Evening star., 1924-03-26
POLICE PAY BOOST
VIRTUALLY CERTAIN
Increase to Park Officers In.
cIuded in Bill Ordered Fa.
vorably Reported.

The police and ffrenen's increased
pay bill was ordered favorably re-
ported by the Senate District commit :
tee today, after the committee had
determined in include in the bill
provision for increasing the pay of
the park police. Before the report is
made, however, Senator King Of Utah
is to be given an opportunity to
examine the bill and subcommittee
police.
Col. Sheriff., superintendent of pub
lilo buildings and grounds, appeared
before the committee today and urged
that the park police, who come under
his jurisdiction. should be granted an
increase in pay commensurate with
that proposed for the Metropolitan
police.
Smith Offers Protest.
Private Milton Smith. president of
the Policeman's Association. spoke in
opposition to the proposal to anal
gamate the two bills, one for the
Metropolitan police and the other for
the park police. He explained that
the Metropolitan police and firemen s
pay bill has already been passed by
the House, and expressed fear that ii
the Senate now added section Civ
ing parx Aolice Increased pay, IL
natght rNDaB in delaying passage OF
the bill wnen it goes back to the
House.
Senator Ball. chairman of the Dis
trict committee, and Senator King
the ranking democratic mem Der OF
the committee, both assured Private
ference including the park police pay
they, who would be members of the
conference committee, would yield on
the park police amendment rather
than permit any undue delay in get
ting through the bill for the Metro
politan police and firemen.
Senator Ball explained also that as
the park police pay bill has not been
acted upon by the House, it probably
could not receive attention at the
present session as separate meas
ure.
Want Forces Co-ordinated.
with this assurance, Mr.. Smith de-
clared he would withdraw his oppo-
aition to the inclusion of the park
police in the bill. He said he be-
1ieved the park officers should re-
ceive an increase, too. and that he
did not wish to prevent their getting
it at the present session of Congress.
Senator King suggested that some
thing should be done to coordinate,
under one head. the varieua 1olice
organizations of the Distri.- He
pointed out that not only are there the
metropolitan police force and the
park police force, represented by Col
Sheriff., but also police in the Zoo
Park and other parks, which have nc
wi "a nnllHa
Sheriff. Wakes Plea.
The committee. on motion of Sena-
tor Ball. authorized the appointment
of a subcommittee consisting of Sem
ators King, chairman; Sheppard of
Texas and Edge of New Jersey, TO
consider the question of co-ordinat-
ing the police force, and especially
the various park forces. Col. Sheriff.
expressed the opinion that the park
forces should be co-ordinated, but he
added that the metropolitan police
and park police should be kept sep
arate, although cooperating at all
times, as they do now.
In urging upon the committee the
adoption of the amendment grantin &
the park police an increase, Col. Sher-
rill said the proposed raises were
similar TO those proposed for the
metropolitan police, except that the
pay of the park policemen was fixed
at 500 a year less, because the gov
ernment provides their uniforms.
Members of the metropolitan police
buy their own.
The park police also desired to be
placed on the same retirement basis
as the metropolitan police, and that
is included in the amendment pro-
posed by Col. Sheriff..