Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-09
CONGRESS
AS TO D. c. NEEDS
Plan Along Which Committee
of One Hundred Pro-
poses to Work.
TO MAP OUT DETAILS
AT MEETING TONIGHT
Members of Executive Committee
Called to Assemble in Chair
man Macfarland's Office.

4 meeting OF the executive committee
of the citizens committee of one hundred
is to be held at o'clock tonight in
the office of Henry b. F. Macfarland.
suite 90l, the Evans building, New York
avenue near the corner of 18th street
northwest At the meeting a definite
program of action is to be mapped out,
and the report of the executive COM
mittee is to be presented at the ad-
journed meeting of the committee of
one hundred. to be held at :: o'clock
Wednesday afternoon at the New Will
lard Hotel
The ten members of the executive com
mittee were selected today at a confer
ence at tn office of Dr. Harvey w. Wiley
in the Woodward building, between DR..
Wiley. who is chairman of the larger
committee and Mr.. Macfarland, who is
assisting in the work of planning the ac-
tiyities of the committee Those chosen
as members of the executive committee
are:
Executive Committee Members.
Henry E. F. Macfarland. chairman !;
DR.. Harvey W Wiley. ex officio: Alex
ander Graham Bell Charles S. Bundy.
John W. Foster. NJ. \. Leese. A. Lisner.
Clarence j. Owens. Mrs. Wallace Rad
cliffe. Miss Janet f. Richards. Charles
w. Richardson. Thomas w. Sidwell. Col
George S. Truesdel and Brainard II.
Warner.
That educational methods are to be
adopted in bringing members of Congress
to realization of conditions in the
District of Columbia. and to an under
standing of the needs and requirement.
Of the National Capital was the decla-
ration of DIR. Wiley, Mr.. Macfarland and
others of the committee today.
Many members of the House and Sen
ate, Mr.. Nacfarland said. have only the
slightest knowledge of conditions in the
District and OF the complicated require
ments that exist here to a far greater de-
gree than is true Of any other city in the
United States. Many members OF both
branches of Congress have never gone
over the District and do not know it's ac-
tual extent, the areas that are owned by
the federal government, and the relative
ly small remainder, title to which is vest
ed in private individuals. which, il the
half-and-half plan Of raising revenues for
the affairs Of the District
should be abolished. would be required to
contribute practically all of the revenues,
in the form Of taxes. with which to i'm
prove and beautify the capital of the ma
ton. as well as to finance the District
government.
Tours of District Planned.
1t is the purpose of the committee.
according to Mr.. Afacfarland and DR.
Wiley, to show such members of Con-
gress just how much there is to the Dis
trict of Columbia; just how much of it
belongs to the federal government and
is therefore exempt from taxation and
just how much remains on which private
owners are required to pay taxes. Tours
of the city and its environs are to be
made, with members of both houses of
Congress as sightseers. during which the
effort is to be made to show such mem
bers the utter impractcability of the
property-owninS taxpayers of the Dis
trict to contribute revenues sufficient to
develop Washington in manner conso-
nant with its Importance and dignity as
the capital of the United States
1t is believed by the members of the
big committee that by this pIan tactfully
followed. and by the elimination Of
recriminaton and violently objurgatory
denunciation of members of Congress
more will be accomplished than would be
possible by any other means. Details of
this plan are to be worked out at to-
nights meeting of the executive commit
tee, and completely detailed plans will
be ready for presentation at the meeting
Of the main committee Wednesday after
noon.