Evening star., 1942-04-16
S53,16,27S Extra
Is Recommended for
DC. by Budget Bureau
Sum Includes 30
Million for Housing
Under Lunhom Act
Nv WILL r. KENNEDY.

DlStrict needS growing out OF the
national war effort. in addition 70
the original District budget Of
S54,548,562. They were $4,000, 900
for defense housing and community
facilities. as authorized in the re-
Gently enacted Lanham bill; sup
elemental items OF s2,046,27s due to
the revised District budget and
100000 additional relief during the
current fiscal year for District police
and firemen.
The recommendations will receive
prompt consideration--in fact, much
OF the supplemental budget has
already been discussed during the
hearings now in progress on the
District appropriation bill The
$50, 900 for police and firemen's re-
lief will be considered BY the same
committee. possibly today.
Chairman Cannon of the Appro-
priations Committee said he ex-
poets TO report 10 the House next
week a separate resolution appro-
priatine the $4,000, 900 for defense
housing. This. he said, will imme-
diately follow the sixth deficiency
defense appropriation bill. on which
the Senate and House conferees
were rushing action yesterday. and
will be taken up before the pending
relief bill He said that he and
other members of the Appropria-
tons Committee appreciate that
these funds are urgently needed
and have already been too long de-
layed.' so that he anticipates his
Deficiency Subcommittee will report
the special resolution Just as soon
as possible"
SS0,000,000 for Housing.
The s5000o,000 for defense hous-
ing is divided--s300 100000 for the
National Housing Agency, with a
provision that slo,00o,o0o be re-
funded to the Presidents emer-
gency fund, which had advanced
that amount-and 1000, 900 to the
Federal Works Agency, with admin
istrative expenses limited to $780,
900. This $40 100000 Is specifically
for community facilities such as
schools, water works, sewers. hos
pitfalls. reereational facilities and
streets,
The revised budget includes in
creasine the highway fund from
ss.494, 900 to s4,4s5,loo. A total of
$3.50 900 is asked for studies and
surveys for a trunk highway from
the vicinity of Twelfth and X
streets NV. TO Fifteenth street
and Benning road NE, a trunk
highway from Connecticut avenue
and K street NV to Twenty
seventh and K streets NV, and
grade separations at Thirteenth and
H streets NV. and at Dupont
circle. Sixteen proposed paving
Jobs would be deleted. ,Adminlstra-
tive expenses Of the highway fund
would be increased from SIT ,220
to sl94,260 and salaries increased
from $2oS,4 to s24s,ooo,
For the water service, new
ss-inch main from Second and c
streets BE. TO G street and Ken
lucky avenue Sc; from Eleventh
and East Capitol street TO Eleventh
and G streets Sc, and from Elev-
enth and East Capitol streets to
Kentucky and Potomac avenues
Sc, at a cost OF s250o0o is pro-
posed to be substituted for the pre-
viouSly recommended 24-inch trunk
line from Anacostia Reservoir TO
Nichols and Alabama avenues Sc,
for which the estimated cost would
have been s2s6,oo0.
More Health Funds Sought
For the Health Department an
increase from $525,580 to s720,72
is asked for increased medical serv-
ice; from Sl4l,%7o to S201 $40 for
inspections and increases in upkeep
Of Gallinser and Glenn Dale SAM
toria.
For public welfare an increase
from s499, $50 10 $579,4 ,450 is recon-
mended for expenses OF the work.
house and reformstory. s25,000 for
scouisition of additional land and
approximately $4,000 for increased
expenses OF other agencies.
For the National Capital parks an
Increase from sS7s $50 to s4le,e50 is
recommended and for the National
Capital Park and Planning Com
mission approximately $4,000
For personal services in the new
Municipal Court $2i2,42 is asked
and for witness fees and Jurors
compensation, SS5, 900. For the new
Municipal Court of Appeals $4,000
is asked. of which $4,000 should be
Immediately available.
For the public schools, admins
trative salaries are proposed to be
reduced from sT26 300 to s722 .sss:
clerical salaries to be increased
from S2l7,s4o to s226,e75; teachers
Salaries decreased from sT,522, TAO
10 s75i2,24o and the item for
replacement of furniture reduced
from $26,l0o to $500.
More Fire Department Funds.
For the Fire Department, salary
increases from s2,l72,o6o to s., ,22s O6o
are proposed
For police ana nfemen'S relief, an
increase from $500 900 To 81 $50 900
Is asked.
For the free Public Library salary
decreases from sSl3.55 TO S4s6. .les
are proposed and the fund for books
and periodicals decreased from
$4,000 to $4,000.
Salary increases recommended are ,
Executive Offices, from $l0s,625 TO
sll4so5; purchasing division, sS7,475
20 sll4.s05. assessors Office. from
S2e5 .6S5 to SS4l ,S85 tax collector s
Office. from $50, TAO TO $64 500, Office
OF chief clerk, engineer Office, from
S3l $50 20 SIS $50; municipal archi-
tect's once. from S66.sso 10 $40 900; +;
public Utilities Commission, from
ST&4S5 TO $ss,5l5, and the Office Of
rent control, from sS7,l4o TO $50, ,720.
The fund for printing and binding
is proposed 10 be increased from
$50 900 to $50 900.
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