The Washington times., 1938-09-14
D. C, OFFICIALS
BEGIN TASK OF.
PRUNING BUDGET.
Economy the Keynote
As Hearing Ends

The District Commissioners
began wedding out today half
a,hundred suggestions affecting
the $66,365, 900 budget proposed
for 1910 by department heads
These suggestions have been laic
before the Commissioners by two
score spokesmen for citizens asso
Citations, business groups and 9th
ers interested in civic affairs al
public hearings during the past
two days.
Although there has been no in
dication as to the outcome, 1t is
known many already have been
recommended in one form OF an
other in the departmental eStl
mates. Many others will be found
wanting and those deemed merlto
rious will be Incorporated as far
as possible in the Commissioners
recommendations.
READY BY OCTOBER
Working with District Auditor
Daniel J. Donovan, the Commits
sioners are expected to complete
the wedding out process by october
/. Then the recommendations are
to be forwarded to the Budget Bu-
reau to undergo a second pruning.
Thence the tentative estimates go
to the White House to await in
PRODUCTION in the next session of
Congress-.
None can be found at the Dis
trict Building who believes the
Commissioners will approve the
proposed $66, 1865, 900 total. Rather,
it is more or less common knowl-
edge that Donovan and the Com
miSsionerS will whittle the eStl-
mates to an approximation of the
$50,00o,000 budget approved for
1899.
DEMAND ECONOMY
At the conclusion of the hear
ingS yesterday, Julian Brylawski,
representative of the District
Council for Municipal Administra-
ton, Inc, asked the Commission
ers to 60 even further. In the
name of 10000 persons, who, he
said, were associated with the
council, Brylawski protested any
increase in the 1910 budget over
the revenues of the 1936-37 year.
when realty taxes were $1.50 per
500 valuation. Major Donovan
estimated this would mean 1910
budget from $4,000,000 to $5,000,-
900 below the 1889 figure Of almost
$4,000 900.
Earlier, Robert v. Fleming,
president of the Riggs National
Bank and spokesman for the
Board of Trade, had asked. In
effect, that about $14,000,O0 be
cut from the $66,0O0,000 figure.
Although he did not say so in as
many words Fleming's obvious in
tent was to avoid a tax increase.
FIGHT TAX RAISE
Ringgold Hart, counsel for the
Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, requested frankly
that the 1910 budget be approved
only to the extent it entailed no
tax increases. This, necessarily, 1t
explained, would restrict the l94O
total to an approximation Of the
1899 figure.
Others heard yesterday were:
William P, Thomas, of the Bla-
densburg Citizens Association;
Donald N. Carpenter, of the Chevy
Chase Citizens Association: M. S.
Sampson, of the Hillsdale Citizens
Association; Charles E. F. Rich,
of the Conduit Rd. Citizens Asso-
ciation; Mrs. ]. F. Hall, OF the
Deanwood Citizens Association;
and Mary E. Brooker, Of the Mar
shall Heights Citizens ASsocia-
ton; Charles F. Foster, of the
Hill crest Citizens Association;
George A. Corbin, of the Manor
Park Citizens Association; Mrs.
Ernest w. Howard, of the D. C..
Federation of Women'S Clubs; H.
D. Woodson, of the Northeast
Boundary Citizens Association: o.
w. Mcdonald, Of the Capitol View
Citizens Association; Mrs. Eta
Lunch, of the Rose Park Mothers
Club; Ellie S. Hoffman, OF the
Barry Farm Citizens Association;
Harry S. Wender, of the South
west Citizens Association and the
International League of Elevator
Controllers: Mrs. Mary Coulson, OF
the Neighborhood Council: Town
send Butler, of the District Work
ers' Alliance; Mrs. Rose Gavin, OF
the Mothers Club of Georgetown;
Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan, of the
Progressive Citizens Association OF
Georgetown; Sidney R. Katz, OF
the Committee for Industrial Or
ganization, and George E. Miller,
jr., of the Metropolis View Citi
Zens' Association.