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already bought By the Govern
ment. be cleared. He said that
more than 50 buildings. including
church and many residences,
will be torn down.
The House appropriations group
approved the fun &i.374.Soo re-
ouested to complete reconstruction
Of the Senate and House cham
bers. including reroofing This
amount would bring to S4s34 600
the total provided for the project.
scheduled 10 begin July / and 70
be completed In January. 1881.
! Foreign Aid Item Eliminated
/ In its reductions. the committee
eliminated a s344. 900 item for the
JOINT Committee on Foreign Eco
nomic Cooperation. II noted the
foreign aid program is nov in its
second year OF operation. policies
have been established. and the ad-
ministrative organization Is 80 ef-
icient as to have received the for
NAL commendation OF the Com
mittee on Appropriation"
Therefore. 1t was stated. there
Is no Justification for continue
ton Of the Joint Committee staff -
In its report. the committee
made q number OF criticisms OF
Capitol Housekeeping. 1t stated !:
/. That the Government should
receive some rent money from
the Western Union Telegraph Co.
for space used as telegraph offices
in the House once Buildings. The
present arrangement was fair
when the Government received q
discount on telegraph messages,
but this concession no longer OBJ
tains, it was stated.
Auto Allotment Questioned.
2. That the recording studios
maintained for the use OF mem
bers OF Congress should not be
subsidized by the taxpayers and.
under the present Arrangement
appears somewhat haphazard
and slipshod and could stand q
complete review"
/ 3. That the Architect OF the
Capitol should exercise more rig
Id control" of preliminary work by
a private contractor on the Capt.
tol re-roofing project.
4. That 1t holds some uncer-
tainty" about the allotment for
automobiles assigned to certain
House officials and intends to in
vestigate this before the next
budget is considered.
5. That the index TO State legis-
lation prepared by the Library OF
Congress Is less satisfactory than
private publications in the field
(The committee eliminated a s5e.-
200 item to continue this work.
Refuses 10 Boost Police Force.
The committee stated 1t saw no
need for 16 additional Capitol
policemen on the House side and
struck out q $52.520 covering this.
The report complained that pro-
curement officials ut the Capitol
did not appear to be scanning sur
plus property disposal lists prop
erly. and they urged that they do
so In the future in the interest
Of economy.
The bill, as reported. includes
SIS, 900 to prepare q new anno-
tated edition Of the Constitution,
the last Of which was printed In
1888, and sl50.ooo for preliminary
work on q new edition Of the
United States Code.
Senator Chavez. who also is
chairman Of the Senate once
Building Commission. announced
the commission would authorize
David Lynn, architect OF the
Capitol, to accept the low bid
for clearing the site Of the pro-
posed new Senate Once Building
This bid was $8.555.55 and was
submitted by the Ace Wrecking a.
Building Materials Co., 4002 Min
nesota avenue NE. When the
wrecking will start Is still TO be
decided.
Eliender Defends Step.
Furthermore. when the supply
bill reported to the House today
reaches the Senate. 1t will go TO
a Senate Appropriations Subcom-
mittee, headed by Senator Ellen
der. Democrat, Of Louisiana. who
opposes the project.
Senator Ellender stoutly defend
ed his resolution to postpone the
razing Of buildings on the site.
He commended the legislation
authorizing the building had been
handled In an appropriation bill
when it should have gone through
the Public Works Committee, with
public hearings. on a separate
measure to authorize the structure.
The building. he estimated.
would cost about SIS. .000. 900. q
sum which he says can well be
saved.
He insisted the new structure
would not be needed II q careful
survey of available space in the
present Senate Once Building
was made to find more rooms for
Senators and to distribute quar-
ters more equitabiy.
Others Complain.
On the other hand, several COM
mittee members. including Senator
Martin, Republican. Of Pennsyl-
vania and Senator KEN. Republi-
L. d.