Evening Star Newspaper, December 15, 1931, Page 7

FISCAL RELATIONS FORMULA OFFERED Mapes Committee Reports on Probe of D. C. Affairs. Frear Comments. __(Continued From Sixth Page) gether with the contribution of the Fed- eral Government recommended by the committee, should take care of any nor- able increase in the Dis- for vears to come, leaving the margin between the present rate of taxation in the District and the average rate of ccmparable cities to take care of any contingencies or emergencies, 4f need be, or any unusual expansion or increase of services which the District may desire. The annual contribution recommended by the committee, the committee believes. will not only be fair and just to the District but under pres- nomic conditions exceeingly Feels Recqmmendation Is Just. The comrittee realizes that if the recommen to new legislation are not enacted into fiw 12at it will be necessary to increase tne general property tax in the District or the am of Federal contribution recommended by the committee in or- der to meet the District budget, but it foe t the recommendations are so em: Iy just and fair that they should be enacted into law. and that if they are not that the general property tax eased to more nearly t of the average of com- the circumstances and s they exist into considera- 25 the fundamental factors t remain as thev are, the ecommends that the United r annually toward the maintenance of the of the District of Columbia t to exceed $6,500,000. submitted E. MAPES IAM P. HOLADAY, \. BEERS L. DAVIS, A. COLLINS. GHT PATMAN, Views of Mr. Frear. proper t of Columbia. offered of per ations of the committce as | ' on the one hand and the rights of 120,000,000 people living in the 48 | States who contribute toward the an- nual District deficit on the other, noth- ing will be accomplished and the same | local tax complaints will continue. When District business and private interests pay the average tax burdens | borne by the rest of the country that now contribute to the District deficit, the Federal Government represented by ! Congress will not fall to appropriate | additional amounts where necessary. | That it should do. I Let it be remembered the District was set apart originally by the Consti- | tution with exclusive legislative juris- diction given Congress for capital pur- poses. Those coming here for resident | or business purposes were so apprised and knew that ordinary rules of taxa- tion and District support by those | having privileges of residence in the; capital, were not to be modified or| changed, Those owning property in the Dis- | trict of Columbia should pay for that | privilege, in equal proportion to taxes | paid in other cities of comparable size and general character that now con- | tribute both to the Federal Govern- ment’s support and to the District's separate support. Practically all other capital cities do so. What good reason | exempts the District? i When the fact i# established that District tax rates are lower than any | comparable city in the country, a&s: found by the committee, it is unjust for Congress to grant any appropriation until the rates are equalized. No just | basis for any Federal Government Dis- trict contribution can be found until this tax is adjusted, for these other| cities now contribute toward State and | Federal Governments and in_addition { are called upon to pay toward the up-| | keep of the District | When its fair_share of tax burden is borne by the District, it will be the | duty and certainly the purpose of Con- | gress to contribute whatever is neces- | ! sary to make the Capital City a beauti- ful, healthful, and great city, second to none in the world. 1t is disclosed by the 1930 tax report that Washington has $1,182.453.345 | worth of real property on its tax roll, j exclusive of Federal property, taxed at | $1.70 per $1,000 producing that year | $20,101 ersonal property reported | was §1 also taxed at $1.70 | rate per thousand producing $1,822,510 | intangible property reported was $545 1188143, taxed at only a 50 cent rate | per $1,000 producing $2,725,940. | No Justification Offered. In other words, the tangible personal property of Washington is about 9 per cent of the real d the in- angible of the real | receiving $9 $1.70 per $100 t v or intang ral property off- | the t and apprecia- and Lord me famil . county and State tax met T as State auditor for seve cads me to express confizence c s of present ta rict and in com have been rity tee's conclusion Government sh emergency until the District is to raise adcitional revenu; the committee a proper Dis- | ibution to the District red by comparable cities. committee fincs that 22 ¢ rable cities and the several States 1930 averaged the following add tax and liccnse income that thes are now paying, many of them far average stated 1 believe s should also be raised by ct of Columbia for its own motor vehicle tax.. intangibles, in- e and estate tax...... blic utility tax.. 1,000,000 1.500,000 640,000 wcreased real and personal tax s Sausivsenie sinibaisien 9.000,000 ase found equit- $13,915.220 The committee only asks for the fol- Jowing additional tax and license reve- nues to be raised able Increased gas tax to 4 cents..$1,600,000 Increased motor vehicle tax.. 1,070.000 Increased estate tax.. 000 Increased income tax 759,000 ‘Total .$4,100,000 ‘The above estate tax by deuction through Federal tax refund is no net increased burden to taxpayers. Lower Sum Hard to Understand. ‘Thereafter com:rittee’'s repo recommends that Congress appropriate an_annual contribution not to $6.500,000. 