Evening star., 1935-02-06
Chairman Chides Members
of subcommittee for
Delays.
INATTENDANCE BLAMED
FOR SLOWING PROGRAM
Minor Bills Reported-Gravelly
Point and Playground Hearings
Are Called for Tomorrow.

Chairman Norton of the House Dis
trict Committee today 'lectured" her
10 subcommittee for delay in report
ing District legislation.
1T is discouraging situation" Mrs.
Norton said calling special attention
to the failure of the subcommittee to
act on the 10-point program Of the
District Commissioners, eight bills Of
which already have passed the Senate.
I'VE have a District day coming
Monday and nothing to report to the
House." said Mrs. Norton, because Of
dilatory tactics of the subcommittee.
Later at the District Committee
meeting Mrs. Norton again chided the
subcommittee, saying bills are held
up by inattendance Of subcommittee
members"
She instructed the chairmen Of the
various subcommittee that when
members failed to attend subcommit-
tee meetings they should go ahead in
dividually and act on the bills, report
ing them back to the full committee.
She urged the subcommittee to be
more attentive to their duties and to
make reports as soon as possible on
all bills
Supported by Quinn.
Representative Quinn Of Pennsyl-
vania supported Chairman Norton. He
secured from Corporation Counsel
Prettyman a list of the bills on the
Commissioners l0-point program and
asked the various subcommittee chair
men regarding what action was being
taken on each particular measure.
Representative Palmisano, Demo-
crat, of Maryland, chairman of the
Judiciary Subcommittee. when asked
about the anti-gan.bling bill, designed
to stop numbers racket, voiced op-
position to any 'piecemeal measure"
until comprehensive crime correction
report is made by the subcommittee
headed py Representative Jennings
Randolph Of West Virginia.
Representative Quinn then told his
colleagues, I'VE are going to make
chairman and cause her to lose her
schoolgirl complexion unless we get
busy on these measures.
Two Bills Reported.
The committee made a favorable re-
port on two minor measures. One Of
these would allow the use of public
parks in the District of Columbia and
the use of tents. cots. hospital apph-
ancs, flags and other decorations
which are the property Of the United
States for the coming convention of
the Imperial Council, Ancient and
Arabic Order of the Mobiles of the
Mystic Shrine, from June 10 to June
IL this year. Minor amendments sug-
gested by the corporation counsel and
by the Washington committee in
charge of this convention were ac-
cepted by the committee.
1t was emphasized that an appro-
priation bill will follow providing
funds for District officials to meet ex-
penses resulting from this legislation.
The amount suggested in the bill was
$4,000, but Corporation Counsel
Prettyman explained that for the pre-
vious Shriners' Convention here q
District appropriation Of $4,000 was
required.
The committee also made a favor
able report on the bill Of Representa-
tive Drummer providing for the issu-
ance of a license to practice the heal
ing art in the District to DR.. Chester
c. Gross. 1t was explained that DR..
Gross had for years had such a
license, but when new law was
passed requiring an application within
80 days he was absent from the city
and did not know of the necessity
for making such application. The
District health officer approved Of
favorable action on this bill, the cor
poration counsel told the committee.
Three Hearings Slated.
Three hearings by subcommittees
were announced at the meeting today.
Two of these are to be held tomorrow.
One Is on the bill Of Representative
Smith Of Virginia for establishing
municipal airport at Gravelly Point.
This is before the Subcommittee on
Parks and Fairgrounds, of which Rep
resentative Randolph Of West Virginia
is chairman.
The auto liability bill is to be con-
sidered tomorrow before the Subcom-
mittee on Streets and Traffic, of which
Representative Patman of Texas is
chairman.
Representative Carpenter OF Kansas,
chairman Of the Public Utilities Sub
committee, announced hearing for
Friday morning on the bill to
establish procedure in appeals from
decisions of the Public Utility Com
mission.