The Washington times., 1938-06-07

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The House Appropriations Com
mittee reported the bill to the
House, recommending $832,847 .8S
in purely District of Columbia
items, an increase of $239, TAO over
Budget Bureau estimates.
BUDGET BUREAU HIT
Overriding the Budget Bureau
and the action of the House in
closing down the National Train
ing School for Girls at the end
of this month and the Childrens
Receiving Home at the end of the
year, the appropriations COM
mittee recommended $4,000 for
operation of the training school
for the entire fiscal year of 1889
and $4,000 to operate the ReceiV-
ing Home from January l to
June 80, 1899.
In it's report to Congress, the
committee criticized the BudgeA
Bureau for failing to make ade-
quate recommendations for the
two institutions, declaring that
proposals for makeShift arrange
mentS for the institution were in
sufficient to meet the problem.
The controversy over the two
institutions arose from the fact
that the 1889 District supply bill
provided no funds for operation
of the Training School for Girls
for the next fiscal year, and con-
templated the removal OF the
Children's Receiving Home from
its present location to the old po-
lice court building.
FIRE HAZARD SEEN
Relative to this latter proposal,
the District fire m arSh al an
nounced he would not sanction
use of the police court building
without extensive repairs and al
terationS.
The committee recommended
an appropriation of "$500,000 to
begin construction of the Thomas
jefferson Memorial according to
plans approved by the Memorial
Commission which would locate
the monument to jefferson at the
south end of the Tidal Basin.
The memorial would be of pan
theon design.
Several members of the House
have announced they will fight
this proposal on the floor, among
them Representative Kent Keller
CD of Illinois, chairman of the
House Library Committee, who
has asked that The present Thomas
Jefferson Memorial Commission
be abolished and a new one
created, which would approve a
memorial on different site and
of another design.
BUILDING PROGRAM
A building program contem-
plating the construction of a new
War Department building and
buildings for the Social Security
Board and Railroad Retirement
Board was also approved by the
committee. Appropriation of So
900 900 for the War Department
and $3,OO0,000 for the other two
buildings for the beginning of
construction was recommended.
The committee also approved
$4,000 for construction of "pent
houses" for the Navy Department,
and $4,000 for the drawing up of
plans for the Smithsonian Gallery
of Art.
Again overriding the Budget
Bureau, the committee refused to
withdraw $209, 500 from the Dis
trict's direct relief appropriation
for sponsors contributions to
Women's WPA projects and for
transportation of INDECENT non
residents from the District.
PLAN "TOO DRASTIC"
The committee stated that the
budget recommendation for with
drawal of the funds was "too dras,
tic" and instead recommended
appropriation of the money as a
separate fund.
other District items recon-
mended by the committee would al
low an additional $4,000 for the
Investigation of District relief, the
probe to be extended from August
i to December /; $4,000 for sur
vey of the District tax structure:
$l54,72O for construction of two
inspection stations to carry out
the provisions of the new law for
annual inspection of automobiles
and $1O1,175 for additional sal
aries and expenses for adminlStra-
ton of the new tax bill.
The committee rejected the re-
quest for $1,O00,0OO for the Dis
trict Alley Dwelling Authority, Civ
ing as its reason the fact that leg
islation is now pending in Con
gress which would accomplish the
same end.
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