Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-08-24
S|LzER'S BILL
TURNED DOWN
Congressman RaCharach Re-
fuses to Introduce Demo-
cratic Candidate S Bill
PUBLIC UTILITY ISSUE
Would Hurt Chances of Bach
arach'S Bill on Same Sub
ieCt, it is Claimed
PUBLIC UTILITY ISSUE
BY GEORGE II. MANNING
washington Correspondent of the
Perth Amboy Evening Ncws.)

WASHINGTON. Aug. 24.-Con-
gresham Isaac Bacharach, of At
lantic City, today wrote Judge
George S. SilZer declining to intro
duce in the House of Representa-
tives the bill of the Democratic can
didate for governor in New Jersey
dealing with public utilities on the
ground that it would hurt the
chances of passing the Bacharach
bill dealing with the same subject.
Congressman Bacnaracn about
year ago introduced "A bill in the
House barring federal courts froiI
jurisdiction or over to issue in
functions in disputes between state
or municipal utility commissions and
the. public utility companies, until
all processes before the state courts
had been exhausted. The Bacha-
rach bill was framed by Public Util-
ity Commissioner Harry Bacharach,
brother of the congressman, and
aimed to prevent reoccurrence of a
situation such as exists in New Jer-
sey today where the order of the
State Public Utilities Commission di
recting the trolley company not to
increase it's fare was set aside by an
injunction obtained by the company
against the utility commission.
Judge Silzer wrote Congressman
Bacharach last Monday Offering u
bill to deal with the question and
asking that it be introduced in the
House. The Silzer bill makes avail
able in United States courts, to
which appeal has been taken from
rates fixed by the Public Utility
Commission. all the testimony taken
in the case before the commission
Judge Silzer claims for his bill that
it will save expenditure of large
sums of money through scrapping of
testimony and will permit rapid dis
position of cases.
Mr.. Bacharach holds that if his
bill is passed, as he expects 1t soon
will be, the Silzer bill will be en-
tirely unnecessary, because public
utility disputes will not then go to
the Federal courts.
Mr.. Bacharach's letter to Judge
Slizer reads as follows:
II desire to thank you for your
letter of the 21st with copy of bill
enclased, but it will be impossible
prior to adjournment oe this session,
to get any bill through the House.
as we are not considering any new
legislation.
"Personally I am fearful that If
were to introduce another bill which
would in any way conflict with the
so-called 'Bacharach rlP it would
hurt our chances for getting favor
able action on the original bill.
s"I consulted eminent authorities
here regarding the constitutionality
of the 'Bacharach bill and | don't
believe there is any question but
what the bill is constitutional, and
| am very fearful that If | were TO
introduce another bill it would have
the effect of weakening my stand on
my original bill which am very
desirous of having enacted into law.
The Bacharach bill is still before
the House Interstate Commerce
Committee which held rather eXten-
ded hearings on it. Because the
House is not dealinp with anything
except emergency legislation now.
there appears no prospect of pass
ing the Bacharach bill at this ses-
sion Mr.. Bacharach expects to have
his bill taken out of committee and
passed at the session opening in De-
cember, however.