Evening star., 1922-06-23
D. c. BILLS PUSHED
BEFORE LAST DAY
Members of House Commit
tee See Action on Calendar
Next Monday.

Members of the House District COM
mittee endeavored today to reach an
agreement by which the Fitzgerald
workmen's compensation bill, which
is unfinished business on District day
in the House, and the bill creating a
new salary schedule for teachers,
which is on both the Senate and
House calendar, could be acted upon
next Monday.
AS that probably will be the last
District day for this session, the
members felt that if possible the
teachers pay bill should be passed.
1t was decided that no attempt will
be made TO set aside the Fitzgerald
bill, on which there still remains
fifty minutes of general debate, un-
less Representative Fitzgerald him
self finds it Impossible to get that
measure passed.
The committee authorized a favor
able report on the Sproul bill as
amended by substituting the Phipps
bill. providing for location of S150,G00
tubercular school on land owned By
the District, at 14th and Cpshur
streets. The committee left it in the
discretion of the chairman to call an
executive meeting to consider the ad
visibility OF taking up legi iSlation for
establishment of bus lines through
out the city. Representative Ham
mer, who brought up this question as
to whether now was the proper time
to consider auto bus lines as a new
method OF transportation in the Dis
trlct, and the CommiSS' onerS should
draft law covering the entire sub
ject. He made il clear that if such
legislation was decided upon by the
committee public hearings would be
held.
DIR. BaIIou Heard.
DR.. Frank W. BalIou, superintendent
OF schools, appeared before the COM
mittee, urging that there are three
major bills for the schools which
should receive nsideration-those for
free text books, compulsory education
and 10 increase teachers salaries He
pointed out that the increases for the
most part are SIS. S45 and $50 a year.
He told the committee that this city
is forty-Seventh on a list of forty
eight important cities regarding the
salaries paid elementary teachers.
DR.. Ballou reminded the committee
that no attempt had been made to get
increases for the teachers in the Dis
trict appropriation bill, but that they
had come to the Legislative committee
seeking the authorization for such in
creases. We ought to expect some
consideration by Congress this ses-
sion," he said, since we have not had
any school legislation during the two
years that i have been superintendent
of the District schools"
Report to He Made
Representative Woodruff of Michi-
gan, member of the joint congress
sional committee which held extern
sive hearings looking to a general
and comprehensive program of school
legislation, notified the committee
that this joint committee expects soon
to file it's report. Chairman Focht
said that while the three school bills
urged by DR.. Ballou ought to be put
through, there certainly must be
legislation increasing the salaries of
the teachers.
1t was the sense of the committee
I that by letting the members of the
House know the desire to put through
| the teachers pay bill that quorum
| might be held in the House on Mon
day until this measure was passed
| Representative Sproul of Illinois
asked the committee to substitute the
| Phipps bill for the measure he had
introduced, authorizing the location
| of the tubercular school on the Dis
| trict-owned land at 14th and Upshur
! streets. He reminded the committee
that $150,000 had been appropriated
for this school and that while the
residents of that vicinity have op-
posed the location, the District Com
! missioners favor it. Dr. Baliou testi-
| fed that it was the best site avail
able for the tubercular school build
ing. Representative Sproul said that
| if this measure is passed the school
! year.