Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-08

should be appropriated for as provided
in the five-year act" Mr.. Simmons de-
clared AN analysis of the IA building
projects for which he asks that appro-
| priationS be sought shows that one, the
| Garrison School, has been included in
| the 1881 budget by the District Com
miSSionerS, but not included in the
Budget Bureau lists sent to Congress.
for the obvious reason that the old
Business High School will adequately
care for that need, and this project
should also be placed in the group Of
abandoned buildings.
THE 10 other projects total So, 720,-
900 estimated cost -Four of these are
for junior high school accommodations
totaling STATS 900, one of which, the
jefferson Junior High School, at an eS-
timated cost of 100000, has been tenn
porarily dropped from this years budget
estimates with the approval of the
school officials. Three are for combi-
nation gymnasium assembly hall addi-
tons costing $4,000. One is for a
combined eight-room and assembly
gymnasium addition to cost $4,000.
One would replace a 16-room building
now in use, at a cost of $780, 600. Two
are Groom and one 4-room addition,
to cost total of $685. 900. One is for an
eight-room assembly gymnasium at
estimated cost of which was $l90,0e0,
This school furnishes a good illus
tration of the fallacy Of demanding the
carrying out of the five-year program
without examination of facts or figures.
In the 1929 estimates the Board of Ed
ucation requested SITS, 1000 to construct
this building at Fourteenth and Kalmia
road. The Commissioners, the Budget
Bureau and Congress refused.
Pupils in Two Portables.
ION October "a, 1929, there were 81
pupils in school in two portableS on
that site. Should the Commissioners,
the Budget Bureau or Congress be con-
demned for refusing to expend public
money, $175,000, to build an eight-room
structure with assembly hall and GYM
nasium to house 81 students? I take
1t not. Yet this item is included in this
blanket condemnation by Mr. Carusi,
and DR.. Ballou recommends that APP
preparations be sought for it, among
others, listing it as necessary"
Explaining that DR.. Ballou recon-
mends only that appropriations be
sought to carry out the unchanged"
projects, Mr.. Simmons asserted IF Con-
gress today appropriated for the balance
OF the program as outlined by him it
would add only total of A rooms to
the elementary system, at a cost of
1856, 000"
The Representative said further:
"Of the 10 sites listed by Or. Ballou.
two have been purchased, one, is in
condemnation and the remaining seven
will cost $372000. OF the IL play
grounds listed by him, four are in con-
demnatlon, which means that money is
available to pay for them, and the esti-
mated cost of the other six Is 5000"
Commenting upon DR.. Carusi's asser-
ton that the program failed because
100000 was not appropriated each
year for it, Mr.. Simmons quoted from
table which Carusi supplied to Senator
Capper to show that had Congress
granted every dollar asked by the board
in 1929-30 the total appropriation would
have been 1894 ZOO below the $4,000 900
figure.
The Nebraskan took exception to the
figures in DR.. Carusis table, which
showed that total of $26,429,230 had
been requested by the School Board
during the f1ve-year period. This total,
Simmons explained to the House, in
cluded a number of Implications of items
carried year after year, and that, based
on items carried in estimates only once.
the total actually asked by the School
Board was $17,322,420.
But $14,475,25O Voted.
"In other words" the Nebraskan said
had Congress appropriated money to
build every building and buy every
piece Of ground that the Board of Edu-
cation has asked for during the past
five years, we would have appropriated