Evening star., 1928-03-28
DIPLOMA MILL BILL
ORDERED REPORTED
Gibson Tells Committee Pro-
posed Healing Restriction
Law Is Standard.

The first step toward cleaning up the
wholesale business done here by inn
properly trained medical practitioners.
many OF whom are graduates of diploma
mill institutions after course Of two
or three days. was taken by the House
District committee today In ordering
favorable report to BE- written by Repre-
sentative Bowman Of West Virginia on
the bin to regulate the practice OF
healing In the District,
Representative Gibson made report
from the subcommittee which has been
considering several bills seeking Stricter
jurisdiction over the qualifications oi
those desiring 10 practice under the
various schools of medical treatment,
He said the subcommittee had unant-
nnusly reported this measure, and that
IL was advised that the Copeland bill,
proposing more general control, had
been abandoned In the Senate He en-
phasized that there is no law regulating
the very large number Of those who are
now practlcine osteopathy and chiro-
practic. He said this measure comedies
with the standard law In regard 10
osteopathy that Is now in force in every
State in the Union
REESE ntS Criticism.
Representative Gilbert of Kentucky
resented as "a great piece OF nerve the
attempt of certain members OF the
House, who are not members of the
District co~'mittee. who undertook on
the floor of the House Montay when
the bill TO regulate the bondh x practice
In the District was under consideration.
to criticize what subcommittee the DIS
trict committee should appoint. MIR. Gil
bert said he never saw a more sorry
spectacle than when members of the
judiciary committee had up for consld-
Grafton the declaratory Judgment bill.
Representative Lampert OF WiScon-
sin said he wished he could get one Of
his bills away from the judiciary COM
mittee and have II referred TO the Dis
trict committee, where he might get
some action Representative Gilbert
commented that the weightier COM
mittee Is, the slower 1t moves and the
judiciary committee Is so weighty II
doesn't move at all
Representative Gibson explained the
bill providing a new method OF con-
demning land in the District Tor punllc
Use which was today referred 10 the
judiciary subcommittee. lie said this
measure must have very careful and
thorough consideration The Depart
ment OF Justice has had two Assistant
Attorneys General going very carefully
over the provisions OF the bill which
was later referred TO the National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commission and
approved by that organization.
The Attorney General has urged in
a letter the necessity for such legisla-
ton and has recommended this par
ticular measure 1t has also been APP
proved by the Bureau OF the Budget,
MIR Gibson said
Calls for Jury Bill.
The committee referred To the Iu-
dietary subcommittee asking that II
report back, II possible 10 the meeting
OF the full committee next Wednesday
the bin introduced by Representative
Brand of Georgia which would not al
low turies to separate In capital eases
and other important criminal cases.
In explaining this measure. Mr.,
Brand referred 10 the recent Fall and
Sinclair case and the Fall-Doheny case.
where he said the result was influenced
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