Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19
HOPE FOR DISTRICT
FUND BILL REVIVED;
HOOVER FOR ACTION
House Clears Way for Re-
neWaI of Conference With
Senate on Bill.
PRESIDENT SEES NEED
OF ENDING ANNUAL ROW
Consults With Bingham, Who Out
lines Views-Commission to
Solve Issue Favored.

The House today took formal action
which makes it possible for the District
appropriation bill to be sent to confer
ence on request of the Senate.
This action today followed confer
ences late yesterday between Walter
Newton, personal representative of the
President and former member of the
House, with Chairman Wood of the
appropriations committee and other
House leaders.
Chairman Simmons of the subcom-
mittee, on District appropriations, who,
as head OF the House conferees, has
refused any compromise in conferences
with Senate conferees over the $9,000,-
600 lump sum contribution by the Fed
eral Government in the District appro-
priation bill, asked unanimous consent
In the House for formal action by the
House in further disagreeing to Senate
amendments on the District appropria-
ton bill. The principal amendment in
ciuded in this objection is the Senate
proposal to increase the 100000 lump
sum to $12,o00,0o0.
Wants Rules Observed.
Representative Cramton, Republican,
of Michigan, author of the original
lump-sum amendment, supplanting the
60-40 percentage in fiscal relations, set
up by substantive law. reserved the right
to object. He asked the speaker If It
was contrary to HOUSE rules to read !
from the Senate proceedings. The
Speaker said that it was. Representative
CramJon then said: when I state that
no debate and no roll call was had on
adoption of the conference report, I
might even go so far as to raise the
question that the Senate was aware
of what it was voting upon"
The speaker said that he believed
that there should-be at least one House
that adhered to the rules.
Representative Patterson, Democrat of
Alabama, protested that the District
appropriation bill had not been handled
in manner that appeals to him. IT
am absolutely opposed" he said, "to
setting up an arbitrary lump sum
amount and to say that we are infalli-
BILE always"
Another Raises Objection.
Representative Bowman, Republican
of West Virginia, a member Of the
House District committee, objected to
the unanimous consent request Of Mr..
Simmons.
Representative Simmons then put the
same proposal in the form OF a motion
for the House to further disagree in
Senate amendments, after Representa-
tive Chinbloom, Republican, of Illinois,
hod hot ryasH he Oy1lxy
way to get the District appropriation
bill back into conference. The vote was
carried by 124 to 4.
Under this legislative procedure the
action Of the House today will be mes
Saged over to the Senate and this puts
the legislation in a situation where the
Senate can ask for another confer
ence, thus giving the District appro-
priation bill still another chance of
ultimate passage.
Senator Bingham, who was head of
the Senate conferees, said the action Of
the Houses places the papers relating to
the bill back before the Senate, where,
the Senate conferees could ask tor a
further conference If there was some
indication that the House members
were willing to meet them half way on
however, was not prepared to say early
this afternoon what the next move
would be.
HOover's Position Shown.
President Hoover was represented to-
DAY as taking the position of doing all
that he could to save the bill.
Mr.. Hoover intimated this himself
several days ago, when he realized that
the conferees were heading toward a
hopeless deadlock and this was reiterat-
ed TO-DAY in his behalf
One of the Presidents steps to relieve
the situation was taken this morning
when he summoned to the White House
Senator Bingham for the purpose of
obtaining his version of the dis
agreement regarding the District
bill. After listening to the Con-
necticut Senator in some detail, the
President asked a number of questions,
but gave no positive indication of what
definite action he had in mind.
Time for Action Seen.
But while the President did not re-
veal his plans to Senator Bingham, &C
cording to the latter, it is known that
the President is conscious of the fact
that the time has come for him to per-
sonally do something to relieve the sit
uation.
It is known that Mr.. Hoover is con-
siderably interested in the suggestion
made to him yesterday by a delegation
from the Washington Board of Trade
that a commission be appointed 10 de-
termine the proper adjustment of fiscal
relations in the upkeep of the Nations
Capital, between the people of the
District and the Federal Government,
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