Evening star., 1943-06-25
D. {. Funds Bill
Changes 0. k.'d
Conferees
Most of Additions
Put in by Senate
Are Approved
By ], A, O'LEARY.

House ana Senate cOnfereeS
reached a complete agreement
today on changes in the SIS, ,5O0,-
900 District supply bill for the
fiscal year starting July /, retain
ing most of the Senate additions.
The major item the Senate lost
was the motor vehicle parking
agency, for which the SerMte had
allowed an unexpended balance of
$4,000 plus $4,000 of new funds. The
House won its contention that funds
for this purpose would not be needed
during the war in view of gas and
tire rationing. The Senate had al
lowed the item in order to have
plans for solving the parking prob
lem ready when the war is over.
Among the important Senate pro-
posals accepted by the House group
are:
Authority to buy a site in Prince
Georges County. Md. for a new
National Training School for Girls,
s42 900 plus $4,000 for temporary
buildings.
Removal OF the Industrial Home
School from property on Wisconsin
avenue, needed by the Navy, to the
present girls training school on Mac
Arthur boulevards, with $4,000 for
repairs.
To keep the housekeeping aide
service going another year, s3S,74S,
which will provide for staff OF 80
to assist mothers in their house
hold work during illness.
Call for Water System Probe.
The conferees headed by Senator
OMahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming
and Representative Mahon, Demo-
crat, of Texas, included in the con-
ference report statement that the
Commissioners will be expected to
make an independent Investigation
of the entire water system, including
the recent report OF Controller
General Warren criticizine the
methods of the water registrars
Office in collecting bills.
The conferees accepted the Sem
ate item of $4,000 for a new position
OF water registrar, with the present
registrar becoming first assistant.
and the present assistant becoming
second assistant The conferees.
however, struck out salary increases
from $1,000 to $500 for the first
assistant, and from $4,000 to $4,000
for the second.
The House agreed to the $4,000
allowed the Commissioners by the
Senate to coordinate the ambu-
lance facilities of various local agen-
cieS, to expedite the response to
emergency calls.
The conferees retained the $79. 1853
to operate the IA recreation areas
developed under the Lanham Act.
40 School Clerks Cut Out.
The Senate yielded to the House
by eliminating 40 new clerks in the
schools, totaling $4,000, intended
to relieve teachers of some of their
clerical work.
Some of the Senate amendments.
including SIS 900 for the penny milk
school lunch fund and canning of
Victory garden products, are in
technical disagreement, but only be-
cause they involve legislative Ian
guage the House must act on sep
arately. The House conferees will
move adoption of these amendments
when the conference report reaches
the floor.
Among these technical disagree
ments, which the House is expected
to accept, are the two McCarran
amendments to reduce and prevent
juvenile delinquency. One allows
the school board to assign pupil
guidance teachers to the Junior as
well as the senior high schools. The
other authorizes mental hygiene
clinic at Juvenile Court, with ex-