Evening Star Newspaper, December 8, 1936, Page 7

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Predictions to this effect confidently were expressed last night at a dis- tinguished gathering at the Raleigh Hotel, wuere the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District of Colum- bia celebrated its 71st birthday. Women were present for the first time in the long history of the asso= ciation, and threw strong support into the fight for a “new deal and a square deal” for the National Capital. Paul E. Lesh, attorney, a vice chair- man of the Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Representation, was prin- cipal speaker of the evening, and ae- clared that now Washington probably is experiencing the “darkest hour” that precedes the dawn. Painting a vivid statistical picture of the inequities of the present fiscal relationship between the Federal and District governments, he said it had reached “a new low.” “Permanent relief will be gotten only by getting for the District of Columbia that to which its numbers and resources now entitle it, voting representation in Congress itself,” he said. “Throw Aside” Politics. Malcolm McConihe, Democratic na- tional committeeman for the District of Columbia, and Edward F. Colladay, Republican national committeeman for the District, who sat side by side at the head table, said they would “throw aside” politics to fight together for the proposed constitutional amend- ment to bring national representation. Melvin C. Hazen, president of the Board of Commissioners of the Dis- trict, outlined the case being pre- sented by the Commissioners before the President’s special committee in- vestigating fiscal relations. For de- termining the fair amount of the Federal contribution, he offered a formula based on property owner- ship. Estimating the value of tax free property in this city at about $740,000,000 he said it constituted about 30 per cent of the total property of the city, and if taxed, could produce about $12,000,000. Strangely enough, he said, this same | figure of $12,000.000 had been esti- mated by District officials in their survey for the President’s committee, as the amount of the services ren- dered by the District of Columbia municipality to the Federal Govern- ment. for the first time, the women took prominent part, and added pledges of support to the fight for national | representation. In addition to the ‘fuur leaders of women's organizations who spoke, there were about 25 wives association in attendance. \ Vote Only Simple Justice. | Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the Board of Education, and a vice chairman of the Citizens’ Joint Com- mittee on National Representation, said: “I believe the District should have the vote because of simple justice.” She said she had been impressed with Commissioner Hazen's discussion of the taxable property base. She had faced the problem of fiscal inequity need long-range planning.” Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, president of the Women’s City Club, who is a vice chairman of the Citizens’ Joint Com- mittee on National Representation, | of organized women throughout the country behind national representa- tion here. “The best way to get proper fiscal relations here,” she said, “is to get the vote.” Mrs. Lloyd W. Biddle, president of the District of Columbia Federation of Women’s Clubs, paraphrased a famous quotation, to say “taxation without representation is not fair,” and pleaded for more attention to youth, who she said, in the ages of 18, 19 and 20, supply the “criminals of today.” Mrs. William Kittle, president of the “Voteless District of Columbia League of Woman Voters,” pledged support of her organization to continue the fight 50 as to change the name of her organ- ization which she said “irritated” her, with that word “voteless.” So successful was the first banquet of the Oldest Inhabitants with women present that judging from a survey of opinion afterwards, the women will be ask:d to attend again next year. This time, it was said frankly, was an “experiment.” “All-Time Low” Reached. Mr. Lesh, in his address, declared “the relations between the Federal Government and the District and its citizens have reached a new all- time low.” Explaining why he characterized it 8s a new “low,” Lesh said: “Funda- mentally, because the relationship of partnership is not recognized at all. The present policy of Congress is to appropriate a lump sum, currently $5,000,000, toward maintenance of the District government,” he said. “This means that Congress says, in effect, that if a total of, say $40,000,000, is needed, and the local levies of tax would yield only $30,000,000, then needed local expenditires must be cut or local taxation must be raised; the share of the Federal Government is not to be increased or abated as would a partner's share, dependent on the need. “When in 1922 the proportion of Federal contribution was decreased to 40 per cent, from 50 per cent, that is, Congress enacted that thereafter the expenses of the District government should be met 60 per cent from loeal revenues and 40 per cent from the Federal Treasury, we deplored the de- parture from the 50-50 principle. As we now view the matter, any pro- portion would be more acceptable than & lump sum. The current lump sum, $5,000,000, happens to be 12.6 per cent of the current appropriations. This means that approximately one-eighth of the support of the National Capital is being borne by the Federal Gov- ernment. This is not & just distri~ bution of the burden, but if the pro- portion of contribution were fixed by statute at 87!z and 1215 per cent, such a system would be more accept- able than the present system—because however small the proportion of Fed- eral contribution would then be, it would be recognized that there was an obligation to make a proportionate contribution. If additional expendi- tures were then authorized and local taxation increased to meet their cost, we would at least know that for every $7 put up by citizens of the District of Columbia to maintain the National Capital, the Federal Government would be putting up an additional $1. |. “Contribution” Up Yearly. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, “D. 'C, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1936." At Invited to the association’s banquet | here, she said, because ‘schools do | said she was trying to throw the force | Anniversary Banquet Top: Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, president of the Board of Education, and Paul E. Lesh, vice chairman of the Citizens’ Joint Committee on National Representation, shown at the speakers’ table at the 71st birthday anniversary celebration of the Asso- ciation of Oldest Inhabitants last night. Bottom: Melvin C. Hazen are made, they are exclusively at the expense of the local taxpayers.” Lesh pointed out also that under the pres- ent system there arose the “most ob- jectionable feature,” the fact that there arises annually the question as Federal “contribution.” Lesh criticized the fact that ex- penses of the District Court for the District of Columbia and the Court of Appeals for the District of Co- lumbia are paid for exclusively from the treasury of the District of Co- lumbin, aided only by such lump sum “contribution” as Congress may make. “Every other District court of the United States,” he said, “and every | other Circuit Court of Appeals is maintained exclu.slvely from the Fed- ral Treasury.” 1s0, he said, these courts have much | heavier “time-consuming litigation™” | national in character, because of the location of the seat of Government here. Turning to taxation, Lesh pointed this city, which is taxed by the same Federal laws which apply to residents of the States. He showed how pay- ments of Federal taxes here exceeded those paid in many other States. “The Federal taxes paid by residents here, who outnumber only eight States,” he explailned, “during the year 1931 were greater in amount than those paid in 27 States. That seems incredible! The amount of Federal taxes paid the resident of the District of Columbia during 1931 was $14,684,853.43. * * * As a matter of fact | the Federal taxes paid by 11 States combined was less than that paid by the District of Columbia alone.” 65 Per Cent Paid Back to D. C. On the other hand, Lesh pointed, out that the 11 States which paid altogether about $13,000,000, which was less than that paid by the Dis- trict of Columbia in Federal taxes, had received in the form of State aid 254 per cent of all they paid in to the Federal Government. The Dis- trict of Columbia got back only 65 per cent, he said. The returns in the 11 States varied from 662 per cent in New Mexico down to 70 per cent in the case of Vermont. “The answer as to how financial equity for the District of Columbia can be obtained becomes clear,” said Lesh. “Immediate relief can be ob- tained by backing the Citizens’ Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations, which .| is doing splendid work for you under the able chairmanship of Theodore ‘W. Noyes.” Referring to the inquiry by the lations, Lesh remarked: a detail, the expense of this inquiry, $50.000, is charged against the $5,000,000 Fed- eral aid, so that the District gets only $4,950,000 and is paying in full for the Federal Government's present in- quiry into its own obligation. “Permanent relief will be gotten only by geiting for the District of Co- lumbia that to which its numbers and resources now entitle #—voting repre- sentation in Congress itself.” “No other nation has found it neces- sary or desirable to put out of the nation the inhabitants of the seat of government. Even those republics in America to the south of us that “It is but own, and have their capitals in fed- because of . . . PSOR blemishes. So frequently the ugly lesions of psoriasis prevent charme ing women from dreising comforte ably and ‘becomingly. Naturally they resort fo every dress expedient to conceal their psoriasis blemishes. Then these sufferers learn of Siroil ~iry it —and soon the whole situa- tionis changed. Siroil removes the to what shall be the amount of the | Here in Washington, | and other relatives of members of the | 0% the burden laid on residents of | President’s committee into fiscal re- | g " American women except thems but an ironical one, that| have governments modeled after our | DISHEARTENED (left), president of the Board of Commissioners, and Theodore W. Noyes, president of the association, also seated at the speakers’ table. Star Staff Photos. eral districts, do not disfranchise those federal residents of the districts in national elections.” Closing on an optimistic note, how- ever, Lesh declared “it is always dark- | est just before dawn, and I have con- siderable hope this may be that black moment.” Twin Slogans Pointed Out. Mr. Noyes, in his opening remarks, pointed out that the association's twin slogans—fiscal equity and political equity for the District—"were never more conspicuously in the spotlight of community interest, never more in- timately and helpfully interwoven, |and hardly ever more promising of | good results, than today.” Hopefulness of fiscal equity, Mr. | Noyes said, was based on “the thor- ough and apparently sympathetic study of fiscal conditions” by the President’s committee, headed by Di- rector J. L. Jacobs. The report of this committee, Mr. Noyes said, “may give us a new opportunity to convince | the President and Congress that fair | play requires that Washington shall be given a new deal and a square deal. If the President will make fair play for Washington an integral part of his New Deal,” said Mr. Noyes, “Wash- ington will be, in truth, just around the corner from and about to overtake an elusive prosperity. “Our optimism concerning political | equity,” said Mr. Noyes, “is based upon the strong and steadily growing conviction among the District people that the winning of political equity is necessary to the attainment of full fiscal equity. Experience of the re- buffs and hurtful injuries suffered on account of lack of national represen- tation's protective power strengthens this conviction. The contagious en- thusiasm of election day—to full- fledged Americans a day of national inspiration and patriotic pride—af- fects even the non-voting