Evening star., 1952-08-08
D. {. Budget Officials
Explain 1854 Requests
To Citizens Council

The Citizens Advisory Council
yesterday heard an explanation
by two District budget officials
William G. Wilding and Davic
P. Herman. on the 1854 budget
requests for $181 million appro.
lpriations.
Chairman Robert v. Flemine
wound up by appointing five spe.
cial committees to study different
|segments of the 1854 budget. Ht
also instructed that reports bt
ready by August 10; when ths
council will hold a special meet.
ing to consider budget matter.
alone. The Commissioners haC
requested the council to make its
recommendations before Septem.
ber /, in view of an early dead.
line this year, to get the appro.
Ipriations requests to the Fedora,
Budget Bureau.
Committee Personnel.
Serving on these committees
are:
Woolsey w. Hall and William
j. Smith-schools, libraries, recre-
alton.
J. c. Turner and Thornton w.
Owen-public works.
Mr.. Smith. DR.. Edward C,
Mazique and Joseph A. Kaufman
health, welfare and correction
Mr.. Fleming and Mr.. Owen
general administration and fiscal
William E. Leahy, Mr.. Kauf-
mann and Mr.. Fleming-regula-
tory agencies. police. fire and
courts.
In view of the Avalanche of
Legislative matters that has been
thrown at u.s." Chairman Fleming
said, the council decided to ,,ame
a standing law and legislative
committee. This is comprised of
the council chairman and Messrs.
Hall, Kaufman, Leahy, Owen and
Smith.
A second standing committee.
on welfare, is comprised of the
Messrs. Smith and Turner, DR..
Mazique and Mrs. George C.
Thorpe, yesterdays only absentee.
Crime Bills Submitted.
The first matter referred to the
legislation committee was the re-
port, with its eight recommended
bills, ct the Senate District Crime
Investigating Committee, drafts
of measures prepared by Corpora
ton Counsel Vernon E. West that
would give authorities greater
control of the pensions of retired
police and f1remen and over mar
cotic drug traffic.
The Welfare Committee was
handed the recently and hotly
contested proposals to tighten
regulations governing tenement
houses in the District. Chief con-
tention point is a proposed pro-
viso which would give city inspec-
tors the right to invade the rooms
OF tenement house tenants.
The council, in another order
of business, listened to a petit
ton from Stephen E. Fleck, execu-
tive secretary of Western United
Services, Inc, a group Of seven
television service companies in the
Washington area.
Mr.. Fleck urged that the coun-
Gil support the corporations posi-
ton that television servicemen
should be licensed by the District.
He declared that there are many
incapable and dishonest people
repairing TV sets these days." and
added that licensing would tend
to prohibit this element from
victimizing customers.
Put on Agenda.
Council members agreed that
the subject should be investigated
and placed on the agenda Of the
next regular meeting, September
8. At that time, Assistant Corpo-
ration Counsel Una Rita Morris,
of the licensing COM
mittee which has been studying
a similar proposal, win be present
BY laws of the council were
polished of yesterday, too. In
cluded was a rule that the pub
lie may attend all meetings of the
council, so long as they are open.
In the two council meetings to|
date, only small portions of the
meetings have been open. The
laws specify that any one who
wants to petition the council may
do so upon filing a written request
three days in advance of the meet
Ing.