Evening star., 1930-06-02
POLICE PAY RAISE
! TO Be APPROVED
TODAY BY HOUSE
Simmons Is Condemned by
Committeeman as "USurp-
er of Rights"
LEGISLATIVE GROUP
ADJ0URNS IN PROTEST
Increase Bill to Be Taken Up
Under Suspension of Rules
After Agreement.


bill is to be passed under suspension OF
the rules late this afternoon, under an
agreement between House leaders, mem
bers of the legislative committee on Dis
t~ict matters, and Chairman Simmons
Of the subcommittee on District appro-
priations, who had threatened to defeat
the bill unless amendments that he Of
Wered were accepted.
The agreement was followed by the
District committees announcement that
It would adjourn sine die for the rest
of the session as evidence Of its dlssat-
isfaction with a situation which they
said had forced it to surrender in order
that some measure of justice might be
done for the 1000 police and firemen
Of the District.
The committee directed Acting Chair
man Mcleod when recognized by the
Speaker today to make the motion TO
strike out all after the enacting clause
and to substitute the bill as rewritten
by District Auditor Daniel j. Donovan
at the request of Representative Sim
mons.
Bowman Urges Resignation.
Everv member of the committee who
was present at the meeting today pro-
tested against surrendering their Jurls-
dictions and suffering domination by
one man who is not even a member OF
the committee. Representative Bowman,
Republican, of West Virginia declared
that in self justification the entire men-
bership of the District committee sn0ulo
resign. since their rights as members
of the committee had been taken away
from them.
THE discussion in the committee to-
6iay was started by Representative HUI,
Republican, of Wisconsin, who declared
that the District committee "ought 10
have nerve enough to answer the threat
of dlibuster against this bill by DEC
laration that the committee would NIL
buster against everything else tnat tne
House attempted to do.
Representative Tarver demanded 70
know who controlled the committee ana
,Uhv the committee should surrender its
rights on the demand of one man who
was not even a member of the commit
tee. Representative Reid, Republican,
of Illinois declared that this shows the
decay in which our District committee
Representative Lampert, Republican,
of wisconsin declared that this is the
rawest thing have ever been forceo
to swallow. I am doing 1t only because
of the poor fellows who need the relleI
that is in this legislation and since we
have found out that we must take the
amended bill or nothing"
Taryer Challenges Chair.
Representative Tarver challenged the
chairman: ''If I'm to be controlled, l
want to know by whom"
Acting Chairman Mcleod explained
that the House leaders, after confer
ences, had been adverse to allowing the
day to be wasted and had counseled
that if an agreement could be arrived
at regarding the proposed amendments
Mr.. Mcleod would be resoznlzed 10 pass
the compromised measure.
Representative Reid asked: us this
a compromise or Surrender? ana
when Mr.. Mcleod answered that it was
a compromise, he wanted to know:
What did you get?"
Mr.. Mcleod explained that the meas
ure as now agreed to in conference Is
acceptable" to the police and firemen
because it is the best that they can
get at this time, and he recommended
favorable action by the committee.
Again, Mr.. Reid wanted to know:
''Who got up this report?" Mr.. Mcleod
replied that it had been done by Dis
trict Auditor Donovan at the request
of Mr.. Simmons
Mr.. Reid, continuing his protest
against the usurpation Of authority
vested in the committee, asked Mr.
Mcleod did you take up with the
House leaders as to why they treat the
District as a stepchild instead of a
favored son?"
Lampert Calls Move "a Crime"
Representative Lampert broke in with
the statement: Its a crime, but It's
this or nothing"
Mr.. Reid again questioned: Who is
this fellow Donovan; is he dictator fol
the National Capital?"
Representatives Bowman and TarveI
of Georgia, almost simultaneously de'
clared their attitude as desirous TO lei
Representative Simmons make ht
filibuster If he chose, while the District
committee stood on its rights to bring
up legislation that it believed proper
and that Mr.. Simmons should be forced
to take the consequences. Representa-
tive Tarver then said: IF this commit
tee is going to surrender its exclusive
rights in the face of such dictation,
believe that the whole committee shoulC
do it and not a few members"
He made point of no quorum, stat.
ing that the committee should stanc
on its rights as having jurisdiction II
such Legislation. Representative Lam
pert told MIR. Tarver: IT feel just a.
strongly and as bitterly as you do, bu
for the sake of, 1000 police and fre
men, who need the increases provided
in this bill, hope that you viii with
draw your objection and allow the bill
to be passed today"
Mr. Tarvers declared that the com
mittee itself had voted that the amend
mentS ought to be rejected and tina
having so acted after proper delibera
ton that they ought not to submit +
outside dictation.
Tarver Withdraws Point.
Finally, however, Mr.. Tarver agree
to withdraw his point of no quorum
but insisted that he should be recorde
as most bitterly opposed to dictatio
and emphasizing that the committe
had surrendered its particular right
to a rank outsider.
A. Representative Bowman then mad
sthe motion, which was seconded
Representative Patman of Texas, tha
after today, the House District commit
tee should stand adjourned sine die 9
q protest against dictation and usurpa
ton of its rights.
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