Evening Star Newspaper, January 24, 1929, Page 6

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Dr. Edwards’ Olive Tablets are known by their olive color. 15c, 30c and 60c. |Casey Cites Part-Ti Charges that 6,000 children in part- time classes and 3,500 in portable build- ings are being robbed by Congress of an education and that the House ap- propriations ‘committee has broken a solemn pledge made to District cm- ployes last year through failure to in- ciude in the bill now under considera- tion by the House the second year's quota or $165,000 for salary increases, were made in the House late yesterday by Representative Casey, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, a member of the subcom- mittee on District appropriations. Responsibility for lack of adequate scwers was among other shortcomings in the District t. Mr. Casey assailed in a vigorous 40-minute speech, He de- nounced the “system” in drafting the | appropriation bill, asserting that the Democratic members had not been con- | sulted. | He also charged that the subcom- | mittee had “never been permitted”:to | discuss the question of the lump-sum | appropriation for the District. He also | | emphasized an increased tax rate would | be needed to care for needed improve- | ments. | Representative Holaday of Tllinois | | supported his Republican collegague, | Chairman Simmons, who had earlier in | | the day defended the $9,000,000 lump- sum plan and cmphasized progress be- ing made on the school building pro- gram. - Mr. Holaday challenged the | | statements made by the two Democratic | members of the subcommittee, Repre- | | sentatives Griffin and Casey. The for: | mer spoke Tuesday. Casey Enlarges View. Representative Casey said in part: “As a member of the subcommittee charged with the responsibility of look- ing into the fiscal affairs of the Dis- trict of Columbia, I feel it is my duty to give to the House such, information as I may have with reierénce to this matter. T desire to impress on the minds of the members of the House that they should not be misled by the statements made by the gentleman from Nebraska (Mr. Simmons), chairman of the subcommittec, when he mentions that the committee did this or the com- mittee did that, or the committee recommends this or the committee recommends that. The fact is that as far as I know the subcommittee had very little to do with the preparation of this bill or the report accompanying it that is now before you, “The first time I saw the bill or the report was when I appeared at a mect- ing of the full committee on appropri- ations to report the bill to the House. That is equally true of my colleague, Mr. Griffin of New York. “I feel that there is a system grow- ing up in this House with reference to these appropriation bills, and particu- larly with reference to this District bill, that should be brought to the attention of the House, so that you may under- stand just what it is. “I was present in the city all the time during the hearings on’ this bill, with the exception of two days, January 3 and 4. “I know of no meeting. having been called by the chairman of the sub- committee to prepare the language that was to go into the bill or the report, I know of no meeting where the members of the subcommittee were called together to decide what items should or should not go into the bill. I do not know who wrote the bill. Neither do I know who wrote the report. You have before you & bill and a report accompanying it, supposedly prepared by the subcom- mittee. The report recommends the passage of the bill by the committee, when, as a matter of fact, the subcom- mittee never saw the bill or report until yesterday. Calls Lump Sum Guesswork. . The committee’s report would lead You to believe, and so would the state- ments of the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee, that the subcom- mittee had discussed this lump-sum ap- propriation and had arrived at a con- clusion upon it, The fact is that since I have been a member of the subcom- mittee the subcommittee has never dis- cussed this question. They have never been permitted to discuss it. I am not an advocate of the 60-40 plan or any other similar plan, because I do not believe they are fair to the Federal Government. I do not say that I am opposed to the lump-sum proposition of $9,000,000. I do say that I do mot know whether it is right or not. Such investigation as I have made into this matter, the available information I could get upon it, leads me to believe that the person who guesses at a lump sum of $9,000,000 may be correct, but that he is no more correct than the man who would guess at & lJump sum of $15,000,000 or $5,000,000. - We .sim- ply do not know, and while the present law provides that we shall pay on the 60-40 basis, the law has been set aside by the Congress upon