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78TH CONGRESS 2d Session

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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No. 554

ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION FOR THE CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION

COMMUNICATION

FROM

THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES

TRANSMITTING

ESTIMATE OF APPROPRIATION FOR THE NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION, FOR THE FISCAL YEAR 1945, IN THE AMOUNT OF $740,000

APRIL 26, 1944.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to

be printed

THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, April 25, 1944.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress an estimate of appropriation for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, for the fiscal year 1945, in the amount of $740,000.

The details of this estimate, the necessity therefor, and the reasons for its transmission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, transmitted herewith, in whose comments and observations thereon I concur.

Respectfully,

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT

The PRESIDENT,

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,

The White House.

BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, Washington, D. C., April 22, 1944.

SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration an estimate of appropriation for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, for the fiscal year 1945, in the amount of $740,000, as follows:

NATIONAL CAPITAL PARK AND PLANNING COMMISSION

For all expenses necessary for the National Capital Park and Planning Commission in connection with the acquisition of land for the park, parkway, and playground system of the National Capital, as authorized by section 4 of the Act of May 29, 1930 (46 Stat. 485), including personal services; technical services at rates of pay not to exceed those usual for similar services elsewhere and without regard to the Classification Act of 1923, as amended; purchase of options and other costs incident to the acquisition of land; and operation and maintenance of passenger-carrying vehicles, $740,000, to be immediately available and to remain available until expended...

$740, 000

The act of May 29, 1930, authorizes the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, among other things, to acquire land for the park, parkway, and playground system of the National Capital, with the total authorized appropriations limited to $16,000,000. The total amount appropriated up to June 30, 1943, was $9,178,700, leaving a balance of $6,821,300 for future appropriations. The District of Columbia is required by law to reimburse the Federal Government in full (not including interest) for land purchased within the District of Columbia, and the District of Columbia 1945 budget provides for the repayment in full of such Federal appropriated funds as still remain unpaid, amounting to $1,733,524.

În recent months there has developed among the citizens and certain Federal and local agencies in the District of Columbia a conviction that additional recreational facilities must be established to reduce juvenile delinquency. As one of the essential steps in this desired direction, the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, with the active support of the District of Columbia Recreation Board, and the Board of Commissioners of the District of Columbia. recommends that funds be appropriated to acquire three playground sites in the midcity area of the National Capital.

The foregoing estimate of appropriation is required to meet s contingency which has arisen since the transmission of the 1945 Budge: and its approval is recommended.

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SUPPLEMENTAL ESTIMATES OF APPROPRIATIONS FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, FISCAL YEAR 1945, INVOLVING AN INCREASE OF $750,069, IN THE FORM OF AMENDMENTS TO THE BUDGET FOR SAID FISCAL YEAR

APRIL 26, 1944.-Referred to the Committee on Appropriations and ordered to

be printed

THE WHITE HOUSE, Washington, April 25, 1944.

The SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith for the consideration of Congress supplemental estimates of appropriations for the Disrict of Columbia, fiscal year 1945, involving an increase of $750,069, n the form of amendments to the Budget for said fiscal year.

The details of these estimates, the necessity therefor, and the reasons for their transmission at this time are set forth in the letter of the Director of the Bureau of the Budget, transmitted herewith, n whose comments and observations thereon I concur.

Respectfully,

FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.

EXECUTIVE OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,

BUREAU OF THE BUDGET, Washington, D. C., April 22, 1944.

The PRESIDENT,

The White House.

SIR: I have the honor to submit herewith for your consideration supplemental estimates of appropriations for the District of Columbia for the fiscal year 1945, involving an increase of $750,069, in the form of amendments to the Budget for said fiscal year, as follows:

FISCAL SERVICE

On page 739 of the Budget, column 1, under the head "Fiscal Service," in line 2 of the paragraph beginning with the words "Assessor's Office," change "50 cents" to "75 cents".

On page 739 of the Budget, column 2, under the head "Fiscal Service," increase the estimate for "Collector's Office" from "$200,884" to "$210,884" (increase)

$10,000

On page 740 of the Budget, column 2, under the head "Fiscal Service," increase the estimate for "Purchasing Division" from "$70,164" to "$70,724" (increase) -

560 On page 740 of the Budget, column 2, under the head "Fiscal Service," increase the total for the fiscal service from "$944,876" to "$995,436."

