Evening star., 1923-12-04
BILL GIVING BALLOT
!. TO D. c. OFFERED IN
|. HOUSE BY LAMPERT
Provides Representation in
Both Branches and VOTING
in National Elections.
LANGLEY MEASURE URGES
BUILDING PROGRAM HERE
Blanton Moves to Force Five-Cent
Car Fare on City's
Lines.

! A food of bills of Importance 10 the
District of Columbia was introduced
and reintroduced in the House TODAY
Heading the list. in importanee
were:
! resolution by Representative
/ Lampert Of Wisconsin providing
! for voting representation in both
| branches of Congress and national
| election for residents of the District
through a constitutional amendment
A bin by Representative Fairfield
| of Indiana, ranking member of the
! House committee on reform in the
civil. service, covering retirement .;
| employees in the classified civil
| service
| Seven measures introduced by Rep
resentative Langley of Kentucky
looking toward an extensive public
/ building program for the National
Capital and for a. broad developmeni
, OF the Districts parkway system.
| REPRESENTATIVE Fairfields bill or
retirement would repeal the act Of
thereto
| He explained that this is the same
measure he introduced at the last
session of Congress, designed to put
/ III more concise form all legislation
affecting retirement 1t provides for
retirement a t the end of thirty years
! of service and increases compenSa-
! tlon proportionatay to the amount
contributed by the retired employees
1t retains all the other principles in
the present act.
Representative Lampert in addi-
tion to his resolution for national
representation for the District by
constitutional amendment also in
troduced his So-called pure milk bill
| drafted by the District health office.
Another Bampert bill would extend
/ the life of the rent commission.
New Conservatory Urged.
One Of Representative Langley's
hllls authorizes an appropriation Of
| 100000 for the construction of q
| hew conservatory and other neces-
Sary buildings for the United States
J Botanic Gardens
/ Another provides for the aco1lfsi-
/ tlon of additional property in the
! District OF Columbia for necessary
sites for additional buildings for the
! Botanic Gardens
| Looking toward the commemorative
! development of the park and pIay-
ground system of the National CAPT
/ tai Representative Langley intro
! duced bill which he saws will NOT
Il Il
/ the future, but will forever save the
government from being held up by
unScrupulouS speculators in land
placing unreasonable prices on spe-
enc areas as soon as they learn that
these areas are being discussed in
! Congress for park purposes
! Representative Langley introduced
measure providing for the survey
! OF the Potomac river banks and ada
! cent land from Washington TO Great
1 Falls, with a view of possible ex-
/ tension of the District park system
The lard adjacent to the Potomac on
! both sides of the river from Wash
/ 1ngton up to and including the Great
/ Falls possesses scenic beauty of n
high order and would make beauti-
| ful park. Representative Langley
/ said.
i Would Enlarge Capitol Grounds.
| Another Langley measure is for the
enlargement of the grounds sur
| rounding TIE Capitol: another is for
| the requirement of land in the Dis
| trict of Columbia as sites for public
| buildings.
/ The purpose of these two last bills
! Is to beautlfy the grounds surround
/ ing the Capitol building and utilize
! them for building purposes.
Another measure fathered by Rep
/ resentative Langley authorizes the
/ extension of the park system in the
( District of Columbia This bill ex-
tends the jurisdiction of the Rock
Creek and Potomac parkway commits
/ sion to include what is known as the
/ Clifton tract of land, which contains
about thirty eight acres, and to
! authorize that commission to grant
! the use of this property in perpetuity
/ to the Women's Universal Alliance
/ 1t is proposed that there will be erect
ed on this property a memorial IL
! the motherhood of America and other
I memorial buildings, constituting an
acropolis upon this beautiful tract of
! land, which is the last of the hillside
property overlooking the city of
Washington which is available for
/ government purposes, Representative
Langley explains.
/ Representative Thomas Blanton Of
+! Texas, ranking democrat on the
House District committee, introduced
| legislation designed to give five
certain acts of the Public Utilities
I Commission. This measure is in ef-
i feet the same as urged in the Senate
| at the close of the last session y
the right of the Public Utilities Com
mission to grant a higher rate cf
! fare than the ffve-cent farce provided
| for in the charter to the street all
way companies. Representative
Elanton also fathered a measure to
give school children transportation
on the street cars for three-quartcrS
of the standard rate of fare.
Bills Would Relieve Police.
Representative Blanton introduc. q
a. bill for the relief of the police and
! firemen of the district, commonll
/ known as the police and fire pay in
crease bill Representative OCon-
nell OF, New York also introduced 4
, bill fof the relief of police and fire
men.
Representative BIanton also intro
duced a bill to facilitate and eN-
pedite the transaction of congress
tional business with the departments
of government in the District of Co
lumbia. lie also reintroduced his
anti-pick eting bin to prevent
breaches of the peace.
Representative Raker of California
introduced a bill authorizing and di
recting the public printer to provide
a pulp and paper mill for the manu-
facture of print paper for the gov
ernment Representative Raker also
| proposes the creation of a bureau for
deaf and dumb in the District OF
Columbia. This legislation is of par
| ticular interest on account of the
establishment here of the Columbia
! Institution for the Deaf.
! Representative Louis c. Cramton
| of Michigan. who was chairman of
the subcommittee which drafted the
District appropriation bill last year.
today reintroduced his bill to fix the
amount to be contributed by the
United States to defray the expenses
of the District of Columbia.
Mr.. Cramton also introduced a bill