Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-04
HOOVER MUST ACT
SOON ON CITY HEAD
Taliaferro Requests to Be
Relieved From Post
by March 81.


OF making an early appointment of a
successor to Commissioner Sidney F.
Talaferro, who formally requested to be
relieved of his poSt-retirement service
by March 81
In letter to the President asking to
be relieved Mr.. Taliaferro revealed that
ne has planned TO reopen his law offices.
commissioner Proctor L. Dougherty,
who also is holding over at the request
OF Mr.. Hoover, has not made known his
plans, however, but it is believed at the
District Building that he will continue
10 serve until his successor takes office
Since the President has announced
that he intended to appoint Mai. Gen.
Herbert B. Crosby as Mr.. Dougherty's
successor upon the officers retirement as
chief of Cavalry March 81, it is likely
that the two new Commissioners will be
IN Office before April /, and plunged al
most Immediately into the task Of franz
ing the Districts estimates for the 1882
fiscal year.
Change Instituted in Bureau.
change was instituted in the pro-
cedure OF the Bureau OF the Budget re-
Gently, whereby the tentative estimates
have been eliminated and department
neadS OF the Federal Government and
the District Commissioners are required
to present but one set of estimates.
THESE final estimates must be submitted
July Is.
In preparation for the new departure
in budgeting procedure, District Auditor
Daniel j. Donovan circularized all Dis
trict department heads and warned
them that they would be called upon
to submit their final estimaes to the
budget officer not later than July S.
The forms have not yet been prepared
on which the department heads must
submit their estimates, but the notice
was sent around today as a warning
that it would be we'll for the depart
ment heads to get busy right away.
Heretofore" 1t said, cit has been
the practice to submit to the Budget
Bureau by July Is of each year terta-
tive estimates of appropriations, follow
ing which the Commissioners would be
notified by the Budget Bureau of the
total amount the District could submit
in the final estimates on September is.
Upon the receipt of that information
the department heads were then noti-
ned OF the amount of the estimates
for their several items of appropriation
and instructed to prepare their final
estimates accordingly, together with the
green sheet statements of expenditures,
so that the District budget in completed
form could be submitted to the Budget
Bureau by September IS.
The Budget Bureau, however, has
made very material change in the
matter of the submission of estimates
OF appropriations. Preliminary or tenta-
tive estimates will not be submitted by
the Commissioners to the Budget Bu-
reau. The final estimates of appropri-
ations for the fiscal year 1892 must be
submitted by the Commissioners to the
Budget Bureau on or before July is,
1890.
TO Make 1880 Estimates Later.
Departments of the District Govern
ment will be called upon at later date
to submit their recommendations for eS-
Inmates for 1882 on the usual forms for
that purpose. Following the consider
alton of these recommendations by the
Commissioners, department heads will
be notified of the amount of each eSti-
mate as approved by the Commissioners,
and will then be required to file with
the budget officer of the District of CO.
lumbia not later than July 5, 1880, the
estimates prepared on the forms pre-
scribed by the Budget Bureau, together
with the green sheet statements of ex-
penditures More detailed instructions
will be furnished department heads
later.
'The purpose of this notice is merely
to give advance information to the sew
eral departments so that they may be
prepared to meet the changed condi-
lions and if necessary commence their
work on the 1880 estimates |
THE director of the Bureau of the |
Budget states that 1T is contemplated |
that the estimates of appropriations |
(for 1882 will be accompanied by ex- |
plantations and Qualifications of each !
item and statements showing increases
requested over appropriations for 1891. |
the order of priority for such increases |
and probable supplemental estimates for |
the fiscal year 1884,"
Text Of Letter.
The full text of Commissioner Tai
liaferro's letter follows:
My dear Mr.. President:
MY three-year term as Commits |
sioner of the District of Columbia ex-
pired February 4, 1880. am holding
over in accordance with your request
in letter to Commissioner Doughertv.
president Of the board, under date of |
8, in which you expressed the
wish that the members of the Board
Of Commissioners continue for the pres
ent, and the thought that possibly
pending matters would be cleared IN
in a month or two, when the question
could be given further consideration.
AS arrangements with the reopeninr
IF my law. Offices make it important
That conclude my service for the Dis +
trict of Columbia by March 81, I re-
,pectfully request that, if conveniently
possible, I be relieved by that date Of
he duties of my Office as Commissioner.
Sincerely yours.
(Signed)