Evening star., 1945-11-27
Welfare, School
Projects Await
House Approval
Fight Impends for
Parking Agency Fund
In Supply Bill
BY DON S. WARREN.

BY DON S. WARREN.
Early provision of funds to speed
the Districts welfare agency and
school building programs appeared
likely today, in the light of recon-
mendationS made late yesterday by
the House Appropriations Commit
tee, hut a fight looms over its denial
of a staff for the Motor Vehicle
Parking Agency. The bill was to
be taken up in the House today.
The Appropriations Committee,
in slashing $4,000 from the $776,-
304 deficiency funds sought by the
Commissioners and the Budget Bu-
reau, eliminated a $1,000 item to
provide a small staff for the re-
Gently "reactivated" parking agency
It's view that this item should
await hearings next spring on the
regular 1947 budget brought a
prompt reaction from Democratic
and Republican members of the
House.
Representative Hebert,. Democrat,
of Louisiana, who recently took a
lead in demanding municipal ac-
tion for off-street parking facilities
announced he would offer an
amendment on the floor to restore
the parking agency staff fund. He
held the need for getting the agency
to work on parking facilities was
much more vital than temporary
saving Of "rlere $5,000."
parking Crisis" Seen.
Chairman Coffee of the District
Subcommittee of the Appropriations
Committee and Representative
Stefan, Republican, of Nebraska,
ranking minority member of the
subcommittee, declared their full
support OF his move. t'I'm for that
said Mr.. Coffee. 1--WE can't delay
said Mr.. Stefan. I'VE are faced
with parking crisis here"
District government items total
ing $3.50, ,304 were written into the
first deficiency bill of 1945-1946 as
reported by Chairman Cannon yes
terday after five-hour, closed door
committee debate over national is
sues in the bill.
Included sin other sections of the
81, ,131 ,452, ,0Os bill are funds to ex-
pand facilities at the WASHINGTON
National Airport to meet growing
traffic demands. This work, COSTING
s3,998, 900, would provide for con-
struction of four hangers, an exten.
sion to the Terminal Building, ar
addition to the boiler house and fol
acquisition of land needed for ar
access road.
Pay Raises at Howard U.
AS written by the full committee
the bill also calls for $188, 900 to per.
init increases in pay for Howard
University employees, to bring theil
scales up to the Government worker
level, but the committee struck ou
a subcommittee recommendation fol
100000 for drafting plans for addi.
tional buildings at Howard.
The committee also reeommendec
$4,000 for the Columbia Institution
for the Deaf, to bring the salaries o1
its staff into line with Federal pay
levels, and $2O,600 to complete re.
modelling its old buildings to brint
them into compliance with the Dis
trict Building Code.
District items recommended b,
the Cannon Committee includ,
funs regarded by the Commission
ers and the Board of Public Wei
fare as vitality necessary to pusl
ahead with long-deferred program
for replacement of dilapidated wei
fare agencies. The bill provides
l. A fund of $4,000 for draftin,
of plans for 100000 new hom
for the Industrial Home School, t.
be erected near Laurel, Md, as
part of the children's center bein
developed there. Hearings on tn
proposal brought out that the Nav,
Department again is insisting tina
1t be permitted as soon as possibl
to regain possession of the trac
on Wisconsin avenue at Observator,
Circle, being used by the home.
2, An appropriation of $4,000 TO
the remodeling of buildings at Joll,
Acres. near Laurel, purchased a
the future home for the Nationa
Training School for Girls.
S237, 600 for Home for Aged.
8. An item of $237 900 for compile
ton of the new heating plant a
the Home for Aged and Infrn
which is designed to meet the need
of the projected new institution
home to be developed on the Blu
Plains site.
The Appropriations Committe,
also recommended a boost of nearl,
100000 in the total authorized
cost of half a dozen District schoo
projects which it found necessar,
because of an increase of 35 pc
cent or more in construction cost
which have occurred during tn
wartime delay in this building pro
gram.
Projects covered by the proposed
increased authorizations are tn
Bell (Abbot) Vocational School, tn
total permitted outlay for which
would be boosted to $1,190 900
Spingarn High, to $4,000 900; Mile
Junior High, to $1,350,000; an ad
dition to Taft Junior High, to pro
vide for gymnasiums and recrea
tion hall, to $4,000; new elemen
tary school to be erected in tn
vicinity of Eleventh and G street
Sc, to replace the Cranch ant
Tyler Schools, to 5000 900, and a nev
Logan School, $3.50, 900.
$1,000 for Underpass.
In addition, the committee recon
mendS an additional $1,000 to cove
costs of construction of an under
pass under Hiatt place between
buildings Of Power Junior Higl
School.
Other items included in the Dis
trict Government section of the bill
are: An additional $12,400 for tn,
Once Of Recorder of Deeds, for tn,
hire of staff to handle the recordint
OF discharge papers of returning ser.
vlcemen; an additional $1,000 70,
construction of a home for tn,
superintendent of Gallinger Munich
pal Hospital, to be erected on tn,
hospital grounds; and $500. 600 fo