Evening star., 1930-06-28
DELAYS CALLING Up
CONTINUING PLAN
Simmons, After Conference,
Delays Presentation of Res
oIuton Indefinitely.
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posing a $10,o 900 900 lump sum, but the
| House group refused the offer.
| Senator Fess, Republican of Ohio,
! said he sympathized with the views of
Senator Jones, but wanted to know
what would be the Districts financial
situation if neither the bill or con-
tinuing resolution is passed.
IF We pass no joint resolution and
no appropriation bill, the activities of
the District will stop" Senator Jones
replied. But why depend upon joint
resolution when a legislative act taking
care of all the activities of the District
is now pending before a conference
committee and depending for its enact
ment only upon slight mutual conces-
sions?"
After further questions had been
asked along this line, Senator Jones
made this declaration:
In my judgment, whatever may grow
out of the situation, the entire reSpon-
sibillty will rest upon another body.
Our confereeS are willing to make great
concessions from the SenateS position"
Senator Jones asserted that the ques-
ton has reached point where 1--WE
must determine whether the Senate
of the United States has any right in
legislative matter of this kind"
Il have been told" said Senator
Jones, by our conferees, of what I
think is really, to say the least, dis
respectful attitude toward them by the
House conferees. Possibly. however. 1
ought not to go that far, though i could
go further, 1 think, with entire justifi-
cation"
Would Block Adjournment.
1t was at this point in the debate that
the suggestion of blocking an adjourn
ment of Congress until the House agrees
to some settlement of the District bill
was broached by Senator Glass. Demo-
crat. of Virginia, and one of the Senate
conferees.
Let me suggest to the Senator from
Ohio that We have got to stay here any
way" said Senator Glass There is
no trouble about making some others
give us the pleasure of their company.
The Senate has got to stay here to con-
slider the London naval treaty, so We
are told. Let others stay here, too"
1t has been expected that the regular
session of Congress would end about the
middle of next week, but the adjourn
ment resolution requires action by the
Senate as well as the House. Without
an agreement to adjourn, the House
could only recess for three-day periods.
Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Ten
nessee, followed up the suggestion of
Senator Glass by saying: IF we just
give notice to the other body that we
are not going to adjourn until this very
necessary bill shall be passed, there will
soon be an agreement"
"Of course, we certainly shall not ad-
journ until something shall be done to
settle the matter with reference to the
District That settlement should be a
just one" Senator Jones replied.
Halfway Meeting Place.
Senator Bingham, in emphasizing the
willingness of the Senators to meet
the House on some middle ground, said:
Normally, as everybody knows, on
bills of this kind conferees meet about
half way. The amount in that case
would be $l0,500,000; but in order that
the Senate confereeS might not be ac-
cused of standing in the way of Secur-
ing proper bill for the District. at
the last meeting of the conferees they
unanimously suggested their willingness
to meet the House two-thirds of the
way and to come down to $4,000 900.
The House conferees, however, indi-
Gated their unwillingness to come I'D
l cent above the 1000, 900.
That is the situation. There is
question of Judgment between two
amounts. The Senate conferees are
willing, and have been willing all along,
to effect reasonable compromise. The
House conferees have not felt that the
request of the Senate for a reasonable
compromise was worth listening to-"
Senator Dill. Democrat of Washing
ton, seeking light as to the theory on
which the Federal contribution to the,
District is based. said:
1t is generally understood in the
States and cities that the amount of
money the Government spends is raised
by taxation of property and of what
might be called privileges, or it may be
excise tax. OF course, the Govern
nent does not pay any stakes in the
District of Columbia, and, as I under
stand, the position of the other body
is that the amount which the Govern
ment should contribute is fixed
amount and should not be increased,
regardless of increased costs and in
creased activities of the District gov
ernment. wonder If that is the theory
or whether there Is some other theory
with which am not familiar"
Finding Of Commission.
Replying to Senator Dill's question,
Senator Jones said
II am not a member of the confer
ence committee. and so I am not pre-
pared to say what the reasoning of the
House conferees is. I will say that
commission, composed of members of
the House and the Senate, was created
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