Evening star., 1928-04-25
THREE D. {. BILLS
ORDERED REPORTED
House Committee FavorS
Compensation, Architect,
City Damage Measures.

The House District committee today
ordered favorable reports on three bills
In the case Of two OF them. it was a
technical move to report out the bill
which had already passed the Senate. SO
that it might be substituted for the
House bill already reported.
The three bills reported are the
Senate workmens compensation bill,
with the House committee amendment
making the benefits applicable to Dis
trict resident wherever employed; the
Senate bin allowing the District Com
District. and the Senate bill to regulate
the practice of architecture
AS passed by the Senate the Commits
sionerS would be allowed TO settle suits
up 10 $4,000. The House committee
amended this measure TO allow suits up
to $4,000 10 be settled. This will throw
the bill, when passed by the House, into
conference. in which other matters in
controversy might be ironed out. Rep
reSentatives Reid of Illinois and Gilbert
of Kentucky reserved the right TO OPP
pose this measure on the floor
Opposes Architect Bill.
Mr.. Gilbert also opposed the bill to
regulate the profession of architecture,
calling it interference by Government
in business.
The committee postponed until the
next meeting hearing Miss Pearl Nc
Call, assistant District attorney, in re-
gard TO the proposed amendment 10
the diploma mill bill TO exempt Poto-
mac University Miss Mccall told the
committee that Corporation Counsel
Bride, who was present had been list
ed as a professor in Potomac University
without his knowledge. Mr. Bride stated
that that was IS years ago. when Ralph
Walker, an elevator operator in the
Senate. was dean of the college. DR.
Porter, the present president, was pres
ident at that time.
Representative Reid announced that
his subcommittee on education would
hold a meeting early next week to con-
slider all pending measures in regard
TO education.
Is Compromise.
The compensation bill known as the
aii1e-Underhill compromise bill, was
passed by the Senate yesterday.
In previous years the employees sup
ported the Capper- Fitzgerald plan for
a State insurance fund. with admin
istration of the law under the United
States Employees Compensation Com
mission. The employers in past ses-
sions have supported the Bruce Under
hill bill which placed administration
of the Law under the District authori-
ties and permitted the employer TO
place his compensation insurance with
private companies.
This year Senator Blaine. Republican,
Of Wisconsin, proposed that the long
shoremen's compensation law be APP
pied 10 workers In the District OF
Columbia and h was this plan which
the Senate approved yesterday. The
Blaine bill, which Representative
Undernifl Of Massachusetts introduced
IN the House. placed administration oil
the subject under the Federal compen-
sation commission. but gives employers
the right 70 place their insurance
privately.
Other bills passed by the Senate
yesterday and sent TO the House were
Authorizing the municipal architect 10
draw plans for hospital at the Home
for Aged and Iufirm at Blue Plains.
authorizing removal OF bodies from the
st. Francis dc Sales Church yard to
make way for a school building. and q
bin to vacate the alley between lots
10 and II, square 1893.