Evening star., 1934-04-26
FA|RER D. Chill
SEEN BY SENATE
Request for Data Held In
dicative of Granting
Larger Funds.
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supply bill for next year, it shows a
Willingness on the part of Senate
members to pave the way for future
improvement in the fiscal relations
situation. The data relating to Fed
eral property holdings will be an es-
senttal factor in determining a fair
apportionment of the pending bill.
The action Of the House cutting the
Federal share from S5,70o,000 to S4,-
S64,295 was based on theory that the
District owes the United States the
difference between those figures repre-
sentlng 10 per cent of a sewer allot-
ment from the Public Works Admin
1stration last Summer. District Of
ficlalS impressed on the Senate SUBJ
committee yesterday that this sewer
allotment was a Federal grant, point
ing out that the Commissioners would
have been forbidden by law from ac-
cepting it even on a partial loan basis.
Sewer on District.
While there was some mention at
the Public Works Administration at
the time of having Congress determine
later on a division of the cost of the
sewer work between the Federal and
District governments, the House ac-
ton proposes more severe plan of
reimbursement than is required from
the States and other cities in similar
cases When P. w. A. makes allot-
ments to other communities on the
basis of 80 per cent as a grant and
10 per cent as loan, the 70 per cent
is relmburSable over a period of years.
whereas the House proposes to have it
repaid all at once and in the year
following the allotment.
Decisions on the Federal contribu-
ton and all other changes in the
House bill will not be made by the
Senate group until hearings are COM
pleted several days hence. The trend
OF the hearings, however, indicates
the Senate, in accordance with its
policy OF many years standing, will
aim to bring out more equitable bill.
Senator Thomas indicated yester-
Gay he does not believe the failure
OF the Budget Bureau to recommend
particular items should deter Con-
gress from placing them in the bill
II they are believed important He
said the House, very properly, had
allowed some appropriations not
recommended by the budget and that
he feels the Senate Subcommittee
would be justified in exercising the
same judgement as to the Districts
needs
Most of the afternoon session yes
terday was devoted to educational
needs, with subcommittee members
inquiring as to the need for a larger
school building program. The House
bill contains only two school con-
struction items, amounting to $685.
000-s4o0,000 for going ahead with
the Woodrow Wilson High School.
and Sl68,000 for an addition to the
Browne Junior High.
Discusses School Projects.
The subcommittee discussed half
dozen other school projects, which
would aggregate 100000, but the de-
cision will come later. Among the
additional items mentioned at the
hearings were: An addition to EasH
ern High School and additional in
stallmentS needed to 60 forward with
Anacostia Junior High and Jefferson
Junior High.
Subcommittee members also dis
cussed with Superintendent of Schools
Frank w. Ballou suggestion that
funds be provided to try out plan
of character study in a limited num-
Der Of class rooms. This plan has
been given considerable study by Sen
ator Copeland, Democrat, of New
York, as means of finding out how
the educational systems of the coun-
try could aid in directing the char
acter traits of children into channels
that would avoid delinquent tenden-
cies. In a general way. the proposed
study would aim to help children to
develop desirable traits.
The subcommittee also heard George
w. Offutt, chairman of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board, who ex-
planned the effect of the House cut in
the boards allowance for personnel.
Going on the theory that the Police
Department could do the inspecting
of liquor establishments, the House
cut the boards operating allowance
for next year from S50,240 to S28,352.