Evening star., 1942-04-19
Record District
Budget Nedrs
House Action
Defense Housing
Measure Possoee
Seen This Week
Nv WILL r. KENNEDY.

tltt SoosoSfspUb dppibplldbioi iic0s
ure, largest to be ever drawn for
the Capital, is to be considered in
the House this week and the $50
100000 defense housing appropria-
ton authorized in the Lanham Act
is expected TO be passed
The subcommittee headed by Rep
resentative Mahon, Democrat, OF
Texas. conducting hearings on the
District budget, completed question
ing of District officials late yester-
day. and tomorrow afternoon will
hear District residents or House
members who have asked an op-
portunity to express views
Tomorrow the House is expected
to act favorably on the District rec
reation bill, The House District
Committee last Monday voted to
accept the Senate amendments to
this measure. which sets up board
of seven members to control recrea-
tional facilities now operated by the
District Commissioners. the National
Capital Parks, School and Play
ground Department.
Corporation Tax Bill.
The House District Committee
expects 10 reach a decision tomor-
row morning on the corporation
tax bill and the all-American doc
tors bill The former was an
amendment to the District income
tax law placing a per cent tax
on the net profits of corporations
making sales In the District. and
requiring out-of-town corporations
to secure $40 license fee
Vigorous opposition has developed
on the bill to require all physicians
practicing medicine in the Dis
trict to be United States citizens.
Or. George c. Rutland. District
Health Officer, will appear tomor-
row before the House District Com
mittee in support of the bill. Pro-
ponents claim the relationship be-
tween a physician and patient is
so intimate that an alien doctor
might get information of value to
the enemy.
Housing Measure.
The deficiency subcommittee of
the Appropriations Committee ex-
poets on Wednesday or Thursday to
start hearings on the budget recon-
mendation for $50 100000 as author
lied for defense housing here. Hear
ings will be brief and a separate
resolution covering this appropria-
tion is expected to be taken up in
the House before the end of the
week.
Two District agencies appeared
before the subcommittee yesterday
the Highway Department. which
Is asking an appropriation of
&6.08S .92s, and the Water Service,
asking $S,42l sos. Militia and Park
Service budgets also we're explained.
The National Capital Parks repre-
sentatives were Frank T. Gartside,
assistant superintendent, and Leo
Bittner. chief of the fiscal and per-
sonnel division. For the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission. John Nolen. jr., director of
planning, and Thomas S, Settle,
secretary, appeared Dr. William
Mann, director of the National
Geological Park, and DR.. Ernest p.
Walker, represented that institution.
William A. Van Duzer, director of
vehicles and traffic. explained the
needs of his department, Capt. H.
C. whitehurst explained Highway
Department plans in the coming
fiscal year. Humphrey Beckett, su-
perintendeNt, and Norman Robert
son, his administrative assistant,
discussed the program of the Water
Department. E. A. Schmitt, admin
istrative assistant, explained the
plans for Washington AcQueduct eX-
pansion.
Water Service Funds.
The Appropriations Subcommittee
has heard a proposal to use a con-
siderable portion of the water serv-
ices investments to finance needed
enlargement of the filtered water
supply for the District and Airing
ton County. This accumulated sur
plus in the water service has been
built up under long time program
to make it possible to meet increased
demands, A reserve of $l.836, 900
also has been invested as a safeguard
against fire hazards.
The Highway Department pro-
poses only one major street improve
ment. at cost of $l54 .000-Dele-
carlia parkway from Loughboro road
to Massachusetts avenue. one of the
access roads on the military high
way system, Fourteen other sched-
uled street Improvements have been
called off.
Due to gasoline rationing. II is
expected, the Scent gas tax returns
will be just about what was orig
inally expected under the 2-cent
tax
Major highway projects include
a bridge over the AnacoStia River
at the foot Of South Capitol street,
a trunk highway from Twelfth and
K streets NV. to Fifteenth street
and Benning road NE: a trunk
highway from Connecticut avenue
and K street NV. to Twenty-sev-
enth and K streets NV; grade
separation structure at Thirteenth
and H streets NV and a grade
separation structure at Dupont
Circle.
While District appropriations for
the current year total 57.366, ,29S
they include supplemental item
of Sl,sll 900 for highways not in
cluded in the appropriation bill.
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