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| In this parkway system.
The item of $4,000 for erection of
nurses home at the tuberculosis
Hospital was accepted without OBJ
| lection.
After a bitter fight an amendment to
the District appropriation bill offered by
Representative Fred n. Zihlman, repub-
lican, Of Maryland, and concurred IN by
Representative Louis C. Cramton of
Michigan, acting chairman Of the sub
committee on the District budget and in
charge Of the appropriation bill, was
adopted.
| 1t abolishes the board Of trustees Of
the Industrial Home School, on Wiscon-
| sin avenue near the Naval Observatory.
II transfers the powers of the trustees
| or the Industrial Home School to the
Board Of Children's Guardians.
| II takes away from the Judges of the
| Police Court and the Criminal Court Of
the District the power TO appoint the
| Board of Children's Guardians
1t gives to the District Commissioners
the authority to appoint members Of the
/ Board OF Children's Guardians and to
make regulations covering their admin
/ istration.
| 1t transfers the Industrial Home
1 School to the jurisdiction Of the Board
of Children's Guardians.
Debate Is bitter.
| This result was achieved only after
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| question whether 1t was better policy
| to send these children, committed by
] the court, to the care of the Board
| Of Children's Guardians. to institu-
| tions or to boarding homes. The en-
| tire contest was started over pro-
vision in the bill which said:
| THAT no portion of this appropria-
tion Sl20,000) shall be used by said
board (the Board of Children's
Guardians) for the board and care Of
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the Industrial Home School. to
| which II is eligible to admission, is
unable to receive it."
This was stricken from the bill on
a point of order by Representative
| Zihlman, whose contention was that
| created the Board of Children's Guar
| dians with certain jurisdiction which
this provision sought to curtail.
/ Representative Cramton then Of
fered an amendment which would
make only $4,000 available for pay
ing board in homes for such children.
A point of order raised by Repre-
sentative Zihlman against this amend
ment was overruled by Representative
| Hicks. in the chair, who sustained
/ the Cramton amendment.
( Representative Zihlman then took
| the floor in opposition to this amend
| ment, and a number of speeches were
made by prominent members for and
against the policy of committing
children to institutions or putting
them into boarding homes.
| Among those who spoke in favor OF
putting the children in the Industrial
Home School were Represe entative
iCramton, Chairman Madden of the
House appropriations committee
Representatives Towner of Iowa
Butler of Pennsylvania, rockingham
of Massa achusetts. Fairfield Of Indiana
and Morton OF Ohio.
Among those who spoke in favor OF
allowing the children to be placed
in boarding homes were Representa-
tives Zihlman OF Maryland, Moore oi
Virginia. Fess, Ohio; Buchanan
Texas: Merritt, Connecticut. and Col
ton, Utah.
Defeat Segregation.
| Representative Blanton of Texas
then offered an amendment to the
amendment. provided that the white
and colored children be segregated
The Blanton amendment was defeat
by a vote OF ~ to 81.
! The Cramton amendment was lost
by a vote of 40 to 81.
Representative Zihlman then intro.
duced his comprehensive amendment
which is summarized above. This
abolition OF the board of trustees OF
the Industrial Home School under the
Zihlman amendment is effective on
and after the date of the passage OF
the District appropriation bill.
Representative Cramton said that
as there Is conflicting authority. as
the board of trustees of the Indus
trial Home School has jurisdic tion
over that institution. but as no child
can be put in or taken out except by
iGuardians, which Is an independent
organization. this amendment should
operate to improve conditions by put
ting central authority in the District
Commissioners. Representative Cram
Iment does not wipe out the Industrial
Home School, but transfers IL to the
Jurisdiction of the Board of Children S
iGuardians, appointed by and account
able to the District Commissioners.
iagreed to.
Park Commisxion Continued.
Representative Cramton succeeded
of $4,000 to enable the Rock Creek
and Potomac parkway commission
created by the public buildings act OF
March 4. 1913. to continue proceed
jings toward the acquisition of land
required for connecting parkway
between the Potomac Park, the Zoo
Illogical Park and Rock Creek Park
1t was brought out by Representative
tCramton that already $1,050,000 has
been expended on this project.
Representative Bfanton raised q
point OF order against this entire Sec
ton of the bill His point of order
against three provisos was admitted
by Representative Cramton to be well
taken, as they were new legislation
but included with view to fixing q
limit of cost. The chair sustained
the Blanton objection to the entire
section. When Representative Cram
ton came back with an amendment
for the same amount, with the pro-
visos omitted. the chair held that it
was in order.
Retains Water supply Project.
The item of s1,5oo.oo for continuing
work on the project for an increased
water supply for the District. adopted
lby Congress in the Army appropria.
ton act for the fiscal year 1929. as
modified by the District of Columbia
appropriation act, for the fiscal year
through quick work on the part ot
Representative Cramton.
Representative Blanton of Texas
made point Of order against the
entire section Of the bill, which in
ciuded a proviso fixing q limit OF cos
wanted to know how much OF th<
$3.50. 900 the Potomac Electric Power
Company would get. When his point
of order was sustained Representative
Cramton offered an amendment will
these provisos omitted. The chaii
ruled this amendment in order and II
was approved by the House in com.
mittee of the whole.
Dry Issue Bobs Up.
The prohibition question. which ha:
bobbed up in every appropriation bill
| considered by the House this session
got into the debate on the Distric
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