Evening star., 1936-04-14
STAGGERED HOURS
FOR GOVERNMENT
| EMPLOYEES URGED
Commission Gives Prompt
Approval of Three Plans
i'm Final Form.
SUGGESTIONS READY
FOR SENATE TOMORROW
Control of Parking Lots and
Parkometers Among Bills
Proposed.
BY DON s. WARREN.

Budget Bureau officials today APP
proved five legislative proposals for
traffic relief, paving the way for
early action on the plans in the
Senate.
The Commissioners. in their semi.
weekly board meeting this morning,
promptly approved three of them in
final form, will approve the other
two today and have all flve ready 10
present to Senator Thomas, Demo-
crat, Of Oklahoma tomorrow at the
meeting of the Senate subcommittee
handling the 1887 District appropria-
tons bill.
The proposals provide for creation
of a congressional committee to con-
slider requiring Government agencies
to adopt staggered hours of work; to
require licensing and control Of park
ing lots; to authorize the Commis-
sioners to collect fees for parking on
public highways, by use OF park
ometers" or similar devices; to re-
quire property owners to clear snow
| and ice from sidewalks, and to make
a drastic limitation on the number of
taxicabs which may be licensed in the
future.
Draft Of Proposal.
In ordering submission of the five
proposals to the Thomas subcommit.
tee before tomorrow's meeting, as re.
quested by Senator Thomas, the
Commissioners this morning made
public final drafts of three Of the
proposals The one dealing with stag
gered hours reads:
THE President Of the Senate shall
designate two members of the Senate,
and the Speaker of the House of Rep
resentatives shall likewise designate
two members of the House of Repre-
sentatives as a committee Of four to
study the advisability of requiring the
departments and bureaus of the United
States and the District of Columbia
Governments to adopt different hours
of opening and closing for the pur-
pose of relieving the now existing con-
gestion of traffic in the District OK
Columbia. Such committee shall re-
port its findings, conclusions and rec
|
United States"
To provide parking lot control, the
Commissioners proposed to amend the
traffic act to add:
Owners or managers OF establish
ments, lots of land or other places
where vehicles are kept or stored for
others for profit, gain or compensa-
ton with space for less than Is ve-
hicles shall pay a license fee Of $l5
per annum, and with space for 25 or
more vehicles shall pay license fee
of s25 per annum" The Commission
ers would be empowered to make rea-
sonable regulations for the manage
ment of parking lot businesses.
Would Authorize Meters.
| The other draft of this morning
gives the Commissioners general
power. in their discretion, to prescribe
and collect fees for parking OF auto
mobiles on the streets or other pubic
space, Violation of the regulations
: would call for a fine of not more than
s1OO or Imprisonment of not more than
10 days. The Commissioners also
! would be authorized to purchase or
, rent and install such mechanical
E marking meters or other devices as the
Y Commissioners found necessary to IN
/ sure collection of the parking fees.
S The snow removal bill was referred
t to Acting Corporation Counsel YER
non E. West for a minor change be-
1 fore it is sent to the Thomas SUBJ
: committee.
Richmond B. Keech. vice chairman
! of the Public Utilities Commission, at
=. noon was placing finishing touches on
! legislation to enable the Commissioners
to reduce the number of licensed cabs
y to 1000, as operators dropped out OF
business. There now are some 4r2O0
licensed cabs.