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tional Training School for Girls
on Loughboro road.
Both these plans were elimi-
mated on rules that they would
be legislation riders on an appro-
priation bill.
The Senate debated the bill
for more than two hours. This
was in contrast to the general
practice in recent years when
usually action on the city supply
bill took no longer than about
10 minutes.
There was solid discussion OF
the Federal payment and some
other major issues. But the &C.
caSion also afforded something
of a field day as members got
into the debate. They brought
up the settled District day.
light saving time issue, the
problems of stormwater flood oi
Peace Cross-"the bay of Bla-
denSburg"-pollution of the Pc.
tomac River and the multiplicity
Of police forces.
The latter subject, as we'll as
Potomac pollution, was raised
by Senator Humphrey, Demo-
crat, of Minnesota.
Chairman Dirksen of the Sen
ate Appropriations committee in
charge of the bill, said he, too
hoped for a vigorous and early
remedy of the pollution of the
Potomac.
But he told Senator Humphrey
that one reason why there was
a separate United States Capitol
police force was that it was the
creation of Congress.
Senator Humphrey had COM
mented that its members were
appointed under the patronage
system but Mr.. Dirksen re-
minded him this force is "ours." +"
Civil Defense at Issue.
One of the main issues to be
settled by the House and Senate
confereeS is the future of the
District civil defense program,
The District estimates called for
an outlay of $315,000. The House
Slashed this to a little more than
a token $23,339.
After hearing pleas by Federal
and District civil defense officials
who warned of a catastrophe
that would fall on Washington
in case of an A-bomb attack,
the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee recommended $182,351.
This was approved yesterday
when the Senate passed it's ver-
sion of the bill. Because of a
mechanical error it had been
earlier the Senate
committee had recommended an
increase of $159,012.
The Senate bill otherwise lib
eralizes the House measure in
many respects. although the
Senate granted a little more
than half of the requests of the
District for restoration of House
cuts.
In doing so, the Senate granted
funds to increase the size of the
Police force by rs
men. and granted funds for the
of so instead of 200
special part-time civilian guards
for school children at more dam
gerous street intersections.
Bans Bridge Plans.
AS passed by the Senate. the
bill carries a prohibition against
the use of any District appro-
priated money for drafting of
plans for a new bridge over the
Potomac River which would be
inconsistent with the plans for
development d of the Theodore
Roosevelt Memorial Island.
The commissioners now are
proposing a measure to give
them legislative authority to
build the span on the line Of
E street. which would leave to
Congress the decision as to
whether the bridge should cross
over or any of its piers be built
upon the wild life island me-
mortal to the former President.
In Senate debate yesterday,
however, Senator Saltonstall,
Republican. of Massachusetts,,
who is chairman of the Senate
Services Committee,
asked if the proviso would give
complete protection to the me-
mortal island.
Senator Dirksen replied he
thought the language was ample
and complete. He added he
thought the language of the law
on the Federal acceptance of
the Roosevelt memorial island
was crystal clear. He said he be-
lieved that piers for the bridge
not be set on the island
and that it would be a violation
of the spirit of the memorial If
a bridge structure were to be
built over the island.
This view was shared by
Chairman Case of the Senate
District Committee who quoted
from an opinion by District Cor
poration Counsel Vernon E. West
TO say that a bridge over the
island could not be built with
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