Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-07-29
How District
|Fared at Hand
Synopsis Given
Of Treatment in
y Clussificutions


Here's how the second session
of the 84th Congress treated tn
District:
LAW ENFORCEMENT
Authorized 2,500-man police
force and provided funds to fl
nance increase.
Provided machinery to hos
pitalize or jail narcotic addict'
and put controls for first time
on sleeping and thrill" pills.
NEW CONSTRUCTION
Appropriated funds to built
Jones Point bridge over Potomac
at Alexandria, transferred re-
sponsibility for construction from
Interior to Commerce, anC
changed name to Woodrow Will
son Memorial Bridge.
Appropriated $45 million fol
extension of State Department Il
make it the biggest Federal Office
building in Washington.
Appropriated funds for Cen
trail Intelligence Agency head
quarters, Langley, Va.
Appropriated funds for Atomic
Energy Commission headquar'
tiers, Germantown, Md. a new
plant for Bureau of Standard
near Gaithersburg, Md, and new
Smithsonian Museum of Histor!
and Technology on Constitution
avenue between Twelfth anC
Fourteenth streets NV.
Approved lease-purchase con-
struction for Geological Survey
headquarters; new home for Civil
Service Commission, Nineteenth
and C streets NV; one for FooC
and Drug Administration. Sec
ond and D streets S.W.: quarters
for Veterans Administration anc
United States Court Of Claims
Seventeenth and Pennsylvania
avenue NV, and other building:
on independence avenue between
Sixth and Ninth streets S.W., or
Tenth street as part Of South
west Redevelopment Program
and on independence avenue di.
rectly west of the Department o.
Health, Education and Welfare
Appointed commissions to plar
and select sites for National Me-
mortal Stadium and National
Civic Auditorium Building.
Provided funds to continue
construction on Capitol Hill ex'
panSion.
FISCAL AFFAIRS
Increased taxes paid by Dis
trict residents by about $40 mil
lion.
Authorized increase to So;
million in Federal share of Dis
trict costs, but appropriated only
$40 million.
Authorized Federal reimbures-
ment to District for part of the
cost of highway-railway grade
separation on East Capitol street
Exempted from real estate
taxes property of Columbis
Historical Society, General Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs
American Institute of Archi-
techs Octagon House and prop
erty transferred to United States
or District for public or munich
pal purposes.
CITY LIFE
Authorized new franchise fol
city's public transportation sys-
tenn to D. c. Transit System
Inc, to keep streetcars and buses
rolling after August IA.
: Extended daylight saving time
from last Sunday in September
to last Sunday in October and
authorized Commissioners to
extend time in future years.
Relieved buyers of defective
automobiles which have to be
replaced from paying the full
excise tax on the two cars.
Approved legislation to bring
pawnbrokerS back into Washing
ton by raising allowed interest
rate on pawned items from / to
2 per cent a month.
Authorized Commissioners to
revise license law for second
hand dealers to relieve merchants
handling principally new goods
from being licensed as second
hand dealers.
COURTS
Established Domestic Relations
Branch of Municipal Court and
approved three judges for the
new family court.
Increased to $4,000 the amount
Of money involved in Municipal
Court actions to relieve District
Court load.
Increased term Of District Tax
Court Judge from four to 10
years and provided retirement
benefits.
FOR d. C. employees
Provided that work and pay
periods of police shall coincide
Permitted police and firemen
to live within 20 miles Of the
District.
Permitted issuance Of more
than one silver medal annually
to Police and Fire Departments
for meritorious service.
Authorized compensation fol-
policemen and firemen for duty
performed on days of when such
days of are suspended during
emergency.
Increased annuities for retired
school teachers.
EXTENDED Unemployment COM
pensation coverage to District
employees working in .Aaryland
and Virginia.
MISCELLANEOUS
Approved rebuilding Of two old
service stations built before zon-
ing laws were passed. Com
missioners are expected to rec
ommend veto.)
Authorized Commissioners to
fix rates Of compensation OF
members of examining and IL
censing boards and commissions,
Hyde Again to Ask