Evening star., 1955-07-24
District Bills
Await Action
During Week
House Expected
To okoy Puy Roise
Measures Tomorrow
By DON S. WARREN

6IlQ pEUUtCt1lS dWdltc oCtlOu Va
debate on Capitol Hill this week
les Congress nears adjournment
Pay raises for police. f1remen
and teachers are expected to be
given an okay by the House to-
morrow during a District Day
session involving a dozen meas
Iures.
The pay bills already have
been passed by the Senate and
whether they will be sent to the
White House for signature or tc
conference with the Senate de-
Ipends on just what wording the
House adopts.
The police-f1re pay raise bill
for an increase Of rs per cent
retroactive to last March l, is
identical with the one passed by
the Senate. In the case Of the
teacher pay bill, the House Dis
trict Committee added a $10C
extra layer Of pay for teachers
and put a SIG, 6,000-a-year restric.
ton on the pay of the superin-
|tendent Of schools should ne moi
have an earned doctors degree
which is not held by DR.. Hobart
M. Corning, school superintend-
Ient.
Passage and Problem Seen
Despite the crush of bushes.
that always develops in the ad-
journment race against time
the pay raise bills are expected
to clear the legislative hurdle:
before adjournment.
This, however. sets up in.
creased urgency as to the Dis.
trict finance problems, already
scheduled for early attention
next year, since the District
does not have In prospect
enough money to pay for then
on a full-year basis.
Already, Chairman Bible oi
the Finance subcommittee Of th'
Senate District Committee il
planning to tackle the revenue
problem shortly after Congress
meets again next January.
I'VE will have to get movinf
at an early date" he declared.
Tax Bills Long Planned
District officials for month,
had been working on a new
District tax measure, probably t,
be accompanied by an increas,
in the Federal payment to NEE
added costs. This problem ha
been increased, not only becaus
Iof the pay raise legislation, bu
because Congress in enacting tn,
District supply bill for tn,
present fiscal year cut So millioi
from the authorized $40 millior
lof Federal payment that was J.,
part OF the 10-year public work
revenue plan.
Pending pay raise measure,
set UP an extra cost of well uve
IS million-this to be on top O
Ipay raises, already signed int,
law, for classified employees O
the District, retroactive to las
March /.
Much Work Pending
There is no letup in busines.
that must be done in these lat,
session days. The House District
Committee will open hearing
tomorrow on legislation to solv,
the transit strike. and the Nc
Namara subcommittee of tn,
Senate District Committee is tt
meet tomorrow also on differen
bills directed at the same prob,
lem.
Something extra was adde,
yesterday when William N. Nc
Leod. clerk of the House Distric
COMMITTEE, announced his Judi
ciary subcommittee had sched
Iuled a hearing for 10 am
Wednesday on a bill to substi
tute state" liquor stores for tn
licensing of retailers and whole
salers. This change is spon
sored by Representative Andrews
Democrat Of Alabama. He an,
other advocates of the chang
will testify Wednesday. If the
make out a good argument tina
the change would give the Dis
trict more revenue than unde
the present licensed private stor
business, District officials sal
other hearings will be schedule,
next January to hear opponents
Also coming up in the Hous
is a bill, already passed by tn
Senate, to give police and fire
men straight time extra pay 70
service on their days off becaus
of an emergency-Such as tn
transit strike.
Other Bills On Tap
Other bills up for action b.
the House tomorrow include:
Creation Of a domestic rela'
|tions branch in the Municipa