Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1936-01-26
Civic P oblems, Civic Bodies
Criminal Justice Commission for District Non
Seems Certain Of Organization-Rdce Track
Bill Ronses Strong Opposition.
BY JESSE c. SUTER.

House tomorrow will be
surrendered by Chairman
- Norton because Of the
calendar being clear of reported
District bills with the single excep-
ton of the Eilenbogen rent COM
mission bill, which is being held up
pending further studies being
made. There are 80 bills on the
House District Committee calendar
and pending before the several SUBJ
committees. Included in these are
some Senate bills passed last
session
The Senate calendar is also clear
of District measures, but large
number OF bills are on the Dis
trict Committee calendar. A few
House bills are included in the list.
The District figures in several
important items IN the deficiency
bill now in the House Committee
on Appropriations. Local civic at
tention however, IS centered on the
hearings which Representative
Blanton of Texas will shortly be-
gin on the District appropriation
bill for The next fiscal year. Fear
is expressed by many civic leaders
that urgent school needs are in
danger of being overlooked while
alleged subversive teachings are
being aired
Another current matter on Capt.
toll Hill is the hearing before the
House Committee on the Judiciary
on the report of the D. C.-Vir-
ginia Boundary Commission. The
array O: opposition to thd report
by the representatives Of the Fed
eral and District Governments was
most impressive. One spectator
attending the session was heard
later to express surprise that the
commission had searched for the
boundary for two years and had
never been able to find it. The
testimony of a representative Of
the Coast and Geodetic Survey APP
peared to coincide with that anna
teur opinion. Representative How
ard w. Smith of Virginia claimed
to know the boundary the commits
sion hau In mind.
The Commissioners. not discour-
aged by the advice that their plan
to build the lesser courts build
ings with borrowed Federal funds
would be turned down. are to
try to get an appropriation tor
one of these buildings from the
apparent District surplus caused
by the drastic cut in the District
budget by the Bureau of the
Budget. They also solved two
problems through appointment of
j. Balch Moor of Texas as super
intendent of insurance and pro-
NOTED Fred D. Allen of the Board
of Assistant Assessors to succeed
Assessor Richards.
The Public Utilities Commission
resumed the Potomac Electric
Power Co. rate hearing during the
week and also had an important
engineer. Sager, on the transit
situation. The report included
drastic recommendations.
The Board of Education an
nounced plans for its usual con-
ference with the representatives of
the citizen organizations to learn
the needs from the citizens point
of view. This conference will be
held at the Franklin .Administra-
ton Building on the evening of
February Z.
The civic groups have been act
ing upon great many questions,
in most instances affecting their
own immediate neighborhoods.
Opposition to the bill to license
race track gambling and express
sions of confidence in the Board of
Education are matters of general
interest which have received at
tention during the week