Evening star., 1950-10-15
Citizens 10 Air
District Budget
View Tomorrow
50 Organizations Ask
To Be Heard at Annual
District Session .
By Horriet Griffiths


District citizens will tell tn,
Commissioners tomorrow wha
they think about the city's bulge
needs for the year beginning mex
July l.
More than so organizations are
scheduled to be represented Al
the annual public hearing, to be.
gin at 10 am. in the District
Building board room.
Commissioner John Russell
Young will make an openins
statement describing the revenue
picture and financial needs fol
the new fiscal year.
District Department heads have
submitted budget requests totaline
$i54,o79, 1926 for fiscal 1852. Bud
get Officer Walter L. Fowler esti-
mates the probable revenue fol
the year at $132.5 million.
S22 Million Must be Cut OFF.
This means that about $22 mil
lion at least will have to be
shaved off the departmental esti-
mates. In addition, budget officials
insist that surplus should be
maintained to take care OF posi-
Bile unexpected needs.
Before the Commissioners de-
eide. how much money can be
sought from Congress for increas-
ing Or expanding municipal serv-
Ices, they must allow for man
datory increases such as employe
pay boosts and an additional half
million dollars for the employees
retirement fund. Civil defense
needs also must be estimated.
Considering these factors and
other expenses which will have
to be met, Mr.. Fowler has esti-
mated there would be "a couple
of million dollars" available for
Improvement of. service.
a. 1878 New Jobs Requested.
In their estimates, department
heads have asked more than $40
million to plan, begin, continue or
finish permanent improvements,
such as schools, other institutions,
bridges and water and sewer IA
cilities.
They also have requested to-
tai of 1918 new Jobs.
For this fiscal year. for which
Congress has appropriated little
over $120 million. department
heads had submitted estimates to-
falling $138.984,400. +
The organizations and repre-
sentatives who have asked to be
heard tomorrow include the fol-.
lowing: -"
Federation of Citizens Associa-
lions, Herbert P. Leemans Edward
c. Wilcox, Joel P. Sharon, I'D
Federation of Civic Associations.
Inc. Woolsey w. Hall.
Washington Board Of Trade,
William H. Press.
p. Washington Taxpayers Associa-
tion, Rufus S. Lush.
The Hospital Council OF the
National Capital Area, Samuel H.
Kaufman, DR.. Walter Bloedorn.
Washington Central Labor Un-
ion, Fred S. Walker.
The Aetna Casualty & Surety
Co. r, L. Peppell.
Washington Building Congress,
Louis Justement, j. R. Skinker.
The American Legion Welfare
Department. z. D. Blackstone, jr.
Building Owners and Managers
Association, Charles j. Bauer.
$ Bar Association of the District
of Columbia, Jacob Sander.
League of Women Voters of the
District of Columbia, Mrs. Milton
Dunn.
North Washington Council of
Citizens Associations, Karl Cover
Connecticut Avenue Citizens AS
sociation, Connecticut Avenue Up
town, Businessmen Association,
Uptown Lions Club, Community
Memorial Library Committee,
Cleveland Park Recreation Coun-
Gil, John Eaton PTA, David R
Barbee and Mrs. Joseph L. Miller
. United Community Services ot
Washington, Russell w. Schneider
The Salvation Army, 1t. Col. w
w. Bouterse.
i Property Owners Association OF
america. c. E. Simmons.
+ District of Columbia Public
Schools Association, Mrs. L. C.
Cuney
& Far Northeast Council. Bernard
Chapman and Howard D. Wood
son.
Progressive Party OF the District
otColumbia, Mrs. Gertrude Evans
District of Columbia Industrial
Onion Council, T. j. Mccarthy
and Glenn E. Watts.
A. Health School, PTA, DR.. Ken
meth Nelson, Capt. George Harriss
Mrs. S. L. Tesone, Sturgis Warner
David Delo, DR.. Leonard Elstad.
sWomen's Auxiliary United Pub
lie workers. Mrs. Dora Kelenson
Washington Home for Found
hngs, Dean Hill Stanley.
Hillcrest Children's Village
washington City Orphan Asy-
.lum), Mrs. Arthur Wallace Dunn
Fort Davis Citizens Association
Mrs. Mabel E. Morris.
Columbia Park Community
Club, Arthur r. Cochel, sr.
Mid-City Citizens Association
Soterios Nicholson.
Progressive Citizens Associa-
tion of Washington, Sturgi!
Warner.
Southeast Washington Citizens
Association, William Maio, Johr
Eurran.
Eastland Garden Civic Associa'
ton, Harold B. Chinn.
1. Michigan Park Citizens Associ'
alton, Joseph L. Bridwell. =.
The Palisades Citizens Associa'
tion, Rev. Milton B. Crist, Rober
r. Hershman.
Children's Country Home fol
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