Evening star (Washington, D.C.), April 14, 1932 (page 7)

D. t APPROPRIATION BILL IS REPORTED Measure, Slashed to Bone, Carries $39,913,810--Lean est Fund in Years. (Continued From First Page.)_ payments from water revenues of $342, 890 under the present appropriations and $80,550 under the budget recom mendations. The bill provides appropriations to taling $29,731,380 to be paid for out of revenue from taxes on real estate, tan gible and intangible property, public utilities and banks, and from miscella neous sources; $6,500,000 from the Fed eral Treasury. $2,011,330 from water revenues and $1,671,100 from the gaso line tax fund In addition to the regular appropria tions for maintenance and operation of the municipality of the City of Wash ington. the appropriations in the bill also include appropriations on account of the park areas under the jurisdiction of Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant. 3d. as director of public buildings and public parks, the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Zoological Park, and for certain work being performed under the supervision of the Engineer Depart ment of the Army. Cannon Explains Slash. In explaining the reduction in appro priations Chairman Cannon of the sub committee which drafted the bill, in his report to the House today said: "Having in mind the necessity for re duced expenditures, the committee has eliminated new items wherever possible, and has also denied the establishment of new positions except in cases of the ut most urgency Particular consideration has been given to proposed items for new construction, and in most cases the committee has found it possible to post pone such projects without seriously:in terfering with the welfare and needs of the District. The committee has also taken into consideration the teduced cost of food, clothing, supplies and equipment, and has made a general re duction in appropriations fjff such pur poses throughout the bill/' In explaining to hi*' colleagues the subcommittee's actioiv'trit'.i regard to the $600,000 relief re/'.flmmem'ation''. made by President Hoover, Chairman Cannon said: "The comtjrttee has given careful con sideration' to the item of 5600,003 rec ommended in a supplemental budget es timate in House doc nr the relief of the unemployed and needy In the District of Columbia. While it was recommended that the aadit.anal sum of $600,000 be appropriated to the Board of Public Welfare, it was the evi dent intention that this money be ex pended in connection with and supp'e mentary to the money collected and disbursed by the Community Chest of the District of Columbia. Chest Figures Cited. "It was stated before the subcommit tee that the Community Chest closed the year 1931 with a deficit, and that the demands on the Community Chest for 1932 would exceed the demands made upon the Community Chest in 1931. The total amount actually ex pended by the Community Chest for the year 1931 was $2,006,971.69. In cluded in this sum was $133,935.68 of borrowed money. The total net sub scriptions to the Community Chest for the year 1932 were $2,415,918.92. After paying the money borrowed to cover the deficit of 1931, the Community Che:t will have available for use in 1932 the amount of $2,276,983.24. which exceeds the 1931 expenditures by $270,011.55. "There will undoubtedly be some shrinkage in collections of the 1932 subscriptions to the Community Chest, but, allowing for such shrinkage, the committee finds that the amount avail able for charitable work in the District of Columbia for the year 1932 exceeds by a substantial amount the total ex penditures for such work in 1931. "Employment conditions in the Dis trict of Columbia are better than in any other comparable city by reason of the fact that the main industry of the Dis trict is Federal Government business, and the net decrease of Government employed personnel in the District has been very slight. me commiuee is oi me opinion mat those interested in this item did not justify the present need of the pro posed appropriation, which was sup ported to a large degree bv the p°id employes of several of the 65 organiza tions that participate in the funds col lected by the Community Chest. A cur sory examination of the expenditures of the Community Chest and some of the 65 organizations indicates that a con siderable portion of the funds is being expended to pay employes of the Com munity Chest and the 65 participating organizations." For the building inspection division the amount recommended is $156,600, ■which is $4,600 below the current ap propriation and a similar reduction un der the budget estimate. This cut is made possible by the elimination of two positions at $2,300 each which will be come vacant by retirements fer age be fore thp end of the present fiscal year. The decline in building operation makes possible the non-filling of these posi tions without impairment to the service. "For public convenience stations there 1s recommended $17,000. which is $12, 000 less than the 1932 appropriation and the same as the'budget estimate. The sharp reduction under the 1932 appropriation is due to th? abandon ment of two station*. The sum of $3,000 is carried for demolition of the station at Fifteenth street and Maryland avenue northeast "For the care cf the District Building there is recommended for personal serv ices $104,080, which is $5,800 more than the current appropriation and $1,200 less than the estimates. The increase is due to the taking over of the Ford Building by the local government, and the decrease of $1,200 is due to the elimination of a watchman, whose serv ices are not essential. Due to the de crease in the power rate and the de cline in other prices, a reduction is made possible in the estimate of $33,000 for fuel, light, etc. "An appropriation of $89,780 is rec ommended for the office of the cor poration counsel, which is $490 more than the current appropriation, and is due to the reallocation cf a position by the Personnel Classification Board. Five new petitions and $7,440 recommenced for this office are disallowed by the committee. t oroner s unit e. "For the coroner's office there is rec ommended *11.140, which is $200 less than the current appropriation and the tame amount under the budget esti mates. The committee has inserted a provision making current appropriations available for compensation of two dep uty coroners at the rate of $1,600 each during the fiscal year 1932 Two deputy corcners have been performing service since July 1, 1931. withoul remunera tion, and the language prop-ssd will overcome the difficulty due to the deci sion of the Controller Geneve 1 that un der existing law deputy coroners mu't be paid at the rate of not exceeding *5 per day and will permit the local gov ernment to pay for services rendered. "There is recommended for the office of chief clerk. Engineering Department, *30.660, which is *680 more then the current appropriation and *1,620 less than the estimates. Th~ reduction in the estimates is due to the elimination of one new clerk recommended by the budget. "The committee recommends for the municipal architect's office the :um of *72.360, which is *3.760 less than the current appropriation and S4.300 under the estimates This reduction is made possible by a reorganization of the effi'e. involving th" elimination of one posi tion at *3 800 and a cut of $500 in the salary of the municipal architect. The amount recommended for per sonal services for the Department of Vehicles and Traffic for 1933 is $86,380, which is $1,620 less than the budget figures and $16,020 more than the 1932 appropriation. Increase for I'ublic Library. "For personal services in the Public Library there is recommenced the bud get figure of $319,440. which is $23,890 more then the current appropriation. The increase ever 1932 is cue to the consolidation with this item of para graphs for temporary and substitute services formerly carried separately and to the necessity for appropriating for the new Northeast branch for a full year. "For the purchase of books. pcriodi cals, etc., the estimate of $54,500 is approved. "The budget estimate of $28,500 for maintenance is reeommende1, with the elimination of the language providing for the purchase of lunch room equip ment. "In accordance with the policy of postponing new construction when pos sible, the committee has not included the estimate of $75,000 for beginning construction of a building for the Georgetown branch library. "For the office of the register of wills there is recommended for personal serv ices $70,000. which is $4,720 unser the current appropriation and the same amount below the budget. The reduc tion of $1,000 under the estimate of $11,000 for rr.is'-ellancous expen es is made po'sib'.e by the decrease in the I cost cf articles to be purchased. "For salaiies in the office of the re corder of deeds there is recommended $100,000. which is $5,020 less than both the estimates and the current appro priations. The saving of $1,500 in the estimate of $14,000 for miscellaneous expenses is due to the decrease in the cost of supplies and equipment. "For contingent and miscellaneous ex penses of the District government, such j as printing, motor vehicles, postage, ad vertising. etc., the committee recom. I mends a total of $237 850, a decrease of $63,916 under the 1932 appropriation I and $68,916 less than the estimates. "The committee has reduced the esti mate of S41.000 fer general expenses to j $37,500, whrh is $5,000 more then the current appropriation, and has also re I duced from $10 to $6 the per diem to be paid members of the board to survey dangerous or unsafe buildings. "A reduction of $5,000 in the estimate of $75,000 for printing and binding is recommended by the committee, which is also $5,000 less than the 1932 appro priation. "For maintenance and operation of passenger-carrying automobiles there is recommended $65,000, which is $57,516 less than the current appropriation and $54,416 below the budget figure. "For general advertising there is rec ommended $5,000. which is $4,500 under j the estimates and the same amount be low the 1932 appropriation. Municipal Center. "The act of February 28, 1929 (45 Stat., p. 1408i, authorized the Commis sioners cf the District of Columbia to acquire all of squares 490, 491 and 533 and reservation 10 in the District of Columbia as a site for a Municipal Cen ter and to construct thereon necessary buildings to house municipal activities. These blocks are iocated north of Penn sylvania avenue and between Third and Sixth streets northwest. "Uo to the present date a total of $7,500,000 has been appropriated by Congress for these purposes, and the pending bill recommends the additional sum of $222,000. together with the re appropriation of $1,278,000 originally appropriated for construction work, to be available for the purposes of the paragraph in the pending bill. The re appropriation of the unexpended bal ance for construction is made with the understanding that construction work will not begin during the fiscal year 1933 and has been agreed upon by your committee in conference with and at the suggestion of the Commissioners after a review of the finances of the District. "Appropriations for this project, in cluding the sum recommended by your committee, are as follows: Purchase of land.