Evening star., 1937-08-21
SUMSF0RARM0Ry
NAVAL HOSPITAL
AT STAKE T0DAN
Housing Bill, Including Aid
for D. c., Expected to Pass
in Final Meeting.
$4,000 MILITIA ITEM
RESTORED IN SENATE
Conferees Have Last Say Thi|
Morning-Both Chambers
Have Acted.
BY ]. A. OLEARY.

start the new Naval Hospital are /;
stake in the s145 100000 last de
ficiency appropriation bill today 8
Congress prepared to pass that mea
sure and the Wagner housing bi
before adjournment this evening.
Washington awaits with intere!
final approval of the housing measur
because the conferees agreed lai
night to retain a House amendmer
that would allow the President :
allocate part of the funds to be ar
propriated under that program to m
the local Alley Dwelling Author't,
to expedite its work of rebuilcin
the inhabited alleys of the Nation;
Capital.
A few minutes before the Senat
passed the deficiency bill yesterda
Chairman King of the District Com
mittee obtained approval of h
Budget Bureaus recommendatio
that $4,000 from District funds I
buy four squares at the end of Ea!
Capitol street on which to erect ,
some future time the long-aWaite
militia armory. The fate of III
item still depends on conference wit
the House.
Hospital Fund at Stake.
The conferees. meeting this morr
ing, also have the final say on tt
$500, 900 the Senate added to the bi
to make a start OH the $4,000. .0C
Naval Hospital and Medical Cente
to be erected in or near Washingto
to replace the present institution {
the foot of Twenty-third street.
Another last-minute Senate amend
ment to the deficiency bill gives I'll
Commissioners more latitude in picl
ing the site for the new Jeffersc
Junior High School and Librar
The current District appropriation a,
contained clause specifying an ar4
in the Southwest within which til
scnool should be built. Senat1
Byrnes, democrat. of South Carolin|
had an amendment placed in tn
deficiency bill under which the sill
could be anywhere in the Southwest
II the House conferees agree.
The armory proposal was recon-
menoed by the Budget Bureau an
President Roosevelt. but the Apprd
prlations Committee had declined
recommend it. Senator King mad
a plea for it on the floor howevd
pointing out that private developme1
OF the site has begun and that
would be more economical to acouiI
it now than at a later date. tn
Budget Bureau advised Congress II
land should be bought now evd
though the District government md
not be financially aple to erect ID
armory in the immediate future. I'll
site adJolns a park area in which it
hoped to develop a stadium and atl
letic field later on.
Scores Of Amendments.
Conferees also must determi1
whether to leave in or knock out
score of national amendments vii
which the deficiency bill was loa d(
down in the final rush yesterda
Most important of these were:
The Byrnes cotton amendment. al
thorlzlng payment of not to excel
sos 100000 to cotton farmers undI
the same plan adopted in 1885. TT
money, however. is to come fro|
customs receipts and for that reasd
does not affect the total of the bI
Farmers would be paid the different
between the price they received Il
their cotton and II cents. but in
case more than cents a pound,
the 1897 crop.
Anticipating an agreement on Il
Wagner Slum clearance housing pr,
gram, the Senate put 81 900 900 in Il
deficiency bill to start the new Ho,l
ing Authority off during the recess.
A total of more than $4,000. 900 vi
added for national park and fore
projects in Tennessee. Nevada an
California to improve the Gre
Smoky Mountain Park, Yosemite Pal
and Tahoe national forest.
Senator Bilbo of Mississippi nd
$l,000,000 added to carry out the q
operative farm forestry act.
Another amendment makes S50d
900 of prior appropriations availa d
for public land surveys.
Jefferson Fund Voted.
Although both houses refused
appropriate s50O,000 to start Il
Thomas jefferson Memorial in Il
Tidal Basin, the Senate yesterdj
approved a $4,000 amendment 4
administrative expenses to keep u
project alive until January. Ask
by Senator King what the item vi
for, Senator Adams, Democrat,
Colorado. in charge OF the bill, sd
it was felt that Thomas Jefferson
entitled to an appropriate memorl
in Washington, and that the con
mittee thought the commission shou|
continue to function until the proI
lem is settled.
Also subject to decision In conferred
is the 100000 the Senate approx
as an initial appropriation for d
new National Cancer Institute, to
established in nearby Montgome|
County. Md. for governmental DIR
against the disease. Half Of the Al
preparation is to be used to pr|
chase radium.
Both Houses have agreed to a
propriate S2.325.O00 in the pendi |
bill for enlargement of the Bure
OF Engraving and Printing. T 70 9th
public building items remain at iss
in conference, however, namely:
Two Items at Issue.
For continuing the new building pt
gram at the Government Print
Office. 81 500, 900, and to purchase
Office building at 1874 F street mort
west, now being rented by the Cover
ment, 100000
Senator Thomas. Democrat.
Oklahoma tried without success
reverse the committees action
striking out the 81 100000 for
print shop annex. and also urged tt
it be increased to the budget figt
of S2,798, ,000 He pointed out tt
the unemployment problem in Was
ington will be aggravated If t
project is put of. He also decla1
that If less than the budget reco
mendation is allowed, the plans