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DOAK SEES 20,000 ALIENS DEPORTED Announces Reports Indicate an Increase of 1,858 Over Last Year. Becretary of Labor Doak said today that preliminary reports indicate that his Bureau of Immigration will deport 20,000 aliens from this country during the 1932 fiscal year, an increase of 1,858 over last year. At the same time he made public & report from Ellis Island, revealing that his Nation-wide drive against criminal aliens during the 1931 calen- dar year resulted in 511 deportations. The deportation of destitute aliens| s also on the increase. For the first| five months of this fiscal year the de- partment has shipped overseas 7898 aliens who were here legally, but who admitted they were subject to charity and were a burden to the community. Meantime Immigration Commissioner Hull yesterday asked non-quota status for aged parents of American citizens. He told the House Immigration Com- mittee probably 500 additional immi- grants would come in annually under the bill Chairman Dickstein, its author, said adequate financial support would have to be assured by children before allow- ing parents to come in. At the same meeting the committee considered a bill to extend for two more years special naturalization priv- ileges to World War veterans. This measure was amended to require two years' residence and evidence of good moral character. MRS. WILEY SPEAKS Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, widow of the noted food expert, addressed a meeting of the Takoma Park Woman's Club last night in the Takoma branch li- brary. She spoke on the effect upon the country of the preservation of food, The Homemakers' Department had charge of the meeting. The Art Department of the club will meet at 1 o'clock January 14 at the home of Mrs. James A. Robertson, 54 Flower avenue, Takoma Park. ~Mrs. Charles,G. Abbott will speak. SPECIAL TICES. WILL THOSE WHO WITNESSED ACCI- dent to iady May 6. 1931, in basement of local department store please communicate with Miss Church, H Building, Tilden Gar- dents: or during office hours at 1132 Na- tional Press Building, telephone National 0702. § WILL NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY debts contracted by any one other than my- self. DAVID B. BOWMAN, 522 11th st. ;. ashington, D. C s NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE Rosslyn Steel and Cement Company first mortgage bonds Nos. 49, 93, 110, 132, 147, 183, 191, 195, 232, 244, 258, 270 310, 332 and 334’ will' be_redeemed ‘at 105 at the Feder American National Bank and Trust Com- any, Washington, D. C.. on February 1, 932, from which time Interest on sald bonds will ‘cease. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the General Auto Truck Company will be held at its office, 21st st. and Va. ave. n.w., Washington, D. C., on January 20, 1933, at 4 o p.m. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of the Chas. Schneider Baking Co. inc. for the election of directors and othef Eye st. n.w., on Wednesday, p.m. Transfer books will be closed 10' days prior to the meeting. HN G. MEINBERG, President. B. F. ROVER, Secretary. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE BTOCK. holders of the Hugh Reilly Company, Inc., will be held at the office of the company, 1334 New York ave. n.w. at 12 o'clock noon, ‘Tuesday, January 19, 1932, for the election of officers for the ensuing r and the transaction of such other business as may come before the meeting. HUGH REILLY COMPANY, INC., N. E. ESTES, Secretary. ANNUAL MEETIN( ‘THE MUTUAL BUILD- ing Assbeiation will hold its annual meeting of stockholders on Monday, January 1lth. 1932, at 8 o'clock_p.m., at its office, No. 306 Tth street s.w e reading of the annual Teport and the election of officers will be held at this meeting. THOMAS P, BROWN, President. THOMAS E. PETT' Secr IN THE MATTER of the WASHINGTON AMERICAN LEAGUE BASE BALL CLUB. the president and a mafority of the rd of trustees of the Washington Amer- ican League Ball Club, hereby certify that the amount of capital stock fixed by the charter of said club is two hundred thousand dollars (3200,000), which sum is ully paid in, and the outstanding bonded and other indebtedness amounts to about ope hundred twenty-five thousand dollars ($125,000) CLARK C. GRIFFITH, President. E._B. EYNON. Jr., Secy District_of Columbia. to-wit 1, Clark C. Griffith, 'president of the Wash- ington American League Base Ball Club. do depose and upon oath say that the maiters and things stated in the foregoing statement, signed by me and a. mafority of the beard of 'trustees of the Washington American League Base Ball Club. are true to the best ©of my knowledge information and belief. CLARK C. GRIFFITH. President Subscribed_and sworn to before me this Bth_ddy of January, AD. 1932 (Seal) NEENAH LAUB, Notary Public. D. C. ¥HE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK- holders of ihe Home Building Association for the election of officers and directors and such other business s may properly come before the stockholders' meeting, will be held Tuesday, January 12, 1932, at 8 o'clock p.m., in the office of the treasurer. 