Evening star., 1925-12-07
NUMEROUS D. c.
BILLS INTRODUCED
Congress Asked to Provide
New House Office Building
and Workmen's Pay.

In the deluge of bills introduced to-
day at the opening Of the Sixty-ninth
Congress We're many important meas
ures of particular interest to the Ma
tional Capital.
Conspicuous among the proposed
developments is the new House Office
Building plan, calling for an expendi-
ture of ST.000000 or $4,000 on
which a report was made by David
Lynn, architect of the Capitol, in re
sponse to a resolution directing him
to make a study of the need and plans
for additional Office space to provide
each member of the House with two
Office rooms
The House Office Building Commits
sion, consisting Of Speaker Longworth, /,
Representative Isaac Bachrach of
New Jersey and Minority Leader Gar
rett of Tennessee, after a conference
today submitted its report to the
House, presenting the need for addi-
tional office space. 1t is proposed that
the new House Office Building If au-
thorized. will be located on land be
tween New Jersey avenue and Della
ware avenue and B and c streets,
directly south of the Capitol.
Workmen's Compensation Bills.
Workmen's compensation legisla-
ton, the dam behind which much Dis
trict legislation was held back in the
closing days of the Sixty-eighth Con-
gress, was brought TO the fore again
today when both the Fitzgerald and
Underhill bills were reintroduced. The
measure, SO vigorously pushed by
Representative Roy G. Fitzgerald Re
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provides for a Federal organization to
administer the workmen's compensa-
ton law. The measure advocates with
equal persistency by Representative
Charles L. Underhill, Republican, of
Massachusetts, would leave the work
mems compensation business in the
hands of private insurance companies
or would allow self-insurance by the
employers.
Another very important measure
for the development of the National
Capital was introduced today by Mr..
Underhill which provides for the
purchase of all land south OF Pennsyl-
vania avenue, backing against the
Mall, between the Capitol and the
Treasury. which is not already owned
by the Government. This measure
would authorize appropriation of SIS
100000.
President Favors Purchase.
1t is understood that President Cool
idge is in favor of this land purchase
as it would provide fitting sites for
the new public buildings needed to
house Government activities which
are now, for the MOST part, in crowded
quarters, many of which have been
declared by officials to be fire traps"
President Coolidge himself is support
ing a $50 1000 900 public building bill
for the City of Washington to cover
a 10-year building program.
The land which Mr.. Underhills s bill
specifies provides the best possible
sites for the buildings which the
Presidents program would erect.
Representative Will R. Wood. Re
publican, OF Indiana today reintro-
duced his bill for consolidation of all
Government purchases in a new board
with central warehouse for storing
the Government supplies.
A favorable report was made on this
measure by the judiciary committee
| in the SiXty-eighth Congress, and Mr..
Wood said today that it had the sup
port of all the Government agencies
now represented on the existing gen
eral supply committee.
New Chain Bridge.
Among a batch of bills introduced
by Representative r. Walton Moore.
Democrat, of Virginia are two of par
ticular local Importance. One provides
for new bridge to replace the old
Chain Bridge and the other would
have the Federal Government cede to
the State of Virginia sovereignty over
a parcel of land at Battery Cove, near
Alexandria.
Chairman Zihlman of the House Dis
trtct committee will reintroduce two
bills at the solicitation of the District
Commissioners as soon as the District
committee is organized. One Of these
would transfer Jurisdiction over the
United States reservation at First and
0 streets southeast, adjoining the
sewerage pumping station Of the Dis
trict, from the director of public build
ings and public parks to the Commis-
stoners of the District of Columbia
A letter from Commissioner Ru-
dolph, president Of the board of Dis
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