Evening star., 1934-05-10
Lump Sum Raised to S..
0,000-MeaSure Now
Carries S37,224,884.
NUMEROUS OMITTED
ITEMS ARE RESTORED
Addition of 1,700, 900 for Relief
Raises Total for That Purpose
to 100000.

carrying tOLdl OF S37,224 .664 "a,
an increase of approximately s4.-
100000 over the House total. and
with the Federal contribution re-
stored to the current years figure of
s5,700,000. the 1885 District appro-
priation bill was reported to the Sen.
ate today by the Appropriations
Committee.
AS it passed the House a month
ago It totaled only s32 $50, 657e to-
ward which the Federal share would
have been only S4,36429
Numerous items omitted by the
House were restored throughout the
bill. the largest increases being: ST.
100000 additional for emergency re.
lief, making the total for that pur-
pose s3.000,000; for public schools, an
increase OF 1872, ,22l, most of which
is for buildings and sites; for vari-
Gus institutions under the Board OF
Public Welfare, dozen or more in
creases amounting to approximately
S76O.0OO. Many small maintenance
funds were put back in the bill.
Exceeds Budget Estimates.
As reported to the Senate the bill
exceeds appropriations for the current
year by s6,849,050 and is greater than
the budget estimates by S2,070041,
Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Okla
homa, in charge of the bill, filed the
report as soon as the Senate met and
probably will call the measure UP
within few days.
In addition to adding greatly to the
fntal onnrnnriotad he
mittee made a number of important
changes in the language of the House
bill.
The first was striking out of
House limitation which would have
continued the ban on operation of
the Districts highway testing labora-
tory. The city has been required this
year to have its testing done at the
Bureau of Standards, but under the
Senate bill the testing laboratory
could be reopened.
Free Text Books Kept.
The Senate committee also struck
out the House proviso which would
have deprived nonresident school
pupils of free text books.
Another House restriction. which
has been carried for several years
preventing children under years of
age from entering school, was knocked
out
The limitation in existing law al
lowing only per cent of the emer-
gency relief fund to be spent for ad-
minlstrative expenses also was re-
moved from the bill.
The Senate committee also knocked
out section prohibiting the trans
fer of funds from one activity or sub
head to another The general econ
omy law permits such transfer.
Most Important Changes.
Among the most important changes
made were the increases allowed for
the treatment of tuberculosis and foy
general hospital care at Gallinger
Hospital.
Recognizing the recent agitation for
better facilities to bring down Wash
ington's tuberculosis oeath rate, the
Senate Committee added s500000 to
the bill to construct additions to the
children's unit and the preparation of
plans for the District of Columbia
! tuberculosis Sanitoria at Glenn Dale,
Md. The committee gave the Tuber-
culoSis Hospital, in the District S3.744
more for personnel and gave the Chill
dren's tuberculosis Sanitorium $ll 500
more for maintenance.
Gallinger Hospital was given $4,000
for an additional ward building and
an increase of $48,600 for personal
services to shorten the long hours of
| duty for nurses and attendants.
Cash Balance Large.
Allowing for the recommended in
crease of $1.335.000 in the Federal
share, the bill will use up more than
the estimated surplus of District reve-
nues which, it was anticipated, would
have existed under the House bill.
| 1t was brought out during the Sen
ate hearings, however. that the Dis
trict in recent years has been operat-
| ing from day to day with a larger
cash balance than is needed to meet
current expenses, and for that reason
District officials believe it would be
safe to appropriate some of that
money.
On the basis of a $5,70O,o0O contri-
button, it was estimated that the total
of the House bill would have left a
surplus next year of about $4,000, 900.
Although the Senate committee has
added more than that to the bill Dis
trict officials indicated it could be
taken care of in view of the size of
the Districts cash balance. 1t was
shown during the hearings that this
Lal
steadily between 100000 and So
900. 900 and District officials testified
a $4,000, 900 balance from day to day
would represent an ample working
capital allowance to have on hand.
This daily balance does not repre-
sent a surplus of that amount, but
merely that the District collects its
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