Milford chronicle., 1957-06-28
Legislature Has
Adjourned With Many
Bills Pending
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the bond bills, which require three
quarter majorities the Democrats
couldn't muster by themselves.
The only major bills that cleared
both houses in the all-night grind
were proposa ais appropriating
100000 for the establishment of
new programs for exceptional chill
dren.
Approved by the Senate in the
afternoon, these proposals-whieh
are aimed at both unusually bright
and retarded children = slipped
through the House in the small
hours of the morning.
Both bills are sponsored by Sem
ator Gavin r. Mccullough (D-Hol-
loway Terrace). One appropriates
$3.50. 900 to the State Board of Edu-
cation for the current fiscal year,
$3.50, 900 for the following year,
with the money earmarked for the
establishment OF special classes
for moderately retarded children
and now programs for gifted chill
dren.
The other bill apprOpriates $780,
900 one year and $4,000 the next
to the trustees of the Hospital for
the Mentally Retarded at Stockley
for the establishment of special
day care centers for severely re-
tarded children.
The measures are among me
few major bills on their way TO
the Governor as a result 5f che ae-
tivity in Legislative Hall Monday
and Tuesday.
The end came a few minutes af-
ter the House. with Republicans
withholding their votes, failed to
pass the omnibus bond bill-a
catch-all providing funds for ST.
sos, 900 worth of capital improve
ments at variety of state institu-
tions.
The Democrats strategy was
obvious from the beginning" COM
mented House Minority Leader
James H. Snowden (R-Wilming-
toni. They wanted to pass the
bond bills and maybe the ferry bill
and then get out of there as soon
as they could.
The Democrats reaction to the
omnibus bills defeat came from
Majority Leader James r. Quig-
ley e(D-Hare's Corner). He simply
stood up and moved that the House
adjourn till Jan. 6 pursuant to a
conc Irr ent. resolution that passed
both houses .seme time ago.
When Speaker Harry E. Mayhem
fD-Mn'for7) put the question to the
House tie reaction was a hoarse
but hearty chorus of ''Yes!"
Senate leaders had been sitting
in on the. House session since $40,
when their. own session broke up
for lack of sufficient members to
transact major business. When
Speaker Mayhew gavelled the
House session to a close they raced
back to their own chamber and
with only six of II members in
their chairs quickly followed suit.
The, adjournment resolution
makes it possible for the Assem-
bly, to be called back into session
at any time by Speaker Mayhew
and Senate President Pro Tenn
Curtis w. Steen (D-Dagsboro).
While crystal balls were pretty
hazy in the confusion and fatigue
surrounding the breakup, it ap-
peared pretty good guess that
the lawmakers will have to bow to
pressure for the bond bills and
return to Legislative Hall some
time far sooner than January.
Senate defeat of the deeply
sIashed School Building Program
Act shortly after midnight was the
keynote for what developed on the
other money bills later. In fact,
it was such a good indicator that
some prescient Senators threw in
their hands and went home to bed.
Two weeks ago. the House pass
ed and sent to the Senate a bill
proposing a $44,500,O00 bond issue
for school construction. Senator
Walter j. Hoey -Milford), chair
man of the Joint Budget Commit
tee, Immediately took an axe to the
programs covered by the bill,