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Infirm. at Blue Plains, D. c. by
granting funds toward the cost Of
an infirmary for 800 Of the aged
wards. When this and other i'm
provements are made at the home.
some Of the Districts senile pa
tients at st. Elizabeths Hospital
(where care costs are much high
err may be transferred to the
Home for Aged. ..- .
S. Granted funds for the en-
ployment of 80 additional mem
bers of the Metropolitan Police
Department and approved the up
grading of the salaries of eight
officers. On the latter point. how
ever. the committee, while saying
it thought the raises were merited,
denounced the use of an appro-
priation bill to get them. 1t
directed the Commissioners to
abandon this practice in future
years.
6. Provided for the hiring of 146
additional men for the District
Fire Department to carry into
effect the legislated 60-hour work
week for the department.
7. Approved funds for the health
department to permit application
OF the MISREPRESENTATION f1uorine
treatment program for pupils in
both the public and parochial
schools. It also proposed funds
for the employment of experts in
obstetrics and pediatrics to work
with the hospitals on the evalua-
tion and removal of causes of
preventable cases of maternal and
infant deaths and disabilities.
Funds Granted Sanatorium.
8. Provided for the hire of As
more attendants at the District
tuberculosis sanatorium at Glen
Dale, Md. where there is short
age of nurses. The committee also
directed the city heads to make
a study and report on the needs
OF a new utilities building at the
sanatorium. It said a request for
funds for such a building should
be made next year if the study
proves the need.
8. Approved funds for the be-
ginning of sludge- drying and sew
age chlorination at the Districts S
sewage treatment. plant ina move
recommended by District officials
to reduce the pollution of the Po-
tomac River and to lessen the
costs Of disposal of waste ma
terials.
On the negative side, one of the
big cuts was the elimination of
an item of more than So million
for the beginning of construction
Of a projected $12 million new
bridge over the Anacostia River.
This was dropped because of the
long fight between the Commits
sioners and the Park and Planning
Commission as to the proper To-
cation of the span.
But this item probably will be
reinserted in the bill when the
Senate acts on the measure, since
Congress now is in the process of
enacting a legislative bill to ap-
prove the plans of the city heads
to build the bridge on or near
the line of East Capitol street.
This bill has been passed by the
House and has been recommended
to the Senate by it's District Com
mittee. with only, one minor
change in language. -
Officials say they believe the
bridge authority bill will be en-
acted before the appropriations
bill comes up FOR action in the
Senate. SIS
ID. c. Government Criticized.
The House funds group took
number Of sharp slaps at the Dis
trict Government In the report OF
the 1851 supply bill.
One of these was the request for
a considerable increase in the
amount to be appropriated as
medical charities" to pay private
hospitals for the care of INDECENT
patients assigned to them instead
of to the city's own hospitals.
The budget called for an outlay