Evening star., 1955-10-02
Public Herring
Tuesday slotes
70 Witnesses
81 HECTOR MCLEAN

~ AAAkA0@N AAlH8AtN
District budget experts yester.
day took the knife to department
heads requests to spend ! recort
t2is million next year.
They put in an unusual Satur,
day 1T work. conducting a pre-,
llminary .stan rnarkup" o
budget requests for the iisca
year 1857. which begins mex
July 1.
The session came almost OF
the eve Of an all-day public
hearing on the budget Tuesday
Starting at 10 am. then. mort
than 10 witnesses ara slated x
testify before the Commissioner
IN the District Building board
room. ~ OF them on schools.
Next day the Commissioner
themselves are to take over tht
budget-cutting job before send.
ing the document to the Fedora
Budget Bureau and to Congress
rx..p...,
~
N 9 major reversal @ DIS
tIlct nuaget-mak.ne poncy ~ -
GonlmlSsloneIs VII nes g III.
ofing the citys speIiolng pisn'
70 ~ lts eNpecteu income. n
stsa1' tney pian sllls yeaI =
sallor tiie ihconls Y tlie spenu'
ans pialls. ~,
,,s,,t ~ - - -,rs ass rorrrsss y. ~ ~, r. ,,a,,'
mission 10 spend. they are com.
mitted to drafting 1 revenu,
program to finance It.
The Federation Of Citizens
Associations last night. mean-
while. urged city officials to take
4 sshold -the-iine position on
city government services and
expenditures.
Unanimously. and with prac-
tlcally 40 discussion. the fedora
tion requested that emergency
and so-called .smandatory" in
creases should be the only higher
expenses allowed in the general
fund for the fiscal year begin-
ming next July /.
William j. Smith. chairman
Of the fiscal relations and tax
committee, submitted the recon-
mendation for action.
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iss.iLnoLly = .isn VII De Dases
On z ilss q - feasible IaA m
CIeases uiscioseu py stan oinCiaA
xI.oay.
Biggest items on the list ar
ior suggeSted boost in the city
and = per cent sales taxes z
e nat 2 per cent, sharp increases
"a tne income tax ana = feneWef
proposal to levy 9 payroll ta1
nitting suburban Wasnington'
ians VINO Work N the Capita
as well as actual residents.
Also suggested Is the possinil
Ivy OF sniiting the District m
come tax 70 9 current basis
Wnich MARYLAND is now doing
ana collecting y by the with
hohing process.
This. y was pointed out, Woult
more than double payments 10
one year unless some Of the tas
Mcis LoIs.sen. onusI tLils l hlLIs
= : sOnseaslon pIosLaM, Maay'
.s.lu saApsysis NJ ~ nOW psylnl
saAss =, ao.a aso1 nconls and q
is 200 ii'colne g slie saia'
tll -:
issIIct oinclais, noWeVeI
usen Ina. nan oI one year
. .aAes s,oulu ,De IoIglsen Y IN
clls HIakes sne snlIt.
An eAample p0lntea OUT tina
unuer pIesens LssIiet law
man earning loVO0 yeaI
VIII 2 VIE ana Iohr cniidren
WCuiu pay .aA q SiuV.
4 personal exemptions 81
oecreaseu - suggeSteu. ne Wouis
pay @IiU year. since tni
cnange was proposed 70 80 irlt'
eHect next January !. ne Woul
pay $l4S ~ lsso because q tn'
iag 10 coiiecsion cafes afid $lJl
tnerea1tez
II, however, the Distric
adopted the withholding pian d