Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-03-26
Nearby Schools
Would Share in
$55ki||ion Aid
House Approval
Sends Construction
Item to Senate

Communities such as Airing
ton having large Federal eStab-
lishments hoped today for early
Senate concurrence in House
approval of an additional SIS
million for school construc-
ton aid.
This $55 million would cover
the remainder of 1854 and bene-
fit numerous So-called "impacted
areas" previously entitled to re-
ceive such Federal assistance
under a law passed last year.
The item was part of a $456, 47O,-
496 supplementary appropria-
ton bill passed by the House
late yesterday, making addi-
tional OUTLAWS for various
agencies during the fiscal year
ending June 80.
The overall bill and the SIS
million school aid provision
turned out to be considerably
bigger than the House Appro-
priationS Committee expected.
Besides adding the SIS million,
the House voted, 81 to Sc, to
increase from 1851 100 to $14,-
551.100 a supplementary allow
ance to States for costs of adj
ministering unemployment COM
penSation and employment serv-
ice programs.
Debate PrOvOkeS Blame.
In debate on the SIS million
amendment, the Department of
Health, Education and Welfare
drew the principal blame.
Representative Fogarty, Demo-
crat. of Rhode Island. last week
served notice he would move to
provide $113 million. This was
for the old entitlements and. the
current school construction pro-
grams in communities affected
by tax-exempt Federal properties
and increasing school popula-
tons caused by arrival of large
numbers of Federal employees.
Mr.. Fogarty yesterday agreed
to go along with a SIS million
outlay proposed by Committee
Chairman Taber to meet only
to the old entitlements.
Mr.. Fogarty and several other
Democrats. as we'll as Republi-
cans, noted that the department
had not asked the committee or
the Budget Bureau to include the
SIS million. The Rhode Islander
declared that, under the con-
gresSional enactment of last
spring, it should have done so.
Would Defer Action.
"The fault" he said, lies in
the department and not in the
committee for having to put in
an amendment of this kind. I
have agreed to accept the SIS
million amendment with the I'M
Outstanding that the $50 million
necessary for school construc-
ton aid under new programs this
year will be considered in con-
nection with the regular ap-
preparation bill for the coming
fiscal year.
People in the executive de-
partmentS must pay some atten-
ton to enactments by the legis-
lative branch. I hope the De-
partment of Health, Education
and Welfare will learn this from
the example of what has hap
pened here today"
Department officials explained,
according to closed-session teSti-
mony released by the committee,
that Commissioner of Education
Samuel M. Brownell recently rec
commended that the additional
school construction funds be re-
quested. They said it was too
late to do so before the supple
mentary bill was ready for the
House last week.
Some Nearby Benefits.
The SIS million could benefit
Arlington County and Alexan-
dria. department officials esti-
mated today. Arlington might
be entitled to $458, 900, and Alex
andria, $685,00 They as we'll
as other nearby communities in
Virginia and Maryland already
stood to benefit to some extent
under the previous legislation.
Before Chairman Taber told
the House the committee would
recommend the SIS million pro-
vision, Notwithstanding the lack
of official requests from executive
agencies. Representative Broy-
hill, Republican, of Virginia had
planned sharp criticism of the
committee.
He took the floor anyway and
complained that Congress still
should do much more to honor
its promise" to appropriate
necessary funds for additional
school construction in areas
adversely affected by large Fed
eral Government establishments.
Most dairy COWS are better
housed than some of the kids
in Northern Virginia Schools"
he asserted. May I remind the
House that these communities
throughout the Nation are de-
MED millions of dollars in tax
revenue because the Federal
Government is free-loader and
SquatS on otherwise taxable land
and refuses to pay taxes"