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Leaders Press
For Action on
District Bills
Conferees Meet
Separately Tomorrow
On Two Measures

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On Two Measures
Faced with Congressional ad-
tournment next Saturday, District
leaders at the Capitol plan to speed
action this week on important legis-
lation for the city.
Conferees on two major bills
District appropriations, and extern
sion of rent control-will meet
separately at 2 pm. tomorrow to
iron out differences between House
and Senate versions of the legisla-
ton,
The Senate District Committee
will hold it's final meeting of this
session of Congress at 2 pm.
Wednesday to act on all measures
before it,
Dirksen Promises Polls.
On the House side, Chairman
Dirksen promised to make formal
polls Of his District Committee if
pressing bills are ready for action.
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meeting Of the committee.
The House District subcommittee
on home rule and reorganization of
the city government met again yes
terday and will continue hearings
daily through the week, but plans
to submit no bill this session. It is
preparing to draft a new city
charter for submission to the Sec
ond session of the 80th Congress,
probably in January.
The District appropriation bill for
this year goes before the House and
Senate conferees with total figure
of s94,947, 504, reduction by $685.
806 from the measure approved by
the House Many individual items
were changed by the Senate, which
struck out some proposed building
sites for schools, but left in the bill
20 school construction projects to
help eliminate part-time instruction.
Addition Issue Cited.
One of the most controversial is
sues before the conferees involves
the extent OF authority of the Dis
trict auditor as compared with the
city's budget officer.
Chairman Koran of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee which
wrote the city's supply bill, and one
of the conferees said last night he
intended to insist strongly on giving
the auditor more authority than is
now embodied in the bill.
Senator Dworshak, Republican, Of
Idaho, chairman of the Senate
Appropriations District Subcommit-
tee and head of the Senate con-
ferees, said he hopes an agreement
on the bill may be reached tomor-
row. He did not discuss merits of
any of the items in dispute.
The bill to extend to next March
81 the present District rent control
law, which otherwise expires Deem
Der 81 this year, is before the con-
ferees to iron out differences over
the Overton amendment, inserted
in the Senate. This amendment is
designed to protect subtenant
from eviction when the original
tenants lease expires.
Two Bills Ready for Vote.
Two important measures are ready
for a vote on the Senate floor, if
they can be brought up during this
last week. The conference report
on the so-cailed gun-toting bill is in
the hands of Senator KEN, Republic
can, of Missouri, chairman of the
Senate District Judiciary Subcohi-
mittee. In it's revised form the
measure is opposed by Senator
Cooper, Republican, of Kentucky.
He said last night he would vote
against the conference report.
The measure would permit arrest
without a warrant of person
suspected of carrying concealed
weapon. The offense would be a
misdemeanor. If, however, the ar
rested suspect was found not to
carry a gun, he could not be held for
other evidence found on him involv-
ing a different violation of law.
Police Probes Approved.
The other bill ready for Senate
action is resolution for investiga-
ton of police administrations of
both local and Federal jurisdiction
here. 1t has been approved by
both the Senate District Commit
tee and the Senate Rules and Ad-
ministration Committee.
The long pending bill for estab-
lishment of a clinic for treatment
of alcoholics here may be reported
to the Senate District Committee
in time for consideration at its
Tuesday session.
Senator Cooper, chairman of the
subcommittee which conducted ex-
tnsive hearings on the measure,
said last night he would revise the
bill in some particulars before
sending it to the full committee.
He declined to divulge the nature
of the amendments to be made in
the House-passed measure.
Originally the bill, introduced by
Representative Hebert, Democrat,
of Louisiana provided for a clinic
supported by a tax on the gross
sales of retail liquor dealers here.
This was changed to charge the
cost of the clinic against the general
revenues of the District.
Bills to Be Considered.
Several measures will be before
the Senate District Committee.
Some minor measures may be ap-
proved. But there was some ques-
ton last night whether the COM
mittee would report out the House.
passed measures to transfer powers
from the Board of Public Welfare
to the District commissioners, to
make changes in the ONCE of Re-
corder of Deeds, to prevent erection
of radio and television towers and
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