Evening star., 1915-06-08
Statistics Analysed

The municipal STATISTICS OF the United
States census bureau had been carefully
analyzed and tabulated for the executive
committee under the direction of Theodore
w. Noyes. and the District Commissioners
were expediting as much az possible the
preparation of a complete statement by
the assessor as to the local assessments.
The work supervised by Mr.. Noyes for tho
executive committee was complete and
showed by comparison that Washington
was not underassessed. as had been
claimed. but the reverse. All officers Of
the national and the District government
who had been requested for facts had cor
daily co-operated with the executive COM
mittee and also Director General Barrett
Of the Pan-American Union. There was
general recognition Of the importance Of
the inquiry and the desire Of the joint
citizens committee to supply the joint
select committee Of Congress with all the
facts.
The general nature of the facts was
known before the committee began its
work and no new discoveries were ex-
pected or could be made, but all the
facts had never been gathered together
before, nor had they been verified as
the committee Is now verifying them
Moreover, In every case 1t was sought
to have them in official and, therefore.
authoritative statements. Mutual con-
gratulations were exchanged by the
members of the joint citizens commit
tee on the progress which had been
made and the way in which the execu-
structions.
Work Started on Brief.
As the brief had been promised to the
joint select committee Of Congress for
August, tho executive committee had
begun work upon 1t with sufficient
facts to base their conclusions unon
and Chairman Mcfarland read the
| skeleton which had been drafted by
the executive committee. He stated
that the finance committee, composed
Of tho presidents of civic organizations
Represented in the joint citizens. com
mittee with P. T. Moran. president Of
the Chamber Of Commerce, as chair
man and treasurer. had collected in
ber of subscribers, the funds necessary
for the expert and clerical and other
! Incidental expenses.
Those Attending Meeting.
Those present besides Chairman Mac
farland and A Leftwich Sinclair, who
| acted as secretary of the meeting in
the absence from the city of Richard
b. Watrous, secretary of the committee.
| were John Joy Edison. Theodore w
| Noyes, A. s. Worthington, George
Truesdell. Corcoran Thom. Edwin c,
Erandenburg. James f. Oyster, D. ].
Callahan. F.. C. Graham. Chaplin Brown
| H. II. Classic. A. Schulteis, NJ A. Leese
c. ]. Columbus. Judge c. s. Bundy. Ed,
ward F. Colladay. William T.. Fowler,
William NICK. Clayton. J. G. McGrath'
| william T. Galliher,. Evan H. Tucker,
| Frank p. Leetch and E. r. s. Embrey
r. P. Andrews. B. H. Warner. Richa I'd
b. Watrous and D. A. Edwards were
| out of town.
The organizations represented in tho
joint citizens committee are the Board
| of Trade. the Chamber of Commerce
| the Retail Merchants Association tbs
! Federation OF Citizens Associations
the Committee of One Hundred. ths
| Builders and Manufacturers Associa. i.
| ton, the Bar Association, the CoIu,n
| bia Heights Citizens' Association. tho
| Northeast Citizens Association and ths
Georgetown Citizens Association.