Evening star., 1946-07-26
Teacher Annuity
Bill Approved
BySenateGroup
Three Other Local
Measures Indorsed
And One Rejected

today approved the bill for greatly
liberalized retirement annuities for
public school teachers, with the
proviso, however, that 1t would not
be formally reported to the Senate
until Senator McCsrran, Democrat,
Of Nevada had an opportunity to
satisfy himself on some questions
he said he had in mind.
The House passed measure, de-
signed to encourage earlier retire
ment of public school teachers, to
enable them to purchase much
higher annuities and to make re-
tlrement mandatory at 10 years of
age, was recommended to the COM
mittee by DR.. Hobart M. Corning,
superintendent of schools.
He said there had been no objec-
ton raised to the measure, not even
from the teachers union, so far as
he knew.
Senator McCarran, intimating
that he probably would indorse the
bill, said he wanted to get in touch
with some of the hired help first"
Four Local Bills Approved.
The District Committee had a
busy session, approving four local
bills, putting some over until the
next session of Congress in January,
and rejecting fatty one, which
would have rezoned a site at Six
teenth and Shepherd streets NV. to
forbid the proposed erection of an
apartment house.
Bills approved were:
The hospital center bill, passed
by the Senate shortly thereafter.
(See separate story on Page AID
The teachers retirement bill.
A measure to permit the use in
the District of So-called flash
method" for pasteurization of milk.
A bill to increase the number of
municipal judges from 10 to l3.
Passed over to the next session
OF Congress were these:
To permit the voluntary ad-
mittance of mental patients to st.
Elizabeth's Hospital.
To prevent the erection of radio or
television towers in residential Sec
tionS.
To set up new formula for
establishing the amount of Federal
payment toward costs of operating
the District.
Chairman Biibo, discussing the
fiscal relations bill, said he had
been in touch with its sponsors,
Senators Overton, Democrat. of
Louisiana, and OMahoney, Deme-
crat, of Wyoming.
Senator Overton had told him.
Senator Bilbo explained to the COM
mittee, that since there would be
little chance of such a bill getting
through Congress at this late date
1t might as well be passed over
Neither of the sponsors attended the
meeting
The bill to increase the number
Of municipal judges as approved by
the committee was a compromise
between two proposals by Senators
McCarran and Johnston, Democrat,
of South Carolina. The measure
provides that two of the judges
may be nonresidents of the District,
provided, however, they have been
practicing law in the District for
five years
Such practice would include law
work in Federal departments.
On the House side, Chairman
Healy of the District Committee had
virtually cleared his committee cal
endar of all bills expected to receive
action. Four measures were ap-
proved, with no more to be acted on
unless something of Importance
comes back from the Senate.
Buildings Bill Pending.
Chairman Lanham of the House
Public Buildings and Grounds Com
mittee, hoped to bring up for House
action today the big buildings bill,
which carries authorization for sew
eral local structures. They include
the Federal courthouse for Wash
ington, an additional site for the
General Accounting Office, and two
buildings at Slitland-one for film
storage, and another for Office rec
ords storage.
Among the bills which received
approval of the House District Com
mittee by poll of its members were
the following:
To permit dairies here to use the
flash method" of speedy pasteuri-
zation of milk in 80 seconds at high
temperatures, in addition to the al
ready authorized system of subject
ing milk to heat for 80 minutes.
To provide pay for employees of
child day-care centers during the
period they worked voluntarily, prior
to recently enacted legislation to
continue the centers.
To extend the time jury commits
sioners may serve in their capacity
of drawing jurors for courts here.
To close the Office of Recorder of
Deeds on Saturdays.