1In view of the fact that ual District contributio been $9.000,000, and 1 year it was increased to is hard to understand on ry the proposed Federal con- tion of $6,500,000 is recommended “ongress. ‘That amount, added to the Tevenue specifically Taised of $4.100.000, would give the Dis- trict $10,600.000, or $1,100,000 in excess of the amount now paid without any reason offered therefor. If the District T d the revenue found to be received 22 comparable cities, it will receive annually approximately $14,000,000 ad- ditional, or $4,500,060 more than is now Teceived from all sources. Remembering, as set forth specifically by the committee findings, that no na- tional capital in the world, with one ex- ception, Argentina's, and no State capi- tal in this country recognizes any duty or obligation to contribute any amount | toward the local city government, ex- gepting for minor specific services, it is m findings of fact with the conclusion that Congress should make an annual appropriation of $6.500.000, or any other amount, for the District support, sub- ject to 'any temporary needed aid and | until the District can have time to put its own tax machinery in order. * * =+ Without a just and proper settlement of the differences between a portion ©of the 487,000 residents of Washington [P = o2 o o2 o) E:’/’ Try this PHoliday - Punch - Here’s the Recipe: bottle of Try- ge, one 24-o1. bottle Try-Me Pale Ginger Ale, one 24-oz. bottle Try-Me Grape, one small bottle cherries, Julce of 3 lemens d one orange ecut i small pleces. Deliclons economical. . V2-Gal. costs 50¢ - Try-me Bottling Co. 1345 Fla Ave. NE LIncoln 0113, o en o Government's | exhaustive | the com- | .. $1,600.000 : ! § Seth Thomas recommended to be | ible to reconcile the committee | local income tax, ! ce taxes that ought | IStrict sys- hd means of | tax nd is probably il amount that should | liected P i ice to the remainmng 22 compar $14,000.000 rsona nd the same as ti m | labors in tryir cts and reach prov ad of assuming to cr nent, thes a belief that the val | the I Tnst reflected i serv a guide for both now ust and proper JAMES A. FREAR. | S | | DeGast to Address Citizens. L._W. DeGast, general secretass of | th~ Young Men's Christian Associaticn, | will speak on “Employmen:" at ths r mceting of the Southwest Ci Association, to be held in Fai brother School tomorrow night at 8 | o'clock. | $25 Banjo | ! Clocks $]12-50 8-day clocks, 22 inches wide. Guar- anteed. $22.50 Banjo Clocks $10.00 8.DAY | Seth Thomas Clocks Westminster Chime Clocks $37.50 Clocks $]18.75 $45.00 Clocks $22.50 $55.00 Clocks $27.50 8.Day Clocks Mahogany Case and Raised Bronze Numerals. ELGIN Y, and Less Than 15 Prices $35.00 Watches 316.50 until Chrisimas. A small deposit will reserve anything’ | inches long and 9 | THE EVEN NG STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, Prepare for School Play LANGLEY STUDENTS TO PRESENT “MAKE BELIEVE.” torium of Lang Helen Redmond. Francis Mayne and Dorothy Spence Malcolm and Mary Jane Leary. PRINCIPAIS in the cast of “Make Believe. JANE ADDAMS BETTER Improvement Enough for Two Physicians to Return Home. BALTIMORE, December 15 (P)— Jane Addams, pioneer social worker and founder of the Hull House at Chicago, has improved so markedly since her operation Saturday at Johns Hopkins Hospital here that her per- y Junior High Scheol Friday night. Martin. Sittir.g in front, left to right | F. Tompkins, Engineers; OFFICERS CHANGED ON GENERAL STAFF| New Personnel Assigned to Army Duty Here to Relieve Those Whose Terms Expire. Twenty-five officers of the Army have ' been detailed to duty on the War De- partment General Staff to relieve an equal number of officers whose four- ! year assignments as members of the | General Staff will expire on various dates in June, July and August, 1932. | The list of new members of the War | Department General Staf is made up as _follows: ‘ From the Army War College, this city: Lieut. Col. Earl Biscoe, Coast Ar- | tillery; Lieut. Col. C. F. Severson, In- | fantry, and Majs. C. P. Gross and W. Majs. B. G. Chynoweth, C. K. Nulsen and A. M. Patch, jr, Infantry; Majs. J. E. Hatch and J. P. Lucas, Field Artillery; Majs. | T. A. Terry and C. M. Thiele, Coast | Artillery, and Maj. G. I. Rowe, Quar- termaster Corps. From the Naval War College, Newport, : Lieut. Col. J. D. Reardan, Air ; Maj. R. A. Hill. Infantry; Maj. . ‘Smith. Coast_Artillery. and Maj. | Isaac Spalding, Field Artillery, From the Army Industrial College, | | " to be presented in the audi- | Back. left to right: Ralph Framgioni, as the king: Lewis Betty Jane —Star Staff Photo, | sonal physician, Dr. James B. Herrick, | returned to Chicago today and Dr. Alice Hamilton, a consultant, went | back to Harva Dr. Thomas S. Cullen of Johns Hop- kins University, who performed the abdominal operation, issued the fol- lowing bulletin “Miss -Jane Addams has jmproved so steadily that Dr. Alice Hamilton has returned to Harvard and Dr. James B. Herrick to Chicago.” this city: Maj. L. B. Nemder, Signal | Corps, and Maj. W. R. Schmidt, | Infantry. | From various other stations: Col. D. | Major, jr. Infantry, at Fort Ben- | ning, Ga.: Licut. Col. Charles Burnett, | Cavalry. ‘at Fort Ethan Allen, Vt.:| Lieut. Col. W. T. Carpenter, Coast Ar- | tillry, at Fort Totten, N. Y.; Maj. R. G. Kirkwood, Field Artillery, and Mal. J. E. 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