Evening star., 1951-04-22
Daylight Time
Due for Final
Vote This Week
Action Will Put DC.
In Line With Other
Cities Next Sunday
By Harold B. ROGERS

BY Harold b. Rogers
Washington daylight saving
time legislation is expected to be
approved finally by Congress this
week, so the city can change over
with the rest of the East next
Sunday morning.
The House-passed bill giving
the District Commissioner au-i
thority to establish daylight saw
ing time this summer only was
approved by the Senate District
Committee and sent to the Senate
calendar April IL. But action onI
the floor has been delayed byI
complications in the Senate pro-
gram.
Majority Leader Mcfarland
has promised to make way forl
the bill to be called up Tuesday
for debate and a vote. 1t is ex-
pected to pass, and go to the
President for approval.
Nearby Areas to Follow.
Nearby Maryland and Virginia
plan to go on daylight time atl
the same moment as the District
q am. next Sunday.
The House District Committed
plans to resume consideration of
the omnibus crime bill at 10 am.
Tuesday. Still under dispute is
the issue of what to do about
after-hours bottle clubs in theE
District. Debate in the OPEN
meetings of the committee has
veered towards demands for pad
locking or barring the night spots
instead of pending proviso in the
crime bill to place them under
license and control by the Alco-
holic Beverage Control Board.
Among witnesses expected to
appear before the committee
Tuesday are: Herman Bonze,
president, and Elmer Richter.
executive secretary of the WASH
ington Restaurant Beverage AS
sociation, in opposition to ABCl
control. Mr. Richter also will OBJ
Ject to the bills provision on be-
half of the Southwest Citizens
Association. Other witnesses in
clude: Jerome B. Mckee for the
Federation of BuSinessmen's As
sociation, and Mrs. Franklin Sart-
well for citizens association. |
House Rule Session Set,
The Senate District Committee
is scheduled to meet again at 10t
am. to consider home rule legis-
lation for Washington. A meet
ing last week for this purpose was
cancelled by Chairman Neely be-
cause a quorum was late in at
tendance.
The controversy over public
school textbooks will be considered
again by a House District sub
committee at 10 am. Wednesday
and Thursday. Several witnesses
have been invited to appear, but
their names were not disclosed by
the subcommittee, headed by Act
ing Chairman Morrison, Democrat.
Of Louisiana. |
Representative Miller, Repub-
hcan, Of Nebraska, who started
the inquiry, plans to question the
witnesses in executive session.
Vandenberg Successor Awaited.
Meantime, speculation was cur
rent on Capitol Hill yesterday
about the vacancy on the Senate
District Committee caused by the
death of Senator Vandenberg, Re-
publican, of Michigan. He is to
be succeeded in the Senate by a.
Democrat.
Some delay in filling the Dis
trict Committee post with another
Republican is expected. It appears
likely that the Democrats may re-
apportion one of the big Senate |
committees, probably Appropria-
tlons. to increase the Democratic
majority. This could cause a kind
OF chain-reaction in reassignment
OF Republican Senators to COM
mittees.
There were unconf1rmed reports
last night that in the shakeupI
caused by an increase in theI
Democratic membership in the
Senate to SO, with only as Re-
publicans. Senator Mccarthy, Re-
publican of Wisconsin, might lose
his place on the Appropriations
Committee and be succeeded there i
by Senator Robertson, Democrat. /
OF Virginia. who has seniority for
that post on the Democratic side
Senator Dirksen, Republican. of
Illinois, was being mentioned yes
terday as possible successor to
Senator Vandenberg on the Dis
trict Committee, because he is next
on the list of Republicans newly
elected to the Senate, who have
not already been placed on the
District group.
Senator Dirksen was chairman
of the House District Committee
for years, and well versed inl
problems of this city. But whether
he will get the District Committee
appeared uncertain. He already
has been assigned to the Banking
and Currency Committee and the
Post Office and Civil Service Com
mittee.