The Washington times., 1922-05-13
REED HAS
HOPES Of
SUCCESS
Believes Bill Will Get by
Safely, But Others Are
Less Sanguine.

Sunless there Is decided
change in the present situation
In the House we will be able to
call up the bill for the proposed
extension of the Ball rent act on
District day, which is Monday
next, put limit on the debate
and pass the measure as early
in the afternoon as possible that
it can be concurre'; in by the
Senate, and rushed to the Presi-
dent for his signature"
This was the optimistic state
ment today of Congressman
Stuart Reed, Of Wet Virginia. a
member of the House District
Committee. who will be in charge
of the bill.
Hope for Action i'm Time.
He explained that the proponents
Of the rent bill are Still hopeful
that they may find a loophole some
day next week by which they can
force consideration of the bill before
udy, WHICH, 10 way thS
date on which the Ball act will
automatically expire by limitation.
Congressman Reed is especially
anxious to expedite the enactment
of the rent bill on account of the
fact that he was censured for his
failure to write the report on the
measure in time to have had it
filed at least three days in order
that the House Rules Committee, of
which Congressman Campbell is
chairman, could have permitted a
spt cial rule for consideration of the
bill next Monday or Tuesday by
unanimous consent.
His report was not completed and
filed with the House until yester-
day, however. IT states that a ma
Jority of the District Committee,
the vote there having been . to 4,
are satisfied that an emergency
exists and that there is need for
regulation of rents in the District.
Within the next week, it was
pointed out at the Capitol today,
there is expected to develop suffi-
cient opposition to the gag" tao
tics OF Chairman Campbell. of the
Rules Committee. Floor Leader Mon
dell and Speaker Gillett to cause
them to take back water on their
positions and agree to allow the rent
bill to come up on the floor for
final consideration. They have ad-
mitted that they are not in sym
pathy with the proposed rent legis-
lation and have indicated in no un-
certain language that they are op-
posed to sidetracking other impor'
tant pieces of legislation in order
to let the rent measure get the
right of way.
Anxiety as to Bill.
With Chairman Focht out of the
city, and the various members of
the House District Committee at
tending to their affairs today. there
was apparent anxiety over the fate
of the bill, except on the part of
Congressman Reed, who is anxious
to make good for his failure to
write his report in time.
The attitude of the members of
the committee is that their labors
have been completed and that they
have gone as far as they can go,
with the result that they feel they
have fulfilled all of their obliga-
tions in redrafting the measure,
making it "air-tight," and reporting
1t out TO the House.
Chairman Mondell today said, in
explanation OF his attitude toward
the bill, that 1t is a long standing
policy of the House not to gran. Il
special rule for consideration of leg.
lslation reported out by "a commit
tee which has a regular day on the
calendar. He denied that his OBJ
lection to a special rule was based
on his personal opposition to the
bill. Congressman Mondell said that
previous to last Monday he had
urged the House District committee
to take up its regular business on
that day, which was District day,
but that thev. could not agree
among themselves and thereby lost
an opportunity to get acLion on the
floor.