Evening star., 1920-03-27
MANN WOULD KILL
REPEAL OF $3.50
Makes Point of Order Against
Provisions in District
Appropriation Bill.

james N. N0nn Oi
Illinois. former republican House
leader. today made n point of order
aEainst the paragraph in the Dis
tricf Of Columbia appropriation
bill which would dIsregard the
ffty-fifty principle OF paying the
expenses of the National Capital.
The chair will rule on this point
when the bill comes out Of the
committee OF the whole House.
Chairman Charles X. Davis of the
subcommittee handling the District
bill. hmm edfately offered a substi-
tute provision that the $1,000. 900
surplus to the credit of the District
should he expended before amy
draft was made ON the federal rev.
enucs to share In the expenses of
the District government. This was
not subject To n point of order.
The House ts now considering the
new proposal to Increase the tax
rate ON real estate and tangible
personal property from " to ~
per cent.
Action in the House on the District
bill was delayed today by figh
made by Representative Blanton OF
Texas against resolution from the
$1,000 for clerk hire during the in
vestigation of the board of vocationa
education by the House committee or
education.
Defended Proposed Change.
Chairman Davis of the subcommit-
Tee on District appropriations. who i.
in charge of the bill in the House
and Representative Sisson of Missis-
Sippi, former chairman. defended the
proposed change in the tax system
during general debate yesterday.
Representative Focht of Pennsylva-
MIA. republican member of the
House District committee, CONNIE nd
ed the committee bill increase of 25
per cent in the water rent and urged
that it ought to be increased 100 per
cent and thus bring another million
dollars into the treasury"
Representative Sisson reiterated his
longtime contention that the Nation
al Capital lis a taX-dodger's para
disc"
Representative Carlos Bee of Texas.
of Postmaster General
Burleson. contended that even a %
per cent tax rate here. as proposed,
would be less than the taxes in other
states when county and state taxes
are considered
Representative Gard of Ohio ask ed
now the committee arrived a t the "a
per cent rate. and Chairman Davis
said. Arbitrarily
School Condition.. shocki,x.
Representative Upshaw of Georgia,
democrat. said his personal expert
Business and Technical High schools
has convinced him that conditions
three are Shocking 'f stand ready
to vote for any appropriation that
Will give the children of the District
OF Columbia decent facilities" he
said. 1T is on the children that we
must depend for the future welfare
of the nation"
Chairman Davis said that il the bill
IL passed as reported by the commit
tee the school teachers, police and
f1remen will be satisfied for the first
time.
Representative Oliver Of Alabama
urged upon his colleagues that I'VE
must show proper consideration for
the people Of the District in the mat
ter of the half-and-half fiscal pol
icy"
Representative oliver warned his
colleagues that 1T may be easy for
Congress to recommend large in
creased expenditures. larger than are
allowed by other cities for the same
purposes. so long as Congress feels
that the money will come out of peo-
pie living in the District. or owning
property therein. and who have no
voice in the matter. Congress must
be fair in fixing this scale Of expendi-
lures. and also in providing what part
thereof shall be contributed by the
government"
Representative r. Walton Moore of
Virginia said:
II do not find that the hearings in
clude any consideration of this sub
ject of taxation. Did the committee
depend upon the result Of former in
vestigations or did it make any in
dependent investigations?'
Chairman Davis admitted that the
committee had made
no Independent investigation on this
subject.