Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-03-13
Log Jam Of Bills
Ties Up Senate
AT Annapolis
FiIibuster Threatened
If Oyster Measure
Comes Up Today
Ty tire Associated Press.

BY tire Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Md, March 10
damned with controversial bills ano
still involved over oyster legislation
which threatens to touch OH an
other filibuster, MarylandS Senate
ran into more difficulty today.
Two fireworks measures and the
vomen's jury service bill popped up
as special orders of Senate business
And if the much-amended, tll-
buster-provoking bill to open the
Potomac River to oyster handScrap-
ers, now on third reading, comes up
for final passage today, there's no
telling when the Senate will be able
to straighten out is legislative al
fairs
Although his S1O7,443 900 budget
for 1928 is threatened with delay
bv the Senate log jam, Gov. OConor
said he still would not intercede IN
the fight over the Potomac River
bill.
Dorsey Pledges Fight to Finish.
Senator Philip Dorsey, who fill
bustered six and a half hours last
week and has tied up the Senate
seven hours so far this week, said
he was prepared to fight the Poto-
mac River measure ito finish"
Although maintaining a hands
off" policy toward the oyster leglS-
lation. Gov. O'Conor made personal
appeals to Senators to enact with
out delay the prohibitory fireworks
bill the administration is backing
The Senate was to consider today
O favorable report on the amended
anti-freworks proposal. Gov.
O'Conor opposes an amendment
added to the bill in committee, to
authorize the State insurance COM
missioner to permit the use OF safe -
fireworks.
Senator Emanuel Gorflne, chair
man of the Judicial Proceedings
Committee which studied the bill,
predicted the upper chamber would
defeat the amendment, which anti
fireworks proponents said would
"devitalize" the original bill.
A regulatory fireworks measure,
sponsored by Senator Cecil G.
Souier. also was slated for action
today. 1t was brought out OF COM
mittee without recommendation.
The third item on the days calen-
dar is legislation to permit women
to serve on juries. 1t was given an
unfavorable report by the Senate
Judicial Proceedings Committee
Senator Gorfine is its author.
mfttee bin TO -redUcef tie Afftefesi
rate on petty loans from 3l2 pei
cent month to Ia per cent.
At busy session yesterday AND
last night, 81 new bills hit legiSla-
tive hoppers and the House passed
IT new measures, four of which
went to the Governor for signing
Among the bills passed last night
were two measures to effect a re-
organization of the Court of APP
peals. They were before the Sen
ate today for consideration. One
creates six-judge appellate court
and companion measure provides
for the nomination of the judges
two to come from Baltimore City
and four from the counties.
Both bills are constitutional
amendments and, If approved by the
Legislature, will be voted on by tax
payers at the 1912 election.
Warehouse System Favored.
The last seven of the RaWls Tax
Revision Commissions Is bills was
introduced In the House last night.
One would empower the proposed
Department of Revenue and Taxes
to assess operating property, except
land, of railroads, other public utili-
ties and contract carriers.
In report to the Senate. the
Governors special committee on
marketing of Maryland tobacco yes
terday said that the Baltimore
warehouse system has so many ad-
vantages over the loose leaf auction"
that growers would make a serious
mistake if they permit it to be
abolished"
At Senate Chesapeake Bay and
Tributaries Committee hearing on
che State administrations "compro-
mise" conservation bill, members of
the Governors special conservation
commission urged creation of a
board of natural resources to CO.
ordinate conservation activities of
State departments.
Representatives of commercial
airlines and private pilots opposed
a measure to give the State Aviation
Commission regulatory, rate-making
and judicial powers at a House
Aviation Committee hearing.
The Senate Corporations Commit
tee heard railroad workers spokes-
men urge adoption of legislation to
limit the length of freight and pas