Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-08-06
Bills
Pass Senate,
Blocked
Tex PIeu Granted
Despite Protest
At $25,7S2 Loss

Despite Protest
At 25.782 Loss
The Senate yesterday passed
four Washington bills in a call
Of its unanimous consent cal
endar, but objections blocked
action on a number Of others.
One of the latter was a
measure to amend the District
Hospital Center Act to provide
a SO million authorization for
the financing of a proposed
non profit private hospital for
the far Southeast section Of
Washington.
This bill was blocked by an
objection from Senator Chavez,
Democrat of New Mexico. A
similar bill has been held up in
the House District Committee
and is considered dead for this
session of Congress.
The Senate yesterday passed
a bill to authorize the Board Of
Education to hire retired
Washington teachers as sub
stitute teachers without losing
their retirement pay or stand
ing.
Other Bills Passed
Also passed by the Senate:
A bill already approved by
the House to raise the pay OF
Director Charles Bender of the
Metropolitan Police Band from
$6.460 to $7.085 a year. This
now goes to the White House
A House resolution author
izing expansion of the memo
rial to the dead of the Second
Infantry Division. located in
the Ellipse, as a memorial to
the members of the division
who died in World War II and
in the Korean conflict. This
measure goes to the White
House.
A bill to repeal earlier au-
thorizations for the Govern
ment to acquire land between
E, F and Nineteenth streets
and Virginia avenue NV, no
longer deemed needed for
Government purposes. The
area originally was intended
as a buffer area between
government projects and the
private developments to the
north. The purpose of the bill
| is to remove a cloud from this
area and free it for full private
development. the Senate was
advised.
InteStacy Bill Blocked
An objection yesterday
blocked Senate action on a bill
urged by the District Bar Asso-
citation to provide for a uni
form succession of real and per-
sonal property in the case Of
intestacy.
Action also was postponed
again on bills authorizing the
purchase of additional land
near the new Senate Office
Building for future expansion
of Capitol Hill facilities.
Meanwhile, the House has
agreed to consider tomorrow all
pending bills approved for ac-
ton by the House District
Committee. Among them is
consideration of a site for the
proposed Slbley Hospital.
The House District Commit
tee. headed by Representative
Mcmillan. Democrat of South
Carolina. approved a bill to
exempt the $1.2 million new
headquarters building of B'nai
Birth from the District real
estate tax. At public hearings
on the measure. the Jewish or
ganization testified that much
of its activities are of a chari-
table and educational nature.
The District Commissioners
bitterly opposed the exemption
which will deprive the city Of
SIS, 1922 annually.
lso sent to the House floor
is a measure abolishing the
stamp tax on wine. The bill
would place wine in the same
category as beer and require
dealers to report taxes on an
inventory basis.
Other Bills Acted On
Other bills given favorable
consideration include one max
ing technical changes in the
law regulating the bonding bus
mess; another to qualify in
spectors in the Fire Depart
ment for a 1929 a year lon
gevity increase which has been
applied to other employees. and
measure authorizing Sibley
Hospital to move to a site at
Loughboro road and MacAr-
thur boulevard NV.
The committee voted to table
normally a killing action
the bill Of Representative Smith,
Democrat OF Virginia. to allow
chain stores to obtain licenses
for wine and beer sales in all
Of their outlets. The present
law limits the chains to only
one license for one outlet.
Another alcoholic beverage
measure was deferred until the
next session of Congress in
January. 1t is designed to pro-
tect the liquor license whose
property may be rezoned from