Evening star., 1922-09-20
D. c. BILLS TO WAIT
FOR NEXT SESSION
Further Local Legislation
Appears Improbable, Lead
ers Declare.
DELAY MANY MEASURES
Adjournment Is Expected by Fri
day-Both Houses Wait on
Each Other for Action.
DELAY MANY MEASURES

Further legislation for the District
of Columbia at the present session
of Congress appears improbable. I'm
portant measures relating to the Dis
trict await action in both the Senate
and the House, hut will have to go
over until the session after the cleo
tions in November.
The Senate has passed a number of
bills which still await the action of
the House, and vice versa. For ex-
ample. the compulsory education bill.
which passed the Senate, is now on
tant Senate bill which remains TO be
dealt with by the House, is the street
railway merger bill. Still other Sen
ate bills awaiting consideration of
the House are those creating a board
of accountancy, amending the Dis
trict tax laws and defining who are
taxpayers. authorizing the appoint
ment of deputy coroners, creating a
board for the control of undertaking,
equaliZing the pensions of policemen
and firemen, and extending 14th street
through the Walter Reed Hospital
reservation.
House bills which have passed but
which have not yet been acted on in the
Senate. include those for the widening
of 1st street northeast and additional
terminal facilities to reduce switch
ing charges.
On Senate Calendar.
On the Senate calendar. favorably
reported from the Senate District COM
mittee, is the Jones joint resolution
proposing an amendment TO the Con-
stitution SO that the people of the Dis
trict may elect members of the House
and Senate and vote for presidential
electors: also the PoindeXter bill pro-
viding for the election of delegate
from the District to the House. The
school teachers salary bill is on the
Senate calendar also. along with sew
eral other District bills.
Bills which have been favorably
reported to the House and are on the
House calendar include the pure milk
bill. bill for the suppression of com
municable diseases. bill providing
for a change in the method of APP
pointment of the school board. bill
to make A necessary survey and pre-
pare plan of the proposed parkway
to connect the old civil war forts.
Congress. il is expected. wi i'll ad-
journ tomorrow or Friday. No fur
ther District days will be possible in
the House and Chairman Ball of the
Senate District committee has said
that he does not intend to press any
further District legislation in the
Senate at this session.
several comm tees nave Deen pro
vid ID for To investigate District mat
;ers upon which they will report Al
the next session. one OF them is the
Joint committee investis ating the
surplus revenues of the District
headed by Senator Phipps. THIS COM
mittee is having an audit made OF
this Districts accounts. A subcom-
mittee of the House District commit
tee has been appointed to hold hear
hill il inc tho cleo
tion of a delegate of the District tC
the House. Still another subcommit-
tee of the House District committee
viii. hold hearings on the proposed
street railway merger bill. and &
third subcommittee Will consider the
mothers compensation bill.
The Fitzgerald workmcn's compen-
sation bill is the unfinished District
business in the House. and is sched'
uled to come up for further consider
alton when the House has another
District day.