Evening star., 1930-06-13
Attempts of Senate to Reach
Agreement by TO- Com
promise Fail.
1880 CONSTRUCTION
HERE FACES DEATH
School, Street, Road, Water, Sewer,
Grade Crossing and Other Prof.
ects Would Be Killed.

the fiscal year beginning July l ap-
peared doomed today when the Senate
and House conferees parted at noon
after another futile effort to compromise
on the amount of the Federal con-
tribution.
When the conference adjourned, a
report was being drafted for presenta-
ton to the Senate and House stating
that after a full and free conference,
the managers on the part Of the two
houses have been unable to agree.
This means that unless some un-
foreseen development should occur, the
regular appropriation bill will fail and
Congress will have to put through a
continuing resolution to take care of
the routine operating expenses Of the
Municipal Government. Such a reso-
luton, however. would not permit of
any new construction work OF any kind
House Declines Compromise.
The Senate conferees made two prop
oSitionS this morning, either TO .ompro-
mise with the House on the lump sum
at some point between the House figure
OF 100000 900 and the Senate figure of
Sl2,O00000, or 10 adopt a new ratio
of 1890 for apportioning the cost Of
running the National Capital between
the District and Federal governments.
Both propositions were turned down by
the House confereeS.
Emerging from the conference room.
Senator Bingham. Republican OF Con-
necticut chairman of the Senate group,
said:
The Senate offered to compromise
on the lump sum and was told the
House confereeS refused TO increase 1t
over S9,000.000, The Senate conferees
also offered TO fix new ratio of 1890
and that was refused"
Senator Bingham said the Senate
conferees would submit TO the Senate
a report of their inability to reach an
agreement with. the House.
The Connecticut Senator said that a
continuing resolution would have to
originate in the House.
Representative Simmons. Republican,
OF Nebraska, chairman of the House
conferees, said as he left the confer
ence:
IT'S over forever, as far as I am
concerned"
Right Back at Start.
Asked if any headway had been made
at the meeting Mr. Simmons added
that We are right where We were when
We first went into conference"
The formal report setting forth the
failure to reach an agreement had been
prepared, but had not been signed by
all OF the confereeS at noon. 1t will
not be filed in the Senate until it has
been signed.
This was the first time the conferees
had hnpT fnUpt thnr Ilrino fIaa tue
weeks having reached a deadlock at the
previous meeting over the fiscal rela-
tionS item. During that interval. both
Senator Bingham and Representative
Simmons made speeches in their re-
spective Houses, upholding the posi-
tions taken by the conferees, and there
was little hope of obtaining an agree
ment when hey went back into confer
ence this morning.
The Senate conferees have been of
the unanimous opinion that the steady
increase in the total annual cost of
running the National Capital since the
S9,0C0,000 lump sum was adopted in
1925 justif1es an increase in the Federal
contribution. The House conferees
have been equally firm in contending
that $9,000,000 is sufficient.
Senate Urges Compromise.
The position of the Senate conferees
has been that where the two branches
of Congress take conflicting views on
question, the solution should lie in a
compromise between the two points OF
view. There are no indications, how
ever, of obtaining a compromise at this
time.
When the District supply bill went tc
conference, it carried approximately
S44 900 900. This figure represented
many important new projects in addi'
ton to the routine operating expenses
for the next IL months.
It covered a long list of street i'm.
provements, a program OF school con-
struction. money for elimination of an
other railroad grade crossing, a sub
Stantial amount for continuing the Mu'
nicipal Center and other new work
none of which could be done under a
continuing resolution.
Senator Jones. Republican, of Wash
ington, chairman of the Senate appro-
priations committee, and Representa-
tive Wood, Republican, of Indiana
chairman of the House appropriations
committee, conferred with the conferees
at the meeting today.
The Senate conferees are Senators
Bingham of Connecticut, Phipps OF
Colorado, Capper of Kansas, Glass oi
Virginia and Kendrick of Wyoming
The House managers are Representative
Simmons of Nebraska, Holiday of H.
linois, Thatcher of Kentucky, Collins OF
Mississippi and Cannon of Missouri.
If the District appropriation bill does
not mass at this session of Congress and
a continuing resolution is passed, the
net effect would be that no new con-
struction of schools, streets, roads, sew
ers. water mains. fire engine houses ol
police stations or any other description
of new construction work, including
bridges and grade crossing elimination
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