Evening star., 1949-10-04
Budoets Asks MoreP Policemen
And 6O-Hour Week for Fremen

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Requests for SIS additional po.
licemen and for funds to establish
a 60-hour work week for flremer
are included in new budget esti'
mates submitted to the Commis'
sioners by the police and fire
departments.
In his $7,815.0O0 estimate
$l,370,0O0 more than the depart
ment received this year-Polics
Supt. Robert j. Barrett stressed
the need for:
% Twenty-eight new civilian
employees, in addition to 80 more
policemen; (2) $4,000 to buy 6
site for a new Women'S Bureau
80 $35,000 for radio service shol
and storeroom addition to the 10ti
precinct station, and "a $205 ,9Ot
for new equipment, including rio
van . and mobile identification
laboratory.
Principal item in the $685.
886 Fire Department estimate
$1,577,644 more than was appro'
priated last years. $677 ,221 fol
new employees to implement th'
60-hour week. Firemen now Worl
72-hour weeks, but the shorter
hours have been authorized b!
Congress, effective 180 days aftel
funds are available.
Asks New FirehouSe.
Fire Chief Joseph A. Mayhem
also asked 1858 900 to build new
f1rehouse in the vicinity OF Forty
ninth and East Capitol street!
and $237.612 to replace worn ane
outdated apparatus, including
29-year-old water tower.
To establish the 60-hour weel
1t will be necessary to employ 6
new deputy chief engineer. foul
battalion chiefs, 35 sergeants ane
ISL privates, Chief Mayhem esti.
mated. Additional equipment >ane
uniforms would cost $42.488.
Chief Mayhem informed th'
Commissioners the new fire hous'
is needed because of the necessit!
for protecting the large ares
bounded by the Anacostia River
the District line. on the nortf
and east. and Naylor road.
Property value in the area /!
an estimated s110.000.000, he ex'
planned. 1t is now protected b!
Engine Co. No. 81. which is L.
miles away. Population OF th'
area is expected to reach 100000
within the next few years, the cit!
heads were informed.
In addition to the replacement
for the water tower. at a cost o
S25, 900, the department wants
eight pumping engines to replac'
present ones from Is to 18 year
old. They will cost $l05,9l2.
Other Requirements.
Other items under the apparatus
replacement requests are:
An aerial truck at $4,000 t.
replace the present 19-year-ol'
truck: a utility truck and wrecke1
to cost $500. to replace one NOR
than 20 years of age, and 1851
to take the place of old appliance
including oxygen pumps, inhala
tors and gas masks
Also, two ambulances at $500
each, two rescue squad wagons a
$4,000 each and eight passenge
cars at 81 400 each.
Chief Mayhem wants $4,000 Il
move Station WDCS to a highe
frequency, and $4,000 for mis-
cellaneous supplies. made neces
sary by the reallocation ane
required for maintenance OF TIT
fire alarm, vocal alarm and radio
systems.
The budget estimate includes
$2.500 for repairs to the f1reooat
The fire chief asked also tha'
the present position of first deput!
fire marshal be raised to on'
comparable to battalion chief.
Police Recruiting Improves.
Mai. Barrett informed the Com
missioners that recruitment fnall!
has picked up and that it is ex
pected the department will hav'
reached full authorized strength
before next July.
OF 20 additional lieutenants re
quested, the police chief asked i
for assignment in the Detectlv
Bureau. This is to provide posi-
tions in the bureau for traine'
investigators now assigned to tn
precincts.
Detective sergeants now ar
eligible for promotion to lieuten
ant, but no positions are provided
in the bureau to permit thei
retention on investigative work,
was explained.
LAS a result, some of the mos
valuable investigators have beel
assigned to precincts as unltoIn
lieutenants," the department re
ported.
Two lieutenants were requested
as supervisors in the Communica
tions and Records Bureau, two a
supervisory officers at the Polio
and Fire Clinic and at court, on
for the position of hack inspecto
and one to be assigned as directo
of the Police Boys Club.
The boys club work is "of tn
utmost Importance in curbini
juvenile delinquency. and the re
sponsibility involved Is grea
enough to justify this position,
the budget estimate stated.