Evening star., 1941-06-22

assistance cases on the regular pub
lie assistance rolls; a S46965 in
crease for 20 public health nurses,
two supervisors and two clerks:
s174,000 for Gallinger Hospital to
provide 88 more nurses, 9 head
nurses and janitors; $4,000 for
mess attendants at Glenn Dale
tuberculosis Sanatoria; $4,000 for
the City Refuse Department; S337.-
047 increase in the school budget
for plans for new Wilson Teachers
College, increase for school gardens,
improved lighting, equipment OF
school yards, plans for hancl-
capped children's school, play
grounds and recreation center in
crease, new teachers and text books
and supplies. Actually, these items
totaled SS39,752, but Mr.. Press sug-
gested a $500 reduction in the
item for aid to needy blind, making
a net of 1892 ,252.
A S24OOO0 increase in the Water
Department budget for 30000 000-
gallon storage tanks in Fort Dupont,
Anacostia, and near Walter Reed
Hospital, and S22,I00 increase for
the Traffic Department personnel
was asked to be charged to the
water and highway funds, respec-
lively.
Federation Items Pushed.
Except for Endorsement of public
school items by Walter F. Wasson,
vice chairman of the Federation
Education Committee. Federation
| spokesmen dealt with the estimates
without mentioning specific amounts.
Represented by Harry S. Wender
and L. A. Carruthers, the Federation
asked for 100 additional police, police
ambulances, extension of parking
meters, plans for South Capitol
street bridge, more firemer, more
building inspectors, food stamp
/ plan. a farm for inebriates, the
Northwest Health Center. Citizens
/ Traffic Education Committee, and
drivers photos on automobile per-
mits.
/ Mr.. Wasson asked $4,000 for
plans for Wilson Teachers COL
/ lege; a $40 1000 increase in the re-
pairs item; a school site in American
University Park area; S25,0 900 for
/ shut-in children education; other
| items already in the bill for schools
and sites in the Southeast section
were likewise Endorsed.
Both the Trade Board and the
| Federation spoke for the new Abbot
| Vocational School on the Brent
wood tract. The trade group asked
/ for use of the District highway test
| ing laboratory and the Federation
asked tuition payment by nom
residents in District schools.
Out of these suggestions the bill,
as it passed the House, salvaged:
|. Fifty-four additional police and
/ two police ambulances.
2. $4,000 for plans and site for
a Northwest Health Center.
3. Language compelling tuition
payment by nonresident school
children
4. Location of the Abbot Voca-
tional School on the Brentwood
tract.
The food stamp plan was thrown
out on the floor of the House after
approval by the Appropriations Sub
committee
Refusal to allow the District to
operate its own highway testing
laboratory instead of having the
work done at the Bureau of Stand
ards appears to have been the out
orou,tL, oF +aeti,,oo,,yy 1o,- In,,raot nfF.
cials before the subcommittee. They
testified that the District probably
could operate its own laboratory
cheaper than having the work done
at the bureau but suggested that
the tests might not be as complete
as the bureaus work.
Tax Increase Opposed
Just what changes will be made
by the Senate cannot be foretold
at this writing because of the un-
certainty as to what will result from
the proposed plan to raise the
District taxes S5000000 and in
crsase the Federal share to $780,
000-a suggestion to which the Fed
Grafton is completely opposed.
At the same time, because OF the
short time left before the beginning
of the next fiscal year, Senator
Overton of Louisiana, chairman of
the appropriations subcommittee
handling the District bill for the
Senate. has asked that citizens who
appeared before the House do not
ask for time before his group unless
they have additional information to
present
The Commissioners, however,
have been asked to draw up a So
100000 supplementary estimate to
take care of the proposed tax in
crease and this program may well
include some of the items sought
by the citizens which did not make
the regular estimates.
The city heads already have asked
restoration by the Senate of about
S650,000 of the cut of slightly more
than million dollars made by the
House.
In addition to the representatives
| of the Board of Trade and the Fed
Grafton, spokesmen for number of
individual associations and sections
| testified before the committee.
| These included H. W. Austin and F.
P. Randolph, representing the Brad
bury Heights Citizens Association
and Southeast Council respectively;
! A. D. Calvert, of Lincoln Park AS
sociation; Jesse C. Suter of the Out
door Cleanliness Association; George
A Warren of Midcity Citizens Asso-
! citation: John L. Fowler of Rhode
Island Avenue Citizens Association:
| George M. Gooch of Sixteenth Street
Highlands Citizens Association: L.
G. Carey of Takoma Park, and Dam
lei B. Lloyd of Manor Park.
A number or Spokesmen for
colored civic groups included WOOL
sey Hall of the Education Committee
/ of the Federation Of Civic As
sociations; H. D. Woodson, of the
Northeast Boundary Citizens As
sociation; George E. c. Hayes, of
the Midway Civic Association.