Evening star., 1936-05-03
SENATE To STAND
FIRMLY FOR LUMP
SUM OF S5,7OO,OOO
Probable Middle Ground to
Be Reached on Most
Increases.
UPPER HOUSE IN PAST
ALWAYS HAD TO YIELD
Provisos to Be Settled Include
House Ban Against Outside
Work for Officials.
BY ]. A. OLEARY.

House and Senate conferees will
meet Tuesday afternoon in their first
effort TO adjust differences in the
SAB $3.50 900 District appropriation bill
for the next fiscal year, with the
amount of the Federal share as the
main issue TO be settled.
1t is probable the conferees will be
able to reach middle ground on the
various Senate increases in detailed
items for better maintenance of mu.
nicipal departments, but on the ques-
tion Of what part of the total the Fed
eral Government should bear the
Senate members are understood to be
ready to stand firmly by the present
lump-Sum figure of S5, 5,700,000.
The House, in passing a bill total
ing S42,573 ,283, cut the Federal pay
ment to s2,700,000. Expressed in terms
OF percentage, this would have left
Uncle Sam paying only about per
cent of the cost of maintaining the
Nations Capital. 1t also meant the
local community would have been re-
quired to make up a deficit of about
S2,OO0,000 to meet the total of the
House bill next year.
Senators Are Fortified.
BY restoring the Federal payment
to the amount fixed by Congress for
the current year, $500, 900. the Sen
ate offset the threatened deficit and
also made provision for essential pub
lie health and other maintenance
items the House had eliminated.
Since the lump-sum practice of
Federal payment began, the Senate
nearly always has had to yield on
this basic issue in order to get an
agreement on the bill. This year,
however, the Senate conferees are
fortified by the fact they are stand.
ing only for the amount of Federal
payment contained in the admins
tration's budget estimates as trans
mitted to Congress at the opening
of the session.
1t is probable that at the Tuesday
meeting the conferees will first try
to adjust their differences in the
detailed expenditures for the various
| municipal agencies. In this process
| some of the Senate amendments are
likely to be reduced or eliminated.
The final test will come then on how
the total should be apportioned be-
tween the Federal and District gov
ernments, and all indications are that
on this question the Senate will take
determined position against going
below the s5,700,00O budget recon-
mendation.
In addition to the appropriation
items, there are several proviSos to
be settled in conference, including:
Senate Strikes Restriction.
The House ban against outside work
by any District official who receives
S2,400 or more a year. This would
prevent physicians in the public serv-
ice from having any private practice,
and would also prevent judges from
giving lectures in law schools. The
Senate struck out the restriction.
Other provisions in conference are
Senate amendments to require own
ers to clean snow from sidewalks; CIV
ing the Commissioners discretionary
authority to install automobile park
ing meters in congested areas; max.
ing a minor amendment in the un.
employment insurance law, and tc
allow admission of pay patients to toe
Chlldren'S tuberculosis Sanatoriuin
whnever it will not interfere With
treatment of INDECENT patients.
The Senate will be represented in
conference by Chairman Thomas OF
| Oklahoma, and Senators Glass of Vir-
| ginla, Copeland of New York, Nye oi
North Dakota, KeyeS of New Hamp.
shire, and King of Utah.
The House managers will be Req,
reSentatives Cannon of Missouri, Blan.
| ton of Texas, jacobson of Iowa, john
son of West Virginia, and Otter OF
Pennsylvania.