Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-03-09
Senate Group
Approves Funds
For Child Care
High School Corps
Training Included
In Six Billion Bill

The Senate Appropriations
Committee today approved the
addition of funds to the First
Deficiency Appropriation Act for
Federal grants to the States for
the care of children of war
working mothers and to organize
Victory Corps for premilitary
training in high schools.
The committees action on the
$3.50 100000 bill carrying $4,000
100000 in cash and s2l73 100000 in
contract authority for the Maritime
Commission to finance the construc-
ton of 2,l6l additional cargo ships
reversed recent House action.
For the child-care program the
Senate committee recommended 81
$4,000 to be allotted to the States
IN amounts not exceeding so per
cent OF the total to be spent in the
State, and s39. 1000 to administer the
plan.
High School Program.
The high school program includes
these items:
To prepare high school students
FOR wartime service. s2.390,OOO. to
include medical examination and
special instruction in physical edu-
cation, aeronautics, science and
mathematics; to aid the States in
organizing a high school victory
corps, s678,000; for administrative
expenses of the Federal Office of
Education in connection with the
program, sl14,0oo.
The Senate committee again
turned down War ManpoWer Chair
man McNutt's request for $3.50 900
to bring up to the Federal pay level
State employment office personnel
taken over by the Federal agency.
Although the budget recommended
1t, the House turned it down before
passing the deficiency bill two weeks
ago.
In addition to the new Federal
Aid program for the children of
mothers In war work, the Senate
committee also allowed the Chill
dren's Bureau $l.20O.00O additional
for the care Of children.
Agency Provisions.
With Senate Committee additions.
the bill will carry a total of about
a, $4,000 900 for urgent needs Of
virtually all branches of the Gov
eminent for the remainder of this
hscal year.
A House provision forbidding the
Government from disposing of any
ship except by a lease ending six
months after the war, was modified
by the Senate committee to apply
only to merchant vessels.
The committee explained that the
power to transfer limited number
of vessels In some way other than
by lease may, in certain instances.
''be essential to the adequate con-
duct OF the war"
The. largest single increase was
S2.l75 900 to investigate new sources
OF bauxite and alunite ores, essen
tlal TO the war program. The House
previously allowed 1925 900 for this
purpose, but the Senate committee
expressed the belief the aluminium
situation is serious and the every
effort should be made to develop
known deposits and seek new ones.
Committee members said no effort
was made to restore to the bill a
10000 appropriation approved by
the Budget Bureau as a supple
mental fund for the National Re-
sources Planning Board The House
Committee omitted this item be-
cause OF previous action eliminating
funds for the agency in the next
fiscal year
No renewal Of the request for
supplemental funds was made by
the board, which has served as a
long-range planning agency under
the direction of President Roosevelt.