$6,900,000 Construction work. 1,500,000 Grading and paving. 600,000 Total.$9,000,000 "For street and road improvement and repair the committee recommends an appropriation cf $3,617,290, which is $775,620 lees than the 1932 appropria tion and $818,220 under the budget es timate. "The budget estimate of $1,960,000 under the gasoline tax road and street fund is reduced by the committee to $1,671,100. which is $328,900 less than the 1932 appropriation and $288,900 be low the estimates. Members of the subcommittee made a i inspection of the proposed project and recommend that the following be eliminated: Good Hope road, Minnesota ave nue to Naylor road. $96,300 Sixteenth street, Irving to Law rence streets.•- 13,700 v'arnum street, Tenth to Twelfth streets 7,500 Fourth street, Franklin street to Michigan avenue. 35,600 Third street, Sheridan to Un derwood streets. 9,300 Tuckerman street. Eighth street to Georgia avenue. 11,200 Piney Branch road, Georgia avenue to Van Buren street. 26,000 Dahlia street, Georgia avenue to Ninth street. 4,100 Hamilton street, Thirteenth l to Fourteenth streets.. 12,700 Forty-third street, Jenifer street to Military road. 9,000 Ingomar street. Forty-second street to Wisconsin avenue... 10,700 Waterside drive, Massachusetts avenue south. 15,300 Fifteenth street, Florida avenue to Euclid street. 37,500 Total.$288,900 "For repairs to streets, roads, and so forth, there is recommended $900,000. which is $115,000 less than the budget figure and $257,000 below the current appropriation "For widening and repaving Consti tution avenue from North Capitol street to Sixth street the budget estimates ask an appropriation of $203,000. and of this sum $126,200 is contained in the esti mates for the District government. This latter sum is not allowed. The funds for the Federal Government's share of this work have been stricken from the I independent offices bill and this action is in accord therewith. uiiun me lor cunsiruc tion and maintenance of bridges an ap propriation of $87,500 is recommended, which is $15,000 less than the estimates and $57,500 under the current appro priation. This reduction is accounted for by the disapproval of the estimate of $15,000 for plans and surveys in con nection with the construction of via ducts over tr.e tracks of the Baltimore Ohio Railroad at Michigan avenue and New Hampshire avenue. The esti mate of $300,000 for construction of the Benning Bridge over the Anacostia River, with authority for the Commis i sioners to enter into contracts for its comp'etion at not to exceed $600,000, is allowed. The estimate of $250,003 for the construction of the P Street Bridge 1 over Rack Creek is disapproved. The i request of $40,000 for the preparation of j plans and estimates for a bridge to re pla' e the present Calvert Street Bridge over Rock Creek is believed to be urgent and_i.', accordingly approved. "The total of the estimate submitted fa- s wers is $1,617,620. which is $77, 000 less than the curre.it appropriation and $165,000 below the budget figures, i A cut of 510,003 is made in the sum for cleaning and repairing sewers, due to decreased prices, and for the same rea son a reduction of $20,000 is recom mended in the appropriation for main and pipe sewers "Under the item for suburban sewers there is recommended $610,000, which l Is $40 000 belowf the budget figures and $65,000 under the current appropriation, j "The committe- also recommends a reduction of $50,000 in the estimate of S250.000 for assessment and permit work and the elimination and postpone ment of the e.-tlmHe of $25,000 for a survey of the Rock Creek drainage area. "An appropriation of $1,698,520 is recommended for the collection and dis posal of refuse, which is $378,000 less than the current appropriation and $140,000 less than the budget figure. Operation of Playgrounds. "For the operation of the public play grounds theie is recommended an ap propriation of $190,820, which is $28,000 less than was appropriated during the fiscal year 1932 and $6,620 under the budget estimates. The reductions con sist of $1,620 for a new position and a cut of $5,000 in contingent expenses. "The committee recommends an ap propriation of $1,115,720 for the Elec trical Department, which is $137,825 less than the current appropriation and $104,000 below the estimates. "For the Metropolitan police there is recommended an appropriation of $3, 446.824, which is $42,076 less than the 1932 appropriation and $121,256 less I than the budget estimates. Denial by i the committee of longevity pay increases i accounts for the reduction of $70,036 in the item for salaries of officers and men. "For other personal services there is recommended $123,050. which is $2,880 more than the current appropriation and $14,223 less than the estimates. Thp increase over the 1932 appropriation is due to approval by the committee of an estimate for two additional telephone operators, and the decrease in the esti mate is made possible by the elimination of nice new clerks requested by the I budget. Other cuts are made in this i department because of the decreased costs, and the estimate of $85,000 for purchase rnd maintenance of automo biles is lowered by $20,009 in accordance with the policy of the committee to 1 restrict this class of expenditure. "The budget estimates frr the Fire Department total $2,506,020 end the amount recommended by the committee is $2,374,120, which is $209,800 below! the 1932 appropriation and $131,900 under the estimates. Of this reduction in the estimates $31,000 is due to the denial of longevity pay Increases, $1,900 is cut because of the disapproval of the request for an additional fireman. $3,500 is chargeable to the elimination of an l estimate for the purchase of shirts and ties, and $12,000 is deducted from the estimates for miscellaneous purposes, owing to lower ccsts. "The hearings disclose that there is i no pressing need for a new firehouse i in the vicinity of Fourteenth street and j Rhode Island avenue northeast, and this new item, requiring an expendi- I ture of $83,500, is not included in the I bill. "For the Health Department there Is j recommended a total appropriation of $446,310. which is $2,650 less than the current appropriations and $18,120 less than the budget figure. A reduction of $1,800 in the estimate of $39,000 for the prevention of contagious diseases is due to the elimination of an additional nurse recommended by the budget. "The committee recommends the elimination of the estimate for the es- tablishment of a n?v,» dental clinic tin- 1 der the item for hygiene and sanita tion work in the public schools, and has deducted $11,220 from the pending esti mates of $107,200. "There is recommended by the com- mittee for the expenses of Dis'rict courts i and for the support of convict' a total of $933,260. which is $56,191 less than 1 the 1932 appropriations and $19,130 be j low the budget estimates. A reduction j of $3,600 is made in the Item for com I pemation of jurors. "For the various activities under the Board of Public Welfare there is recom I mended a total appropriation of $5,163.- i 228. whicn is $292,143 less than the cur- rent appropriation and $842,340 less than the estimates. The estimate for j personal services is $118,100 and the amount recommended in the bi l Is i $116,300. the decrease being caused by j the denial of one new' social service I worker at $1,800. I "Board and Care of Children--For 1 j this purpose there is recommended i $225,009. w'hich is the budget figure and I $7,940 less than the current appropria- j j tion. Home Care for Children. "Home Care for Dependent Children. --Under this head there is recommend- j ed $153,280. which is the current appro- priation and $11,623 less than the esti- mates. The committee has also added a I provision, to this item limiting the amount which may be paid to any one family to $75 per month. "Reelving home.--The estimate of $42,360. which is also the 1932 appro priation, has been reduced to $38,000 by the committee. "Jail.--Per the District Jail the esti mates provide $149,870. The commit tee recommends $144,870, a decrease of $12,400 under the current appropriation and $5,000 under the estimates. "Workhouse and Reformatory.--There is recommended for the workhouse and reformatory $785,530, which is $211,520 less than the 1932 appropriation and $73,000 under the estimates, i "National Training School for Girls.-- This appropriation has been reduced for the next fiscal year by a total of $10,000. making available a total of $69,560, of i which $35,380 is for personal services i and $34,180 for maintenance. The co-r. 1 mittee has recommended a provision granting authority to the Board of Pub lic Welfare to transfer girls confined in the branch of the National Training School at Muirkirk, Md.. and confine j them in a building now owned by the District on Conduit road. The school of Muirkirk is for white girls and the 1 school on Conduit road Is for colored girls This latter institution is large enough to accommodate both classes, so they will be confined as entirely sep arate units. This change, which has the apDrcval of the Beard of Public Wei- I fare, will effect a saving of $10,000 a I I ycar Medical Charities. Appropriations i recommended for the several institu tions under this head remain the same as for the current year. "Tuberculosis Hospital--The eemmit tee recommencs an appropriation of $147,220 for this hospital, which is $16, I 360 less tha nthe current appropriation and $8,000 below' the budget estimates, the latter reduction being due to the decrease in the cost of supplies, and so forth. Gallinger Hospital.--The appropria tions recommended for Gallinger Hos pital total $792,070, which is $236,430 more than the 1932 appropriation and 547,340 less than the estimates. The increase of 5238,430 over the current appropriation is due to the insertion in the pending bill of an appropriation of j $250,000 for beginning the construction of a contagious disease building at an estimated cost of $600,000. .me luiJiuuiLee nas roaucea me esti- i mate of $368,960 for salaries at this hos- i pital by SIC,340. denying the recommen- 1 dation for new employes as follows: Two I social service workers. $4,400; two nurses, $3,240; one junior clerk. $1,440, rnd one underclerk. $1,260. Owing to! tlv* lower cost of food and other sup- I plies, the item fer maintenance has been reduc'd from $211,000 to $175,000. •'Dhtrict Training School.--The esti- mates for this S"hcol amount to $201.- I 720. The committee recommends a to tal appropriation of $175,640. which is a decrease of $193,840 in the current appropriation and $26,080 less than the budget figure. For personal sefvices there is recommended $88,140, which is $5,580 less than the estimates and $640 under the 1932 appropriation. The es timate of $93,000 for maintenance has been reduced to $75,000. and $12,000 is recommended for repairs and improve ments in lieu of $15,000 estimated by th" budget. "Industrie 1 Home for Colored Chil dren--Fcr this institution the commit :ee re-emmends 568.760, wfich is $78,260 less than the current appropriation and I $15,060 bc'ow' the budget figure. "IndUitrial Home School.