Evening star., 1921-04-27
WILL PRESS ACTION
UPON IMPORTANT
MEASURES FOR D. c.
House subcommittee Are
Selected to Handle Pro-
posed Legislation.
SCHOOL BETTERMENT
ONE OF PROPOSITIONS
Street Car Merger and Workmen's
Compensation to Fore-Hearings
to Be Rushed.

Legislation 10 improve the school
system of the District, to force a
merger of the street ear companies, to
establish workmen's compensation
law and other important measures
affecting the National Capital are to
receive immediate consideration by
subcommittee of the House District
committee which were named TO-DAY.
Representative Anderson II. WI al
ters of Pennsylvania was named as
chairman of the subcommittee 10
draft recommendation for develop
ment of the school system. He an,
nounced that ne Immediately would
invite into conference DR.. Ballou'
superintendent of schools, so as TO
get from him a statement regarding
the present situation and most I'M
perative needs of the school system.
Work to Begin soon.
Representative Frederick \. Zihl-
man of Maryland accepted the chair
manshiD of the subcommittee on the
street car merger and said that the
committee would begin work the hrst
of the week. In the meantime Rep
resentative Zihlman and all the mem
bers of the House District committee
are to familiariZe themselves with
the street car problem by reading the
testimony given at hearings last year.
Representative Roy Fitzgerald OF
Ohio was named chairman of the sub
committee on an employees compen-
sation act for the District of Column
bia of which he is the author.
Other members of the subcommittee
are Representatives Cnderhll Oh
ssachusetts and OBrien OF New
Jersey. Representative Fitzgerald
has made arrangements to hold brief
V.
May 5.
Representative Zihlman relin
uuished the Craftsmanship of the sub
committee on the anti-picketing bill
urged by Representative Blanton OF
Texas Representative Wheeler of
subcommittee.
SubcOmmitte Members.
The full list of subcommittee as
signments follows:
Street car merger-Representat
Zihlman. Maryland; Walters, Penn
sylvania; Lambert. Wisconsin: Sproul.
Illinois: Woods. Virginia.; Hammer,
North Carolina. and kunz, Illinois.
The District school situation-Rep-
resentatives Walter, Pennsylvania;
Woodruff. Michigan: Millspaugh, Mis-
souri,: Keller. Minnesota; Woods. Nir-
ginia: Blanton, Texas, and Hammer,
North Carolina.
For the establishment of a traffic
court in the District. Representatives
zihIman. Maryland: Reed. West Vir-
ginia; Brown. Tennessee: Lee. New
York; Gilbert Kentucky; Sullivan, New
York, and Kunz, Illinois.
Workmens compensation law for
the District Representatives Fitzgerald,
Ohio Underhill, Massachusetts OBrien,
New Jersey
Anti-picketing, Representatives Wheel
er. Illinois: Sproul. Illinois, and Blanton
Texas.
In order to expedite the passage Of
important legislation the committee to-
day authorized Chairman Focht to hold
down as much as possible on hearings
on legislation in which the committee is
not particularly interested. 1t was also
decided to swear witnesses when they
appear to testify before the committee.
Hearing. to Be Brief.
chairman Focht reported on con-
ference that he had yesterday with
Chairman Jones of a Senate subcom-
mittee in regard to the marine insur.
ance bill for the District and proposed
hearings on this measure. After the
committee had been convinced that
prospects were for extensive hearings
the sentiment was expressed by Rep
resentatives Woodruff of Michigan,
Fitzgerald of Ohio and others that the
committee was pretty well decided
now on the necessity for such legisla-
tion and did not care to spend sew
eraI days in hearing witnesses. Chair
man Focht was Instructed to arrange
for brief hearings independent OF the
Senate committee.
j. Bentley Milford, representing the
District of Columbia Chapter of the
Rainbow Division, appeared before the
committee and promptly received the
Endorsement of the committee for the
exposition, carnival and circus which
is to be held on Union station plaza
the first week in May for the benefit
vision.