Evening star., 1950-10-01

from tnlS uSCdl year, S0.S mllllOn
to be borrowed from the Treasury
for the water system expansion
program, and $1.2 million which
Congress cut from the Federal
payment to the District this fis-
cal year.
Already eliminated from Dis
trict department heads budget
requests for the new fiscal year
now totaling $154,079, ,326-is
1921 900 which had been included
in the Police Departments esti-
mate for civil defense activities.
No Civilian Defense Items.
Mr.. Fowler said that no civilian
defense items will be considered
in the department estimates at
present. Possibly, all civilian de-
fense needs will be Jumped into
a separate budget, but at any rate
they will be considered at a later
date.
The 1852 revenue estimate in
cludes an anticipated $12 million
in the Highway Fund and sos mil
lion in the Water Fund, including
81 million Federal contribution
and $3.9 to be borrowed.
This year Congress cut the $12
million annual Federal payment
TO the District down to $1O.3 mil
lion. In estimating next years
revenue. budget officials are an
ticipating full S12 million.
Want To Maintain Surplus.
The more than $21 million diff
ference between what the depart
ment heads would like to spend
and what the District probably
will have to spend is only partially
indicative of how much pairing
down the Commissioners VIII do
on the department estimates.
Budget officials insist that q
surplus should be maintained to
take care of any emergency de-
mand which may come up.
BY the time mandatory pay in
creaSeS, the school construction
and equipment program, the 40
hour-week for policemen and
other obligations are taken care
OF, there may be couple of mil
lion dollars to spare for improve
ment of service, they say.
Congress has appropriated to-
tai Of $120,023,4 ,481 for this fiscal
year.
This years revenue includes q
$40 million surplus from fiscal
1850, and the first full years re-
cepits from the new tax act. The
new taxes have exceeded expecta-
tions considerably. The 2 per cent
sales tax is yielding some $13.5
million annually, as compared
with expectations of 81 million a
month. and the cigarette tax, $1.3
million where 100000 had been
anticipated originally.
S41,061.251 for improvements.
In their 1852 estimates, District
department heads are seeking
$41.061,2 ,251 for improvements to
the city, and 1,615 new jobs which
would cost $4,576, TAO.
A total of $9,442 400 is proposed
for expenditure on building, equip
ping, improving and planning
schools and acquiring school and
playground sites.
The Water Division and the
Washington Aqueduct plan to
spend $5.936,000 for expansion Of
the water facilities, and the High
way Department proposes a capi-
tai outlay of $7,050,000.
Other capital outlay requests
include the following:
Public Library, $879, ,220; Recre-
ton Department, $2,121, ,227; Fire
Department, $526, 900: Health De-
partment and Hospitals. $2,364,-
233; Department of Corrections,
$423,000: Public Welfare, $4,322,-
600; and Public Works. S6,997 III,
including $4,806, ,146 for the Sewer
Division.
Departments asking the most
new jobs are Health and Hospi-
tails, 674, including 395 for CALM
ger; the Police, 800; Schools, 225:
Recreation, 79, and Public Well
fare, 78.