the theory that the lump sum would save the Federal Treasury money, and because of that it comes within the Holman rule. “Much criticism has been made be- cause of the report of the Bureau of Efficiency upon this question, criticism by the citizens and the newspapers of the District of Columbia. Iam not pre- pared to say whether this criticism is Jjust or mot, because I have not had the time to study the report as I would like to. I believe the report of the Bureau of Efficiency on the fiscal rela- tions between the District of Columbia and the Federal Government is some- thing that should be welcomed by everybody, because of the first time to my knowledge we have a concrete proposition laid before us by an im partial tribunal, which we can add to or take from, and in this way we may arrive at a salisfactory and equitable adjustment of this troublesome question of the fiscal relations between the Federal Government and the District ‘of Columbia, I simply repeat that I do not know what the proper amount should be. I say our subcommittee has not discussed it, we were not permitted to discuss it, and I do not want the members of the House to understand, from what the distinguished chairman of the subcommittee says in reference to this matter, that his statements carry with it the approval of myself or my colleague on the subcommittee, Mr. Griffin. Misunderstanding Is Found. “I find, unfortunately, both for the Congress and the people of the District of Columbia, that there is a misunder- | standing that should be cleared up. Congress seems to be in the attitude of being against everything that the | people of the District of Columbia [ want. This is unfortunate. Congress | undertakes to criticize the people of the | District because the tax rate is $1.70. ETI\M is held up as an illustration of | why Congress should be hostile to the | people of the District of Columbia. As a ! matter of fact, the people of the Dis- trict of Columbia have nothing to say about what their tax rae should be. This House fixes his tax rate for the District of Columbia and this House must accept the responsibility for the low tax rate | in the District. “We previde in_this bill that the authorities of the District of Columbia shall not have the authority to reduce the tax rate below $1.70, notwithstand- ing the fact that this tax rate has cre- ated a surplus that is accumulating in the Treasury, because Congress will not | authorize the expenditure of sufficient money necessary for proper improve- ments in the District of Columbia. So long as we limit the expenditures of the District ¢f Columbia as we do in this bill and every other bill and pre- vent the people of the District of Co- lumbia from making the necessary im- provements, it naturally follows we raust in all fairness assume the respon- 'D. C. CHILDREN BEING ROBBED - OF EDUCATION, HOUSE TOLD me Classes and Port- able Buildings—Hurls Barrage of Charges at Appropriations Committeg. ility,. They are prohibited from | spending any money other than that | authorized by the bills passed by Con- | gress Cites Lack of Educational Facilities. “You have been told that there is a | surplus in the Treasury to the credit | of the District of Columbia, and you | have been told that there is no need for additional school facilities, notwith- | standing that there are at the present time 6,000 children in the District of Columbia, who attend school on what s called part time. That means that one child will go to school this morn- ing and another child remain at home; the child who remains home in the morning will take the place of the child who went to:school in the morning by going in the afternoon. This means that 6,000 children in the District of Columbia are being robbed of their education and additional and unneces- sary burdens are being imposed on their parents. The facts will show that we are $3,500,000 behind in appropria- tions for providing for school facilities for the proper accomodation of the children in.the District of Columbia; I believe this is a matter that Congress should be interested in. In addition to this, we have approxi~ mately 75 or 80 portable schools that are moved from place to place to relieve the load in certain sections when con- itions become so congested that they an not handle the school children— these shack: hich are moved from place to place at best poorly lighted, poorly heated, poorly ventilated, and are nothing more than in itary make- shifts in which we compei the children of the District of Columbia to attend school. I believe Congress should be interested in this matter, and 1 believe further that Congress should appropri- ate sufficient meney for the erection of proper public school buildings. Sewer Question Raised. ‘We also have a situation in the Dis- trict of Columbia with reference to sewers to