Evening star., 1941-12-10
6 District Bills
Go 10 Senate on
House Passage
Subway Survey Also
Approved; a Measures
Sent to President

Six House approved bills and a
resolution calling for survey to
determine the feasibility of a sub
way system were referred today to
the Senate District Committee.
The bills and resolution were
speeded through the House yester-
day on the first District day 1t has
observed in more than month.
The resolutions, sponsored by Rep
resentative DAlesandro, Democrat,
of MARYLAND directs that the sub
way survey be made jointly by the
Commissioners and the Public Utili-
ties Commission and that report
on the result be filed with Congress
not later than March Is.
Three of the bills are designed to
ease the Districts traffic pains. They
would:
l. Empower the Zoning Commis-
sion to require all new private con-
struction to provide off-street park
ing facilities at the building or else
where.
Affects New L. S. Buildings.
2. Require new Federal buildings
to provide off-street parking accom-
modations for between 10 and 20
per cent of the employees therein.
3. Prohibit parking on private
property without consent Of the
owner.
One of the House bills was to place
Board of Public Welfare employees
under the civil service system. The
Senate passed a similar bill Yesterday
and either the House or Senate, it
is expected, will substitute the others
bill for its own. thereby completing
legislative action on one of the
measures.
Purposes of the other two House
bills are:
1. Authorize the Federal Works
Agency to advance $2500,000 to the
District to finance urgently needed
extensions to the water, sewer and
fire alarm systems.
2. Give the Commissioners au-
thority to register and regulate in
dividuals or organizations soliciting
funds for charitable purposes.
8. Place employees of the Board OF
Public Welfare under the civil serv-
ice system.
Act Rapidly on Measures.
House action on the resolution
and each of the bills came swiftly
after a brief explanation by Chair
man Randolph of the District Com
mittee.
While the House passed the bill
authorizing the F. w. A. to advance
funds to the District, the Senate
held up action on q similar measure.
Senator Taft, Republican, OF Ohio
asked for the delay in order to OBJ
tain more information He ex-
planned he understood the $780,
100000 made available by Congress
under the Lanham Act had been
allocated District officials, however,
are understood to have chance of
getting about S25O0,O0O from the
existing appropriation.
Five Bills Pass Senate.
The money, if obtained, would be
used to finance expansion of the
Dalecarlia Reservoir at cost of
S5705O0, build additional water
mains and storm sewer, three pub
lie convenience stations, additions
to the fire alarm system and a
sewage treatment plant at the Dis
trict Training School near Laurel,
Md.
Other bills, all of a minor nature,
passed by the Senate yesterday in
clude these:
Authorizing establishment of
course in aviation ground training
in the District public schools, with
six teachers. Previously passed by
the House, it goes to the President.
Strengthening the laws against
sale of unWholesome food, which
goes to the President for signature.
Fixing penalties for the introduc-
ton of contraband articles into Dis
trict penal institutions, which also
goes to the President.
Authorizing assistant clerks in
District Court to sign certain papers,
which goes to the President,