, S1,2S6. .194.
This includes s1,000.0O0 for the ex-
position at Brazil and sl05,000 for ex-
penses of arbitration with Peru and
Norway and $11S.500 for the payment
of delayed bills incurred under the
national defense fund.
For the Treasury Department,
SIG, 6,05I, I,63I11, including s1,792,000 for
collecting internal revenue taxes:
s23.057,0 900 for refunding internal
revenue taxes enormously collected,
$637, ,131.71 for the public health serv-
ice and s506.500 for public buildings.
For the War Department. $514,70O,
including s40S.200 for the acquisition
of land at certain Army camps and
$l06,500 for the National Home for
Disabled Volunteer Soldiers at Hamp-
ton, Va.
In payment of judgments rendered
against the United States by federal
courts, S251. .665.64.
For legal claims allowed by the
general accounting office and GER
titled to Congress, s1.276.005.64.
Other Big Reductions.
Among other big reductions in the
bill from the estimates submitted
are:
For the Interstate Commerce Com
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