Evening star., 1947-03-30
D. {. Residents
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Bills This Week
Sessions Scheduled
On Child Care and
Budget Problems
By Don S. Worren

BY Don ,. warren
spokesmen for thousands Of Dis.
trict residents will so to the Capito
this week to testify on two contro.
versial subjects-the city revenue
problem and control of child cor
rectional institutions.
Tomorrow, the Miller subcommit.
tee of the House District Commit
tee, will consider two bills of Repre-
sentative Hebert, Democrat, of Loui-
siana, that grew out of last years
inquiry into District penal institu-
tons.
One Of these, opposed by social
service groups, proposes among other
things that control over the Districts
child care institutions be transferred
from the Welfare Department to the
Department of Corrections.
At the other end of the Capitol
q battle is to be started Tuesday
over what means shoupld be adopted
% raise additional revenue needed to
Balance the Districts record-break-
.ng $95, 100000 budget for 1948.
Daylight Saving Bill Pending.
In addition, if present plans are
carried out, District Committee
Chairman Dirksen will call up the
Districts local option daylight saving
bill in the House this week. The
McGrath bill, as passed by the Sen
ate, will be brought before the
House as soon as the legislative pro-
gram permits.
Before going into a detailed ex-
animation of each of the nine reve-
Tue bills, the joint House-Senate
seal group has scheduled a whole
lay for citizens spokesmen.
Representative Bates, Republican.
f Massachusetts,, head of the Fiscal
ubcommittee of the House District
Committee, said this session of his
roup should be devoted primarily to
iscussion of the general picture"
f District financial needs and rev.
1ue problems. Later, he said, Dis
rict taxpayers would be given a
econd day in court to testify spe-
if1cally on the individual tax bills.
Demands are expected to be made
tuesday, that some of the proposed
100000 extra District tax load
e avoided by cutting down the
95,0O0,000 budget. On this point,
ne prominent member of the SEN
te District Committee commented
le other day that he felt consid-
.able saving could be effected.
Warning on Cuts Expected.
District officials, it is expected,
ii warn that saving of one or
,,Veral million dollars in the pend
= budget will not solve the prob
N. since there is a huge backlog
permanent needs piling up, some
which will have to be met later
!: not next year.
A sharp clash Of views IS ex-
ected Tuesday if the joint group
armits at that time, instead of
lter, pro or con argument on the
ending tax bills. Some citizens
pokesmen are poised to protest
against the sales-tax plan and 9TH
RS will urge it as a means of get
ing taxes from the transients and
,smporary residentss
Commenting on one issue before
ne joint fiscal subcommittee, Mr..
,ates said yesterday he had found
generally speaking" that the size
Washington public school classes
id not place an excessive" pupil
,ad on the teacher. He hastened
} add there were numerous excep-
Ions, at various schools.
Among witnesses so far listed for
the revenue-tax hearing are Brig.
Gen. David McCoach, jr., head OF
the Municipal Finance Committee
of the Washington Board of Trade;
Kenneth F. Armstrong, chairman OF
the Fiscal Relations and Tax Com
mittee of the Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations; Jerome B. Nc
Kee of the Law and Legislation
Committee of the Federation OF
Businessmen's Associations, and
Mrs. Robert Wilson of the District
League OF women VOTERS.
Others Due to Testify.
Others scheduled to testify on the
problem are c. F. Preller, president
of the Central Labor Union; Wash
ington I. Cleveland, representing
the American Automobile Associa.
ton, and Milton S. Kronheim anc
F. Joseph Donohue for Washington
liquor dealers. Committee officials
said there also would be spokesmer
for the Congress of Industrial Or.
ganizations and other union groups
The Northwest Council of Citi.
zens' Associations will be repre-
sented by G. M. Atherholt.
Two Hebert welfare reform bill!
will be considered at hearings be.
ginning at 10 am. tomorrow before
the Miller subcommittee. One o.
these would set up authority for thu
Board of Public Welfare to estab.
lish a diagnostic, treatment ant
classification service for the deter
mination of the needs of each chile
under the boards control.
The other bill proposes to trans
fer from the Board of Public Welfar,
to the Commissioners all powers ant
responsibilities over the Industria
Home Schools for white and coloret
children and the National Training
School for Girls. These powers woult
be exercised for the Commissioner
by the new Department of Correc
tions, which operates the Distric
penal institutions.
The Miller subcommittee also ma,
take some action tomorrow on tn,
competing bills authorizing full tim,
operation of alcoholic clinics. AS {
result of hearings on the origina
Hebert clinic bill, exactly parable
bills now are sponsored by Chairman
Miller, Republican, and by Mr.
Hebert, a Democrat. This issue il
expected to be passed first to tn,
full District Committe and later II
the House.
Dr.. Kindler's Condition