The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1938-04-20
ID. c. RACE BILL
KILLED BY VOTE
|OF HOUSE UNIT
Plan Is Shelved in
Hot Battle
BY JULIA A. BONWIT

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The bill to legalize horse racing
in Washington was killed out
right today by the House District
Committee.
Death came to the measure on
a point Of order that the commit
tee had earlier this Congress Gin.
definitely postponed" action.
can indefinite time never ar
rives," said Representative Merlin
Hull (P0 of Wisconsin, in making
the point of order.
The point OF order was sus.
tanned by Representative Vincent
L. Palmisano CD of Maryland,
chairman of the COMMITTEES,
Whereupon an appeal was i'm
mediately taken from the chairs
decision, and the vote to sustain
Palmisano was Z to 5.
Voting to sustain the chairman,
which constituted a vote against
the bill, were: Representatives
Ambrose j. Kennedy CD of
Maryland, Hull, Ralph o. Brew
ster (R) of Maine, w. Sterling
Cole (R) Of New York, George
j. Bates (R0 of Massachusetts,
Paul W. Shafer (R" of Michigan,
and Dan r. McGehee. !
THOSE IN FAVOR
Those who voted for the bill
were: Representatives Reuben r.
Wood CD Missouri, Herbert s.
Bigelow CD Ohio. Leon Sacks
CD Pennsylvania, Everett M.
Dirksen (RD Illinois, and Jack
Nichols CD Oklahoma.
The judiciary subcommittee,
which held hearings on the
measure, was unable to present
its favorable report to the
committee because of the
parliamentary tangle. The sub
committee late yesterday decided
to report the bill with amend
mentS limiting the track season
from 81 to SO days, and specifying
that one Of the members of the
race board should be a woman.
A motion by Mr.. Shafer that
the committee go into executive
session to consider the bill was
superseded by Mr.. HuIl's point of
order, and although there was con-
siderable doubt as to the validity
of the point of order, Mr.. Pal
miSano decided that Mr.. Hull was
justified.
In addition to the racing &C.
ton, the committee took action in
several other bills and postponed
decision on additional measures.
The Palmisano bill to include
the District among the 43 States
which have already passed fair
trade practices legislation, was
delayed when Mr.. Nichols re.
quested that the Judiciary sub
committee hold hearings and sub
NIT full report before action was
taken.
EXPLAINS PURPOSE
Representative Dirksen ex.
planned to the committee that the
Legislation is designed to help the
small business man to compete
with chain stores which, unless
such legislation is passed, can
undersell the individual mer'
chants.
It was pointed out that only
Alabama, Delaware, Missouri,
Texas and Vermont have not yet
passed this type of legislation.
Representative Kennedy told
the committee that he believed
such a bill would have no effect
but to raise prices on commodities.
The committee favorably re-
ported the Brewster bill to name
Water Street Southwest for the
State of Maine and to call it
maine Avenue" Another bill
favorably reported by the COM
mittee would raise the salary Of
the secretary of the Minimum
Wage Board from $4,000 to SO, 800.
The committee also gave its ap-
proval to a bill exempting Mt.
Olivet Cemetery from assessments.
VOTE FOR SUFFRAGE APRIL So
CRIMELESS DISTRICT
In the Western Judicial District
Of Manitoba, Canada, there hasn't
been a single criminal case listed
for iI1Yv trial in SnveIo wears