2006 Pennsyl: e. n.w. Books now open for sub- the stock of the 53rd serles JAMES M. WOODWARD, Secretary NOTICE OF STOCKHOLDERS MEETING ks of the stockholders of nc.. will be held at the Wilkins - Bullding, on vania scription 1o a C. TRUE. Secretary NOTICE 18 HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE annual meeting of the stockhelders of The Capital Traction Company for the election of & board of directors for the ensuing year and he transaction of such other business as may e brought before the meeting, will be held at the office of the company, 36th and M sts. n.w., Washington, on Thursday, January 14, 1932, at 10:45 o'clock a.m The golls will be open from 11 o'clock a.m. wmttl 1% o'clock noon. H. D. CRAMPTON. Secretary. (ORK AT er a nw. are| otified to call and claim same be- 10. as, owing to the dissolution [ hip. ‘they can no longer be ~_ OPPENHEIMER & SHAH WILL ANY ONE WHO SAW_WOMAN HIT front of Kann's, Market treets. on Dec LLEN COE. 2 sa ALL PERSONS HAVING REPAIR W Oppenhe! b F st 26, please c mmunicate Wi Room 803. National Press Blde MOVING OUT OF TOWN? TAKE AD- Vantage of our un by the ope! f vans. Satis- | o Transfer & s in othel —AVAILABLE DURI ent period: sale or rent. | BOUGHT, ofing Orchidine for sale. 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PROPOSALS FOR CONSTRUCTING ONE (1) Air Corps barracks, 357 men. will be yeceived st the Office of the Constructing Quartermaster at Bolling Field. D. C.. until 2 o'clock p.m., January 28 1932, and then opened Plans and specificatiol may be had upon application to the above office, sccompanied by check for twenty dollars, SSable to the Treasurer of the United o S lhie 2 ) Nat your will THE EVENING- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 8. I monize with the principles laid down History of Fiscal Relations Attacks on Fixed Ratio Sy. ! Change to 60 (This is the third of a_series of | special articles discussing the history of fiscal relations and how the problem has been dealt with in the past.) LTHOUGH the half-and-half law was adhered to without change in the substantive law from 1878 to 1922, opponents of it in Congress had begun to ag tate for its repeal or alteration a num- ber of years before the latter date. Until 1920-1, when the 60-40 ratio | became the appropriation practice the | people of Washington had been suc- | cessful in defeating such proposals by | demonstrating conclusively that under | the organic act of 1878 the local com- munity bore a fair share of the burden. Even when the change came in the substantive law, in 1922, Congress still sustained Washington’s basic conten- tion that the apportionment of ex- pense should be on a percentage ratio, | by adopting the 60-40 rule. Having | made an entering wedge in the or-| ganic law, however, those who objected | fo the definite ratio of responsibility | continued their efforts, until in the fiscal year 1925 they brought about the prac- tice of & lump-sum Federal contribu- | tion, under which the obligation of | maintaining the Nation's City has been | shifted more and more to the backs of | those Americans who happen to reside | here. And this apparent breaking down of the definite ratio was not accomplished | by the direct method of repealing the | the substantive 60-40 law—for that law has never been repealed. It was| accomplished by the expedient of plac- ing the lump-sum provision in each District appropriation bill from year to year. What Washington foresaw and feared during the years the organic law was under attack has occurred, namely, that with no obligation on the Federal Government to bear a proportionate share of each dollar appropriated, the unrepresented local community is and will be exposed to the danger of & con- stantly mounting burden. In eight fis- cal years of lump-sum practice the total of annual appropriations has gone | up steadily, with only one increase, from $9,000,000 to $9,500,000, in the F‘edersl‘ share. The Mapes Committee disposes of the | history of contreversies and inquiries concerning fiscal relations since 1878 as follows: “The 50-50 law was in effect from July 1, 1878, to July 1, 1920, when a change was made from a 50 per cent proposition to & 40 per cent proposition of the total District ex- penses contributed by the Federal Gov- ernment. ‘The 60-40 plan continued until July 1, 1925, when Congress changed from the proportionate con- tribution to.an annual contribution of $9,000,000. The Seventy-first Congress provided & lump sum contribution of $9,500,000. But it is & lot of intervening groun that the Mapes report thus attempts cover in this one, broad jump. Inquiry of 1815. One of the preliminary onslaughts on the organic law, which failed, came in 1915, at which time Congress created a Joint Select Committee of House and | Senate to consider