Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1916-11-04
DETAILS THE WORK
| FOR HALF-AND-HALF
Report of Committee on the
Fiscal Relations Between
U. S. and District.
SUGGESTED LEGISLATION

A meeting Of the joint citizens commit
tee on the fiscal relation between the
United States and the District Of Column
bia was held at the University Club yes
terday afternoon, Henry B. F. Mr. far
land, as chairman. presenting a report
from the executive committee. which was
approved.
Theodore w. Moves presented a resolu-
tion which was adopted. which declared !:
This committee, speaking not only for
the organizations which it directly repre-
sents but for the whole capital com
munity, records its grateful and hearty
appreciation of the wise and just decision
Of Congress to retain intact the half-and-
half ptovisioh of the organic act Of 1873.
Legislation Recommended.
THAT, in order to protect from VIOLA
ton and to facilitate the operation Of the
half and-ha law, thus indicated and
approved. this committee urges upon Con-
gress the enactment of legislation which
shall % repeal the law Of 1909 which
arbitrarily limits the Commissioners an
nual estimates and which shall (2) cause
any surplus of District revenues arising
in any year from the enforcement Of the
half and half law to be held in the Treas
ury as a trust fund for the benefit of the
District to meet its needs In some future
year
labor to hold fast to what has been won
for the community in the struggle over
the fiscal relations Of nation and capital /:
to protect the half-and-half law against
future repeal or violation and to secure
the supplementary and protective leg1sla-
ton urged by the committee as above set
forth"
The joint committee voted that the
executive committee should continue to
represent it before Congress, especial
ly to carry out the above resolution.
Executive Committee Report.
The report of the executive committee
was as follows:
fiscal relation between the United
States and the District of Columbia had
its first meeting at the University
Club, Friday, March IL. 1915, at Pm.
when delegates appeared in response
to invitations representing the com
of Citizens Associations, Board OF
Trade, Chamber of Commerce, Retail
Merchants Association and the Build
ers and Manufacturer Exchange.
subsequently the Bar Association.
the Georgetown Citizens Association,
the Northeast Citizens Association. Co
lumbia Heights Citizens Association
sent representatives.
Henry B. F. Mcfarland was elected
chairman, and Richard b. Watrous.- sec
retary. An executive committee was
constituted, composed of the chairman,
Messrs.. Theodore w. Noyes. A. 5.
WorthinRton, D. J. Callahan, Corcoran
Thorn and Edward F. Colladay. to rep
resent the joint citizens committee be-
fore the joint select committee OF Con-
gress on the fiscal relation between
the United States and the District OF
Columbia, which had been created IN
the District appropriation act. approved
March 3, 1915.
Chairman Before Select Committee.
The chairman appeared before the
Joint select committee of Congress at
its initial meeting on March Is. 1915.
and informed it of the organization OF
the Joint citizens committee to repre-
sent the civic organizations, in present
ing the facts and the case for the Dis
trict of Columbia and it's desire to aid
the Joint select committee, and the
members of that committee expressed
qualification that the civic organiza-
lions would cooperate in presenting
the matter. since 1t would facilitate the
work of the committee. The joint Sc
lect committee requested that a brief
should be submitted by the LIST Of Au-
gust and this brief was carefully pre-
pared by the executive committee with
the assistance Of subcommittee made
up OF the other members of the joint
citizens committee. and others, and