which I wish to direct at- tention. We have, and the testimony will cor- roborate my statements, subdivisions in the District of Columbia with 35,000 or 40,000 people living in thickly populat- ed and congested centers without a sewer or a water pipe, and where the outside toilets are increasing year by year. There is no justification for a condition of that kind in the Capital City of the great United States, and, further, let me say that these insanitary toilets in many instances, because of the seepage from them, have destroyed the only source of water in those neighborhoods—the wells that are lo- cated there. Further than that, you should know we appropriate approxi- mately $25,000 a year to empty these tollets of night soil, and what is done with this night soil? Is it dumped into the river? Is it creamated as it ought to be in sewerage disposal plant or creamatory or in any other sanitary way? No; it is not. It is sold to the truck farmers adjacent to the city of Washington and used as fertilizer to grow vegetables which are sold to the people of the District of Columbis. Is it not about time that Congress under- took to put a stop to this insanitary a unjustifiable condition?. “Last year I called attention to the fact that beautiful Rock Creek Park, with that beautiful stream running through it, where you will find signs along its shore, ‘No bathing, no bath- ing’ and where you will find during the Summer months thousands of citi- zens of Washington and their families every Saturday afternoon and Sunday eating their dinners. I shave seen them going to the crek and wash- ing their plates, knives and forks. And no doubt some of the children, not knowing any different, drink some of the water, and after eating their food their dishes are again washed in Rock Creek, which is an open sewer. That is why children and people are not permitted to bathe in it. No effort is made to eliminate these conditions. Congress, I repeat, should be interested. Says Taxes Ought to Correct Evils. “If the people of the District of Co- lumbia want to build more schools, want to build more sewers, want to make this city more sanitary and more beautiful, then the people of the District of Co- lumbia ought to be permitted to do it out of the taxes they pay. “I just want to take & moment or two on the question of- the District employes’ salaries. When the bill for the fiscal year 1929 was before the House for its consideration, it carried an item of ap- proximately $170,000 for step-ups, as recommended by the Bureau of Effi- clency, for the employes of the District doing like work to those in the Federal departments. At that time it was stated on the floor of the House by every member of the subcommittee and also by the report of the committee to the House that this was a two-year pro- gram. The reason for that was that the Bureau of the Budget recommended to Congress in last year’s bill an item of approximately $37,000 for necessary step-ups, as provided for by law. When the subcommittee looked into the mat- ter, we found that instead of $37,000 be- ing sufficient to comply with the law, it took over $340,000. A iwo-year program Was agreed upon, to the effect that ap- proximately half of the amount due these employes would go into last year's bill, with the solemn promise that the other half would go into the bill now before us for our consideration. “That promise has been broken. It is said that the Welch act took care of Use PLANTABBS on ANY Plant They make a geranium grow as well A5 & bekonin, un evergreen as well as a fern. PLANTABBS are FOOD for EVERY- THING that grows in soil, and, being in jablet form, are ‘o ciéan. édorless and easy-{o-use all plant lovers are talking about them. Chilly nights and hot, dry furnace-air are hard on plants but PLANTABBS will keep them growing ull the vear round, in_Winter almost as well as in Summer. 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The un- | mittee show that to forthwith eliminate l additional schoolrooms that are neces- drestanding at the time this agreement was arrived at was that there was hon- estly and justly due the District em- ployes $340,000 plus, and that it should be given to them in order to bring them up to the level of the average of their grade and put them on a comparable basis with the Federal employes in the District of Columbia doing like work, and that if the Welch act or any other act passed by Congress increased the salaries of the Federal employes and the District employes that this subsequent increase was to be added to the base pay set for the District employes by the addition of this $340,000. “You are told that since the passage of the last District appropriation bill the salaries of these employes have been increased twice, and in some instances three times, as a justification for keep- ing out of