Evening star., 1921-12-27
IMMEDIATE SCHOOL
| bETTERMENT |ND.C,
| URGEDBY M0NDELL
House Leader Declares He
Will Give Support to Legis-
Iation for Improvement.
FAVORABLE CONGRESS
ATTITUDE PREDICTED
Representative Confers With Presi-
dent Regarding Legislative Pro-
gram for Remainder of Winter

Immediate betterment Of public
school conditions in the Dis,ric, espe-
cially the construction of more build
me- ana The improvement of some of
'he present buildings in order ade-
quateiy TO meet the local demands, is
strongly favored by Representative
MohdeI of Wyoming, republican
| leader Of the House of Representa
tives
| He made this fact known late yes
eeroaF afternoon following a confer
ehce with President Harding regard
ing legislative plans to be followed
py congress when il reconvenes. He
! IS convinced of the urgency for i'm
proving local school conditions. and
he declared, without any hesitation.
that he is determined to lend his sup
port 10 bring about the enactment of
all legislation within reason TO af-
ford the necessary Improvements and
the general development of the school
system He said it would be poor
economy on the part of Congress TO
attempt to hold back public money
Az the expense of the youth of the
National Capital
Congress support Seen.
We owe il 10 the city in which We
are living temporarily and which af-
fords US comfort and protection"
Representative Mondeli stated And
we owe it to The capital of our nation
TO see that il and its permanent pop
] II
compares favorabiy with existing con-
diuons in other large cities / am
convinced that Congress is desirous
of doing the right thing by the Dis
| tr!ct and that it intends to be gener-
Gus IN its consideration of the pr"-
posed local school program providing
/ the necessary improvements"
1 Representative Mondell said alsf.
| that ne. is .,a ardent supporter of til.
park development of the District Of
| Columbia. During the many years re
! has been a resident Of this city he
has made more or less of close study
OF the park development of the city
and he is one of those who are 81
! the opinion that the plans for The
! future developments of the park
| should he such as to make the Ma
tional Capital the most picturesuu,
and beautifully arranged city in III
/ world.
Ideas Of Future Development.
In the future development of H..
park system Representative MondeiI
] said he hoped to see some provision
| for the widening and Improvement
j of Canal road and the construc-
/ tion of beautiful public park on
/ both sides of that road from the
Aqueduct bridge to the Chain bridge
In fact. he would like to see this
development extend all the way along
| the north side OF the Potomac river
! to Great Falls
| The House leader told the Presi.
| dent. among other things that he
! looks for an active and energetic ses.
! sion when Congress again assemblies
/ 1t is his belief that all of the appro-
! priation bills will have been passed
/ in the House by April /. SO as to give
{ the Senate time to consider tnern be-
/. fore adjournment. which he antici-
I, pates will be June l.
Some sort of adjusted compensa-
/, tion for former service men comes
at the top of the Legislative program
J for the Congress to put through when
it reassembles. Mr.. Mondell said.
/ Liquidation on Program.
Legislation to encourage the mcr-
chant marine. establishing permanent
tariff schedules. and the passage OF
the regular appropriation bills for the
federal establishments and co-opera-
tive work with the states are included
in the batch of measures to which the
administration will give it's immedi-
ate support with view to getting
. early action in Congress.
There are no definite proposals on
the merchant marine or soldiers
bonus which can be said to have the
approval of the majority at this time.
Mr. Mondell said. but the outline Of
subjects to be taken uD includes both
matters. Every endeavor will be made
in the House, he added, to have all
the appropria tion bills which origi
nate there enacted by April ]. so as
to give the Senate time to consider
them on final passage and adjourn
the Congress in June.
Soldier Bonus.
The question of finding the sources
for funds with which to pay the SOL
serted. was the chief stumbling block
of proposals for such bill. Enact
ment of such measure. he added,
would probably require simultaneous
creation of special tax to meet the
outlay Mr.. Mondell said he did not
discuss with President Harding the
| remuneration plan" for subsidizing
merchant ship operation, and he eG
pressed the view that considerable
discussion would be required before
congressional leaders could adopt
plan on such a measure.