Evening star., 1944-12-11
House Approves
Five D. {. Bills;
; Withdrawn
Stadium, Police Bond
Measures Held Up
By Objections
BY DON S. WARREN,

A'S DAGU1 1Sb lllCdOlllC wcIS pdSScC
IN quick order today by the House
and sent to the White House fol
signature, but objections from the
Republican side forced three other
bills to be withdrawn.
Those withdrawn were the Senate.
approved bill to create a commission
to prepare plans and financial rec.
concentrations for the postwar de.
velopment of self -liquidatine
Washington National Memorial Sta
dunn; the Senate approved bill to
establish voluntary system of ap-
premiership, and the House bill to
authorize use of District funds tc
support the Metropolitan Police De.
partment Band
The measures on which final ac-
ton was taken are the following
l. A bill to increase the admins
trative powers of the District Com
miSsioners in move to lessen the
load of minor matters which Con-
gress now must consider as Wash
ington's "city council" This bill
previously had been passed by the
House but came back for accept
ance of minor Senate amendments.
2. To amend the financial setup
of the District Boxing Commission,
previously passed by the House but
brought up again because of Senate
amendments. The amendments in
clude provisions to raise the pay of
civilian members of the commission
from 1900 to $2,400 a year and to
back-date this to last July !; to in
crease the commissions reserve fund
limit from $4,000 to $4,000 and to
leave the commissions gate tax at
exhibitions at 10 per cent instead of
reducing it to 6 per cent.
Two Oppose Amendments.
Objections to the amendments
came from Representative Rowe, Re-
publican. of Ohio and Representa-
tive Coffee, Democrat, of Wash
ington, the latter reporting he had
received a protest from Harry S.
Wender, former head of the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations, on
the point that civilian members
should be given no pay since there
are at least 500 men in the Dis
trict who would be "delighted' to
serve without compensation.
However, the opposition was
quieted when it was reported mi
nority members would be content If
further amendments were consid-
cred early in the new Congress.
hill m
place Government restaurants un-
der sanitary regulations of the Dis
trict Health Department, amended
last Friday in the Senate to exempt
the restaurants of the House and
Senate.
Stock Transfer Act.
4. To apply to the District, the
Uniform Stock Transfer Act which
has been adopted already by SO
States.
5. The bill authorizing the Wom-
ems Christian Association to dis
solve and transfer it's Thirteenth
street home to the Phyllis Wheat
ley YWCA.
In addition, the House passed and
sent to the Senate bill to authorize
the Commissioners to permit the
Standard Oil Co. of New Jersey to
lay a pipeline under South Capitol
street.
The police band bill was laid
aside, perhaps for the remainder of
this Congress, because of an objec-
ton concerning 1t. Charles Benter,
the bands leader, and former direc-
tor of the Navy Band, rather than
because of the expected protest
stirred by the opposition of spokes-
men for the American Federation of
Musicians. Representative Case, Re-
publican, of South Dakota, asked If
the District Committee had consid-
cred the circumstances under which
1t. Benter left the Navy Band and
when Chairman Randolph said it
had not, Mr.. Case registered an OBJ
lection. Mr.. Randolph then with
drew the bill
The stadium commission bill and
the one to set up voluntary ap-
premiership were laid aside also
because of. Republican objections
that the District Committee had not
given formal consideratio to these
measures.