Evening star., 1922-02-26
, The House..
BY WILL p. KENNEDY.

This promises to be another good
week Cor District legislation In the
. House. Tomorrow is District day,
and House Leader Nrondell has an
nounced that he has no intention
of asking that it be set aside. TIE
pawnbrokers bill and the snow
and ice removal bin are expected
to be called up by Chairman Focht
of the House District committee.
with the expectation that they will
be passed. There is promise of a
spirited debate on the pawnbrokers
measure.
Government employees are espe-
cially interested In the proceeding
scheduled for Tuesday. The regu-
lar calendar Wednesday business
is to be advanced, with the COM
mittee on reform in the civil serv-
ice having the call. Chairman
Lehlbach is ready to bring up his
own bill for the reinstatement Of
those who, under an Interpretation
of the retirement act which was
not the intent of Congress. were
separated from the service. This
% those who were retired a short
time before they would have com
pleted fifteen years of service, thus
being entitled to an annuity when
they reached the age of siXty-five
or seventy yars, and (2) those who
were refused an efficiency certifi
cate to continue in the service
when there was no doubt of their
mental and physical ability TO
he. rhEEa -
were mostly in the Post Office De-
partment.
Chairman Lechlbach is also pre-
pared to call up the Madden bill.
which provides for an appeal 10
the Civil Service Commission be-
fore dismissal in disciplinary NAL
ters would take effect.
Tomorrow or Tuesday the sec
ond deficiency appropriation bill,
carrying some substantial appro-
priations for the District OF Co
lumbia, will be reported. House
Leader Mondell has reserved Wed
nesday and Thursday for consid-
Grafton in the House of the de-
ficiency bill
In the meantime the annual agri-
cultural appropriation bill for the
fiscal year 1928, beginning July l
next, will have been reported and
will be considered on Friday.
Saturday is reserved for unfin-
ished business.
Friday the House passed, with
virtually no change, the Com
merce and Labor departments ap-
preparation bill, carrying approNi-
mately S25,300,000, including sub
stantial increases for the promo
tion and development of foreign
trade. This now goes to the Sen
ate.
By vote of to 4, the special
subcommittee on finance reported
to the full republican membership
of the ways and means committee
the recommendation that soldier
bonus bill be reported out carrying
no provision for raising the money.
Action on The report was delayed
until Tuesday. Thirty members of
the House. mostly from western
states. signed a letter to Chairman
Fordney yesterday urging use of
the refunded foreign bonds TO pay
the bonus.
Hearings continued all week on
the proposals for sale and lease OF
the federal nitrate, waterpower
and other properties at Muscle
Shoals.
On Thursday the House passed
the Edmonds bill. which has al
ready passed the Senate, to estab-
lish a model marine insurance law
in the District.
Chairman Madden announced
that the last of the regular appro-
priation bills will have passed the
House by March %.
The House passed and sent to the
Senate on Monday resolution eN-
tending unt1 'Jmhe 80, 1922. the
per cent, restrictive immigration
act, "