Evening star., 1944-03-08
Virginia Senate
Gets Measure
To Aid Colleges
Funds Sought to Tide
Over Institutions
Hit Hard by War
By the Associated Press.


Hit Hard by War
By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Mar. 8.-Virginia s
State institutions Of higher learning
hard hit by the war, would be as
sured of sum sufficient" for
proper operation by an amendment
to the general appropriation bill
which comes up as a continuing
order of business before the Senate
tomorrow.
The institutions may require large
sums, estimated at $500,O0O or more,
to offset revenues already curtailed
by selective service and threatened
further by the curtailment or term
ination of contracts with the Fed
eral Government for the instruction
OF trainees for the armed forces.
The amendment, added by the
Senate Finance Committee after re-
ceiving the House-approved bill,
provides that of the "sum sufficient"
the Governor shall release and make
available to the institutions "as and
when needed" such amounts as In
his judgment are necessary.
Tax Convention Approved.
The Senate, after perhaps the
liveliest debate this session. voted
overwhelmingly against a House
approved resolution to memorialize
Congress to call constitutional
convention to adopt an amendment
for Is per cent limitation on taxes
on income, inheritance and gifts.
The record-breaking $235, 900 900
budget bill, reported yesterday by
the Senate Finance Committee. was
Increased considerably after leaving
the House by the committee, which
reduced none of the appropriations
and added some of its own. The
general fund increases weres esti-
mated at $500, 900 by the director of
the budget, ]. H. Bradford. He had
MADE no estimate of special fund in
creases.
The committee changes included a
large number of salary increases
payable both from the general fund
ana special funds, an appropriation
OF $4,000 to be used by the Gov
ernor for law enforcement and such
other purposes as he deems proper
and $244,900 for child welfare pro-
gram.
Service Vote. Still Pending.
Still pending with the budget bill
as major legislation to be settled
prior to adjournment Saturday are
measures to provide voting for serv-
Icemen.
The Senate Privileges and Elec-
ions Committee arranged to meet
'oday to consider the Weaver Sen
ate bill and two new bills DESIGNED
20 allow members of the armed
10 vote in national as well as
state and local elections.
The committee reported fayorablv
he Moses Senate bill freezing min
mum teacher units on the average
lazy attendance basis of 1923
u hadford to appropriate $4,000
,riatlng 1896, TOO q year. to prevent
he Stats appropriation per teacher
init from falling below 5000. II is
estimated that the bill would in
crease by 263 the teacher units
IN which distribution of State
funds for schools is based.
Memorial Voted Down.
The committee also killed a bill
by Senator Ted Dalton, Republican
of Radford, to appropriate $4,000
Tor memorial to Booker T. WASH
lngton, the Negro educator, at his
in Franklin County. A
subcommittee majority reported that
while favoring memorial the bill
would not accomplish the purpose
because 1t contemplated purchase of
q 200-acre farm without providing
for perpetual care and operation as
a memorial.
Chairman Aubrey G. Weaver of
the Senate Finance Committee said
the budget bill assured a balanced
budget by a provision authorizing
the Governor to cut capital outlay
appropriations up to SO per cent, II
necessary, to keep it balanced. The
measure contains $4,000, 900 of new
capital outlays in addition to about
IS 100000 in reappropriations.
College Granted S125,0
Madison College at Harrisonburg
was granted a capital outlay ap-
of $l25,000 and the
Woodrow Wilson home at Staunton
an appropriation of $500 a year
The House passed a Battle bill
which would allowable taxation OF
money held by institutions other
than banks at the same rate as
money in bank deposits. Previously
money held by institutions other
than banks has been taxed at a
rate of So cents per 500. The new
tax rate would be 20 cents per 500
The House passed unanimously
the "chiropractor's bill" providing
for examination and licensing OF
and naturopaths and
for the inclusion on the Board OF
Examiners of two chiropractors and
one naturopath.
After vigorous debate the House
killed House Courts of Justice
Committee amendment making life
term prisoners eligible for parole
after IL years and then passed the
Stephens Senate bill liberalizing
parole and probation eligibility laws
Also passed by the House was the
Clarke Senate bill allowing the COM
pensation board to increase the SAL
ary of the Alexandria police SER
geant.
Other Senate bills passed included
the Clarke Senate bill adding Fair
TAX to the Arlington -Henrico-Ches
terfield- Elizabeth City sanitary dis
tricts law
Chase Appeals for Action.
Francis S. Chase, executive secre-
try of the Virginia Education Asso-
citation, told the legislators in a
letter that if the budget is passed
as it stands much of the damage
done will be past your remedying at
any subsequent session of the Gen
eral Assembly" He wrote that:
Less than half the teachers will
get as much as $1,000 a year; aver
age salaries in So counties are now