Evening Star Newspaper, March 31, 1937, Page 13

* HAZEN CONTENDS FORMULA UNFAIR Hearings Disclose Testi- mony That Jaccbs Plan Is “Unworkable.” Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen de- nounced the Jacobs three-point fiscal formula as “unsound, unworkable and unfair to the District” during his testimony before the House Subcom- mittee in charge of the 1938 District supply bill, publication of the hear- ings showed yesterday. He showed that the District would have to bear a tax boost of as much a8 $11,600,000, if there were no Fed- eral payment at all, and explained that under the formula suggested by the Jacobs Fiscal Relations Commit- tee the proposed “reimbursements” to the District were cflculated to amount %o about $2,500,000. The Jacobs formula, prepared by & commission which made a survey during the past six months, for which the District provided a sum of $50,000, proposes that the lump-sum Federal payments be abolished and that sub- stantive law which requires that the Federal Government pay 40 per cent of National Capital costs also be rescinded. Formula Rejected in Past. “The underlying theory of the formula,” said Hazen, “has been dis- carded in the past as impracticable and unworkable by committees of Congress investigating fiscal relations between the District and the Federal Governments, and also by the United Btates Bureau of Efficiency. “The formula attempts to reduce the relationship between the Nation at large and the community of the city of Washington to s hard and fast business transaction. ‘“The formula disregards and fgnores the most important element which should enter into determina- tion of this question of fiscal rela- tions, namely, the loss of tax revenue from real property exempted from taxation, principally the holdings of the Federal Government. “These holdings are shown by the assessor's report on June 30, 1938, to be 28.7 per cent of the land area of the District. Value of Property Cited. “The assessor of the District assesses these holdings at $649,728,158. It is not the contention of the Com- missioners that property of the United States in the District should be taxed. It is their contention, however, that any formula or device that may be adopted for the purpose of measuring the Federal payment must in all fair- ness and justice give due weight and regard to the large holdings of the Federal Government in the District. *‘The Commissioners do not believe that this three-point formula em- bodies or gives recognition to the true concept of the status of the National Capital, nor does it appear to recog- nize the fact that Congress, repre- senting all the people of the country, has a primary and controlling interest in the development and maintenance of this city as the Capital city of all the people of the country, rather than a community of some 600,000 persons who may be residing here. “The Commissioners must insist that this primary and controlling re- sponsibility of Congress over the National Capital cannot be fairly and equitably discharged under the for- mula and recommendations proposed in the Jacobs report.” 800 WILL ATTEND 1. . C. JUBILEE FETE Association of Practitioners to Mark 50th Anniversary of Agency’s Founding. More than 800 guests will attend the golden jubilee dinner and dance to be given at the Mayflower tonight by the Association of Practitioners Before the Interstate Commerce Commission to mark the fiftieth anniversary of the ‘commission. Commissioners and former com- missioners and their wives, and many others from official circles will attend the affair at 7 o'clock. Henry Wolf Bikle, general counsel of the Pennsylvania Railroad, will be toastmaster, and the speakers will be Luther M. Walter, trustee for the Chi- cago Great Western and general coun- sel for the National Industrial Traffic League, and Elmer A. Smith, general eounsel, Illinois Central System. The committee in charge is headed by Clarence A. Miller and includes John E. Benton, R. Granville Curry, John J. Esch and Edward F. Lacey. ‘Tomorrow, the commission will have anniversary exercises, with morning, afternoon and night programs sched- uled at the Departmental Auditorium, Constitution avenue at Thirteenth street. GIRL LOCATED Friend Receives Letter Written at Uniontown, Pa. Pauline Brewer, 16, missing from her home in the 1700 block of Fifteenth street since last Wednesday, was re- ported located today by police after & friend received a letter written by the girl at Uniontown, Pa. ‘The girl, a student at Central High Bchool, left a note telling her parents she was going to visit friends in Penn- sylvanis. Until today, however, her perenis did not know her destination. Great Locomotive Speed. An eleotrie Jocomotive capable of at- $aining & speed of 110 miles per hour bas been developed by the German state railwey. Can HIGH BLOOD Pressure be Reduced? Tests by Dr. Frederic Dumrau, of New York City, prove it can. He says that many cases of High Blood Pressure can be treated with . beneficial resuits by continued and regular LLIMIN Essen blood pressure, and that continwed use ac- eording to directions on the package helps to Reop It lower. Furthermore, says Dr. Dame a0, the me of thess tableta often relieves e distressing symptoms along High Blood Pressure, es] ly beadaches and dizziness. ALLIMIN Essence of Garlie Parsley Tablets are compounded from pure vegetable matter, ‘They're tasteless, odorless, and free from harmful drugs of ev- ery kind. They're for sale at all good drug N < stores. A liberal size ckage is only 50c. Paree, economy size 1.00. However, be At PEOPLES and other good drug fygres. NG _STAR, WASHINGTON, URGES BONDSHAN SERVCE BY . Collins of Appropriations Subsommittee Suggests Forward-Looking Plan. A plan to wreck the business of pro- fessional bondsmen by establishment of & bonding commissioner whose fees would accrue to the District govern- ment was proposed by Chairman Col- lins of the House Subcommittee on Appropriations during recent hear- ings on the 1938 supply bill. Collins instructed Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal “to give the subject rather careful study so that we can present to Congress something that is