Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-08-18
Extra Fund Bill
With DC. Items
Clears Senate
Compromise Measure
Eliminates Projects
Of Some Members

sSS OISSAS
Of Some Members
By Don S. Worren
The Senate today accepted
House insistence on numerous
amendments and passed and
sent to the White House for
signature the SIG billion sup
Elemental appropriation bill.
The measure contains extra
funds for practically the entire
Federal establishment and ,nu-
merous items of local interest.
Some Senators had to take I'm
pleasant medicine in accepting
House refusal for funds for some
projects. But as Senator Fergu-
son. Republican, of Michigan,
handling the bill in the Senate,
explained to his colleagues, Sen
ate conferees had been forced to
compromise, as did those from
the House.
One of the items dropped, in,
volved work on a river and har-
Dor project in New Hampshire,
the home State Of Chairman
Bridges of the Senate Appropri-
atoms Committee.
Workers Move Affected.
Senator Thye, Republican, of
Minnesota, raised a protest that
no funds had been allowed to
cover the cost of the transfer
from Baltimore to Washington
Of several hundred management
employees of the Bureau of Old
Age and Survivors Insurance.
He said some of these had been.
moved from Washington to Bal
timore at the beginning of World
War II and now were faced with
transferring back to Washing
ton. He said this left them in a
difficult financial situation. Sem
ator Ferguson indicated t..:s
problem might be taken up in
another bill next year.
The. final bill carried provi-
sions for Sc million to begin con-
struction of an annex to the
Senate Office Building and to
authorize loans and grants to
Georgetown University Hospital
for its planned expansion of it's
modern plant on Reservoir road
NV.
Get House Approval.
Both these items won House
approval yesterday.
Also approved was a confer
ence report calling for $4,000 in
additional money for the Chill
dren's Bureau to set up a staff
to cooperate with the States
and local communities on juve-
nile delinquency problems.
Such a project had been
recommended by the Senate
Juvenile Delinquency subcom-
mittee, headed by Senator Hen
erickson, Republican, of New
Jersey.
Arlington Item Killed.
The House refused to grant
funds to the National Capital
Planning Commission to pur-
chase land in Arlington County
formerly used as a site for a
small oil refinery which recently
burned down.
Originally the House had
omitted the item, but the Senate
wrote in a proposed grant of
100000. House-Senate conferees
reported they were in disagree
ment.
Chairman Taber of the House
Appropriations Committee urged
that the House approve a COM
promise figure of $4,000 but
this was knocked down by a
2-to-1 vote. Instead Represent
alive Thomas. Democrat. of Tex
as won approval for a motion
that the House insist on giving
nothing.
Highway Bridge Granted.
Accepted by both houses was
q Federal grant Of $3.50, 900 to
reimburse the District for the
cost of construction of a high
way railroad grade separation
structure now being completed,
as a link in the Washington
Baltimore parkway. This is on
the line of New York avenue
NE near South Dakota avenue.
The District would have to
pay about $4,000 as its share
for paving. Originally it was
thought that the Pennsylvania
Railroad should bear a big share,
but its agents argued it should
not have to pay a cent for COM
peting motor traffic.
In the bill also is $780,
900 for operation of the
Washington National Airport,
This was left out earlier because
OF a plan to incorporate the port
and let it use its own receipts.
That legislation failed of action.
The bill also left the Capitol
police force on its old basis, De-
MED was a proposed grant of
SITS 900 to put it on an enlarged
and non-patronage- appointment
basis. Authority for this has
failed enactment. at this session
at least.
Police, Fire Benefits.
Another District bill cleared
Congress yesterday and was sent
to the White House for the Pres
ident's signature.
It would permit policemen and
firemen to waive all or part Of
their retirement If they preferred
In order to accept more gener-
Gus veterans benefits.
The House agreed to Senate