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This Week on
AZ DC. Budget
Committee Approval
Expected to Send it
To Floor Thursday
By Don S. Worren

House action is expected this weel
on the Districts record 1949 budget
which repeatedly calls for an outlay
OF more than sl0l 900 900 and con.
firms the need for a s6,00o0 900 in
crease in revenues.
The supply bill and it's explana-
tory report were being readied yes
terday by officials of the Koran Sub
committee of the House Appropria-
tions Committee. 1t is scheduled tc
go to the full committee Tuesday
Approval there will send it to the
House for passage Thursday.
This is only one of number of
important District issues listed for
attention this week.
Once the city's appropriation bill
is passed by the House, the joint
Fiscal Subcommittee of the House
and Senate District Committees will
resume proposals for increased Dis
trlct taxes, notably the call for 2
per cent general sales levy.
District Group to Meet.
The House District Committee Is
to meet tomorrow morning to be-
gin consideration of amendments
to the Auchincloss city charter bill
for an elected District government
The more minor changes are to bt
acted on tomorrow.
II plans carry, final action will
be taken Tuesday. At that time
the dual voting" proposal, the sug.
gested fiscal formula to measure the
size of the Federal payment, anc
bonded debt and other flnancia
questions may be settled.
A bill to abolish the House anc
Senate District Committees and tt
substitute congressional joint
committee will be reported favor.
ably tomorrow by the Senate Com
mittee on Expenditures. This is
part of a larger bill to amend the
legislative reorganization act.
This plan would apply only to the
Districts legislative committee. The
District charter bill which also pro-
poses a joint District committee is
broader in that it would include
the functions of the District sub
committees of the House and Sen
ate Appropriations Committees.
Action on Tamm Due.
The nomination of Edward A
Tamm. FBI official, to be a justice
of District Court, will come before
the Donnell Subcommittee of the
Senate Judiciary Committee for pos
sible, but not promised, final action
at an executive session at 3 pm
tomorrow. The nomination has
been before the subcommittee since
early February. 1t has been the
subject of a dispute through many
protracted hearings.
Senator Cain, Republican, OF
Washington. acting for the Senate
Public Works Committee, said yes
terday he would seek early action
by the Senate on the bill authoriz-
ing construction of new Sl8,665, 600
Federal courthouse here.
The bill has been passed by the
House, without single objection,
and an identical bill was unan1-
mously reported last week by the
Senate Committee. Senate action is
to be taken on the next call Of the
Senate's calendar of bills.
Chairman Buck of the Senate
District Committee plans a confer
ence early this week with James r.
Kirkland. committee counsel, on the
committees unfinished business with
an eye to approaching adjourn
ment Of this Congress.
Armory Issue Ponds.
One of the more pressing subjects
to be charted is what to do with
the House. passed bill designed to
settle the long fight between the
District government and officers OF
the National Guard over disposition
Of confessional revenues from public
uses of the District Armory.
The sex offenders bill and pro-
posals for continuation of child day
care centers for another year and
to establish new regulations for op-
tometrists-all passed by the House
are awaiting Senate subcommittee
action. Because of the nearing ad-
journment, efforts will be made to
clear these soon for Senate approval.
The Miller Subcommittee of the
House District Committee is sched-
uled to meet Wednesday morning on
a bill to extend Government fnan-
cial aid to private hospitals not par
ticipating in the projected WASH
ington Hospital Center.
II also will consider request from
the Commissioners for legislation
to give the Federal and District
governments a right to lien on
damage awards to accident victims,
to the extent of the cost of care
given them at public expense at
Government hospitals here.
! A House Expenditures subcommit-
tee is to resume its hearings Tues
day morning on the Viers Mill Viii
lage veterans"shousing project. near
Wheaton, Md. which has been sub
sect to complaints as to high prices