Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1951-03-24
Resolutions Ask
81 Million Cutin
N'Ke|dinBudget
D'AIesundro Attacks
Rood Fund Shift
For Police Ruise
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By J. L. MichoeI
Sfor Sioff Correspondent

MchelQln S record $163 million
budget faces two thanking move
ments today.
Finance committees of both
Senate and House introduced
identical joint resolutions yester-
day, urging that the huge appro-
priation bill be slashed at least
81 million. Spearheading the
other drive was Baltimore's Mayor
Thomas D'Alesandro. He charged
that the Governor painted
false picture" when he said a pro-
posed State police pay raise. cost
ing $1,768,000, cannot be financed
unless the money is diverted from
roads funds.
In their resolutions, the Senate
Finance and House Ways and
Means Committees contended that
81 million can be taken out of the
budget without mpairing State
governmental functions.
But the committees declined to
effect the cut and insisted that
the Governor use the pruning
knife himself.
Action Next Week.
Shortly" afterward,. the House
tentatively approved its resolution
and Finance Chairman Louis L.
Goldstein, Democrat, of Calvert
County said his group would act
early next week.
Republican leaders and some
Democrats contend that there is
no way to carry out the police
pay raise except by tapping road
funds, but Mayor D'Alesandro ar
gued that the shift would be
"budgetary legerdemain" and that
the pay boost can be financed by
other means.
II am in favor of the pay adj
vance," he declared, "but I think
the Governor should face the
problem squarely."
Through a complex series of
maneuvers, Senators may so
amend the State Gross Receipts
Tax Act that 81 million will be on
hand to pay the police increase
for limited time. The scheme
lis being held in reserve and may
be trotted out if the diversion bill
fails.
None of the financing moves has
so far thrown light on where
money can be found to pay q
school teachers salary boost. The
Democratic majority hoped to
solve the enigma yesterday, but
nothing definite was forthcoming.
Oyster Bills introduced.
Other matters before the Gen.
eral Assembly included the snarled
oyster conservation problem and
affairs of the mushrooming Uni
versity Of Maryland.
Senator Paul j. Bailey, Repub-
lican, OF st. Marys County, in
troduced bill to repeal a 1949
act setting up a Maryland Virginia
authority to regulate oystering in
the Potomac River and fishing
and grabbing in Chesapeake Bay.
The plan was rejected in Virginia.
Earlier in the session, Senator
Bailey offered a measure which
would have created an authority
with no jurisdiction over oysters.
1t has little chance of passage.
Other oyster problems taken I'D
yesterday were a proposed re-
vamping of the Tidewater Fish
cries Commission to remove "po-
lltlcal pressure" and a move to set
higher license fees for oystermen
and packers.
Senator William M. Shehan,
Democrat, of Talbot County spon-
sored two bills to increase the cost
of longing licenses from 1925 to
$40. Licenses for buy boats and
trucks would be S25 and packers
and dealers licenses would cost
from $25 to $50.
The measures would require
dredge boat crews to purchase
longing licenses and because such
licenses are issued only to Mary
land residents, Virginia dredgers
could not operate legally.
Fee Change Proposed.
Another change proposed in the
bills would take the one-third
portion from longing fees from
county school budgets and place it
in the oyster propagation fund,
which now receives thirds.
The bills also provide for an
increase from 2 to cents a
bushel on oysters kept within the
State and from 4 to 10 cents on
those shipped outside State lines.
Declaring that he wants to get
the University of Maryland out
OF range of legislative Shippers"
and free Of political hamstring-
ing" Dr.. H. c. Byrd. president,
urged passage of a bill which
would broaden authority of the
university's Board of Regents.
The measure would provide for
a constitutional amendment and
DR.. Byrd said he drew the bill that
way so that if any one took a no.
ton to upset it later, the going
would be tough because they would
have to get another constitutional
amendment.
Part of the bills purpose, he
explained, is to get away from con-
trolls now imposed by the Depart
ments OF Budget. Procurement and
Public Improvements.
Home Rule" Advanced.
Chairman Perry o. Wilkinson.
Democrat, of Prince Georges asked
his House Education Committee to
give the bill favorable report.
then decided to take no action
until next week. DR.. Byrd will be
back then, with additional data.
In Washington area deyelop-
ments, Montgomery County's
home rule" program took two
forward steps.
A bill passed second reading in
the House which would authorize
the County Council to appoint two
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