Evening star., 1934-06-01
Measure to LegaIize Horse
Racing Postponed Pend
ing Public Hearing.
$500, 900 OF P. w. A. FUND
SET ASIDE FOR ALLEYS
Safety Responsibility Proposal
Approved in Modified Form
by Subgroup.


trict Committee late yesterday. in
Guiding the alley improvement meas
ure and two changes in the District
liquor law.
The bill to legalize horse racing in
Washington, which also has passed
the House, was postponed pending a
public hearing to be held in the Dis
trict Committee room in the Capitol
at 1890 o'clock Saturday morning,
at which time advocates and oppo-
nents will be given one hour each to
debate the question.
The safety responsibility bill, which
would require motorists who are con-
victed of serious traffic offenses or
who have unpaid accident judgments
against them, to obtain insurance be-
fore being permitted to drive again,
was approved in modified form by
Senate subcommittee late yesterday
and is expected to be reported to the
Senate along with the other bills as
soon as Chairman King polls the COM
mittee on the amended measure. This
bill also has passed the House.
Bills to Go on Calendar.
The bills ordered reported and
which will be placed on the Senate
calendar today or tomorrow are:
The alley bill, authorizing S500,000
of public works money to establish a
fund to be used in converting in
habited alleys to other more desirable
uses.
Exempting local wholesaler liquor
dealers from payment of the District
tax on liquor shipped outside the Dis
trict.
Reducing the license fees for SELL
ing liquor on boats.
Authorizing the Commissioners to
make harbor regulations, such as
rules for mooring yachts along the
water front.
Giving the Commissioners permis-
sive authority to sell the old Tenley
School property to St. AIMS Catholic
Church.
Authorizing an appropriation of
$4,000 to enable The Board of Pub
lie Welfare to provide pensions for
needy blind persons.
Requiring milk distributors to have
their names and addresses marked on
all bottles and on vehicles used in
distribution.
To exempt from taxation property
owned and used by the National So
ciety of the Sons of the American
Revolution
To provide for an annual appro-
priation of $4,000 a year until 1943
for the higher education of children
whose fathers died in military Serv-
ice during the World War
Blind Senator Speaks.
A dramatic incident marked con-
sideration of the blind pension bill,
when blind member of the commit
tee, Senator Gore of Oklahoma, and
Louis G. Taylor, one of the witnesses
who drafted the BILL exchanged views
on the question
When Chairman King asked Sen
ator Gore if he had any views on the
bill. the blind Oklahoma Senator said
he has always declined to introduce
blind pension bills and that in II
sessions of Congress he has always
opposed voting money out of the
Treasury for individuals, because he
does not believe the Government
ought to take money from one tax
payer and give it to some one else. He
also argued that pensions have
tendency to discourage people from
helping themselves, but he told his
associates on the committee not to
let his personal views influence them
in acting on the pending bill
In reply, Mr.. Taylor, who said he
helped prepare the bill. declared: 1T
is easy for the Senator to talk about
demoralizing the blind, but its harder
to go without meal. He never did
that"
After pointing out that modern
machine methods in industry are re-
ducing the opportunities of the blind
to get employment. Taylor concluded:
IF you shuttle us off into the discard,
how, in this new deal, can We get
square deal?"
House Changed Measure.
The alley improvement bill passed
the Senate at the last session, but
was brought before the committee
again yesterday because the House
made two changes in it a few days
ago. T. S. Settle of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion explained that the amendments
merely provide for obtaining the
funds from the P w A. housing allot-
ment instead of using an unexpended
balance of the wartime Housing
Corporation, and a limitation of 80
per cent above assessed value on any
property purchased. If the Senate
concurs in these amendments, passage
of the bill will be completed
The President could designate an
appropriate governmental agency to
have charge of acquiring alley areas;
demolishing undesirable dwellings, re-
plating the land, after which it could
either be resold or developed by the
designated authority with new houses
or other buildings. The agency also
could aid limited dividend corpora
tlons to develop these areas.
The bill for the sale of the Tenley
school property drew a number of
witnesses to the meeting for and
against, Among those who opposed
the bill were Harry N. StulI of the
Federation OF Citizens Associations:
Mrs. s. M. Earle and Mrs Miner w.
Buell. of the Janney Parent Teacher
Association, and others, who argued
the land will be needed for adequate
playground space for the Janney
School, in that vicinity Among those
who supported the bill were Repre-
sentative Jenckes of Indiana and
Rosa F. Downing
Indorse Motorists Bill.
The safety responsibility bill for
motorists was Endorsed by George e.
Sullivan of the Federation of Citi-
Zens' Associations, Evan H Tucker
of the Northeast Association. Dorsey