Evening star., 1948-03-21
Congress Action
.Set on Stopgap
District Rent Bill
House Will Take Up
Measure Tomorrow;
Enactment Expected
By Horold B. Rogers

By Horold B. Rogers
Bills to extend District rent con-
troll for one month are scheduled
for action by Congress this week ~
legislators also consider District
and National legislation to continue
rent control for q full year.
The House will act tomorrow on
the measure to extend present Dis
trict controls from March 81 to April
80. An identical bill Is pending On
the Senate calendar.
District leaders in both bodies
are confident the stop-gap extension |,
will become law. In the meantimeI
they are making q careful study OF !
one-year control legisla-
ton for the District, in the light Of
what Congress may do about rent
control. .--r
Conferees Meet Tomorrow.
House and Senate conferees are
slated to meet at 10 am. tomorrow
to iron out differences between ma
tional control bills passed by both
chambers. When a compromise Is
agreed to this Is expected to make
way for decisions on District leg
islation for another year.
The Senate District COMMITTEES
probably will be called into session
Wednesday or Thursday by Chair
man Buck to work on a year-long
rent measure for Washington. On
the House side, Representative
OHara, Republican of Minnesota,
plans to take UP the same problem
during the week IN his House Dis
trict judiciary subcommittee. These
two leaders plan to confer and
agree If possible ON identical bills
for presentation in both Houses,
when ready.
Rent control Is one of several Dis
trict legislative problems to receive
attention on Capitol Hill early this
week.
To Take up Armory Bill.
The House, on District Day to-
morrow, will take up seven differ
ent bills, including stop-gap rent
control, for action.
These measures, to be piloted bys
Chairman Dirksen OF the House,
District Committee, would:
Establish a three-man board for
control of the District Armory.
Permit any pupil Is years of age
or older enrolled in q high school or
Junior high school driver training
course. to operate dual-control
motor vehicle without any license.
If accompanied by a licensed driv-
ing instructor
Expand use by the Board Of Pub
lie Welfare Of the National Train
I ing sSehool for Girls on Loughbero
road NV. The bill would direct the
Juvenile Court to commit children"
to the board instead of to the train
ing school. ~ Fl" - ~''
Action Set ON ABC Bill.
Place salaries of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board under the
Classification Act, which would in.
crease them. ..-
Authorize the District Commission
on Licensure to license without ex-
animation doctors who have salts
fed the minimum requirements Of
preprofessional and professional
education in medicine, who have
passed an examination as compre-
hensive and exhaustive at that re-
quired in the District, and who have
been issued a certificate or diploma
by national examining board.
Authorize the Imperial Palace,
Dramatic Order OF Knights Of
Khorassan to increase the amount
of its property from 100000 to
IS, ,000, 600 This order. an organ
ization of the Knights of Pythias,
is described as comparing with the
Mystic Shrine In its relation to the
Masonic Order.
Plan Highway Site Tour.
The dispute over a bill to con-
struct a highway over the route Of
Arizona avenue, through Glover
Archbold parkway NV, will bs
looked into by a House District sub
committee. Representative Beau,
Republican, of Maryland, will take
his subcommittee for a personal
inspection of the site on a tour
beginning at 8 am. Tuesday.
/ The Beall committee had recon-
mended that the District Comnlis-
sioners construct the dual-lar1e
trafic artery and control 1t. But
protests from the National Capital
Parks, and from the National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commission
| led the House District COMMITTEES
to look further into the project
The long pending proposed stat
ute for stronger control over sex
offenders will come before the Miller
subcommittee of the House District
Committee at 10 am. Wednesday.
Representative Miller. Republican,
Of Nebraska, has expressed conf
dencs the measure will be ap-
proved after Anal check on its pro-
visions. The subcommittee also
will consider at the same session
proposed extension of the city's
program for the day care Of children
of working mothers. No bill on
this has been introduced 80 far.
Daylight Time Fight Slated.
The McGrath bill for permanent
daylight saving each summer In the
District has been promised Con-
sideration on the Senate floor rs
soon as the pending Federal tax
cut bill Is disposed Of. A vote on
the tax measure is scheduled for
S pm. tomorrow, but 1t still Is
indefinite when debate on the day
light saving measure sponsored BY
Senator McGrath, Democrat, OF
Rhode Island, will open. Senator
Overton, Democrat, of Louisiana.
says he Is ready to fight the pro-
posal.
The nomination of Edward A.
Tamm, FBI official, to be Dist let
Court judge will be considered at
the sixth public hearing of q sen
ate Judiciary subcommittee at Z
pm Tuesday.
Red Cross in Arlington
Gives Dye First-Aid Post