Evening star., 1928-11-27
$500, 900 for New Business
High School Is
Included.
ABOUT $40, 900, 900 SET
FOR FISCAL YEAR TOTAL
Reduction of $6,5OO,OO0 Made in
Funds Sought by Various
Departments.

The Districts budgetary estimates for
the next fiscal year, calling for appro-
priations totaling nearly $4,000, 900,
were put in final shape at the Bureau
of the Budget today for transmission
to Congress
While the total amount of the funds
allowed by the bureau is close to the
limitation of S39, 1862 900 fixed last Sum-
mer by presidential decree, a number
of the items originally included in the
budget are understood to have under
gone radical changes, and some of them
were eliminated entirely. In the place
of those removed, however, the bureau
is said to have substituted items orig
inally in the list submitted by the Com
missionerS under the designation of
supplemental estimates"
One of the principal so-called sup
Elemental items which the budget bu-
reau is said to have transferred to the
regular estimates provides for beginning
construction of a new Business High
School. School officials and the Com
missioners had fought for several years
to get a $500 900 item in the regular
budget to start work on the 81 100000
structure.
The Business High School item was
reported to have been placed in the
regular estimates at the sacrifice OF
an item for the erection of an addition
to the Park View School. The pro-
posed Park View addition was appro-
priated for several years ago, but IL
was never constructed because OF an
objection by the community to the pIac-
ing of third-story addition on the
present building.
Airport Omitted.
The budget. in it's final form, it was
reported. does not contain items for
sthe proposed municipal airport and
civic center, these having been omitted
pending enactment by Congress of legls-
lation providing for their establishment.
Bills authorizing each of these import
ant projects were introduced in Con-
greSS at the last session, and the Com
miSsionerS have every reason to believe
they will be pushed vigorously at the
coming short session.
A few major alterations made in the
estimates by the bureau. it was said,
involved the budget of the Board OF
Education, which suffered serious trim
ming at the hands of the Commissioners
before it finally reached Budget Direc-
tor Lord. The original estimates of the
school board aggregated slightly more
than S14,000,000, but the total figure
now is understood to be approximately
S11 100000. Most of the cuts. it was
indicated, were made in the items for
the purchase of school sites for future
use.
Deductions Made.
Aside from the school budget. slight
deductions also are reported To have
been made in the estimates of a number
of other municipal agencies. AS whole,
however, the bureau is said to have
been generous to these departments.
The total budget of nearly $4,000. 900
represents a reduction of slightly more
than $6,500,000 in the funds sought by
the heads of the various departments of
the District government. 1t is predicated
upon a S9,000,000 lump sum contribu-
ton by the Federal Government and
continuance of the existing tax rate of
$1.70 on S100 of assessed valuation on
real estate and personal property.
The bureaus allowance to the Dis
trlct, however, is slightly IN excess OF
the amount urged by the Citizens Ad-
visory Council and about $780, 900 un-
der the figure recommended by the
Washington Board of Trade The coun-
Gil suggested budget a little above
$39 900. .000 The trade organizations
figure was SAL .288 900, but it was pred
icated on an increase in the Federal
Governments lump sum contribution
from S9, 900 900 to $40, TS8, 900.