Evening star., 1932-12-07
Lump Sum Of
$7,775,OOO
Gets o. K.
CONSTRUCTION
TO BE REDUCED
Only Increase to Go
for Retirement
Purposes.

Ine bureau OF LQo BuQgeC To-
day submitted to Congress the
District of Columbia's budget fol
the 1884 fiscal year, carrying rec
concentrations for appropriations
totaling $39, 9,743,270, a reduction Of
$4,497, ,622 under the amount car
ried in the appropriation act fol
the current Q933) fiscal year.
The budget as submitted by the
District Commissioners was based
on a Federal contribution Of
$9,500,000, and called for total ex-
penditures of $44,915,2 ,230.
AS approved by the Budget Bu-
reau, the estimates provide for
continuation of a Federal contri-
button of $7,775,O00, and theil
total is $5.171, $50 less than. the
total sought by the CommiS-
SionerS.
Part of this total is an actual
deduction and part of it is a
paper" deduction which is the
result of reducing the appropri-
alton by the amounts of salary
cuts dictated by the economy act
The amount of the paper" cuts
is $2,312,695, leaving a reduction
under the amounts asked for by
the Commissioners, which will
come out of actual operations, of
sass, ,265.
All Sums Lower.
It may be said that the estimates for
every single department of the gov
ernment are lower than the 1888 ap-
preparations. In some cases, there, are
trifling increases within departmental
totals, but in all cases these are more
than offset by decreases. The sole ex-
ception is an increase of 100000 to be
paid out Of the general fund into the
Policemen's and Ffremen's Retirement
Fund, to meet anticipated payments
under the retirement law during the
coming year.
The reductions are accomplished by
cutting down rigidly on all construction
work. The new Reno High School and
the bridge to replace the Calvert Street
Bridge are the only really large con-
struction items In the budget. The
budget allows nothing for automatic
longevity pay increases for firemen, po-
hcement or school teachers, nor are
there any pay increases for anybody
else. Throughout the departments there
are small cuts in the miscellaneous ap-
preparations, and the items showing
increases are rare. One of the latter,
for instance, Is an increased appropria-
tion recommended for postage, due
solely to the increase in postal rates.
Hit by Reductions.
The school system, the Board of
Public Welfare, the Highway, Water and
Sewer Departments bear the brunt of
The reductions. No appropriation what
soever for any work on the Municipal
Center Is recommended.
The estimates do not carry any figure
for unemployment relief. This will be
undertaken in emergency legislation
which will be rushed through, If pos
sible, this month, and charged to the
1888 appropriations 1t is expected to
get S1,500,000 for this purpose, which
will be taken out of savings made un-
der the economy act during the current
year
The park system, due to mandatory
repayments to the United States under
the Capper- -Cramton act, continues ap-
proximately as costly as before A few
OF the departments actually show IN
creaSes. but these are relatively insig-
niflcant. Among them are the Refuse
Police and Fire Departments. There Is
a 100000 increase In the appropria-
ton requested for the Policemen's and
Ffremen's Relief Fund. This is the
largest increase in the list.
The details of the various estimate:
are here set out, except for the schoo
estimates, which are dealt with in an.
other column.
The estimates for the many institu.
tons under control of the Board o.
Public Welfare undergo cut o.
S470,683, plus economy act reduction.
of $247,725. the largest cut of all ex
cept for the cut in the school system
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