Evening Star Newspaper, June 27, 1930, Page 11

THE EVE \ING STAR, WASHINGTON, D¢ FRIDAY, JUNE 27, 1930. FIRST PRESIDENT'S SR PORTRATS STUDED Committee of Experts to! Choose “Best Likeness” for | Bicentennial Commission. Seven experts in art and the history of George Washington, who comprise the special committee .named to select | for the George Washington Bi-Centen- nial Commission the official portrait or | “best likeness of the first President,” met this morning in the Fine Arts Division of the Library of Congress and are spending the day studying all of | the numerous portraits of Washington which have been grouped there for their inspection. Dr. Leicester B. Holland, chief of the Division of Fine Arts, who is chairman of this special committee, does not be- lieve that they will reach a final de- cision today. There will probably be several more meetings before they choose the picture to be distributed officially in 1932 by the Bi-Centennial Commission all over the United States. Members of Committee Present. Those present this morning included Dr. Holland, Charles Moore, of the Fine | Arts Commission; Dr. John C. Fitzpat- rick of the Library of Congrses, expert | on Washingtoniana; Col. Harrison B. Dodge, superintendent of Mount Vernon; Ezra Winter of New York, minter and critic; Dr. Albert Bushnell | art of Cambridge, Mass., historian of | the Bi-Centennial Commission, and Garl Melcher of Selmouth, Va., noted | painter. The committee is giving the closest | scrutiny to all of the hundreds of oil | paintings, pastels and line drawings of | George Washington. There was no in- dication today as to what their final decision would be. Many persons | thought, however, that they would | choose one of the better known por- traits like those painted by the artists | Stuart, Peale or Trumbull. ‘Washington Relatives Quoted. ‘While these plctures are better known to the public than many of the others submitted, there are records, neverthe- less, showing that members of George Washington’s family and his close friends who knew him while he was alive regarded one or two of the por- traits by other artists as better like- nesses, notably one by James Sharples. To the general public the best known | likeness is the famous picture by Stuart on the dollar bill. Most persons hold this as their conception of how Wash ington looked, regardless of what hi: tory may show, simply because the Government has circulated this engrav- | ing on the dollar bill in such enormous ‘ quantities and so widely. Mlle. Carron, the mannequin bride of | the Aga Khan, wore a Paris gown of | white and silver brocade with a court | train lined with silver lace when pre- | sented to the King and Queen of Eng- | land recently. | The Big Shirt News Is Here Again! Semi-Annual Samples & Seconds of Very Fine Grades 1 Says Present Impasse Em- phasizes Need for Fair Settlement. Discusses Lump Sum Appro- priation From Tax Rate Angle. Adoption by Congress of the Moore resolution for a commission to study the equities involved in the fiscal rela- tions between the Federal and District Governments, with_ periodic reports to Congress on what the Federal contribu- tion to the support of the National Capital should be, is urged by Repre- sentative Griffin of New York, formerly | a member of the House subcommittee on District appropriations, who has made an extensive study of the subject. ‘The present deadlock between the House and Senate which threatens to cause the District appropriation bill to fail of passage with resultant serious unemployment anc injurious suspen- sion of many important development projects, Mr." Griffin says, emphasizes the “duty of Congress, as the govern- ing body of the District, to settle this question intelligently and fairly.” In a speech printed in the Congre: sional Record today, Mr. Griffin say: “The trouble is that, as usual, this issue comes up so late that even if a change were to be made in the Federal contribution it would be of no practical value. The tax rate of $1.70 per hun- dred and the estimated expenditures for the fiscal year have all been settled. An increase of the Federal contribution on the pending bill, therefore, woyld not lower the settled rate of taxation or contribute a single dollar to the fur- therance of any municipal project. Such an increase would simply go into the surplus fund and lie fallow for subsequent disposition. “Would Create Surplus.” “When this same question was up two | years ago, in a speech in the House on April 20, 1928, I pointed out the awk- wardness of this situation in the fol- lowing_language: “‘Whether $9,000,000 as & lump sum | contribution is right or wrong, exact or | inexact, the fact remains that the es- timates of the present appropriation bill | | were figured out on the basis of that contribution. It amounts to about 20 per cent of the appropriation bill be- fore us. To transform the $9,000,000 into a 29 per cent contribution would not affect the result. However, to raise the contribution to 331, per cent or 40 per_cent would raise the Federal con- SUFFE pILEI? NO MORE- PILE-FOE stops _pain instantiy— all agony and suffering of PILES gone in 5 days or your money back Thousands successfully treated PILE- FOE 1 r itching PILES I Peoples and other good drug res. IFFIN URGES NAMING OF BODY o TO STUDY DISTRICT EXPENSES| B Py, ispe, and, uidine: b the REPRESENTATIVE GRIFFIN | tribution to such a sum as would create & surplus. The tax rate for the current | year is already fixed at $1.70, so the surplus derived from the Federal Gov- | ernment under such a change would go | into a blind pool of no advantage what- ever to the taxpayers, at least for the current year “That statement is as true today as | when it was uttered. It is the duty of | Congress, as the governing body of the | District of Columbia, to seitle this ques- tion intelligently and fairly. It ought to be settled when, or before, the budget for the District is made up, and not when the bill comes up for enactment into law. To postpone its determination, as we have been doing in the past few years, until the District bill has passed the House and goes to conference is only inviting confusion and misunderstanding. $9,000,000 Not A Gift. An example is the disposition of some members to regard the Federal contri- bution as a gratuity, a gift, or, as even | one of our very ablest members charac- | terized it—a lollypop. | _Of course, it is neither. Not even the slightest part of the $9.000,000 contribu- FURNITURE RENTING OFFICE FURNITURE Relieves a Headache or Neuralgia in |30 minutes, checks a Cold the first day, and checks Malaria in three day: 666 Also in Tablets Such an Event Can Only Possibly Come Twice a Year Only twice a year does the maker of these fine shirts have the shirts available—so only twice a year can we announce this sensational event. 