Evening star., 1945-11-18
Action Possible
Tomorrow on
D. {. Vote Bill
McCorrun's S Return
Moy Open Way for
Judiciary Report

Nauy SPSu WY io'
Judiciary Report
Action may be taken tomorrow by
the full membership of the Senate
Judiciary Committee on the Sum-
ners- Capper joint resolution for
constitutional amendment empower
ing Congress to grant the District
representation in Congress and In
the Electoral College.
The resolution, favorably reported
by subcommittee headed by
Senator Hatch, Democrat of New
Mexico, was amended in minor
respect at the suggestion of Senator
O'Mahoney, Democrat of wyoming
to make sure that the District could
be given no larger representation in
Congress than is accorded the States
under the apportionment plan.
There has been a delay for sew
eral weeks in action by the Senate
Judiciary Committee, first because
Senator Hatch was stricken with
pneumonia, from which he now has
recovered, and, secondly, because
the chairman of the Senate Judic-
larry Committee. Senator McCar.
rem, Democrat, of Nevada, has been
temporarily absent from the city
on a trip to his home State. Chair
man McCarren is due back in Wash
ington today and is expected to
preside over the meeting of the
committee tomorrow.
Hatch May Ask Action.
More than a dozen measures
however, are on the schedule of bus
mess awaiting the attention of the
Judiciary Committee tomorrow. It
may be that because of this it will
not be deemed opportune for the
suffrage measure to be called ur
for action. Senator Hatch said last
night. however, that if time per-
mits he will ask committee action
tomorrow on the suffrage measure
A promise to schedule hearings
soon-possibly this week-on the
Senate-passed District slum clear.
ance and redevelopment bill came
yesterday from Chairman McGehee
of the Judiciary Subcommittee oil
the House District Committee.
His announcement followed re.
ceipt of report by Controller Gen.
eral Lindsay C. Warren urging tina,
more specific auditing provision
be written into the measure which
would set in motion a ten-yeal
$40, ,o00, 900 program for wiping Out
the Districts slums.
Auditing Question Raised
Mr.. Warren's report was asked
after some question had arisen as to
the sufhciency of provisions in the
Senate bill for auditing the expendi-
turess of the District Redevelopment
Land > Agency, which would be
created to handle land purchases
and resale Of sites for redeyelopmeni
projects.
The pr0missaof early House hear.
ings served to dispel some@of the
concern that had been stirred
among sponsors of the measure ibs
the delay Of six weeks since Senate
The bllI had been delayed in thu
Senate for nearly two years by con.
troversy over details as well as the
philosophers of public as against
private housing, and finally passec
unopposed in compromise form.
Compromise Well Indorsed.
Labor spokesmen, private builder.
and others formerly at odds have
indorsed the compromise measure
1t would permit slum redevelop-
ment work by both public and pri.
vate builders, with the latter re.
ceiving Government aid through
condemnation of project sites ane
write-downs in site values in keep.
ing with their intended uses. Con.
trolls are provided for lease or sal,
prices of new properties.
Attention yesterday was directed
to an Endorsement of the Senate bill
contained in the November issue o.
the news letter of the Washington
Housing Association.
This states:
"The objective (of the Senate.
passed bilD is to clean out tn,
decay that hides behind our daz.
zling white front.
Would Provide Condemnation.
''The bill is a workable compro
mise of the McCarran and Cappel
bills. 1t provides for public pur'
chase by condemnation of slum ant
blighted areas and resale or leas,
of land for appropriate use. L
provides that private enterpris,
shall build all the low-rent housing
1t possibly can.
"It leaves to the National Cap
ital Housing Authority the task O
housing those who cannot pay .
profitable rent. 1t makes possibl,
graduation of tenants from publi
housing into private housing a
rents they can afford"
Controller General Warren, IL
urging stronger auditing provisions
recommended there be added to tn
bill section making, the proposet
redevelopment land agency specifi
cally subject to the provisions o
the House-passed bill providing TO
the financial control of Government
corporations.
District NowCI