Evening star., 1943-06-22
Senate Committee
Adds S703,706 10
D. {. Supply Bill
Variety Of Activities in
S., ,493,210 Measure;
Passage Sought Today
Continued From First Page

ambulance facilities of the hospitals,
Police and Fire Departments.
To continue the housekeeping aide
service. started by WPA to assist ill
mothers, $685. ,745 was allowed.
Water Registrar Job.
Acting on the Controller Generals
report on water bill collections, the
committee took steps to begin a re-
organization of the water registrar s
office. 1t created new position OF
water registrar at $4,000 a year, voted
an increase from $4,000 to So 500 for
the present water registrar, who will
become the first assistant, and in
creased from $4,000 to $4,000 the
present first assistant, who will be-
come the second assistant.
The committee also included the
s79,358 recommended by the Budget
Bureau to maintain and operate
the IA recreation areas improved
and developed under the Lanham
Act.
The Senators concurred in House
action, making a $500 salary avail
able to revive the Office of people S
counsel before the Public Utilities
Commission. They went further by
adding $500 for clerical assistance
In the Office if the President ap-
points a counsel. The position is
authorized by law, but the President
saw fit not to fill the vacancy when
William A. Roberts left the job, and
after it had been vacant few years
Congress stopped appropriating the
salary.
Restores Parking Agency.
The Motor Vehicle Parking
Agency. eliminated by the House on
the theory it will not be needed until
wartime restrictions on gasoline and
tires are lifted, was restored by the
Senate group. District officials be-
lieve it will be advantageous to have
the agency plan now for prompt
solution of parking problems in the
postwar period. The agency has an
$4,000 unSpent balance, which is
continued available with a $2,5O0
addition.
The school system was allowed 40
new clerks at S1,44O each, a total
of S57600. for work in grade
schools to relieve teachers of
some of their Office work Senator
Holman, Republican, of Oregon
complained in the hearings that
teachers have so much data to COL
lect it interfereS with their teaching.
Two amendments to reduce juvenile
delinquency may be offered from the
floor of the Senate this afternoon
by Chairman McCarran of the
Senate District Committee. One
would authorize assignment of pupil
guidance teachers to Junior high
schools. as they are now assigned to
senior high schools. The other would
authorize the United States Public
Health Service to provide experts for
8 mental hygiene clinic at Juvenile
Court to study the causes of delin-
suency in individual cases and seek
remedies. Because these proposals
embody new legislation. Senator
QMahOney asked Senator McCarran
to poll the Senate District Com
mittee and then offer them in the
Senate.
Add three Assistant Principals.
In this connection, however, the
appropriations group added $4,000
tor three assistant principals for the
Randle, Langley and Gordon Junior
High Schools, and they could serve
as pupll-guidance teachers.
To help prevent dependent chill
dren from becoming delinquents.
Senator O'Mahoney also obtained
approval for three more case workers.
one supervisor and two clerks in the
Public Welfare branch that finds
foster homes for dependent children.
These will cost total of s1l.84O.
The Senate bill allows for new
assistant superintendent at Gallinger
Hospital at $4,000; four more tech
nlclans for the Public Utilities Com
mission at total of $4,000, and four
clerks IN the auditors office at a
total OF $1,000 to compute payroll
deouct1ons for all municipal en-
ployes under the pay-as-you 60 tax
law.
At the request of dog-owners. the
Senator's included an item of S1.115
to enable the District to keep a list
OF all registered dogs in each police
station to facilitate the return of
lost animals to their homes.
Funds for Library.
For tho pl1bljo
restored S5,940, approximately half
OF House reduction for personnel
Inc Senators also added language
continuing available $1,000 of an olo
appropriation to prepare plans for
the new central library building. On
the other hand, the Senate COM
mlttee reduced the Library main
tenance fund by S6,65O.
For sewer construction, the COM
mlttee continued available $3.50 OOC
of an unused balance from the past
year.
Ihe Refuse Department was given
SlI0,0OO more for street cleaning and
$205 900 more for collection and dis
posal of trash
ihiP'i olINCly lew changes were
made in the school budget. adding
$96,650. OF this amount S57,6 was
Tor the 40 clerks, the remainder
being for textbooks for the physical
education program.
Health Department Increase.
The Health Department was in
creased SAT 1886. most of which was
for the housekeeping aide program
In addition the department cot
three nurses at $1,000 each to con-
tmue work to prevent blindness
among children of school age, and
to clerks at S1.620 each.
Health Officer Rutland was given
new sanitary engineer at $500
II direct the sanitation inspection
service. He also was allowed S2l,12C
10 repair and operate the Henry
School as health center in con-
rcction with existing facilities at
tho Polk School.
The committee reappropriated
$4,000 of last years funds for re-
p9irS to the old tuberculosis hos
pital at Fourteenth and Upshu1