Evening star., 1932-03-18
Hoover and Roop Advocate
Shifting Local Money From
Municipal Center.
WORK NEAR COMPLETION
ON APPROPRIATION BILL
Cannon Subcommittee Plans to In
spect Public Works Needs
Tomorrow.

Executive hearings are to be held
Monday morning at 1890 o'clock by the
subcommittee on the District budget of
the House Appropriations Committee on
the request forwarded by President
Hoover and the Budget Bureau to Con-
gress late yesterday that $60o,OoO be
shifted from the s1,e0o,0O allotted to
the new Municipal Center to meet
emergency relief needs.
Chairman Cannon of the subcommit-
tee which Is just completing its work on
the District appropriation bill, which
will be ready to be reported to the House
next week, said today that these hearings
are to determine the real need for ap-
preparation of District funds for emer-
gency relief work and what the wishes
Of the District people are. 1T is largely
District problem" he said. If the
District needs the relief fund and the
people desire to have their money spent
In that way, that should determine the
matter"
Prompt Shifting Seen.
The shifting of appropriations recon-
mended by the President to prevent any
increase in the total of the District
budget or to exceed anticipated rev.
enues, will probably be promptly made
by Congress. This relief fund Is to be
carried in the District appropriation
bill for the fiscal year beginning July
! next-to be made Immediately avail
able as soon as that bill is passed by
both House and Senate and signed by
the President.
Except for this shift the bill is now
practically ready to be reported. The
subcommittee led by Chairman Cannon
Is going to make an inspection trip to
view public works, such as streets and
schools, tomorrow morning, and will
then complete marking up the bill. The
District bill is to follow the independent
ofdees appropriation bill, consideration
Of which has already been started by
the House, but temporarily laid aside to
make way for the tax bll.
= In the hearings on the $500, 600 relief
fund starting Monday, Chairman Can
non said the District Commissioners
and officials of the Department Of
Public Welfare, which administers the
relief funds, win be invited as witnesses.
Community Relief Cited.
In asking the appropriation of $780,
900 from District funds to supplement
private contributions for unemployment
relief in the District, both President
Hoover and Budget Director Roop en-
phasized that in practically all COM
munittes throughout the country mu-
nicipal appropriations have had to be
made for organized relief to supplement
the private subscriptions.
It also was emphasized that the
recommendation of the President and
the Budget Bureau Is in no way in con-
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direct Federal relief. Although Presi-
dent Hoover directly asked Congress for
this appropriation for unemployment
relief, it is because the appropria-
tions for the municipality of the Ma
tional Capital are made by Congress
and the money involved is local rev.
enue.
The Presidents message to Congress
stressed that this recommended modi-
flcation Of the budget for 1888 does not
contemplate any increase in either the
expenditures or the appropriations for
the District Of Columbia for that year.
'In. practically every municipality Of
any size in this country" it was pointed
out, ''it has been found necessary to
supplement the voluntary charitable
and welfare relief work by appropria-
ton of municipal funds and the Com
missioners of the District of Columbia
find it necessary similarly to request the
appropriations for the District Of funds
to supplement the activities of the Or
ganized charitable and welfare associ-
ations in the District Of Columbia.
In order to provide the funds which
are requested for this purpose without
exceeding the municipal revenues avail
able, it Is proposed to slow up antici-
pated construction work on the NUM-
cipal Center to the extent Of 100000"
s1,Oo0,O0O for Center.
The budget director, in his accom-
panying statement, explained that not
more than 100000 of the relief funds
requested would be used for personal
services and expenses. The Presidents
recommendation was to take the
100000 from the estimated appro-
priation of $780, 900 for the new
Municipal Center next year, leaving
81, 900, 900 for carrying forward the
Municipal Center project. The budget
director said that of that amount
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