Evening star., 1935-03-17
Replacement of Structure Is
0bjective-WouId Set
Up Commission.
COMMITTEE TO ACT ON
DEFICIENCY MEASURE
Subcommittee Considers $35, 900
School Item-Veteran Funds
Large Part of Bill.
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

A $6,000000 building program for
the Government Printing Office was
proposed in the Senate late yesterday
by Senator Hayden, Democrat, of
Arizona, as an amendment to the
deficiency appropriation bill, now
under consideration in the Appropria-
tions Committee.
The proposal probably will be con-
sidered by the committee tomorrow
morning, when it meets to act on the
deficiency measure, which came from
the House Wednesday carrying total
Veterans Administration.
The subcommittee on deficiencies
met yesterday and decided on the
changes in the House bill it will rec
ommend to the full committee to-
morrow. The subcommittee is pre-
sided over by Senator Adams, Demo-
crat. of Colorado.
School System Included.
Among amendments considered by
the subcommittee was the recon-
mendation of the Budget Bureau that
$4,000 be added for the District pub
lie school system, which is understood
to have been approved. OF this
amount $4,000 is to rehabilitate the
Adams Administration Building for
use as an elementary school and SIS
900 to equip commercial classes in
junior and senior high schools.
The Government Printing Office
amendment was filed in the Senate
later in the day. and referred to the
Appropriations Committee. 1t would
set up a Government Printing Office
building commission, consisting OF the
Joint Committee on Printing, the
architect of the Capitol and the public
printer. 1t would appropriate at this
time 100000 to start construction,
with authority for the architect Of the
Capitol to enter into contracts for not
to exceed S4,000000 additional.
Replacement Objective.
Senator Hayden said the purpose is
to replace as soon as possible the
original printing office building at
North Capitol and H streets, one of the
oldest Government structures in Wash
ington. The plan also contemplates
erecting a warehouse for paper and
other supplies on the east side of
North Capitol street, opposite the
printing establishment. The railroad
tracks in back of Union Station are
not far from this area. and the pend
ing amendment would authorize rail-
road facilities to the proposed building.
1t is understood the plan also con-
templates tunnel under the street to
connect the proposed warehouse with
the printing Office.
The deficiency bill is likely to be re-
ported from committee tomorrow, but
probably will not be called up in the
Senate until the work relief measure
is disposed of.
OF the total allowed in the House
bill, $94,650,000 is to meet pensions
and veterans compensation from April
to June 80, in accordance with the
action of the last Congress in lifting
some of the restrictions imposed by
the economy act. This liberalization
took place after the appropriation for
the present year had been passed on
the restricted basis.
S475,0O0 for Archives.
The bill also contains S475,000 for
the operation of the National Archives
establishment for the remainder OF
this year and during the next fiscal
year.
The Department of Justice is to be
given $4,000 to prepare rules to gov
ern actions at law IN Federal courts.
Congress last year authorized the Su-
preme Court to promulgate rules OF
pleadings and practice in civil actions
in the District courts of the United
States, and the Chief Justice of the
United States asked the Attorney
General to undertake this preliminary
work.
The bill carries other deficiency
items and supplemental funds for
other Government agencies. In ad-
dition to the s112,270,309 of direct
appropriations, the bill makes avail
able S60,000,000 to carry out a law
enacted last month authorizing the
Farm Credit Administration to make
crop-production loans. This does not
figure in the total of the bill, how
ever. since it is money previously ap-
propriated and merely made available
for this new purpose.