--The com mittee recommends an appropriation of $51,600. which is $5,900 less than the current appropriation and $8,040 under the estimates. "Home for Aged and Infirm.--There is recommended for this institution an appropriation of $133,400, which is $1,500 more than the current appro priation and $16,040 less than the esti mates. "Municipal lodging house and wood yard--A reduction of $1,000 in this item is made because of the decrease in the ccst of supplies to be purchased un der the heading 'Maintenance.' "St Elizabeth's Hospital.--The com mittee recommends for this institution a total appropriation of $1,805,583, which is the same as the estimates and *23.647 more than the 1932 appropria tion. "Tlie estimates for the militia total BIGGEST SAVING FOR SCHOOLS SEEN IN NON-RESIDENT BAN 24 Kindergarten Teackers to Be Trans ferred to Elementary Positions Also to Reduce Expenses. Immediate and anticipated economies! affecting both personi.-l and building projects are reflected in the $11,938,808 total for the District public schools con tained in the District of Columbia ap- propriation bill for 1933 as it was re-1 ported to the House today. This sum j is $1,577,752 less than the current ap propriation and it represents a cut of $2,643,529 from the amount originally requested by the Board of Education for the schools during the coming fiscal year. A legislative provision prohibiting the free admission of new non-resident pu pils in the Washington schools, which j eventually is expected to save the Dis trict more than $225,000. is the fore- most of the anticipated economies. Another provision calling for the[ transfer of 24 kindergarten teachers to elementary teaching positions is promi nent among the savings which the rub- j committee of the House Appropriations j Committee expects to be made during the coming year. 2.167 Non-Resident Pupils. The blanket provision eliminating all automatic salary increases throughout the District service and the elimination of some building projects constitute an other major part of the reduction in the j school budget by Chairman Clarence j Cannon's subcommittee. In writing into the bill the proviso curbing the free tuition of Maryland and Virginia children in District s-hools th:> committee, according to its report i) the House, acted on statistics sub mitted by the public school authorities during the hearings. This data showed that on February 3 of this year there were 2,467 non-resident children in the local schools. Of these, only 67 paid tuition, contributing $5,201.39. The figures showed that if all the State pu pils paid, a revenue of $232,550.05 would be received by the District. "The committee believes," its report explains, "that all children residing out side the District should pay tuition, and that their exemption places an additional and unjust burden on the $33 400. which is $27,700 less than the current appropriation and $28,700 under the estimates. Anacostia River Project. "For continuing work under the ap proved project for reclamation of Ana costia River flats, District of Columbia, as set forth in Senate Document No. 37, Sixty-eighth Congress, first session, the bill carries $179,520, which is the 1932 appropriation and the budget figure. The appropriation recommended in the bill will be used for the following pur poses: Dredging and reclamation.. $80,000 Trenching and levee construc tion 45,000 Labor gang, levees, waste weirs, clearing, etc. 6.000 Sea wall foundations. 44.000 Supervision of dump fills. 3.000 Miscellaneous sGrvey6. 2,000 Total .$180,000 Amount recommended. 179,520 "At the end of the present fiscal year the project will have been approximately 82 per cent completed, and if the pres ent rate is maintained until completion it will require approximately five years to finish the work of reclamation of land to the District Line "There is recommended for the sup port of public buildings and public parks in the District of Columbia a total appropriation of $1,093,385, which is $362,460 less than the current appro- i priation and $111,715 under the budget estimates. The estimate of $405,900 for personal services is reduced to $400,000. "Improvement and Care of Parks.-- The committee recommends an appro priation of $500,000 for improvement and care of parks, which is $353,900 less than the 1932 appropriation and $100, 000 below the budget estimates. Elimi nation by the committee of the new P Street Bridge will prevent the extension of the Rock Creek and Pttomac Park way under this proposed structure, and a considerable saving should be effected through this postponement. A budget recommendation authorizing the pay ment of expenses of attendance at meet ings has been disapproved by the com mittee, and the number of passenger carrying automobiles which may be maintained and operated has been re duced from four to two. A provision in the 1932 law authorizing the expendi ture of not to exceed $5,000 for archi tectural services without reference to the classification act or the Civil Serv ice rulrs has also been dropped. "Park police.