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limited there might be possible legal
means of punishment for such q
landlord.
Only about 5000 checks were due
to go out yesterday. They had not
been finished. The complete num-
Der of persons on various kinds of
relief is listed as 3273 aged, PIG
needy blind, $50 mothers and chill
dren and 100 general relief fam
lies, averaging three persons to a
family.
Next Move in Senate.
On Capitol Hill another attempt
will be made Wednesday to break
the deadlock that is holding up final
| action on both the appropriation and
tax bills No action can be taken in
the meantime because both the
House and Senate will be in recess.
The next move will be made in
the Senate, where Senator Overton
Democrat, of Louisiana proposes to
report Wednesday another disagree
ment with the House confereeS on
the tax bill and ask for further in
StructiOnS. He believes the Senate
will continue to refuse to yield to
the House demand that the Federal
payment be fixed at a maximum of
$4,000 900, and order the tax bill re-
turned to conference.
There is little likelihood, however
that the House conferees will even
consider compromise on the
amount OF the Federal obligation
Twice. by decisive record votes, the
House last week fatty declined to 90
beyond the 5,000,0 600 figure, and its
conferees regard these actions as
specific instructions not to COM
promise.
All hope has been abandoned at
the Capitol, too, that a continuing
resolution would be adopted legally
TO provide the District with emer-
gency revenue pending final enact
ment of the appropriation bill.
OvertOn Changes Mind.
Senator Overton, who is chair
man of the Senate subcommittee in
charge Of District appropriations,
had planned to introduce contin-
uing resolution Wednesday. But
yesterday he said he had changed
his mind since learning that such
resolutions by custom and tradition
originate in the House where appro-
priation bills also originate.
Chairman Collins of the House
nj tr,a
priations left Washington yester-
day without making any arrange
ments for introducing a continuing
resolution when the House recon-
veneS Wednesday. And as far as
could be learned no other member
Of his subcommittee has planned to
introduce one.
Senator OVerton announced his
decision to let a continuing resolu-
ton originate in the House after a
conference with the Commissioners
Corporation Counsel ElWood H. Seal
Maj. Donovan. auditor and budget
officer, and 10 V. Morgan, sole men,
Der Of the District Board of Tax
! Appeals.
Senator Requests Data.
Indicative of his intention to con-
tinue to fight for lump-sum pay
ment in excess of 100000, Sena-
tor Overton said he had requested
Engineer Commissioner McCoach to
furnish him with data showing the
amount of water furnished the Fed
eral Government free of charge and
the number of nonresident school
children who are being educated in
the public schools without payment
of tuition.
Senator Overton said he had been
told the Federal Government. if re-
quired to pay commercial rates fol-
the water it uses, would owe the
District about 100000 a year, ano
that the education of nonresident
children, many of whom come from
families of Government employees
and members of Congress, is cost.