Evening star., 1950-05-21
Committee0K
On Federal PAY
Due Tomorrow
Quick Senate Passage
Expected on Measure
To Meet PoyroIIs
By Harold B. ROGERS


Legislation to assure regular
paydays for thousands of Fedora
and District workers is expected
to be approved by the Senate Ap-
propriations Committee tomorrow
morning.
Already approved by the House
the joint resolution would author
ize agencies to meet payrolls il,
full between now and the end oi
the fiscal year, June 80. QuicE
Senate action is anticipated.
Congress is considering the
emergency resolution because
many agencies of Government, in
Guiding the District, are running
short of funds. Unless money is
made available by the special
resolution, or the deficiency bill
now before the House, Govern
ment employees would face paylesS
paydays soon.
The House is scheduled to start
action tomorrow on the deficiency
bill and the District appropria-
ton bill for the fiscal year be-
ginning July i.
Deficiency Bill Comes Up First.
The deficiency measure will be
called UP first.
The bill carries more than $605
million for Government needs be-
tween now and June 80, includ-
ing about S71 million for salaries
and pensions. The District figure
to meet payrolls is $6.638. 400.
Other city needs would be taken
care of by numerous items total
ling $352,487.
The District appropriation bill
carries $112,840.340. the largest
sum in the city's history.
There is bare possibility, legis-
lative experts said last night, that
the House might pass both the de-
f1ciency and District appropriation
DlllS tomorrow.
House Majority Leader Nc
Cormack told the House last week
that the conference report on the
controversial ECA bill will be the
first order of business on the
House floor Tuesday, regardless o1
what happens to the two APP
preparation measures.
Action on Loans to ID. c. Due.
Action may be taken soon on
both sides of the Capitol on bills
to authorize $23 million in loans
from the Treasury to the District
for expansion of the city water
system.
= Senator Hunt. Democrat. of
Wyoming, chairman of the SEN
ate District subcommittee on
fiscal affairs, announced last night
his group already has approved
the bill. He hopes to bring it up
at the earliest possible time be-
fore the full Senate District Com
mittee. If it is approved and sent
to the floor. the Senator said he
will try to bring the bill up under
unanimous consent agreement,
without waiting for the Senate
to call its calendar. -
A poll is to be taken of the
House District Committee tomor-
row on the identical water bill
introduced in the House by Rep
resentative Smith, Democrat, of
Virginia. chairman of the District
fiscal subcommittee. Joint hear
ings were held on the measure last
week.
Parking Bill Pending.
The House also may take up
again late this week the bill for
construction of the southern leg
of the Washington Baltimore
Parkway. Approved unanimously
by the House Public Works Com
mittee. the measure was debated
at some length last week, but
never reached a final vote. Op-
ponents resorted to numerous roll
calls to stall off action. Propo-
nents of the measure believe the
project will be approved by the
House when brought to vote or
passage.
Representative Fallon, Demo.
crat, of Maryland, one of the
sponsors of the parkway, explained
yesterday that SO million is au-
thorized for the parkway in the
big Federal -to-highways bill
passed by the House Friday anc
sent to the Senate. The House
Public Works Committee addec
the SO million to the $40 million
previously in the bill for use o1
the National Park Service fol
parkways throughout the country
1t was the understanding" thai
the SO million would be allocatec
to the Washington Baltimore pro.
ject.
The highway bill is an author.
hation measure, and now is sub.
ject of hearings before the Senate
Public Works Committee. Money
would have to be appropriated
next year for projects authorized
in the current measure, before
construction could proceed.
Garage Fumes Overcome