whether the appor- tionment of District expenses should be | changed. The arguments raised against the people of Washington then were| that the doubling of the local tax revenue under the half-and-half law | was producing more money than could be spent wisely and economically in | maintaining the Capital, that the local community was underassessed and light- ly taxed, and, therefore, the national contribution should be reduced or elimi- nated. | The Citizens' Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations Between the United States and District of Columbia took up and answered fully all the claims | which had been advanced against the | organic law. Appearing as one of the spokesmen for the Citizens' Joint Com- mittee, Theodore W. Noyes replied in detail to the claims of underassessment and light taxation by presenting an exhaustive comparison of the tax bur- dens of Washington and other Ameri- can_citles. The tax data submitted by Mr. Noyes for the Citizens' Joint Committee at that time may be summarized as dis- closing the following salient points: That Washington's per capita realty assessment exceeded that of 53 out of the 58 largest cities of the United States—all the cities of the United | States having over 100,000 population. | That it was perhaps the only city in | the United States whose realty assess- ment actually formed & higher percent- | No. by Washingtonians—The Investigation and Report of 1915-16, Followed in 1922 by Law Unrepealed. 3 stem Successfully Repelled - 40—Organic the District as reasonable, and all| through the report ran the thought that Congress should pursue a liberal | policy of appropriations in helping | maintain and develop the Capital City. ‘With respect to the half-and-half law, the Congressional Committee declared that it was conceived in 1878 ‘“as an economic necessity to lift the burden of debt from the oppressed District and its tax-paying citizens,” and that it was justified by the exigencies of the time. The committee then expressed its be- lief that the conditions of 1915 and of the few preceding years were so differ- ent from the conditions of 1878 “that this arbitrary rule—a rule of then scem- ing necessity—need no longer be ap- plied to District appropriations.” In bringing its report to a close, however, the congressional group set forth in these significant words the principles it believed should govern a so- lution of the problem: “Our unanimous conclusion is that the rate of taxation in the District should be fixed and certain; that the Congress should pursue a definite policy of regular and liberal appropriations, having in view not only the permanent moral and physical advancement of the city, but also its pre-eminent beauty and grandeur as the municipal expres- sion of the Nation’s home and its peo- ple's pride.” Fixed Ratio Reaffirmed. These conditions concerning the sys- tem which might displace the half-and- half system prevented that system from being repudiated.. So far as the sub- stantive law is concerned, that definite proportion plan of division of expendi- tures has never been changed. In fact, it was reaffirmed in 1922, although the percentdge relation was changed from 50-50 to 60 per cent from the District and 40 per cent from the United States. Early in 1916 Theodore W. Noyes, as chairman of a Special Committee on Immediate Fiscal Legislation of the Board of Trade, submitted to that or- ganization a report analyzing the find- ings of the Joint Congressional Com- mittee. The following is an excerpt from that special report to the Board of Trade: “What are the changes in conditions which cause the committee to think that an arbitrary half-and-half rule may not be necessary today? “The committee indicates these changes. The District had in 1878 less than half its present population and was then weighed down by a heavy burden of debt, which has now been largely paid. The District no longer needs, the committee thinks, to be com- pelled by law to bear its proper share of the burden. On the other hand, the National Government, the committee indicates, has since 1878 recognized ‘the splendid utility and beauty of the city planned on a national base’; it has erected many buildings ‘of the very highest standard of architecture’; it has acquired more and more land every year, holding it for strictly govern- mental purposes and withdrawing it from participation in assessment and taxation: its ‘increasing needs * * * in this, its central home, demand, and will continue to demand, more land, more buildings, more reservations.’ In other words, the Capital land holdings of the Nation and its reasonable pride in the beautiful city which it has de- veloped have so increased since 1878 that the compulsion of an arbitrary Iaw 1s not necessary to cause the Na- tion, through Congress, to bear half (or | even more thah half) the burden of Capital building. U. S. Share Still Needed. “The committee does not find that the Capital no longer needs the na- tional half contribution On the con- trary, the committee clearly indicates that the national half contribution is needed more than ever, and should, if altered, be increased. The need of more than a half contribution by the Nation is affirmed: only the need of a law to compel at least this half contribu- tion is denied. “In the last Congress, when the Joint Congressional Committee was created, there was a struggle over the question whether the half-and-half law should be killed as unfair or remain in force pending the report of the Joint Com- mittee. It was decided that it should remain alive, and it is today unrepealed and in full force and effect among our statutes. “If the half-and-half law had been repealed at that time and the function of the Joint Committee was to report a new definite proportionate contribution age of true value than the nominal and | for adoption, very clearly the indefi- reported percentage. The law at that | nite contribution )s,ysl,em iouxd, in the time required the assessment here to be | light of the committee's report, neces- not less than two-thirds. The assessor | sarily continue. For the committee sees had declared xt‘nveraxed 70 per cent| no reason for any arbitrary proportion and the Citizens' Joint Committee was | and is unable to suggest any new fig- in the concluding paragraph of the findings of the Joint Congressional Committee. The Board of Trade re- rt pointed out: po"ln%efinlte contribution plans of the only type ever proposed in substitution for the half-and-half system are hos- tile in four vital points to the prin- ciples laid down by the Joint Commit- tee. First, they all contemplate in- creased taxation in some shape for the District, which, the committee says, will .| be inequitable, since the present tax burden is declared to be already abun- dantly heavy. Second, they all propose a decrease or elimination of national support of the Nation's City, whereas the committee declares that to impose the whole burden upon the District ‘would be most inequitable and unjust,’ and urges increased national appropria- tions, which -will not only continue the City of Washington and the District of Columbia in every respect as the splen- did and beautiful central residence of this great Nation, but also cause it to become and be forever maintained as a model for 21l the cities of the world.’ Third, they all fail to propose any leg- islation which will make ‘fixed and cer- tain’ the taxation of the District resi- dent. They all leave the burden of taxation to shift from year to year in accordance with the judgment of Con- gress as to what constitutes ‘reasonable taxation, the opinion of many members of the last House being that mo local tax was reasonable and fair which left any of the expenses of the Nation's City to be borne by the Nation “Fourth, they all fail conspicuously and hopelessly to propose legislation which, in making national provision for the Capital, shall cause Congress to ‘pursue & definite policy of regular and liberal appropriations, having in view not. only the permanent moral and physical advancement of the city, but also its pre-eminent beauty and grand- uer as the municipal expression of the Nation’s home and its people’s pride’ They all leave the national contribution to the Capital's upbuild- ing, divorced from any definite policy to shift from session to session in ac- cordance with the whim and caprice of successive Congresses, fluctuating and uncertain instead of regular, often miserly instead of liberal, and reflect- ing the ‘people’s pride.’ “Since the principles laid down by the Joint Congressional Committee’s re- port are hostile to all of the practical and proposed methods of repealing the half-and-half law, this report, instead of recommending this repeal, in effect prohibits it. The controlling equities recognized by the Joint Committee are better met by the half-and-half law than by any of the proposed substi- tutes.” Obviously the method of repealing the definite proportionate ratio plan pro- posed by the Mapes bill H. R. 6285 would be vigorously condemned by the Joint Committee and the Congress of 1915 as ignoring or violating in every particular the stated requirements of a just and wisely liberal plan to sub- stitute for the definite ratio financing plan of the 1878 organic act. Fixed Ratio Retained. No change was made by Congress in the half-and-half provision then or for & number of years thereafter. But during the more recent period of years in which the House has insisted on de- parting from the 60-40 substantive law by the process of Writing a lump-sum Federal contribution into each annual appropriation bill, the result proves that, in the absence of a definite pro- portionate yardstick, the task of sup- porting the National Capital falls with increasing weight on the unrepresented local taxpayers. It was thought in ad- vance by some friends of the District in Congress that, unrestrained by a percentage ratio rule, the National Leg- islature would be free to expend what- ever sums it deemed necessary to de- velop a great Capital. When thus un- restrained, however, Congress, for the six years beginning in 1925, kept its Federal contribution rigidly at $9,000,- 000, despite the fact that in each of those years a larger total expenditure for the District was needed. The only unrestraint, therefore, was in the ad- ditional dollars contributed to the main- tenance of the Nation's City by the lo- cal residents. (Next Article—The Inquiry of 1922 and Later Developments.) BETHESDA FIREMEN FETED AT BANQUET Speakers Recall Formation of Volunteer Department as Board Entertains. