Evening star., 1940-03-28
District Supply Bill
May Be Called Up
In House Late Today
$48,291,7l7 Measure
Believed Certain to Go
To Senate This Week

House consideration of the $48,-
2Sl TIT appropriation bill tc- the Dis
trict for the fiscal year beginning
July ! is not expected to begin until
late today and may possibly be de-
layed until tomorrow
Chairman Caldwell of the Ap-
preparations Subcommittee in charge
of the bill had originally planned to
call it up as soon as the House con-
vened at noon today The legislative
situation in the House. due to a pro-
longed battle over the appropriation
bill for the Labor Department and
Federay Security Agency, has forced
a change in the program, however.
House leaders said if the labor and
security bill is passed early this
afternoon, the District supply bill
would be given the right of way.
Otherwise, the measure will be side
tracked until tomorrow.
In any event, Representative Cald-
we'll is confident the District bill
will be passed and on its way to the
Senate before the end of the week.
He does not anticipate fight over
any of its provisions.
Slashed S1,317,701.
The Appropriations Committee,
before reporting the bill to the House,
slashed $1,317,7Ol off the Budget
Bureau approved estimates primarily
to keep the District from running
into the red in the coming fiscal
year. Despite the cut, the committee
said the municipal government would
face bookkeeping shortage of about
$500 500 at the close of year.
The committees treatment Of the
1941 public school budget was re-
ceived with mixed reelings of pleas
ure and dismay by Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle, president of the
Board of Education.
Mrs. Doyle expressed qualification
at the provisions of the bill relating
to recreation, nonresident pupils,
school gardens and handicapped
children, but some dismay at the
reinsertion of the legislative rider"
which will prevent school librarians
from getting annual step-ups due
them under the Teachers Salary Act,
and the location of the Abbot Voca-
tional School on the Upshur street
tract. ,
The School Board president said
she was glad recreation had been
placed under the Board of Educa-
tion and that it would receive the
important place it deserves
Fav0rs Nonresident Clause.
She added that she was heartily
in accord with the provision which
will prohibit further entrance of
nonresident pupils in the District
schools without payment of tuition
The item for school garden in.
crease was sought by the keystone
Automobile Association and the par.
ent-teacher associations.
Mrs. Doyle admitted surprise tina,
the $4,000 for education of handi.
capped children was in the welfare
budget instead of the schools bu,
said she was glad they got thu
money IN any event. She pointet
out that the education of thes.
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school program, not the welfare pro.
gram, in other cities.
Last year several school Nbrari.
ans lost stepups to which they were
entitled under the salary act ol
1924 because of the rider" which
limits the average of their salary
to that of public librarians per-
forming the same type of work. Pub
lie librarians receive their salary
under terms of another act which
does not provide annual stepups.
School officials, Mrs. Doyle re-
called, have been interested In get
ting the new Abbot Vocational
School located in Brentwood Park
on site near the Columbia Insti-
tuition for the Deaf not far from
New York avenue NE. The ofncials
were hoping to get a new Wilson
Teachers College for the Upshul
street tract.