Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-06-26
D. c. CRIME REPORT
RECONSIDERATION
IS VOTED, 10 TO 8
House Committee Ballots to
Take Up Garrett Custer
Again..
CONFUSION MARKS
EXECUTIVE SESSION
Two Absentee Votes to Tie
Count Fail Of Recog.
nizance
BY JAMES z. CHM.

The House District Committee to-
day voted. 10 to 8. to reconsider the
report Of its special Crime Investigat-
mediate removal of United States At
torney Leslie c. Garrett and his Po-
lice Court assistant, Karl Kindle-
berger.
No date was fixed for reconsidera-
ton of the report.
The fight TO have the report recon-
sidered was led by Representative
Nichols, Democrat. of Oklahoma, who
two weeks ago moved for that purpose.
The motion, however, was not acted
on at that time.
The committees action was taken
behind closed doors, but it was learned
the meeting was marked by consider
able confusion as several members
offered different motions at the same
time. These included one to substi-
tute the minority report of Repre-
sentative Werner, Democrat, Of South
Dakota, which Numerically opposed
the recommendations in the majority
report with respect to Garnett and the
Police Department, and another to
have the majority report tabled.
Absentee Votes Barred.
Two absentees endeavored to vote
by proxy, Representatives Brewster OF
Maine and Dirksen of Illinois. both
Republicans, and members of the
Crime Investigating Subcommittee.
They wanted to vote to adopt the
report, but point of order was raised
against them by both Representatives
Werner and Patman, Democrats, Of
Texas.
Had these two members been al
lowed to vote by proxy, the ballot
would have been 1910, and the orig
inal action of the committee in ap-
proving the report sustained.
Eighteen of the 81 members Of the
committee we're present when Nichols
motion to consider the report was
adopted. Those who voted for re-
consideration are understood to be:
Representatives PalmiSano, Mary
land; Patman of Texas, Kennedy Of
Maryland, Jenckes of Indiana, Werner
Of South Dakota, Ellenbogen and
Quinn of Pennsylvania, Nichols and
McGhee of Mississippi, and Carpenter
of Kansas, all Democrats.
Those voting against reconsideration
we're reported as follows:
Representatives Norton. Democrat
of New Jersey, chairman of the COM
mittee; Randolph, Democrat of West
Virginia, chairman of the Crime Com
mittee; Schultz. Democrat Of Indiana;
Wood Democrat of Missouri: Hull,
Progressive Of Wisconsin; Short, Re-
publican of Missouri; Cole, Republic
can of New York, and Reed, Republic
can of Illinois.
Schultz Scores Action.
Schultz, ore of the most active
members of the Crime Committee,
criticized the action, describing it as
parliamentary trickery."
II am certain that strong political
pressure was brought to bear on some
members" ne declared. II was not
approached, however, and neither did
receive any of the mysterious tele-
phone calls that other members are
reported to have had from high Gov
eminent officials"
Schultz made a vigorous fight at
the beginning of the meeting to have
the doors opened to the press and
public.
After the meeting Chairman Norton
issued a statement explaining her
reason for opposing reconsideration of
the report. She declared that while
she was not in complete agreement
with the recommendations, she be-
lieved her action was proper under
the circumstances involved.
Voting for reconsideration of the
report" Mrs. Norton said, lis not
merely condemning certain portion
of the report. 1t is condemning the
report as a whole, and that I could
not do
Did Not Offer Advice.
I'm the first place. want to state
most emphatically that at no time
during the hearings of the Crime
Committee was my advice sought nor
Gid I offer it. At the conclusion Of
the hearings the typewriter findings
(see CRIME, Page 80