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. BETHESDA, Md., January 6.—Mem- bers of the Bethesda Volunteer Fire Department were feted last night at a banquet given in their honor by the Bethesda Fire Board. held at the Bethesda Woman's Club on Old George- town road. A general spirit of fun pre- vailed during the evening. Shortly before the entertainment fea- tures of the banquet were scheduled to close the firemen were called to the scene of the fire which destroyed the prepared to show it was nearly 73 per cent Washington’s Tax Burdens. That Washington's property tax bur- | den, combining its heavy realty tax | and its light personalty tax, was heavier than that of most rican cities and | averaged up with that of cities approxi- | mating it in size and general conditions. That 156 out of 199 American cities | | of over 30,000 population bore a lighter burden. Only one of the group of | neighboring cities and only two of all the Southern cities showed a higher property tax per capita. Besides those who attacked the half- and-half they thought | Washington paid too little under it there were others in 1915 friendly toward the District, who likewise advocated re- peal of the organic act because they | felt the Nation should pay more than | half and should be free to contribute as liberally as it desired toward Capital devolopment. In his plea to the Con- gressional Committee in 1915, Mr. Noyes discussed these alternate possibilities as follows “One set of these advocates of repeal of the half-and-half law is deceived and will be disappointed. Which is it> One prophet predicts that if the self-imposed ompulsion of the act of 1878 is with- drawn, the Nation will measure its | financial obligation toward the Capital in smaller and smaller terms, until, so | far as municipal affairs afe concerned it will become infinitesimal. The other prophet predicts that if the half limit tion upon municipal Capital expendi- tures by the Nation is removed, the Na- tion, inflamed by patriotic pride and inspired by the example of other na- tions, will spend far more than one-half the cost of adequate Capital upbuilding Which is the false prophet? Which is| the victim of a psychological delusion?” The question has been answered dur- ing the past eight years of indefinite lump-sum contribution. Washington's share has increased annually, while for six of the eight years the Federal con- tribution stood still. Washingtonians also took issue in 1915 with the claim that the half-and- half plan was producing more revenue than could be spent economically. It was suggested further that if the sum raised should ever prove more than enough to meet immediate prospective needs, the surplus could be put aside as a reserve to care for emergencies such as had arisen in seven of the years from 1901 to 1915, when loans were made to the District in the form of interest- bearing advances. Failed to Name Substitute. Although the Joint Congressional Committee of 1915 took the view that the half-and-half provision need no longer be the rule, it did not urge the unconditional repeal of that law, nor did it suggest that the Nation should pay less. On the contrary, the committee char- acterized the annual per capits tax levy &l 81§ then being peld Mg sitizens st ures. But this law was not repealed, and the Joint Committee’s report, when analyzed, does not recommend its un- conditional repeal, and is distinctly hos- tile to every one of the methods of re- peal which have been or are now sug- gested.” The Joint Congressional Committee of 1915 recommended “that the people of Washington pay a tax comparable in assessment, rate and amount to that tax paid by the residents of other cities similar in population and locatien to the City of Washington. This, we be- lieve, is eminently fair, and there should be no greater exaction in taxation from the people of the District of Columbia.” Again, the committee said that “with the payment of such taxes * * * the financial responsibility of the residents of the District should be concluded.” Board of Trade Analysis. In analyzing what the congressional group concluded on the subject of Dis- trict’ taxation, the Board of Trade re- port in 1916 made these observations ‘The committee further finds that under the operations of the existing half-and-half law District residents are now assessed and taxed up to the limit of local taxation, which, they say, can- not equitably be exceeded. The com- mittee declares ‘that the present as- sessment valuation of privately owned real estate in Washington is fair and Teasonable’; ‘the payment of taxes on real estate from the assessments as they are now constituted is a fair and rea- sonable response in such taxation for municipal benefits received by the citi- zens of the District’; ‘the annual tax in V_tashmgmn is approximately $16 per | capita, In the judgment of your com- | mittee this is a reasonable tax levy at this time, especially when we consider, 4s we must, that a large proportion of the population here pays but a small amount of the taxes imposed.’ And Senator Works adds: “The people of the District are not undertaxed. They are, i my judgment, bearing their full | share of the burden of the expenses {of the District. Just now * * * think they are being taxed too high.’ | ouIn these words the committee vigor- | ously indorses the half-and-half law | 25 absolutely fair to the Nation in ex- acting from the District every cent of :-&X money (and perhaps a little more) hat could equitably be demanded in conformity with the wise standard of Measurement and of intercity compari- | $ons approved by the committee. Clear- | Iy the half-and-half law ought not to De changed if the result is to increase he proportionate contributions of the | Washingtonian and to make heavier his tax burden., What change has ever en, or is now, proposed which does not have this effect?” | Report of 1916. The 1916 report of the Board of Trade | Committee, which was unanimously ap- Proved by that organization, demon- strated in forceful language that indefi- nite contribution plans that had been Siggsted could B0k be made 40 bhaxe Silver Spider, a vacant roadhouse on Conduit road. The banquet was presided over first by S. Walter Bogley, president of the Fire Board, and later by John A. Dick- inson, vice president of the béard and chairman of the Banquet Committec. During the banquet many of the fire- men and board members were presented with “prizes” at a drawing held by Toastmaster Dickinson. The history of the formation of the company was sketched by Ford E. Young, Oliver Owen Kuhn and Col Thomas Hampden. Mr. Kuhn, first president of the Fire Board, told of the steps leading to the formation of the organization and of the great mass meeting held under the auspices of the Montgomery County Civic Federation, attended by more than 800 persons. He also told of the financial campaign waged for two months by volunteer workers and the success of the note form of pledges by which the first funds of the department were raised Mr. Kuhn paid_high tribute to the work of William, W. Bride and others in the job of organizing the company To the firemen he said: “The citizens of the community are proud of you for your constant and painstaking” appli- cation to duty and loyalty to the public need.” He then presented the Fire Board with framed copies of the large poster, which called citizens to the mass meeting, and two cartoons by Clifford and James Berryman of The Evening campaign for funds. Mr. “fi‘)um{ opened the discussion of the history by telling of the first finan- cial meetrxrlg,yheld at his home at Alta Vista, attended by six men, at which time ' $900 was pledged to begin the drive for the fire company. Col. Hamp- den spoke of the organization of the volunteers W any. m;\npvnged program of entertainment including solos, group singing and dancing was put on during the evening A letter from O. P. M. Brown. a past president of the board, expressing his Tegret at not being able to be present, was read by President Bogley. AIR RECORD ACCEPTED —— Ruth Nichols’ Hop From Oakland to Louisville Sets Mark. Nichols’ flight from Oak- lmllclli.gcfi‘::‘l? to Louisville on October 24 and 25 has been accepted by the Federation Aeronautique Internation- ale ac the international feminine non- Stop distance record. it was announced here today by the National Aeronautic Association. Miss Nichols' official given as 1,977.6 miles The flight was made in a Lockheed cabin monoplane in an attempt to establish a new trans continental speed record. The attempt failed when she¢was forced distance was Star, which played a large part in the | ho formed the original down st ‘A—3 * —_— ISPEED ONMAPES | BILLS ASSAILED North Cleveland Park Group Calls Tax Measure Un- fair Legislation. The Mapes Committee tax bills for in- creased taxation in the District of Co- lumbia were the targets of caustic ver- bal barrages by the North Cleveland Park Citizens' Association last night. The association assailed the commit- tee for “rallroading through the House of Representatives in a session at which only 24 members were in attendance legislation which vitally affects the Dis- trict of Columbia.” It was emphasized that when actfon was taken on the measures not one of the little more than a score of Representatives seated had