The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-10-26
HOUSING CLAIM
BILL SOON To
Be INTRODUCED
paek Island Credit S75,775.e2 But
Moline and East Moline Are
Debtors.
Washington News Bureau.
Rock Island Argus.

Rock Island Argus.
washington, d. c., Oct. 26.-Fol-
towing a conference at which the
claims OF the city of Rock Island
AGAINST the United States Housing
evaporation were approved by Sec
retary of Labor Davis, officials of
The housing corporation and Chair
men Langley and Fernald of the
house and senate committees on
nublic buildings and grounds, re-
spectively, Representative William
Graham of the Fourteenth dis
trict. announced today bill will be
introduced in the house authorizing
the payment of s73,775.22 to the
cjty in settlement of it's account
with the housing corporation.
Representative Graham today
made public the result of the con-
ference in an exclusive statement
20 the Washington correspondent
Of The Argus.
Senator Burt NJ Bernald of
Maine and Representative John W.
Langley of Kentucky, chairmen of
the committees which will have jur-
isdiction over the Graham bill,
gave their definite assurance that
they will support the bill and make
every effort to report it to the
house and senate for immediate
consideration.
A memorandum was submitted at
the conference by housing corpora
ton officials, containing a final
audit of the accounts between the
government and the cities of Rock
Island, East Moline and Moline.
The claims of the three cities
arose through contracts entered
into during the war under which
the cities named made certain pub
lie improvements and provided wa
ter. gas and sewer facilities for
housing corporation contracts, util-
lied by the government for housing
arsenal employees,
Moline and East Moline Owe.
The audit of the housing corpor-
alton credited the city of Rock Is
land with an amount somewhat in
excess of the figure submitted some
6cials According to the audit the
nty of East Moline owes the gov
Ernment $5.a23S8. while the city of
Moline is indebted on the accounts
TO the amount Of S17,500.72.
Several months ago Representa-
live Graham submitted the claims
Of Rock Island, Moline and East
Moline to the labor department.
Secretary Davis finally consented
TO lend his endorsement TO the pay
ment Of the claims but advised
Representative Graham to submit
legal brief To he housing corpor-
Rton, making clear the authority
Bf the corporation head to sign the
voucher for paying Cl5im5.
Represent tive GTaitam prepared
4 brief ahich vas subsequently,
signed by 5 }. e Lel. ii he house,
representing distriC I, Interested IL
Outstanding claims against the
housing corporation and BIZ the
following members OF the senate:
Mckinley and Mccormick of ILL
nois, Lodge of Massachusetts, Ere
hnGhuysen and Edge of New Jer-
sey. Watson and New OF Indiana.
irandcsee OF CJnnet ticut. Colt Of
cda Island, willis of Ohio. and
minis and Kenyon of Iowa
re only obstacle which pre-
ID the Immediate settlement Of
- claims. it was stated at the
1AtereacG, was the fact that the
housing corporation is without
funds and must have further au-
thorlzation of about half a million
dollars before it can settle with the
different cities of the United States
affected
Bits Passage Assured.
With the secretary of labor and
me ehairmen of the senate and
house committees supporting this
proposition, I am confident that it
Will pass house and senate without
opposition" Representative Ora
ham stated here today in an inter-
view with The Argus representa-
tive.
The list of senators who signed
THIS petition includes the most in
nuentlal administration leaders in
The upper chamber and / feel GER
3ln that their support will be a
ueclsiVe factor in insuring prompt
action. Congress has uniformly
acted favorably upon claims of this
sort, and 1 feel safe in predicting
mat Rock Island will within
snort time be reimbursed for her
expenditures on behalf of the gov
eminent during the late war"
Representative Graham expressed
eouot as to whether there would
oe any change in the housing cor
poration audit favorable to the
claims of Moline and East Moline.
out indicated that he will ask for
further consideration of the claims
Eled by those two cities.