Evening Star Newspaper, November 22, 1927, Page 12

U.S. ADFORD.C. URGED BY BUREAU Head of Detroit Research Body, in Letter to Critic, De- fends Readjustment Plea. The District of Columbia has won a new influential champion for its cause for more equitable treatment in tax- ation matters at the hands of Congress in Dr. Lent D. Upson, director of the Detroit Bureau of Governmental Re- al and independent experts—who has 1k \ent_explaining the views of Washington's taxpavers a fair readjustment of ations hetween the Fed body of fa written a f the fiscal r eral and local Goverr In a letter to the De News, re- plying to an editorial in that paper questioning the purposes of Tax As- s of Washington of the value of property own by the Federal Government, Dr. 1'pson expounds the special conditions hcre which have placed on local @ ayers burdens not found in other cf' s, and pointing to the assessment of « fair share of the maintenance and uphuilding of the Na- tional Capital against the Federal Gov- ernment. This letter, a copy of which was presented to the Washington Board of Trade at its meeting last night, com- ments on the fact that additional gov- ernmental costs are placed on the citi- | ¢ zans of Washington due to the fact that city development here is on a much more costly basis than is true e of the location - | State governmental ton. For this season, Dr. Upson states, the value of government-owned prop- erty in Washington—which is exempt from taxation—does have its bearing on the local tax problems. He calls attention esp to the fact that Congress already, in substantive law enacted for the District, accepted 40 per cent of the costs of the National Capital as its fair share—although since 1922 it has secen fit to set aside this substantive law and substitute a temporary plan of a $9,000,000 lump sum appropriation. Presented in Report. The matter was presented to the Board of Trade in a report by Joshua Evans, jr., chairman of its municipal finance ~committee, who, with other representatives of the board, last week was in conference with members of the Detroit Bureau on the local tax problem. Dr. Upson states in his letter to the Detroit paper: “In a recent editorial you comment on the appraisal of Government-owned property located within the District of Columbia, as made by William P. Richards, assessor for the District. You query the purpose of this ap- praisal, unless it is that _Uncle Sam should be subject to District taxes on his real estate, and speculate on the value of ate holdings should the Government move out of Wash- ington lock, stock and barrel. “Yesterday two citizens of Wash- ington were in Detroit conferring as to means by which the position of the tax-paying property owners of Wash- ington could best be placed before Con- gress, and you may be interested in the point of view of these citizens with respect to the contributions of the Government and themselves toward the upkeep of the city of Washington. “To be sure, the values of private property in the District of Columbia have been largely created because that area is the seat of the National Gov- ernment. Similarly, values in Gary, Ind., were made by the industries of the United States Steel Co., and nearer at home, those in Fordson largely by the Rouge plant of the Ford Motor Co. Undoubtedly property values of these communities, and even of the City of Detroit, would be decidedly af-| fected were industry to pull up stakes and go. Yet industry in all of these communities is taxed for the support of the community that it creates, and the citizens of Washington feel that by the same analogy the industry of National Government, which is the principal activity of ~Washington, should bear a substantial portion of the cost of the city in which it is located. Government Increases Expenses. “These citizens would point out that no small part of the expense of the city is made necessary because of gov- ernmental activities. An extensive system of parks and thorofares must be constructed and maintained; ‘mag- nificent distances’ must be lighted and policed; water must be furnished to government buildings and mains ex- tended to wherever they may be lo- cated; to which may be added fire pro- tection, rubbish and ash disposal, street cleaning, etc. These citizens would inquire, should these costs be borne alone by the private property of Washington, largely residential and business, since industry is practically barred from the area? “Now the Government estate there is valued at $470,000,000, to which must be added an unprecedented amount of other tax-exempt property in the nature of embassies, semi-public buildings, churches, etc. The private- 1y owned realty in the District is as- sessed at $1,150,000,000, with an as- sumed ratio of ed to true value of 96 per cent. Washingtonians point out that no city in America hag any- where approximately a similar per- of exempt to non-exempt National Government has it- self recognized the justice of making a_substantial contribution to the c of public services. About 1893, legis lation was enacted requiring Congress to appropriate 50 per cent of the cost. A few years ago this ratio was changed to 40 per cent. Probably the taxpayers of Washington would be quite content if this law were carried into effect. However, for the current year Congress appropriated $9,000,000 toward a total District budget of about £40,000,000, something less than 25 per cent. “The tax rate of the District is $17 THE EVENTING STAR. WASHINGTON, D. €. TUESDAY. NOVEMBER 9N Abe Martin Says: ! _——pa “You'd be s o' fellers th only draw hot lead up,” says Lafe B on a scheme fer air cooled sus ers. | Ex-Congressman Andy Volstead seems t' be th’ most misund feller that even e EE—— high when modifying factors are con- sidered—the low return to wage earn- ers and salaried employes in the Dis- . the high ratio of true assessed value, the absence of debt due to the adoption of the pay-as-you-go poli the lower wages paid public empl of the city, absence of county functions, They hope that these facts can be n aled and presented that 1'lil\-i gress may be induced to comply with its own legislation on the su 2 “All of which brings to 1 fact that when th Australia_recent] tional capital at C ownership in all land, leasing it to residents for long terms, and expects the land rentals to pay the entire cost of operating the municipality that must grow up about this public enter- prise. “We have offered these suggestions because we believe Washington's gov- ernment, and the sound solution of its tax and other administrative prob- lems, should be of interest to the en- retained model for the world. “Very truly yours, “DR. 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