Evening star., 1930-06-26
SIMMONS DELAYS
ASKING CONTINUING
RESOLUTION ACTION
Some of Fund Bill Backers
Now Seek Real Compromise
With Senate.

Chairman Simmons of the House
subcommittee on District appropria-
tions decided today to delay action in
the House after sleeping on his deter
mination to call up the continuing res
olution reported by him to the House
yesterday for making available funds
for the support of the District in the
same amounts as for the current fiscal
year and with all development projects
eliminated.
While Chairman Simmons insisted
that his attitude had not changed, that
as far as he is concerned no further
steps vii! be taken for conference
with the Senate, and that he does not
contemplate any new proposal by him
to save the District appropriation bill,
yet it became known today that very
earnest efforts are being made on the
House side of the Capitol to find some
way to save the bilr.
Representative Simmons today made
it plain that he stands firm that any
new move must be made by Senator
and also that he still has no dispo-
siticn TO yield anything on the lump
sum contribution of S9,000,000, which
is the principal barrier in the deadlock
between the House and Senate.
Because of the great impairment 10
the efficiency of the National Capital
through failure of the District appro-
priation bill, and because such failure
would remove much employment that
it provided with consequent suffering
among thousands of poor families if
the continuing resolution is passed in
stead of the annual supply bill, with new
projects. some of those who have been
supporting Mr.. Simmons most strongly
are now seeking some way to reach a
real compromise with the Senate.
New Study Plan offered.
A new plan for a study of the fiscal
relations question by a commission
after Congress adjourns, the report to
be transmitted as part of the budget
estimates in December, was introduced
in the Senate late yesterday by Sena-
tor Bingham, Republican, of Connec-
ticut. It was referred to the District
committee and may be considered be-
fore the present session ends.
Senator Bingham proposes commits
sion of seven members, as follows; One
Senator, appointed by the presiding
officer of the Senate; one House mem
Der, appointed by the Speaker. the
director of the Budget Bureau; enc
District Commissioner, appointed by the
Beard of Commissioners; an economist,
verSed in matters of taxation and as
SeSsment, who would be neither resi-
dent nor taxpayer of the District ap-
pointed by the President; two bona fide
residents of the District, appointed by
the President, one to represent the
commercial interests of the city and the
other to represent the civic interests.
With an authorization of $4,000 TO
conduct its work, this commission would
be instructed to work out a plan for
the equitable apportiOnment of the
fiscal obligation between The Federal
Government and the government of the
District of Columbia and to submit
its report to the President for trans
the District of Columbia budget for
the fiscal year ending June so. 1892,
and upon the filing of its complete re-
port said commission shall cease 10
exist"
Other Resolutions Pending.
Two other resolutions are lenoing
in Congress on this subject, Cne by
Representative Moore of Virginia, to
create commission for a general study
of fiscal relations, and one by Sena-
tor Jones of Washington.
The Jones commission would not un-
dertake to say what the apportionment
should be, but would report annually
TO Congress the value of Federal and
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