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

. Early provision of funds to speed
the Districts welfare agency and
school building programs appeared
likely today, insthe light of recon-
mendations made late yesterday by
the House Appropriations Commit
tee, but fight looms over its denial
of 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 s776,-
304 deficiency funds sought by the
Commissioners and the Budget Bu-
reau, eliminated a $4,000 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 q
lead in demanding municipal ac-
ton 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 a temporary
saving of a mere $1,000"
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. I'm for that" f."
said Mr.. Coffee. 1--WE can't delay"
said Mr.. Stefan, I'VE are faced
with parking crisis here"
District government items total
ing $680,304 were written into the
first deficiency bill of 1945-1e46 as
reported by Chairman Cannon yes
terday after five-hour, closed-door
committee debate over national is
sues in the bill.
Included in other sections of the
s1,131 ,452, 900 bill are funds to ex-
pand facilities at the Washington
National Airport to meet growing
traffic demands. This work, costing
$3,998 900, would provide for con-
struction of four hangers, an extern
sion to the Terminal Building, an
addition to the boiler house and for
acquisition of land needed for an
access road.
Pay Raises at Howard U.
AS written by the full committee,
the bill also calls for $4,000 to per-
init increases in pay for Howard
University employees, to bring their
scales up to the Government worker
level, but the committee struck out
a subcommittee recommendation for
100000 for drafting plans for addi-
tional buildings at Howard.
The committee also recommended
S26, 900 for the Columbia Institution
for the Deaf, to bring the salaries of
its staff into line with Federal pay
levels, and S20,600 to complete re-
modelling its old buildings to bring
them into compliance with the Dis
trict Building Code
District items recommended by
the Cannon Committee include
funs regarded by the Commission
ers and the Board of Public We'll
fare as vitally necessary to push
ahead with long-deferred programs
for replacement of dilapidated well
fare agencies. The bill provides:
/. A fund of $4,000 for drafting
of plans for a 100000 new home
for the Industrial Home School, to
be erected near Laurel, Md, as a
part of the children's center being
developed there. Hearings on the
proposal brought out that the Navy
Department again is insisting that
it be permitted as soon as possible
to regain possession of the tract
on Wisconsin avenue at Observatory
Circle, being used by the home.
2 An appropriation of $4,000 for
the remodeling of buildings at Jolly
Acres, near Laurel, purchased as
the future home for the National
4ldlllllS 0SllOOl 1Ol Slllo.
$4,000 for Home for Aged.
3. An item of $237, 900 for compile
ton of the new heating plant at
the Home for Aged and Infirm
which is designed to meet the needs
of the projected new institution
home to be developed on the Blue
Plains site.
The Appropriations Committee
also recommended boost of nearly
100000 in the total authorized
cost of half a dozen District school
projects which it found necessary
because of an increase of IS per
cent or more in construction costs
which have occurred during the
wartime delay in this building pro-
gram.
Projects covered by the proposed
increased authorizations are the
Bell (Abbot) Vocational School, the
total permitted outlay for which
would be boosted to $1,190,000;
Spingarn High, to $4,000, 900; Miller
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 the
vicinity of Eleventh and G streets
Sc, to replace the Cranch and
Tyler Schools, to 100000, and new
Logan School, $350,0O0.
$1,000 for Underpass.
In addition, the committee recon-
mends an additional $1,000 to cover
costs of construction of an under
pass under Hiatt place between
buildings of Power Junior High
School.
Other items included in the Dis
trict Government section of the bill
are: An additional $12,400 for the
Office of Recorder of Deeds, for the
hire of staff to handle the recording
of discharse papers of returning SER
vicemen; an additional 5000 for
construction Of a home for the
superintendent of Gallinger Munich
pal Hospital, to be erected on the
hospital grounds; and $32o,O00 for
storm water sewers to serve new
housing developments which are
planned to take up some of the slack