Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-03-28
A5,333,117 DISTRICT
BILL PASSES HOUSE
Farmers Market and Police
Schooling Items Voted
After Bitter Fight.

Carrying appropriations of $45, 1888, lit,
the District of Columbia appropriation
bill was passed by the House late yes
terday afternoon after a spirited debate,
in which vigorous opposition developed
to the provision for a farmers produce
market in Southwest Washington.
The fight over the market appropria-
ton of 100000 was precipitated by an
effort Of Representative Underhill of
Massachusetts,, to strike out the item,
which he characterized as unnecessary,
unjust, wateful, useless and extrav-
agant." Sides were drawn between adj
vocates of the Southwest and Northeast
sites for the market and at times the
controversy ragged so bitterly that
apologies later were In order. The
Underhil motion finally was lost by a
vote Of 66 to 20, but q warning was
sounded that further effort 70
eliminate the item would be launched
in the Senate.
Debate also arose over q section Of
the bill which would make it COM
pulsory for police recruits to lave at
least an eighth-grade common school
education, but the proviso was retained.
Representative Cochran of Missouri
Congress could never have served If
such a requirement had been made OF
them.
Taxicab Proviso Rejected.
Representative Cochran also sought to
insert In the bill a proviso that taxicab
owners be required to show financial
responsibility, but this effort failed.
A clause In the school salary section
making kindergarten teachers eligible to
teach in the grades from / to was
stricken out of the bill on a point of
order by Representative Hull of Wis
conS1n, but was reinserted in different
language by Representative Simmons
OF Nebraska and, by a ruling of the
chair, was permitted to remain IL The
measure.
Among several minor amendments
accepted was one providing the paving
Of streets in the vicinity of the Paul
Junior High School. On motion of Mr..
Simmons. an item appropriating $4,000
for equipment for the Bryant street
water pumping station was eliminated
AS adopted by unanimous vote yester-
day afternoon, the bill appropriated just
81 200 less than the total originally re-
ported by the committee. The bill nov
goes to the Senate.
Southern Representatives lined up
in defense of the southwest market
site during the debate on the mart
fund. Among those who defended the
appropriation were Representatives
Green of Florida, Byrns of Tennessee,
Hare of Georgia and Quin of Missls-
sippi, supported at times by the North
erners, Representatives Murphy of Ohio
and Stalker of New York. The critics
of the fund, in addition to Mr. Under
hill. included Representatives Gambrill
Of Maryland, Cochran of Missouri, Hud-
son of Michigan and Holiday of Illinois.
Underhil AssaiIs Price.
Mr.. Underhill asserted that 80 per
cent of the farmers were opposed to
the southwest site and charged that
the $225,000 asked for the site was far
above its valuation.
Representative Hudson told his COL
leagues that If they voted for the appro-
| priation they would be voting 1926, OOC
| for the Washington real estate scalper:
and 5000 for a farmers market"
When Mr. Murphy charged that there
appeared to be something subtle" be.
hind opposition to the market, Chair.
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