Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-05-26
POLICE AND FIRE
PAY BILL BELIEVED
CERTAIN TO PASS
Decision to Vote on Measure
Follows Committee
Agreement.
MERIT PROPOSAL
INCREASE INCLUDED
Agreement Carries All Donovan
Amendments and Compromise
on Simmons Proposal.

There is a general agreement BY
House leaders that the police and fire.
mems pay increase bill will be passed
under suspension of the rules next Mon.
day afternoon. This agreement In
cludes an understanding between House
Leader Tilson, Speaker Longworth.
members of the Republican steering
committee. the House rules committee,
Chairman Simmons of the subcommittee
on District appropriations and Repre-
Sentatives Of the House District COM
mittee.
The agreement includes all Of the
so-called Donovan or Phipps amend
menes, in addition to which will be q
compromise on the Simmons PROPOSE.
ton of deferred payment of the in-
creaSes for privates in the Police and
FIRE Departments. This is the only
Item still to be ironed out, but an
agreement is assured on some compro-
mise between nye and ten years Of
service in the Police and Fire Depart.
ments.
The plan is to pay all privates who
have been on the force for about eight
years the full increase to the maximum
salary OF $4,000, and to have step-lps
at 500 a year for all members of the
force between four and eight years. or
whatever period OF service may be later
determined, which may possibly be that
the maximum will be paid to all who
have been seven years on the force.
Merit Proposal Included.
Also included is the proposal of Sena-
tor Simmons, commonly known as the
10 per cent certificate of merit plan
It Is proposed to encourage efficiency
IN the Police and Fire Departments hy
setting up annually list Of the top 10
per cent Of the force who have proved
most efficient and who would be given
50 month additional as a bonus as
long as they maintained their standing
on this 10 per cent quota.
The galleries of the House were
crowded today with friends of the police
and flremen, usually emphasizing the
great and widespread interest In this
particular measure
On account Of the anicable agree
ment to pass the compromise measure
next Monday, Mr.. Simmons refrained
from his threatened f1libuster of three
hours on the conference report on the
Army appropriation bill, which would
nave oelayeo the passage Of any Dis
The compromise also includes an IN
crease from 215 per cent to 81 per cent
IN the contribution of the EMPLOYEES To
the retirement fund in line with the
same provision throughout the other
branches OF the civil service.
Decision Follows Joint Meet,
This decision of the House leaders for
quickly upon a session of the Repub-
lican steering committee and the Repub-
lican members Of the committee on rules
with Speaker Longworth at which time
1t was decided not to allow the police
and firemen's pay bill, the Moore bill
Tor commission to study the fiscal
relations of the National Capital, and
the bill proposing a $4,000 pension for
widows Of police and firemen killed on
outy 10 De called up Tor action In the
House today.
1t also followed a number of confer
ences elsewhere in the Capitol and In
the House ONCE Building, including
conferences between Mr.. Simmons and
the delegation representing the House
District committee and between Mr..
Simmons and a delegation including
Charles w. Darr, president of the WASH
ington Chamber of Commerce; Mark
Lansburgh, president of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association, and
DR.. George c. Havenner, president of
the Federation of Citizens Associations
and chairman Of the Citizens Ad-
visory Council
House Leader TilSon. Chairman Sim
mons of the subcommittee on District
appropriations. Acting Chairman Nc
Leod of the House District committee.
Representative Lampert of Wisconsin
and others who have been engaged in
conferences. regarding the police and
f1remen's pay bill, all declared TODAY
that differences have been harmoniously
settled by compromise and that the
ways are now creased for promptly
passing this measure without oppo-
sition in the House next Monday.