Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-01-22
HOUSE GETS BILL
FOR %3,459,39)
Provides Funds for State,
Justice, Commerce and
Labor Departments.

Carving a total of $50. .459 ,39O.91
the State. Justice, Commerce ana
Labor departments appropriation olll
was reported to the House TO-DAY
This includes $11.S77,8 S6.41 for the
State Department, which is decrease
of ST, 343, O36. 40 from the amount appro-
priated for the current fiscal year, due
entirely to the fact that large appro-
priations were made last year for the
construction of diplomatic and consular
buildings abroad: $26, 345 $500 Tor
the Department of Justice ana the
judiciary, which is an increase OF
s717.1S2. so over current appropriations,
S36.192,O75 for the Department OF
Commerce. which is an increase OF
$5,562,22S over current appropriations.
and S9.O43,540 for the Department OF
Labor, which is a decrease of $49Z'foo.
$1I8,OOO for ID. c. Rents.
The bill carried a total of $11S,000
for rent of buildings for the Depart.
ment of Justice in the District OF
Columbia, which is an increase Oh
$4,000 The department now pays
$4,000 a year rent for its main puhu-
ing at Vermont avenue and K street.
The additional $4,000 is for space in.
the Denrike Building directly opposite
the main building and which is needed
on account of the increased activities
of the department.
For the National Training School
for BOYS a total of $4,000 is carried,
which is an increase of S22,2O1 Tor an
increase in the force and amount
necessary for supplies and materials
There is also recommended $4,000 for
the erection of a family building for
the housing of 40 boys to be imme'
diately available.
For the Bureau of the Census
81, 1O9, $50 is recommended, when Is
an increase of $135,960 over the cur
rent year. This is due to the census
of manufacturers taken every second
year and for the census of the cleo
trical industries taken every nfth
year. Provision is made for the APP
pointment of employees under civil
service rules at per diem rates to be
fixed by the director of the census
without regard to provisions of the
classification act. This is to take
care of employees for short periods of
several months.
To Study Waste Products.
For the Bureau of Standards a sup
Elemental estimate of $4,000 is in
cluded for investigation into the util-
ization of waste products from the
land The total for the bureau is
$2,223, 435, which is an increase of
$2S3,050.
A large portion of this increase
is absorbed by an amount of 100000
for the building of a power plant for
concentration into one building of the
various power units now distributed
over the grounds.
The amount allocated to the Patent
Office is $2,792 $50, exclusive of print
ing expenses. This is an increase of
$70,560 over the current year, which
is. accounted for by an additional
amount of $4,000 for temporary en-
ployes. This is to be used in increas-
ing the salaries OF those employees of
lower grades from 1850 to $4,000 in
an endeavor to stop the large turn
over and also for an increase in the
number of employees. An increase of
$45, 600 is included for badly needed
filing cases.
Other appropriations asked included
81, 063, 900 for the development and
production of helium; this was in
addition to $4,000 for the investiga-
ton of helium fields. OF the amount
$3.50, 900 would be for connecting
Nocona Field, Texas, with the present
Fort Worth helium plant. The re-
manning 100000 was recommended as
a fund for the conservation and pro-
duction of helium, including the acqui.
stion of helium-b bearing gas land.
For Federal penal and correctional
institutions provisions include:
Leavenworth, Kan, Penitentiary,
$S49,24O, and in addition 500 is
carried for construction Of new build
ings at the institution.
Mcneil Island Penitentiary, 403, 900;
Federal Industrial Institution for
Women at Anderson, w. Va, $3.50, 900.
and Industrial Reforma tory Chilli
cothe, $360,000
The bill carries $556,0OO for COM
mercial aviation development, includ-
ing the lighting of airways, and the
allotment for the Bureau of Immigra-
ton is increased by $3.50, 900. The inn
migration appropriation would allow
slight increase in the border patrol
force and otherwise provide for tight.
ening the immigration law.