Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-18
D. c. BILL PASSED
BY HOUSE; CARRIES
S33,@5,0DO FUND
Funk Amendment Barring
Nonresident Pupils in
Schools Beaten.

Carrying $33. 165 900 for the sup
port of the municipal activities of
the District of Columbia for the fiscal
year beginning July l. of which So
900 900 is paid by the Federal Gov
eminent, the District appropriation
bill was passed by the House today.
When the measure came out of the
committee of the whole and was re-
ported TO the House. point of no
quorum was made by Representative
Collins. Democrat. of Mississippi in
order to get full attendance. Rep
resentative ketchum. Republican. If
Michigan. then demanded q separate
vote on the Funk amendment. which
prohibits any of the Districts school
funds from being used for the in
struction of any children who dwell
outside of the District of Columbia.
The standing vote on this was 1872 in
favor of the Funk amendment and
81 against.
A roll call then was demanded.
which resulted in defeat of the Funk
amendment by vote of liz to 1873.
thus resembling the action taken by
the House yesterday in the committee
Of the whole.
Throughout the consideration Of the
District bill there was no change in
the figures as reported by the appro-
pratt committee except commit
tee amendment adopted today increas-
ing by $4,000 the apropria ton for the
National Geological Park. so as to
provide for the purchase of ozone ma
chimes to purify the air in the animal
house All other amendments were to
make uniform provisions in accord
ance with the committee amendment
adopted late yesterday limiting the
price to be paid for school and rlay.
ground sites to the assessed value plus
25 per cent, and to be availab BILE for two
years.
Fenning Is Attacked.
An attack on Commissioner Fen
ming featured consideration of the
District bill this afternoon. when.
the charge was made that Com
missioner F'enning has been acting
as an attorney in lunacy cases
while in Office as District Commits
Sioner. The charge was made during
consideration of the item of $4,000
for expenses for commitments of in
digent insane persons to st. Eliza
beth's Hospital by order of the eXecu-
tive authority of the District Of Co
lumbia.
Chairman Madden of the House
appropriations committee said if this
charge is true Commissioners Fen
ming "should be run out of Office"
Representative Blanton. Democrat,
of Texas. offered an amendment
striking out this paragraph, and call
ed on Representative Green, new
member of the House from Florida.
as witness. Mr.. Green charged
that Commissioner Fenning had been
keeping a Georgia boy in st. Eliza
beth's without his parents being al
lowed an opportunity to see him.
He said he had pleaded with Com
missioner fleming in vain and that
the boys father had died without
seeing him.
Representative Gibson. Republican.
of Vermont. said that he knew Com
missioner Fenning has been handling
a large number of lunacy cases In
which he acts as legal guardian.
School Fight Renewed.
The row over the Funk amendment
prohibiting children from nearby
Maryland and Virginia from attending
House again today. Representative
ketcham, Republican, of Michigan,
served notice that when the District
appropriation bill comes out of the
committee of the whole into the House
for action he will demand separate
vote on this amendment.
Representative Blanton said that ~
per cent Of the Government employees
are property owners and asked. DO
you want to saddle the expenses or
educating Maryland and Virginia on
these Government employees"
Representative Simmons of Nebras-
ka, member of the subcommittee
which drafted the bill, admitted that
the Funk amendment is drastic and
will not allow time for schools to be
built in Maryland and Virginia to ac-
commodate these children, more than
| 5000 of whom are now attending Dis
trict schools. He explained that the
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