Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-03
SUMMER RECESS
IN LEGISLATURE
Both Branches Adjourn Until
Sept. 8---Many Bills DE-
Drafted by Legislators.
HOUSING BILLS BURIED
Dead at Least Until Next Sept.
Runyon Says Five Bills
Passed by House Not Good

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| TRENTON, June 3.-The bills to re-
lieve the housing situation are dead
or at least will lie dormant until next
September This is the situation to-
day respecting this legislation. which
the House of assembly some weeks ago
passed unanimously in the form of five
bills to help the victims OF house
shortage and rent profiteering, and
which the state senate yesterday fall
ed to take action upon. except to con-
tinue the special committee, through
the summer, which has been investi-
eating the situation. Both branches
of the legislature yesterday recessed
until September s and when that ac-
tion was taken all hope of passing any
or the five bills which were drafted
here about a month ago by prominent
legislators city officials and others
interested died.
Senator William n. Runyon, chair
man of the senate branch of the spec
ial committee appointed to investigate
the housing situation, said the five
bills passed by the House would not
do. They include the one to let cities
finance by bond issue building of
homes, and the other measure allow
ing city district court judges TO use
their discretion in dispoSseSSing ten
ants who have disputes with profiteer-
ing landlords.
"These bills do not gain rightfully
the aim sought" Senator Runyon told
his colleagues in making his report
"and we are not minded at this time
to recommend their passage"
He recommended that the special
committee be appointed to continue
its study of the subject through the
summer months and promised a re-
lport in September Runyon voiced
1.-THE sentiments also of Senator FL
Igrim, Republican, of Essex, the other
majority member of the committee.
Pilgrim was the target during the day
of remarks of several Newark women
who came to the state house, exhibit
ing pictures of the Newark tented
lcolony, illustrating the plight of the
homeless in that city.
Senator Simpson, Democrat, of
Hudson. urged action on the bills. He
declared nothing could be gained by
delay. The spirit of unrest caused by
the housing situation should be direct
ed into quiet channels by legislation
attempting to cure the evil. The peo-
pie should not get the impression
there is no remedy by law for this sit
Iuation, declared the Hudson senators,
who is the third member of the special
committee on the senate side of the
Legislature.
II do think that there is big
demand from Hudson county for these
bills and they should be acted upon
today" said Simpson. Something
Eshould be done about the situation as
soon es it can be done"
over in the House the Democrats
attempted to have that body adjourn
sine die, but their resolution was voted
down by the Republicans. There was
just bare quorum of thirty-one
members in the assembly yesterday.
| Democratic Leader Barrett attacked
the senate for its stand on the Hous-
ing bills. u
They are going to adjourn over
there this afternoon until September
s." said the minority spokesman. IF
thought for an instant they would
consider these housing bills, I would
withdraw this resolution. But they
are simply making fools of them
selves and this House. and I doubt
II the House will stand for it,"
Republican Leader Hershfield, of
Passaic, opposing the Barrett resolu-
tion for final adjournment, declared:
II am not at all gratified by the pro-
gress of these bills" Hershfield
sponsored the measures in the House
and helped to draft them and has
shown great interest in the efforts to
help the victims of the housing and
rent profiteering situation
|
House members of the special COM
mittee, appointed by each body to
consider the five bills passed by the
assembly and sent to the senate, have
not had any meeting with the senators
on the committee since the hearings
held in the northern part of the state.
The House members of the committee
are Hershfield. Barrett and Evans,
d Republican, of PaSSalc.
II pbarOad in the HOuSp YES
terday that the majority is only using
the housing bills as a pretense and
the people are being fooled. 1t is
"a known fact here that the reason
for the recess until September 8,
rather than final adjournment. is to
stop Governor Edwards from making
any appointments which the Repub-
fit.
| The refusal of the governor 10 grant
any emergency appropriation requests
from the 100000 provided by this
legislature to cover emergencies be-
tween now and the first of July. the
beginning of the new fiscal year,
caused the senate ajority yesterday
to pass a series of bills designed to
appropriate directly the amqNnts
needed by various state institutions
and which the executive has refused
TO approve as a member of the state
house commission.
| The bills would cover emergency
money needs for Clinton WOman's
Z Reformatory. Glen Gardner Sanitari-
um Vineland Feeble Minded Home
Jamesburg Home for Boys. Girls
) Home at Trenton. State Prison and
Soldiers Home at Kearny. The
amount appropriated represented
approximately $4,000 and another
measure passed cut the original
100000 emergency appropriation to
last until the new fiscal year to
{ $4,000.
But the scheme fell through in tho
, assembly, where the majority eau
J cussed upon 1t and then announced
, that the bills would be dropped and
II the State House Commission failed
, to provide the needed money for the
; institutions the fault would lie with
the governor.
, Probably the real reason for the
House G. O. i. failure to pass the
bills was the fact that they could not
do SO without some of the Democra-
tic votes present. The minority
would not support the plan and alone
; the Republicans did not have enough
members on hand to provide the
needed thirty-one votes to pass the
measures.
CARD or THANKS.
The undersigned desires to thank friends
l. Tor bv ext ell in "a