Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1921-01-09
The House..
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

Appropriation bills will engrosS
the attention of the House again
this week. Tomorrow is District
day. but as the House District
committee has, held no meeting
this session and as there is no
legislation Of pressing importance
to the District awaiting acton, the
intention is to surrender District
day to the expedition of supply
measures.
However. Chairman Good of the
appropriations committee intends
to take time tomorrow to urge
upon the House the passage of the
joint resolution, already passed by
the Senate, appropriating $4,000
for the building of stands for the
inaugural ceremony at the Capitol,
policing the Capitol, etc.
The legislative, executive and
judicial appropriation bill, carry
ing. the salaries of most Of the
government employees, and which
proposes to reduce the force here
by more than 10000. is next in
order for consideration in the
House. An effort will be made to
get included in this measure an
amendment which will extend the
$40 bonus tdkthe police and fire.
men of the Di1tr.ct.
Tuesday there is to be a hearing
before the Hpuse judiciary COM
mittee on the question of suffrage
for the residents of the District.
A number of business and civic
organizations and women's clubs
have asked to be heard on the
question and Chairman Volstead
expects that the hearing will con-
rnue through Wednesday.
Early this week, probably on
Wednesday, the appropriations COM
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appropriation bill and report it
to the House. This will be fol-
lowed by the diplomatic and con-
sular appropriation bill, now be-
ing drafted by the subcommittee
Of which Representative John J.
Rogers Of Massachusetts, is chair
man. The first deficiency bill for
the current fiscal year is now
under consideration in sub-com-
mittee. The estimates now total
$49O,000.0O0 and they are coming
in almost daily. Chairman Good
says that none Of these is press
ing and this bill will not be
hurried.
The post office appropriation
bin. carrying approximately $572.-
100000 for the fiscal year 1922,
which is about $6S,000,000 more
than for the current year, was
passed by the House last night
after less than two. days con-
sideration.
Improved protection against the
hre menace for the 1,4OO war
heroes at Walter Reed Hospital
is promised by the rules commit
tee as a result of hearings on the
resolution introduced by Repre-
. sentative Clarence ]. Macleod, the
baby member. Commissioner
Handrink ho
. chiefs were before the committee
yesterday, and later the command
ant and officials at the hospital
were called in by the committee.
Hearings were started during
the last week by the ways and
means committee looking toward
general revision of the tariff The
first witnesses were on schedule A.
chemicals. oil and paint and re-
lated Industries. The hearings
will continue for six weeks.
Charges that the wounded and
insane former service men are not
getting proper hospital treatment
were made by F. w. Galbraith, ma
-tional commander of the Ameri-
can Legion; DR.. Thomas w. Sal
mon, adviser on mental diseases
for the Rockefeller Foundation. and
by DR.. H. A. Pattison, testifying
before the House committee ON in
terstate and foreign commerce.
The support of the American
Legion and other organizations
was placed behind the Rogers bill
for coordination of service mems
rehabilitation work by the bureau
of war risk insurance, the public
health service and the federal
a new bureau in the Department of
the Interior