Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-10-17
BUDGET DEMANDS
TO Be DEFENDED
BY COMMISSIONERS
Bureau Hearings, to Start
Next Tuesday, Expected to
Last Several Weeks.
MUNICIPAL BUILDING
PLANS IN ABEYANCE
Supplemental Allocation Asked for
Acquiring Site for City
Center Structures,

Preparations were virtually complete
at the District Building today for the
impending fight before the Bureau of
the Budget for approval Of the Districts
unprecedented 1881 budget of $4s, AGO.
e6S.
Hearings on the Districts estimates
are to begin Tuesday morning and in
dicationS are that they will continue
for several weeks. In the course Of the
proceedings all department heads of
the municipal government as well as
the Commissioners are expected to ap-
pear before the budget officials to de-
tend various items in the new budget.
Limit is Exceeded.
Although the budget bureau had
limited the Districts estimates for 1881
to 1897 ,656, the Commissioners in
tend to insist on an allotment of nearly
94S SOC, 900 on the ground that the con-
dition of the finances of the municipal
government, which will show a surplus
of more than $4,000, 900 at the close
of the current fiscal year. together
with the estimated revenues for the
new fiscal year, warrant the approval
Of figure $4,000 higher.
In obedience to the Budget Bureaus
order, however, the Commissioners
trimmed the original estimates to con-
form to the $685., $50 ALLEGATION, but
the form of supplemented estimates.
The items in the supplemental group
consist entirely of estimates for the
purchase Of additional land in the
municipal center area. The last Con-
gresS appropriated 100000 to begin
the purchase OF the municipal center
site, which 1t had been estimated will
cost $6,oo0,0O0.
No Jeopardy Seen.
Even though the budget bureau re-
fuses to include the 100000 for the
acquisition of additional land in Lne
municipal center area in the regular
estimates when they are transmitted
to Congress in December, the Commits
sioners, 1t was said, feel that a prob
able delay in acquiring the property
would not seriously jeopardiEe develop
ment OF the project. Sufficient land
can be purchased with the $4,000, 900 to
provide a site for the first unit in the
center, 1t was pointed out, and its coll
gtruction can be undertaken without de-
lay II the budget bureau and Congress
approve the item of 100000 for this
work which Is now in the regular esti-
mates.
The initial unit in the center will be
the court puuo1ng. III Will mouse the
ONCE of the recorder of deeds ard
the Police, Municipal and Juvenile
Courts.
&1.7o Tax Rate Basis.
The $4s ,460, 1858 budget is predicated
on continuance OF the existing $1.70
tax rate and a $4,000, 900 lump sum con-
tribution by the Federal Government
Maj. Daniel j. Donovan, auditor and
budget oficer. has figured that of the
total amount the District will pay $34,-
40,o6s, the United states, $4,000, 900;
the gasoline tax fund, 1900, 900; the
water fund, 81, 498 800, and the trust
and special fund, 81, 622 500.
The Commissioners and Maj. Dono-
van will be the only oficials present at
the opening hearing when the estimates
of the executive departments of the
District government are considered.