entirely up-to-date.” Seal expressed belief the idea was & good one, and said he had thought for a number of years “it was a bad practice to have bondsmen who tran- sact their business around the police and other criminal courtas. Story books of the first grade of the J. R. Keene School hold a keen interest for Marlene Barthelmess, age 6. She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Barthelmess of 33 Madison street. Tomorrow: Amy Hayes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank E. Hayes, at the Takoma School. —Star Staff Photo. LARGER LBRARY FUNDIS PROVIOED Personnel and Services Ex- pansion Possible Under D. C. Bill. Bervices of the free Public Library will be increased during the coming fiscal year beginning July 1, under the 1938 appropriation bill reported yesterday to the House, It proposes the appropriation of more adequate funds for personnel, services and books and periodicals, as well as for providing for completion of the mew Petworth branch. A total appropriation of $629,830 is provided, which would be $43,990 more than the estimates approved by the Budget Bureau, and $81,990 more than the appropriation for the current fiscal year. The board of library trustees and the official staff of the free Public Library had justified increases in the total sum by the very substantial rise in the usage of books and the number of registered borrowers. Extends Hours. The Appropriation Committee in reforting the bill said: “An increase of $27,990 over the current appropriation and the esti- mates is recommended for personal service. This increase is allowed for the purpose of enabling the central branch to remain open each Friday afternoon and the major branches every Saturday afternoon, which is not possible with the present per- sonnel. “The increase also will permit rein- forcement of the administrative staff, the book purchasing staff and the cataloguing staff, which has had an increase of but six employes since 1930, although the work has nearly doubled since that time.” Book Purchase Fund Increases. For the purchase of books and periodicals the committee recom- mended $84,500, or $14,500 more than the estimates of the Budget Bureau, and $24,000 in excess of the 1937 ap- propriation. This sum, the ocom- mittee explained, is for the stocking of the new Petworth branch, which will be completed during the next fiscal year. It would leave & base figure of $54,500, which was allowed for this purpose during the fiscal years 1931 to 1933 inclusive. For completion of the Petworth branch, the committee recommended the second and final appropriation, in the sum of $105,000. It added a pro- vision increasing the authorized total cost from $150,000 to $180,000, this increase being made necessary by the rise in building costs. —_— Early Irrigation. Spanish missionaries of the early eighteenth century practiced irrige- tion in California. AL L CONER IES HERE AT Funeral Services Will Be Held Tomorrow for George- town Graduate. Maj. Henry J. Conner, 48, U. S. A, retired, died Monday night at his home, 1732 Park road. Death was due to cerebral hemorrhage. Maj. Conner was retired two months ago for disability after being treated at Walter Reed Hospital, following a stroke suffered about a year ago. A native of Loudoun County, Va., he was graduated in law from Georgetown University in 1913. He entered the National Army in September of that year and was promoted to captain in the Quartermaster Corps, serving in that rank until 1920. He resigned to enter the Regular Army and rose to the grade of captain in 1927 and last year was promoted to major. Tours of duty in this city included one in the office of the quartermaster general for several years until 1923 as head of the cemeterial division, and a short tour of duty in 1917. He was awarded the Purple Heart decoration for his service with the Graves Regis- tration Service. Maj. Conner had charge of pur- chase of land and establishment of the military parks of Fort Donelson, Dover, Tenn., and Stones River, Mur- freesboro, Tenn. He was a member of the Federal Lodge of Masons here and the sojourners. Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Louise E. Oonner, and brother, John W. Con- ner, the latter of Barcroft, Va. Funeral services will be held at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow at the residence. Burial will be in Arlington National Ceme- tery an hour later. MODERATOR HERE Dr. Henry B. Master, moderator of the General Assembly of the Presby- terian Church in the United States, will be entertained by Washington Presbyterians today at a series of events in his honor. Dr. Master was to be the guest of church ministers and laymen at s luncheon at Wesley Hall, Seventeenth and K streets. He will address a public meeting at the Westminster Presbyterian Church, Seventh and E streets southeast, at 8 pm. Rev. John C. Palmer, president of the Presbyterian Alllance of Wash- ington, is directing arrangements for Dr. Master’s visit. J@E HIGH "INCORPORATED" 'OUR PLUMBER/ SALADA Delicious, Refreshing FOR YOUR SAVINGS INCOME OFFICERS C. STEWARD. President Vice President Asat. Becre 4 TIS E&‘n. C.l l& . _Becretary-Treasurer & L. COBB. Attorney DIRECTORS : 24} THE PRUDENTIAL BUILDING ASSOCIATION Suite 304-5-8 1331 G St. N. W. Dist. 6270 Enroll for Classes Starting Aoril 1 Famous Conversational Berlitz Methe THE BERLITZ SCHOOL OF LANGUAGES 1115 Conn. Ave. NAtional 0270 Also 10 Week Cou: D. C, “My idea,” said Collins, “would be to have, say, one commissioner and two assistants and let them divide the time night and day, so that if a re- sponsible person should go in and want to make any bond, he can make the required affidavit as to the prop- erty he owns and sign the bond; and, after he has made that required affi- davit, then have the bond issued for & consideration the same as what is now done by a private bonding agency. ‘That is the way, as I understand it, that it is being done in quite a num- ber of other progressive municipal- ities.” FOR ECZEMA ITCHING Zemo relieves the itching and soothes the irritation of Eczema, 8imple Rashes, Pimplesand simi- lar skin ailments. 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