Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1911-12-06
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Annual Session of Rivers andPresident Asks Commission
Harbors Congress. ers for Supplemental Report.
SECRETARY OF WAR HEARD most NEEDED LEGISLATION
Promises Preparing for His Message 70 Con-
LEGISLATION gress Regarding District
DEVELOPMENT S SYSTEM EXPECTED TO BE SENT SOON
May OF Departments to Elucidate
Be in to Come Their Recommendations
President Asks Commission
ers for a Supplemental Report.
MOST NEEDED LEGISLATION
Preparing for His Message to Con-
gress Regarding District.
EXPECTED TO BE SENT SOON
Commissioner Rudolph Directs Heads
of Departments to Elucidate
Their Recommendations.

President Taft will not send to Con-
gress his special message on the needs
Of the District until after he has re-
ceived from the District Commission
ers a more complete expression OF
their views on the important ques-
tions now confronting the people Of
the National Capital
The President early this morning
summoned to the White House Cuno
Fl. Rudolph, president of the board OF
Commissioners. for a conference on the
annual report of the Commissioners,
which was transmitted to Congress
yesterday. He requested that he be
furnished with a supplemental report
concerning legislation which. in the
opinion Of the Commissioners, Is most
needed In the District
Rudolph Calls Conference.
Within half an hour after his call at
the White House Commissioner Rudolph
had held a conference with the heads of
government and given instructions for the
immediate preparation of the supple
mental report, in accordance with the
Presidents wishes.
All other matters were laid aside while
the department heads took up the work
of calculating recommended tions contained
in their annual reports to the Commits
sioners. The Commissioners will go over
xhAs I'D o0I <1,1
most important to lay before the Presi-
dent. It Is believed that the supplemental
report viii be finished by not later than
tomorrow.
Among the local officials called into con-
ference this morning with Commissioner
Rudolph and directed to prepare addi-
tional reports on recommendations pre-
viously made by them were Collector Of
Taxes Charles c. Rogers, Auditor Alonzo
Tweedale, Disbursing Officer Louis Will
son, Superintendent Of Insurance George
w. Insham. Secretary of the Board Of
Charities George 8. Wilson. Director of
Piayeroais1s Bs6.- AGaresas Purchasing or
ficer NJ. c. Hargrove. Corporation Counsel
E. H. Thomas and others.
Neither Engineer Commissioner Judson
nor Commissioner Johnston was in the city
today. these officials, 1t was stated at the
municipal building. having gone to Deco
quan to inspect conditions there.
Yesterday the Engineer Commissioner
called ar the White House. Although
Maj. Judson would not discuss the object
of his visit, it is understood that he sub
mitted to the President a document con-
tanning his individual views on matters
related to the District.
Brief Conference at White House.
The belief that Maj Judson had SUBJ
mitted only his personal views was in
creased when President Taft this morn
ing invited Commissioner Rudolph to a
special conference and requested that he
be furnished with supplemental report
setting forth the attitude of the entire
board of Commissioners on matters af-
fecting the interests of the District.
The conference was q brief one the
President merely going over the prin-
cipal features of the Commissioners an
nual report. He stated that there are
number of recommendations IN the report
which he would like to have explained in
detail before sending to Congress his spe-
cial message on legislation wanted for the
District
What recommendations in their report
the Commissioners will submit to the
President as being the most important,
as far as the needs of the District are
concerned, remains 10 be seen. 1T is re-
garded as assured, however, that they
will put themselves on record as desiring
especially the creation of a public util-
tiles commission and the establishment OF
an adequate police and iiiemen's relief
and retirement fund.
In compiling the supplemental reports
the department heads will not reiterate
oil I'M dot fl..n Il \
have made, but they will select the most
important and explain them more in de-
tail.
The recommendations then will undergo
a second revision at the hands of the
Commissioners, who, of course, realize
that the President will not be able to
include all OF them In his special mes
sage.