The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1924-02-07
MAN D. c.
BILLS To
Teachers Pay Act, in Record
Legislative Grist, Among
Those Going Through.

The grist Of District legislation
in Congress is greater than at any
time in a decade.
Sluggish as has been the prog
ress made upon it in the past two
months, there are prospects-at
least, fair prOspects--that a ma
jOrity Of the pending measures,
if not all Of them, will be passed
at the present session.
Bills On Both Dockets.
The formidable character of the
work before the House and Senate
District committees is indicated by
the following bills on their dOckets:
The rent law extension bill.
The gasoline tax, or automobile
reciprocity, measure.
The Mcclellan scent street car
| bill.
District Commissioners cOmpul.
sorry traction merger bill.
The Great Falls development bill
The teachers salary and school
reorganization bill.
The measure recognizing the
District insurance code.
Traffic legislation.
In addition to these, pending be-
fore other committees, are the fol-
lowing:
The various proposed amendments
to the Sterling Lehlbach reclassifi-
cation bill.
The Smoot public buildings bill.
The revised civil service retire
ment bill.
The Phipps measure giving the
District title to its 100000 sur
plus revenues in the Federal
Treasury.
Rent Bill Storm Center.
Judging by the past performances
optimist who would predict that
any considerable share Of this legis-
lation will be enacted by the present
session. Yet there are just such
optimists who believe that Congress
will manage to dispose Of many Of
the most important Of these bills.
The rent extension act will be the
center Of bitter fight.
There Is talk now OF holding
Joint House and Senate hearings on
the Lampert and Ball rent bills, 80
as to expedite their enactment by
! Congress.
The ultimate passage Of the gaso-
line tax bill Is looked upon as GER
tain, although there Is no diSpost-
ton to minimize the opposition to
| it. The Great Falls development
bill probably will be enacted; it car
ries no appropriation, however, but
merely authorizes the project. The
big fight in connection with this
measure must yet be threshad out
before the Senate and House Appro.
priatiOns committees.
Buildings Bill Expected.
Despite the opposition OF Chair.
man Madden, Of the House Appro.
| priations Commute, there is general
confidence that the public buildings
bill, appropriating $4,000, 900 for
the erection OF new Government
structures here over a period Of ten
years, will be passed. Hard sled.
ding, as usual, may be looked for
in connection with any proposed
traction legislation; there is no real
chance for any merger bill to be
| PssSDSu uHu0T pTeS0HI COHQlLtOHB.
The Reconsideration situation in
the House and Senate has not clari.
fled sufficiently to make any pre-
diction as to the outcome Of the
present muddle practicable.
Neither the Houuae nor the Sen.
ate Civil Service Committee has yet
begun hearings upon the proceed.
ings and policies Of the Personnel
Classification Board. Consequently
there Is the likelihood Of further de-
lay in the matter. On the other
hand, it is fairly certain that favor.
able action will be taken on the
teachers pay bill, the civil service
retirement revision and traffic
legislation.
Under favorable conditions the
Phipps bill, making the Treasury
surplus available for District ex-
penditure, also may be enacted. OPP
position to 1t is largely confined to
small but noisy cabal in the
| House.