REGULATORY AGENCIES

On page 744 of the Budget, column 2, under the head "Regulatory
Agencies,' increase the estimate for "Alcoholic Beverage Control
Board" from "$44,458" to "$66,945" (increase)_

$22, 487

On page 748 of the Budget, column 1, under the head "Regulatory Agencies", increase the total for regulatory agencies from "$695,581" to "$718,068".

PUBLIC LIBRARY

On page 754 of the Budget, column 2, under the head "Public Library," increase the estimate for "Operating expenses" from "$760,347" to "$762,467" (increase)

On page 755 of the Budget, column 1, under the head "Public Library", the total for the Public Library from "$785,347" to "$787,467".

$2.12 increase

METROPOLITAN POLICE

On page 757 of the Budget, column 1, under the head "Metropolitan Police,” insert the following items:

For all expenses necessary to enable the Commissioners of the District of Columbia to maintain public order and protect life and property in said District from January 15 to January 26, 1945, including personal services without regard to the civil-service and classification laws; travel expenses of enforcement personnel from other jurisdictions; hire of means of transportation; cost of removing and relocating streetcar loading platforms; construction, rent, maintenance, and expenses incident to the operation of temporary public comfort stations, first-aid stations, and information booths...

In all, Metropolitan Police, $4,802,285.

FIRE DEPARTMENT

$34,300

On page 758 of the Budget, column 2, remove the brackets from the last parsgraph, change the amount in the first line thereof from "$35,000" to "$24,791′′ and change the year in the last line thereof from "1944" to "1945".

On page 759 of the Budget, column 1, following the item for policemen's and firemen's relief, insert the following new item:

DEPARTMENT OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE

For all expenses necessary for carrying out the provisions of the Act of December 26, 1941, to authorize black-outs in the District of Columbia, as amended by the Act of August 6, 1942 (56 Stat. 740), including the protective services of the Citizens Defense Corps; the employment of personal services without regard to civil-service or classification laws, and printing and binding; $150,000, of which amount $30,000 shall be available for expenses of the Civilian War Services Division (including the Civilian Defense Volunteer Offices), to remain available until expended...

HEALTH DEPARTMENT

On page 761 of the Budget, column 1, under the head "Health Department," in line 11 of the paragraph beginning "Health Department (excluding hospitals)", after the words "the maintenance of a nursing service;" insert the words, "the maintenance of a psychiatric service; the maintenance of an emergency ambulance service;" and in line 19 of the same paragraph, after the words "such expenses to include", insert the words "two physicians at $4,600 per annum each, to be appointed without regard to the civil-service laws, and other", and increase the estimate for the item from "$1,433,307" to "$1,493,000" (increase)__

On page 763 of the Budget, column 1, under the head "Health Department," increase the estimate for "Gallinger Municipal Hospital" from "$1,925,496" to "$2,104,316" (increase)

$150,000

59, 693

178, 820

On page 764 of the Budget, column 2, under the head "Health Department," increase the total for the Health Department from "$5,090,839" to "$5,329,352".

PUBLIC WELFARE

On page 765 of the Budget, column 2, under the head "Family Welfare Service," increase the estimate for "Child care" from "$518,611" to "$572,600" (increase).

$53, 989

On page 776 of the Budget, column 2, under the head "Public Welfare", increase the total for public welfare from "$8,519,533" to "$8,573,522".

PUBLIC WORKS

On page 778 of the Budget, column 1, under the head "Public Works," increase the estimate for "Department of Inspections" from "$356,760" to "$366,260" (increase).

On page 778 of the Budget, column 2, under the head "Public Works,' increase the estimate for "Operating expenses, Electrical Division" from "$1,096,831" to "$1,098,571" (increase)

$9,500

1, 740

On page 785 of the Budget, column 1, under the head "Public Works", at the end of the paragraph beginning at the bottom of the previous page with the words "Operating expenses, Refuse Division", insert the following: "or from any building or connected group of buildings operated as a rooming, boarding, or lodging house having a total of more than twenty-five rooms.' On page 786 of the Budget, column 1, under the head "Public Works," in the second line of the paragraph beginning with the words "Capital outlay, Sewer Division", following the words "assessment and permit work", change the comma to a semicolon and strike out the words "and not to exceed"; and in the fourth line of the same paragraph, after the word "sewers", change the comma to a semicolon, and add the following: "and $165,000 for the acquisition and development of a site for the storage of construction materials, including clearing and grading, sanitation facilities, private roadways and railroad siding, office structure, and other incidental expenses;" and change the amount of the estimate from "$886,308" to "$1,051,308" (increase)

$165, 000

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