The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1929-09-14

the committee.
Unless the Senate gets rid OF the
tariff bill In short order. there is
scant hope that any OF these bills
will be acted upon by the commit
tee during the remaining period Of
the special session.
Senator Arthur Capper. chairman
of the committee, Is. naturally. the
most prolific author of the pro-
posed legislation. He has seven
bills to his credit, and several
stand an excellent chance Of
passage at the regular session.
First is the bill to provide free
textbooks for District high school
pupils. There is no opposition to
the measure, and it probably will
go through the Senate without de-
bate.
New Masonic Temple
A second bill. which was caught
In the legislative jam at the close
of the last session, would relax the
restrictions of the zoning law Sc as
to permit the proposed new
Masonic Temple on the Dean tract
to be erected to height not ex-
ceeding $50 feet, which Is higher
than the present law allows. Inas-
much as the structure would
occupy huge tract all by itself,
its height would not affect passage
OF light or air to nearby structures.
Another Capper measure some
what liberalizes the powers Of the
Public Utilities Commission in
ordering retirement of unsafe or
obsolete properties OF public util-
tiles. Others sponsored by the COM
mittee chairman would abolish alley
dwellings in the District: would
cause the Board Of Education to be
elected by the people Of the Dis
trict, and would provide strict
penalties for blue sky stock
operators.
Four Caraway Bills
Senator T. H. Caraway is credited
with four bills. They provide, re-
spectiveIy, scent fares for the Dis
trict, abolition of the commission
form of government In favor OF
the city manager plan; posting Of
rate cards in local hotel rooms, and
for cedinK to Maryland ell Of the
District except such land as the
Federal Government may require.
This bill presumably would give
District citizens q vote In Maryland.
Senator Kenneth Mcclellan OF
Tennessee has three bills. all re-
lating to the Public Utilities Com
mission. Two Of these measures
provide for scent car fares. The
third calls for the abolition OF the
utilities commission.
The remaining bills are distributed
among several Senator's. A measure
abolishing capital punishment is
Senator Thomas d. SchalPs. Sena-
tor Hiram Bingham Of Connection.
has q bill giving the District a
$40, ZOO, 900 school building program.
Senator Claude A. Swanson, OF
Virginia. asks that the Secretary
of War be authorized to prepare de-
signs for bridge to suppiant the
Chain Bridge.
Public school teachers who were
dropped from the service because
Of illness, before the teachers re-
tirement act became effective, would
benefit from bill sponsored by
Senator Guy D. Golf, Of West Vir.
ginia, who would provide q $500
annuity for each such case.
Senator Charles s. Deneen Of
Illinois wants to see the Sixteenth
Street home OF the Sons OF the
American Revolution made exempt
from taxation, and Senator John J..
Blaine of Wisconsin asks additional
safeguards for industrial insurance
policies issued In the District, while
Senator Philip Lee Goldsborough of
Maryland seeks $4,000 for Mrs.
Jennie Bruce Callahan, widow of
Lieut.. Samuel L. Callahan, of the
fire department, who was killed In
the line OF duty.