Evening star., 1944-04-27
Postwar School
Studied
By House Group
Additional Budget
Outlay Of $1,5N, 900
Asked by President

S"s
Postwar building programs of the
Commissioners and members of thu
Board of Education were being con.
sidered today by the House District
Appropriations Subcommittee as l,
weighed details of school board re.
quests for nearly 100000.
Meanwhile, President Roosevelt
sent to Congress requests for addi.
tional outlays of close to $1,500, ,00(
for various purposes, about half O,
which would be added to the Dis.
trict budget to raise its total te
SGT ,4S1 900, the greatest in municipa
history.
School items were scheduled fol
consideration at yesterday after.
Moons session before the subcom-
mittee headed by Representative
Coffee, Democrat, of Washington
but slow progress on other items
delayed the school items, which
amount to less than quarter OF
the total proposed budget.
Criticisms Heard.
Some criticisms of the Juvenile
Court and the District rent control
office were heard at yesterdays ses-
sion.
Judge Fay Bentley was accused OF
having been "too lenient," but she
replied she did not think so, al
though she might have made mis-
takes in some instances. She added
she thought the question of rehabil-
itation of youthful offenders would
prove more important later.
While Rent Administrator Robert
F.. Cogswell was on the stand, sub
committee members asserted there
had been "evasions" of price control
in some apartment hotels. Instead
of awaiting complaints, the rent
control administrator was urged to
60 out and investigate. He indicated
he would do so.
$4,000 Asked for Fairgrounds.
Purchase of three playground sites
in the midcity area was proposed by
President Roosevelt under the
Capper-Cramton program, at cost
of $740, 900, a sum already covered In
the Districts proposed debt-repay-
ment plan for the next fiscal year.
Speaking for the President, the
Budget Bureau said: I'm recent
months there has developed among
the citizens and certain Federal and
local agencies a conviction that ad-
ditional recreationaT facilities must
be established to reduce juvenile de-
lnquency. AS one of the essential
steps in this desired direction, the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission with the active support
of the District Recreation Board and
the Commissioners, recommends that
funds be appropriated to acquire
three playground sites in the midcity
area"
Budget Supplementals.
The President also forwarded sup
plementals TO the 1945 District
budget, amounting to $3.50 ,06s. These
included:
An item of $34,3oo toward ex.
penses Of the inaugural ceremonies
next january: $l50,0o0 for District
civilian defense purposes, including
$50 900 for the civilian war services
division: $685. for establishment
and maintenance Of two phychiatrie
units in the Health Department,
$22.487 extra for the Alcoholic Bev.
|erage Control Board, including pro.
vision for employment OF seven ad.
ditional inspectors (this in response
to demands for more rigid enforce.
ment of District liquor laws): $178,.
$40 for Gallinger Hospital, including
provisions for remodeling of the ole
kitchen quarters into new laundry
and to re-establish the old coal
heating plant for hot water.
Also $53, ,989 for the Board of Pub.
lie Welfare for additional sums fol
care of dependent children; $685.
900 for the Sewer Department fol
acquisition and development of {
materials storage yard; SOL $50 extrs
for operating expenses of the watel
division, and $2,120 for operating
expenses of the Free Public Library
Under pressure, by subcommitte'
members, spokesmen for the ofIic,
of recorder of deeds said they ha,
no objection to audits being mad'
by the District auditor, A. r. Pilker
ton, and the latter said his agent!
would start an audit today. Spokes
men for the recorder said "the doc
would be open" This was described
by Chairman Coffee as a DESIRABLE
new spirit Of cooperation"