Evening star., 1947-06-25
DC. Unit Begins
Budget Cutting
To Speed Bill
|. Horun Refuses to
Give up Fight for
| Additional Money
By Don S. Worren

Under orders to speed up Its work,
the District Subcommittee of the
House Appropriation Committee to-
day was beginning to draft re-
duced but still record breaking l948
city supply bill.
Representative Horan, Republic
can, of Washington. subcommittee
head, remained rebellious against
the refusal of Congress to provide
greater revenues to permit a larger
scale program of school construction
and other permanent improvements.
Mr.. Horan today all but gave up
hope for additional District revenues
during this session when he heard
of the recommendations of the
House and Senate eonferees on the
pending s13,500,00o revenue bill.
This completely ignored any pos
sibility of added revenue.
Two Bills Suggested.
Mr. Horan indicated he would re-
commend something in the nature
of two bills as to the appropria-
ton measure. One necessarily
would have to be reduced supply
bill limited to funds in sight for the
year beginning next Tuesday. The
other, would amount to a statement
of the numerous projects Mr.. Horan
believes mandatory" but which
cannot be authorized unless addi-
tional revenues are provided.
Orders to the Horan subcommit-
tee to bring out bill with no un-
due delay came from Chairman
Taber of the full House Appropria-
tions Committee. AS described by
Mr.. Horan, the instructions of Mr..
Taber were to bring out the bill i'm
mediately.
Assurances that the subcommittee
would bring out a bill balancing out
lays against expected revenues came
from several sources. Still smarting
under rejection of his sales tax and
District loan proposals, Mr., Horsn
told reporters he will not be "hur-
ried' through his responsibilities.
Il will not accept responsibility
for what may happen If the needed
funds are denied" he asserted.
Overcrowding Stressed.
He mentioned overcrowding in
schools, needs of modern buildings
and many other projects. The
wholly inadequate" revenue plan
now awaiting final congressional ac-
ton, he said, would force him to
vote against requested outlay of
$63 900 toward financing the pro-
posed city-wide X-ray program to
detect tuberculosis cases.
How can I vote for that" he
shot at reporters, when it would
mean not just $4,000 but prob
ably the cost of hospitalizing 1000
or 5000 more patients?
you get the people of Wash
ington back of my sales tax plan.
and if we can get that / can
recommend this and many other
projects"
| He planned to make tour this
week of many of the school build
ings where pupils are on a part
time class instruction, for lack of
teachers and classrooms. He was
to be accompanied by Representa-
tive Stefan, Republican, of Ne
braska, dean of the District Funds
Subcommittee
Stefan Backs Speedy Action.
Mr.. Stefan said he sympathizes
deeply with the position taken by
Mr.. Horan as to the need of elinin-
ating part-time instruction, but he
agreed it is necessary to get the
bill to the House floor quickly and
to bring the outlays within the
scope of available funds.
Chairman Dirksen of the House
District Committee said there will
be no action this session on pro-
posals for raising more revenue than
I that provided in the $13, 800 900
finance bill now before House and
J Senate conferees.
Mr.. Horan, however, still was
clinging to faint hope for approval
of his plan for Federal loan of
$7,000,000 to $10,000,000 to finance
school and other projects, He said
a formal written request from the
!, Commissioners for a loan is being
amended and addressed directly to
the House District Committee. This
, letter will ask for authority for a
. loan of not less than S5 Onn 600