Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-09-01

General Hospital: effects Of the
Revenue Act of 1866. and prog
ress Of the public works pro-
gram.
3. A 100000 survey by 1t.
Gen. E. r. Quesada, the Presi-
dents aeronautics advisor. to
find a suitable site for an alter
nate field for Washington Ma
tional Airport.
II Members Appointed
Members of the study group
authorized under the Hyde res
olution were appointed in the
closing hours of the session.
Senate members, appointed
by District Committee Chair
man Nicely. are Senator's Morse,
Democrat of Oregon; Bible.
Democrat Of Nevada, and Beall,
Republican of Maryland.
House Speaker Rayburn
designated Representative
Smith, Democrat of Virginia;
Mcmillan, Democrat Of South
Carolina. who is chairman Of
the District Committee, and
Mr.. Hyde.
This group could go into
such matters as the water
supply for the Metropolitan
Area and the problem of taxi
rates which are diverse in many
sections OF the Metropolitan
Area. Representative league,
Democrat of Texas. is prepar-
ing taxicab legislation after
extensive public hearings at
the last session.
The three way investigation
into health. revenue and public
works was proposed by Chair
man Mcmillan of the House
District Committee. This group
has the power to issue Supoenas
il necessary and sit while
Congress is not in session.
Davis Heads Unit
Serving on this committee
will be all members of the
District subcommittee headed
by Representative Davis. Dem
ocrat of Georgia; plus Mr..
Mcmillan and Representative
Miller. Republican of Nebraska.
House and Senate District
Committee clerks say the seven
month session just ended has
been the most "worrisome'
they can remember.
A lot of business was done
but there was some Illustration
too.
Take the bill of Republican
Representative Broyhill of Vir-
GINA, for example. 1t started
out as an authorization for q
tunnel beneath the Potomac
River. Then the tunnel be-
came a bridge over the river
Then the bridge was to have q
fixed" drawspan.
It all came out all right. how
ever. The House killed that
legislative monstrosity by rec
ommending it TO committee
Then the District Immediately
started plans to build a bridge
under authority it already had
in a 1854 bill.
Mr.. Broyhill, whose act OF
1854 authorized the bridge,
contends that Congress had to
have the opportunity at this
session of deciding whether
there should be a bridge with
or without a trawspan) or a
tunnel at this location.
Notable InactiOn
The first session Of the 85th
Congress was notable in the
District also for what it did
not do.
An example of that is its re-
fusal to live up to an obliga-
ton to pay. in part. for the vast
amount of property taken of
local tax rolls by Federal, city
and foreign government OWL
ership.
The lawmakers had agreed in
the past to relieve District tax
payers pocketbooks by $23 mil
lion. But this year cut the
Federal payment by SO million.
That was the recommendation
Of the subcommittee headed by
Representative Rabaut, Demo-
crat Of Michigan. and the Con-
gress-at that time economy
minded-backed it up.
A supplemental appropriation
Of about S3.7 million did. how
ever. add something to the
Districts budget of Sl96 million
for the current fiscal year.
The survey by Gen. Quesada
is expected to break a seven
year deadlock over the loca-
ton Of the second airport.
Congress appropriated $l2.5
million to do the job. The rea-
son it restricted itself to this
amount was that only $l4 mil
lion was authorized in the first
place and more than 81 million
already has been spent.
Funds Reduced
President Eisenhower asked
for S35 million but the appro-
priation was reduced to over
come objections of opponents
Directors include Maryland''
delegation which has beer
fighting for the designation Of
Friendship International Air.
port, near Baltimore, as the al
ternate airport.
Many hours of public hear
ings and technical studies were
devoted to the question OF
whether the proposed new Sib-
ley Hospital should be built or
the Government-owned Dale
carlia water reservation. That
site is at Loughboro and Little
Falls roads.
Sibley finally won its case
But there were many hometown