Evening star., 1934-05-24
LIMIT ON DEBATE
ON D. C.L0AN K. D
Special Rule Calls for Hours
Discussion and Permits
Amendments.

The House Rules Committee today
approved special rules for consider
alton of the revised District public
works bill and the Harlan bill pro-
viding q new District insurance code.
The former would authorize the
District Commissioners to apply for a
loan of So 1000 for important con-
struction projecs. This amount was
decided on at a conference late yes
terday between a House District Com
mittee group, a subcommittee from
the Rules Committee and the Com
missioners. The Rules Committee
earlier in the day had said it would
approve $1l $50, ,000-but this was re-
duced by S500,000 when it was brought
out that amount already is included
in a Senate amendment which House
conferees have agreed to support.
This money will go as part of the
$4,000, 900 needed for the tuberculosis
sanatortufrf.
Provides Hours Debate.
The public works rule calls for one
hour debate and Is an open rule per-
mitting amendments to be offered.
Representative Smith, Democrat, Of
Virginia, was instructed by Chairman
Bankhead to present this rule to the
House and to handle it on the floor.
Prior to the action of the Rules
Committee the House District Com
mittee perfunctorily ordered a fa-
vorable report on the P. w. A. loan
bill with the amendments reducing
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measure from $20,000,000 to S10,-
100000.
Representative Weideman, Demo-
crat, of Michigan, an ardent advocate
of improved public school facilities,
vehemently denounced the removal
from the Senate bill Of items for
school projects.
Plans Later Fight.
He declared he would offer no OBJ
lection to the measure in its modified
form because he wanted the District
to get some benefit through a P. W.
A. loan. At the same time, however,
he served notice that at the next
session of Congress he would wage a
concerted campaign for school i'm
provements.
Its shame that the public school
items have been taken out of the bill" !"
Weideman said. Somebody has been
terribly lax in impressing on Congress
tie need of better schools here in the
District. But I'll say this now, there
will be hell on the Wabash next year
unless something is done for the
schools"
Representative Blanton, Democrat,
OF Texas, pledged himself before the
Rules Committee to support the $780,
OCO item in the District appropriation
bill for tuberculosis care. A very i'm
portant amendment, which induced
the Rules Committee to withdraw OBJ
lection to the rule, provides for ear
marking 10 cents out of the tax rate
to set up a special fund for amortizing
whatever public works construction
loan tthe Public Works Administra-
tion may make to the District.
Text of rmendment.
The wording of this amendment is
as follows:
Until 10 per centum of so much
of said sum authorized as may be ex-
pended and herein provided shall be
reimbursed to the Federal Emergency
Administration Of public works with
interest as provided in this section,
10 cents of the tax levied and COL
lected upon each s100 of the assessed
valuation of all real and tangible per-
sonal property subject to taxation IN
the District shall be deposited In the
Treasury of the United States to the
credit of special amount for such
reimbursement to the Federal Emer-
gency Administration Of public works
and shall not be available for any
other purpose. The Commissioners
may in their discretion anticipate
from such special amount the pay
rnents reuIIired bv this act"