Evening star., 1925-01-21

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sentative Rathbone said that there
should be no attempt to prevent action
on the surplus bill and Representative
Hammer also opposed any effort to side
track ii, saying "the Government must
pay an honest debt"
Representative Blanton also urged
that the Lampert milk bill in which the
District Health Board is interested.
should also be made special order of
business. and he made a plea in behalf
of the children, because there is no law
requiring pasturization of milk
Representative Lampert said that
the bill, which has already passed the
Senate, and which is slightly different
from the House measure, would, he be-
lieved be satisfactory, and he would
take 1t up at once with his subcommit-
tee and report to the next meeting Of
the District committee, with the special
view to getting that legislation through
at the present session. Representative
Lampert said that he had asked Rep
resentative Blanton to make a special
personal investigation of the need for
this particular legislation.
Builders Message Received.
Chairman Reed laid before the com
mittee lengthy telegram from the
Association of Builders in the City
Of New York protesting against in
vasion of property rights as is pro-
posed in the rent bill prepared by
Chairman Whaley of the Bent Com
mission. which proposes to make that
commission permanent, enlarged and
with broadened power. Representa-
tive Blanton discussed his new bill
of / 55 pa ges to provide an insurance
code for the District. He said that
in this he had included all the commit
tee amendments which had been approx
ed by the present insurance commits
sioner and had stricken out a number
of Sneakers" which had appeared
in the original insurance code meas
ure introduced by Representative
George w. Gdmonds OF Pennsylvania.
! Representative Blanton explained
| that the present insurance commits
| sioner objected to several features Of
| mis- bill. He did not want the Pres
| ident but rather the District Com
missioners to appoint the insurance
| commissioner and he did not want
the President to have authority to re-
move the insurance commissioner for
cause He objected to his own sal
airy being increased from $3,S00 to
! $4,000. and was also opposed to Civ
| ing him an additional employe at
| $500.
! Agree Reference.
| After both Representative Blanton
and Representative Jost of Missouri
| had made motions it was finally
! agreed that the Blanton bill should
| be submitted to the old insurance
| subcommittee with instructions to
| cooperate with similar subcommft-
| tee of the Senate in order to expedite
action on this measure at the present
| session of Congress
A report is expected from the sub
committee on the insurance bill at
| the meeting of the District commit
/ tee next Wednesday,
| Representative Edmonds and Rep
resentative Blanton debated on the
authorship of the original bill.
| Representative Edmonds declared en-
| phatically that the District needs an
! insurance code and needs a banking
| code.
| There was a sharp exchange of
debate between Representative Gill
| bert and Representative Blanton, both
of whom were formerly judges, over
Mr.. Blanton's threat to flibuster
against the surplus bill. Representa-
! tive Gilbert said he was not the
| keeper of Mr.. Blanton's conscience
Representative Blanton said that he
| did not care to be the subject of any
| law. lectures by Mr.. Gilbert, and the
latter responded that it would take
all of his time If he attempted to give
such lectures to Mr. Blanton.
Six Important Measures.
| Representative Gibson advised the
committee that there are six inn
4 portant major measures pending
which will provide the most construc-
| tive program of legislation attempted
| for the District in many years, and in
sisted that a drive should be made to
/ get action on these measures before
| the close of the present session.
| Representative Keller suggested
| that as the District committee and
! the House desires to give the District
of Columbia constructive legislation
| and as this is being prevented by
filibuster and dilatory tactics, he sug-
gested that, regardless of the hours
it may take, the House should
sit in session on Monday until it has
| finished the program which the over
whelming ma jority of the District
| committee approves.
SMELL ADVISES CITIZENS.