Evening star., 1940-01-18
D. {. Legislative
Program Given
House Group
Commissioners Fail
To Put Reorganization
On Preferred List
BY JAMES E. CHINN.

BY JAMES E. CHINN.
The Commissioners regard their
plan to reorganize the municipal
government as 50 controversial they
failed to give it preferred position
on their current legislative program
submitted to the House District
Committee today.
The program is identical with the
one the Commissioners gave the
committee verbally at a meeting
Monday but in accordance with in
structions they resubmitted it list
ing various pending bills and meas
ures they proposed to recommend
IN the order of their relative i'm
portance.
Two Lists Submitted.
Two lists were submitted. One
rates the bills already before Con-
gress in the rank of importance.
The other contains legislation to be
proposed, also ranked in the order
OF Importance. Each list separates
controversial from non-controversial
measures.
Heading the non-controyersial
list of bills already introduced is the
one providing a retirement plan for
judges Of the Municipal Courts. Fol-
lowing in the order designated by
the Commissioners are:
S. 2548 and H. R. 6544 to give the
superintendent Of insurance au-
thor1ty to make the regulations with
respect to the taxicab liability in.
surance law.
S. 1856 and H. R. 1907 to clarity the
dennltlon in the law of murder in
the fist degree.
H. R. 1898 to make the existing
local kidnapping law conform with
the Federal or so-called Lindbergh
law.
H. R. 7OS4 to clarity the law relat-
ing to adoption proceedings.
5. 1850 to include in the Traffic
Act reckless driving as an offense
1or which a drivers permit must
be revoked.
S. 1923 and H. R. 4792 to give the
Commissioners authority to license
and regulate professional engineers.
n. r. 4312 to amend the law re-.
latlng to cooperative associations.
n. r. 1855 to amend the Unem.
ployment Compensation Act by di.
vorcing the District from the social
security law and lowering the EN-.
ployers' pay roll tax.
Controversial Bills.
Controversial bills listed bv the
commissioners in the order of their
Importance follow:
H. R. 6991 to amend the child
labor law to permit children to take
part in professional performances.
H. r. 1895 authorizing the Public
Utilities Commission to limit the
number of taxicabs.
H. r. 2539 to transfer jurisdiction
over credit unions.
H. r. 5065 to regulate small loan
companies.
Non-controversial legislation the
commissioners proposed to recon-
mend listed in the order of impor.
tance follows:
A bill to give them authority to
make special plans for the presi.
Dental inaugural ceremonies next
year.
A bill to permit the paymtnt OF
the income tax installments.
An amendment to the law relating
10 the incorporating of companies
in the District.
An amendment to the eight-hour
law.
A bill to establish a board of in
determinate sentence and parole.
Amendments to the Life Insur.
ance Act.
An amendment to the law relat-
ing to the disposal of refuse.
A bill giving garage owners and
livery stable proprietors authority
10 hold property for non-payment
of bills.
A bill to permit the Commissioners
70 accept and erect in the Municipal
Center area memorial fountain in
memory of the members of the
Police and Fire Departments who
served in the Army, Navy or Marine
Corps during the World War.
Under the heading "Controver-
siaP the list closed with the pro.
posed bill for revamping the District
government.