Evening star., 1939-06-06
Training School
Faces New Crisis
With Funds Cut
OfficioIs Believe Stoff
Will Have to Be Cut
By Is Per Cent

IA Ao" SiIoio was ldCcu lOudy Dy
the embattled National Training
School for Girls, as a result of re-
duced appropriations, to which
strings were attached. in the 1910
District supply bill as passed yes
terday by the Senate. it developed
today at an emergency conference
OF District officials
1t appeared that the Board of
Public Welfare would be forced to
discharge Is per cent of the institu-
tion's staff. beginning July /. as
means of living under the appro-
priation limits and restrictions i'm
posed first by the House and then
by the Senate.
The situation was reviewed by the
Commissioners today in conference
with Budget Oficer Daniel j. Dono-
van and officials in charge of the
institution. The welfare officials
were told there was nothing they
could do and that the Board of Pub
lie Welfare should call an emergency
meeting and promptly draft plans
to comply with the limitations i'm
posed by Congress.
Budget is Reduced.
The Senate kept in the supply
bill the limitations written into it
by the House forbidding an average
per capita yearly cost of more than
$500 for the inmates of the institu-
ton. The Senate made a further
cut in the appropriation for salaries
and maitenance to S38 200. The
House had allowed $4,000. The
Budget Bureau had approved $61 900
and the Commissioners had asked
for the next fiscal year $4,000.
Since the dismissal of DR.. Carrie
Weaver Smith as head of the insti-
tuition, in October, 1887, the per
capita costs of the institution have
been drastically reduced, but the
House and Senate have insisted
upon still further cuts, despite the
fact that the average population of
the institution has been steadily
rising.
In the fiscal year 1887, the average
daily population was about % girls,
and the per capita daily cost was
s7O3, and the yearly maintenance
cost, $2,565. This high per capita
cost was given by the Commissioners
as one of the reasons for DR.. Smiths
dismissal.
Costs Cut in 1888.
In the fiscal year 1898 with DR..
Smith still in charge for the first
tour months) the daily average
population was increased to 40. The
daily per capita cost was reduced
to $3.50. and the yearly per capita
cost was reduced to $3.50.
For the present fiscal year. now
nearly ended, it is estimated the daily
average population will be around
"a, that the daily per capita cost
will be reduced to 500 and the
yearly per capita cost to about s766
This last figure the Senate and
House have ordered reduced to no
more than $500.
Officials of the institution saw thev
believe they have reduced mainte-
nance costs about as much as they
can. and figured that they must,
therefore, make the greatest cut in
salaries. There are now q employees.
One official said that even if some
OF the higher paid officials, teachers
or matrons were dropped, at least
seven would have to be dismissed.
Hearings to Be Resumed.
Public hearings on the custer of
DR.. Smith as superintendent were
to be resumed before the Commits
sioners at 1:30 pm. today, with
additional defense" witnesses TAX
ing the stand.
DR., Edgar A. Bocock, superintend-
ent of Gallinger Municipal Hospital,
was one of the witnesses DR.. Smith
asked be requested to appear. An
other was Dean Lucy Woodard of
Miner Teacher College.
The hearings are expected to be
adjourned over tomorrow and Thurs
day since the Commissioners are
scheduled to participate in hear
ing by the Zoning Commission to-
morrow and will join in celebration
of the visit of the King and Queen
of ENGLAND ThlrS1ov