District. A renewed spirit of hopeful enthusie asm quickens into activity the long list of constituent organizations in our Citizens’ Joint Committee for District of Columbia National Representation; our organized workingmen arouse the American Federation of Labor in con- ference assembled to a fixed determi- nation to remedy this evil; rep- resentatives of our great political parties are begining to think of come peting for favor in the eyes of over 400,000 potential voters (over 21 years of age) in the District, and our strong and active women's organizae tions are aflame with righteous in- dignation over the vitally hurtful dis- | crimination which leaves them, after they have helped to win victory for selves, with an organization sardon- ically entitled ‘The Voteless District League of Women Voters.'” Washington Welcomes Probe. “Washington welcomes a thorough and impartial investigation of its com- parative tax burden,” said Mr. Noyes. JEWELRY REPAIRED CASTEI.BERG'S 1004 F Se. N.W. AT THE CLOTHES SHE MUST WEAR 1ASIS crusts and scales of psoriasis and q relieves other of its discomforts. Thousands bear witness to these facts. And Siroll is so easy to use It is applied externally - does not clothing or bed linen. SOLD ON A MONEY BACK GUARANTEE Siroll is offered on a two weeks' . satistaction or-money-back guaran- tee, with youthe selejudge ofresults, SIROIL ON SALE AT ALL DRUG STORES “Under the present system, hows|. appropriations ever, it any sdditional “Its adequacy has beein vindicated by every competent and unbissed tri- bunal which has studied it, including the joint committees of 1915 and of 1922.” Charging that the national Federal payment of about 13 per cent of the District appropriation was “distinctly and grossly inadequate,” Mr. Noyes declared it “disregarded the national obligation to pay” on seven different ' points. These he listed as follows: “(1). In lieu of taxation of its $5£0,- 000,000 of realty in the District; (2) in view of the damage (injury) which Uncle Sam inflicts upon the District by holding tax exempt a vast and in- creasing area of the District while the city’s maintenance and development expense steadily increases; (3) in view of the Nation's absolute and exclusive legislative and financial control of the city, since obligation follows power; (4) in view of the national responsi- bility to'prevent the Nation’s City from relapsing into its old-time condition as & national shame, and to make it and continue it an object of national pride, as vigorously advocated by some of the Presidents, elimaxing for the present in the eloquent and inspiring utterances of Presidents Coolidge and Hoover; (5) in view of the many large compulsory payments exacted from local taxes, solely because Washing- ton is the Capital, in excess of what ‘would be paid if Washington were the ordinary commercial, self-sustaining community, as in financing national parks in the District and our too- costly municipal center; (6) in view of the national obligation to consider justly in this connection the heavy national (internal revenue) taxes paid into the Treasury by the people of the Capital, compared with corre- sponding payments by the States, and (7 in view of the national obligation in equity to pay heavily ior capital upbuilding in lieu of the hundreds of millions of dollars in grants, bounties and subsidies paid by the Nation to the States, in a distribution from which the Capital has, until very re- cently, been barred. “We are urgently appealing to Di- rector Jacobs and the Advisory Com- mittee and to the President and to Congress for speedy justice,” said Mr. Noyes. “Congress is our final tribunal. In crises Congress has of recard in the past always acted fairly—in 1835, 1878 and 1922. In recent years it has suffered a relapse, but not so great as the relapse between 1801 and 1835 and between 1835 and 1871. Of the recovery in the future, as in the past, some of us are confident, and all of us are hopeful.” Welcoming women to co-operate in the fight for political and financial equity, Mr. Noyes called upon all or- ganizations in the city for “unity of effort,” for “full development of the National Capital.” Reciprocity Held Need. Declaring further that there must be “reciprocity in fair play and mutual appreciation and regard between the unrepresented men and women of the District and our sole legislators under ithe Constitution in Congress,” Mr. Noyes concluded: “With this unity of effort om the part of all who fight for the Nation's city and its people the greater Wash- ington of which we dream will be made s reality—not only the city beautiful, but the Americanized city, the city healthful, the city intellectual, the city good—the city of its people as well as in external aspect the won- der city of the Nation.” Music included songs by George H. O’Connor, accompanied by George H. Wilson, and by Duncan C. Thomson, accompanied by Frank Rafferty. Distinguished leaders in civic life introduced included Edgar Morris, president of the Board of Trade; Thomas E. Lodge, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations; Ford E. Young, president of the Mer- chants’ and Manufacturers’ Associa- tion; Allen C. Clark, president, Co- lumbia Historical Society; Willlam E. Richardson, president of the Soclety of Natives; Jesse C. Suter, honorary president, Society of Natives; Fred A. Emery, past president, Society of Na- tives, and Evan H. Tucker, president Northeast Citizens’ Association. Other guests at the head table included Rev. Walter E. Price, who offered the invo- cation; Oliver Owen Kuhn, B. M. Mc- Kelway and Frederic William Wile. The flower ceremonial, in honor ef members who died during the year, was participated in by Mr. Noyes, J. Elint Wright, secretary- urer of the association, and L. E. Hoover. The Reception Committee was headed by Mr. Wright and included Fred A. Emery, vice chairman; Walter E. Allen, John B. Dickman, Frank W. Dowling, James H. Duhamel, Charles A. Langley, B. F. McCaully, Elra C. Palmer, John Clagett Proctor, George E. Sullivan and Mr. Noyes, ex-officio. Canon Stokes to Talk. 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