Evening star., 1936-04-24
SIX ARE SELECTED
TO 0ARGUE CHANGES
WITH HOUSE GROUP
Bill Is Approved With Fed.
eraI Share of SIS, 100000
ReinStated.
LUMP SUM EXPECTED
BASIS OF CONTENTION
Determined Effort to Keep Altered
Total Due to Be Made by
Thomas Unit.
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

The 1887 District appropriation bill
is headed today toward the final stage
of conference with the House, follow
ing its passage by the Senate late
yesterday, carrying S43,868, ,720. the
Federal share Of which was restored
to the budget recommendation Of S.
100000. The House bill contained
S42, ,573 ,283, but with the Federal share
slashed to S2,700,000.
AS soon as the Senate had approved
the measure, without changing any
of the recommendations of its Appro-
priations Committee, Senator Thomas,
Democrat, of Oklahoma. in charge Of
the bill, moved that the enate insist
on its amendments and az a confer
ence with the House
After this motion had been agreed
to, the following were designated as
the Senate conferees: Senators Thom-
as, Glass, Democrat, Of Virginia;
Copeland, Democrat. of New York;
King. Democrat, of Utah; Nye. Re-
publican, of North Dakota, and Keyes,
Republican, Of New Hampshire.
The House probably will name its
conferees within day or two, but it
IS not likely conferences will begin
before next week.
Unbalanced Group Possible.
The Conference Committee will be
unbalanced in favor of the Senate,
unless the House draws on members
of its Appropriations Committee who
fa tryith loA ~
The Senate named six conferees. Only
four members of the House, who con-
stituted the Subcommittee on Appro.
priationS which framed the District
! bill, are in position to be named con-
ferees. These are Representative
Blanton of Texas, Jacobsen of Iowa
and Johnson of Oklahoma. Democrats,
/ and Otter of Pennsylvania, Repub-
| ncan.
The House could call on Represent
ative Cannon, Democrat. of Missouri,
former chairman of the subcommit-
tee. but he did not take part in the
framing Of the 1887 bill. Even then
the House would be outnumbered.
6 to 5.
AS in former years, the amount Of
the Federal Governments obligation
| toward expenses of the Capital is ex-
pected to be the main issue to be set
tied by the conferees. Although some
| of the Senate items are likely to be
reduced in conference, it is believed
} the Senate will make determined eff
fort to keep the Federal share at the
present figure of S5,7O0,0OO, which
would be in accord with the Budget
Bureau recommendation.
/ Amendments Attached.
In addition to the changes In
amounts. the Senate also attached TO
the bill series of amendments. one
of which would give the Commission
ers discretionary authority to install
parking meters on streets in congested
areas. The other amendments adopt
ed on the floor of the Senate without
opposition are:
To require property owners to clean
| snow from the sidewalk: to exempt
from the local unempl yment insur-
ance law. charitable, religious, educa-
tional or literary organization in which
no profits accrue to individual share
holders; to admit pay patients to the
Children's tuberculosis Sanitorium
whenever it will not exclude INDECENT
patients.
The Senate also added two minor
amounts on the floor $4,000 for
the expenses of educational consult
ants, and $500 for two marshals
for the Court of Appea,s.
As the bill now stands. both branches
have approved the S1.00O,OO0 fund
to start a new Police Court building
in Judiciary Square: S250.000 to begin
replacement of Chain Bridge, and
S353,000 for an addition to Eastern
High School. The Senate. however.
raised the ultimate cost of Chain
Bridge, from s35O,000 to S450,00O. the
remainder to be appropriated next
year.
Finds No Opposition.
Chairman Thomas called the bill
up yesterday afternoon. and found
no opposition to any of the changes the
committee had recommended to make
! DeIIcI pIONlSIOll 1OI uedlly Gil AluLI4S-
ipal agencies. and to save the District
from a large deficit which the city
would have had to meet with an
additional tax burden by reason of
the action of the House in cutting
the Federal Governments share OF
the total to s2,70O,000. This deficit
in District revenues would have been
about 100000. BY restoring the
$4,000 900 cut in the Federal share.
the Senate Offset that deficit and
added approximately s1,286,0o0 Of
appropriation items to the House bill.
Among the items which remain
to be settled in conference are: Pro-
vision for so additional policemen; an
addition to Alice Deal Junior High
School, an athletic field for Woodrow
Wilson Senior High, funds for char
acter education, 100000 for improve
ments at the National Training School
for Girls and the restoration OF a
series of cuts the House had made
in Budget estimates for public health,
hospitals and maintenance of nearly
all municipal departments.