Evening star., 1932-06-23
CONFEREES AGREE
ON D.: c. LUMP SUM
Federal Contribution Reduced
$1,725,OOO to $7,775,OOO
Under Settlement.

The 1888 District appropriation bill
will come out of conference with the
Federal lump-sum contribution fixed at
S7,750, 900, it was revealed today by Sen
ator Bingham, Republican, of Connecti-
cut, chairman of the Conference Com
mittee.
The conferees virtually completed
consideration of the bill late yesterday
and plan to submit the conference re-
port to the Senate and House within the
next few days. All differences were
ironed out at the initial meeting, which
lasted nearly seven hours.
Reduction of SI,725,000.
The compromise will result in a re-
duction Of s1,725,0O0 in the amount CT
Federal participation in the expenses
of the District in the coming fiscal
year. The lump sum appropriated for
this year amounted to s9,50O,0oO.
Senator Bingham pointed cut the
agreement on the lump sum can in
no sense be taken as establishing a
permanent fiscal policy. Instead. he
said. it represents a temporary ex-
pedient made necessary by demands
for economy.
The whole matter he explained, will
be threshed out next year after the
Senate disposes Of the four Mapes
tax bills.
The remaining differences between
the House and Senate were compro-
missed principally on a $3.50 basis,
which will result in the District get
ting few more Improvements than
allowed by the House. The exact
amount the bill will carry will not be
known for several days, until clerks
complete tabulation of the changed fig
ures. The conferees, however, believe
they struck balance midway between
the S39913,810 appropriated by the
House and the s43,789,723 approved by
the Senate.
Relief Item Compromised.
Aside from the amount of the lump
sum contribution, the other major diff
ference between the Senate and House,
involving an emergency relief item, was
settled by compromise, the conferees
agreeing to an appropriation of
item IN the bill. The Senate voted
be administered by the Board of Pub
lie Welfare
The conferees also struck from the
bill the Collins amendment, which
would permit the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission to proceed
with its land purchasing program not
only for parks and Fairgrounds in the
District but in nearby Maryland valleys
and the George Washington Memorial
Parkway. The concession also lifts the
ban on incurring future obligations in
the purchase of land and will enable
the commission to match, dollar for dol
lar, with Virginia and thus take ad-
vantage of the $4,000 authorized by
the Virginia Legislature for acquisition
of land in the George Washington Me-
mortal Parkway.
Help State Projects.
The commission has approximately
100000 in its treasury, from the S.
100000 appropriated by Congress. In
the nearby Maryland valleys-Cabin
John, Sligo and Rock Creek-the Fed
eral Government, under the Capper-
Cramton act, is making a gift of one
third of the cost and loaning the bal
ance to the Maryland authorities. I'm
provements already have been made in
Sligo and Rock Creek valleys and plans
are going forward for further develop
ments there, as well as in starting on
Cabin John. In the George Washing
ton Memorial Parkway, which runs
southwark from Great Falls on both
sides of the Potomac River, to Fort
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