Evening star., 1924-04-23
HOUSE TO ACT SOON.
ON D. C. MONEY BILL
Measure, Reported Yesterday With
Severe Cuts, Likely to Come
Up Saturday.
COMPLAINTS ARE NUMEROUS
City and School Heads Hit Severe
Reductions.

The District appropriation bill to
pay the expenses of the National
Capital for the fiscal year beginning
July i next which was reported to
the House yesterday, probably will
come up for consideration in the
House on Saturday. The members of
the appropriations committee hope
that this bill can be passed before
adjournment Tuesday night
The biggest complaint against the
bill is over the severe cuts for street
and sewer work extension. There was
a cut Of $217,250 in the item for paw
ing or repaving specific streets- Two
items for which appropriations were
denied were for replacing the old
cobblestone road to Anaccstia Bridge
with concrete, and similarly improv-
ing 14th street south to the Bureau
or Engraving and Printing
Ii is certain that the item of Sc. 900
lor rent for the recorder of deeds
Office must be Increased. This item
~ the same az usually carried. Al
ready, now ev1r. An item of 81 600 has
peen included in the deficiency bill for
the present fiscal year, so that al
ready $500 has been appropriate
TOT this year while only $4,000 is al
lowed for the next fiscal wear
The item of $4,000 was sent before
the oenciency estimate came in.
To Study Situation.
Chairman Madden of the House of
appropriations committee, accompan-
led by Chairman Davis Of the sub
committee on the District bill and
Representative Ayres of Kansas, the
ranking Democrat will soon visit the
nf 1-f
personal investigation to see what is
needed. Chairman Madden. antici-
pates that authority must be granted
TO secure additional quarters
Another dispute that probably will
develop is on the location Of the
street tract
The bill as reported. specifically di-
rects that the tubercular school shall
be built on the Upshur street tract
priated for It,
The District bill as reported in
creased the fee for certificates of
taxes from SO cents to 81. This was
advocated by the District Commis-
sloners and collector of taxes.
Under the existing law rifles and
o.ner military equipment loaned to
the High School Cadets are under
oond. the District is obliged to put
up up a bond TO the War Department
pito'ht biII carries d provision
that no such bond shall be required,
commissioners Rudolph Oyster and
Bell united today in expressing the
hope that Congress will restore at
least some of the items cut from the
bill
They indicated that they will en-
deaVor to convince the Senate sub
committee of the necessity for all of
the estimates approved by the bureau
or the budget, and that they would
look with hope to the conferees who
VIII finally settle the terms of the
bill.
Keen regret over the action of the
House appropriations committee in
slashing the school budget for the
next fiscal year. and hope that the
Senate committee will be more gen
erous and restore some of the deleted
items. was voiced today by public
school authorities.
School authorities appreciate the
efforts of the House committee to
meet the needs of the schools" said
Robert L. Haycock, assistant super
intendent of schools There is some
degree of disappointment. however, in
the fact that appropriations for the
year 19241e25 seem to be nearly
s6e0.000 less than for the current
year