Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-29
DISTRICT APPROPRIATION
STILL IN DOUBT AS END
OF FISCAL YEAR is NEAR
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Connecticut. chairman Of the Senate
conferees, said yesterday afternoon that
the last conference meeting adjourned
in a friendly spirit, with the House
members indicating they wanted to
go back to confer with the House ap-
preparations committee. Senator Bing-
nam reiterated his willingness to call
another conference if he received any
word from the House group. Senator
Bingham had no further comment to
make on the situation.
There were further indications last
night OF strong sentiment at the
Senate end of the Capitol against the
carrying the same 100000 Federal
contribution. which the Senate has de-
clared insufficient by vote of 81 to 5
The position of the Senate conferees
Is that where the two branches of
Congress take firm, but different
stands on a matter Of judgment, the
logical and usual solution is to meet
on middle ground. In this instance
the difference is between 5000, 900 and
S12,000,000, and the Senate leaders say
they have gone more than half way in
offering to accept $10,o00,000.
Capper Calls Meeting.
The Senate District committee has
been called by Chairman Capper to
morning to consider two pending reso-
buttons for the creation Of, commissions
in connection with the fiscal relations
problem, but these resolutions are
aimed at preventing recurrence Of
this controversy in the years to come
Although the fiscal year ends at mid
night tomorrow, Congress seems likely
to be in session at least for a day or
two longer, so that tomorrow would
not really be the last day on which the
two houses could work out solution
of the problem Of providing for the
District government. If an agreement
should be worked out later in the week,
it was pointed out, there probably would
be no noticeable effect on municipal
activities from the fact that the first
few days of the new fiscal year would
have gone by without an appropriation
measure enacted.
The suggestion advanced by several
Senators during debate Friday that the
Senate should decline to agree to an
adjournment of the session until the
District bill Is passed, was commented
on yesterday afternoon by Senator
Black, Democrat of Alabama, in the
course Of a speech on Muscle Shoals
legislation, which also is unsettled.
Senator Black said it would be help
full If those Senators who are DESTROYS
of keeping both houses In session until
the District bill is settled would unite
also in an effort to keep Congress in
session until the Muscle Shoals quesA
ton is disposed Of.
Other Differences.
When the Senate and House con-
ferees became deadlocked on the Fed
eral contribution several weeks ago
there were other major differences be-
tween them still unsettled There Is q
general belief, however, that II the con-
ferees could come to a meeting of minds
on the Federal contribution, the other
amendments could be worked out
quickly and the bill passed.
Among these other points Of differ
ence were: The Municipal Center de-
velopment, for which the House allowed
100000 and the Senate 81 1000, 900;
the question of increased water rates,
which the Senate modified; the prob
lem Of kindergartens, on which the
Senate voted to retain the present
teaching force, instead of providing for
a gradual reduction by transferring
some of these teachers to grade schools.
In all Of the debates in the Senate
since the deadlock developed, 1t has
been repeatedly indicated that the
Senate leaders feel the House should
not expect one branch Of the legislative
machinery to go on year after year
yielding its judgment entirely to the
other branch.
Senator Jones, Republican of Wash.
ington, summed UP this feeling Friday,
when he said in the course of his
speech:
THE Senate really has been yielding
from year to year its convictions as to
what ought to be done. It has reached
q point where 1t seems there is q re-
sponsibility resting upon it as well as
upon another body to take care of the
situation in the District of Columbia.
It ought to be very easy matter to
adjust. The Senate conferees are ready
to go to extreme lengths in order to
adjust the differences, but they do not
feel, under all the circumstanoes-ar1d
will say frankly that I do not feel
that they should go further than they
have proposed to co.