Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1954-09-05
Revised Bill
For Transit
Control Seen
Case and BroyhiII
Predict Changes;
Johnson Hits Veto

District committee leaders Of
the House and Senate yesterday
gave assurances that, in January.
they will revive legislation to pro-
vide regional control over mass
transportation in the Washing
ton area.
A compromise bill to this effect.
passed by the last Congress. was
vetoed by President Eisenhower.
The President found fault with
plans for a regional control COM
mission and for a regional study
commission.
The veto was not unexpected.
Top officials of both House and
Senate District committees had
asked that it be vetoed.
Case Supports Payne.
Chairman Case of the Senate
District Committee, who opposed
the original bill as it went to the
White House, said he was pleased
that the President had vetoed
the bill. Senator Case said he
was supporting Senator Payne OF
the Senate Transit Control SUBJ
committee, who opposed the bill.
because Virginia would have been
excluded from the regional con-
troll commission.
Senator Case, said he would
ask for recommendations from
all affected agencies as to the
proper solution.
He made the point, also. that
there would be no loss of time
since the proposed control COM
mission would not have gone into
effect until June 80 next year.
Action Promised.
Representative Broyhill, Re-
publican, of Virginia, author Of
that part of the omnibus bill
which would set up a study COM
mission. said he was not sur
prised at the veto by the Presi-
dent. He said he will INTRODUCES
a bill to provide for a regional
study commission.
Mr.. Broyhill said this would
be a perfected bill to meet obiec-
tons voiced by the President in
his veto of the omnibus bill.
He said he had not favored
the regional control angle Of
this Joint measure and that he
was convinced that there should
be a study before Congress
adopted any measure for re-
gional control.
johnson Blasts Veto
The veto by the President Of
the joint study control bill
brought a blast from Senator
Johnson. Democrat, of Colorado.
The ranking minority member
Of the Senate Interstate and
Foreign Commerce Committee.
and its former chairman. took
a look at President Eisenhower's
comments on the regional con-
troll commission and said:
This is a fine thing: We tried
to get Virginia interested in the
control system and Virginia Of
f1cials refused to go along.
THE President suggested
something along the lines Of a
compact between the States. We
tried that as first move. but
the Virginia legislators refused
Ito have any part Of 1t. So where
are we?
"A compact with Virginia
would have been better than
the deal Congress finally enacted
Qeaving Virginia out Of the re-
gional control SYSTEM. But we
couldn't get Virginia spokesman
to agree.
Ruin" FOreseen.
THE result" Senator Johnson
SAID, lis going to be to let three
separate governmental entities
ruin Washington"
This apparently Is the swan
song Of the Colorado Senator
on the Washington urban transit
control issue. He is about to con-
clude his work here and run for
election as Colorado's next gov
ernor.
His insistence on a regional
control system probably is the
major reason why the Senate
has insisted on a transit regional
control plan.
The Colorado Senator sug-
gested that one possible answer
would be for a move to give this
Interstate Commerce Commits
sion more staff and more funds
so chat 1t could more adequately
deal with the local interstate
problem. One of the convictions
of Senator johnson has been
| That the ICC did not want to get
involved with the local problem
and that it could not unless the
ICC were given a much larger
fund for handling its interstate