Evening star., 1934-05-23
Agrees to Speed Measure,
With Schools and Cen.
ter Eliminated.
$1,000, 900 ALSO CUT
FROM PARKS FUND
Earmarking of Taxes Effects Com
promise-$2,0O 100000 for Tuber-
culosis Fight Favored.

The House Rules Committee, in
executive session today. decided to
grant special rule to permit the
District to apply for S1l,250 900 out
of the s20,000,000 public works pro-
gram here
House Leader Byrns promised that
he would arrange so that this
special rule could be brought up
in the House and the public works
Dill considered as early as possible
next week.
Representative Smith, Democrat. Of
Virginia, and Representative Lehl-
bach, Republican, of New Jersey, were
appointed a special subcommittee to
confer with the District Commission
ers and members of the House Dis
trict Committee, to report back a re-
viSed bill at another meeting of the
Rules Committee tomorrow and to
draft special rule.
Representatives Smith and Lehlbach
promptly conferred with District
Auditor Donovan and Corporation
Counsel Prettyman, representing the
District Commissioners, and with
Representatives Weideman, Democrat,
OF Michigan; Randolph, Democrat, of
Virginia. and Dirksen, Republican, of
Illinois, representing the House Dis
trict Committee.
Chairman Norton of the House Dis
trict Committee, let it be known that
she would favor whatever revision of
the public works bill could be taken
care OF under special rule.
CoL~.I ~. W-I:...I
The items eliminated from the bill
include 100000 for public schools,
with 80 buildings now in use which
were erected between 1864 and 1894;
S5,000.000 for the Municipal Center
and $4,000, 900 for parks, Fairgrounds,
etc.
A stubborn fight for the entire bill,
SO that justice could be done the Dis
trict in granting it the same right as
the States and municipalities through
out the country, was made by Repre-
sentative Greenwood of Indiana, the
Democratic whip. He particularly
urged the inclusion in the bill of the
Municipal Center item.
The determining factor in the deci-
sion Of the Rules Committee to grant
a special rule was the amendment
suggested by the House District Com
mittee after conference with the Dis
trict officials to earmark 10 cents of
whatever the tax rate may be to set
up special fund to amortize the re-
payment of the loan.
Whatever loan is made by the Pub
lie Works Administration to carry out
the District building program will be
on the basis of 10 per cent to be re-
paid out of this special fund and 80
per cent Federal grant, the same as
to States and municipalities.
Sewer System Approved.
The items that are to be included
in the building program under the
special rule are:
For an adequate sewage disposal
system, 5000, ,ooo This was the par
ticular item on which the majority of
the Rules Committee were favorable
and the discussion today showed it is
considered urgently important. This
legislation was sponsored by Reresen-
tative Cochran, Democrat, of Mis-
souri, and carried the support of the
Public Works Administration, eminent
sanitary engineers, the Public Health
Service, the District Commissioners,
the Izaak Walton League and all Of
the most important civic and citizens
associations.
For buildings and an inclosing wall
at the Lorton Reformatory, S500,000
For tuberculosis sanitoria, $4,000, 900.
For ward building at Gallinger
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