Evening star., 1937-08-11
) D. c. BILLS CO
TO SENATE TODAY
Realty Licensing Measure
One of Those Given Com
mittee Approval.

Five local bills, including the House
measure to license and regulate real
estate brokers and statesmen, will be
reported favorably to the Senate today.
They were approved by the District
Committee at meeting yesterday
afternoon, at which several other sub
jects were considered, but not reported
out. The four other bills approved
were:
To name the four driveWays in the
Mall after Maine, Missouri, Ohio and
Oklahoma instead of calling them
Washington, Jefferson, Adams and
Madison after the first four Presidents.
This also has passed the House.
To regulate the sale Of seruns, tox-
ins and analogous products in the Dis
trict in accordance with Federal law
on the subject. This requires action
by both houses.
To grant charter to the South
eastern University of the Youn-, Mems
Christian Association, already passed
by the House.
Street Pact Provided.
To require an agreement between
Federal and District officials before
closing any streets in connection with
new public buildings in the area west
Of Nineteenth street northwest, bound
ed by New York avenue, E street and
the Potomac River, and in several ad-
ditional squares.
The committee voted down, 6 to S
bill to exempt from taxation certain
property of the Society OF the Gin
cinnati, in the District. After the
Commissioners had submitted an ad-
verse report on the measure Chairman
King led the opposition, pointing out
that the District started this fiscaI
year "in the red and Congress just
passed tax bill to meet the deficit"
Proposed revision and codification oil
the laws of the District was postponed
until next session to await the out
come OF plans for reorganization oi
the District government, which might
affect the work Of revamping the code
Armistice Bill Put Over,
A bill to declare November II, Armi
stice day, holiday in Washington
also was put aside for the time being
The real estate bill sets up a com.
mission Of three members to license
brokers and statesmen. with authority
to revoke licenses after proof at g
public hearing Of fraudulen. or other
conduct prejudicial to the public in.
terest. A brokers' license would be
$50 a year. and a salesman's levy SIT
year. Similar legislation has beer
pending in Congress for a number o1
years.
The naming of the avenues in the
Mall has been subject of controversy
and the approval of the measure yes.
terday by vote OF to was a reversa
OF action taken at the last meeting
Secretary Of Interior Ickes wrote tt
the committee yesterday, contendin,
the roadWays in the Mall ar, in reality
park drives. He suggested, therefore
that the names of other streets out.
side OF park areas be changed Il
honor the four States that do not nov
have avenues named after them IL
Washington. He also pointed out thai
under the original plan of the city
the diagonal avenues were named
after the States, while the street.
running straight were numbered anc
lettered.
Ickes suggested that Concord ave.
nue. and Riggs road be called Ohio
avenue; that Benning road or Nichol.
avenue be changed to Oklahoma, thai
Reno road be called Maine avenue
and Linnean avenue be named after
Missouri. Alternative suggestions were
that Water street be named Maine
avenue and Potomac avenue, Missouri
avenue
A majority of the committee, how.
ever, approved the House bill.