Evening star., 1924-06-08
Senate FiIibuster Kills Def
cheney Bill Carrying ST.
625, for Raises-UsuaI
Extra $40 Swept Away.
MUST AWAIT DECEMBER
SESSION FOR REDRESS
District Officials Expect Congress
Will Allow Funds, Retroactive
to July 1-Hardships Seen in
Reduction of Salaries for Five
Months-Rent Body Hit.

1&ohIAC-xhNuG oUuH 11ll.
Four thousand policemen, fremen
and public school teachers OF Wash
ington will wake up this morning 10
learn that instead OF the increase,
in salaries they had expected to re-
ceivc on July /, they will suffer a
temporary reduction in pay OF $50 i
month because of the failure OF
Congress to pass the second de
ficiency bill last night.
In dramatic closing session OF
the Senate hlibuster by Senator
Pittman of Nevada resulted in the
deficiency bill being talked to death,
carrying with it total of S2,625,l622l
for urgent requirements of the muni-
cipal government
Ultimately Get Increases
1t was generally agreed last night
that when Congress reconvenes in
December the policemen, firemen and
school teachers will be granted their
increases, retroactive to July /. but
from July until December they Will
actually find $40 less in their en-
velopes each month. This also ap-
plies to the United States park police.
The $50 a month which they will
lose for six months is the $24o bonus
When Congress passed the legisla-
tive bills directing that the basic sal
aries of these three groups of city
workers be increased. no one thaught
for moment that the deficiency bill,
which carried the money for the in
creases, would fail, and, so, no provi-
sion was made for continuing the
bonus.
Hardship In Meantime.
Although Maj. Daniel j. Donovan.
city auditor, expressed confidence last
night that Congress will appropriate
this back pay in December, it will
prove a hardship on the policemen.
firemen and teachers to support them
selves and families on $50 less !
month in the meantime.
The rent commission loses S45. 900
by the failure of the deficiency bill
but Maj. Donovan explained last
night that this agency is saved by
action taken in Congress several
weeks ago, authorizing the rent board
to use an unexpended balance which
it has OF $4,000. This is not what
the commission needs for six months
serious consequences.
There will be no more white traffic
lines painted on the downtown streets
until December. because the fund is
exhausted and the deficiency bill car
ried $4,000 for this purpose.
Annuities Also Withheld.
The bill carried $1,000 for payment
of annuities to school teachers. These
annuities probably Will have to be
withheld for the present month, Maj.
Donovan observed.
The health department has eN-
hausted the $4,000 allowed for con-
tagious disease work and the de-
ficiency bill would have released an
additional fund for that important
service. Maj. Donovan said the com
missioners could avoid serious results
in this case by giving Health Officer
Fowler the emergency fund which
they have each year for calamity or
pestilence.
The proposed Janney public school,
urgently needed, will not be built
until next year. The Commissioners
needed ,O0G additional in order To
let the contract for this building and
1aE
Losses to Policemen.
At the present time privates of the
police department receive, including
the bonus, s1,700. s1,s0o and $1,000
a year, according to length of serv-
ice. If the deficiency bill had passed
they would have been paid on July l
$500, $1,000 and s2,100 a year.
Through failure of the bill they
will actually receive from now until
Congress meets again the old basic
salaries of s1,46O. s1,56o and $1,660 a
year.
School officials were chagrined last
night over the action of Congress.
ITS a great pity and a misfortune
was the only comment of Superin-
tendent of Schools Frank w. Ballou.
The teachers had planned a dinner
at Rauscher's Wednesday night to
celebrate the passage of the new SAL
airy bill. Whether it will be cancelled
due to the failure of Congress to ap-
propriate the necessary funds to put
the new wage scale into effect, could
not be ascertained last night.
Some See Increases.
All other officials and employees OF
the District will get the new salaries
provided for by reclassification July
1, because their increases were car
ried in the regular District appro-
priation bill, which passed Friday
night. The reason Congress passed
separate pay bills for the police, fire.
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