Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-23
BOARD TO STUDY
BUDGET REQUESTS
Enlargement of Eastern
High School Asked as
Hearings End.

The commissioners prepared To-Day
to digest and study wide variety Of
proposals for improvements and tax
plans voiced by civic representatives
at the two-day hearings on 1887
budget proposals, which closed late
yesterday.
These will be considered later, along
with appropriation requests of District
department heads, before the Com
missioners frame their estimates for
next year. Their budget proposals will
go to the Budget Bureau early in the
Fall.
Enlargement of Eastern High School
is urgently needed because of increas-
ing crowding in the school, the city
heads were advised by Evan H. Tucker,
president of the Northeast Citizens
Association.
He asked also for larger annual
appropriations for work on the Ana
costa fats. an early start on opening
Of Maryland avenue northeast to the
District line, more funds for the Com
munity Center program, construction
of new police court and new bridge
over the Anacostia to serve the area
near the foot of East Capitol street.
He also Endorsed proposals for replace
ment of the Pennsylvania Avenue
Bridge.
Urges Branch Library.
DR.. George c. Havenner. speaking
for Southeast groups and as member
of the Board of Library Trustees. urged
funds for site and plans for branch
library in Anacostia, and an elemen-
tary school for the Hillcrest area.
DR.. Havenner, a former president
of the Federation Of Citizens Asso-
Citations, opposed suggestions for diver
sion of the gasoline taxes to general
revenue purposes and objected to
special assessments for street WIDEN
ing. holding that gasoline tax funds
should be used for the purpose.
Arthur HELEN. speaking for the
Family Service Association. denounced
suggestion made earlier by Rufus
S. Lusk of the Washington Taxpayers
Protective Association that relief by
the District be abolished by the end
Of this fiscal year.
Absolute chaos would result" he
declared. You can't end unemploy-
ment, sickness and solve the prob
lens of the aged merely by stopping
relief. OF course. you could stop re-
lief, but what would be the result !?
Tt, first thing to happen would be
that the private relief organizations
would be flooded with applications
and a complete breakdown of private
relief would ensue.
Increase Is Urged.
"The proposal is most astounding.
It Is hard to believe a person of the
intelligence of Mr.. Lusk could be sin
cere in his suggestion. Instead of an
immediate heavy slash in the case
work staff of the District Relief Ad-
ministration, as he proposes, the Com
missioners should seek funds for a
more adequate staff. The reason is
that as the case work force becomes
nearer adequate the amount of chisel-
ing on relief Is decreased"
M. M. Mclean, president of the
Brookland Citizens Association, asked
that there be no increase in the realty
tax rate and suggested 1-cent boost
in gasoline taxes and Il per cent
income tax If additional tax revenues
are found essential.
Leifur Magnusson, representing the
Washington Committee on Housing.
asked for funds for an increase in the
staff Of inspectors for the plumbing,
health and building inspection di-
visions.