Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-20
Jones Voices Hope of Settling
District Fund Bill
Controversy.
RESOLUTION PROVIDING
COMMISSION is READ
Longworth Called to White House
for Observation-Disclosures Over
Chance of Compromise.

Although no definite steps had been
taken by the Senate early today toward
resuming conferences with the House
on the deadlocked District appropria-
ton bill, Senator Wesley l.. Jones Of
Washington. chairman of the appro-
priations committee, voiced the hope on
the Senate floor that the pending con-
troversy would be satisfactorily ad-
justed" before Congress adjourns.
Senator Jones expressed this note Of
confidence while reading in the Senate
a resolution providing for the creation
OF commission to ascertain annually
for the information of Congress the ex-
act value of Federal and private prop
erty as a partial step in determining
the division of expenses in future. The
resolution will be introduced later.
The resolution, while having no d.
rect connection with the pending dead
lock, led to a debate in the course of
which Senator Glass, Democrat, of Vir-
ginia, asserted that the question has
now reached stage where unless the
Senate wants to abase itself and SUI
pinely admit that it is not a part of
the legislative machinery, it must as
sert its dignity"
Glass Describes Incident.
Senator Glass declared that recently
there came to him a committee repre-
senting policemen and flremen, suggest
ing that II they could carry back to a
member of the other branch of Con-
gress some assurance that the Senate
members would agree to the demands
of that member that the bill could then
go to conference.
The Virginia Senator evidently re-
ferred to the police and fire pay bill.
In commenting on this incident, Sena-
tor Glass asserted:
I'm all my legislative experience I
have never seen such a piece Of az.
frontry. And the message 1 did sene
to that member would not be printed
if did tell it."
Seeks to b.. Future Disputes.
Senator Jones interrupted to empha-
size that he had no intention when he
took the floor Of opening up a discus
sion of the pending controversy over
the appropriation bill for next year, but
intended by his proposed resolution
merely to suggest one step that could be
taken to avoid in future years the an
nual recurrence Of this dispute.
As the discussion of the fiscal rela-
tions went on there we're several de-
rivers and harborS bill for a return to
discussion of that measure. Senator
Jones said he had no thought of seeking
action on his resolution today, but
merely wanted to take few minutes to
explain its purpose.
When he sent it to the clerks desk.
objection was made, whereupon Senator
Jones exercised his right to read the
resolution himself into the record.
A few minutes later he again asked
permission to introduce the resolution,
and Senator Black, Democrat, Of Ala
bama, objected.
Senator Black explained that his
reason for objecting was that the Pres
ident of the United States seemed to
be trying to bring about an agreement
between the Senate and House in the
dispute over the District appropriation
bill, but not taking the same steps with
regard to a similar deadlock which has
developed between the two houses on
Muscle Shoals legislation.
Text Of Jones Resolution.
The text of the resolution follows:
ITO aid in determining the share Of
the United States toward the annual
expenses of the District of Columbia.
Resolved by the Senate and House
Of Representatives of the United STATES
of America in Congress assembled,
That as an aid in determining the fair,
just and equitable amount to be paid
annually by the Government of the
United States as its share of the annual
expenses of the government of the Dis
trict OF Columbia there is hereby Gre
ated commission, to be known as the
United States and District of Columbia
Commission, to be composed of the as
SCISSOR of the District of Columbia who
shall act as chairman, and two persons
thoroughly familiar with real estate
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