Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-04-17
Jones Point Bridge
Fund Killed for Year
Senators PIedqe
Placement of
Sum in 1857

The Senate Appropriations
Committee today struck from
the Interior Department appro-
priations bill for next year $13.8
million for construction of the
Jones Point Bridge. with the
promise that the same money
would be placed in the Com
merce Departments appropria-
ton bill for next year.
This was announced by Sen
ator Robertson, Democrat Of
Virginia. a member of the APP
preparations Committee, which
today was acting on its Subcom-
mittee report on the Interior
bill.
The Virginian said that the
$13.9 million had been recon-
mended by the Senate subcom-
mittee handling the Interior
bill, after the House had stricken
the item.
Another Item Stricken
Senator Robertson. a strong
advocate of the bridge. had sup
ported funds for the span during
recent Senate appropriation
hearings. when National park
Service Director Conrad With
had appealed to the Senate to
restore the House slaShes. An
other item for the bridge, $780,
600 to buy land in Maryland on
which to seat the span, was
stricken from the second sup
Elemental appropriation bill late
yesterday by a House-Senate
conference.
The House earlier had taken
out both the 100000 for land
and $3.50 million for construc-
ton of the bridge from the two
different appropriation bills be-
cause of pending legislation to
transfer jurisdiction of the span
from the Interior Department to
the Commerce Department. This
bill is slated for action probably
next Monday on District day in
the House.
Conferees did not finish their
work yesterday of composing
differences between House and
Senate versions of the second
supplemental appropriation bill.
No date had been set for an
other session of conferees.
Raised S63 Million
The big measures carrying
funds for the rest of this fiscal
year ending June 80, had been
amended in more than As places
by the Senate after it passed
the House. AS passed by the
Senate, it recommends $858.8
million. which is an increase Of
500 million above the figure in
the HouSe-passed measure.
The bill also includes $95
million for the District, most OF
which is for city government pay
raises The Senate restored
$4,000 cut by the House from
$150,000 requested for medical
charities. There was no indi-
cation what action the confefees
took.
Meanwhile, the measure still
lis pending before the House and
probably can be called up for
debate and action next District
day, which is next Monday.
According to reliable infor-
nation, there has been build
ing up among members of the
House Appropriations Commit
tee objections to the Federal
Government paying entire cost
of the bridge construction.
Maryland and Virginia have
pledged themselves to pay for
approach roads to the bridge.
Objections by some residents of
Alexandria to the approach roads
in the city have been met by a
proposed amendment to bar use
of the roads to which Alex
Iandrians objected.
Museum Fund Approved
The Senate Appropriations
Committee also approved in the
Interior Department supply bill
$33,7l2,000 for construction Of
the Smithsonian Institutions
new museum Of history and
technology. This item had pre-
viously been approved by the
House.
The structure will be built in
the Mall on the south side Of
Constitution avenue between
Twelfth and Fourteenth streets.
The committee increased by
$751; the amount approved by
the House for salaries and ex-
penses of the National Park and
Planning Commission. This
brought the item up to 100000.
The increase was recommended
because of a heavier work load.
Also increased by the Senate
Committee was the fund for
acquisition for park and park
way lands in the District and
metropolitan area. The Senate
unit raised the House figure Of
81 100000 to Sis million. In its
report the committee said it
felt requests OF the commission
were reasonable and it there
fore recommended allowance OF
the htidpnt astir1ata