Evening star., 1924-04-28
BaCkers of Measure Win
Point; TWo-Year Extension
Bill to Be in Order.
FILIBUSTER PREVENTED
AFTER SHARP DEBATE
Move to Declare Law Void Begun
in District Court by
Landlords.

Advocates of the Lampert Rent
Commission bill won a victory at the
outset of debate on that measure in
the House today when they brought
about adoption of a special rule by
a vote of 81 to 80, providing that p
vote shall be taken at 4 o'clock this
afternoon and making in order the
offering of a substitute which would
extend the life of the Rent Commis-
sion for two years or until May q,
1926. The rule, offered by Chairman
Smell of the rules committee, also
makes in order the offering
OF amendments changing the length
Commission's life and also an amend
ment to reduce the size of the Rent
Commission from five-as at present
to three members.
The rule. which safeguards the
measure against filibuster, brought
about sharp debate. and decision
by Speaker GiIlett was necessary in
order to allow its consideration.
BIanton Raises Point.
Representative Tincher. Republican.
Kansas, made the point of order that
the resolution was not privileged and
gave credit to Representative Thomas
L. Blanton. Democrat, Texas. for hav-
ing initiated that point of order.
Representative Tincher and Repre-
sentative Blanton argued that this
would establish a precedent under
which the rules committee could take
legislative authority away from all
other committees. Representative
Blanton cited four precedents il
House rulings. He argued that ths
special rule attempts to provide d new
piece of legislation with special con
sideration, while that Legislation
properly belongs TO another commit
tee.
Chairman Madden of the House COM
mittee on appropriations also sup
ported the point of order. He argued
that the rules committee had no aG-
thority to give privileged considers
ton to new legislation. but that its
function is to provide a procedure on
legislation already before the House.
Representatives Blanton and Mad
den claimed that if the rule was held
in order the rules committee couiG
report substitutes for revenue and ap-
preparation bills after their respec-
tive committees had spent months IN
preparing entirely different measures
overruled by Speaker.
Representative Otis Wingo, Demo-
crat, Arkansas, said he was not con-
CtIHtu '" iii l1iS ii4Si ihS "a NAhS ~ = -SA1
ton, but to preserve the orderly pro-
cedure of the House. He spoke in
favor OF the rule, claiming that it en-
abled the House to express its will in
a proper way.
Speaker Gillett overruled the point
of order.
Representative Pou. Democrat, North
Carolina, former chairman of the rules
committee, said he was opposed to the
rule and opposed to the iegisla ton.
1T is time that the property OF the
should be returned to its owners, he
said. 1T is more than five years since
the armistice, and we are now propos-
ing by this resolution to extend the
rent commission for another two years.
Where will it end?
Every time that Congress acts on
such legislation in times of peace, ii Is
a step towards socialism. This par
ticular legislation is a very decided
step" Representative Pou warned the
House.
Court Ruling Cited.
The decision of the United States
Supreme Court handed down las L
Monday was emphasized repeatedly
by speak erS today in opposition to
the measure.
Representative James r. Begg, Re
publican, Ohio, argued that the pro-
posed legislation is not antagonistic
to the ruling of the Supreme Court.
Representative Tincher, Republican
Kansas, said that the Supreme Court
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