Evening star., 1954-05-28
The District Needs
Witnesses at Budget Hearing
Offer Variety of Suggestions

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Here are the hichlights Of
testimony today and yesterday
at hearings on the Districts
budget for the nert fiscal year
before the District Subcom-
nittee of the House Appropri-
Gtions Committee: -
Mrs. Belle b. Kassel, acting
assistant administrator, Hadley
Memorial Hospital-Urged traf-
f1c lights at South Capitol and
Danbury' streets for Patterson
School, and urged District funds
for care of the medically indi-
gent at Hadley Hospital.
william M. Bucher. executive
secretary, Hospital Council Of
the National Capital Area
Urged an increase in the Dis
trict payments to contract hos
pitals for care of the INDECENT.
Harry C. Lamberton, Citizens
Committee on Minimum Wage
Asked an additional field investf-
gator to help the Minimum Wage
Division catch up with its work.
Mrs. Albert w. Atwood, chair
man of Golden Age Hobby Shows
Requested $4,000 for the Recre-
alton Department to finance an
nual hobby shows for elderly
persons, and a year-round en-
ploye to handle the activity.
Joseph L. Miller, Connecticut
Avenue Citizens Association
Rea@Ssted $4,000 to complete
the Cleveland Park library prof.
ect to provide community rooms.
Russell Schneider, Family and
Child Services - Recommended
more welfare workers to put pub
lie assistance ION q more buSi-
nesslike basis"
Joseph A. Kaufman, Juvenile
Court Advisory Committee and
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions-For the court, he urged
granting of requested personnel
increases. For the Federation.
he gave general support to the
entire District Budget as drafted
by the Commissioners.
Milton C. Denbo, District
Mental Health Association
Urged employment of few spe-
cialists to establish a program of
early mental help for disturbed
children.
Mrs. Todd Duncan, vice presi-
dent, Washington Chapter of
Americans for Democratic Ac-
tion-Requested larger appro-
priations for more teachers and
schools to cut the upil-teacher
ratio.
Mrs. Elizabeth Young, South
east Neighborhood Council
Asked for two new child
guidance clinics, at $50.000 each,
in Southeast and Northeast
Washington, and more funds for
the Georgetown clinic of the
Bureau Of Mental Hygiene to
help curb juvenile delinquency.
Keith L. Seegmiller, president,
Lafayette Home and School As
sociaticn-Urged funds to hire
clerical assistants for school
principals and for an expanded
musical education program.
Howard d. Wo0dson, North
east Boundary Civic Association
Objected to exclusive use by
Capital Transit Co. of its paved
right-of way between Minnesota
avenue and Forty-fourth street
NE; warned that overcrowding
of schools is largely responsible"
for juvenile delinquency; asked
Tor a new junior high school
near Minnesota avenue and
Foote street, and for a flood
control program to stop flooding
of Watts Run.
Mrs. Gordon M. Van Sanford,
Mothers Council of Washing
ton-Requested funds to in
crease the SLIT an hour salaries
paid to directors Of cooperative,
pre- school Fairgrounds and
backed all funds sought in the
Recreation Departments budget.
Mrs. Robert X. Richards, John
Eaton PTA and Cleveland Park
Recreation Council-Requested
$4,000 for musical instruments
in the school budget and % more
for teachers, as well as support
ing all budget requests Of the
Recreation Department.
James Guinan, st. Peter Claver
Center-Asked the committee to
approve the full amount re-
quested for public assistance and
for enough more to meet full
subsistence standards. He also
asked for liberalization of eligi-
bility standards to permit public
assistance for families with in
adequate income, even though
they may have a member classi-
fed as employable.
Allan Fisher, director of the
Legal Aid Bureau-Backed 100
per cent public assistance grants
to families on relief. He COM
planned that when his organiza-
ton succeeds in getting court
orders to wayward fathers for
family support, the Welfare De-
partment cuts its grants by that
amount-even If it is not paid.
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