Evening star., 1941-06-29
BY the Associated Press

of this probably will be needed for
contingencies in later deficiency
| bills.
No Tax Hike Contemplated.
Questioned by members of the
House when he presented the re-
port, representative Mahon eX-
! planned that in its final form the
bill leaves the Federal payment un-
changed, at a S6,000,000 lump sum,
and contemplates no increase in To-
/ cal tax rates.
The Senate is expected to ratify
tomorrow all features of the bill
t except the nonresident pupil issue,
| on which the House asked a further
conference, insisting on its amend
ment, which provided that all nom
resident pupils who enroll after the
passage of this act must pay tuition.
The Senate struck that out and sub
stituted a proviso that children of
men in the armed forces and chill
dren of other Federal employees from
outside the District should be ad-
mitted without tuition.
Even if the Senate adopts the con-
ference report in its present form
the bill will not go to the President
until the conferees have ironed out
this annually recurring controversy
| between the two houses over the
nonresident pupils. The conferees
probably will reach a settlement on
that question sometime tomorrow,
and send the bill to the President
for signature by Tuesday, the be-
ginning Of the fiscal year.
Delay Anticipated.
Anticipating possibility of delay,
| however, the conference agreement
carries provision ratifying any OBJ
| legations the District incurs after
tomorrow, so that there will be no
legal complications if the bill is not
a law by Tuesday.
AS the report was going through
the House there also was a brief
furry of complaint over provisions
! sometimes written into appropria-
ton bills. permitting the employ
ment of temporary technicians with
out regard to the Classification and
Civil Service laws, in the prepara-
ton Of plans for public improve
ments.
What kind of an engineering
force have they got in the District
of they can't take care of these
problems without the aid of con-
sultants," inquired Mr.. Cochran.
Mr.. Cochran told the House that
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, Engineer
of Highways, had reversed him.
self" in testifying before the House
Committee and the Senate Com
mittee in regard to hiring outside
technicians without regard to civil
service.
Representative Mahon said this
provision was put in the bill be-
cause of difficulty in getting tech
nical skill and the defense situa-
ton.
Mr.. Mahon placed in the record
statement prepared by Capt.
Whitehurst, which, Mr.. Mahon said,
answered the contentious raised re-
garding employment of technical
assistants.
One of the items in the bill which
carried the exemption from civil
service and from a part of the
srevised statutes was a 100000 new
water reservoir. representative Case
of South Dakota expressed fear it
might be construed to exempt the
cfT1IOtinv, yrJnrly frnr,, y,nfif ftyn
bidding the way it was Worded. Mr..
Mahon assured the House there was
no such intention, the exemption
applying only to temporary techni-
cal services. He accepted modifl-
cation offered by Mr.. Case, however,
to make that intent clear, and this
change in the conference report
will have to be acted on by the
Senate.
Other Features Accepted.
When Mr. Stefan complained
about the revision of estimated
revenue receipts for the coming
year, he told the House that when
the District had Maj. Daniel J.
and Donovan, I'VE always knew
what the fiscal situation was" Maj.
Donovan, for many years auditor
and budget officer, died during the
past year.
Other features of the conference
agreement are:
1t retains the food stamp plan,
in use in many other cities for aid
ing needy families.
Although Senator Overton had to
yield on the new physicians build