Evening star., 1940-05-26
House Is Scheduled
ToActon JobIess Tax
Bill Tomorrow
Measure Is Only Piece
I'd. CrteeisIotion Likely
To Be Considered

The latest revised edition of the
McGehee bill designed to hberalize
the District unemployment COM
pensation law probably will be the
only piece of local legislation the
House will consider tomorrow on
what may be the final so-called Dis
trict day of the present session of
Congress.
House leaders yesterday assured
Chairman Randolph of the District
Committee he would be allowed time
to call up the McGehee bill, but
were reluctant to make any prom
ises with respect to the other local
bills on the calendar awaiting &C
ton.
At the same time Representative
Randolph called of the regular
weekly meeting of the District Com
mittee tomorrow, saying it would be
a waste of time to report out any
additional legislation between now
and the adjournment date, which
has tentatively been set for June Is.
Will Work Overtime.
With crowded schedule of ma
tional legislation awaiting consid-
GRAFTON. House leaders have ar
ranged to keep the members work.
ing overtime this week in an effort
to complete action on major meas
ures before the gavel is banged sig
nalizing the sine die adjournment
of the Seventy sixth Congress. A
night session already has been
scheduled for Wednesday and there
is strong likelihood the members
will have to forego their usual two
day week end respite at the end of
the week and take part in a ses-
sion Saturday.
Despite the heavy schedule Ma
jority Leader Rayburn is anxious
that the House dispose of the Nc
Gehee bill, and instead of calling
of District day tomorrow he agreed
to permit this measure to be consid-
cred. However, under the Monday
program for the House. 1t will not be
called up until late in the after
noon, after the members dispose of a
proposal to return the Townsend sill
yer bill to the Senate and consider
President Roosevelt's latest Gov
ernment reorganization plan to
transfer the Bureau of Naturaliza-
ton and immigration of the Labor
Department to the Department of
Justice.
The new McGehee bill, which was
drawn up after representatives of
employers and labor reached an
agreement on needed notifications
in the existing law, is not expected
to meet any serious opposition in
the House. It's principal features
provide for reduction in the pay
roll tax of employers from to 81
per cent, limited to the first $1,000
of salary and made retroactive to
January l, 1910, and increases ben
efits to the jobless.
Liquor Report Meeting.
Although the House District
Committee will not meet this week,
the special subcommittee which re-
Gently completed an investigation
of the liquor control situation here,
plans to get together to put finish
ing touches on its report. The re-
port now is in tentative FORM hav-
ing been written by Representative
Eberharter, Democrat, of Pennsyl-
vania, the subcommittee chairman.
Subcommittee members have indi-
Gated the recommendations and
suggestions in the report may be
revised before 1t is put in final form
for consideration of the full commit
tee.
Briefly, the tentative report pro-
posed that $4,000 be appropriated
out of the revenue of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board to continue
the investigation of the liquor situa-
ton; that bars be allowed to remain