Evening star., 1933-02-19
JobIess Aid Item Is Included
in S34,983,565 Measure
Late in Debate.
$46,O0O REFORMATORY
FUND IS ELIMINATED
Federal Contribution Is Fixed al
$6,500,000 in 1884 Fiscal Year
in Going to Senate.

i The District supply bill for the 1894
! fiscal year, carrying $625, 600 for emer-
gency unemployment relief for the Pc
! riod from July l to December 81, was
passed by the House late yesterday, ex-
actly one week after 1t was reported
from the Appropriations Committee.
Except for the relief item, added in
the closing hours of debate, the bill
went to the Senate In virtually the
same shape in which it was originally
framed, despite vigorous and persistent
efforts to force the Democrats to in
crease a number of important appro-
priations.
When the House finished with the
bill it contained appropriations total
ing $34, ,983, SOS, exclusive Of $2,947 500
| in estimated permanent and indefinite
| appropriations which occur each year
automatically without action by Con-
greSS. This represents an increase Of
, S532 900 over the amount recommended
by the Appropriations Committee.
1t was, estimated by District officials
it will produce surplus of unobligated
tax revenues expected to accumulate by
IIle emu VI Tile 1857 fiscal year W .
little less than $6,000000
The last few hours of debate were
marked by two bitter clashes, one of
which was provoked by a charge of
Representative Holiday, Republican, OF
Illinois, member of the subcommittee
which framed the bill, that Chairman
| Cannon had failed to follow customary
procedure and marked up the measure
without committee meeting for that
YNIfY-yN f0r1f fInf f6n
cedure was unusual.
Democrats Desert Cannon.
The second clash CAME on the emer-
gency relief item, and caused the first
serious split between the subcommittee
and the Democratic machine which
aided Chairman Cannon in resisting all
| previous attempts to increase appropri-
| ationS. In this case, however, the
Democrats, including Chairman Byrne
Of the powerful Appropriations Commit
tee, deserted Cannon and voted the
! $625, 900. ~
The emergency relief appropriation
was included in the bill on an amend
ment by Representative La Guardia,
| independent Republican, of New York,
who took up the fight for Washington's
JoblesS after Representative Smith,
Democrat, of Virginia, had failed to get
action on similar amendment on q
point Of order.
One Of the most serious blows dealt
the District however was the elinai-
nation from the bill of q sat, 900 work
ing capital fund for the reformatory and
work house, which will paraliZe all in
dustr1al activities at these institutions
the automobile tag manufacturing
plant, where District tags are made:
the laundry, which does Government
work; the brick manufacturing plant,
| the canning plant, which cans all sur
plus farm produce raised by prisoners.
and other industrial enterprises.
Brick Manufacturers Protested.
The working capital fund was knocked
out on point of order by Mr.. Smith
Of Virginia, who declared he wanted to
prevent competition with private en-
terprises. The published record of the
hearings on the bill show that the
Common Bricks Manufacturers Asso-
citation of America, which draws some
of its membership from nearby Vir-
ture Of bricks Iat the District penal
institutions until employment condi-
tions become more favorable
Elimination Of the working capital
fund, and reduction from $500000 to
$453 900 in the appropriations for be-
ginning construction on the new senior
high school at Forty-first and CheSa-
peake streets, constitute the only other
major changes made in the bill in the
House. The cut in the school item re-
suited from a move by Representative
De Priest, Republican, of Illinois, to get
an appropriation for the acquisition Of
a site for an addition to the Phelps Vo-
cational School
The House readily agreed to his
amendment to reduce the senior high
school appropriation, but when this was
done, it voted down his proposal to as
sign the balance to the Phelps School
As the bill now stands, it fixes S.
100000 as the Federal contribution to
the expenses of the District in the 1884
fiscal year
1t allows the Commissioners to reduce
the tax on real estate, as result of the
removal of legislative restriction which
has been in the appropriation acts since
1928 preventing tax cut.
Provides Reduction on Bills.
1t provides a 10 per cent reduction
on water bills payed within is days
after rendition. This provision is de-
signed to save water consumers $780,
600 a year.
1t denies funds for operation of the
two new high temperature incineratorS
after June 80, as well as the highway
departments testing labratory, projects
in which the District invested more
than $500 900.
1t requires payment of tuition by all
resident children who enroll in the
future in the District public schools.
An amendment of Mr.. Smith to exempt
children of Government employees and
Navy officers was rejected.
The original plan of the appropria-
tions committee to provide funds for
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