Evening star., 1923-02-16
PLANS FINAL RUSH
FOR DISTRICT BILL
Focht Urges Citizens to Bom-
bard Campbell and Mondell
for Consideration.
FOUR ACTS ARE APPROVED
Zihlman Reminds of Fact Last Six
Days Rules Are Sus-
pended.

Last-ditch fighting is being done by
the House District committee today
In an effort to. get action at this ses-
sion on the school teachers salary
bill and other important legislation
Following instructions by a unan-
imous vote from the House District
committee today, Chairman Focht
presented in the House resolution
calling upon the rules committee for
n special rule to definitely set time
when L vote can be had on the teach
ers' salary bill. 1t was emphasized
by the committee that this was done
as the last effort the committee can
make to get action at this session nt
Congress.
The sentiment OF the committee
was TO pass the matter straight up
to Chairman Campbell Of the rules
committee and House Leader Mondett.
Urges Bombarding MondeIL
Chairman FoCht said that all that
can be done now by friends of the
teachers who have been bombarding
him and other members ut the Dis
trict committee is for them To SINH
larly lombard Chairman Campbell
and House Leader Mondell. He said
he wanted ii distinctly understood
that he favors this bill and will do
everything in his power TO get II
passed at this session.
Showing that democratic and repub-
lean members alike are lighting for
the passage of this legislation, the
resolution for a special rule was
drafted by Representative Thomas L..
Blanton of Texas. democrat, 10 be
presented by Chairman Focht, a re-
publican
Representative Fred y. Zihlman Of
Maryland. brought to the attention
of the committee the fact that the last
six days Of the session are suspension
days, when any bin can be brought
up. He invited the attention of the
committee to the fact that the last
day on the calendar for District OF
Columbia legislation comes within
that time.
Sees Plot Against ID. G..
The committee by formal action
authorized Chairman Focht to call
upon the rules committee and see If
the effect will lie to do" the COM
mittee out of it's last day for con-
sideration OF District Legislation in
the House, and to protest emphatic
ally against any such procedure.
The committee ordered favorable
report on four District measures. One
OF these Is the Blanton bill granting
relief to the metropolitan police and
officers and members of the District
ire department by granting them one
day OFF each week in lieu of Sunday
and providing that the District shall
pay for their uniforms and other off,
cial equipment.
Another bill favorably reported is
the substitute alley bill introduced
by Chairman Focht, who has agreed
with Representative Reed OF West
was to become of the alley dwellers.
but the bill was reported out on it's
merits because so many favorable
recommendations have been made.
The other two bills reported out
were introduced by Mr.. Focht, one
authorizing the closing of saith place
northwest, north of Garfield street.
which land will revert to the Protes-
and owners of abutting property: and
the bill to dissolve the Colored Be-
nevolent Association.
Stage Bitter Fight.
A bitter fight occurred over an effort
70 get action on street railway legisla-
tion. Representative Elliott W. Sproul
of Illinois said he would like to get
some definite action on one of the mer-
ger bills, and moved favorable report
on the Ball bill, which already has
passed the Senate, and which, he said,
is the only street railway bill that has
any chance of passage at this session
Representative Rlanton endeavored
20 amend the Ball bill by substituting
the Lampert bill. the purpose Of which
is to force a five-cent carfare. Repre-
sentative Walters offered as an addi-
tional substitute the Keller bill for
public ownership OF the street rail-
way companies. On q vive voce vote
both substitutes were rejected.
The vote on the motion of Repre-
sentative SpToul to favorably report
the Ball bill was a tie, to 4, those
voting in favor were Focht, Reed
Zihlman and Sproul. Those voting
against We're Lampert, Walters, Blan-
ton and Hammer.
Representative Reed sought to get
action on the bill to regulate the
practice of osteopathy in the District
Representative Hammer said that the
bill was in such bad form that it was
useless to consider 1t, and no action
was taken.