Evening star., 1946-05-19
Hoey Plans Bill
Continuing Rent
Controls in D. T..
Committee to Hold
6 Sessions This Week
On District Affairs
o., NJ. W.
By Don S. Worren

By Don S. Warren
A bill to continue the Districts
present home rent controls through
the next year will be introduced in
the Senate, Senator Hoey, Democrat,
OF North Carolina, announced last
night.
Senator Hoey, acting chairman Of
the Senate District Committee, said
he would introduce the bill and
might have it called up at Tuesdays
session of the committee to de-.
termine if a hearing is needed.
Present controls run only to Deem
ber 81.
The Senate District Committee
hearing is one of half dozen ses-
slons slated for this week on Dis
trlct affairs, including budget, slum
and suffrage questions.
Welfare Board Heaving.
Scheduled for tomorrow, in ad-
dltlon to a 10 am. hearing of a
House District subcommittee to dis
cuss Welfare Board reorganization,
is Senate Judiciary Committee
meeting.
Chairman McCarran of the Ju-
dietary Committee plans to seek
approval of his bill to create a
Federal City Charter Commission
to draft self rule" plan for the
District, including a city council.
one-third of whose members would
be appointed by the President and
the remainder elected
Also awaiting action by the Sem
ate Judiciary Committee is the
Hatch-O'Mahoney version of the
proposed amendment to the Con-
stitution to empower Congress to
grant the District a vote in Pres
idential elections and representa-
ton in the House but not in the
Senate.
Not on Schedule.
This has not been scheduled by
Chairman McCarran for -considera-
tion tomorrow but a move to take
1t up may be made by Senator
Hatch. Democrat, of New Mexico.
House District Committee officials
have scheduled three other hearings
for this week: Tuesday at 10 am,
on the bill to prevent erection Of
teleVlsion towers in residential
areas; Wednesday at 10 am, bill
to reorganize the board of directors
OF Southeastern University, with
special reference to its Law School;
ad Friday at 1890 am, on bills
dealing with proposed limitation OF
taXicab licenses.
Action is expected at Tuesdays
session of the Senate District Com
mittee on two bills recently passed
by the House, proposing permanent
establishment of child day care CEN
tes and to permit the liquidation Of
the Washington Railway g. Electric
Co.
In addition, Senator Hoey will ask
if the group is ready to act on a
number of other bills. including the
long-delayed bill to strengthen the
Districts control over communicable
disease patients who refuse treat
ment or isolation.
Supply Bill Action Possible.
Though session of the Senate
Appropriations Committee has not
yet been scheduled, action may be
taken some time this week on the
Districts l947 supply bill. AS re-
ported recently by the OMahoney
Subcommittee this calls for an out
lay of s79, 100000 in the year Begin
ming July l. 1t also proposes a s4.-
100000 boost in the s6000.000 lump
sum payment. pending new basic
law on the issue.
Just when the s20,000,oOO slum re-
development bill would be ready for
House action remained uncertain.
1t has been favorably reported by
the McGehee subcommittee, with
major change in the section deal
ing with public low-rent housing.
Chairman Mcmillan tentatively has
planned meeting this week of the
full District Committee to send the
bill to the House. This plan may
be altered, due to the absence Of
Mr. McGehee.
On this measure Senator McCar-
ran, a principal author of the bill,
promised yesterday to seek appoint
ment of House Senate conference
committee as soon as the House
passes the bill, assuming the Sem
ate measure will be revised there,
He said he still believed a satisfac-
tory bill will be passed before the
end of this session.
Daylight Time Hits Snag.
Plans for establishing daylight
saving for Washington have struck
new snag. The Mcmillan bill was
referred yesterday to the McGehee
subcommittee with a suggestion that
a public hearing be held because
numerous complaints had been re-
ceived.
Wednesday has been set as the
deadline for submission to the
Healy Subcommittee of the House
District Committee of written argu-
ments on the proposed rent control
on commercial properties here.
Thereafter, the subcommittee will
schedule an executive session to de-
eide whether to recommend legisla-