Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-07-01
Some Committeeman Would
Qualify Exoneration With
Recommendations.
WARM SPEECHES READY
WHEN HOUSE GETS ISSUE
Disposal of Controversy Late To
day Possible-Bill introduced
to Limit Fees.

The run judiciary committee Of the
House, composed Of Il lawyers. is
laborinE in executive session today
in an effort 10 make d report to the
House late this afternoon on the 81
charges Of Impeachment against Dis
trict Commissioner FenninE.
The full committee expects to make
a formal report that Mr.. Feuntng is
an officer Of the municipal corpora
tion of the District Of Columbia. and
as such is not civil officer Of the
United States and is not subject to
impeachment.
A report to this effect was prepared
by special subcommittee, consisting
of Representa- tives Tucker, Democrat
Of Virginia; Christopherson. Republi-
con OF North Dakota, and Perlman.
Republican of New York. Each Of
these three subcommittee members
wrote separate report on the I'M
peaChment question, and the report
submitted 10 the Dyer subcommittee
of l. members Yesterday. and TO the
fun judiciary committee today, is a
composite OF these three individual
reports on which the subcommittee
was in agreement.
May 60 Beyond Report.
In the lengthy executive session to
Gay the full committee was reviewing
the work of the Dyer subcommittee
yesterday in reaching conclusions on
each Of the charges Of Impeachment
made by Representative Blanton,
Democrat of Texas. on which exten-
sive hearings were held. The sub
committee report takes each of these
charges in turn and says, in effect.
tad -,
hearings TO prove the charges made
A stubborn fight is being made in
the executive session today to go be
yond the report prepared by Mr. Dyer
as chairman of the subcommittee of
l., and have il include certain com
ment and recommendations" the
purport of which is still undecided
While the committee was in eXecu-
tive session Representative Yates. Re
publican Of Illinois. who had previous
" made a specialized study Of the re-
port of the Gibson subcommittee Of
the House District committee. came
out of the committee room 10 get the
Stenogra phic report Of testimony by
Chief Justice McCoy of the District
supreme Court before the Gibson
subcommittee.
Whatever the committee decides.
II seemed certain that fight will
Speeches Are Ready.
Several members Of the House are
holding speeches in aheyance pending
the report Of the judiciary committee.
and there Is evidence hat as soon as
the report IS made there Will lre vigJr-
ously expressed demand in the House
for final disposal Of the case before
Congress adiourns. Representative
/ Schafer. Republican ot Wisconsin
who took an active part a. the hear
/ ingS before the veterans cpmmittec
the Gibson subcommittee of the
! House District subcommittee. and the
Dyer subcommittee OF the judiciary
committee has been allotted u min
/ utes in which to address the House
today and he will use this time when
a report is made from the judiciary
committee
Independent OF whatever action may
. he taken by the judiciary committee
regarding recommendation as q re-
suit OF the FenniuG hearings Repre-
sentative Perlman today introduced a
bill limiting fees of committees tor in
competent persons The bill patterned
after New York law. proposes that
up 10 khe first s. 0C0 Of a wards
estate received and expended the com
mittee shall receive commission OF
) per cent; on additional sums be
tween 81 900 and $40 600 a commission
of pig per cent; on additional sums
between 100000 and $50 900 a COM
mission of 2 per cent. and on sums
above $50 600 a commission of ! Y per
cent
The Perlman bill provides that no
other allowance shall he made except
for extraordinary service which must
be passed on by the court
1t provides further that the commit
tee must submit 10 the court an af-
fidavit that he mas not directly or in
directly pr0fited by his appointment
as committee except the commission
allowed him under the law.