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ing direct appropriations for this
new top unit.
2. Granted most of the re-
quested funds for proceeding
with the planned development
of the Children's Center well
fare development at Laurel, Md,
cutting out $47O,000 for two
residence buildings there for
employees. Allowed was little
over 81 million, of which $2.8
million is not to be spent until
the fiscal year 1855.
3. Approved the plan to en-
ploy about 200 civilian school
crossing guards, for which an
appropriation of 100000 was
recommended.
4. Okayed an increase of $345,-
900 for the uniformed police
force, saying this should add
125 to $50 man years to the
force.
S. Approved q total District
capital outlay program for the
next fiscal year of $3.50 million.
a cutback of about So million
from requests. Included was
most of the money urged for
completion of the Piney Branch
S,ormWater release sewer for
which the city had asked $2.5
million. The committee cut this
by 100000.
The bill as recommended calls
for OUTLAWS amounting to. $94
million above appropriations for
the present fiscal year.
The sum recommended for the
year beginning July is $50 mil
lion below District Government
requests, including supplementals
held over for action on the regu-
lar bill for the next year.
The Public Library was given
$1,535, 900, a reduction of $4,000
from the budget request, but is
$4,000 above this years outlay.
BOOkmObiIes Eliminated.
The cuts include the elimina-
ton of $16.625 for a proposed
new bookmobile and for the staff
to operate it. There was a re-
duction also of $12,243 in the re-
quest for staff at the new Cleve-
land Park Branch Library, sched-
uled to open this summer.
The committee said on this
point the funds allowed for this
branch in the present fiscal year
to begin recruitment of person.
mel, plus an additional $24 ,486 al
lowed in the new bill, should be
sufficient for the first year of
operation.
Funds for the library would
provide for rent of quarters for
branch libraries in Anacostia and
Woodbridge.
On the question of how much
should be granted for the Office
of Civil Defense in the District,
the Wilson subcommittee re-
port declared:
1T is obvious that a complete
~ adequate program for protec-
ton against the possibility
against an air attack in modern
warfare would cost the taxpay-
ers of the District millions of
dollars.
"A program of lesser magni-
tude such as that which has
been under way during the last
few years only toys with the
problem and wastes taxpayer
dollars at a time when funds
for the more important pro-
grams of overall security are so
badly needed.
The committee believes that
a small central contact and con-
troll Office would be effective at
this time. It believes further
that the principal functions of
such an Office should be to serve
as an information service and
to continuously stimulate VOL
unteer efforts on the part of
citizens to build and maintain
a nucleus organization which
could be rapidly activated and
expanded should the need
arise"
Radio Request Denied.
The committee turned down
requests of both the Police and
Fire Departments for the inclu-
sion of language which would
permit the purchase of addi-
tional radio facilities. 1t said
this authority already exists in
the electrical division and that
since this activity might well
be consolidated into one Office.
the committee has eliminated
the requested language"
The use of civilian crossing
guards, the committee said in
another section Of its report,
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