Evening star., 1941-10-19
House Expected
ToCa|| Up D. E..
Bills Tomorrow
Rent-ControI Measure
May Be Reported
Out by Committee
For tert OF pending rent-con-
troll bill, see Page APO.

Several District bills probably will
be called up in the House tomorrow,
including an amended version Of
the vetoed measure to strengthen
the vagrancy law, it was indicated
yesterday, although no formal Dis
trict day is expected to be held in
the chamber this week.
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee was notified by
leaders that he could call up at
least part of the pending legislation
after the consent calendar and other
routine matters are disposed of to-
morrow afternoon.
Meanwhile, the District Com
mittee is expected to report out a
rent-control bill at its meeting to-
morrow morning. Mr. Randolph
announced after a draft of COM
promise measure was taken up in
executive session Friday that the
committee had agreed on its gen.
eral principles, but had left some
details to be ironed out at the next
meeting. He predicted that a bill
would be approved at that time.
Discretion to Administrator.
The bill under consideration
would fix ceiling on rents during
the emergency, from a date to be
designated, but would give an ad-
ministrator of rents wide discretion
in lowering or raising rents on
petition of tenants or landlords.
If the committee reports out rent
control legislation, it is doubtful
that it can be placed on the calen-
dar for some days, although Chair
man Randolph probably could get
permission from the Rules Commit
tee to call it up out of order as
an emergency measure.
The amended vagrancy bill is de-
signed to remove the objections
which led President Roosevelt to
veto it. Although the President
expressed sympathy with its gen.
eral provisions, he maintained that
some of its provisions, giving judges
wide discretion in dealing with
vagrantS, were too vague to be ap-
piled to a criminal statute.
Other bills which may come up
tomorrow include one to increase
the District gasoline tax from to
3 cents, to finance the WhitehurSt
program of street and highway i'm
provements.
Other Measures on Calendar.
Other measures on the House CAL
endar are the bill to consolidate the
Municipal and Police Courts and
establish an intermediate appellate
court to hear appeals from decisions
of the merged court and of the
Juvenile Court; a bill to establish
a ground course in aviation in the
senior high schools, a measure to
amend the District income tax law
to bring it into closer conformity
with the Federal law and bill to
designate District Court assistant
clerks as deputy clerks.
While Mr.. Randolph has not an
nounced how many of these meas
ures he hopes to dispose of tomor-
row, he had designated all Of them
for action at the scheduled District
day last Monday, which was post
poned and later sidetracked by the
ship arming bill.
Other bills awaiting early House
consideration, but postponed tenn
porarily at request of their authors,
would allow small loans in the Dis
trict at interest rates prevailing in
many States. adjust salaries of
policemen and firemen and draw
wider dry zones around schools,
churches and certain other institu-
tions and prohibit the advertising
of liquor prices.