Evening star., 1922-10-08
FEDERATED CITIZENS.
BACK PLAN 70 PROVE
DISTRICT OWNS SURPLUS
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ested In the outcome Of the investi-
gattion into the question OF whether
the District really has q surplus in
the Treasury.
This is your tight and my night"
Mr.. Colladay declared. because IL
the surplus Is found to be there. It is
just so much money that will not
have to be raised In taxes on your
property and mine.
Every citizen Of the District is q
party to this suit, so to speak. to
establish our claim to the four or
Ave millions Of surplus revenues.
More or less vaguely. some members
OF Congress say the District owes
the United States large sums of
money. and some few even contend
the five million surplus will be wiped
out by government claims and other
millions Of claims piled up to be paid
off in future years"
Claims To BE Met.
Mr. Colladay said there is no doubt
that the present investigation being
made by q Joint committee OF Con-
gress will verify the existence OF the
surplus. -.
The real task facing the citizens Of
the District, he said, is to be prepared
to meet federal government claims
that may be resurrected and charged
against the surplus.
After Mr.. Donovan's motion had
ham odorfad ooltIpo fnr fri HI,
tions for the surplus tight. Evan H.
Tucker moved that the federation ex-
press its thanks to Mr. Colladay and
to Theodore w. Noyes for their efforts
in behalf of the people Of Washington
in the contest over the surplus. The
motion was unanimously adopted.
The resolution indorsins the esti-
mates as prepared by the Commits
sioners was suggested by the Mid
City Association. In, approving it the
federation instructed Its secretary to
forward it to the citizens joint COM
mittee on fiscal relations for consid-
Grafton.
Would Escape Budget.
The delegates engaged in a brief
discussion of the advisability Of hav-
ing the estimates Of the District gov
ernment entirely removed from the
hands of the budget bureau.
An effort was made by William
Mex Clayton to have the federation
go on record in favor Of allowing
the Commissioners to submit their
estimates directly to Congress, as
they formerly did. Mr.. Clayton's
resolution. however, had not come
from constituent association. and.
under the rules Of the federation. re-
quired unanimous consent. One dele
gate objected to it's consideration.
which was sufficient to kill It.; -,
Mr.. Clayton explained that he did
lack of confidence in the ability or
fairness Of the budget bureau. He
took the position that the estimates
Of the city government are OF an
entirely different nature from the
estimates OF the federal departments
for which the budget organization
was primarily created.
Dupont Circle Adnitted.
Tho federation voted to admit to
membership the Dupont Circle Cit-
GEMS Association, a comparatively
new organization.
william B. Westlske sought to have
the federation go on record to CO.
waging war on the sale Of fraudulent
securities in the District, but his
resolution was ruled out on objection
1t had not come from a constituent
body and required unanimous consent
AS chairman OF the committee on
utilities, Mr.. Clayton suggested that
all of the neighborhood associations
consider at an early date the advisa-
bility of continuing the skip-stop
system for the street cars and also
the question Of inter-company trans
fers.
President Charles A. Baker re-
minded the delegates that the an.
nual election Of officers will take
place at the November meeting.