the “backbone” to call attention to the fact that a quorum was not gathered. Cal'el Unfair Legislation. In an adopted resolution offered by | J. B. Dickman, jr, the citizenry scored the bills as_“unfair” legislation, and moved that the District be granted en- franchisement should such additional taxation be levied. The resolution will be forwarded to the Federation of Citi- zens’ Associations. It was suggested that members of the community from “the States” should communicate with the folks “back home” and call their attention to the legislation their Representatives are sponsoring. In this manner, it was stated, the voters, who are supposed to “pull the strings in la%making,” would be informed just what kind of Repre- sentatives they have on Capitol Hill. Lodge Makes Address. A resolution indorsing the bill in the Senate regulating the sale of firearms in the District was referred to a com- mittee for consideration. Thomas E. Lodge addressed the asso- ciation on behalf of the Community Chest, and urged the members to help put the campalgn “over the top” by responding generously in this year of greatest need. A loving cup was awarded the asso- clation by the Electric League for the community’s display of living Christmas trees. Entertainment and refreshments rounded out the program. MAPES TAX BILL OPPOSED. Arlington Civie Federation Also Disap- proves Federal Pay Cut. Special Dispatch to The Star. LYON PARK, Va, January 6.— Activities with respect to extension of the water system in Arlington County will have to be suspended for at least six months, and possibly a year, due to depletion of the water fund, accord- ing to a statement made to a meeting of the Arlington County Civic Fed- eration here last night by Hugh Reid, county delegate to the General Assem- y. The Legislation and Legal Action Committee, on motion of Thomas Mechem, was instructed to draft suitable resolutions opposing the proposed salary reductions of Federal Government em- ployes and to send copies to the Virginia members of the House of Representa- tives and the Senate. A committee consisting of Thomas Crack, John Agnew and Robert E. Ply- male was appointed by the president, Robert N. Anderson, to appear before County Manager Braden today to pro- test against the erection of two adver- tising signboards at the intersection of Wilson Boulevard and Glebe road. On recommendation of the Executive Committee the secretary was instructed to communicate with the County Board, the Commonwealth’s attorney, the county manager and other newly elect- ed county officials, assuring them of the “desire of the federation to co-op- erate and to aid in any way possible in carrying out the work of the county.” A resolution offered by Mrs. Florence E. Cannon for the Legislation and Legal Action Committee, and adopted, puts the federation on record as indors- ing the bills offered in the Congress by Representative Smith and Senator Swanson to provide for the construction of a suitable approach to the Arlington Memorial Bridge connecting Lee Boule- vard with the bridge. The resolution also calls for the appearance of a com- mittee of the federation at hearings on the bills, which are to be set when the congressional committees meet about January 18. Following this the megting adopted another resolution of the committee opposing that provision of the Mapes bill, House resolution 5821, which pro- poses imposing a tax on incomes of residents of Arlington County which are earned within the District of Co- lumbia. It is pointed out by the reso- lution that if the bill becomes a law the incomes of most of Arlington Coun- ty residents will be taxed three times, Federal and State income taxes being imposed at the present time. FIRE CHIEF BEATEN AND ROBBED OF $119 Capt. Fochett, Capitol Heights, Is Found Unconscious, Blinded by Powder. L] Special Dispatch to The Star. CAPITOL HEIGHTS, Md., January 6. —Blinded with powder and beaten into unconsciousness, Capt. Anthony Fochett | of the loval Valunteer Fire Department was robbed of $119 last night. After the severe beating, Capt. Fochett lay beside the road on Wash- ington avenue near Central avenue for nearly an hour. He was found by Selby Artino, 11, and Oliver Durity, 14, who notified the authorities. George Smith, chief of the fire com- pany, took the captain to Providence ' Hospital, where he was treated for| severe head lacerations and burns about | the eyes. | Capt. Fochett was carrying $102, yob’.aln?d from the sale of calendars, to | the Fire Department meeting when ! robbed. He says his assailants struck him from the rear and he cannot de- scribe them. Constable Earle Blackwell is investi- gating the case. | . ELECTED | | ( Orienta has | ruled Wash- | ington tastes by popular | choice for 47 years. wcuum Sealed! IROWNI!G & BAINES | Orienda fee Cofl } Will Rogers ABOARD SS. RAWALPINDIL— What are they doing over home about the sales tax. That's the best and most equitable tax there is. The gasoline tax, which is