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enough, heed to the Commissioners
July economy order. The estimates
released today are $33, ,998, ,260 less
than last years overall estimate OF
s144, 4,1S6,90s
Bulge Officer Fowler warned, how
ever. that the departments will have
to face large scale reductions from
the figures they have set down as
their minimum requirements before
the budget goes to Congress in Janu-
ary -,
The Commissioners ordered all
department heads to cut back after
calling for preliminary budget esti-
mates in June this year. The pre-
liminary estimates Mr.. Fowler SAID.
adoeI up to fantastic $40, l29, ,4o8.
the general fund estimates alone
totahng s104, LAG, ,407.
The city already faces a $4,000 900
deficit because of the failure of Con-
gress to enact 2 per cent sales tax.
he said, and because of the general
state of the city's finances. A large
part of this deficit was created by
the $650000 the District must use
to cover pay increases for Federal
agencies paid from District appro-
priations.
| The economy order informed the
department heads that no new jobs
would be considered. unless they
were vital to operation OF new
facilities or saved money for the
District, and that no new construc-
ton would be considered except
that necessary to complete projects
already under way.
The public school estimates for
fiscal 1850, as approved by the
Finance Committee of the Board of
Education and submitted to the
budget Office, are S9,0l7 ,75O less than
the board asked for last September
and S!,356,433 less than the school
system finally was allotted.
Largest Single Item.
Largest single item sought by the
School Board is S2,931.30O to be
applied to operation of buildings
and grounds and for maintenance of
equipment. The School Board also
requested S1,7O7,OOo for the teachers
retirement fund, $1289,80O for re-
pairs and maintenance of buildings
and grounds and $2,065 $50 for
finishing 27 schools in various stages
of construction.
The school officials cut their cap
ital outlay appropriation from
l94s's $4,G6o683 to a 1850 estimate
Of s2,561,450. They asked for no
money to acquire undeveloped sites
fol future schools, although Con-
sress appropriated $4,000 for that
purpose in 1949.
In transmitting the school budget
estimates to the Commissioners,
Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, presi-
dent of the Board of Education,
wrote:
These estimates do not include
many of the critical needs of the
public schools for 1850. Statistics
carefully gathered by both parent
groups and school officers show con-
ciuslvely the need for immediate
Dew school construction in certain
areas
DR.. Hobart M. Corning, superin-
tendent of schools, said the Com
mlssioners' economy order auto
matically eliminated requests for
new personnel except those required
for functioning of new schools or
school additions. The estimates pro-
vide for So new Jobs, including Is
new teachers, three new principals
a1io one new assistant principal in
schools to be completed within the
next 18 months.
DIR. Corning said the public school
construction Program will suffer
very greatly because the Com
missioners would not allow inciu-
sion in the budget of any requests
for new construction not yet au-
thorized by Congress.
He listed nine projects for addi-
ticns to schools. and replacement
programs for other junior high, high
ano elementary school projects
which should be authorized in the