Evening star., 1947-07-04
dc. Carriies0
Under Stop-Gap
Fund Measure
Trumon's Signature
At Charlottesville
Provides for Needs .
By Harold B. ROGERS

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 8
score of city services pending
enactment of the big 1948 supply
bill.
The President signed the emer.
gency measure at Charlottesville
Va, after it had been flown to hin
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
to meet the District government
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.
fed agencies to incur administrative
and other expenses, until theil
regular appropriation bills can be,
come law. Pressure is being put or
Congress to whip through the Dis,
trict appropriation bill, and othel
remaining supply measures still ir
the legislative mill at the Capitol.
The interim act will release
funds for more than 1000 person!
on relief here. But according tt
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 o.
the General Accounting Office, un.
der which funds are handled.
Checks have been held up for 18t
blind cases, 1908 aid-to-dependen
children. 2,052 old-age and 900 gen.
eral public assistance cases.
Provision for payment of these
cases is made in an item of $205 ,00(
for welfare activities in the District
section of the interim act.
Several other cash items for thu
District are included. Among then
are:
Employees compensation fund
$4,000; maintenance of buildings
grounds and schools, s50,000; public
library. $4,000; recreation activ.
tiles, $4,000; Metropolitan Police
$4,000; Fire Department, $4,000
police and fire retirement and relief
fund, $50000. ..---
Also, sewer division, 100000
refuse division, $3.50. 600; Washington
aqueduct, ,~S23 900; superintendent o.
District, buildings, ,$50,000; centra
garage, $4,000; electrical division
$4,000; streets and bridges, $4,000
vehicles and traffic division, $4,000
and tree division, $4,000.
May Go to House Wednesday.
The SOC, ,000, 900 District appropria.
ton bill for this fiscal year is ex.
pected to be reported by the Horar
subcommittee to the full House
Appropriations Committee Tuesday
If the full committee acts promptly
the measure would be sent to thu
House for action. 1t may reach
debate on the floor Wednesday after
noon, unless there is delay. Thi
schedule, however, is subject Il
change.
The new District revenue bill
needed to balance the Distric
budget still is in conference, bu
House and Senate conferees arr
scheduled to meet Monday to com.
pose differences between House ane
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
affidavits that they are subject tt
State income or Intangible taxes ii
their home States.