Evening star., 1945-12-16
District Looks
To Conferees
For $774,904
Deficiency Measure
Would Provide for
Variety Of Projects

An immediate outlay of STA ,904
for variety of urgent District pro-
grams, including school, welfare and
health agency projects, was ap-
proved yesterday by the Senate as
1t passed and sent back to the
House an enlarged 1916 deficiency
bill. ,t
The measure Is expected to be
sent to House-Senate Conference
Committee where differences be-
tween the outlays proposed by the
two bodies, dealing with both ma
tional and local items, will be fought
out.
The fate of the District motor
vehicle parking agency likely will
be settled there. While an item of
only $4,000 is involved in the pend
ing bill, to provide a small staff
for the agency, Chairman Cannon
OF the House Appropriations Com
mlttee declared there was mo need"
for the agency when he recently
persuaded the House to debate the
item.
Restored by Senate Group.
This was restored by the Senate
Appropriations Group and the SEN
ate agreed to this yesterday as it
passed the supply bill.
In all. the Senate added $94, 900
to the District items approved by
the House. which totaled $500 ,3O4.
The Senate amendments included:
A fund of $4,000 for the con-
struction Of third floor to the
hospital building at the District
Training School for Feeble Minded.
at Laurel, Md, to care for the in
creased load of patients; $4,000 for
drafting plans for an apartment to
house staff physicians of the Glenn
Dale tuberculosis Sanatorium; SIS
900 as a special emergency fund to
be used in paying for arrangements
and the reception of returning war
heroes; and one authorizing a spe-
cial survey of means of preventing
the repeated flooding of the cellars
of homes in the central area of the
District, now caused by inadequate
stormwater sewers.
White House Expansion.
Federal sections of the bill provide
$1,650,0O0 for expansion of the East
and West wings of the Executive
Mansion; 5000 for acquisition of
statue of George Washington, to be
placed in the Capitol Grounds;
$1,183.47 to recompense Chairman
Bilbo of the National Memorial
Stadium Commission for the salary
of a commission secretary, which
he had paid out of his own pocket
ION faith"
In addition to these the Senate
also added $18l ,575, which had been
denied by the House for plans for
large building construction pro-
gram for Howard University, to in
clude dental building, an engi-
neering and architectural school
two more women's dermitories and
an auditorium.
Uncontested Items.
Uncontested between the House
and Senate and now sure of enact
ment, are these items:
For resumption of the war-delayed
improvement program for the Dis
trict waterfront along Maine avenue,
$413, 900, including new piers, yacht
basins and other improvements;
pay increases for the staffs of the
Columbia Institution for the Deaf
and of Howard University, to bring
them into line with Federal classi-
fed service; and $3,998, 900 for ex-
pansion of facilities at the Washing
ton National Airport, for new ham
gars and other facilities which would
be the beginning of proposed
Sic, 100000 program to enable the
port to meet zooming demands for
commercial service.
Uncontested District items, now
appearing certain of enactment, in
clude increased authorized sums for
six school building projects, made
necessary by rising construction
costs; $237 500 to complete construc-
ton of a new heating plant at the
Home for Aged and Infirm; funds
for preparing plans for new $780,
900 Industrial Home School; $40 900
for temporary buildings near Laurel,
Md, for a new home for the National
Training School for Girls, and $780,
900 for laying storm water sewers to
meet requirements in new residential
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