Evening star., 1921-04-25
&,0)0,O(O D. c. TAX
CREDIT WIPED OUT
Government Fails to Meet
Upkeep Fund Dollar
for Dollar.

The $4.000,000 to the credit of the
District of Columbia in the national
Treasury, which represents money
paid in by property owners in the
District as taxes, and which was not
met dollar for dollar by the federal
government in funds for the upkeep
and development of the National
Capital, has been wiped off the books
according to Chairman Focht of the
House District committee
The residents of the National Capt.
tai have been expecting that this
81 100000 would form a nucleus of a
big fund which would be devoted to
public school buildings. adequate wa.
ter supply and other permanent i'm
provements at the seat of government
Chairman Focht on the eve of the first
meeting of the District committee to
consider the school building program
the problem of water supply and simi-
lar matters of vital interest to the Dis
trict of Columbia made the announce
ment today that :'the good people OF
Washington in their plans for develop
ment of the National Capital had better
forget once and for all the alleged
81, 000,0 900 District surplus because it was
merely matter of bookkeeping and is
not existant Whatever plans the Dis
trict committee in Congress may make
for improvements in the District will be
oblivious of any such supposed surplus
and the District residents must prepare
to pay their share of the increased ex-
penditure.
Makes Statement After Conference,
Chairman Focht admitted that he
made this statement after conference
with Legislative leaders, and that the
Il
trict getting any legislation which
might consider use Of the four-mil-
lion dollar surplus.
Chairman Focht today introduced a
number Of bills at the request of the
District Commissioners representing
their program of Legislation to be laid
before the District committee at it's
first meeting for the Sixty-seyenth
Congress tomorrow.
one bill proposes to prevent fraud
respecting securities offered for sale
within the District and to provide
summary proceeding. 1t proposes to
registrar persons selling securities in
the District.
Another bill would amend the act
to regulate the business of loaning
money on security of any kind and
by persons. firms. corporations other
than national banks, licensed bank
ers. trust companies, savings banks,
pullolnS ana loan associations and
real estate brokers in the District.
Other Bills Introduced.
At the request of the District Com
missioners Representative Focht also
introduced a bill to make the neces-
sary survey and prepare a plan of a
proposed parkway to connect the old
civil war forts in the District.
Also by request of the District Com
missioners he introduced a bill to au-
thorize the widening of 1st street
northwest.
Another one of the Commissioners
bills provides for the sale by the Com
missioners Of certain land in the Dis
trict acquired for school site by
deed from George H. Dare and wife
dated June %. 1869
Another bill would authorize the
Commissioners to close upper Water
street between 21st and 22d streets
northwest. lying between Potomac Park
and square No. 8S in the District.
Representative Focht reintroduced a
bill formerly fathered by Representa-
tive Johnson of Kentucky at the re-
quest of the Commissioners to authorize
the opening of a minor street from
Georgia avenue to 9th street northwest,
which would relieve congestion of traffic
near the base ball park.