Evening star., 1953-05-12
Cut 10 Remain
In Maryland
.WeIfareFunds
Pleu to Restore
Slash Is Rejected
By Works Boord
By Gene Goodwin
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Stor Stoff Correspondent
BALTIMORE, May 12.-Mary-
lands welfare department is
going to have to tighten its belt
next fiscal year.
The department tried without
success yesterday to get the
State Board of Public Works to
give it $2l6.616 out of emergency
funds to make up for a like
amount cut out of next years
welfare budget by the Legisla-
ture.
The two members of the works
board present at the meeting
Gov. McKeldin and State Treas
urer Hooper S. Miles-turned
deaf ears to a pela by welfare
officials that unless they can win
back the $216.616, many welfare
applicants will have to do with
out help.
Waiting List Seen.
What it will mean, said w.
Thomas Kemp, jr., chairman of
the State Board of Public We'll
fare in a letter to the Governor,
is that NEEDY Maryland citizens
eligible under the law for as
siStance" will have to go on a
waiting list.
The Legislature also cut out
about 100000 for administra-
ton of the Welfare Department.
but Mr.. Kemp said the depart
ment will be able to absorb that.
Even with the cuts, however, the
lawmakers appropriated about
SOS million for welfare in the
next fiscal year. When Federal
and county appropriations are
counted in, the Welfare Depart
ment will have about $40 million
available.
In another action, the Gov
ernor and his Treasurer decided
to seek advice. of bond counsel
on an amendment to the State
bond bill for next fiscal year.
which Mr.. Miles believes may in
validate the entire bill.
The amendment was tackled
onto the bond bill in the recent
Legislature by the Senate Finance
Committee in an attempt to end
financing of State bond issues
with the State property tax. The
amendment states that the Gov
ernor shall provide money from
general funds to meet interests
and amortization charges on the
new bill, which authorizes $14,-
536.950 in loans for capital i'm
provements.
The third member of the
board. State Controller j. Mil
lard Tawes, was not present at
yesterdays monthly meeting.
Boards Other Actions.
In other actions yesterday, the
board:
1. Authorized the University of
Maryland to proceed with con-
struction of a new engine re-
search laboratory at College
Park. A total Of 100000 is
available for the project.
2. Awarded the contract for
construction of a new classroom
building at st. Mary's Seminary
Junior College to Mervell M.
Dean of Hollywood, Md. whose
$364,350 offer was the lowest of
five bidders.
3. Deferred action on leasing
a piece of the new Sandy Point
Park to the Maryland outdoor
Drama Association for the pur-
pose of building an outdoor
theater to stage Maryland his
torical dramas. The association
hopes to get the project approved
in time to stage the first pageant
this July 4th.
4. Took under advisement a
protest by State Senate Presi-
dent George w. Della. Mr..
Della said he doesn't like the
boards plan for moving the
Senate Finance Committee out
of the suite of Offices it occupies
during legislative sessions to
make room for a new Office for
Chief Judge Simon Sobelof Of
the Maryland Court of Appeals.
81 do no see any reason for
him taking our best room," Sem
ator Della said.
The board indicated it may
be able to satisfy Mr.. Della with
an alternate plan it is consider
ing to add a small annex to
the Court of Appeals building
where the Senate Finance Com
mittee and other State Senate
Offices are now located.
S. Accepted payment of $553.55
from the city of Greenbelt in
lieu of State property taxes
from January l to December 81,
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