Evening star., 1940-06-01
49 Million D. T..
Bill Approved
ByConferees
Provides IS More
Police, Eliminates
Food Stamp Plan
BY DON 8. WARREN.

"A DdldnCeQ DuQSeG Oh dDOut S4S,-
100000 today was awaiting congress
sional approval, anticipated within
a few days, as result OF compro-
misses agreed to by Senate and House
managers of the 1941 District supply
bill after mild debate of less than
four hours in executive session late
yesterday.
The conferees agreed to recon-
mend an increase of Is in the
Metropolitan Police Force, to post
pone settlement of the dispute over
the sites for the new Wilson Teach
ers College and the new Abbott Vo-
cational School for another year,
and to kill the Commissioners plan
for establishing the food stamp plan
for sale of surplus food products to
the needy, although arrangements
were approved for sale of scent milk
to the poor.
Clerks of the Appropriation Com
mittees today calculated that the
total of the now proposed appro-
priations would be $49015,080, or
$682,810 less than the sum in the
Senate bill, and $723,363 more than
the House had approved. The bill
called for an outlay of $1,946 1878
more than appropriations for the
present fiscal year.
1t was calculated the items would
be divided as follows: For general
fund purposes, SAL ,526920 for the
Highway Department, $4931 ,545,
and for the Water Department,
$2,556,615.
AS the District supply bill was
passed by the House, the total pro-
posed outlay was $48 ,291 900, so that
the total recommended by the con-
ferees would be some 100000 higher
than that figure. Maj. Daniel j.
Donovan, District budget officer, es-
timated that the now proposed $49,-
100000 appropriation would be about
balanced by revenues, including
next years anticipated october in
come tax collections (really part
of the 1912 fiscal year revenues), and
declared no increased taxes were re-
quired.
Glass Wins Nom Tuition Fight.
The House proposal for ban on
granting of free schooling to addi-
tional children of non-residents was
abandoned, as was expected in view
of the determined opposition of
Senator Glass, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia and other spokesmen for
nearby States. House managers pre-
vailed in their insistence that the
direct relief appropriation be held
to 100000, whereas the Senate had
asked for an increase to s1,O00,000.
Senator Overton, Democrat, OF
Louisiana, chairman of the Senate
District Appropriations Subcom-
mittee, won major portion of his
battle for funds for replacement of
obsolete and out-worn schoolhouses,
in that the conferees agreed to
recommend authorization of ex-
penditures of up to 100000 for
construction of combination new
schools for replacement of seven
old buildings, in addition to funds
for purchase of sites for the new
buildings.
Representative Caldwell, Democrat
Of Florida, chairman of the District
Subcommittee of the House Approp-
riations Committee, also won many
points as Senate managers agreed
to take House figures on various
items. Both sides predicted early
approval of the compromise plan
by House and Senate.
Exact Figures Unavailable.
Exact figures on the size of the
compromise bill and the amounts
of the increases and cuts were not
available at once since many
changes were agreed to in confer
ence.
Among agreements adopted by the
conference were those calling for
appropriations for development of
a traffic underpass at Scott Circle,
in keeping with those perfected at
Thomas Circle; preservation of the
present joint control over District
recreation facilities by the Board of
Commissioners and the Board of
Education, rather than to place
them under direction of Lewis R
Barrett as a new assistant super
tntendent of schools; and provid-
ing an appropriation for prepara-
tion of plans for construction of a
new building for the Receiving
Home for Children to replace the
admittedly unsatisfactory present
rented quarters which have been
roundly criticized in many quarters
The conferees also agreed to $l0,-
800 for plans for new elementary
school building, to cost $50O,000, to
be erected on a site near Eleventh
and G streets Sc, to replace the
old Cranch, Tyler and Van Ness
Schools. They also recommended
an appropriation of sl0,50O for plans
for a new elementary school build
ing, to cost $50O,00O, to be erected on
site to be purchased in the vicinity
of the Brent School, to replace the
old Brent, Dent, Lenox and French
Schools. The conferees struck from
the bill similar provisions for plans
for a building having cost of up tc
S350,000 to have been erected on a
site in the vicinity of New Jersey
avenue and P street NV to replace
the Morse and Twining Schools.
Some Site Funds Voted.
Likewise, the conferees proposed
funds for the purchase of sites for
buildings to replace the Cranch
Tyler, Van Ness and the Brent, Dent
Lenox and French Schools, but de-
clined to urge funds for sites for re-
placement of the Morse and Twinine
Schools.
Determined dispute over what use
should be made of the site of the
old District tuberculosis Hospital al
Thirteenth and Upshur streets NV
caused the conferees to defer fol
another year final decision over pro.
visions for new Abbott Vocationa
School and a new Wilson Teachers
College. The House had proposed
funds for beginning of construction
of the Abbott School on this site ane
the Senate called for the school il
Brentwood Park, and for prepara