Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-01-16
Resolutions of National Real
Estate Body Committee.
ADOPTED AT PITTSBURGH
Want Congress to Give District of
Columbia Due Consideration.
MR.. SAUNDERS IS PLEASED
Local Representative at Meeting
Says Expressions of Pride in
Washington Were Uttered.

| William II. Saunders. president of the
Washington association, has returned
from the meeting of the executive officers
! of the National Association of Real rs
tate Exchanges. held at Pittsburgh. Pa.
January and 10 The national body has
attained important proportions, and m
chded in its membership are organiza-
tions from many of the larger cities OF
the United States.
The reception rendered Mr.. Saunders, as
representative of the association In
Washington City, is very gratifying to
the organization here. He says express
sions of individual pride in the capital
city were numerous, and many of the
members attending expressed their in
tention to do all they can in their assoc
Citations and in their respective cities and
sections to foster liberal sentiment to-
ward the capital.
Several addresses were made in which
the speakers asserted their claim to own
ership in the National Capital and many
Of them were wholly ignorant OF the
compact between the government OF the
United States and the capital until II
had been explained To them. They en-
pressed a desire for general movement
10 educate those not familiar with the
situation. most of whom believe that the
United States government pays the eX-
penses of the District of Columbia. ana
thought their Representatives In Congress
should acquaint the people with the true
financial relation between the United
states and the District of Columbia
Resolutions Are Passed.
The following resolutions were passed
at the Pittsburgh meeting:
of
tional organization to broaden the scope
Of its usefulness and. through its local
channels in all the sovereign states of the
Union, to make known its high ideals OF
public spirit patriotism and American
citizenship: and
Whereas it believes that national
pride centers in the national capitals OF
all civilized countries, and that the index
and survey of every country focus them
selves on the capitals of other nations
and empires, as the best opponents OF
their national pride, their patriotism,
their wealth and power: and
Whereas the members of our orSani-
"a ton note with great pride and salts
faction that Washington city, the Ma
tiona Capital, where Thomas Moore once
told us our fancy pictured squares in
morasses. obeisks in trees" and second
sighted seers'' adorned with shrines un-
built. and heroes yet unborn has taken
her place among the great capitals of the
world: and
Whereas. they note with pleasure the
many improvements that have added TO
the beauty and attractiveness of our Ma
tional Capital, such az the splendid Cap
itol buildinng. the Congressional Library
and other public buildings, her public
parks and ample streets and avenues, her
splendid statues and memorials to the
great public men of the past; and
Judiciary Committee Report.
Whereas. the judiciary committee of
the House of Representatives, after
months of investigation into the legal re-
Iations between the federal government
and the local government of the District
of Columbia Report No. 627. Fortythrd
Congress- first session., said:
The federal city was to be a temple
erected to liberty, toward which the
wishes and expectations of all true
friends of every country would necessar
lily be directed, and considered under such
important points of view as evidently
controlled the minds of the founders, it
could not be calculated on a small scale.
Everything about it was to correspond
with the magnitude of the object for
which il was intended. 1t fOresaw a
far distant future when it was to be the
center of continent under one form of
government, looking to il for it's laws and
for its protection. 1t was to be a city
where all improvements made and eX-
penSeS incurred Were to be for the benefit
of the whole people Viewing the capt.
tai city in this national aspect, we may
we'll understand the motives which gov
erned its founders in imposing upon all
who were to come after them such duties
and responsibilities toward it as would
be peculiar to the Capital city alone. and
which would fully justify a liberal if not
IL munificent policy in expenditures
Views Are Summarized.
Now. therefore, be il
Resolved, That we, the representatives
of the National Association of Real Es-
tate Exchanges in executive session as
sembled, at Pittsburgh. Pa, this 9th day
of January, 1913, recognize the follow
ing:
Il. That the Capital city was planned
by our forefathers as a temple erected to
liberty, and on a scale commensurate