Evening star., 1945-05-13
D. {. Committee
10 Reconsider
Boundary Bill
Hearing Also Slated
On Robes Control
By House Group

Members of the House District
Committee tomorrow again will take
up the century-old Virginia District
boundry dispute, in search of a So
luton that has chances of final
adoption.
A session of the full COMMITTEES
was called by Chairman Randolph
for 1880 am, in response to q re-
quest from Representative Smith,
Democrat, of Virginia.
Meanwhile, special hearing on
the rabies control bill, favorably re-
ported last week by the full COM
mittee, also was scheduled for to-
after Mr.. Randolph received
a protest from George A. Corbin
Of 218 Peabody street NV, that the
terms were too broad" and should
be amended.
Report Being Held Up.
This hearing, to be held at $50
am, is to be held before the Health
Subcommittee, headed by Repre-
sentative Mcmillan, Democrat, of
South Carolina. Because of the de-
mand for hearing, Mr.. Randolph
held up report to the House on the
measure.
Mr.. Corbin protested the pending
measure would give the Commits
sioners unlimited power" to adopt
emergency control measures, includ-
ing quarantine or vaccination Of
dogs when some are found infected
with rabies or even when one is
suspected" of having the disease.
Mr.. Corbin said he agreed that all
dogs should be vaccinated against
rabies when of proper age" but
he argued that puppies OF between
three and six months should be
excluded.
Without limitation on their
powers such control measures
should not be left to the judgment
of the Commissioners who refuse
to hold hearings on a subject such
as this" he added.
Any Dog May Froth.
Urging various notifications Of
the bill, Mr.. Corbin said: ANY dog
during hot weather may have a
frothy mouth or at any time emit
foam because of indigestion, and
not have sign of rabies. Yet some
|uninformed persons will claim that
the dog lis rabid or is suspected of
being rabid and all dogs will be
made subject to some unreasonable
proclamation by the Commission
ers."
A bill amending Washington's
Alley Dwelling Act to postpone for
another year the deadline on oc-
cupancy of houses fronting on al
leys will be placed before the House
tomorrow by Mr.. Randolph.
This stop-gap move had been an
ticipated because of the general
agreement on Capitol Hill it will be
impossible to provide other hous-
ing for the thousands of alley dwell
ers prior to the existing deadline,
July l.
| A similar move is planned by
Chairman Bilbo of the Senate Dis
trict Committee.
Future Course Uncharted.
The original law banned use of
alley dwellings for residential pur-
poses after July l of last year-10
years after the adoption of the slum-
clearance measure-but for the same
reason the date was postponed to
July Of this year.
A companion reason is that Con-
gresS has not yet acted on legisla-
ton to chart the future course of
Washington's slum-clearance and re-
housing programs.
A subcommittee of the Senate
District Committee, headed by
Senator McCarran, Democrat, Of
Nevada, had planned to act re-
Gently on the competing bills spon-
sored by Senator McCarran and
Senator Capper, Republican, of
kansas, but other business caused a
delay.
A prime reason was that Senator
McCarran, chairman of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, was called to
the San Francisco Security Con-
| ference