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Declares BIZ as Reported Falls
to Meet Requirements Of
Joint Committee Plea.
roo MUCH BURDEN ON CITY
Senator Chiffon. Chairman Of In
vestigators Refuses to Com
metn on Measure Now.

Declaring that the District appropria-
ton bill as II has come from the House
Appropriations Committee fails utterly
TO meet the requirements OF the recon-
mendatlons made by the joint commit
tee which investigated the seal rela-
ton between the District and the Fed
eral Government, Senator Works OF
California who was a member OF the
joint committee, made II plain today
that he would fight the bill to the ut
most unless 1t is materially modified
in the House.
imposes upon the residents of the Dis
trict the burden of caring for the Ma
II believe that the burden OF caring
FOR the Capital should be upon the
Federal Government, and that when
the residents OF the District have paid
n fair tax upon their property no more
should be expected Of tnem." he said.
III the bill Is sent to the Senate, con-
tanning its present provisions for meet
Z ing the expenses Of the Capital, I shall
combat II with all the power l can"
Senator Works IL a prominent MEM
Der OF the senate District Committee
various needed improvements in Wash
ington, as he has pointed out at vari-
Gus times One of the improvements on
which he has strongly insister Is the
Chiffon Silent.
Senator Chiffon, chairman OF the
doint committee to study the fiscal
relations between the District and
the general Government. refused to
comment upon the House bill. He
said he preferred to wait until the
measure was before the Senate.
Indications are strong that leading
Senators who have always favored
building up Washington as one of
the great capitals OF the world will
make o vigorous fight for more lib
eral treatment of the city.
Not only will Senators make an effort
to save the half-aDd-half principle, but
they will make an effort to have the
total of the District appropriation bill
1t is not at all certain that the half
and-half principle can be preserved. In
view OF the report some time ago of
the commission which investigated tho
fiscal relations OF the District and the
But. REGARDLESS sof that. there will be
insistence In the Senate Appropriations
Committee and on the for OF the Senate
on enlargffE the total to be contributed
by the Government as compared with
the small amount recommended by the
House committee.
Senator Gaiiinger of New Hampshire
long chairman of the District Commit
of the Appropriations Committee In
charge of the District appropriation
bill, Is prepared to do what he can Il
see the DISTRICT given a square deal.
tails about the bill today. When asked
what he thought of II. he simply replied
II consider 1t very bad
Although some of the prominent Sen
ators on the Senate Appropriation
Committee who will have a large hant
in District appropriations were not dis
posed to make statement in criticism
of the House bill today. there Is reasoi
to believe the leaders of the Appropria
tons Committee will favor MAXIM
Senator pMi Martin. Of Virginia. cssirna,
of the Senate appropriations COMMITTEES
and Senator John Walter Smith. chair
man of the District committee an,
chairman Of the subcommittee II
friendly to the District.
To Make Strong Effort.
Senator Luke Lea, who is prominen
on the appropriations committee, and In
terested in District appropriations. sal,
today there would be a strong efror
made to preserve the half-and-haif sys
TEN, and to enlarge the appropriation
build up the Capital.
One of the improvements which tn
Senate will insist on in all likelihood l
the proposed municipal hospital.
II is learned that the House apro
priations committee, for the most part
The municipal garbage plant in an
other Improvement which will hav
Senate support.
The Senate. too. is expected to favo
more money for parks and for schools.
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