Evening star., 1943-03-30
Assembly Votes
Dozens Of Bills
In Final Rush
Senote Rejects
House Changes in
Teacher Bonus PIun
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lands General Assembly. pulling out
all the stops in an effort to ad-
journ sine die Saturday-two days
before the constitutional deadline-
worked until after midnight last
night and was set for an equally
lengthy and turbulent session today
In yesterdays sessions, which
drew from Senator Wilmer D.
Carter, Democrat, of Baltimore the
assertion that he was ashamed and
embarrassed that such pressure has
to be applied so that we can ad-
journ by Saturday." the two houses
achieved these results:
The Senate cleared the way for
passage Of the States 500, ,OOO, 900
omnibus budget bill. by rejecting
an amendment which would have
limited State aid to privately -owned
colleges in proportion to the num-
Der of the colleges senatorial
scholarships. =.
Teachers Bonus Bill Not Passed.
Moved to final passage stage bill
to increase judges pensions.
Held over for a special order of
business today passage of bill
providing for the retirement of Chief
Judge Benjamin A. johnson and
Associate Judge James NJ. Crockett
of the first dover Eastern Shore
judicial circuit.
Slashed in half the item in Gov
OConor's budget calling for $780,
000 per year for maintenance of
guard details at bridges and other
installations.
Refused to concur to House
amendments to the much debated
and delayed bonus bill for school
teachers.
Adopted volume of committee
reports and received eight new bills.
Quashed a resolution offered by
four Republicans and one Demo-
crat urging limitation of presi-
Dental service to no more than two
consecutive terms.
The House passed an administra-
ton civilian defense bill vesting in
q seven-member council power to
issue Statewide AFRAID precau-
tions and blackout regulations. and
permitting the Governor to CO.
operate with the President and to
transfer State property, resources
and personnel to the Government
II necessary.
Killed measure placing State
chartered building and loan asso-
Citations under supervision of the
Maryland Banking Commissioners
over protests OF Majority Leader
John S. White.
Passed, together with two dozen
other bills. measure to prohibit
filing of breach of promise or aliena-
ton Of affection suits after August
! Of this year.
Senator James ]. Lindsay said the
Senate had n-concurred In the
H9use amendments not because of
any major differences. but because
there were a few questions as to
the exact wording of the bill which
leaders thought could best be settled
by appointment of a conference
committee.
Senate Reverses College Vote.
In rejecting the amendment to
limit State aid to privately owned
colleges in proportion to the num-
Der Of the colleges senatorial schol-
arships, the Senate was forced to
reverse decision it had made a
few hours before.
On first vote. the Senate, acting
on recommendation of the Finance
Committee, had adopted the amend
ment by l9-to-10 vote, but later
when Senator Joseph M. George,
Democrat, of Queen Annes moved
that it be brought back for another
vote it was rejected, II to II. This
reversal followed hot debate in
which numerous Senators partic-
ipated.
Chairman Lindsay of the Finance
Committee declared that 'if you re-
ject this amendment it will be an
indication that the Senate isn't vot-
ing it's own mind"
Off1cials of the institutions in
volved. he said, fearing it is the
beginning of the end" of State aid
for them, had been keeping the
telephone wires humming" in an
effort to have the adopted
amendment rejected.
Opponents OF the bill before the
House which would place State
chartered building and loan asso-
Citations under supervision of the
Maryland banking commissioners,
claimed its passage would force
many small community associations
out Of business
Mr.. White said Maryland was the
only State in the Union that had
mot one iota Of regulatory power
over building and loan associations
and observed that the Legislature
turned down similar bill two years
ago.
do you think it is right that
there should be no audit and no
control whatsoever over these asso-
Citations that are handling $113 ,0O0.-
600 annually Of the peoples money!
he asked.
Delegates Clarence E. Tyler, DEM
ocrat, of Anne Arundel: Curtis C.
Larrimore, Democrat, of Talbot and
others said that If it were not for
the smaller community associations
many people of the poor class would
be unable to own homes.
Delegate John M. Weber, Demo-
crat. of Baltimore said the Ways
and Means Committee voted, II to
8. against the bill, but Mr.. White
told the House the vote was 10-lC
and that his vote sent the bill to the
floor with a favorable report.
The bill was recommitted to the
Ways and Means Committee by q
vote OF 81 to so. whereupon Delegate
White. asserting that it would be toe
late to reconsider it this late in the
session, had it tabled.
The vote on the alienation of af-
fections bill was IS for to against
Several members said it would "vio-
late the sanctity Of the home" The
measure would make 1t unlawful tt
file or even threaten such action.
after August /. Attorneys or agent.
also would be liable to prosecution
Penalties would include q fine o1
$1,000 to 5000 and not less thar