Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-13
$115,OO0,OOO Included for
Washington Program, to Be
Spent $15,000,OO0 a Year.
AGRICULTURE BILL
ALSO is REPORTED
$2,000,0O0 for Mount Vernon
Boulevard and $4,000 for
Arboretum New Items.

Increase of $23o,ooo,oo0 in the au-
thorization for Federal buildings
throughout the country, which includes
Sis ,000, 900 specifically for the Federal
building program in Washington, is
provided for in the Elliott bill. which
was favorably reported to the House by
the House committee on public build
ings and grounds today.
The same committee also ordered a
favorable report on the bill author
izing the erection of a Supreme Court
building at an estimated cost of So
100000, the site for which has already
been acquired at cost of approximate
ly $1,750,000.
The only change made in the Elliott
public buildings bill was to increase the
amount carried for public buildings
throughout the States from 100000, 900
to $115,O00, 900, making the amount
identical with that authorized for the
building program in the National Cap
ital.
The Elliott bill also increases the
amount to be expended each year from
S35 0OO, 600 to $4,000 900. OF this
amount S35 600, 900 is for the program
throuphout the States and $4,000, 900
for the program in the National Capt.
tai The present authorization is $25,-
600 900 annually for the States and
$10,O0O,oO0 for Washington.
Speeds Building Program.
The Elliott bill also provides for
speeding up the building program py
authorizing the employment OF outside
Carrying $4,000, 900 for the Mount
Vernon Memorial Highway and $3O,OOO
for the national arboretum, both OF
which are new items, the agricultural
appropriation bill for the fiscal year
beginning July 1, next. also was rS-
ported to the House today.
The total of the bill is $153,255, ,46O,
which is an increase of $8.573, ,906 over
current appropriations and a decrease
of $2I46i0 under the budget estimate.
A decrease Of $150,000 results from
the abolition of Center Market during
the coming year. ,,
An Important increase in the bill
under the Weather Bureau is Tor the
operation of a major control station
at Boiling Field. the amount recon-
mended being $13,S20.
Highway Item Explained.
In presenting the bill to the House
Representative Dickinson OF Iowa,
chairman of the subcommittee, called
attention that the 100000 for the
Mount Vernon Memorial Highway is
due to the fact that work on that prof.
ect is being prosecuted this year out OF
an original appropriation Of $4,000, 600,
more than $2,000,00O of which Is being
expended during the current fiscal year
under a reappropriation.
The House appropriations committee
diSallowed the increase recommended
by the budget in the salary of the AS
sistant Secretary from $4,000 to $l0,-
600. The committee granted, however,
the budget increase of $1,000 for two
additional employees and 5,490 to make
effective promotions due to employees
who have been declared ineligible. The
House committee also granted the In
crease recommended by the budget OF
81 900 for salaries and compensation OF
employees in the mechanical shops and
power plant. This applies particularly
to low-salaried employees.
Rent Bill Decreased.
The rent bill of the Department Of
Agriculture has been decreased by the
budget to the amount of $103, ,440 due, to
the fact that a large number of rented
buildings now occupied by the depart
ment are being acquired by the Federal
Government through condemnation
proceedings, In anticipation of the pro-
posed extensible Office building for the
department.