Evening star., 1937-01-08
10 La,Us to End Free Services
Between D. C., u. S. Proposed
Changes in Jurisdiction Ouer Certain,
Agencies Maintained Here Recon-
nuended BY Fiscal Committee.

Nineteen new laws to put an end
to free services performed by the
District for the Federal Government
and by the United States for the
District Government were recon-
mended to the President by the
Jacobs Fiscal Relations Committee.
The same recommendations also
urged changes in the jurisdiction over
certain agencies maintained here,
ranging from q transfer Of the Ma
tional Geological Park from the
Smithsonian Institution to the District
Commissioners to transfer of the
House of Detention from the Police
Department to the Board Of Public
Welfare.
Free tuition for nonresident pupils
in the public schools and free library
service to non-residents would be
ended. Tuition would be charged ele-
mentary deaf pupils now being trained
by the Columbia Institute for the
Deaf.
The District would be required to
pay the Budget Bureau for handling
its budget, the Treasury for handling
its accounts, and the controller
general for audits. Likewise the Dis
trict would be made to pay the SAL
aries Of the engineer Commissioner
and his three assistants, now paid by
the War Department.
The report proposed that the Dis
trict reimburse the controller general
for controlling accounts and per-
forming audits, the sum to be deter
mined by cost records OF the actual
services performed.
Freedman's Hospital.
Freedman's Hospital would be taken
from the Jurisdiction Of the Interior
Department and placed under the
Jurisdiction Of the Board of Public
Welfare of the District. The hospital
at present is operated primarily for
District patients and the national
need for the hospital has practically
disappeared, the report stated. The
transfer would partially relieve crowd
ed conditions at Gallinger Hospital.
Tuition for deaf children, now in
structed by the Columbia Institute
for the Deaf for the Board of Edu-
cation, should be increased in the ele-
mentary section to cover all operat-
ing expenses. 1t was also recon-
mended that the District be permitted
to send its students to the collegiate
section, Gallaudet College. on a schol-
arship basis, as do States and Terri
tories. The latter has been proposed
to Congress.
Waiver Of interest for three years
on P. w. A. loans to the District for
construction projects would be dis
allowed. and the 4 per cent rate
charged States and municipalities
would be applied here.
The report recommended that the
District share the cost Of the United
States Employment Service main
tained here by the Department Of
Labor, on the same basis as States
now share the cost Of such agencies
under the Wagner-Peyser act.
Cost of the review, control and
compilation of the District budget,
llOW OOILS NY ClIS ouOSCl DuIcdu,
would be transferred to the District,
the cost to be based upon the per-
sonnel assignments within the Budget
Bureau and the proportional share
of the cost of printing the budget.
Accounts and Deposits.
A similar arrangements would be
made for the supervision and main
tenance Of accounts, now handled by
the Division Of Accounts and Deposits
Of the Treasury Department. except
that fixed sum reimbursement would
be paid. The estimated cost would be
examined every five years to fix the
amount the District should pay.
Payment Of an annual ground rent
or outright sale to the District Of prop
erty owned by the Federal Govern
ment but used by the District, was
recommended. The report urged a
survey OF each separate parcel of Fed
eral land now used by the District
rent free to determine if the Federal
Government ever expects to use the
property. If it does, the rental ar
rangement was recommended; if not,