Evening star., 1941-03-21
Budget Faces
Stormy Session
AT Annapolis
Senate Also Nay Act
On Sunday Closing
And Court Bills
SF the Associated Press,

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huge budget-already facing a $442,
600 cut-upon which one membe
threatened to use a Several-million
dollar cleaver.
Stormy sailing was predicted fo
the administration budget bill
brought out with a favorable repor
yesterday by the Senate Finance
Committee with amendments tha
would pare it to SLOT 100000
Two other possible headache.
faced Senators after last night!
double-bill social function-the Gov.
ernor's reception and the legislative
ball. They were the debate-packec
Sunday prohibition bill and the
oppoSitional Court of Appeals meas.
ure, carried over from yesterday, al.
though they were special orders o1
business.
Budget Is Sliced.
In an action-filled day, the Senate
Finance Committee moved to chor
100000 from the budget, and ac-
cepted Gov. O'Conor's recommenda
tions for two other cuts of 5000 OO(
and $4,000 Besides that, the COM
mittee found time and a way te
reach compromise of financing
equalization of Negro and white
teachers pay.
The Senate Committee would cut
the State Welfare Department al
lotments. Gov. O'Conor's recon-
mendations direct the State Board
OF Public Works to impound 5000 .OOC
IN appropriations and propose 8
saving of $4,000 on servicing the
heavily-slashed State bond issue
now set at s2,117,OOO.
Western Maryland Senators forced
the compromise on teachers paw,
Ihey objected to a proposed Scent
hike in the tax rate of 10 counties
to raise half the S7O0 900 needed in
the next two years to pay Negro
teachers salaries equal to those of
white instructors.
The State still will contribute $780,
600, but the distribution is changed
In the compromise to a need basis
helping the counties facing the
heaviest burden.
States AllOtments.
The State would give the counties
sl6O,00O in 1912. This, along with
the S15l,628 counties ALREADY are
paying to raise Negro teachers
pay, would take care of the prob
lem that year. In 1943 the State
would give $190,000, and the coun-
ties would pay their $151 ,628 and
an additional $4,000 "as they see
At" to meet the total requirements
Of the raises in that year.
The States 1e43 allotments by
counties would include Anne Arun-
del, $4,000; Calvert, $4,000;
Charles, $4,000; Frederick, So 900;
Prince Georges, $4,000, and St.
Marys, $15,500.
The House, meanwhile, prepared
10 take up proposal to reduce the
terest rate on small loans from 3l2
to 2 per cent.
The lower chamber received 20
new bills and the Senate took in 46
yesterday, with today the deadline
for new measures except under sus-
pension of rules.
Labor Bills Beaten.
In tn long session, the Delegates
whipped down a proposal to es-
tablish a State labor relations act
by a So to 81 vote, defeated a
proposed State wages and hour law
by 81 to A, and said mo" to a
measure to add 13 days of racing.
The wages and hours law had
been reported unfavorable, but the
labor relations act carried the
Labor Committees approval.
The Senate's major new bills on
yesterdays list included establish
ment of a liquor appeals board to
replace the State License Board as
an appellate body on liquor license
cases; legalization of the Maryland
Council of Defense, and permitting
housing authorities to build homes
for defense workers coming "in
large numbers" into Maryland.
Authored by Senate President
Arthur Brice, the housing bill was
accompanied by a measure to give
cities, towns and counties add1-
tional powers to aid them in CO.
operating with projects of housing
authorities, and another increasing
the ratio of income-to-rent under
which families with three or more
minor dependents could occupy
low-rent housing projects.
Driving Courses in Schools.
The Senate also adopted a favor
able report on bill calling for safe
driving courses in county high
schools. The report contains amend
ments that would not make State
police instruction in the driving
courses mandatory, as the measure
originally provided.
A Joint resolution requesting the
Legislative Council, through the
University of Maryland extension
service, to make a study OF tobacco
marketing in the State was intro
duced in the House by Delegates
Louis l.. Goldstein and George W..
Owings, jr., of Calvert County.
Both the State tobacco warehouse
and the new loose-leaf auction mar
kets would be studied and recon-
mendations made to the next Legis-
lature.
A resolution requesting Maryland
and Virginia and Maryland repre-
sentatives in Congress to render
any assistance possible for improv-
ing the insanitary conditions in
the Potomac River" was adopted by
the House.
The resolution, introduced by
Delegates James F. Matthews and
James B. Monroe of Charles County,
asserted that "in the vicinity OF
Washington untreated sewage and
other waste material which are being
dumped into the Potomac River"
make it "insanitary and injuring its
scenic and recreational poSsibili-
ties"
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