Evening star., 1925-02-08
D. c. BILL IS PASSED,
CARRYING TOTAL Of
S31,141,9D7 FOR CITY
Lump Sum Basis Retained
and Funds Appropriated
for Two More Judges.
FEDERAL CONTRIBUTION
CONTINUED AT S9,OOO,OOO
Bathing Beach Provisions Retained
After Debate-Street Grad
ing Provided.

The District appropriation bill for
the coming fiscal year was passed
by the House late yesterday and sent
to the Senate. AS passed no reduc-
tions were made from the amounts
recommended by the appropriation
committee and s132,950 was added
during consideration in the House,
making the total s31,141,907
The principal increase was from
s58,124 to SCOTIA for the Police Court.
making provision for two additional
judges. Another large increase was
s70,500 for grading of two important
thoroughfares.
After two votes in the committee
of the whole abolishing both the
existing bathing beach for white
people and the proposed bathing beach
for colored people for which appro-
priation was made in the deficiency
bill passed last December this ap-
propriation was restored by a vote
of 1877 to 12s when the bill was re
ported in the House for final passage
Lump sum Retained.
The bill is based on a lump sum
contribution of 100000 from the
Federal Treasury, leaving the other
s22.000,000 to be paid from District
taxes. An attempt to make this
lump sum contribution permanent in
stead of the definite proportion of,
60-40 was defeated late Friday. 4
new paragraph, however, was added
to the bill today authorizing the Bud
get Bureau in framing the 1927 ap-
preparation bill to follow the lump
sum basis in the present bill.
Hygiene Fund Increased.
The first change made in the bill
yesterday was to increase from $4,000
to s25, 900 the appropriation for main
tanning child hygiene service in
Guiding the establishment and main
tenance of child welfare stations for
the clinical examination, advice, care
and maintenance of children under s
years of age. Representative Ayres,
Democrat, Kansas, who offered this
amendment, said that Mrs. Frank Is.
Noyes had shown him the necessity
for this increase. Chairman Davis of
the subcommittee in charge of the bill
said that it was the intention of the
committee to allow all the funds
necessary for this child welfare work,
and he was not opposed to the amend
ment
Representative Ayres was success
full in having adopted an amendment
for two additional judges in the Po-
lice Court and other provisions to pre-
vent congestion of the docket by de-
mands for jury trial in minor cases
The Ayres amendment proposed an
increase from s5S,124 to SCOTIA, in
cluding compensation in accordance
with the classification act for two ad-
ditional judges and such other court
employees as may be found necessary,
with the sum of $3.50 available inn
mediately.
This amendment provided that in
addition to the sums appropriated for
expenses of the court, there should be
a further appropriation of s22.S00, of
which s12,600 would be Immediately
available.
Black Ends Objection.
Representative Black Of Texas
M de a point of order, but withdrew
it when Representative Ayres and
Chairman Davis explained to him that
the committee would have written
this amendment into the bill, only
that it wanted to give the District
legislative committee an opportunity
to pass upon 1t.
Another amendment in the item,
carrying appropriations for tenn
porary home for Union eX-SoldierS
and Sailors provides that soldiers
sailors and marines of the World War
or who served prior to July ., 1921.
shall be admitted to this home, all
under supervision of the board of
managers.
One of the most drastic fights during
consideration OF the bill was over the
location of the colored bathing beach.
An amendment offered by Representa-
tive Joseph Byrnes of Tennessee, rank
ing Democrat on the appropria tions
committee, struck out the provisions for
the existing bathing beach for white
people and orders returned to the
Treasury the appropriation made for
the colored bathing beach The item
for purifica ton of waters of the Tidal
Basin and care, maintenance and opera
ton of the bathhouse and beach, sl2,500,"
was stricken out by this amendment.
Madden Approves Action.
In substitution it was provided that
the unexpended balance of 500, 600 and
reappropriation of $25,G00 carried in
the second deficiency act approved
December 5, 1924, for construction
of the bathing beach for colored peo-
pie be converted into the Treasury
to the credit of the District. Two
votes were taken on this proposition,
on of which resulted 55 to 40 and the
other SO to 81. This action was later
reversed in the House.
Representative Byrnes declared that
the bathing beach never should have
been put on the Tidal Basin because
it destroys the beauty of the park.
He pointed out that the Lincoln Me-
mortal is close by and it is also
proposed to build a great memorial
bridge in that vicinity. He declared
that 1t is out of all reason to add
another beach there. He said the
rows of bathhouses detract from the
beauty of the park and in Summer
bathing suits and towels are hung
out to dry. Spend this money and
it will not be four years before we
are called upon to tear down the
bathing beach in the interest OF
Identification of our parks" he de-
clared.
Chairman Madden of the House ap-
propriations committee argued Wig
orously that the colored people should
not be denied a proper place to bathe.
Acting Chairman Zihlman of the
House District committee insisted that
action should not be taken cutting off
the appropriation for. the present bath
ing beach until ii was relocated in some
more desirable place.
Senator Phipps of Colorado. chair
man of the Senate appropriations
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