Evening star., 1923-01-09
COMMITTEE TO TAKE
UP BILL IN SENATE
WITHIN THE WEEK

The District appropriation bill
| which was passed by the House yes
| terday will be taken UP for considera
! tfon by subcommittee of the Senate
appropriations committee probably
/ the latter part of this week or the
| first of next, according to Senator
Phipps. chairman of the subcommit-
! tee.
Senator Phipps explained that the
Post Office Department bill is now
| being considered and that he and
Senator Jones of New Mexico are both
members of the subcommittee hand
/ ling the bill, as we'll as of tho suu-
! committee on the District bill.
May Replace School Items.
When the Senate committee takes
up the District bill it is expected that
! school items stricken out in the
House on points of order will be re-
/ placed in the bill and that still fur
| ther provision for the public schools
Will be recommended. The probabil-
tiles are also that items for parks
and Fairgrounds will be inserted.
| Senator Phipps expressed himself
| as entirely in sympathy with the de-
velopment of the public schools her.
and necessary appropriations for the
! schools. Senator Jones of VI ashing
/ ton and Senator Ball of Delaware
also strongly advocated doing every
| thing possible for the schools. Sen
ator Jones said that Congress never
| matter of school appropriations.
A number Of the senators outside Of
| the committee membership also have
| indicated that they plan to do the
year, among them, Senator Capper OF
Kansas, and Senator King OF Utah.
/ members of the joint committee on
/ public schools
! Personnel of Committee.
/ The Subcommittee OF the Senate
| appropriations committee which will
/ handle the district bill, consists OF
tors Ball, Dillingham;, Jones of Wash
! ington and Spencer. republicans, and
Senators Glass, Sheppard and Jones
| of New Mexico, democrats. Senator'S
| Ball, Dillingham; and Sheppard are
| serving as members of the sub-com-
| mittee on appropriations although
they are not members of the appro-
| priations committee.
1 They have been appointed by Vir-
| tue of the fact that they are mem
! bcrs OF the Senate District commit
| tee and when the rules of the Senate
were changed year ago, placing all
the appropriation bills under one COM
mittee, the appropriations committee
4 II was provided that members Of
1 the legislative committees dealing
| with the District of Columbia, the
/ Navy Department, the Post Office De-
I partment, ETC., should be represented
on the SuDCOnTlllteeS ndNIHB CndTEb .
| of the respective bills relating to the
| District and the departments. This
is the first District bill that has been
| handled by the Senate committee
! since the change in the rules. The
| rules were amended after the bill was
| reported last session of Congress.
| Members of the subcommittee said
| today that they believe the District
| bill could be handled promptly this
| year. They pointed out that the old
| controversy over the fiscal relations
i OF the District and the federal gov
| ernment had been settled in the leg
islation placed in the appropriation
bill for the current fiscal year, and
that the 60-40 method of appropriat-
ing had been made permanent.
In the District appropriation act
for the current year provision was
made for the appointment Of "A spe-
cial joint committee to investigate
the surplus revenues of the District,
and this investigation is now on
Senator Phipps, who is chairman OF
the joint committee, said today that
he is still awaiting the report of the
auditors who have been checking UP
the accounts of the District. He eS-
poets to see the report within short
time.