Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-12-10
AUTHORITIES AGREE
BUDGET IS LIBERAL
Schedule of School Funds
Schedule of School Funds Are
Reviewed for Civic and

Declaring the 1881 school budget.
now before Congress, as generous ana
the general outlook in the District pub
lie school situation as "optimlstlc,
school authorities last night reviewed
the budget at a meeting with civic and
trade body representatives In the FRANK
lin Administration Building.
In the same conference support OF
the pending free text book bill was
voiced unanimously by the Dlstrlct resi-
dents in attendance.
DR.. H. Barrett Learned, vice presl-
dent of the school board, who presided
in the absence of DR.. Charles F. Carusl,
president, who had been confined to
his home by illness, told the residents
that Ion the whole, the budget is very
generous"
I'VE can and do regard the outlook
as optimistic" DR.. Learned declared.
1--WE got little more than we actually
hoped for; we have reason to believe
the budget will be treated kindly oy
Congress, and next year we believe we
may receive even more funds for our
schools"
Reviews Budget Items.
Dr.. Frank w. Ballou, superintendent,
reviewed the budget items as requested
by the Board of Education and traced
the Commissioners, the Bureau of the
Budget and into Congress. Comment
ing upon the building and ground items
which the Bureau of the Budget in
serted in the list when other items
had been deleted, the superintendent
explained conditions which changed
after the estimate prepared by the
school authorities made the new prof.
ects possible and desirable and that
most Of them were placed in the bud
get on the recommendation Of school
authorities themselves.
Despite the fact that it had been an
nounced prior to last nights meeting
that the conference was for the sole
purpose of reporting back to the cit1-
zenS on the budget and not to receive
requests for school Improvements, sew
eral delegates succeeded in placing be-
fore the board their wants in connec-
ton with school facilities. George A.
Warren, representing the Midcity Citt-
zens' Association. appealed for better
facilities for the Abbott Vocational
School classes. DR.. Ballou advised him
that the Abbott students were being
transferred as rapidly as practicable to
the Columbia Junior High School Build
ing and that the best facilities possible
at present are being extended to the
vocational students.
Other requests included a new 10
room elementary school for Brookland,
lunchroom for the new Congress
Heights School addition, and the con-
solidation of the Burroughs, Brookland
and Langdon elementary Schools into
junior high school unit.
Resolution Of Support.
Proposed by Edward r. Williams,
delegate to the conference for the
Langley Parent-Teacher Association, the
North Capitol Citizens Association, the
Mckinley lexington Parent - Teacher
Association and the Gage Parent
Teacher Association, the resolution ex-
pressing support of the text book bill
set forth:
THAT the school committees OF the
citizens associations, parent-teacher as
sociations, civic and trade bodies and
citizens of the District Of Columbia, in
meeting with the Board of Education on
December 9, 1929, through the repre-
sentatives assembled. go on record in
favor Of the passage Of House bill 1850
and Senate bill $780,"