Evening star., 1930-06-18
Accepted Immediately With
out Taking Record Vote on
Submission After Bingham
Explains Situation.
C0NFEREES DISCHARGED
FROM FURTHER SERVICE
Only Course Left Said to Be An.
proval of Continuing Resolution
Already in House for Current
Expenses of District of Columbia
Government.

The District appropriation bill
for the next fiscal year was re-
garded as virtually dead this aft
ernoon after the Senate unani-
mously adopted the report set
ting forth the failure of the con-
tereeS to reach an agreement on
the Federal contribution to the
municipal budget.
The Senate agreed to the re-
port without taking a record vote
as soon as it was presented by
Senator Bingham, Republican, of
Connecticut. chairman of the
Senate conferees. The House
voted yesterday to insist upon its
disagreement to the Senate
amendments in the appropriation
bill.
The Senate's action automati-
cally discharges the conferees
from further service, so that
tnere is nothing in conference
now between the houses.
Asked of the floor a short time later
II this meant that the bill is dead. Sem
ator Bingham answered afirmatively
and indicated that the only course left
IS 70 put through the continuing reso-
luton, which has already been intro
duced in the House and which will
take care Of the current operating ex-
penses without any new projects.
Bingham Answers House.
After the report had been agreed to.
Senator Bingham made a brief address
In which he again emphasized that
the senate confereeS were willing at all
times 70 compromise with the House
on the Federal contribution, but that
the House confereeS had shown no viii
lngneSs to compromise.
The Connecticut Senator also replied
TO some OF the statements made during
the debate in the House yesterday, par
tlcularly TO the statement of Repre-
sentative Simmons, who said he had
reason to believe the bill would not
fail. Senator Bingham said he did not
know what basis Mr.. Simmons had for
expressing the belief that the bill would
not be permitted to die, adding that
nothing was said by the five Senate
conferees that would give Mr. Simmons
such belief.
Senator Bingham also read in the
Senate newspaper items quoting Rep
resentative Garner of Texas, House
minority leader, as saying that the thing
TO do is to let the Senate make its
blum and then proceed to pass the
bill at this session.
Senator Bingham also took occasion
to tell the Senate that the report of
the conferees was Unexpectedly laid
before the House yesterday, and that
under the customs and rules 1t should
have been submitted to the Senate first.
Senator Bingham told his colleagues
the report setting forth the disagree
ment was sent over to the House by
messenger for the purpose of obtain
ing the signatures of the House con-
ferees. and that after they had signed
1t, 1T was taken before the House. SEN
ator Bingham declared it seemed to the
Senate conferees that this was mot
exactly courteous" course.
When Senator Bingham concluded
MS remarks no one arose to object to
or take issue with the position of the
Senate conferees that the House should
make some compromise and not ask the
Senate to yield entirely.
President Visited.
While the Senate was acting on the
report of the conferees a committee of
six members of the Board of Trade
called on President Hoover and asked
his aid in breaking the deadlock. When
they left the White House they said
the President listened to their request
with interest, and said he would give
1t every consideration.
A further indication that the District
bill is looked upon as doomed came a
short while later when Senator Tydings
of Maryland offered as an amendment
to the second deficiency bill the item
of $3.50, 900 to abolish one of the rail-
road grade crossings near Takoma Park,
which was one of the new projects car
ried in the local supply bill.
The item calls for a subway under
the B. g. o. tracks either at Chestnut
street or near the corner of Fern place
and Piney Branch road. The amend
ment was referred to the appropriations
committee.
There was a large attendance Of the
Senate present while Chairman Bing-
ham told of the efforts that had been
made to effect compromise. Referring
TO the fact that the report of the con-
ferees was taken up in the House yester-
day Senator Bingham said:
According to custom and our rules,
when one body asks for conference
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