Evening star., 1922-04-16
The House.

This week will be devoted in tho
House to consideration of Navy
legislation. Tomorrow is unani-
mous-consent day. and Chairman
Langley expects to get up his res
olution authorixing the transfer Of
land along the old James creek
canal to the Jurisdiction of the
joint committee on. tho library for
extension and development of the
National Botanic Garden. House
Leader MondeT, however. says
that the consideration of the
naval appropriation bill will be
continued.
The program of the House lead
or calls for consideration of the
legislative bill from the naval af-
fairs committee, following the ap-
propriation bill, with Representa-
tive Thomas Butler of Pennsyl-
vania in charge Of the measure.
The naval appropriation bill for
the fiscal year 1923 was before the
House all during the last week,
most bitter fight for some time.
The principal bone of contention
has been regarding the size of the
Navy personnel. The big Navy
men won the first round in the
committee of the whole on a vote
by tellers late yesterday. which
called for an enlisted personnel Of
$4,000.
the annual appropriation bill
for the State. and Justice Depart
ments was passed by the House
last Monday and sent to the Sem
ate. carrying approximately $26.-
600, ,O0O.,
Tho House refused to allow the
use of federal funds for the prose-
cution of labor unions or farmers
cooperative organizations under
anti-trIst laws.
Higher pay for District school
teachers and the demands of the
organised business men of the ma
tional capital for daylight saving
are two subjects on which hear
in&ss have been promised for We'd
nesday next before the House Dis
trict committee.
Tho extension OF 18th street
through the Walter Reed Hospital
grounds and the opening up of q
large area Of suburban territory
for small residences was practi-
cally assured when the House Dis
trict committee made personal
inspection Of the proposed devel-
opment last Wednesday.
Decision to favorably report a
bill authorizing the Commissioners
to widen Woodley road and Cathe-
dral avenue distance of ten feet
SO as to provide a sidewalk, but
refusing to grant the condemna-
along the property Of the St. Al
bans Episcopal Cathedral property.
was reached by the House Dis
trict committee on Wednesday
after personal inspection of the
street
Hearings have been promised
before the House District commit
tee on the bill, which has already
passed the Senate, and which would
give the District Commissioners
authority to allow the extension of
railroad tracks within Industrial
zones. It Is claimed that this au-
thority would eventually result in
tresseis and coal yards being built
all along North Capitol street from
New York avenue to the Union
station. Sibley Hospital. St Alo-
ysius Church, and the st. Aloysius
schools. and other religious and
humanitarian institutions are pro-
testing.
Conferences between representa-
tives of the House and Senate on
the District appropriation bill for
the fiscal year beginning July /
next, have resulted in tentative
agreements on many points in dis
pute,--but 1t will be about q week
before any report is made. The de-
lay is caused largely by trouble
In writing a substitute for the
Jones amendment which proposes
to entirely change the fiscal rela-.
tions between the federal and Dis
trfct governments.
The conferees on the District
bill have decided to place the
Home for Feeble Minded on the
800 acre tract now occupied by the
Home for the Aged and 1nfirm at
Blue Plains. and to allow $780,
900 for the erection of a building.