Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-01
PAGE TAKES PRIDE
IN GREAT CAPITAL
Promises to Handle District
Appropriations With
Fairness.

The new chairman of the District OF
Columbia subcommittee of the House ap-
propriations committee. Mr.. Page. OF
North Carolina, is an outstanding, clean
cut, look-you-straight-in-t citizen
who. 1t is predicted. is likely to win friends
among those who. will do business with
him for the next few years. He Is ap-
proachable. genial. alert and has well de-
fined ideas of the work before him and
the way he intends to handle it.
He looks to be the kind Of a man one
could approach with a worthy PROPOSE
ton, assured of receiving consideration
but at the same time quite competent
to winnow the chaff from the wheat and
not likely to hesitate over discarding the
chafr
Mr.. Page has had ten years expe-
rience in Congress and has won his way
to the responsible assignment on the ap-
preparations committee not alone by the
application to the business of the House
rule Of seniority. but by hard work and
Is a Business Man.
For one thing. he is business man
with business mans mental process.
For twenty years he has been engaged
in the manufacture of lumber and has
handled business problems on a large
scale. He was treasurer Of the Ashe-
boro and Aberdeen railroad for twelve
years and understands transportion
problems. He has been a member OF
his legislature and has taken part in
national as we'll as state politics. He
came to the House in the Fffty-eighth
Congress and has been continuously re-
elected. So. Mr.. Page is man Of af-
fairs. to begin with, and brings to his
nndorta kfnO oYrorionoo nd
judgment.
have no radical or sensational poll
cies in mind said Mr.. Page today. 81
propose to treat the District with fair
ness. AS a citizen of the United States
l take pride in our National Capital and
would like to see 1t not only the most
beautiful city Of our own land but OF
the world.
made so in year nor In ten years. nor
perhaps twenty-five. 1t must be accom-
plished by steady growth, and the citi-
zens of the District can assist in reach
ing that end by not overreaching by
not being too ambitious to do too much
all at once.
Foe of the Riders.
There is one policy, however which /
am intent upon following. and which l
will urge upon my colleagues of the sub
committee. seeking their cooperation
That is. to draw the line sharply against
attempted general legislation upon the
District appropriation bill.
II am convinced by observation that a
great deal Of the friction in the past in
the consideration of District apprOpria-
ton bills has been due to their carrying
Gepernl legislation and to efforts to at
tach such legislation to them as riders
There IS a legislative committee
charged with Jurisdiction Of general leg
islation affecting the District The rules
Of the House are explicit in forbidding
Incorporation of general legislation in the
appropriation bills. AS long as can have
any say, those rules will be followed.
Wishes Cooperation.
Il will urge the new Commissioners to
uphold me in this effort and not to press
for general legislation on appropriation
bills
II have no suggestion to make as tc
change in the statutory law governing
the District and certainly will not at
tempt to change 1t in an appropriation
bill"
The subcommittee will not meet until
next December. The deficiency appro-
pria ton items for the District are in the
hands of the subcommittee on deficien-
cies, along with other general deficien-
cies. and will be handled by that subcom-
mittee."