Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-01-24

this matter. That is not so. The I'M
Outstanding at the time this agreement
was arrived at was that there was hon
estly and justly due the District en-
ployes $340,0 900 plus and that 1t should
be given to them in order to bring them
up to the level of the average of their
grade and put them on a comparable
basis with the Federal employees in the
District of Columbia doing like work
and that If the WEIGH act or any other
act passed by Congress increased the
salaries of the Federal employees and the
District employees that this subsequent
increase was to be added to the base
pay set for the District employees by
the addition of this $4,000.
you are told that since the passage
of the last District appropriation bill the
salaries of these employees have been
increased twice. and in some instances
three times, as a justification for keep
ing out of this bill the $l65,0OO that
rightfu1ly belongs to the employees Of
the District They tell you that $500 900
or 100000 has been added to their pay.
But they do not tell you what their
minimum salaries are They do not
tell you about the poorly paid employees
of the District of Columbia and that the
salaries now paid, with these three in
creases, have not been brought up to
the level of the average of their grade
Il want to say 70 you very frankly,
my friends, that 1 sincerely trust bet
ter understanding will be had between
members of the House and the officials
and people of the District of Columbia.
The people of the District of Columbia
want to make these improvements but
Congress will not permit them to co
so. The responsibility is ours"
Holiday Defends Committee.
In attacking statements made by
Casey and Griffin and defending the
action OF the committee on reporting
the bill as is, Mr.. Holiday said in part:
The members of the subcommittee
were notified that this committee would
meet OH the Sd day of January, and
we did meet on that day, and on the
completion Of the hearing that day We
adjourned to a certain hour on the fol-
lowing day; and that proceeding was
followed until the hearings were COM
pletcd, sessions being held generally in
the forenoon and in the afternoon.
After the hearings were completed
the committee proceeded. page by page.
to mark up this bill. The language of
the bill was discussed. Certain mat
tiers that were subject to a point of
order were discussed. The fiscal re-
lations question was discussed. The
report of the Bureau of Efficiency was
received and discussed. AS far as I am
concerned, as one member of that COM
mittee who attended the sessions of the
committee, I have no AFFECTION to the
manner in which the hearings were
had.
THE gentleman from New York (Mr.
Griftin) on yesterday, in a somewhat
lengthy speech, summed up his objec-
tons by asking three questions near the
close of his remarks, and I think we
may assume that in those three ques-
tons were embraced. about all of his
material objections to the bill The gen.
tleman who has just preceded me has,
IN a large part, voiced the same objec-
tons.
THE first question asked by the gen.
tleman from New York was with refer
ence to the sanitary and sewer condi-
lions Of the District of Columbia and
especially with reference to outdoor
box toilets. We must remember that
the District of Columbia extends out
into the country and we have east of
the Anacostia River a territory in which
there are living approximately 10000
people. In great part, it is sparsely
settled and undeveloped as yet. In th.t
territory there are approximately $500
box toilets. The hearings of the COM