Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-10-11
Sheo's Appeal
Heads List
Of Requests
BY JAMES G. DEANE


a $1.S million increase in his
departments tentative SIS mil
lion budget for next year.
At the same time Correc-
tons Director Donald Glenn
mer requested an additional
1927 900 for the Districts prison
system.
The two requests topped a
list Of budget pleas made by IL
District agencies in meeting
with the Commissioners today
and yesterday.
If approved, the increases
would be tackled onto allot-
ments in the $211.8 million
budget which has been SUBJ
mitted by the District budget
Office for the fiscal year 1859
starting next July.
Mr.. Shea proposed lifting the
budget Offices allowance for
public assistance grants by
$720 900. He also asked for
1924 900 for raising the city's
$50 foster home board rate to
SIS a month, $3.50 900 for en-.
larging the Laurel Md Chill
dren's Center staff and $525 600
for new construction, chiefly
for three chapels for the Chill
dren's Center.
Cost Of Living
The public assistance in
crease would be added to one
amounting to $4,000 already
recommended by the budget
office. Mr.. Shea's proposal
would substitute a more ample
cost of living budget for the
one approved by the budget
office.
This increase is being
strongly supported by the pub
lie welfare advisory council
and other welfare organiza-
tons.
MIR. Shea's request was con-
siderably more modest than
what his department proposed
originally for next year. The
department initially asked for
more than $50 million. This
was trimmed to sis, ABS. 900. Mr..
Shea's proposal is to add ST.
10000 TO the latter figure.
New DOrmitory
The extra 1927 900 asked by
L Mr.. Clemmer includes $171 900
for a new dormitory for the
Occoquan va Workhouse
and sI56,00 for IS additional
guards. mostly for the Lorton
(VaD Reformatory.
The Corrections Department
was allowed S7,304,000 by the
budget Office. The department
originally requested SILT mid
lion.
The other increases requested
by department heads in the
last two days include:
Corporations Counsel's Office.
$4,000 for additional staff and
equipment.
Parole Board. $4,000 for two
additional field parole officers,
a case work supervisor and a
clerk.
Juvenile Court. $44.4S0 for
seven additional staff members
and some automatic record
keeping equipment.
Coroner. $1,000 for attend
ants to man the District morgue
at night.
Department Of Occupations
and Professions. $4,000 for
travel allowances for members
of professional boards.
Municipal Court Of Appeals.
81 500 for lighting, printing and
furniture repair.
Education Requests
Earlier in the week the Board
of Education asked the Com
miSSioners to increase the
budget Offices $50 million
school allotment by an extra
81 million. Of which 81 million
would go for operation and
the rest for capital outlay.
The public library system
has asked for a decision for
proposals to rebuild or replace
the central library. for which
the budget Office denied $4,000
in site money.
The only other department
scheduled to, appeal its budget
allotment is the Health De-
partment. Health officials are
expected next week to ask for
most if not all Of S3.4 million
which was trimmed by the
budget office.