--For the park police there is recommended a total of $193, 385, which is $2,660 less than the cur rent appropriation and $5,815 below the budget figure. A reduction of $2,915 Is made in the estimate of $183,800 for salaries cf the park police, and is due to the denial by the committee of au tomatic promotions for length of service. The sum of $2,900 is taken from the es timate of $15,400 for uniforming and equipping the park police because of the low'er cost of clothing and other j supplies. "The budget includes no estimate for the acquisition of land under the pro visions of the act of June 6, 1924 <43 Stat. 463), as amended, but carries an j estimate of $50,000 for administrative expenses of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, which the committee has reduced to $47,183. "On June 30. 1933, the second pay ment of $1,000,000 will be due the United States in pursuance of the act i jf May 29. 1930. as amended, which pro vides for the acquisition, establishment and development of the George Wash ington Memorial Parkway along the Potomac from Mount Vernon and Fort Washington and for the acquisition of land in the District of Columbia and the States of Maryland and Virginia requisite to the comprehensive park, parkwav and playground system of the National Capital. The budget Includes an estimate of $1,000,000 for reimburs ing the United States for such appro priation in compliance with the provi sions of such act, and the committee recommends concurrence in the budget recommendation Reduction at aoo. "For the National Zoological Park the budget contains an estimate of $233,880. The committee recommends on appro priation of $228,880, which is $31,160 less than the 1932 appropriation and $5,000 below the estimates. The reduc- j tion made by the committee Is due to the lower cost of supplies and equip ment. "For the general services operating under the Water Department and pay able from water revenues there is rec ommended a total of $2,011,810, which is $342,890 less than the sum of the 1932 appropriation and $80,550 below the budget estimates. "Under the Washington Aqueduct there is recommended by thp budget a new item of $150,000 for construction of a booster pumping plant at Dalecarlia Reservoir ir.let. The construction of this booster plant will increase the water j supply available to the District and per mit the generation of more electric power for the Dalecarlia pumping sta- I lion, thus effecting a net saving of about j $16,000 per annum after deducting 4 per cent interest and 4 per cent depre ciation. ■An appropriation of $341,000 is rec ommended for the maintenance of the Water Department distribution system. This amount is $30,340 less than the current appropriation and $25,000 under the budget estimate. The committee has. made a reduction of $25,000 in the estimate of *275.000 for the installation of water mains. "For the replacement of old mains and civlde valves the committee rec- j ommends a reduction of $25,000 in the estimate of $150,000 submitted by the I budget." 1 District. For this reason the committee has dropped from the bill a provision contained in the current appropriation act permitting the children of persons in the service of the United States sta tioned outside the District to be ad mitted without payment of tuition." Exempts Present Students. This provision, however, specifically exempts the Maryland and Virginia children already in the schools. These would be permitted to complete their present course. In the bill it reported to the House today the committee recommends the appropriation of $6,510,333 for the sala ries of teachers and librarians. This sum is $111,113 more than the current appropriation and $162,667 less than the figure submitted bv the Bureau of the Budget A total of 66 new positions is provided ior under the committee's plan, which calls for the transfer of 24 kin dergarten teachers "who are made eligi ble to teach In grades one to four of the elementary schools by reason of a provision in the current appropriation act." The total carried In the bill is designed to provide for 2,894 teachers and librarians, as compared with the 2,843 teachers and 11 librarians main tained under the current act. A reduction of $6,100 in the fund for administrative and supervisory officers, as transmitted by the Budget Bureau, is represented in the item of $669,915 carried In the bill. This cut. the com mittee explains, results from its policy of eliminating automatic promotions for length of service. The allowed amount, however. Is $4,475 more than the cur rent appropriation, due to Increases in the forc». For clerks and other employes the bill carries $164,760, which is the amount recommended by the Budget Bureau. Representing an increase of $3,600 over the current appropriation, the total allows two additional clerks, one for the colored M Street Junior High School and one for the new Taft Junior High School. Promotions Eliminated. A cut of $700 below the Budget Bu reau allowance for the department of school attendance and work permits is represented in the item of $42,700 for this purpose. The reduction, the com mittee reported, results from the denial of automatic promotions. The total, however, is $2,800 more than the cur rent appropriations. A total of $889,260 is carried in the bill for "care of buildings and grounds." This item, representing the salaries of the various custodial employe*, is $54, 590 more than the current *ppropria tion, by virtue, the committee explained, "of the large number of new school buildings being put into service The sum is $10,740 below that transmitted bv the Budget Bureau, and this reduc tion. the committee told the House, "is due to the denial of new employes for the old Business High School and the proposed