Evening star., 1942-06-14
Civic Problems, CivicB Bodies
War Housing and the Rent Act;
Citizens Oppose Welfare Plan
BY JESSE C. SUTER.

BY C. SUTER.
District Columbia appropriation bill
1s4 passed Monday gone
AS passed by the Senate amounts $5e33es which
Senate made
increases of s95O23O and reductions toalng $75O420
position principal assistant welfare
director and reduced by $4,000 funds
schools Among by the Senate were those for
new hehouse at North Capitol Crienden streets new police
precinct at street and Bennng
and temporarily during
Public Library service including branch for
Anacosia.
The discussed regulation requiring provision of
parking space for future buildings zonng
mission Effective september 1912 private dwelling hotel
other residential District
OF Columbia must be provided with automobile parking
space Unless such provisions made building permits
denied the of residential purposes will be
banned The regulations of the give various
formulas for determining the space required
The Senate District Committee Tuesday approved seven bills
among these were the proposed pay police and een
OF $500 per creating the corporal Police Department
ing outside corporations from cases authorizing
payment OF school cstodans for authorizing the
Of the salaries tax
and authorizing placing to the late senator
George E. Chamberlain in Gallnger Hospital
The Federation of Associations was unable o c,eo
its slate at the meeting June an adjourned ses
sion next Saturday night
Citizens bar and to look hopefully to the
nomination of the judges the Municipal Court of Appeals
and the new Municipal Court These appointments
but the selections really the District citizens want
they will be well worth waiting for
Federation Asks Rent Act Amendment
AS an nducement private hosehode open their homes
to war workers the Federation of Citizens its
meeting amend the Rent
Administration Act
The idea is give required househoder who are
not regularly taking in
The Rent Act, it pointed out intended to control
the operation regular boarding oomng the
lection of the tenants The
getting rid of Objectionable
OF private househoders
help out in the present situation
The amendment proposed Municipal Court
the handling of of nonhousekeepng
dations located within single dwelling unit
roong boarding house and the
unit Is occupied by the lessor his immediate family
developed discussing this question unfortunate
experience houeoders Objectionable
lettering others from renting spare
proposal Federation
dissenting
Civic and Welfare Groups Oppose Welfare Bill
The District Commissioners drafted
In Congress H 76 being bill ito redehn the powers and
duties of the Public Columbia
to establish Department of Public Welfare
poses In letter from the Commissioners transmitting copy
Of the draft the bill the Board of Public Welfare
Thonett explains that the bill
body namely the Board of Commissioners Of District
Columbia both authority responsibility the
ton of the welfare program of the District
The bill would strip the Welfare all limited
advisory Of the believe
be need for welfare degad
opposed the elimination weakening citizens boards
Federation Citizens Associations opposed
ing the Welfare Board to a mere advisory body.
This bill will be the principal subject discussion before the
Legislative
sci Keech Mrs Frank Lenzel will lead the discussion