Evening star., 1933-08-31
Senator Reveals Memoran-
dunn to President Asking
Budget Bureau to Act.
DOUGLAS FAILURE TO ACT
DECLARED UNFORTUNATE
Legislator Says Continued Refusal
to Free Money Will Increase
Burden on Government.

Senator King, chairman Of the Sen
ate District Committee. today revealed
the contents of the memorandum he
filed with President Roosevelt and the
Budget Bureau several weeks ago in an
effort to have made available for use
in the District S1,500,000 from the
gasoline tax fund and S635,000 from
the water fund
1T was the view of the committees
of the House and Senate" Senator
King said in the memorandum, land
I am sure Of the members of Congress.
that the director of the budget would
promptly, upon request by the Com
inissioners, allocate from the gasoline
fund and the Water Department fund
the amounts required for the construc-
tion Of the improvements referred
Unfortunately no action has been
taken by the director OF the budget"
Unemployment Cited.
Senator King said today he planned
personally to take the matter up with
Lewis Douglas, director of the budget,
who is expected to return to Wash
ington soon after Labor day.
King, in his memorandum, laid par
ticular stress on the fact expenditure
of this money would help to relieve
the unemployed situation here. Part
of the money would go as planned to
begin construction Of the new Calvert
Street Bride
It has been suggested in some quar-
ters that already the Federal Govern
nent has number Of projects underway
in the District which give employment,
and that approximately 100000 has
been allocated to the District for use
on highways under the public works
act, Just as ALLEGATIONS have been made
to the States from that fund.
Senator Kings reply to these sugges-
tions, however, Is that the use of the
money in the gasoline tax and water
works funds. which actually belongs to
the people of the District, would still
further relieve Unemployment and
would permit needed construction work
which cannot be done under the high
way funds already allocated.
Unemployment Cited
The memorandum fled with the
President by Senator King says, in part:
''The Commissioners Of the District
of Columbia, during the session OF Con-
gress which ended March Of this year,
submitted to Congress q plan for addl-
tional street and road Improvement ana
repairs, all of which were needed by
the District of Columbia, and also Tor
the purpose of aiding in the relief OF
unemployment They also submitted
plan for additional extension, I'M
provement and repair Of the water dis
tribution system, including necessary
mains, machinery and equipment.
These improvements were needed by
the District of Columbia and were also
made necessary because Of the unem-
ployment situation, and the knowledge
that in the execution of the plan, work
would be furnished for large number
of the unemployed"
Senator King pointed out in his
memorandum that while these proposals
met the approval of the committees OF
Congress, unfortunately a controversy
over the amount of contributions made
by the Federal Government to the Dis
Crict government prevented the passage
of the appropriation bill. He con-
tinued:
when the Commissioners of the
District of Columbia were preparing
their estimates for appropriations for
the fiscal year 1884, to submit to the
special session of Congress, the Bureau
of the Budget directed that in the
aggregate the appropriations should be
less than those carried in the bill which
died In conference. 1t was, however,
desired by the Commissioners that the
appropriations for streets and water
works improvements which were carried
in the bill, which failed Of passage.
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