Evening star., 1938-06-08
ACTION ON 19D. c.
MEASURES SENDS
+. L TO PRESIDENT
P. W. A. Parity and Zoning
Law Revision Among
Group Passing Senate.
COMPROMISE REACHED
ON TAXI LIABILITY
Cab Unit Principle Is Retained.
Amendments Delay Other
Bills for Conferences.
BY ]. A. O'LEARY.

By ]. A. OLEARY.
Nineteen bills of local interest are
q step nearer enactment today as the
result Of Senate passage yesterday,
including parity for the District in
Public Works Administration loans and
revision of the District coming law.
At the same time, House and Senate
conferees were working out the details
of new settlement agreed to in sub
stance yesterday on Goth measure
compulsory insurance for taxicabs-
which was thrown back into con-
ference two weeks ago when. the House
rejected an earlier report.
The main obstacle in the path of
the taxicab bill has been whether to
permit blanket coverage for fleets of
cabs or separate insurance policies
for each vehicle. A compromise
worked out in general terms yesterday
would permit use of an insurance
policy, bond or cash reserve, under
rules of the Public Utilities Commits
sion, but with the cab unit principle
retained, according to Chairman Tyd-
ings. Senator Tydings said this would
mean that group of 100 cabs would
pay 100 times as much as one cab
II the detailed language of the
compromise, being drafted today, Is
acceptable to the conferees, the agree
ment will be presented to the Senate
and House for ratification.
IL Ready for President.
OF the 19 measures approved by
the Senate in an effort to clear its
calendar before adjournment, IL are
ready to go to the President for
signature, including authorization for
a District of Columbia flag.
The zoning bill, creating a Zoning
Advisory Council and a Board of Ad-
justment. has passed both branches,
but is on its way back to the House
for action on series of Senate amend
nents.
Included among the IL going to
the President is the authorization for
q new Army Medical Museum in
Washington, to cost not more than
$780, 900.
The P. w. A. loan measure, spon-
sored by Senator King of Utah and
Representative Palmisano OF Mary
land, still awaits House action, but
has been favorably reported by the
House District Committee. 1t Is be-
lieved to have good prospects for
enactment.
It would make the District eligible
to apply for public works projects,
up to a limit of $18,150,000, on the
same ratio enjoyed elsewhere through
out the country, namely, As per cent
grant and SIS per cent loan, the loans
to be repaid in Is years.
30 Per Cent Grant Now Limit.
At present. the District is still held
to the old P. w. A. ratio of 80 per
cent grant and 10 per cent loan, with
a requirement that loans be repaid
81 100000 year.
Other bills passed by the Senate
yesterday which still require House
approval are:
To name the new Pennsylvania
Avenue Bridge across the Anacostia
River after the late John Philip Sousa,
the march king, who was a native |
Of Washington.
To amend the District banking code
to enable trust companies to follow
the same procedure as national banks |
in reducing their capitalization.
To simplify procedure in levying and
collecting taxes and assessments, in
cluding authority for the Commission |
ers to remove inequalities.
To permit Maryland communities |
between here and Great Falls to use
water from the District supply con-
duits for re-flghting.
To authorize the Healing Arts
Commission to issue q license to DR..
Sigfried Speyer.
Among the bills ready for trans
mission to the White House, including
the Army Medical Museum and Dis
trict flag measures, are:
To give schools and colleges the
option of remaining outside the juris-
diction Of the Boxing Commission for
amateur matches.
Changes Name of Water Street,
To change the name of Water street
to Maine avenue.
To supplement the terms of incor-
poration Of the Washington College
Of Law
To exempt from taxation property
used by the Young Women's Chris
tian Association:
To exclude employees in Congress-
mems offices from the District work
mems liability law, with a view to
including them later in the law pro-
viding injury compensation for other
Federal employees.
To change the name of Daniel road
to Oregon avenue and to change the
present Oregon avenue to Swami
street.
Amending the liquor control law
TO permit railroads to obtain blanket
licenses for dining and club cars.
Postpones Rail Yards Bridge.
no postpone until October, 1910,
the time when the railroads must start
construction Of new trafhc bridge
over the train yards from Brentwood
road and T street NE to New York
avenue.
To sanction operation of vending
stand in the District Jail.
10 place the salary of the secretary
Or the District Minimum Wage Board
on level with similar Government
work under the classification law.
Passage of the Connally bill to
authorize national auditorium in
Washington was prevented by Senator
Ellender, Democrat, of Louisiana, who
objected to the Federal Government
building the structure. The District
government has agreed to donate the
site ut Third street and Constitution
avenue NV. as Its contribution.