Evening star., 1942-06-05
District Bill Reported
10 Senate Carrying
S1S5,110 Increase
Measure Coils for
Total Appropriation
Of $56, ,322,28l
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new branch in Anacostia.
Payments Exceed Estimates.
The modest increases made by
the Senate Committee leave the
District with a reserve cushion in
its general revenue fund, but Dis
trict officials have recently advised
congressional committees that the
municipal government may find
itself facing financial difficulties
after 1943 as the result of unusual
wartime expenditures.
AS the bill left the House, it left
in the general fund an estimated
balance of s1,2025 5O6 on July /,
l943. The comparatively small Sen-
ate increase would still leave that
/ estimated balance at S1,000000.
In addition, it has been found
i'll the last few days that actual
income tax payments on April Is
ran higher than District officials es-
| timated when the House committee
arrived at its report on the prob
able surplus. The actual collections
appear likely to run another S1000,-
900 above advance forecasts. which
may mean a 100000 cushion as
of today.
AS an Illustration, however, of
unforeseen requirements in the near
future that would quickly use up
such balance. District officials
told the Senate District Committee
a few days ago they may soon
have to apply for a second 81, 900 900
loan for civilian defense and air
raid protection.
New Health Inspectors.
The Senate committee made pro-
vision for inspection of boarding
houses by the Health Department
by allowing s22,s2O for nine new
food inspectors and three new sani-
tary inspectors.
The new physical training pro-
gram for the high schools inaugu-
rated by the House this year was
curtailed by the Senate committee,
in two respects. The committee
reduced from 100000 to $4,000 the
salary item under the school
budget for physical training in
spectors and took $1,000 of the
amount allowed the Health De-
partment for medical examination
as part of the physical training.
In connection with the second
cut, the committee recommended
that, instead of employing IL part
time medical examiners at $l,500
each, four part-time examiners be
obtained at $1,000 each, which cut
that item from $16,500 to $1,000.
Following its annual custom, the
Senate committee struck out the
House provision seeking to require
nonresident pupils from Maryland
and Virginia to pay public school
tuition. Instead, the committee re-
stored the existing rule allowing the
children of men in the military
services and of other Government
employees outside the District to be
| admitted without tuition.
O'MahOney Amendment.
! A new feature this year is an
amendment Senator O'Mahoney was
| authorized to offer on the floor to
allow public school teachers to &C
cept other employment during the
summer vacation period.
To carry out the new law CO.
ordinating recreation, the commit
tee took the community center fund
of s81 ,32O out of the school budget,
increased it to 1854 1894 and placed
it under a new separate heading.
This transfer swelled the reductions
to an apparent total of s750,00O,
without actually eliminating that
much money.
Under the Board of Public We'll
| fare, there were other reductions,
which Senator OMahoney ex-
planned, do not deprive welfare
agencies of any apparent needs. For
relief allotments to needy families,
for example, $4,000 was cut from
the new appropriation and offset by
! re-appropriating an unexpended
balance of that amount from this
year.
Home care for dependent chill
| dren was cut $50 500, because, Sem
ator OMahoney said, the actual case
load is not running as heavy as the
Budget Bureau expected.
The fund for old-age assistance
also was cut $4,000, but Senator
OMahoney said this would still al
low for an estimated increase Of
20 new cases each month through
out the year.
The Senate committee adopted
j the plea of the Commissioners to
abandon the arbitrary schedule of
payments to be made to families
on relief, leaving it to. be deter
mined on need.
New Utilities Experts.
Funds were included to repair the
Polk School for use as temporary
Northwest health center until a new
center can be built.
The Public Utilities Commission
was given $11, 1895 for additional ex-
perts to meet war problems.
Taking notice of the fact that
the Senate District Committee is
making a thorough investigation of
the financial needs of the Water
Department, the appropriations
group decided it would be unwise,
pending that inquiry, to further de-
plete the reserve fund the water
service has been accumulating to
meet future expansion. 1t, there
fore, struck from the bill the House
provision authorizing the Treasury
to sell securities in the District
water reserve fund.
During hearings last week the
Senate subcommittee discussed with
District officials proposed additions
throughout the municipal service
aggregating more than s450,000
Pending action by the full commit
tee the subcommittee made no an
nouncement as to how many OF
these increases it had approved.