Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1957-07-07
Stadium Action
SET Thursday
By Senate Unit


Action is. scheduled to be
taken by the Senate District
COMMITTEES Thursday on a bill
for a stadium to be built at
the foot Of East Capitol street
under revenue bond financing.
At this meeting. starting at
2 pm, the Senate committee
also plans to act on two other
measures that have met, APP
proval in the House.
One provides for a second
Judge for the Districts Juve-
nile Court to permit the court
to meet the demands Of its
heavy docket.
Liberalized Pensions
The other is a bill liberaliz-
ing the pensions for WASH
ington's police and f1remen. In
this case the House bill differs
somewhat from that before the
Senate committee.
Several other measures are
also expected to come up for
action before the Senate Dis
trict Committee.
The stadium bill, authorizing
o project costing UP to So mil
lion and having a seating ca
pacity of up to $4,000, was
pushed through the House by
Representative Harris, Demo-
crat Of Arkansas, but two
amendments were tackled on to
the measure on the House floor.
However. both of these have
been stricken from the bill, re-
ported by the Fiscal Subcom-
mittee Of the Senate District
Committee.
One of these would require
the District Armory Board,
placed in charge of the project,
to reimburse the United States
for the cost of Government
owned land used for the sta
dunn site. The other would di-
rect the Secretary of the Treas
ury to set the interest rate to
be paid for the tax-free bonds
sold to finance the project.
The Senate subcommittee
left the interest rate at a maxi
mum Of 6 per cent.
Survey to Be Made
The project is not to be
started until after a technical
engineering and economic sur
vey has been made. This would
be done under a $35, 900 grant
from the Housing and Home
Finance Agency that seems as.
sured If Congress enacts the
pending measure. The survey
is intended to determine the
size and facility of a stadium
that would assure sale of the
bond.
The police end firemen's re-
tirement bill comes before the
Senate District Committee for
. second time Reported earlier.
action was brought on the Sem
ate floor by questions raised
by Senator Williams, Repub-
lican of Delaware.
After a second set of hear.
ings. the Fiscal Subcommittee.
headed by Senator Bible, DEM
ocrat Of Nevada, declared it
was satisfied the bill should be
passed.
While there are some differ
ences between the House and
Senate bills, both provide for
retirement at the age of so
with 20 years Of service, retro
active to last October /. Both
raised the employees pay deduc-
lions for the retirement fund
from 5 to SIS per cent. The
House bill makes this retroac-
tive also to last October 1. IN
Ger the Senate bill the higher
deductions would take effect
after enactment.
Tax Exemptions Considered
The Senate Committee also
VIII consider a bill to authorize
the Board of Education to en-
ploy retired school teachers as
substitutes. without interfering
with pensions. Also scheduled
Tor action is a bill to provide
Tor interstate tax exemptions
Tor the new Headquarters
building of B'nai Birth, being
completed on Rhode Island
avenue near Seventeenth street
NV.
1t is possible also that by
the time Of the Thursday
meeting, the Welfare Subcom-
mittee. headed by Senator
Morse, Democrat Of Oregon.
viii be ready to report a bill
Tor q unified public assistance
law for the District and one to
carry forward the school lunch
program.