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CONTINUING RESOLUTION PASSED
BY HOUSE AS DEBATE RACES
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would be thrown out of employment.
Representative Frear, Republican, OF
Wisconsin, asked II there was any OBJ
lection to having the people of Wash
! ington pay the same taxes as other peo-
pie throughout the country pay In re-
plying to him, Mr.. Sermons said that
that raised the whole oueetion OF fiscal
relations, and that he hopes later to
propose resolution setting up a COM
mission to make such q study.
In reply to Mr.. Hall, Representative
Simmons said that the hardship that
would result to many employees in the
District had been considered.
What we are doing now is to try Ia
make sure that there will not be further
unemployment by putting through this
continuing resolution to take care of
the usual pay roll of the District gov
eminent" he said.
Representative Hall called attention
that the discussion was entirely aside
from the question. and asked Mr.. SIM
mons whether a way could be found for
continuation of work on public build
ings, streets and other improvement
work during the Summer. Mr.. Sim
mons said that he was proposing to
take care of the pay rolls and current
expenses beginning tomorrow, and that
after this measure is passed the House
conferees may still continue. "as I hope
we may" to settle the dispute on the
District bill.
Stafford FavOrS Compromise.
Representative Stafford, Republican.
of Wisconsin, asked how far apart the
conferees were on the amount that the
Federal Government should pay and
whether the Senate has proposed any
lower amount than the $4,000, 900
written into their bill on the Senate
side.
IT think in view of the size of the
appropriation bill and other large
amounts that we are appropriating that
it would not be unreasonable to allow
another million dollars at the request
of the Senate confereeS. 1 think a
million dollars additional is a fair pro-
poSal for compromise" he said
Representative Cramton, Republican,
of Michigan, emphasized that the pas
sage of the continuing resolution does
not prevent further conference on the
District appropriation bill and Is only
to meet an existing emergency.
Again Representative Stafford in
sisted that when the Senate and House
conferees are no further apart than ST.
O00, 900 on the $45,000,0 600 appropriation
bill that $10,00O.O0O Federal contribu-
ton would be fair compromise.
Representative Frear insisted that II
the District residents are paying their
fair share of taxes the Government
should pay all the rest, and that If the
District is not paying fair amount OF
taxes it should be made to pay, and
that should be the only basis of settle
ment.
Representative Bowman demanded
heatedly: IF that is your attitude,
why do you advocate the 100000
lump Sum?"
objected to unanimous consent. Rep
resentative Simmons then made a mo-
ton to suspend the rules and pass the
bill, which would require a two-thirds
vote. Representative Bowman de-
manded second, which parliamentary
procedure called for a 40-minute de-
bate.
Claims Responsibility Passed to House.
Representative Bowman assured his
colleagues that his purpose was not pri-
marily to oppose the continuing resolu-
ton nor to insist that the House con-
fe9ees yield to the Senate, nor that the
Senate conferees yield to the House.
He was not advocating $4,000, 900 or
$12, 000, 900 or any other amount. The
responsibility for this deadlock has been
shifted from the conferees TO the House,
he declared, since they have come to
the House and declared that it is not
possible to reach an agreement in re-
gard to what the Federal Government
should pay.
Representative Bowman then launched
into an attack on some leaders on the
appropriations committee who, he said,
took advantage Of the Holman rule and
broke into the substantive law, provid-
ing for q 1910 ratio, and fixed the Fed
eral contribution at the $4,000, 900 lump
sum.
He declared that the House and Sem