Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-09
House Group :
Will Act Soon
On D. {. Funds
Measure Will Be
Included in One of
: Last Money Bills
BY HAROLD B. ROGERS


District government requests
for more funds to be spent next
fiscal year will be acted on soon
by a House Appropriations sub
committee for inclusion in one
of the last big supplemental
funds bills of the S4th Congress.
The measure probably will not
come to the House for action.
however, until near the end of
the session.
Full details of the supple
mental requests considered by
the District Appropriations SUBJ
committee yesterday in executive
hearings were not disclosed. The
official documents have not yet
been sent by the President to
Congress. They are before the
Budget Bureau.
But is was said that pleas were
made for SO million more for
the Federal payment towards
city costs. This would bring the
payment for next fiscal year up
to the $23 million now author
lied by Congress in passing the
recent revenue bill.
Police Request Considered
Among other requests before
the subcommittee headed by Rep
resentative Rabaut, Democrat of
Michigan, is one for more than
ST million to bring the Metropol-
itan police force up to not less
than $500 men, exclusive of
some specialists.
Mr.. Rabaut refrained from
any predictions as to what ac4
ton his subcommittee or the full
Appropriations Committee would
take on the requests. But he
intimated that the amounts to
be approved may depend some
what on how much of the SO
million extra Federal payment
is recommended.
The full amount of all requests
probably will be disclosed by the
White House and Budget Bureau
sometime next week, when the
official supplemental papers are
forwarded to Congress. Each de-
tail will be made public then.
Meanwhile, it was apparent
from the large gathering of Dis
trict officials teStifying behind
closed doors that many agencies
of the city government asked
money for needs next fiscal year.
Commissioners Head List
The long witness list was
headed by the commissioners,
Schuyler Lowe. director of gen.
eral administration: Walter Fow-
Ter. budget officer; William
Wilding, deputy budget officer.
and heads of many departments.
The largest single group of
projects requested were believed
to be the delayed public works
program for the city. These were
listed last January by the COM
miSSionerS as subject to submis-
sion to Congress if sufficient
revenue could be obtained.
1t could not be learned if all
of them were officially recon-
mended for appropriations.
Among those projects listed
last January as possible if funds
were available were:
A new physicians dormitory at
District General Hospital, SITS
600; conversion of the existing
psychiatric building there to a
convalescent ward, $4,000;
equipment for the new psychia-
trio building, $230,000.
Detention Unit Listed
Also $469, 300 for a detention
unit and $425,000 for a ware
house, both at Children's Center:
$803,60 for two junior units at
District Training school; $3.1
million for construction of the
Youth Correctional Center at
Lorton.
The annual Appropriation bill.
already passed by the House and
Senate. is scheduled for action
by a House-Senate conference
Tuesday afternoon. Both bodies
of Congress had approved the
$40 million Federal payment.
the figure authorized by law at
the time the measure passed
Senate and House.
But the conferees are faced
with the duty of resolving diff
ferences between the House ver-
sion of S179.7 million and the
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