Evening star., 1925-02-07

to be specifically for snow removal.
This was opposed by Chairman Davis
of the subcommittee that drafted the
bill
The House voted to make imme-
diately available the $60O,OOO car
ried in the bill for current repairs to
the streets. This motion was made
by Representative William A. Ayres
OF Kansas and removes the necessity
of waiting until July l to commence
this work.
Other items approved by the House
yesterday include s260,760 for the ex-
ecutive offices of the District, all the
regular appropriations for the ad-
ministrative Offices, the District en-
ployes' compensation fund, contingent
and miscellaneous expenses, S2,670.-
23S for street and road improvement
and repair, s1.139,250 for sewers and
s147.600 for Fairgrounds.
Representative Cramtons effort to
make the lump sum appropriation per-
manent law was defeated yesterday.
when a point of order raised by Rep
resentatives Chindblom of Illinois
and Zihlman of Maryland was sus-
tanned by Representative John Q. TIL
son of Connecticut, in the chair.
The plan was offered by Repre-
sentative Cramton as an amendment
to the District appropriation bill
point of order, stating at the same
time that he believed even the language
of the present. bill is subject to a point
of order, as being legislation of an ap-
preparation bill. Representative Zihl
man. acting chairman of the House Dis
trict committee, made the point of or
der
Representative Chindblom told the
House that legislative committee on
III had ir,1,1 rvtn
interest in such legislation and he ques-
toned whether that committee had in
mind recommending any such proposal.
1--WE are going pretty far in saddling
legislation on an appropriation bill when
we attempt to settle the fiscal relations
between the District of Columbia and
the Federal Government by such an
amendment" he said. This power Of
attaching legislation to the appropria-
tion bill should not be invoked unless
it is absolutely necessary in some great
public emergency"
Representative Cramton complained
that he had such a measure before
the House District committee for the
last two years and was unable to get
action.
Acting Chairman Zihlman replied
for the District committee that Rep
resentative Cramton had asked only
and that he had called a special meet
ing of the committee to hear Mr.
ICramton. He explained that the COM
mittee is seriously divided on this
Question and that it had taken no ac
tion because it was busy in reporting
out urgently needed legislation on
which the committee was in substan-
Xtial agreement.
Representative Zihlman said that
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leaders in Congress had been con-
sidering the advisability of studying
the question of fiscal relations be-
tween the Federal Government and
the National Capital during the com
ing recess of Congress which might
result in amending the organic act.
He said that the proposed amendm ent
of Representative Cramton is mad
visable at this time and therefore
he made the point of order
Protests against supplementing the
$4,500,000 District surplus from Gov
ernment funds, against continuing the
existing Rent Commission and against
erection of the Arlington Memorial
Bridge featured general debate on
the bill.
Vigorous attack upon President
Coolidge for fathering the present
rent legislation, which he declared to
be more socialistic legislation than
anything that has come from Mime
sofa or Wisconsin, was made by Rep
resentative Blanton. He declared
that the so-called Presidents Rent
Commission bill is unconstitutional
land that if passed the Supreme Court
will prevent its operation.
Representative Blanton claimed that
the President has been deceived and
besieged by wild clamor started by
ent commissioners who expect to have
heir salaries cut off. Representative
Blanton described four provisions which
be proposes would correct the rent
ituation here by prevnting pyramiding
costs, doing away with fictitious
aluations and allowing supply and de-
iand competition to operate.