Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-06
$3>705>105inFunds
Approved for DC.
$4,000 Cut
From Original
Budget Request
BY DON S. WARREN

The House Appropriations
Committee today recommended
approval of $3,705.1O5 in sup
Elemental funds for the Dis.
trict government for this fiscal
year, or $413,O00 short of the
original requests of city off,
Gals.
1t includes funds to provide
for additions to four elementary
schools now badly overcrowded
and where part-time classes al
ready are scheduled for the
term beginning in September.
The four schools are the
Bryan, River Terrace, Noyes
and the Kingsman.
Voluntary Reductions
School capital outlay items
winning committee approval,
however, totaled $2,421 900, or
$4,000 below original school
requests. Part of this was due
to voluntary reductions offered
by school officials.
The committee also approved
funds for extra stats for the
Office of Corporation Counsel
and for Municipal Court to
meet a heavy load of work ex-
pected in the enforcement of
the new law for reciprocal work
with the States in catching UP
with the runaway fathers Of
abandoned children.
For this work the committee
approved $4,000 for the Cor
poration Counsel, a cut Of
$4,000. and for the court,
$4,000. cut of $4,000.
The committee. however, re-
jected a request for $4,000 for
additional staff for the De-
partment of Licenses and In
Spections for enforcement Of
the new law requiring licens-
ing and inspection of nonre-
ligious solicitations. intended to
put down the charities rackets.
Request Postponed
This item was postponed for
later consideration after Cabell
Gwathmey, department direc-
tor. told the committee he did
not expect the actual work on
permits could be started before
next April.
In explaining delays faced In
getting the charities rackets
control system rolling. Mr..
Gwathmey told the committee
the act provides for develop
ment of regulations by the
Commissioners for public hear
ings on them and for the crea-
ton of a citizens advisory
committee.
He said past experience in
matters involving a citizens
committee recommending reg.
ulations indicated to his de.
partment it would be very
difficult to get conclusion on
regulations until about January
or February next year. He
added that the law provides
for a 60-day period after adop-
ton of regulations before they
become effective.
Auditing Involved
Mr.. Gwathmey said there
was some necessary guessing
as to the amount of the work.
load. but that some of the
language Of the act looks
all-encompassing." He said
this involves "a lot of auditing,
a lot of monitoring of news
papers and radio stations as
well as television programs.
Subcommittee Chairman Ra-
baut commented: We'll, any,
thing that is a racket ought
to be stopped. but the point
is that it seems some little
study ought to be made of 1t
before you come in with an
estimate for three months for
$4,000 and then it could be
$4,000. Mr.. Gwathmey esti-
mated a full GEAR cost Of
SIS 900.
The committee recommended
$4,000 for the Zoo. the sum
requested so as to permit a wage
stepup for the animal keepers.
In other actions the com.
mittee approved most of re.
quested funds for District pay
ments into the compensation
and retirement funds and all
city requests for payment Of