Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1956-01-01


Capital, through amendments to
both Federal laws and the, Dis
Itrict's narcotics code.
These will be an. outgrowth Of
recommendations by the Coun-
Icil on Law Enforcement. The
councils lengthy report was
understood to be In the stage
of some revision for Qualification
of details.
Amendments to Federal law
are to be submitted to the JUS
tice Department by United States
Attorney Leo A. Rover, a menu
her of the law-enforcement
council.
Legislation for changes In Dis
trict law. will be prepared for
the Commissioners by Corpora
ton Counsel Vernon E. West.
He said, however. the report for
this purpose has not yet reached
his Office.
Family Litigation Change
Congress will take up again
Legislation to remove family hti-
CATION from the U. S. District
Court for the District Of Column
hja and assign IL to another
tribunal.
A Senate-passed bill for this
purpose is pending in the House
on the desk of the House Speak !
Ter. Another bill on the subject
was approved last session by the
House District Committee, and
has been sent to the House cal
endar, where it now is pending,
,eady for House action, as soon
As possible.
The committee leadership
blans to ask for passage of the
House bill, and send 1t back to
the Senate, for a conference to
iron out differences between the
two versions.
Attorney General Brownell
has written House Speaker Ray
burn he fayors the House version
of the bill. It would set UP a sep
|arate branch Of Municipal Court
and provide for three new judges
Iof that court with exclusive jul
|risdiction over domestic relations
cases.
Fight Against Tempos
One of the early actions af-
Ifecting Washington in the new
Congress will be the General
Services Administrators sub
Imission-within the next few
Iweeks-of an ambitious 10-year
master plan" for completing
long delayed Federal Office build
Iings and removing all the Cap
|ital's unsightly tempos.
The GSA report will not be
in the form of legislation, Its
purpose is to state in one pack
age all future Federal construc-
ton requirements, which can be
carried out in a series of spe-
cific bills. It was ordered by a
House Public Works subcoramit-
tee which expressed irritation
at GSA's ''piece-meal approach"
to Federal construction here.
1t will tell what buildings are
needed, where they should be
located. in what order they prob
ably will be built, and how their
construction will permit demol-
ishing the tempos.
Civic Auditorium Plans
Another early submission will
be the report by February of
a special Federal commission set
up to plan civic auditorium and
cultural center for downtown
Washington. The 2l-member
commission will report on the
facilities in such a center, pos
sible locations, its cost and ways
of financing it through private
means.
Early in the session, the. Dis
trict Commissioners also will ask
Congress to clear the final hurdle
in the way of the long-proposed
Constitution avenue bridge over
the Potomac near Lincoln Me.
mortal.
The request will be for simple
change in the act authorizing
the bridge, to permit it to cross
the lower end of Roosevelt Me-
mortal Island.
This change cleared the Sem
ate last year but was not acted
on by the House. 1t has the full
backing of city and Federal park,
planning and Fine Arts Com
mission officials as a means of
keeping the bridge as far as
possible away from the monu-
mental Lincoln Memorial area.
The Senate-passed bill for this
purpose IS pending before
House District subcommittee.