Evening star., 1950-12-10
D.C.Measures
For Congress
High on Agenda
Civil Defense, Day
Core, Rent Control
On List for Week

Communism in the District,
civil defense. rent control, and
child day care centers are on the
congressional agenda this week.
The House Committee on I'm
American Activities will resume
public hearings on Communism
here at 10 am. tomorrow.
Henry j. Thomas, president Of
Local "a Building Laborers Union.
will return to the stand to resume
testimony he began last Wednes-
day. Fifteen other witnesses have
been subpoenaed.
National civil defense legisla-
tion will come before a Senate
Armed Services Subcommittee
again at public hearings tomor-
row morning.
Lausche to Appear.
Spokesman for the Conference
Of State Governors, including
Cows. Lausche of Ohio and Knous
of Colorado, are scheduled to
testify.
The House Armed Services sub
committee dealing with the same
subject concluded open hearings
Friday. The House bill is to be re-
written and taken up for con-
sideration in it's new form at a
committee meeting Wednesday.
The question of funds to opers
ate civil defense functions in the
District probably will be taken up
this week by a House Appropriate
tions subcommittee.
Assigned to Bates.
Committee Chairman Cannon,
who assigned local civil defense
to a subcommittee headed by
Representative Bates, Democrat.
of Kentucky, said he felt Congress
should do as we'll for the District
as for the rest of the country.
Representative Bates is expected
to return to Washington tomor-
row. The request for new District
funds. totalling S337,500 came
from President Truman last week,
in a supplemental estimate. This
is in addition to the 100000 al
ready appropriated for the pur-
pose this year.
Chairman Mcmillan of the
House District Committee said he
would support the new funds.
The fate of District rent con-
trolls may be decided this week.
A bill to extend the present law
for one month to February % is
pending before the Senate and
probably will come up for action
there early this week.
Decision Due Tomorrow.
On the House side. Representa-
tive Mcmillan. Democrat, of South
Carolina, said he would try to
come to some conclusion tomorrow
as to what the House District
Committee should do on proposed
rent control extension for the
District. He had not decided
whether to introduce a House bill
for the purpose or wait until the
Senate acts on its measure and
sends it to the House.
With the District law running
to January 81, there was some
thought that the House commit
tee might want to let the matter
rest until the new Congress
meets next year.
The Senate District Committee
recently recommended extension
OF District rent controls from
January 81 to February %, since
the latter date conformed with
the 60-day extension the Senate
first voted for Federal control.
The House, however, won out in
its contention that the national
controls should be extended for
three months, to March 81.
March End Urged.
Some Capitol officials said yes
terday it would be logical, there
fore. for the District bill to be
changed in the Senate to extend
local controls to March 81 in
stead of the end of February.
1t also was brought out that
there might be hazard in letting
District rent-control extension
wait for action by the new Con-
gresS because all of the present
House committees will expire jan
uary 2 and cannot function until
the new House has reorganized.
Congress earlier this year voted
three-year extension of the child
day-care center program, but
when it came to appropriations
House opponents succeeded in
writing into the money bill orders
to terminate the centers by the
end OF this year. The six CEN
tiers operated by a staff of 40 are
destined to close December % due
to exhaustion of available funds.
Since Washington and the Ma
ton now face a crucial new de.
Tense effort a move was started
on Capitol Hill yesterday to res
cue the centers and continue them
to the end of the fiscal year
June 80.
The movement had not ouita
Jelled. up to last night, but Rep.
resentative Yates, Democrat, Of
Illinois. a member of the House
District Appropriations Subcom-
m1ttee. said he would take up
the problem with Appropriations
Chairman Cannon.
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