Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-03-04
District Bills :
SET for Action q.
81
By End Of Week

The Districts big money bills
may get action this week by
House committees.
The $12 million revenue meas
ure Is slated for final action to-
morrow afternoon by the House,
Senate fiscal subcommittee in
what probably will be its last
session on the problem.
Designed to raise funds by new
local taxes and an increase in
the Federal payment from $40
million to $50 million, the bill
is expected to ease the Districts
financial dilemma. 'a
A last-minute move to make
one change in the bill will be
attempted at tomorrow's execu.
tive session by the Defense
Department. Carter L. Burgess,
Assistant Secretary of Defense,
expects to object to placing the
lcity's sales tax on commissaries.
The Joint committee will listen
to his testimony. and then act
to finish the bill.
Introduction Slated
Subcomm ttee Chairman
Smith, Democrat of Virginia.
plans to introduce the bill In the
House tomorrow or Tuesday. 1t
then will go to the full House
District Committee.
District Committee Chairman
Mcmillan said last night he
hoped to call meeting Of his
unit for the middle of this week
to take up the revenue legisla-
ton.
Also ready for action will be
two bills relating to the Jones
Point Bridge approved by a Dis
Itrict subcommittee. The meas
ure would transfer jurisdiction
for building the span from the
Interior Department to the
Commerce Departments Bureau
of Public Roads, make some
changes in design. and name
the crossing the Woodrow Will
son Memorial Bridge.
The House District judiciary
subcommittee will consider all
measures before it at an execu-
tive study session 1890 am.
tomorrow. Subcommittee Chair
man Harris, Democrat of Ar
kansas. said he hopes. to make
some decisions at the meeting
on which measures to call up
for public hearings. He said it
was doubtful, however. If any
of the bills before his group
could be ready for action by the
full committee at its next meet
ing.
Chairman Mcmillan, Demo-
lcrt of South Carolina, predicted
the revenue measure might GET
Ito the House floor the next Dis
trict Day. March IL.
Budget Nears Completion
Meanwhile, the Districts bud-
get for the next fiscal year
beginning July /. is about ready
for final action by the HOUSE AM
Ipropriations District subcornnlit-
tee. The subcommittee, headed by
Representative Rabaut, Demo-
crat Of Michigan, concluded two
nights of public hearings Friday
night, following testimony In
executive session for District de-
partment officials. The Rabaut
unit will report the budget to the
full House Appropriations Com
mittee for action. &
The budget as subsmitted 10
Congress asks for total of $182N
million for next fiscal year. ~
the revenue bill becomes law tie
city heads said they hope to ask
expenditures be increased to $1g6
million to take care of city public
works scheduled for construE-
ton, but not yet put into the
budget.
Many local items. carried in
two big Federal appropriation
bills are scheduled to come UP
before the House tomorrow and
Tuesday.
The District Civil Defense Di-
rector win be among witnesses
to testify before a House sub
committee Tuesday morning on
civil defense. The Military Oper-
atoms subcommittee of the Com
mittee on Government Opera
tons is seeking ito clarity the
role of the military services in
Ico-ordinating with and in assist
/ ing the Nations civil defense
effort in the event of an attack