Evening star., 1949-04-09
Cannon FiredbyC Counselor Larg
To Show How Law Applies Sill
Larger budgef
Still Hinges on
Tax Bill
All Senote Witnesses
Pleod for Exponsion
OF 1850 Allotment
0, pea S. Werren

"'aaEe aores" 1850 pl&sg@ci S%2st.
--~exrgwxsed ey all wttsaraSes .-
Senate hearings ca tese test Nra,
spending prosyaaa--st&.l sy4rk 49,
etAv on passage q an slSo otN2 aea
city tar bill,
Members a. tfse ristraVi sur
committee ot the Senate Apga>-
pvlAttons Committee paan ~ NEE
IN executive session e~togr rex
wrek end 10 write their ss-xaoa %
tie city supply bill
They are Synfsa t,petse with PLEAS
for TeStoging cuts made by tie
Hoase and even adding eNtrs ia1
ers to THE budget. II as tna4-
Gated. hat the question ef a4s
oaats revenues silll pefNaces tlse
whole picture.
Earts Astion 10 Sought,
Efforts are to be made to rnd
an early spot on the Senate cs4r3a.
dar for debate and action or l.as
House passed revenue bill, ieasJ,-
lng : per cent sales tax. as re-
ported by the Senate Disulst
Committee, with some majar
changes and added liquor ard
cigarette levies,
Senator Hi. Democrat a. Ala
hama, head Of the appropriations
subcommittee. could give no .nc,l-
cation Of ANAL action on the bud
set at this time. In advance a.
any scheduled Senate action NJ
the revenue bill. he indicated Il
would be up 10 his subcommittee
TO determine whether the hudgei
must be held down 10 present rev
enueS, or TO count on passage q
a revenue measure.
II the Hlll Subcommittee STARTS
pleas for added appropriation.
outlined in tao days Of hearings.
ended late yesterday, the budeet
will reach the record -ereAk!l7s
sl03 400 900 recommended In jan
uary by the Commissioners sorne
new items have been added and
some old requests have been post
poned since then.
Reasonable Delay Wanted.
While the Hill Appropriations
may so ahead
with the draftins OF ia
budget bill. some offaclalS were
hoping that final budget decisions
could be delayed for ~ least .
reasonable period 10 permit tinie
for Senate action on the revenue
measure
AT stake IN the Senate budget
are funds city off.ciais said
are urgently needed for welfare.
health. school. police. sewer. refuse
and many other services. And, II
requests by spokeSfnen for nearly
a score Of citizens groups are
extra revenues aili be re-
quired,
Funds for pushing ahead with
construction Of the projected new
Sningarn High School. The Hns
Junior High School and fof nv
Of the old Armstrofng
High we're among demands placed
before the HIN Subcommittee yes
terday. Many witnesses combined
In demands for funds for additions
and equipment for the Bell Vn-
School. now housed IN
the former Powell Junior High.
Welfare Warning sounded.
A warning that q further aeAvy
cut would have TO be made beain-
ming July In public assistance
grants. unless the Senate reNored
a House economy slice OF sass .gos.
was voiced late yesterday by Wei
fare Director John w. TramberR.
He told the Senate group that
while the case load had increased
in the FIRST three months
Of this year the pending welfare
bulge; still was based on the lpa6
price levels when oPA controls
were In effect.
Because OF this situation. Mr..
said. the Welfare Boa d
had been compelled to make . 7
per cent reduction on assistance
grants last fall and an added 0
per cent cut was ordered THUS.
day. Unless the House fund cut
Of s28s .g03 is restored. he said. the
grants for old-age assistance and
aid for dependent children ard
other categories would have 10 be
cut back.
Health officials asked restora.
ton OF most OF the items cut hy
the Hoise. Health OfiieeT IseGFgs
c. Rutland and officials In charge
Of GaIllnger Municipal Hospital
urged increases totaling s6et.Tfe
over House totals.
Zoe Seriously Handicapped.
Or. william Mann. director ef
the Zoo. told the Senate group
the House reduction Of sii 300 di
the requested $4,000 for purchss
Of animals was taking the hear
out Of the Zoo"
The fund for new specimens.
he said. WAS mot only the most
but the hardest 70 de-
fend." He won friendly smiles as
he told Of having 10 spend 81 900
for the Replacement, Of 4 pair q
West African ehifnpangees that
died last year. s6 900 for . rhla-
oceros and t4.ooo for q par af
Civic witnesses included MTt
Florence z. WEIGH. for no&
money for teaching Of physically
children. Mrs. Laasfe
Deiano HoughteIing. for largsT
grants for the Washington Hosae
for TncurabieA. the District N
partment Of the American Legidm.
for more liberal welfare funds
spokesmsn for the WashingtTn
Central Labor Union. the plk;Tikt
Of Columbia Apprenticeship cosin-
ell and others. for Bell Vocation
School improvements. the South
east waal1ington Citizens Asss-
citation and Mrs. q. J. HOGAN 81
the Hlne Parent Teacher A&soeiA-
ton. for the new Hine Junter
High project. and the ArnasiTuF1g
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