Evening star., 1939-07-05
picture on Paoe BIZ

The Social Security Board was
asked today to advance 100000 to
the District to enable partial pay-
ments to be made to some 5000
persons eligible for old-age. de.
pendent children or blind compen.
sation, whose allowances have been
tied up since July l by the deadlock
IN Congress on the District appro-
priatlon bill, The board will con-
slider the request at a meeting at 10
am. tomorrow.
Inc request was made by Com
missioner George E. Allen and the
money is that which would ordinarily
come from the Federal Government
for July and August to match SINH
lar payment from local funds.
The decision to ask for the ad-
vance was made at a conference
IN the District Building this morn
ing between Commissioner Allen,
District Budget Officer Daniel J.
Donovan and Public Assistance
Director Otto j. Cass.
At the conference it was revealed
that $4,000 is needed to issue all
necessary relief checks. Of this
$4,000 is for old-age assistance.
$4,000 for the blind $4,000 for
home care and aid to dependent
children and little more than
S35 900 for general relief.
The 100000 it was stated, would
be used to pay off those eligible for
old-age assistance, home care and
/ aid to dependent children, and
blind compensation as far as it will
go, since the persons in these cate
gories are ineligible for food supplies
from the Federal Surplus Com
modities Corp. None will go for
general relief.
| Deadlock Persists.
/ Mr.. Cass consulted Mrs. Ellen
t Woodward, member of the Social
| Security Board, on the request.
In the meantime, no relief from
the congressional deadlock was in
sight.
/ The only comment on the situation
today from Representative Collins
of Mississippi. head of the House
conferees on the appropriation bill,
was that the issue could be settled
by the Senate accepting the House
position.
At the same time. House Major
ity Leader Rayburn, Speaker pro
tenn in the absence of Speaker
Bankhead, indicated he saw no
prospect of the House departing
from its insistence on the S5,OO0,OOO
lump sum.
Senator Overton of Louisiana,
leading the battle for the Senate.
intends at the first opportunity
to tell the Senate how far its con-
fereeS have gone in trying to meet
the House on some middle ground.
With the administration monetary
bill scheduled to remain before the
Senate until pm. today. however,
Senator Overton of Louisiana may
have to wait until tomorrow to OBJ
tain another expression of the will
of the Senate
The congressional battle has been
at standsill over the weekend holi-
day, following refusal of the House
to accept compromise Federal lump
sum of s600000O, suggested Friday
by Representatives Randolph of
West Virginia and Kennedy of
Maryland.
House Favors No Increase.
BY rejecting that proposal the
House insisted on no increase in the
present $5,00O.000 lump sum. The
Senate is on record for a s7,750,00O
lump sum for the ensuing year in
the appropriation bill, and for adop-
ton of the Overton formula as a
permanent basis of fiscal relations
in the local tax bill. The Overton
plan would make the Federal pay
ment about $8,000,00O at this time,
measured by the percentage of land
area of the city required for ma
tional purposes.
Both bills are being held up by this
main issue. The next test in the
Senate will come in connection with
the tax bill. on which Senator Over
ton will ask his colleagues to reaf-
firm their previous action
Although Senator Overton be.
(See D. C. FISCAL, Page A-3D