this bill the $165,000 that rightfully belongs to the employes of the District. They tell you that $500,000 or $700,000 has been added to their pay. But they do not tell you what their minimum _salaries are. They do not tell you about the poorly paid employes of the District of Columbia and that the salaries now paid, with these three in- creases, have not bcen brought up to the level of the average of their grade. “I want to say o you very frankly, my f{riends, that I sincerely trust a be ter understanding will be had between members of the House and the officials and people of the District of Columbia. he people of the District of Columbia want to make these improvements but Congress will not permit them to do so. The responsibility is ours.” Holaday Defends Committee. In attacking statements made by Casey and Griffin and defending the action of the committee on reporting the bill as §s, Mr. Holaday said in part: “The members of the subcommittee were notified that this committee would meet on the 3d day of January, and we did meet on that day, and on the completion of the hearing that day we adjourned to a certain hour on the fol- lowing day; and that proceeding was followed until the hearings were com- pleted, sessions being held generally in the forenoon and in the afternoon. “After the hearings were completed the committee proceeded, page by page, to mark up this bill. The language of the bill was discussed. Certain mat- ters that were subject to a point of order were discussed. The fiscal re- lations question was discussed. The report of the Bureau of Efficiency was received and discussed. As far as I am concerned, as one member of that com- mittee who atended the sessions of the committee, I have no abjection to the lr:“:imm. in which the hearings were ad. “The gentleman from New York (Mr. Griffin) on yesterday, in a somewhat lengthy speech, summed up his objec- tions by asking three questions near the close of his remarks, and I think we may assume that in those three ques- tions were embraced, about all of his material objections to the bill. The gen- tleman who has just preceded me has, g:n a large part, voiced the same objec~ “The first question asked by the gen- tleman from New York was with refer- ence to the sanitary and sewer condi- tions of the District of Columbia and especially with reference to outdoor box toilets. We must remember that the District of Columbia extends out into the country and we have east of the Anacostia River a territory in which there are living. approximately 30,000 pew‘ In great part, it is sparsely set and undevelpped, as yet, In thot territory there are approximately 3,500 box: toilets. The .hearings of the com- o] PRIMROSE ROSES and i 807 14th St. N.W, Franklin 5442 Can be a well Bring the Sunshine of Flowers Into Your Home This Week’s Special CARNATIONS ..........$ C & C Flower Stores 0ol c———|o|c———]a———=[a|[——=q] e —— Ty o all of those would cost $40,000,000. “We are starting on a three-year pro- gram for the elimination, so far as it is feasible, of those objectionable fea- tures. This three-year program carries for that purpose $294,000—$70,000 for grading; $130,000 for sewers and $94,000 for water. Street Repair Project Stressed. “In addition to the $294,000 expressly carried for this purpose, we are carry- ing an item of $1,475,000 for street re- pair, grading and extensions, a part of which will be used in this territory. We are also carrying a-general item for the extension and replacement of water mains of $320,000, a part of which will be used in this territory. We are also carrying an item of $600,000 for sub- urban ‘sewers, practically all of which will be used in this territory. So the House should understand that the com- mittee has not been negligent in this matter, but is proceeding with a well defined program that will gradually eliminate these undesirable features. “The second question was with ref- erence to the sewage conditions in Rock Creek Park. I am going to read to you A half page of the hearings. Here he quoted J. B. Gordon, sanitary enginecer for the District, who was asked as to what had been done toward cor- recting the condition in Rock Creek. Gordon replied: ‘Nothing, except that a rather de- tailed report has ben prepared by me, which_report might be of interest to you. I am bringing out very clearly in this report the fact that the pollution in Rock Creek is probably from 95 to 99 per cent from Maryland and but 1 {to 5 per cent from the District of Columbia, and that to remove this 1 to 5 per cent population that might be contributed by the District we would have to spend about $6,000,000. “The committee did not include the item of $6,000,000 for the removal of from 1 to 5 per cent of this sewage, because we did not think it was a feasible and proper expenditure: “*Mr, Sinmons. Is Maryland