Evening Star Newspaper, May 4, 1940, Page 9

. Hatch Bill Faces Test On Revival Early Next Week Judiciary Committee Reconsideratien Forecast By Guyer By J. A. O'LEARY. Developments early next week probably will decide whether House supporters of the Hatch clean politics bill will succeed in their battle to resurrect the measure from a Judici- ary Committee pigeonhole. Backers of the measure, aimed at curbing political campaigining by thousands of State employes and limiting campaign contributions by‘ anyone, are waging their fight on two fronts—a petition to discharge | the committee and a move to obtain reconsideration of the vote by which the committee tabled the measure | Wednesday. 5 Within five hours after the di charge petition had been filed with | the clerk of the House yesterday by | Representative Dempsey, Democrat, | of New Mexico, co-author of the | bill, 103 House members had signed. This was nearly half of the 218 si | natures reqaired to force the meas- | ure to the floor. | Reconsideration Forecast. ‘ Meanwhile, it was made known from several sources that a motion | to reconsider will ve offered when | the Judiciary Committee meets, | probably Tuesday. One member of the committee, Representative Guyer, Republican, ot Kansas pre- | dicted the motion would carry. After the committee had acted | Weanesdey it was announced the | bill had beex cabled, 14 to 10. The vote was by secret ballot. Repre- sentative Dempsey later told the House that 14 members of the com- mittee had informed him they voted not to tasle, and the New Mexico member, in urging a recapitulation, suggested an honest mistake may have been made. | Dempsey Encouraged. | No further signatuies can be at- tached to the discharge petition until tne House reconvenes Monday, but | Mr. Dempsey was greatly encouraged last night by the progress made yesterday. | There is a possibility that the| move to reconsider may lead to a contest in committee over parlia- mentary procedure Supporters of | the bill are hoping that if a large percentage of the 218 signatures re- quired to force the bill out have been obtained by early next week | it will strengthen their fiight to obtain reconsideration of the question. ! A third method of bringing the | measure before the House would be to obtain a special rule from the | Rules Committee, but the chances | of success in that direction are not believed to be bright as long as the | present action of the Judiciary Com- | mittee stands. NEW YORK.—FLED NAZIS— Toni Noviska, noted Polish | ballerina, who fled from War- | saw at the time of the Ger- | man invasion and went to ‘ Italy, shown as she arrived on | the S. S. Conte di Savoia. | - —Wide World Photo. | High School Girls Invited To G. W. U. May Day | More than 100 girls from high schools in Washington and nearby | were invited to George Washington University today to attend the fourth annual May Day celebration. | Registration was set for noon, | followed by a tour of the campus | and the buildings. A luncheon at | 1:30 p.m. was next, with speeches following by Dean William C. John- stone, jr., of the junior college and Mrs. Vinnie G. Barrows, director of personnel guidance. The square dance and modern dance groups were scheduled to give | a performance at 2:30 p.m. along with songs by the Kappa Kappa | Gamma chorus. The ceremony of | tapping an outstanding junior girl | for membership in the Mortar Board, honorary society, will com- | plete this portion of the program. | An informal tea on the roof of | Strong Hall will be the last event. | The government of Australia will pay a bounty on all motor vemclel engines made in that country. THE EVEN NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, MAY 4, 1940. Sult fo Tax Insolvent Bank Lost by District ‘The District government yester- day lost in its attempt to coliect from Justus S. Wardell, receiver for the District National Bank of Washington, a business privilege tax totaling $1,346.61. Justice P. Dickinson Letts in Dis- trict Court held that “depositors should not be obliged to pay taxes out of funds insufficient to reim- burse them for the deposits they had made.” The jurist granted the motion for summary judgment made by Attorneys Brice Clagett and Charles E. Wainwright on behalf of Receiver Wardell. “It appears that the assets of the District National Bank are not suf- ficient to pay depositors in full,” the judge said. “An examination of the legislative history indicates the congressional intention to .pro- tect depositors. It was believed that depositors should not be obliged to pay taxes out of funds insufficient to reimburse them for the déposits they had made. It was believed that whenever conflict arises be- tween a claim for taxes and the claim of a depositor in an insolvent bank the claim for taxes should give way.” fot LATEST NEWS The Night Final Star, containing the latest news of the day during these dromatic times, is de- livered every evening throughout the city and suburbs between 6 P.M. and 7 P.M. Telephone National 5000 for immediate delivery. soor DAMAGES Save Flue Pipes by Cleaning Now. NA. 8680 HEATING E. J. FEBREY & CO. INCORPORATED " EXCESSIVE ¥ DRINKING is a disease The Greenhill Institute is the only private institution in Wash- ington devoted exclusively to the treatment and correction of CHRONIC ALCOHOLISM Write_or Call for Free Bookiet GREENHILL INSTITUTE 3145 16th St. N.W. Phone Dav or Night—CO. 4754 Strictly Private “ontrolled, Operated and Supervisea by Licensed Physicians ~. 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