Evening star., 1939-05-28
Week 10 brinu
Action on D. T..
Supply Bill
Senators to Inspect
School Buildings
Tomorrow
BY J. A. O'LEARY.

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school buildings tomorrow, the SEN
ate Subcommittee on District Appro-
priations will begin, probably Wed.
nesday acting on many changes ir
the 1910 local supply bill asked for
by officials and civic organizations
during three weeks of hearings.
Indications are that the subcom-
mittee, presided over by Senate,
Overton, Democrat, of Louisiana
was impressed by the need for some
OF the additional items presented.
Before deciding to what exten
these proposed increases should b.
approved, however, the subcommit.-
tee probably will consider how addi
tlonal funds can be made available
since the House total of S46,915,0O?
exhausts all anticipated city reve-
nues under exi ting law.
In fact even with the presen-
SITS real estate rate continued 10
another year, estimated revenue
would fall $185,000 short of tht
House total OF S46,915OOO.
Lump Sum Studied.
1t was brought out in the Senate
hearings a few days ago that thu
only way the Appropriations Com.
mittee could provide additiona
funds would be by raising the S..
600. 900 Federal lump sum paymen
to more equitable figure, since tha
committee cannot bring out tax leg
islation. A proposed new local ia:
program has been considered by
House subcommittee but thus far n
action has been taken.
The inspection tour tomorrow wi
enable subcommittee members t
contrast some of the small anti
quated structures, some of them II
use nearly half a century, witt
several of the larger. modern class
room units. School officials have
pointed out to the congressional
committees that it would be in the
interest of economy of operation to
replace several of these old, small
buildings that are in the same gen.
eral vicinity, with one large building.
The subcommittee is understood
to be considering six projects, fou'
white and two colored, as the frs
installment of school ol-building re.
placement program, if funds car
be found available for the purpose
Where to erect the proposed Ma
tional Guard Armory is anothe.
! major question to be decided thi.
week. There is believed to be strong,
sentiment in the Senate subcom.
mittee in favor of the site at the enc
of East Capitol street, instead O.
the House provision for purchase O.
new site in the Southwest area
The Government already owns near.
ly all of the land at the East Cap
fitol site and that location has thu
approval of the National Capita
Park and Planning Commission, a.
well as the District Commissioners.
May Boost Relief Fund.
Toward the close of the hearing,
some committee members indicated
they were seriously considerins
whether the 100000 local relic.
fund should be increased to provide
for some of the unemployed EN-.
ployables for whom w. P. A. project:
are not available.
1t was brought out in the hear.
ings that nearly all of the District
annual relief appropriation is need.
ed for unemployables A number
OF witnesses also asked the Senate
subcommittee liberalize the limita.
tions the House placed on relief al.
lotments. The House restricted ad.
ministrative expenses to 81a per
cent and fixed s48 as the limit on
monthly anotments to families on
relief, as well as for other forms of
public assistance.
If the subcommittee begins delib-
erations Wednesday the revised bill
may be ready for the entire Appro-
priations Committee to report to the
Senate by the end of the week.