M Street Junior High School, together with the elimination of two assistant janitors at $1,200 each at the Roosevelt High School." The subcommittee met the issue in volving the evacuation this school year of the Wilson Teachers' College and the apprehension for the adjoining Ross i elementary) School, each of which showed evidences of disintegration, by including in the bill $120,000 for re pairs to the college and "for razing the Ross Elementary School." This fund Is to be made available out of unexpended balances in the current buildings and grounds appropriation. Engineers at the District Building had estimated that the Wilson Teachers' College repairs would approximate $150,000. The Ross School, reported by engineers to be in no immediate danger of collapse, still Is occupied and pro vision for this building's razing was not publicly expected. $75,000 Below Estimate. The fund for the repairs and improvements to school buildings in the bill totals $400,000 of which $100,000 is to be immediately available. The total is $75,000 less than the Budget Bureau had allowed in response to the School Board's estimate. The reduction, the committee reported, was due to its conviction that present day lower costs justify the cut. The largest single item among the allowed $1,356,000 worth of building projects is the $315,000 for a trade school for boys at Twenty-fourth street and Benning road northeast. Tile projects include also an item of $225,000 to begin construction of the new junior high school at Minnesota avenue and Nineteenth street in Anacostia. This school, when completed will have cost $450,000. Completion of the new Taft Junior High School is provided for in an item of $250,000. Other buildings items in the bill include $105,000 for an eigbt-rcom addition to the Bancroft School: $115,000 for an eight-room extensible building to replace the old Keene School; $36,000 for a twe-room ad dition to the Crumwell Schol includ ing a new heating plant and the necessary remodeling of the present structure: $100,000 for completion of the Roosevelt High School: $50,000 for the preparation of plans "including the employment of personal services, by contract or otherwise" for th? proposed new senior high schocl for the Fort Reno section of Chevy Chase; $70,000 for a four-room building to replace the razed Kenilworth School which was evacuated last Fall when its collapse was feared, and $90,000 for a combination assembly hall and gymnasium for the Douglas-Simmons School and a gymnasium for the M Street Junior High School, "provided that the unexpened balance of the appropriation of $130,000 for an addition to the Douglas-Simmons School contained in the District of Columbia appropriation act for 1932 shal' be available for the improvement of the central heating plant for the M Street Junior High and the Dougla-s Simmons Schools." Contrast Is Shown. "The school building program above recommended," the committee reported to the House, "represents a sharp contrast when compared with ap propriations for this purpose during recent years. The average appropri ation for this purpose during the fiscal years of 1930. 1931 and 1932 is S3.120.000, which is considerably more than twice the amount contained in the accompanying bill. The marked reduc tion is due to the fact that the demand for additional school room space has been met by the accelerated building program of recent years, which was far above the normal rate, and because of the need for reduced expenditures." Continuing in its comment on the building program. the committee pointed out that "satisfactory progress has been made in the reduction of the number of portables and part time classes" and it contended that with the completion of pending con HAVE YOU*) --1 Cm Disturbances W 2 Hyperacidity W ■elchin* or bloating Lot* of Appetite a I Sour Stomacti, Heartburn or Am eclated Stomach Diet urban cec Then start the PFUNDER Stomach Treatment at once for ready relief and permanent correction. A private formula of r. H. Plunder, Ph. C. who spent a Ufa time crowned with great success in developing to perfection hi* remarkable stomach treatment. You ft to your stomach to ask lor a FREE TRIAL at GERBER DRUG COMPANY ilO Hth St. N.W. Waskiacton, O. C. struction "practically all of such portables and part-time classes will have been eliminated." An item of $100,000 for a new ele mentary school at Foxhall Village, which the Budget Bureau had inserted without the school board's formal rec ommendation, was eliminated An item of $315,000 for completion of the new Jefferson Junior High School in South west Washington was eliminated for that purpose and allocated to other building projects. The new site for this proposed school has not been pur chased and this elimination cannot, therefore, affect the future of the school. The bill carries an item of $95,000 for a school site in the vicinity of the Logan School. The bill also provides a sum "not to exceed $75,000" of unex pended buildings and grounds funds of the 1931 appropriation as an additional amount for the purchase of the Jeffer son Junior High School site. Saving of $124,900. The committee undertook to save $124,900 on miscellaneous items, ''owing," its explanation asserted, ''to the lower cost of furniture, equip ment. supplies and other materials." Tire savings thus effected, represented by the reductions of estimates for warded by the Budget Bureau, and the total allowed, follow: $10,000 on manual training apparatus, equipment, etc., allowing $75,000; $11,400 on furniture for schools, allowing $60,000; $30,000 on furniture and equipment for the Roosevelt High School, allowing $150,000; $25,000 en contingent ex penses. including various furniture and furniture repairs, stationery, ice. paper towels, etc. allowing $150,000; $25,000 on text books and supplies, allowing $225,000, and $3,500 on physics, chemistry, etc., laboratories, allowing $16,500. All these funds are to be come "immediately available." An item cf $10,000 is carried in the bill for remodeling and equipping of three ro ms at Western High School for a chemical laboratory, a biological laboratory and typewriting room. Another total of $162,000 is carried for remnleding and equipping because of contemplated changes in the use of the old Business High School Building. Of this amount, $150,000 is allocated to the Business Building itself, and $12,000 is provided for the old Cardozo High School Building. Other Items in Bill. Other items in the bill for public schools for 1933 included: $97,000 for night school salaries and $45,000 for night school contingent ex penses. $31,500 for maintenance and instruc tion of deaf and dumb persons in the Columbia Institution for the Deaf from the District of Columbia. $5,500 for maintenance and instruc tion of colored deaf mutes of the Dis trict in Maryland or some other State." $11,000 for maintenance and instruc tion of blind children of the District in seme State. $13,000 for Americanization work and instruction of foreigners, and $800 for contingent Americanization work ex penses. $41,900 for the Community Center Department. $11,000 for maintenance of schools for tubercular and crippled children. $20,000 for transportation of tuber cular and crippled children to and from their schools. $295,000 for fuel, gas, electric and power. $7,000 for maintenance of kinder gartens. $3,140 for school gardens. $10,000 for purchase, installation and Heads Ushers MISS TYTl'S CHOSEN BY RED CROSS. Miss Mildred Tytus will have charge of all ushers at the band ccncert to be given in Constitution Hall Sunday night under the auspices of the Red Crocs. NEW ENGLAND WOMEN SELECT OFFICERS Rochester Gets Next Meeting. Pilgrimage Made to Tomb of Unknown Soldier, The National Society of New England Women, meeting in nineteenth annual i congress at the Hotel Washington, an nounced today election of the follow ing officers; Mrs. James F. McBride, Rutherford, N. J.. first vice president general; Mrs. Charles A Pauley, Cincinnati, second vice president general; Mrs. George Eder, Passaic, N. J., third vice presi- j dent general; Mrs. Eugene L. Webber. Boston, registrar general, and Mrs. John Foster McMillan, Elizabeth, N. J., chap lain general. The following directors general were chosen: Mrs. Charles W. Newto:' Hartford. Conn Mrs. Charles W. Part ridge. Los Angeles; Mrs. Lucy E. Swon gsr, Kanras City, and Mrs. James Ad dison Johnson, Buffalo, N. Y. Rochester, N. Y„ was chosen as the 1 meeting place for next year's congress. After hearing Representative Edith Nourse Rogers of Massachusetts appeal for support in the fight against pay ment of the soldier bonus and to con tribute to the realization of a bal- i anced budget, the New England women i made a pilgrimage yesterday to the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Ar- lington National Cemetery. maintenance of equipment In school playgrounds. The bill also makes available a sum ''not to exceed $100,000 of the unex pended balance of the appropriations for buildings and grounds" in the 1931 appropriation act for imorovements to grounds about school buildings. I Non Administration Group Wants Untermeyer Named as Counsel. By the Associated Press. The Senate's stock market investi gators. members of the Banking Com mittee. are sharply divided over the way the examination should be con ducted in the future, with Democrats and Republican independents tempted to take control of the proceedings from administration supporters. As a result of dissatisfaction with re sults obtained in two days of question ing Richard Whitney, president of the New York Stock Exchange, the non administration group is seeking ap pointment or Kamuel Untermvyer of New York.^, veteran critic oi the ex change, as committee counsel. They were confident todav of having a ma jority of the committee, but were in clined not to force the issue until after Monday's return of Whitney to the stand. Other Groups Want Hall. If the administration's charge of bear raiding responsibility for decline of the market remains unsubstantiated after that, they may force the issue. The administration Republicans, un der Senator Watson, the party leader, are opposed to Untermyer. fearing his appointment would open the inquiry into a general investigation instead of a study of bear raids. They favor ob taining the sendees of John Hall of Boston as counsel. Conference Planned. Some of those inclined to Unter myer proposed that his selection should be postponed until the admin istration group had been given a chance to prove its charge that "bear raids" were responsible for the market decline. Members of the committee meanwhile were planning to confer with Untermyer, who is reported to have indicated his willingness to serve. Among those who suggested waiting for developments was Senator Blaine, Republican. Wisconsin, who has sug gested that if the present course of the inquiry develops nothing the books snd records of the exchange should be examined by committee investigators. CHURCH SESSIONS OPEN Nazarene Assembly to Continue for Remainder of Week. 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