mak- ing any effort to remove its part of the pollution? *‘Mr. Gordon. They are making an effort to remove certain portions of it. There was created the Washington burban sanitary district, embracing por- | tions of the counties adjacent to the District of Columbia, and the commis- sloners of this sanitary district are el powered to sell bonds and levy asses: ments for the purpose of extending the sewer system in the sanitary district, and they are doing this. The Washing- ton suburban sanitary district embraces about one-third of the drainage area of Rock Creek lying outside of the Dis- trict. In other words, about 19 per cent of the entire drainage area of Rock Creek lies within the District and 81 per cent lies outside of the District. Of that 81 per cent, one-third is grad- ually having sewers installed by the Washington suburban sanitary com- missioners This leaves about 55 per cent of tue entire drainage area of Rock Creek, in which there are a num- ber of growing communities, which will continue to pollute this stream.’ Ballou Report Quoted. “The third question asked by the gentleman yesterday, and also men- | tioned by the gentleman from Penn- sylvania this morning, was with refer- ence to the school situation. Very re- cently Dr. Ballou, the superintendent of schools, furnished a report as of the date of November 1, 1928, in which he gave an itemized statement of the con- dition of school facilities and what was necessary to bring our school facilities 100 per cent up to date, so that no new facilities would be needed. He lists the o] R PR R S 804 17th St. NW. Franklin 10391 i tem, so far as the housing facilities are { prepared for 205. | the superintendent of | fl dressed man on theD. J. Kaufman Budget Plan Pay One-Fourth Cash The Balance in Ten Weekly Payments or Five Semi-monthly Payments All $35 Extra Pants No Interest or Extra Charges RADIO JOE and $40 Suits, Topcoats Overcoats to match, $5 sary to eliminate portables, 66; to elimi- nate rented quarters, 19; to eliminate undesirable rooms, 16. “Let me uymfiere that those unde- sirable rooms are not all in one build- ing, but they may be in a building that is in very d shape except that under pressure they are using one room or a hall or something of that kind that is not for the best interests. There are 16 in that class. To reduce over- sized classes, 37; to eliminate part- time classes, 83; or a total of 221 rooms that are necessary. “Then he also sets forth a list of 90 rooms that should be, some time in the near future, abandoned, making a total of 341 rooms, of which 251 are recom- mended for immediate abandonment. “Now, remember, this is the report of the superintendent of schools, stating what is needed to bring the school sys- concerned, up to 100 per cent, and this is all that is neceded. “Now, what are we doing? Remem- ber, this report wvas of November 1, 1928. and we needed 251 rooms. “School buildings that were opened between November 1, 1928, and January 17, this present month numbered 73 rooms. “Buildings appropriated for, plans now being drawn, or buildings under construction, 132 rooms. This makes a total of rooms that have already been opened since the 1st of November or that are now under construction or that plans are being Bill Under Fire Is Cited. “This bill carries additional buildings, with a seating capacity for 3,343, or, at | the usual average per room, 83 rooms. | “So, when this bill is passed. with the rooms provided for in this bill, the | rooms that are now under construction, | and the rooms that have been opened | since the first of November, we willi have an additional 283 rooms, when | hools has stated ! 'y that we have that it is only ne 251, ‘We will find that even with all the | rooms constructed that we have now | planned for we will continue, no doubt, | to have here and there oversized classes. You may find in one building under- | January 24 B Shoes forMen sized classes, but across the city in another building there will be some oversized classes, because it s not feasible to take these children that distance and put them in the other school. “We are going on with the schools as fast as the school board is presentnig its plans for new rooms. We even urged them to go a little faster, and we hope. I may say, to provide in the deficiency bill a provision for another building The school board did not have their plans prepared with reference to the lo- cation of the bullding on account of cer- tain conditions in relation to the location | of white and colored schools. “On the whole, I think the city schools of Washington today are in better shape than they have been in many vears, and GlobeWeenicke STEEL that they are on a basis that will com« pare very favorably with the schools of any of our other cities. 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