Evening star., 1928-02-28
HOUSE APPROVES
SOUTHWEST SITE
100000 Limit Set for
Farmers Market After Bit
ter Controversy.

has been al outstanding issue III WASH
tnstoa for more than Two wears, was
decided by the House yesterday when
with acclaim. after bitter thrcc-hour
GcIt. thc Stalker bill was passed 2u-
thorizing the purchase Of the South
vcSt site. between Tenth and Eleventh,
I and @ streets. for not to exceed $500
p00. THIS measure NOW goes to the
Senate. where the fight is 10 be con-
tnucd.
CHARGES that this legislation is for
"Selds]2 interests" and that financial
control q The food supply Of the Ma
t:cnal Capltal IS sought with prominent
local attorneys accused Of lobbying
enllycnCd debate on the measure.
Prapcncrts of the measure had mus
toTcd tl}cl. following for All CNtIaoTdl-
rarv attendance in The House and five
-tten,rtS 10 amend the measure. enc
tv ccc8nt,atiou and another 70 nul'ny
is force ly thc same limitation as Is
rat on school site purchases. were
easily defeated. 50 that the measure
went th~aGeh without any change
Representative GamOril, Democrat,
G. MARYLAND who leo the opposition,
offered tHo - the FIVE amendments.
lis first proposal was 10 authorize the
Commissioners to buy some suitable
STE north of PENNSYLVANIA avenue. but
no particular size was designated This
was ruled oUt on 4 point CT order by
REPRESENTATIVE PlaNton.
HTr. GagnbTlll next offered an amend
r1e!2t authorizing the purchase of the
Ste aZrec0 upon bv the Maryland farm
e7S. between North Capitol and First
streets. . and streets northeast.
known IS Tho lexington site" This
was defeated by q vote Of 100 10 IS.
Representative Dallinger Of NaSSa-
cfGSctts offered an amendment au-
Ihoc!zirg the purchase Of the BlIzzards'
Point sic. which was howled down
Representative Holiday Of Illinois.
member OF the subcommittee on the
District appropriation bill offered an
amendment il conformity with the pro-
vision carried the last three years re-
fardlng the purchase Of school sites
limiting the amount 70 be paid to IS
per cent III excess Of full valuation.
This amendment was fought BY Rep
TesentatiVe Blanton and was defeated
on a rising vote. 96 10 IS. and on
vote by telle~s of l2l 70 IS.
Al amendment by Representative
Cr.Fln Of New York. who is a member
Of the subcommittee on District appro-
pr;ations. to strike out the enacting
clause was overwhelmingly defeated and
OF call for vote by tellers Mr.. Griffin
himself was the only one 10 stand
There was an extraordinary attend
srce Of House members for q District
day. this being the first District day
for the present session Of Congress.
And this fact was repeatedly empha-
sized during speeches on the floor as
ct indication Of Influences at work for
action n favor Of certain sites. Tie
ri NTH the
poEeuts o. the various sites rlasSed II
separate galleries.
Lobbying Charges Voiced
Charges of lobbs1ng and Of railroad
coercion and OF special interests were
b--lte5 back and forth during the de-
bate. Representative Gaubrill first
took vigorous exception 10 remarks
made bT Representative Blanton and
Representative UndeThiu Of Massacha-
setts regarding lobbying and activities
CT special interests. MIR. BIanton said
that a most powerful lobbyist Rad been
sbout the House OH3ce Building this
morning IN the interest of the Ecking-
ton site and named DR.. Simon OF Mary
land University.
M-. Car1brill promptly retorted by
naming Edward F. Colladay, Republi-
car national committeeman. and
Thomas W Littlepage as having seen
every member of the House in sup
port ct the Southwest site. Several
members promptly denied that they
had been seen, including Mr. Blanton
ard Chairman Madden Of the appro-
pr!atiors committee.
Later in the debate Representative
Cooper C Ohio again named Mr.. Cola
6ay ard LittlepaRe and added the
name oE Charles A. Douglas
Railroad Fight Charged.
Il was repeatedly stated during the
debate that this vas fight between
TIE baltimore &, Oh!o and The Penn
ty.gau!a railroads.
III. F1o4.acay III Offering his amend
Yneat, said: 1t IS fight between the
tEo railroads and the common people
have not oeen considered very much,
i Fou On 10, authorize the acquisition
9. Z site either Of these railroads
would furnish a site free Of charge and
could very well afford N do 80"
I5c said lie sought 10 protect the
Taxpayers q the District al least as
.ruta a. CDuld pe done under a .lnlita-
ton ct Is PR cen, over assessed val
Ez<.cn.
Eepresenla,ive Blan.on said Il vas
Vel kE4oWn t.lat the Southwest site il
ssse&sec 81 $4,000. 80 that under the
TiGl-&caY proposal '4ot more than slZe,-
0g9 could bc paid Wig.lc the b4! pro-
r9ses acquisition cf the ste al not 10
exceeG 500 800.
Representative Griffin of Erw York
e.. tIe b..3 "s!ciglE. oanlgabie,
c93Eac 1p0n 1Ae DAls!ct peoplc.' lie
challenged A4g colleagues that they
EaoU.d CO the square thing by the peo-