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Mclaughlin said Of past audi
ences before Congress.
He said the State Of the Dis
trict document now being draft
ed would encompass the budget.
but not be limited by Il. Form
wise. the paper will be modelled
after President Kihenhower's
state Of the Union address.
I'VE have our next years pro-
gram well enough organized
that as soon as the President
presents his budget We win be
In the clear statutorily to give
Congress the whole picture.
Mr.. Mclaughlin added.
He warned the Commission.
erS picture would not gee
with Q balanced budget"
Requirements Of some depart
ments simply can't be met with
current revenue. he said.
Peek 1T Situation
Although these requirements
are dubbed confidential by the
Federal Budget Bureau. Dis
trict stan reports have In
dicated they are:
D. c. General Hospital adj
ditions: q District Training
School building and welfare
chapels: six elementary schools:
a penal hospital and stepped
UP construction on Q Youth
Corrections Center: six branch
libraries. and an expanded
Central Library at Mount
Vernon Square.
These high priority items Of
department directors were dis
allowed by the Commissioners
own budget aides for lack Of
money to pay for them.
The Commissioners have not
yet decided how stable q loan
to ask from Uncle Sam to-
help finance such general
fund items. according to Gen.
eral Administrations Director
Schuyler Lowe. But the Budget
Bureau has cleared the Com
uissioners plea to take q hor-
owing bid to Capitol Hill.
Cite 3e-Year Loan
Their citizen advisers told
'ity heads to seek loans Of Se7
million at current interest
rates to be repaid over the next
30 years. This would help A.
nance q $l4l million, six-year
public works program recon-
mended BY the citizen commit
tee headed by. Richard p.
Dunn. president Of Julius Gar
nnckel a Co.
The Commissioners total
works program Is expected TO
meet or surpaSs the Dunn rec
concentrations because their
budget officials urged S24.1
million Of works In the coming
budget. This beats by nearly I
million the Dunn estimate for
The first year Of $23.5 million.
Figures win be part Of the
Eisenhower budget.
At work on the state Of the
District document are General
Administration Director
Schuyler Lowe and Corpora.
lion Counsel Chester Gray.
'ded by his chief legislative
'4e. Irving Bryan
Review 3 Categories
Mr.. Lowe said the paper
ould review three eateeoriesI
Of legislation: leftover bills. |
already cleared the Bureau and |
passed by one or both Houses:
new legislation. already cleared
the Bureau; future legislation.
as yet not submitted TO the
Bureau.
Drafting viii be q crash
proposition" Mr.. Lowe said.
The later we write the mes
sage. the more we can include. ="
Senator Bible. Democrat Of
Nevada. and Representative
Mcmillan. Democrat Of South
Carolina. are considered recep-
tive to the state Of the District
idea. They noted publicly last
spring that the Commissioners
never wrapped UP legislative
proposals in an easy-to-handle
bundle. n
Senator Bible Is ranking
Democrat on the Senate Dis
trict Committee. next to Chair
man Nicely Of West Virginia,
whose illness often has kept
him OF the Hill. Representa-
tive Mcmillan heads the House
District unit.