Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-12-01
Executive Committee of 100
Organization Believes Short
Session Not UnfriendIy.
TELLS OF effective WORK
AGAINST UNJUST BILLS
Thinks Attempts to Force Inequita-
BILE Legislation Upon the District
Have Been Sidetracked.

| The executive committee of the CONF
| mittee of one hundred. formed to dis
seminate facts as to the relations be-
tween the United States government and
| the District of Columbia. the capital of
the country. does not believe that there
will be any general renewal, at the
coming short session of Congress, of
the. effort to secure legislation hostile
to the interests of the National Capital.
This view was expressed last night at
a meeting of the executive committee.
held at the offices of Henry B. F. Mac
farland, chairman, in a report which
the committee made to the full MEM
bership of one hundred.
| The report is as follows:
Your executive committee was ap-
pointed March Z, 1914, by the commit
tee of one hundred which had been ap-
pointed by mass meeting of repre-
sentative citizens. This extraordinary
action had been taken because of ex-
traordinary conditions. Notwithstand-
ing all efforts to prevent, four mtas-
ures had been sent by the House to
have practically destroyed the half
and-half arrangement of appropria-
tions for the National Capital without
which which its progress could not con-
seemed on the point of passing the
House Doubling taxation here, with
drawing the United States government
contribution and thereby stopping the
caused alarm which was fully justified.
Hence the uprising OF the community
as whole.
Effective Work Done.
within three months from that
time the threatening legislation had
been either defeated or sidetracked. A
decisive yet-and-nay vote in the House
showed that when members were duly
informd of the facts and there was
full attendance, measures similar to
those which had already passed the
House could be defeated The Senate
either voted down or shelved all the
measures sent it with the exception of
that relieving the United States from
Sharing the cost ofimproving the high
ways owned by it, which measure was
compromised and passed in a modified
form, with good hope that 1t might be
repealed when tested by experience.
In the presentation of the facts
which were the all-sufficient argument
10 senators and representatives. and
to representative people in all the
states of the Union, your committee
had the cordial cooperation Of all the
civic bodies of Washington and of a
cations having their headquarters in
Washington and also of similar ma
tional organizations having their head
quarters elsewhere. Labor unions and
the labor union press took an impor-
tant part in the matter. The news
papers of Washington and in many
other cities gave invaluable service.
Many members of the committee of
one hundred. besides those on the ex-
ecutive committee, gave personally of
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for services except clerical help, and
much of this was volunteered
Receipts and Expenditures.
Your executive committee declined
all offers of money assistance and had
no funds except those raised by the as
sessment of So upon each member of
the committee of one hundred.
"Of the fund thus raised $85.17 remains
In the hands of the treasurer, Mr.. A.
Lisner. The expenditures were for the
printing and dissemination of facts
including stationery, postage and cler-
ical work. Numerous letters from sen
ators and representatives and repre-
sentative citizens throughout the coun-
try showed that the facts were new to
many of them and that they had been
showed deep interest and a great
pride in the National Capital and a de-
sire to have it made in all respects one
of the best and greatest capitals of the
world
Your executive committee does not
believe that there will be a general re-
newal at the coming short session,
which begins on the first Monday in
December and ends on the 4th of
March. of the effort to secure legisla-
interests. but it will continue to OBJ
serve the course of events, and, if nee
essary. will call upon the members of
the committee of one hundred for fur
ther assistance in presentation of the
facts, which are the argument against
such measures.
Recommends Renewed Effort.
Meanwhile your executive commit
tee recommends to members of the
committee of one hundred that they
continue to inform their friends in Con-
gress, and also senators and represent
atives elect to the next Congress who
may be in Washington during the win
ter, respecting the history of the Ma
tional Capital and of its present form
of government, and the outlines of the
United States census report as to taxa
tion in Washington compared with
other cities. Copies of the report of
the executive committee of March H.
1914, containing summary of all these
things can still be had from the execu-
tive committee.
The members of the executive COM
nlittee are: Henry B. F. MacfarIand
chairman; DIR. Harvey w. Wiley. chair
man of the committee of one hundred
George Truesdell. NJ A Leese. Thomas
w. Sihwell. DIR. Charles W. Richardson
| Chayies 5. Bundy. Mrs. Wallace Rad
80. Miss Janet Richards. Richard B.
Watrous. b. H. Warner. A. Lisner and
DR.. Clarence j. Owens.
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