1t's hard to believe such value possible at $1. T T tion falls within either of these lightly | favored sections are getting the bene- |this prospect in view, bandied categories. ued at $520,000,000. course, pays no taxes. pay taxes at the rate of $1.70 (paid by | private owners), it would have a bill | presented to it this year for $8,840,000. | That is one of the factors which has | been and ought to be considered in fix- ing the Federal contribution. There are others which I'will refer to later. Another element introduced into the rough-and-tumble discussion of the question is the tendency to harp on the low tax rate for the District and the disposition to compare that rate with what members pay in their home tow: One would suppose that high taxation | is something to glory in! The fact i that rate of taxation is wholly irrele vant, or, to put it mathematically, i a factor which eliminates itself in the equation: for if the private owners of the District paid a higher rate the Federal Government would have to pay a stmilar increase on its holdings. For instance, If the tax rate were $2 per hundred the obligation of the Fed- eral Government would be $10,400,000 per snnum. | But the truth of the matter is that | the people of the District are not re- sponsible for the tax rate. It is fixed at $1.70 by Congress itself. Aside from that, however, it is not | the tax we pay but what we get that | counts. The people of the District get no more than they pay for. Here lies the whole trouble: The re- ceipts from taxes are inequitably and | unfairly distributed. Those in the Arm . Rocker $2.49 Natural Finish Maple Rocker No Phone or Mail Orders Lawn Mower $5.95 Self-sharpeming blades. Nicely fimished. Easy Terms. Couch Hammock tructiol Covered in duck. . $9.75 Easy Terms Free Delivery | fits of improverents on a $2.70 tax- |laid out & definite tract of land e fact is that the Federal Govern- | rate basis, while the neglected sections | which nothing but Government struc- are getting back about 50 cents in im- provements for every $1.70 of taxes This property, of | that are mulcted out of them. This is [and such land as might be needed for But if the Fed- | a grievance that ought to be remedied, { private or quasi-public uses would have eral Government were called upon to and if it were remedied by a fair dis- | been leased. tribution of the outlay for public im- provements the tax question would take care of itself and the rates would na- turally approach that of comparable cities where no discrimination is made between the hovel and the palace and where public sentiment is ever alert to demand sanitary and other improve- ments which are up to date in efficiency and utility commensurate with the needs of a civilized modern city. There is no doubt in my mind that this obstinate adherence to the $9,000,- 000 lump sum year after year, whether the total expenditures are $31.000,000— |as in 1925—or $45000,000—as in the next fiscal year—is a serious incubus upon the development of the Capital. Calculating and making their esti he might have in e | tures would be built. Within that area no fee-simple titles would be granted. In such an arrangement the land | and the growing community exterior to the Federal compound would have con- |stituted a municipality with no fiscal |or other relation to the Capital than | mere geographical propinquity. | But that was not done. Instead of | | that, public buildings, legations, insti- | tutions and improvements having a | necessary relationship to the Federal | | Government have wedged themselves | into every part of the District of Co- lumbia. . This situation necessarily calls for a larger use of municipal facilities than { would otherwise haye been the case. Not only the officials of the Federal Government, but hundreds of thousands of visitors, ‘exercise a wear and tear upon municipal streets, parks, schools, SENATOR HARRISON | WITHOUT OPPONENT | Seven Mississippi Representatives [ Sure of Renomination as | Democrats. ) By the Assoclated Press. JACKSON, Miss, June- 27.—United States Senator Pat Harrison and seven Mississippl Representatives will have no opposition for renomination in the Au- gust 26 Democratic primary. Representative Ross Coliins of the fifth_district will be opposed by Robert | D. Harrelson, Representative in the | State Legislature from Lake County.| Harrelson has announced a campaign based upon Collins’ alleged laxity in mates on that basis, the budget is hampered each year in laying out projects for the betterment of the Cap. ital. If it was once realized that Con gress would act generously and en- courage & substantial outlay for streets sewers, water, lighting. and paving throughout the District, I am quite sure | be these necessary things would be done, and the taxpayers would be willing to | ungrudgingly pay their share. How L'Enfant’s Plan Went Awry. | Capital. as well as artistic sense, he doubtl might have - foreseen the immense it adjourns, rowth of the Nation's Capital. | hospitals, libraries an The Solution. The solution should not be attempted by either the Senate or the House. is a task for clear thinking, strictly im- | Whittington | partial minds, unbiased by predilection home-town _notion: for big men with judicial minds and a real live interest in the future of our Personally, I favor the com- | mission 1dea of my good friend and col- |league, Mr. Moore of Virginia. | If the imagination of L'Enfant had |not to be in the next Congress, due to | been fortified by the gift of prophecy |his own volition, and it would be a S | gracious thing if this Congr should accept his solution | With | of this embarrassing problem. | other facilites. coming to the support of the Demo- cratic presidential nominee in 1928. 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