Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-07-24
DELAYS MEETING
WITH CITY HEADS
President Not to Confer With
Commissioners Before
September.
DELAY WILL BE OF AID
TO new MEMBERS
Have Opportunity to Get in Close
Touch With Districts
Problems.

President Wilson's views as to the
| needs Of the District Of Columbia may
not be communicated to the new board
Of Commissioners before September.
1t had been expected that q confer
| ence between the District heads and Mr..
Wilson could be arranged for this week,
but Secretary Tumulty has informed the
Commissioners that the President pre-
| fers an appointment at q later date.
AS Col Harding Is to leave tomorrow
| for a months vacation in Massachusetts.
! his colleagues on the board will not ask
| for an interview with the chief executive
| until his return.
Aids Civilian Members.
The delay will give the new civilian
members Of the board an opportunity to
become more intimately acquainted with
the workings Of the local government ma
chinery and e chance to form more
they talk over District matters with the
It also WIN enable them 10 bsi1m work.
in . preliminary way. on the nrepara-
next fiscal year. although thin tnsk will
not get under way Ia earnest bsfdre Sep
A the f,rst step looking toward the
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Commissioners today appointed Auditor
Tweedale. Collector Of Taxes Rogers and
Assessor Richards committee to pre-
pare and submit, on or before September
| Is, an estimate Of the revenues that will
be available to meet the appropriations
| for tbs support Of the District or Colum-
bia for the fiscal year which is to end
June 40. 1916.
The committees report. it is antici-
pated. will show that the Commissioners
VIII have available for improvements.
when they begin work on the estimates.
about q million dollars more than has
been at the disposal of any previous
board. This will be due to increased
/ will not have as large payments to make
| on its debts during the fiscal year ending
June 30, 1915.
Friends and job hunters continued to
| throng the offices OF Commissioners New
man and Siddons today. Although a
board session took up a good deal OF their
| time during the morning. the new officials
managed to find time to see the majority
| Of their callers.
No Changes in Personnel.
So far there have been no changes in
| the personnel Of the local government
since the new heads went into Office. The
unrest which was apparent before the
Commissioners were sworn in has subsid-
ed as officials and employees generally ap-
peared to be satisfied that partisan pol
itics will have no part in the new admin
istration.
Collector of Taxes Rogers is proceeding
with his plans for collecting unpaid per-
sonal taxes. Warned by his threat to
seize goods for taxes that have not been
settled. many delinauents, It is stated.
have discharged their obligations to the
District within the past two days There
still remains on the tax ledgers approx
imately 1000 unpaid personal tax bills.
aggregating $S5.O00 Mr.. Rogers stated
today that he is preparing list Of de-
linquents, and that, beginning August l.
bailiffs will be sent out with instructions
to seize goods for the settlement Of un-
paid accounts. Property distrained may
| be replevined within ten days after the
| date of seizure upon the payment Of the
| tax and a penalty sof per cent month
| dating from June I.