Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-04
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S7.Mi|Iion 10
Virginia Budget
Amendment to Fuce
Senate Fight to
Save Tax Reduction
By Alex R. Preston
Stor Sfoff Correspondanf

RICHMOND, Mar. 4.-The
$3.50 million budget bill. loaded
down with an additional 81
million in Byrd tax credit money.
was sent to the State Senate tok
day where a fight was in the
offering to remove amendments
tackled on by the House of Dele
gates.
In one of the highlights of the
1854 session of the General as
sembly, bloc of delegates, led
by those from Northern Virginia,
succeeded yesterday in amend
ing the budget to suspend the
Byrd automatic income tax
credit law this year, thus making
81 million more available.
The well-organized move was
carried by a vote Of SO to IS.
Northern Virginia delegations
were divided IA to 6, with the
majority on the prevailing side.
In another development, a
Senate committee voted to re-
port the administration in
dorsed right-to-work bill, as a
legislator strengthened his state
ment that this represents
another broken campaign PROM
Use of Gov. Stanley.
Approve Liquor Tax.
Among more controversial
measures passed by the House
in session last night and sent
to the Senate was the Elliott
Bill placing a tax of 3 cents on
each bottle of alcoholic bever-
ages. with the revenue set aside
for the treatment of alcoholics.
The vote was 60 to "a.
The action was another set
back for Gov. Stanley, who had
publicly opposed the bill.
The House also voted. SIS to
10, to pass the Tucker bill.
authorizing a acknowledges
burg Toll Turnpike Authority.
/ The amendment to the budget
bill. however, was the biggest
development of the day. This
now places the Senate in the
position of having to cut out the
extra items, literally spread
among schools. colleges and
health services. or going along
with the plan to suspend the
income tax credit law this year.
Senate Responsibility.
Delegate Stuart B. Carter OF
Botetourt, author of an earlier
House approved bill to suspend
the Byrd tax credit act for three
years, commented on the state
ment that the Senate may undo
everything the House did with
the 81 million.
Let the blood be on the hand
that yields the dagger" Mr..
Carter said.
The amendments went in UNI
der the name of Delegate Armi-:
stead Boothe of Alexandria and
about 40 co-sponsors. The ST
million was spread among IL
different projects. scattered
throughout the State so they
would have the widest appeal.
Among those who took the
floor to speak for various prof.
ects were Delegate J. Maynard
Magruder of Arlington a n d
Frank P. Moncure of Stafford, in
behalf of So million more for
teacher pay increases: Delegate
Henry B. Borden Of Charlottes-
vile, for sl,975, 900 for a new
wing for the University of Vir-
ginia Hospital; Delegate E. C..
Compton of Albemarle, for $l07,-
900 for completion Of poultry
research plant and 100000 for a
livestock center at Virginia Poly
technic Institute; Delega gate
Charles Wampler of Harrison
burg, for $275.000 for a new
dormitory at Radford College.
and Delegate Harrison Mann OF
Arlington, for $250.000 to match
Federal funds for National Guard
armories.
Other Amendments.
Other projects included in the
amendments were S750,000 for
the Norfolk Division of the COL
lege of William and Mary, $l43.-
900 for a power plant at Vir-
ginia Military Institute, $4,000
for a proposed tuberculosis hos
pital in Underwater Virginia.
1924. 900 for new nursery at
the Lynchburg State colony and
$99l.95O for land and structures
for a new Negro mental hospital
at Elko, near Petersburg.
Northern Virginia Vote.
This is how Northern Vir-
ginians voted:
For the amendment: Dele
gates Boothe, Cochran, Comp
ton, Gordon, Gouldman, Hirst.
, Hoover, Magruder. Mann, Mon
, cure, Shaffer. Mrs. Stone, Wam-
pier and Webb.
, Against: Delegates Bailey. Ed
; munds, Frost. Phillips, Price and
Speaker =. Blackburn Moore.
Before voting on the amend
, ment the House agreed to about
100 other amendments proposed
by the Appropriations Commit
tee, which raised the budget to-
tai to about $752.5 million, be-
fore the ST. million was added.
Among amendments approved
was one for $4,000 as the
States share of the cost of ac-
quiring the Worthington Oil Co.
property near Key Bridge for the
George Washington Memorial
Parkway in Arlington. An addi-
tional $150,00O for the parkway
farther upstream. mostly m
Fairfax County. also is included
in the budget bill.