The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1921-09-21
MERGERS
IMPORTANT
IN Girls
Street Railway Combine Plan
Presented by Focht Means
Absolute Consolidation.

Absolute Consolidation.
Members of Senate and House
District Of Columbia Committees,
when the Sixty-seventh Congress
convenes in extraordinary session,
will face what is declared to be an
unprecedented amount Of legisla-
ton affecting the District. More
Sthan 120 bills are now before the
+! committee of the House on Dis
trict affairs while the Senate Dis
trict Of Columbia Committee has
under consideration eighty-two
bills, affecting practically every
citizen in the District.
Many Sreetcar Bills.
OF major Importance are the various
street railway bills, ranging from
modified mergers to the one intro
duced by Chairman Focht OF the
7 House District Committee, effecting
an absolute consolidation of the vari-
GUS systems, to that Of Congressman
Clark, comforting police powers on
all conductors and motormen on
street cars operated within the Dis
trict. arming them with revolvers and
,billies. ..'
/ Other House bills, which their au-
lthors are pressing for consideration,
tare the enfranchisement bill of Con-
gresham Stuart r. Reed, Of West
Virginia; standard weights and meas
ures for the District, introduced by
Congressman +. N. Zihlman; the
Ryan bill regulating hotel charges
within the District; compulsory school
attendance bill Of Chairman Focht;
policemen and firemen's pension bill;
employers compensation act; regu.
lations of the sale of milk, cream and
milk products In the District, and
last. but not least, the johnson bill
prohibiting women from smoking
cigarettes In public.
8. r.. O. Measures. vi
There are two bills restricting the
sale of tickets to, public amusement
places, introduced by Congressman L.
Woodruff Of Michigan, both having In
effect the limitation Of ticket sales ex-
ceeding seating capacity by reducing
the STANDING room only ticket price,
to that of the cheapest seats for such
performances Several bills regulating
pawn brokers in the District have
been introduced, and are now before
both the Senate and House District
, of Columbia committees. In the same
financial category may be placed IL.
r.. 5ol6, which would prevent fraud
by security statesmen by placing them
under license, requiring their regis
fration in person before being permit
ted to sell securities in the District.
Two bills are pending prohibiting
the intermarriage Of white and colored
persons.
thor seeks prompt action on, In view
N the coming disarmament confer
ence. is II. r. 227, introduced by Con-
sressman Blanton Of Texas making It
unlawful to picket. Unless the bill
!. a. passed before the November arnla-
nent meeting there Is grave possibili.
ties that foreign delegates and visitors
might be annoyed by pickets, to the
embarrassment OF this Government,
who are at present, WITHOUT adequate
laws TO prevent 1t. Congressman Bian'
ton declares. -.
SENATE bills which the Senate Dis
%rict OF Columbia Committee will give
first consideration are, Of course tho
railway and housing situation, the
latter. however being dormant until
Nav 22,$:1922, when 1t IL believed ny
many members of the committed that
a further extension of the Ball act
win be necessary, due to hundreds OF
complaints to the committee that
landlords are refusing to renew rem
tai contracts now expiring. pending
repeal Of the Ball act.
~ Teaching OF Constitution.
Teaching in the District Of Column
bia public schools Of the Constitu-
ton Of the United States is the pur.
nose Of Senate bill 1886, introduced
NV Senator Kenyon, while Senator
Camper Is championing q COMPULSORY
school attendance OF children in the
District, providing for school census
and the regulation of child labor.
The regulation Of the practice Of
chiropractics and the practice OF
medicine and surgery Ia also the sub
yect of bills introduced by Senators
Fletcher and Cummins, respectively.
other Senate bills pending. affect
ing the welfare of District children,
are bills 22o6, creating another juve-
nile court for. the District, and bill
zoos, providing for paintsnance Of
inegitimate children.
Many OF the bills, both In the Sen
ate and House, are Of routine nature,
relating to widening Of streets, park
ways and similar character.