Evening star., 1939-08-02
Fund Of S257,766
Provided for District
In Deficiency Bill
Sum Is $12,166 Less
Than Amount Sought
By Commissioners

Appropriations totaling S257 7,766.17
are provided for the District of Co.
lumbia in the third deficiency bill
reported to the House today. This
represents cut of s12,166 in the
amounts requested by the Commits
sioners.
The House Appropriations Com
mittee recommended appropriations
for employment, beginning January
l, 1910, of % persons to handle the
Districts new income tax, and for
employment of 13 members of the
staff of q of the old Business
Privilege Tax Division.
The amount recommended for
these purposes-$47 ,260-was IS 900
below the figure requested by the
District, however. The Commits
sioners had asked for S25,16 for
the income tax personnel and $27 160
for the business privilege tax Office
needed for reassessment work,
auditing and collection of back bills
A total of s400 900 in business privi-
lege taxes is estimated to be delin-
quent. The tax expired on June 30
The largest local item is S1O5 900
for the support of INDECENT insane at
st. Elizabeth's Hospital
Teacher Pay Funds Cut.
More than half of the $4,000 cut
was made in the salary recommen-
dations for teachers at the Wash
ington and Smothers Schools. A
total of SILL 400 had been requested
for this purpose, but only $4,000 was
allowed by the committee In addi-
tion, a request for $3.50 for employ
ment of custodians at the Smothers,
Kingsman and Washington Schools
was eliminated.
Childrens Hospital received an al
lowance of $13,553.12 and an appro-
priation of $9,78725 was recommend
ed for the Eastern Dispensary and
Casualty Hospital.
An item of $500 is included to pro-
vide a salary increase for 10 V. Nor
gan, the one-man Board of Tax APP
peaLs. The new local tax bill raised
the salary for the position from
$500 to $4,000.
Other items recommended includ-
ed $15,394 for the Public Welfare
Board for board and care of chill
dren; $1,000 for construction of vo-
cational building at the Industrial
Home School for Colored Children;
a $4,000 maintenance allowance for
the Home for Aged and Infrm. Other
funds also were recommended for
contingent expenses, postage, witness
fees in police courts, printing and
binding, settlement of, claims and
judgments.
Requests Disapproved.
The Appropriations Committee
declined to approve request of
S445,0OO for the Navy Department
Building, as we'll as an appropria-
ton of $15O,0O0 requested by the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission for acquisition of land
for a parkway.
The bill carries $32 500 for new
edition of the District of Columbia
code and $3.50 for preparation of
the site for the Oscar S. Straus
Memorial, authorized by statute 10
years ago to be erected with donated
funds. The monument is to be part
of the planned development of the
so-called great plaza" bounded by
the Commerce Department, Labor
and Interstate Commerce Buildings,
Post Office Building and District
Building.
Provision also has been made in
the bill for increasing the limits of
costs of certain authorized public
building projects to amounts indi-
Gated by the heads of the Treasury
and Post Office Departments as
necessary to permit construction to
meet immediate and future space
needs of the Government.