Evening star., 1950-03-19
Daylight Time
Bills for D. T..
Up for Action
Registration Plans
For Architects and
Engineers Pressed

By Harold B. Rogers

By Harold B. Rogers
Summer daylight saving time
and other District issues will be
considered in Congress this week
When the Senate reaches call
of the calendar, it will take UP
a bill authorizing the District
Commissioners to order daylight
saving time here each summer
The measure was approved last
week oy the Senate District Com
mittee.
A different bill to extend such
power to the city heads this COM
ing summer only may come to a
vote when the House District
Committee holds a special session
sometime this week.
Chairman Mcmillan of the
House District Committee an
nounced last night he hopes to
have his group act this week on
all bills coming out of subcom-
mittees. in order to have District
Legislation ready for action next
District Day, March 27.
Two Bills to Be Pushed.
The jucidiary subcommittee
hopes to conclude hearings and
probably act on two ong-pending
bills at a meeting tomorrow morn
ing. Up for consideration at sew
eral previous sessions. the meas
ures would amend the present law
for registration of architects. and
set up new law for registration
of professional engineers.
These bills in dispute have been
worked over carefully by the sub
committee, headed by Representa-
tive Harris, Democrat, of Arkan-
sas. A compromise has been
reached. committee aides reported
last night, and the subcommittee
hopes to send both measures to
the full committee for action.
Another big public works pro-
ject of vital concern to Wash
ington-the Baltimore Washing
ton Parkway-is on the House
calendar, and may come up for
action sometime soon.
Approved by Committee.
Approved by the House Public
Works Committee recently, the
bill would authorize $13 million
to bring the dual highway from a
point near Fort Meade into the
District, through Anacostia Park,
over the river, and to the park
boundary. From there the Dis
trict' would construct an extension
of New York avenue to, bring
traffic into the city street system.
In its report to the House the
Public Works Committee said the
project had been initiated by the
Federal Government to serve SO
square miles of Government
owned land in Maryland. -.
The State of Maryland was
requested by the Federal Govern
ment to construct a similar high
way joining with this at Fort
Meade" the report continued.
This she agreed to do and the
Maryland section of the highway
will be completed in the fall of
1852.
The State of Maryland did this
in good faith. It is entirely un-
likely that the State would ever
have conceived a road of any
kind running through largely Fed
eral areas where they could not
pick up taxable property or where
they would serve a limited num-
ber of their constituents between
Jessups road and the District
line"
Neely Plans More Bills.
Chairman Nicely of the Senate
District Committee is planning
to introduce about half a dozen
more bills proposed by the Gen.
trail Labor Union (AFL) to amend
city legislation affecting labor.
The first measure of this kind,
introduced Friday, to increase un-
employment compensation pay
ments, and revise the District
law on this subject, will be fol-
lowed by others as soon as the
bills can be whipped into proper
shape.
Among the subjects to be dealt
with in future bills are new
Labor Department in the District
Government, coordination of ad-
ministration of labor legislation,
wages paid in cash on regular pay
days, control of private employ
ment agencies. and modernization
of child labor law.
The proposal for big passenger
liner airport in the Washington
vicinity may be acted on by the
Senate soon. Sponsored by Sena-
tor johnson, Democrat, of Colo
rado, the measure has been ap-
proved by the Senate Commerce
Committee. There is possibility
Senate aides said, that the calen-
dar may be called this week, but
this is not certain. The airport
bill is on the calendar.