Evening star., 1922-11-14

duct from Great Falls and the in
stallatfOn OF a high-preSSure water
system for Washington.
adequate school facilities.
Better conditions of the personnel
OF the police and fire departments.
fraudulent securities.
Extension of parkways as outlined
in the report of the committee on
parks and reservations.
completion of Arlington Memorial
bridge
and avenues.
Last. but not least. continuation
of efforts for national Representation"
Work OF Committee.
In dealing with committee reports
Mr.. Bradley gave a brief resume of
the work of each committee
The Washington Board of Trade"
said Mr.. Bradley, 'is represented on
the Safety Week committee by Fran
els Weller. Joseph A. Rurkhart. Ar
thur Carr. f. c. Graham, George w
Onutt. jr. and Odell S. Smith. a
committee on permanent organization
has been appointed and definite ar
ragements are being completed for
Safety Week during November &c to
December %
During the past year the boards
special committee on coming, COM
posed of e. &. Graham, Harry Blake,
Appleton T. Clark. A. r. Jorss, T.
Francis Saul. William E. Shannon and
Frank L. Wagner, was actively in
terested in all matters pertaining to
the coming and building regulations
of the District of Columbia.
Twelve public hearings were held
by the zouing commission. at which
eighty-hve subjects were considered.
Prior to each of these public hearings
the Board of Trades special commit
tee met with the coming officer Of the
District and went over in detail mat
ters under consideration.
Reference to Fiscal Relations.
THE Board of Trade has been
strongly represented in the citizens
Joint committee on fiscal relations be-
tween the United States and the Dis
trict OF Columbia since its organiZa-
ton, in 1915. and its representative ves
have been conspicuous as officers and
executive members in the community
service labors Of that committee. The
citizens JOINT committee on June 20,
1892, unanimously adopted the report
of Its executive committee of that
date, which described what had been
accomplished by the citizens COM
mittee in helping to shape on whole
sale, equitable lines District fiscal
legislation and outlining the plan of
interest.
THE value to the community of
the uncompensated iaborS of the
citizens joint committee since 1915
cannot be measured in dollars and
cents. Preparedness for the cam
paign of 1928 in defense of our tax
surplus requires. like the campaign
of 1915. necessary expenditures for
the payment of expert accountants
and for the printing of the citizen
committees brief. Members of the
Board of Trade. in response to an in
vitation which 1 have issued will
gladly contribute for this purpose
the small sums asked. and will add
to this money contribution grateful
appreciation of the helpful. uncom-
pensated labors of the citizens COM
mittee itself. Contributions for this
tiplied to the givers.
1.-The bridge committee Of the board.
which has had an active year. recon-
mends that Congress be requested to
enact legislation whereby all bal
ances from specific appropriations
for bridge work may be used for
general maintenance and repair.
OppOsition to Insurance Measure.
Our insurance committee led the
opposition to the Fitzgerald bill"
said Mr.. Bradley. providing for gov
ernment monopolistic. compensation
insurance which would have put a
tax burden on every one in Wash
ington employing one or more per-
sons in any capacity, and the COM
mittee is glad to report that the bill
was not passed at the last session
of Congress.
among the items needing atten-
ton in order to bring US in line with
modern practices are resident
agency law. proper qualifications for
agents brokers and solicitors and
modification of our license fees in
conjunction with reciprocal law,
in order that our local insurance
companies may do business in other
states without undue hardships.'
President Bradley lauded the work
Of the law committee under the
chairmanship Of Alexander Wolf.
pointing out that the committee had
aided greatly in the passage of the