Evening star., 1952-05-25

OF the major bills and a few
miscellaneous minor bills:
! Appropriations
District supply bill awaitin,
! Senate action.
| Third supplemental appropria
ton bill in conference.
Suffrage
National representation: Senat,
measure for District representa-
tives and electors and Senat,
measure for District electors only
both before Senate Judiciar!
Committee. House measure fol
District representatives, in Hous'
Judiciary Committee. No hearing,
scheduled.
Home Rule: Passed by Senate
and tabled by House District sub.
committee.
House Delegate: House bill fol
non-voting District delegate ir
House, tabled by House Districr
Committee.
Reorganization
Presidential reorganization plar
for District; Senate Committee or
Government Operations held hear.
|ings, plans executive meeting.
Crime
House bill to improve crime pre-
vention, detection and punish
ment; held UP in Senate District
Committee.
Tuxution
Bill to increase District gasoline
tax; House District Committee
reject cent increase: House acts
tomorrow.
Amendments to District tax
laws reducing penalty interest for
delinquent tax payments in sew
eral categories; reported by House
District Committee; House acts
tomorrow.
Exemption Of household effects
from District personal property
tax; bill considered dead.
Rent Control
House and Senate bills to ex-
tend District rent control for year
from July /: House District sub
committee has approved.
Public Works
Washington Baltimore Parkway;
Interior Department appropria-
ton bill carries $6,750.000 for
parkway construction; pending in
Senate.
Nevius Tract, Arlington County;
House bill to transfer land from
General Services Administration
to Interior Department for George
Memorial Parkway;
awaiting Rules Committee action.
Recorder of Deeds
Bill giving Commissioners in
stead of President power to ap-
point Recorder and putting staff
under Civil Service; reported
unanimously by House District
Committee.
Primaries
Senate bill for primaries for
election of District delegates to
political conventions; on
Senate calendar.
Hospitals
Five-year extension Of authors
zation of funds for Washington
Hospital Center; pending in
Senate.
House bill to transfer Columbia
Hospital control from Federal
Government to hospital itself;
by House District COM
mittee.
Metropolitan Area
House bill for commission to
determine need for co-ordinated
regional planning and action;
pending in House District subcom-
mittee.
House bills to reorganize Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission; pending before House
District subcommittee.
House bill for ICC investigation
of public transit facilities; pend
ing before House Interstate Com
merce Committee.
Senate bills on Capital area
transit facilities; hearings held
by Senate Commerce Committee;
new bill being drafted for Metro
politan control.
Capital Transit Co.: House Dis
trict Committee orders study and
report; James M. Lands now en-
gagged in this.
Police
Senate bill removing 133-mem-
ber limitation on White House
police: before House District
Committee. -
Senate bill allowing Comfhis-
sioners to appoint special police;
in House District Committee.
Courts
Senate bill changing rules on
detention and censorship of Juve-
nile Court; approved with minor
amendment by House District
committee.
Senate bill for additional Juve-
nile Court judge; in Senate Dis
trict subcommittee.
Senate bill for suspension Of
sentence in certain cases in
Municipal, and Juvenile Courts:
in Senate District subcommittee.