Evening star., 1932-07-12
THREE D. c. BILLS
SENT TO PRESIDENT
Two Other Measures, Voted
by House, Await Action
of Senate.

The House passed five District bills
yesterday. three of which already have
passed the Senate and now go to Presi-
dent Hoover for his signature.
The Senate passed the Patterson bill
to tighten kidnapping laws in the Dis
trict, which now goes to the House for
concurrent action. Action on five other
District measures was blocked in the
Senate including the proposed merger
of traction facilities, which has already
passed the House, and the so-called
auto liability insurance measure, which
passed the House just before adjourn
ment yesterday.
The three bills sent to the Presi
dent provide for creation of parole
board with a system of indetermtnate
sentences, for establishment OF fish
and game sanctuary on the Potomac
River. and to permit the old Firemen's
Insurance Co. of Washington and
Georgetown to broaden its fields of in
surance risks with capitalization in
crease up to S1,000,000.
The automobile liability measure,
which awaits action in the Senate, pro-
vides that any person found guilty OF a
major traffic violation must take out
liza ability insurance before getting an
operators permit.
Dill Asks PostpOnement.
This bill was on the verge of passing
the Senate also, but Senator Dill, DEM
ocrat, of Washington, asked Tor post
ponement of final action. Before 1t was
postponed. however, the objections OF
Senator Blaine, Republican, of Wiscon-
sin, who has opposed the measure in
the past, were removed by the adoption
of several amendments.
Senator Kean, Republican, Of New
Jersey, in charge of the bill, accepted
the Blaine amendments, which related
to nonresident drivers. Chairman Cap
per of the District Committee joined
Senator Kean in explaining the bill and
urging its adoption. There probably
will be another chance to obtain action
before adjournment when the House bill
reaches the Senate.
The Patterson kidnapping bill was
amended on the Senate floor to elimi-
nate the death penalty, leaving the
courts with broad power to fix penalties
up to life Imprisonment. Local au-
thorities regarded the existing code as
inadequate on this subject It dealt
principally with abduction of children
and the taking of a kidnapped person
outside the District.
Merger Bill Deferred.
A number of other local measures,
including the street railway merger,
were reached during the call of the
calendar yesterday, but were postponed
because of objections.
The House also sent back to the
Senate in amended form the bill to
regulate plumbing and gas fitting in
the District The House changed the
proposed license fees of from S25 to $50,
on protest of Representative Stafford
of Wisconsin, to $40 to $25. This
amendment must be approved by the
Senate.
With the District program of legisla-
tion in the House thus completed,
Chairman Norton of the District Com
mittee expressed her appreciation of
the cooperation given the committee, as
follows:
Mr.. Speaker, that about finishes the
bills from the Committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia for this session, and
at this time may I thank you. Mr..
Speaker, and the various gentlemen who
have occupied the chair in the House
and in the Committee of the Whole, as
well as every member of the House, for
their splendid cooperation with the
Committee on the District Of Columbia
during this session"