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for Children, on site near Gallau-
Diet College. But in reference to the
protracted dispute between the
Commissioners and welfare officials
over the scope of this project, now
repeatedly about to be resolved, the
committee reviewed the lengthy his
tory of plans for this project. say
ing:
Calls for Construction Now.
The committee is including this
additional amount with the under
standing that the Board of Public
Welfare cease it's continual revision
of plans and begin the construction
Immediately this appropriation be-
comes available. 1t should also be
borne in mind that this is not a
privately endowed institution but
rather is a public institution sup
ported by all the taxpayers of the
District. The committee feels that
this building need not be elaborate
but should be a modern structure,
adequate to serve the current and
Immediately anticipated needs of
the District in this regard"
| Last December, Congress granted
about $4,000 for plans for this
building.
7. In critical mood, the commit
tee voiced hope that Col Edward j.
Kelly, superintendent of police, "in
the very near future will give serious
consideration" to the desirability of
a study looking to the increase of
emphasis on the criminal phase of
police work, with a lesser emphasis
on the traffic phase"
1t said the committee was not in a
position to measure the effectiveness
of the Police Department. but that
there is a general feeling" concern
ing the emphasis which the depart
ment seems to place on traffic viola
tions and traffic problems. "at the
apparent expense of effective police
activity in the apprehension of GRIM
inals."
The committee softenet- this barb
by saying that it appreciated that in
the National Capital the added re-
sponsibilities created by an increased
population had. perforce. been dis
charged by department with de-
creased police personnel.
Recommended police funds totaling
1885 900 represented cut of $780,
900 under budget estimates, largely
due to the temporary dropping OF
funds for 40 of the present 374 va
cancies in the force, which, the COM
mittee believed, could not be filled
in the coming year.
Traffic Estimate Slashed.
8. In an even more critical mood,
the committee slashed Sill $50 from
the budget estimates of the traffic
directors Office, leaving a total of
$396, 200. Saying it was not i'm
pressed with requests for additional
funds for personnel services and
other expenses, the committee added
the work load of the Office during
this wartime period should be "de-
creasing instead of increasing" II
noted that auto registrations hao
decreased from $4,000 in 1941 te
125, 900 for this year, but that the
. number of traf1ic signals remained
4 the same.
j It added: There Is q lack of nee.
essary general overall planning with
respect to traffic conditions, with tot
!; much time and effort devoted tx
what seems to be piecemeal planning
The engineers and other officials o1
this division still have no solution fol
the expeditions movement of traffie
in and out of the congested down.
town areas"
i g. Reluctantly" the committee
included in the bill an item of $40,-
600 for continuation of housekeeper
assistance service of the Health De-
partment and in this connection 1t
criticized the Commissioners for
i having failed to comply with a re-
quest year ago by the House and
Senate conferees to submit a report
to establish or disprove the effec-
tiveness and need for this service.
i Accordingly. the report today "in-
sists" that such Q study and report