Evening star., 1912-09-15
FORMAL ACTION DELAYED
ON CLAYTON RESOLUTION
Committee Appointed to Report on
Needs of District.
ROAD IMPROVEMENT WANTED
Recommendations of the George
Committee on Assessment and
Taxation to Be
Considered.

suffrage i'm the District OF Columbia
hiust not De obtained at the expense OF
the half-and-half principle under which
Congress furnishes half of the cost OF
running the local government. When dis
cussed at n special meeting of the Fed
GRAFTON of Citizens Associations. held I'm
the rooms of the Chamber OF Commerce
last night, this proposition did not meet
with dissent from any member. but for
NAL action was postponed until the Oc-
tober meeting.
President William Mck. CLAYTON is the
author of the resolution, which will put
the federation on record with respect to
the organic act in connection with the
suHraSe movement. The preliminary DIS
cuSsion of the resolution last night in
dicated that the federation body may vote
unanimously to sustain the organic act
In preference to suffrage or any other
consideration The resolution is as fol-
lows:
The Clayton Resolution.
THAT it is the sense of the Federation
OF Citizens Associations that any pllA
proposed or to be proposed for suffrage
| in the District of Columbia that would
impair or imperil the financial relations
subsisting between Congress and the Dis
trict of Columbia would be inimical to
! the best interests of our city
That our first duty is to insist al
: ways that Congress observe i'm its full
integrity the organic act: that any
movement for suffrage must be subordi.
nate to the presery alton of the contract
between Congress and the District OF
Columbia"
Discussion of the resolution indicated
that recent statement of a worker for
District suffrage to the effect that suf-
| frage here would mean abolition Of the
half-and-half principle is understood to
De responsible for the activity the
| Federation OF Citizens Associations 10
| preparing to take in the matter.
To Consider District Needs.
In addition to introducing this resolu-
ton, President Clayton presented two
others, which were voted on at last
nights meeting and are closely allied to
the subject. The first of these was that
a committee be appointed to consider the
needs of the District and report back to
the federation. The other called for the
appointment of comm ttee to consider
reasons for maintaining the half and half
pr .ncfple, with the view of preparing a
report on the subject to be presented TO
members of Congress. Both resolutions
carried unanimously.
Thus the federation not only NAV di-
rectly express itself in favor of main
tanning the half-and-haIf principle at
all costs, but in the two reports to be
prepared, it may also go record to
this effect, so that Congress may be
thrice assured of it's sincerity In the
matter.
Committees Appointed.
Appointed on the committee to con-
slider the needs of the District Of CO.
lumbia are the following: w. II.
Richardson. Benning Citizens Asso-
citation; E. L. Colladay. Chevy Chase
Association; J. NJ Wood. Northeast
Suburban Association +. s. Clarkson.
Piney Branch Association, and j. W.
Dyre Takoma Park ASSocia ton.
The members of the committee. which
will get up the report on the reasons Tor
maintaining the half-and-haif principle
are the following: +. c. Dutton, Chevy
Chase Association; j. G. McGrath, Park
View Association; Charles X. Burr. Ana
costa Association; w. Y. Cromwell. Pet
worth Association, and George FRANCES
Williams, Brightwood Association
The meeting was one of the most en-
thusiastic ever held by the federation.
practically all the delegates of the vari-
Gus citizens associations composing the
central body being in attendance.
Road Improvement Wanted.
Two important resolutions, in addition
to those relating to suffrage and the or
ganlc act, were dIppttu ~. n. i<u-
wards, for the Lincoln Park Association.
presented a resolution directing the fed
GRAFTON to request the Commissioners TO
include in the next estimates an item OF
100000 for the repair Of city roads
President Clayton put through an amend
ment to the motion which will result in
the Commissioners being asked also TO
estimate for 500. 900 worth of repairs TO
county and suburban roads.
Appointed on the committee which Will
wait on the District heads in regard to
this matter are George Francis Williams.
Brightwood Association: ID. A. Edwards.
Lincoln Park Association: j. w. Dyre.
Takoma Park Association. Allan Davis.
Southeast Washington Suburban Citizens
Association, and w. NJ. Cromwell, Pet
worth Association.
Assessment and Taxation.
Charles c. Lancaster was the author
of a motion, which carried. directing that
a committee be appointed to consider the
recommendations contained in the recent
report of the George committee on as
sessment and taxation methods i'm tho
District.
The members who will serve on this
committee are Charles c. Lancaster.
Northwest Citizens Suburban Associa-
ton: Allan Davis. Southeast Washington
Association; j. Rush Marshall, Americana
Institute of Architects; d. A. Edwards.
lincoln Park Association, and Glenn
Brown, Washington Society OF Fine Arts.