Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-01-30
EARLY ACTION DUE
ON DISTRICT BILLS
House Committee Is Expected
to Turn Out Large Batch
This Week.
COMMISSIONERS IN LONG
CONFERENCE AT CAPITOL
No Fundamental Changes in Amend
ments Suggested by Vinson
Subcommittee.

The machinery of the House District
committee now has been geared to
speed where the mill is likely to turn
out a large and important batch of
bills this week-and the largest por-
ton of this grist, when 1t is ground
out, is likely to be section of the
program of legislation proposed to
Congress by the Commissioners. There
are more than thirty of those bills,
and the long conference held yester-
day between the Commissioners and
the members of the Vinson subcommit-
tee of the House District committee has
placed about sixteen of them in fine
position for early action. The Com
missioners returned to the District
building with suggestions for amend
ments on some of the bills that were
discussed. but no suggested amend
ment, it was stated, embraces any
fundamental change.
The Commissioners conference did not
cover the much discussed bill to change
the present school administration. nor
the bill giving the Commissioners power
to appoint Public Library employees The
judiciary subcommittee, headed by Rep
resentative Vinson, does not have the
school matter and the bill affecting the
Public Library was laid aside at the con-
ference of yesterday. so that hearing
on that particular subject might be held
Tuesday morning. when Theodore w.
Moves, president of the board of trustees
Of the Public Library. and one of the
Commissioners VIII be present. 1t fire.
quently is asserted around the House
that the bill to change the school ad-
ministration and centralize control of
the schools in the Commissioners hands
will receive an adverse report from the
subcommittee which has it in charge
and if these predictions are correct the
coming District committee meeting
Tuesday will not be productive of q
favorable report on that measure.
Bills Regarded Favorably.
favorable action following the confer
ence of yesterday is the all-important
measure providing for cooperation
with neighboring Maryland commune
ties to prevent pollution of streams
This is part of the Commissioners
program of legislation. and received
many complime nts from members of
the committee yesterday after the con-
ference had closed. 1t is subject
which has engaged the studies and at
tention of Asa Phillips. superintendent
OF sewers, for years past, and has re-
ceived the Endorsement of engineer
commissioners as well as officials of
the state of Maryland. In a nutshell,
it is proposed to hook up the sewer
system of the District with proposed
sewer system along the Rock Greer
valley and other stream beds over in
Maryland. so that the Maryland drain
age system will be in conjunction with
that of Washington. This will pre-
vent Maryland from dumping sewage
into Rock Creek and spelling that
stream.
The bills providing for changes in the
manner of appointments of certain Off
Gals. discussed yesterday, are likely
to receive favorable action. The of
fees affected are the recorder of deeds.
register of wills, board of children's
guardians, board of charities and an
nual and other positions of the Indus
trial Home School.
Bridge Bills Taken Up.