Evening star., 1924-04-27
D. C. PAY BILLS BEFORE
SENATE THIS WEEK
Teacher Measure May Be Reported
Without King Amend
ments.
WOULD CUT PERSONNEL
Reductions Proposed by Senator in

Bills increasing the salaries of the
public school teachers and the sala-
ries of the police and fire departments
d of the District will be on the Sena te
calendar ready for action this week
II was confidently predicted last
night. The House has already passed
these measures
\ subcommittee consisting of Sena e
tor Capper of Kansas Cchairman) and
senator King of Utah has had under
consideration the teachers pay bill
and il will be reported to the full
committee for its action Wednesday.
Senator Capper favors the bill as
passed by the House. with u few
amendments. Senator King has pro-
posed that the thirteen supervising
principals be eliminated and that
there be several reductions in sala-
rts. These are matters that the full
committee will have TO pass upon, and
supporters of the bill believe that it
will be reported 10 the Senate
promptly without the King amend
ments.
King on Subcommittee.
Senator King is a member of a sub
committee with Senator Ball. chair
man of the District committee, on the
police and tiremen's pay bill and ne
has submitted a number of amend
nentS TO that bill proposing reduc-
tons The subcommittee has been
authorized to report the bill to the
Senate. Senator Ball is opposed TO re
ductions in the salary schedules, it is
known.
The bill has been amended so as to
include the park police by authority
Of the committee and it will go to the
Senate in that form. The salary
schedule for the park police is the
sam as that for the metropolitan po-
lice, except that the park police re-
celVe 500 less because the govern
ment furnishes them their uniforms.
The salaries for the park police as
contained in the bill follow:
Lieutenants, s2,70O; first sergeant,
s2.400; sergeants. $4,000; privates
class three, $4,000: privates class
two, s1.S00, and privates class one.
$l.7OO.
other Provisions.
The bill also provides that the park
police shall benefit under the police
and f1remen's retirement fund, and
shall contribute = per cent of their
salaries to that fund, as do the others.
This may be changed to Gig per
cent if that percentage is set in the
District appropriation bill as now
proposed.
The amendments to the bill pro-
posed by Senator King would make
police $1,000, instead of $500; the
salary of lieutenants $3.50. instead of
$1,000; the salary of sergeants s., ,24o,
instead of S24oo, and the salaries of
privates of class three 81, 900, instead of
s2.1eo
Park Police Amendments.
Amendments proposed by Senator
King to the schedule for the park
police are as follows: Lieutenant,
s2.640; instead of S2,70o; sergeants,
s2,240, instead of $4,000.
The King amendments proposed for
the fire department are as follows:
Chief engineer, $4,000, instead of
S. 200; inspectors. $3.50, instead of
s2,1so; pilots, s2,24o, instead of s2,250;
marine engineers, s2,24o, instead of
s225o; privates class three, $1,000, in
stead of S2,100
The committee amended the bill so
as TO make the salary for sergeants
I'm the fire department S2,240 instead
Of $4,000, and for battalion chief en-
gfneers $3.50, instead of S3,050. The
committee also increased the salary
of inspectors from $4,000 to $3.50.