Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-06-06
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|Conferees Will
Meet Soon
BY DON S. WARREN

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next few days to iron out diff
ferences between the House and
Senate over the big 1857 District
Appropriations bill. The Senate
version calls for an outlay of
nearly $182 million for the year
beginning July /.
Major disagreements between
the two bodies-which should
not take too long to solve-con-
Germ the critical public school
situation.
The Senate bill calls for funds
flor the provision of 100 new ele-
mentary teachers, with no
chargeof against funds for
Junior and senior high school
pupils.
1t also calls for use of con-
Igressional funds to finance q
comprehensive survey of the
space, teacher and other prob
lens of the public school system.
After the measure was swept
to Senate passage, the Senate
voted to insist on its amend
mentS and asked that the House
name confereeS to meet with the
Senate managers.
One Change on Floor
| Only one change was made by
the Senate in the bill as it came
from the Senate Appropriations
Committee. This was an amend
ment offered by Senator Dirk
Isen, Republican of Illinois. 1t
added $5,440 to funds for the
regulatory agencies.
Senator Dirksen said the ST.
440 would provide for employ :
|ment Of a technical co-ordinator
on the staff of the coming COM
mission.
The amendment was accepted
lby Senator Stennis, Democrat of
Mississippi, chairman of the APP
preparations Subcommittee in
charge of the District supply
bill. 1t then was adopted by the
Senate without a question.
Only a formal explanation of
the bill was made by Senator
Stennis. He quoted various Sec
tons from the official report
adopted by the Senate Appro-
Ipriations Committee.
4 Classrooms Needs Cited
These sections stressed the
acute classroom needs of the
school system and emphasized
the need for more elementary
school teachers than had beer
recommended by the Commits.
sioners or approved by the House.
The House provided for EN-.
Iployment of rs additional ele-
mentary teachers to take care OF
an increase in school popula.
ton and to reduce some of the
lovercrowded conditions in many
of the schools. The House also
; directed that funds for SO junior
and senior high school teachers
be transferred to elementary
needs so as to provide an overall
, total Of lbs more teachers fol
the primary schools.
Originally, the Commissioners
said the District budget would
stand no more than 40 addi-
tional elementary teachers.
The Senate adopted the STEM
mis- subcommittee position, re-
jected the, idea Of transferring
funds for secondary schools to
the elementaries and provided
funds for 1870 new elementary
teachers.
Cites Indignation Impact
Because of conflict and con-
fusion on the whole issue, the
Stennis subcommittee recon-
mended and the Senate yester-
! day approved a comprehensive
survey of the school problem by
an individual or organization in
dependent of both school au-
thorities and District officials.
| Senator Stennis told the Senate
this would include the problem
of school space as well as "other
needs"
j Another provision of the bill
} as passed by the Senate is $751;
900 for a complete school census.
The bill provides for a Federal
payment of $40 million, the same
as allowed by the House. Sena-
tor Stennis emphasized, however,
that since Congress earlier this
year had passed q new revenue
law after the submission of
budget estimates, the Commits
sioners were expected to submit
supplemental appropriation re-
!, quests including call for SO
million more on the Federal
share.
Cautions on Apparent Surplus
Senator Stennis brought out
that under the bill as passed yes