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of the late Charles A. Langley, for.
mer leader in the Chillum Height:
Citizens Association, the Board Of
Trade and the Association of Old
est Inhabitants, who worked fol
half century for the New Hamp-
shire avenue highway and viaduct
The committee also approved the
House bill to permit members anc
stockholders of charitable, educa-
tional and religious associations in
corporated In the District to vote
by proxy or mail.
A favorable report was ordered or
the communicable disease bill ir
spite of strong objection registered
by Mrs. Leslie B. Wright. chairman
of the department of legislation OF
the Federation of Women's Clubs
and Mrs. Ernest w. Howard, for the
Columbia Heights Citizens Associa-
ton.
Would Permit 5-Day Detention.
They maintained that the bill as
passed by the House would permit
a patient to be held in custody fol
as long as five days, since Sundays
and holidays are not counted in the
stated 48-hour limit. They also
protested a clause which would per-
nit the court to hold hearings or
case either in or out OF the
presence of the patient.
When they protested that the
bill would leave a citizen "at the
mercy of the court" Chairman
Bilbo broke in to say. well, arent
we all at the mercy of the court?'
Corporation Counsel Vernon E
West upheld the 48-hour custody
limit prior to hearing, even with
Sundays and holidays not counted
and explained that discretion should
be vested with the court as tc
whether the patient is present al
a hearing because it would be in
advisable to bring the patient into
court where he had leprosy, small
pox, scarlet fever OF some other
highly contagious or infectious
disease.
Towers Called Decided Menace"
The Langley bridge bill was sup
ported by David w. Gabelein anc
Thomas Joy of the Chillum Height:
Citizens Association, who praised
the builders public service, They
said the measure had the approVa
of Senators Tydings and Radcliffe
Democrats, of Maryland.
During the dispute over televisior
towers, Mr.. Connaughton and Mr.
Guynn contended the Bambergel
tower would be a decided menace
to home owners and school children
in the vicinity. Mr.. Connaughtor
also said it would cause an immediate
decrease in property values and thai
unless Congress acted speedily te
pass the bill the towers would bt
erected before Congress reconvened
He indicated a possible court fight
over the issue.
When Mr.. Guynn told the COM
mittee the principal of Woodrow
Wilson High School was opposed
to the Bamberger tower, Mr.. Wen
der cut in to say sharply, that Is
not true
Charles Called Not True"
Again, when Mr.. Guynn said that
the engineers, apparently refer
ring to those of the Bamberger cor
poration, had testified more than
so sites were available and suit
able" for television in the District
Mr.. Wender again broke in to say
mot true"
Don't you tell me any more what
is true or not true Mr.. Guynn
shouted in reply, as committee mem
bers smiled and listened
Mr.. Guynn contended the ap-
proval of the Bamberger tower by
various groups had been railroad
ed" and this also was denied by
Mr.. Wender, who explained in de-
tail how Federal and District Gov
ernment agencies and congressional
had considered the
project at length, with the agencies
the project and congress
sional committees as yet making no
move to ban it.
Near the end. Mr. Connaughton
predicted every citizens association
faced with a tower in their own ter
ritory would oppose it. Mr.. Guynn
shouted that because Of the hazard
to airplanes in flight the Bamberger
tower would not be up as long as
six months before it was struck by
one.
Mason Denies "Dereliction."
Mr.. Guynn then charged that
Government agencies had been der
elict" in their considerations of the
issues. and this brought District
Commissioner Guy Mason into the
row, saying, Il resent that. That
Is not So"
At one point, Mr.. Wender offered
to pay Mr.. Guynn $500 if he could
take the record of the administra-
tive hearings and show where the
engineers had testified there were
SO other available sites. The Bam-
berger engineer did say, Mr.. Wender
recounted, that he had looked at
from SO to $50 sites and had found
that a majority were "unsatisfac-
tory
Bills he Id over for later action by
the committee include those for the
of three additional
judges of Municipal Court, to per-
NIT the voluntary admission and
treatment of mental patients at St.
Hospital, which was op-
posed by the Commissioners, and to
permit the service of process on
agents or employees of nonresident
persons, firms or associations doing
business in the District.
Corporation Counsel West sub
mitted proposed substitute for the
latter bill, which had been spon-
sored by Senator Young, Republican
of North Dakota. The original draft
had been opposed by Senator Hoey,
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