Evening star., 1947-07-04
ID. Carriies0n
Under Stop-Gap
Fund Measure
Trumon's Signature
At Charlottesville
Provides for Needs
= By Harold B. Rogers

President Truman's signing
last night of the stop-gap funds
bill will clear the way for the
District to take care of nearly a
score of city services pending
enactment of the big 1e48 supply
bill.
The President signed the emer-
gency measure at Charlottesville,
Va, after it had been flown to him
from the Capital by special mes
senger.
The signing took place in the
home of Stanley Woodward, State
Department protocal chief, where
the Chief Executive is visiting. The
signed bill was flown back to WASH
ington, so official notification could
be forwarded to the agencies
affected.
No Payroll Cash.
The measure does not provide cash
ITO meet the District governments
payroll. 1t is hoped, however, that
the regular supply bill will be law
before it is needed to meet the
July % disbursement.
The interim act authorizes speci-
fled agencies to incur administrative
and other expenses, until their
regular appropriation bills can be-
come law. Pressure is being put on
Congress to whip through the Dis
trict appropriation bill, and other
remaining supply measures still in
the legislative mill at the Capitol.
The interim act will release
funds for more than 1000 persons
on relief here. But according to
Assistant Auditor John Hughes,
supervising expenditures for relief.
it may be a week or 10 days before
the money can be placed to the
credit of the District in the Treas
ury, and the checks mailed.
GAO Procedure Causes Delay.
Delay is caused by procedure Of
the General Accounting Office, un-
der which funds are handled.
Checks have been held up for 1855
blind cases, 1908 aid-to-dependent
children, 2,052 old-age and 900 gen.
eral public assistance cases.
Provision for payment of these
cases is made in an item of S205, 900
for welfare activities in the District
section of the interim act.
! Several other cash items for the
District are included. Among them
are:
Employees compensation fund,
$4,000: maintenance of buildings.
grounds and schools, $50 1000; public
library, $4,000: recreation activ-
tiles. $4,000: Metropolitan Police.
$4,000; Fire Department, $4,000;
police and fire retirement and relief
fund, $4,000.
| Also, sewer division, 100000;
refuse division, $150,O00; Washington
aqueduct, $4,000; superintendent of
District buildings, $4,000; central
garage, $4,000; electrical division,
$4,000; streets and bridges, $50 900;
vehicles and traffic division, $4,000,
and tree division, $4,000.
May Go to House Wednesday.
The $96,000,0O0 District appropria-
tion bill for this fiscal year is ex-
pected to be reported by the Horan
subcommittee to the full House
Appropriations Committee Tuesday.
If the full committee acts promptly.
the measure would be sent to the
House for action. 1t may reach
debate on the floor Wednesday after
noon, unless there is delay. This
schedule, however, is subject to
change.
The new District revenue bill
needed to balance the District
budget still is in conference, but
House and Senate conferees are
scheduled to meet Monday to COM
pose differences between House and
Senate versions.
Principal difficulty is over the So
called O'Hara amendment exempt
ing from the proposed District in
come tax Federal workers who make
aff1davits that they are subject to
State income or Intangible taxes in
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