noth- ing but a sales tax, has proven painless, pro- ductive and pu- nitive. Now if a tax on gasoline keeps up all the roads why wouldn't a tax on light wines " and beers keep up the House of Representatives, one on Coco Cola and Jamaica ginger and Camembert cheese keep up the Senate; White Rock and cracked ice the State Legislatures and so on on everything that we have to have or hire and make each stay within the budget. For instance if people wasn't drink- ing much beer we wouldn't have many Congressmen. If toothpaste and facial creams had a slump, why, cut the President's salary in propor- tion. It looks like a good scheme from over here. DISTRICT TAX BILLS ASSALED BY €. OF Directors Approve Commit- tee’s Opposition to Mapes Program. The chamber’s District Finance Com- mittee’s action in opposing the provis- ions of the tax-raising bills introduced in the House by members of the Mapes Committee was approved by the board of directors of the Washington Cham- ber of Commerce last night, The board commended the cammittee for its attitude concerning the manner in which the Mapes Committee is seek- ing to revise the tax system here on a “piecemeal” basis, without regard to the whole taxation problem. The board expressed its opinion that District citizens should be given oppor- tunity to be heard before the bills are passed in the Senate, and voiced its ap- preciation of the action of Senator Capper in announcing the Senate Dis- trict Committee planned to give inte: ested persons and orgapizations hearing. Tribute Paid to Darr, A resolution paying tribute to the late Charles W. Darr, former president of the Chamber, who died Sunday, was passed by the Board of Directors. It read: “In the death of Charles W. Darr Washington has lost a citizen whose constant aim was to promote civic in- terests and the welfare of the commu- nity in which he was born and in which he lived, with strong and unchanging loyalty. “For almost a quarter of a century he worked as a member of the Washington Chamber of Commerce, achieving par- ticular distinction as chairman of its Committee on Police and Fire Protec- tion and Public Safety, which service culminated in his period of aggressive and result-getting leadership as presi- dent of the chamber. “In calling to the attention of the citizens of the District the high quali- ties of citizenship of Charles W. Darr, the Washington Chamber of Commerce desires at the same time to express its deep sorrow at this great loss to our city and to render tribute to his mem- ory as an outstanding citizen and a beloved fellow worker, whose high aims and splendid achievements should chal- lenge the emulation of ail present and future citizens of the National Capital.” Probe Coroner System. The directors also authorized its Committee on Law and Legislation to investigate the coroner’s jury system in Washington, following recelpt of re- ports from various sources tending to criticize the present practice. The board heard a report from ‘Thomas P. Littlepage, chairman of its Bicentennial Committee, in which he stated the Bicentennial film, being pro- duced by Warner Bros., was now com- pleted and would have its worN premier in the Capital at the next meeting of the whole chamber. The board also approved the Trans- portation Committee’s resolution favor- ing cutting through Thomas Circle to relieve traffic congestion, and indorsed the Bingham-McMillan bill for the Fed- eral purchase of a municipal airport here. A report on the five-year expan- sion program of the chamber made by Creed W. Fulton, general chairman, also was adopted. a 7 As female grasshoppers will lay from 600 to 800 eggs at a time, says a Euro- pean scientist, one grasshdbper may start from 150,000 to 400,000 descend- ants out into the world in a year. tended. ROOMES, 1719 Eye St. L. W. G £ High-Grade 1st Mortg. Notes Since 1901 1st Mtge. Notes for sale; on detached all- brick, new and modern homes near 16th St. ex- UNUSUAL OPPORTUNITY ¥ RENT NEW MODEL HOME ust Off 16th St. Near” Walter Reed Iios: 7-room Brick Houst With built-in_garege Less than $100 pe: th McKEEVER AND GOSS. Shoreham Bldz. Nati pital e . INC. onal 435 Complete_information on property you wish to sell, with plat. 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The manufacturers must dispose of their goc;gs somehow, so what are they to “I think the placing of contraband goods on the markets places a premium on dishonesty.” After her departure from Geneva Miss Lamotte traveled to London to in- terview Mahatma Gandhi on narcotic traffic in India. She declares that the Mahatma has one of the most engaging personalities she has met. “He isn’t nearly as ugly as he appears in his pictures,” she declared, “and is so sincere and honest that you feel imme- diately you are in the presence of a big character. Calls Him Cordial. “He is very cordial, and has one of the most engaging smiles, even though it is toothless, that I ever saw. 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