Evening star., 1953-09-18
New Estimates
Raise Budget 10
$685. Million
Civil Defense Funds
And Day Workers
Pay Boost Total
BY John w. Stepp

Supplementary budget esti.
mates for fiscal 1855 have raised
the District budget requests by
more than 50 million for a new
total of $185,572,O32, it was dis
closed today.
The revised figures came out
less than two weeks after release
OF the original total estimate Of
1894 million.
Nearly half of the So million
increase represents civil defense
funds added to the estimates of
six departments, which in their
original estimates included no
such figures. The rest of the
increase covers the cost of rails
ing the city's per diem worker
pay.
This marks the first time that
the civil defense fund estimates
have been distributed among de-
partments other than the ONCE
of Civil Defense.
Total Tops Million.
The effect is to raise the de-
fense estimates from the $780,
600 asked specifically for the
civil defense Office to a new de-
fenSe fund total of $1,147,454.
The total figure constitutes the
biggest civil defense budget re-
quest since the Office was re-
established in 1850.
The record amount, and the
method of budgeting it, sur
prised District building observ-
ers, especially in the light Of
congressional reluctance year
after year to give the civil de-
fense office anywhere near what
it has asked.
It was known that the pro-
posed per diem worker pay boost,
totaling $12 million, would be
requested since the Commis-
sioners approved that recon-
mendation last month.
Civil Defense Director John e.
Fondahl got the Commissioners
consent to parceling defense
funds among other departments
last August 7. On that date the
city heads instructed the six af-
fected agencies to revise their
budget figures to include defense
funds.
Additional Defense Costs.
Here are the civil defense costs
appended to the original depart
mental estimates:
Health-$555, 900, over the
original health estimate of $33.2
million, to include such items as
supplies and equipment for II
improvised hospitals of 200 beds
each, 3.400 casualty litters, ad-
ditional personnel and first aid
training equipment. Public
Health Director Daniel L. Seek
niger, in his justification of the
additional amount. pointed out
that an atomic attack on WASH
ington would cause about I00,-
900 casualties. and that the re-
duested supplemental would help
care for them.
Sanitary Engineering - $780,
900, over the original estimate Of
$17.3 million, to provide for
stockpile purposes in the event
of an emergency, pipes, valves
and portable tools and radio
equipment.
Fire-$62,285. over the orig
inal $6.8 million estimate, to
equip 100 emergency f1remen
with protective clothing, to
establish two alternate radio
communication centers, buy two
more pumping vehicles, $4,000
feet of hose and Pathological
measuring devices.
POlice-$33, ,955, over the orig
inal $142 estimate, to purchase
additional radio equipment, mo-
tor vehicles and additional
equipment for training regular
members of the department as
we'll as the police Reserve Corps.
Highway Observation-Disclosures
over the original Sal million
estimate to hire three additional
radio technicians and more elec.
tronic equipment.
Public Welfare-$10,214 over
the original $11.9 million esti-
mate for two additional employees
to help recruit and supervise a
minimum of $4,000 volunteer