Evening star., 1913-06-21
CAPITAL A MODEL,
IS WILSON'S PLAN
Wants Men for Commissioners
Who Sympathize With
His Ambition.
INFLUENCE ON CONGRESS
EXPECTED TO BE FELT
Certainty Of Veto Likely to End
War on Half-and-Half
Principle.

Expectation that Washington people
might today know the names of their
two civilian Commissioners was without
realization at the White House Presi-
dent Wilson, who left for Baltimore in
his automobile at 1 O'Clock this afternoon
with Mrs. Wilson and members of the
family TO attend the McAdOo-M o-McCormack
wedding, worked all morning in his pri-
vate study, but did not go TO the eXecu-
tive offices. lie consulted for some time
with Secretary Tumulty. but that official
Rad no light To shed on the Presidents s
purposes. Mr.. Tumulty still finds his
mail clogged each morning with commu-
nications for and against candidates for
District Commissioner, and lie gees into
these with some care at the request of
the President.
Congressional callers who have talk
ed with President Wilson express the
opinion that his plans for the District
are of far greater Importance TO the
people here than the personnel or the
District commission, except IN so 1ar
as the working out of those plans in
Congress. through recommendations OF
the Commissioners, may so.
Model for the World.
The President has his heart set on
making Washington the most modern
city government in the world a school
for progressive municipalities of the
universe to copy after. That he may
have sympathy and cooperation in his
purposes has induced long and earnest
consideration of whom he will name as
Commissioners for the District He is
known to be delighted with the fact
that Representative Bob" Bremner, his
close friend. is to be a member of the
District committee of the House, and
Mr.. Bremner has already come to be
known as the representative of the
White House on that committee.
Mr.. BremnerS propositions regarding
the District WILL to a large extent be
the views of Mr.. Wilson. Mr.. Bremner
has studied municipal government from
many angles. and while he will propose
many changes in present District laws,
the promise is held out that they will
hot be radical in the direction of over
turning organic principles or laws.
Would Meet With Veto.
An extremely significant feature of Mr.
Wilson's interest in District affairs is
That Representative Johnson's scheme to
overturn the half -and-half principle be-
tween the general government and the
District will meet with no help from the
White House, and. on the contrary, would
be vetoed if it should get through Con-
gress.
Mr.. Wilson's study of the District
situat ation is said on high authority to
have convinced him that Washington
cannot become the model city of the
world if the people here are to be COM
PEELED to bear a greater proportion of
the burden of taxation than belongs to
them The general government, he
feels. is too vitality interested in the
unfair to the masses of the people in
tax imposition.
Influence on Congress.
With the attitude Of the President
clearly known there will be no longer
apprehension that Congress will ac-
cept anybody's schemes To do away
with the half -andhalf principle, and
the new members of Congress. un-
familiar with all the facts here, are
not likely to be influenced in behalf of
legislation certain to meet executive
disapprovaL
Information today is that the District
committee of the House is Ic be COM
posed of men who Will insist or having
every question Jhrashed out and voted
upon. Domination by one man and the
reporting out of bills in which the chair
man only is concerned will give way to
measures that are the handiwOrk of the
whole committee. Briefly, the new COM
mittee is to he working body with
nearly every man on il attending the
sessions and cooperating in the legisla-
ton that will be reported to the House