Evening star., 1945-04-26

| 0CAdIOA GAlC1lOcI, AcIIlOCTdt,
of Louisiana today filed with
the Senate a motion for re-
consideration of the Tydings-
Bilbo bill, unanimously passed
yesterday, to authorize Fed
eral aid in the construction
OF hospital center in Wash
ington. This temporarily halts
forwarding of the bill to the
House.
Chairman Randolph of the House
District Committee moved today to
speed House consideration of the
tTydings-Bilbo bill adopted unani-
mously yesterday by the Senate to
provide for the construction early
in the postwar period of a ,5O0-bed
modern hospital center for WASH
ington.
Mr.. Randolph directed that the
measure be referred to the Public
Health Subcommittee of his group
as soon as 1t arrives through legis-
lative channels and that copies be
obtained of the transcript of hear
ings held before the Tydings sub
committee of the Senate District
Committee.
Sees Quick Action.
He asked that the Public Health
Subcommittee, headed by Repre-
sentative Mcmillan, Democrat, of
South Carolina, consider the testi-
mony compiled in the Senate and
decide whether additional hearings
would be desirable.
Anticipating prompt consideration
would be given by members of his
committee, Mr.. Randolph said the
need for modernization and expan-
sion Of hospital facilities here was
widely recognized and he voiced be-
lief the House would look with
favor on legislation that is neces-
sary II the National Capital is to
have adequate facilities for medical
care and research work."
The cost OF the center has not
been closely calculated as yet, since
this will depend to some degree on
costs of site, postwar wage rates and
the equipment. but Senator Tydings
has been given estimates ranging
from 1850, 900 to $4,000 900.
Is Months Of Hearings.
Mr.. Randolph and Representative
D'Alesandro, Democrat, of Maryland
were co-sponsors with Senator Tyd-
ings and Chairman Bilbo of the
Senate District Committee of the
original proposal for legislation to
establish a modern medical center
here.
Senate passage of the bill cn-
NAKED about 10 months of study
and hearings by members of the
Senate committee on means of re-
placing inadequate, overcrowded and
out-of-date buildings of various
nonprofit private hospitals here.
In its final form, the Senate bill
authorizes the advance of necessary
amounts of Federal funds to provide
the site, structures and equipment
for the center, which, after compile
tion, would be operated on self
sustaining basis by participating
nonprofit voluntary" hospitals.
One-third of the total initial
costs would be repaid by participat-
ing hospitals over period of so
years, with interest at 2 per cent
annually on unpaid balances. These
costs would be apportioned among
the hospitals participating in the
plan, all of which would have repre-
sentation on the directorate of the
Washington Hospital Corp, to be
created by the legislation to operate
the new center.
The center would conduct charity
work, but operation costs would be
met out of revenues from pay pa
tients and, if necessary, out of en-
dowments and other resources of
participating hospitals. Listed in
the bill as participating members
are the Garfield, Emergency and
Episcopal Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Hospitals, and the measure leaves
the door open for other nonprofit
private hospitals to ioin in the plan