Evening star., 1946-07-21
Debate in House
0nD.C. SIumbi|I
Due Tomorrow
District Finance
Measure on Senute
Groups Calendar
By Harold B. Rooers

eral pending District measures
which may come up on the floor
of the House for action tomorrow,
District Day.
Meantime the Senate District
Committee will hold. Its first open
hearing since the return of Chair
man Bilbo from his Mississippi re-
election at 10 am. tomorrow to
consider 10 local bills. four of which
already have been approved by the
House.
Outstanding among the Senate
bills before the committee is the
fiscal relations measure sponsored
by Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat.
of Wyoming, chairman of the SUBJ
committee on District sppropria-
tions of the Senate Appropriations
Committee. The bill sets I'D
formula for permanent calculation
from year to year of the amount
of Federal payment towards Dis
trict Government expenses. The
formula is based on the percentage
of federally owned land to the area
Of the District of Columbia.
Bentley Confirming Due.
The Senate Judiciary COMMITTEES
plans to report favorably tomorrow
morning on the nomination of Fay
l.. Bentley, to succeed herself as
Judge of Juvenile Court. There was
no objection to her at a recent
hearing.
The nomination of George D.
Nelson to succeed himself as asso-
ciate judge of Municipal Court also
is before the committee. Sent up
yesterday by President Truman. the
question was raised last night as to
whether under the. rules his ap-
pointment could be confirmed before
Congress adjourns. Committee rules
provide notice of hearing must ap-
prea in the Congressional Record a
week before final action can be
taken on the nomination.
This matter and the fate of a
mass of District legislation pending
On Capitol Hill depend largely on
the hope of Congress to adjourn
next Saturday. Leaders have been
driving through virtual log jam
OF piled up bills hoping to quit and
go home. But tangled OPA legisla-
ton and other pending measures
make the adjournment date un-
certain.
Chairman Healy of the House Dis
trict Committee hopes to engineer
important measures through the
House tomorrow. The long-pending
sl,m clearance bill, which was
blocked last Monday by objection
from the floor, comes up among the
first for consideration. 1t carries
the so-called McGehee proyiso de-
fining public housing" as confined
to dwellings for people within the
lower one-flfth income strata in the
District.
Hospital Bill Pushed.
The hospital bill, for a S35, 900 900
lO-year program of building and re-
construction, including one large
hospital center, calls for Joint financ-
ing by the Federal Government, Dis.
trict government and non-profit in
Stltutlons. Friends of this measure
during the past few days have been
marshalling their strength to gain
support for it in the House.
Other measures to be called I'D
by Mr.. Healy include the Senate
approved teachers pay bill, the re-
Gently reported liberalized teachers
retirement bill, and one to give the
two military instructors in the public
school system the status of depart
ment heads.
An important public buildings
measure to authorize the new Fed
Ieral Court House, additional land
for the General Accounting Office,
and two buildings at Suitland, Md.
for film storage and the storage Of
general Office records, may come up
under rule granting Chairman
Ilanham Of the Public Buildings and
Grounds Committee one hour de-
bate. A companion bill to this is
pending on the Senate calendar.
Hope to Clear Calendar.
The Senate District Committee
hopes to clear its calendar tomor-
row. Four House-approved bills to
come up provide for: control of the
spread of communicable disease:
three deputies for the Register Of
Wills; naming the new bridge on
New Hampshire avenue over the
B. & o. railroad the Charles A,
Langley bridge: and permitting
members and stockholders of charit-
able. educational and religious as
sociations incorporated in the Dis
trict to vote by proxy or by mail.
Senate bills before the committee
in addition to the fiscal relations
measure include those: to provide
for service Of legal processes on
agents or employees of nonresident
persons. firms or associations con-
Quoting business in the District for
which a license is required; to pro-
vide for voluntary admission and
treatment of mental patients at st.
Enzabeth's hospital sponsored bv
the District Medical Society; to
PASNOAAp SICSO4Ol1 vi q lSlGVlSlOn
tower of the Bamberger Broadcast.
ing Co. at Fortieth and Brandywine
streets NV; to provide three
judges for the municipal court and
to establish fees for registration of
nurses.
Aid for Revenue Workers.
Sponsors hope to bring up for a
Senate vote this week the bill to
| exempt from dismissal under re-
duction-in-force" program investi-
gators in the Bureau of Internal
Revenue. working on taxes. Also
pending on the Senate calendar is
the House approved bill by Repre-
sentative Randolph, Democrat, of
West Virginia to establish health
facilities for Government workers.
Conferees on. the Green -Forand
bill are expected to meet early this
week to compose differences in the
measure to grant full annuity rights
to Government employees with Is or
more years of service who are dis
missed. The Senate version places
the age limit for such benefits at SIS
years; the House bill has no age
limit on benefits.