Evening star., 1943-01-29
Legislature Prepares
State wide Probe
OF Vice Conditions
Army and Navy Officers,
Health OffioioIs, Police
Will Be Called
By The Associated Press.

/ BY me Associated Press.
ANNAPOLIS, Jan. 29-The Leg
islature prepared to embark today
on State wide Investigation of
vice and venereal disease.
The Baltimore Police Department
and officials of the Sd Service Com
mand currently are conducting a
similar inquiry in Baltimore.
The Senate Finance Committee
invited the State director of health,
DR.. Robert H. Riley, and DR.. Nels
Nelson, in charge of the depart
ment's venereal disease program, to
appear before the committee for
frank and full' discussion of the
situation.
State health officials have de-
scribed vice and venereal disease as
problems Of growing danger to both
civilians and the military.
Officials TO Appear.
Senate Majority Leader James j.
Lindsay announced the Senate
would undertake the inquiry, after
he had conferred at length with
Senate President Arthur H. Brice.
Mr.. Lindsay said Army and Navy
medical officers and law-enforce-
ment officials Of Baltimore and
other areas would be asked to ap-
pear before the committee and state
their views on the problems.
The House of Delegates adopted
a resolution condemning the pro-
poSal of the Office of Price Admin
istration to place Montgomery and
Prince Geogre's County Rationing
Boards under jurisdiction of the
Washington District OPA office.
Delegations from the two counties
| introduced the resolution, which de-
/ clared that residents of the two
counties have had a minimum OF
unnecessary inconvenience and bur-
den as compared to the citizens re-
| siding within the District of Co
lumbia in the administration, ra-
/ tioning and Interpretation of the
regulations under the local boards.
( Copies to Be Forwarded.
/ Copies of the resolution were tC
! be forwarded to President Roosevelt
OPA Administrator Prentiss M
/ Brown, Gov. O'Conor, the two Sen
/ ators from Maryland and Maryland
Representatives Sasscer and Beall
/ While the resolution was being
offered, OPA officials in Washing
| ton said the merger plan would have
/ to be abandoned because of the op-
position to it.
The House, in stormy session
yesterday. received a bill which
would make it unlawful to use force
or threats Of force in connection
with any strike or labor dispute.
A number of arguments on rela-
lively minor measures enlivened the
House session, which lasted for ar
hour and 40 minutes.
Senate Has Short Session.
The Senate, on the other hand
held a routine session, lasting one
half hour, during which it passed Si>
bills and received three.
Delegate J. Howard johnson
Democrat, Of WicOmico offered the
anti-vlolenCe bill. Under the meas.
IRE it would be a misdemeanor toI
any one to use force or threats il
an attempt to prevent any one from
engaging in any lawful occupation
The proposal defined a labor dis.
pute as any controversy between al
employer and two or more of hi
employees
Two Of the three new bills Offered
in the Senate were local measures
The third would remove the admin
istrator of loan laws from tn
Finance Department TO the jurisdic
ton of the bank commissioner.
The Senate received 10 bills pre-
viously passed by the House
Would Cut School Term.
Senator Joseph A Wilmer, Re
publican, of Charles said he plan
to introduce a bill to cut the 1870
day public school year to l60 days
The bill would knock off the las
school month, thus allowing schoo
children to help ease the farm labo
shortage
Discussion of the proposed S700,
900 to be allocated for maintenanc,
Of the State Guard detail to protec
bridges took a new turn when Sen
ator Wilmer suggested that pro
posed cuts in the State income ia,