Evening star., 1952-05-11
Fund 10 Plan
Children 'sHome
Seems Certain
Budget Authors
Expected to Include
$50, 900 Item

Approval of an $4,000 fund to
plan a new institution for WASH
Iington children was strongly indi-
Gated last night by Senators who
expect to draw up the Districts
1858 budget later this week.
The regular budget is one of
two appropriations bills involving
vital District issues on which Con-
greSSional units expect to act in
the next few days.
House and Senate conferees are
scheduled to hold their first meet
ing at 3 pm. tomorrow on the
third supplemental supply bill for
both Federal and District agencies.
Later in the week. the Sem
ate Appropriations subcommittee,
headed by Senator Hill. Democrat.
of Alabama. plans to meet to write
its version of the regular 1858 Dis
trict funds bill.
Part of Supply Bill.
The $4,000 item to draw plans
for a new National Training
School for Girls has been urged
by the Commissioners as part Of
the regular supply bill. The new
institution would be built at the
Children's Center in Laurel. Md.
At its new site, it would be called
the Industrial Home School for
Colored Girls.
The $4,000 has been regarded
as the next step toward moving
the District wards out of their an
tiquated city buildings into new
homes in the country.
More than a score of commu-
nifty leaders testified for the
$50. 900 during the recent Senate
hearings on the supply bill. After
hearing most of them, Senator
Hill advised the next witness, II
don't think any one need worry
about that $4,000. Just say
you're for it,"
And Senator Hunt. Democrat,
of Wyoming, who visited the old
3 buildings of the training school
and was shocked by what he saw,
t said last night he was sure the
subcommittee would be unani-
v nous in voting to include the plan
; money for a new institution.
Funds on Hand.
Expected to weigh favorably
. with the subcommittee is the fact
. that the District has the money
for this and wants to spend it.
S Also, during the hearings, En-
: gineer Commissioner Bernard L.
# Robinson told the. Senators that
: if the planning money is not
: granted in the 1853 budget. con-
d struction would be delayed for an
II additional year. Gen. Robinson
g contended that planning money
was not the place to make budget
|. cuts.
Il The subcommittee action on
q the regular supply bill is expected
to set the stage for battle with
the House to restore the Federal
>. payment to the full $l2 million
:, authorized in the 1947 District
!. Revenue Act.
: The House has proposed that
the Federal share of national
: Capital costs be reduced by 20
, per cent or $24 million. Leaders
of the Senate subcommittee are
O. planning to fight for a full $l2
e million.
The supplemental bill has been
- hanging fire since April % when
it was passed by the Senate.
| House and Senate conferees were
| named April 20.
| Involved in this bill is a district
| appropriation of Sc million the
| city needs to meet this years
| costs of the pay raise voted last
| year for Federal and District
| government workers.
| In a Federal economy move, tho
House ordered that 10 per cent
| of the pay raise money be with
| held from most of the Federal
] departments and from the Dis
trict. The idea was to force the
agencies to absorb the pay raise
costs by reducing StaffS.
District officials said they al
r ready had ordered all of such
n savings that were possible with
= out disrupting services. They said
re they could not absorb an addi-
tional $600,000 without causing
st the discharge of needed teachers
rs and other employees.
The Senate in its action on the
y supplemental bill, struck out the
a House restrictions but inserted
l. some new ones of its own. appli-
S, cable to Federal agencies. The
s. purpose was to throw the whole
l. pay raise money issue into con-
ference.
Action on the regular 1853 Dis
trict bill has been delayed partl,
d in hope that the payroll money
,e issue in the supplemental bill
D. could be settled first.
o In addition to chopping down
e. on the Federal payment, the
House had ordered a cut of $5.i
er million from the $l36.4 million
At budget proposed by the Commits
y, Isioners and recommended by the
President and the Budget Bureau
N shop. according to University OF
l. Maryland survey.
DR.. j. Allan Cook. professor OF
marketing. directed the two
months study of $4,000 consumers
in the Hyattsville -Beltsville area