Evening star., 1921-11-07
FUND TO INCREASE
POLICE REFUSED
House Committee Thinks
$4,000 for Force During
Arms ParIey Not Needed.

The appropriation of $50.000 asked
by the District Commissioners and
urged upon Congress by President
Harding in a letter to Speaker Gill
lett, with which to provide addition
al police protection during the inter-
national conference on Limitation of
armament, was summarily rejected to-
day by the House appropriations COM
mittee when the District Commission
ers were heard on deeiency estima tes.
The attitude of the House commit
mittee was that there are sufficient
inArine9and soldiers now in the Dis
triot to provide ample and better
protection than would be given by
hired policemen from other cities or
recruited from the unemployed in
Washington. The argument Of the
Commissioners was that as this was
a peaceful conference, where interna-
tional good will and kindly feeling
is to be promoted, they thought it
might give offense If soldiers in uni
form were Doing Icing poliee 2s,,1; york; hoos =,
I~''nv-. ro'-t"d II that the marines
are not looked upon as soldiers, but
a.. eo..>ei.i>n. He emphasized
that they are recognized the world
over as the best policemen.
Chairman Madden Explains.
Chairman Madden Of the House
committee explained to, the District
Commissioners that the arms parley
was entirely a matter of interna-
tional relation and that all arrange
ments for the conference are being
made through the State Department,
with Secretary Hughes shouldering
oil OF -, cf RI
that Secretary Hughes has authority
to call upon the War Department.
the Navy Department, the Treasury
Department, the Department of JUS
tice or any other agency Of the gov
ernment which has police force or
assistance he thinks necessary in con-
nection with the international confer
ence.
Mr.. Madden said he believed that
the House appropriations committee
should not in any way muddle the
plans or work with which the Secre-
tary of State is charged.
Chairman Madden said after the
meeting that the District Commits
sioneFs had gone away well pleased
in at least one respect. They had
found one place in the government
service where they could come for a
decision and get it.
No Action ON Other Items.
Other deficiency items for the Dis
trict. including appropriation for the
surveyors Office. for the municipal
on the Gallinger Memorial Hospital,
for the payment of judgment against
the District and other deficiencies
were explained by the Commissioners,
but no definite action was taken by
the House committee: -;
Col. Clarence o. Sheriff., officer in
charge Of public buildings and
grounds, discussed the proposed Ar
lington Memorial bridge to he erect
ed between the Lincoln memorial and
the appropriations, committee. Col.
Sheriff. said this structure is to be
symbolic Of the line beween the terri
tory north of Mason and Dixon and
the territory south Of Mason and
It is intended that it shall be the
greatest of all the memorials in
Washington. Old plans for this struc-
ture estimates the expense at from
ss;SSo,ooo to to $1,000. 900. o1v n,.nnaa
would be about $500 feet long.
The reason given for discussing the
project at this time is because the
grading and road work at Lincoln
MemoriaI is now nearing completion
and it Is desirable that the plans for
the bridge shall be considered before
| this work is completed. Col. Sheriff.
was asking the committee for a de-
ficienoy appropriation of $25.0o0 with
which to get out plans and drawings
and to. make necessary. boring. He
justified the request for deficiency
|; estimate on the ground that this work
already had been authorized in the
public buildings act of March 4, 1913.
This memorial bridge, he said, will
carry out the general scheme of de-
velopment of the National Capital.
The Lincoln Memorial will be situated
at one end Of the. bridge and me-
! mortal to the greatest hero of the
south on the southern end. It con-
siders park treatment Of Columbia