Evening star., 1926-05-28
SENATE HOLDS UP
MOTHERS /: 1 AID BILL
Traffic Measure Also Waits
&; Tight Sessior-0thers
Quickly Passed. ;,

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4, Quickly Passed. ;,
$
y During one OF the most animate ed
(; discussions Of District affairs that has
6 taken place at this session. the Senate
9 last night rassed three local measures.
but had to postpone final action on the
= two most important questions: namely,
= aid for dependent children and the
= traffic bill.
3 On. both the mothers pension and
g the traffic hill, however, the Senate
s reached the point OF passing on
ame ndments in committee of the
whole, and there is every prospect
r that within few days il will be pos
sible to complete the legislative proces So
by obtaining final vote in the Senate
:. proper.
In committee of the whole and after
x plan of administering aid for depend
sent children through a separate board
s was approved. and it looked AS though
$ that plan. which has already passed
!: the House, would receive final ap-
proval last night.
Hing Causes Delay.
Before the bill was reported to the
Senate, however, Senator King of
- Utah, Democratic member OF the Dis
trict committee, chided his colleagues
for disregardins the wishes of the peo-
: pie of Washington. WHO favor placing
child aid under the Board of Public
Welfare. Senator King indicated he
was about TO demand the presence OF
q quorum. and since there was some
doubt as to whether a quorum could
, be mustered ii was agreed to lay the
hill aside until Tuesday afternoon.
: Despite the sustaining Of the New
:, York plan in committee OF the whole
N'ast night, supporters Of the District s
own bill are hopeful that different
verdict may be reached with larger
attendance of the Senate next week.
:, The traffic bill, which is looked upon
by Chairman Capper of the District
; committee as of the greatest 'mpor-
tance, because of the unsettled stu
alton with regard to renewal Of op-
= orators permits. was gone through for
the consideration of amendments and
The path seemed clear for final vote
when Senator Blease. Democrat. Of
South Carolina insisted there should
be a quorum present and this meas
IRE also had to be laid aside 10 fore
stall a quorum CALL
Other Bills Passed.
= The Senate then passed in quick
succession and without debate the bills
authoriing a new bridge across Rock
Creek at NJ street and revising the as.
5Sessment law. and measure prorid.
.ling a more expeditions method of Sc
z1ecting a grand jury in the District.
: Chairman Capper Of the District
t-committee led the fight for the Wash.
ington plan of placing dependent
child aid under the Board Of Public
: Welfare. He was supported hy Sen
T-alors Bruce Of Maryland. Sackett Of
Kentucky, Williams of Missouri and
liking of Utah.
s Senator Wadsworth of New York
was active in advocating the separate
agency for child aid, and he had the
backing of Senators Willis of Ohio.
McKellar of Tennessee. Bratton Of
: New Mexico and Jones of New
Mexico.
Bruce Fights Loeb Plan.
= During the debate Senator Bruce Of
'SMaryland declared:
s This question as to whether there
Els to be a separate board for this
s2aid to dependent children or whether
that form of relief il to be brought
under the administration OF this board
-zcf public welfare is nothing but a
conflict between a New York en-
Sthusiast, Miss Sophie Irene Loeb, and
-4s little handful of her adherents who
-rsre supporting her views, on the one
ighand, and on the other hand the peo-
Tple of this District. 1t Is perfectly
Strue that there was one exception to
;s1he unanimity Of the people Of this
District That was Father OGrady.
Il have no criticism to make of him,
5but he stood absolutely alone: his
eposition was one of complete isola.-
=tion Miss Mabel Boardman, Justice
:, Siddons, and all the other leading
.scitizens of the District asked that this
form of public welfare work be
drought under the jurisdiction of the
Z Board of Public Welfare. A more
convincing, a more intelligent, more
: persuasive presentation of case ]
never heard in my life than was made
Ehy the citizens Of this community TO
rtbe Senate committee.
We all know that the District is
:zonly too likely to be selected AZ the
adog on which all kinds of social eA.
.zperiments are to be tried. and Miss
:, Loeb's idea is that 1t would be good
thing to come down here to the Dis
strict and get this bill through as an
example, to use her own language,
land then to go TO the Legislatures OF
'7the different States in the Union and
get them to enact similar laws"
: In opening the discussion Senator
IWadsworth said 40 States have en-
acted laws on the subject, the purpose
aot which, he explained. Is to enable
"a widowed mother TO keep her child
Sat home instead of committing il TO
5Ean institution. He contended that in
:only 10 of the 80 States referred to is
+:the administration of the law placed
Fin the hands Of the agency handling
spoor relief and other forms Of char
sity. He gave as principal reason
sfor advocating separate board the
claim that mothers would hesitate to
appeal to the Board Of Public Wei
9are.
I Capper Cites support.
:, When Senator Capper took the floor
she challenged the assertions of Sena-
:acr Wadsworth concerning the laws
-~tr>r,hns>n onI eaf1 that acCoriinr n