Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1919-03-03
REFERENDUM BILL
IN HOUSE TONIGHT.
Lawn akers May Get
Amendment Applying G
Measure to This City
EkIANY SECOND READINGS
Assembly Calendars Jammed
With Legislation Already
Passed Once

I Harrisburg, March ;. 49, From tho
standpoint OF the number of bills that
will be introduced in the Legislature
tonight, the Senate and the House will
have important sessions. The calendars
of both houses, however, offer little in
1.-THE way of big legislation, the Senate
calendar being made up entirely Of sec.
ond-reading measures and the House
calendar containing only four bills on
third reading. four on third reading post
poned and four on final reading post
poned.
The Eyre bill providing for n referen-
dunn vote on the question of using the
proposed 100000 worth of walnut
street bridge bonds for the new state
memorial bridge. connecting Capitol
Park with the brow of Allison Hill, will
come up in the House on second reading.
II the proposed amendment Is made 10
extend the provisions Of this bill to in
clude all cities of the state so that the
PHILADELPHIA Transit bonds can be used
for rome -other purpose, Il will have to
be offered when the bill is called up.
Three members of the state Senate
will take tho oath of office during the
| week They are Richard. ]. Baldwin,
elected 20 succeed Governor Sproul as
Frank A. Smith, elected 10 succeed
Lieutenant Governor Edward e Beidle-
man from Dauphin County, and Robert
d. Heaton, elected Senator from Schuyl-
kill. and whose term as a Congressman
from the Twelfth Pennsylvania District
expires this week.
Short Calendar in Senate
The Senate has short calendar there
being only seven bills on second read
ing. The House Of Representatives.
has sixty-seven bills on its calendar
forty-seven of them being On second
reading. The bill TO increase salaries of
legislators from $500 70 s25OO Is among
them. The Holllngsworth bill making
It felony 10 steal motor vehicles, and
the Skunk bill to give the Public Serv-
ice Commission authority TO suspend
rates. are on the postponed calendar.
Governor Sproul will not he here until
late Tuesday. and some Of the admins
tration measures may not be presented
this week. The Dawson bill, providing
for the $4,000. 900 bond issue for roads.
will be reported to the House tomorrow
night and passed finally on Wednesday,
being sent to the Senate.
The bill providing for the creation of
tho Public Welfare Commission, which
will be the successor to the Public
ably will he introduced this week in the
House. 1t will carry an approximation
for approximately s25o.00O. instead of
tho $2,o00,oo0 provided for the old com
mission which was headed by former
Governor BrumbaugE.
The new commission will be conposed
OF tho Governor, the Lieutenant Gov
erncr. the Auditor General. the State
Treasurer and the Adjutant General
Former Lieutenant Governor Frank r.
McClaln will be the executive secre-
|tary at $4,000 a year. lie is already
working out the pans for the new COM
mission and Is in charge, with Colonel
Letis E. Better. of winding up the
affairs of the old commission.
VIII Continue Volunteer Police
The proposed commission will continue
the volunteer police system and CO.
operate with women's auSiliaries that
will work in the various counties for
the bringing about of better conditions
during the after-the-war period.
Americanization work will be n hig
feature of the plans when they are fully
developed. and the commission will assist
in the work of instilling patriotism
among the foreign-born residents of the
state.
that probably will make their appearance
In the Legislature during the week will
be that recognizing tho adjutant gen
erals department. Governor Sproul be-
lleves that newer business. methods
should be installed in the department
and a bill is now being drafted BY the
Attorney Generals Department carry
ing out his ideas.
= A bureau system win be installed
under the bill. There will be an admin
.5stration bureau in charge of the adj
5utant general, who will handle the
business OF the department; a records
bureau for the preservation OF the states
war records and the collection of data
relative to the states part in the war
with Germany, and an accounting bu-
reau. which will take care of tho Ma
tfonal Guard equipment and the mill
tRry stores OF the state.
One contemplated change involves in
creasing the activities at the state ar
senal here, providing for additional re-
pair and maintenance departments Al
though the state owns half r. dozen
motor ambulances and numerous trana-
port trucks. and these are kept AT the
arsenal. there are no funds available
for regular force Of mechanics. The
arsenal now turns out teptage and uni
forms. and when tho NJ pnal Guard il
reorganized IL Is pro ,eed that the
forces there be increased. so that thew
can manufacture most OF the eduipruent
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