Evening star., 1923-01-08
INDUSTRIAL SCHOOL
BRINGS HOUSE TILT
ON DISTRICT BILL
Would Prevent Placing Chill
dren in Boarding Houses
at Present.
DECLARE MOVE WOULD
CHANGE EXISTING LAW
zihlman Says Provision Should
Have Been Made for Building
for White Girls.

The House in committee of the whole
this afternoon is engaged in spir-
tied contest over the provision in the
District appropriation bill designed
to reopen the Industrial Home School
on Wisconsin avenue near the Naval
Observatory. and which would pre-
vent any children intrusted by the
courts to the Board of Children's
Guardians from being placed in
boarding homes until this Industrial
Home School was used to it's full ca
pacity.
Representative Fred n. Zihlman of
Maryland made the point of order
against The proviso on the ground
that it changes existing law. He
quoted from the act of 1892, showing
that the judges of the Police Court
and the Criminal Court were author
lied to appoint a board of children's
guardians and that that board was
given authority to place children in
boarding homes, according to their
own discretion.
This proviso. Representative Zihl-
man argued. is an attempt TO take
ians the children over whom they
have been given jurisdiction under
the law as guardians and to place
them with another board.
Objection Sustained.
Representative Tilson, republican.
of Connecticut, upheld Representative
Zihlman's contention. Representative
Hicks OF New York, presiding in the
committee of the whole, sustained the
objection
Representative Cramton of Mich
igan. in charge of the bill, then of
fered the following amendment:
of which not more than $4,000
shall be used for board and care of
children in boarding homes"
Representative Zihlman again made
a point of order and pointed to the
act of 1892 as giving the board Of
childrens guardians care over all
children committed by the courts.
This amendment attempts to change
existing law and makes mandatory
that all children be placed in an in
stitution instead of in boarding
homes, he said.
Point of Order OyerruIed.
Representative Hicks ruled that, as
the amendment is framed it is very
proper limitation" on an appropria-
ton, and he overruled the point of
order. Representative Zihlman then
took the floor to oppose the amend
ment.
Chairman Cramton pointed out to
the House that the District at present
owns an excellent institution known
as the Industrial Home School, stu
ated on Wisconsin avenue near
Massachusetts avenue, completely
equipped and in readiness to take
care of from 100 to 125 children.
Thus far during the present fiscal
year" Representative Gramton said.
this institution has not been availed
of. the practice having been to place
nrqrfjrailV a in
boarding homes. The committee is
proposing that the board of children's
guardians may not use their appro
priation fow the board and care of
children unless the Industrial Homo
School is used to it's full capacity, and
for that reason the appropriations
committee proposes to put a limita-
tion on the use of the funds provided
for the board of children's guardians"
The provision in the bill for as
sessing jurors fees against unsuc-
cessful litigants in all the courts was
stricken from the bill today on
point of order made Saturday by Rep
resentative John Philip Hill of Mary
land. republican. Representative Hicks
of New York, presiding in the com
mittee of the whole, reserved his de-
cisfon on this point of order until
today.
Connecticut made a comprehensive
statement in which he argued that
the point of order was well taken
and he was supported in his conten-
ton by Representative Smell of New
York. Representative Hicks sustain
ed the point of order.
Committee Action Criticized.
Representative Fred N. Zihlman of
Maryland criticized the action of the
appropriations committee in reduc-
ing to the extent of s67 500 the recon-
mendations of the budget bureau for
the National Training School for
Girls.
He emphasized that the Commits
sioners and the director of the budget
had urged that new site for a build
ing and the erection of a building to
house white girls should be included
in the District bill. He described con
ditions at that institution as impera-
lively needing such relief.
Representative Louis G. Cramton of
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