Evening star., 1941-05-15
House Group Backs
SA,S46,O47 Bill
For Appropriations
S2,246,823 Decrease
Provided; 90 Per Cent Of
Increases Cut Out
By WILL p. KENNEDY.


The legislative appropriation bill
was reported to the House today
carrying total of S24,846, ,047, an in
crease of S278,817 over current ap-
propriations and a decrease of 81
246,323 under budget recommended
tions.
Representative ONeal, Democrat,
Of Kentucky in reporting the bill,
emphasized that the subcommittee
has eliminated practically 80 per
cent of the increases asked.
The principal public works items
misunderstanding $3.50, ,148-are
as follows: Reconstruction of the
terraces of the Capitol Building,
S375000: repaving roadways and
constructions of sewers and drains
on the Capitol grounds, $390,970;
proposed removal of the statue of
John Marshall to the Supreme
Court and replacement with
statue of George Washington, $28,-
900; air-conditioning book stacks in
the old Library of Congress, $780,
396; general improvement and
elimination of fire hazards in the
old Library Building, $139, ,780; re-
moval of the old greenhouses of the
Botanic Garden and erection of new
greenhouses at the Poplar Point
Nursery, 100000.
$500 for Rayburn Portrait.
The sum of S2,500 is included for
painting an oil portrait of Speaker
Rayburn.
An appropriation of 100000 is
recommended to be allocated from
time to time to the House Commit
tee on Un-American Activities and
for other special Investigations being
conducted by the Military and Naval
Affairs Committees in the defense
activities.
In this bill an innovation is made
in allowing $50 per member for the
purchase of air mail postage stamps
to a total of S21,900, which is eX-
pected to result in considerable de-
crease in the bill for official tele-
grams.
An item of $500 is included to
permit the Committee on Revision
of the Laws to continue the work of
editing the District of Columbia
code.
The sum of $l44, 900 is included for
modernization of six of the IL eleva-
tors in the old House Office Build
ing, installed in 1906. These eleva-
tors carry an average load of 1000
persons daily.
Other Buildings Cited.
The committee felt that the public
grounds resolution does not permit
the erection of the John Marshall
statue in the Supreme Court Build
ting or grounds or on the Capitol
grounds between the Capitol and
Supreme Court Building. 1t also
ruled that since there is no existing
statue of Washington anywhere in
the city outside of the Capitol Build
ing it should be located on more
accessible site than that now oc-
eupied by the Marshall statue.
The committee objected to re-
moyal of the old Botanic Garden
greenhouses in proposed improve
ment OF the Mall. The members ex-
planned there is already an old
temporary war building on the Mall
about three blocks from the green
houses and that other temporary
buildings are soon to be constructed
A net increase of S170,830 is al
lowed for the Library of Congress.
decrease of $343,916 under the esti-
mate. The increase allowed pro-
vides for "a additional positions with
annual salaries totaling S57914, and
net increases in other items of ex-
pense, principally for equipment and
extension of collections, amounting
to $112,9l6. Included under the ex-
tensions is $4,000 to purchase a
collection of original Abraham Lin
coin papers gathered by his law
partner, William Herndon.
Posts for Aliens Provided.
Purchases Of this collection was
recommended by the Librarian of
Congress and the House Committee
on the Library as constituting an i'm
portant addition to presidential
papers in the Library.
The committee put into the bill
provision to prohibit the payment
OF salary or wages to any person
who advocates or who is a member
OF an organization that advocates
the overthrow of the Government
by force. However, the committee
agreed to allow 10 positions in the
library which NAV be filled by aliens
employed to translate foreign Ian
guages.
An item of $4,000 was included
Tor the Government Printing Office
to complete an edition of the de-
flnitive writings of George Wash
ington. An item of 1925 900 was in
cluded on the presumption that
Congress will be in session two
months longer in the coming fiscal
year.