The Washington herald., 1922-01-25
Storm of Protest Expect
ed When Considering
Cut of $6,496, ,6S5.
LOSS TO CONDUIT
AND STREET NEEDS
Zihlman Scores Action of
Subcommittee as Blow
To Industry.

priation bill by the House appro-
priation subcommittee amounting
to s6.4sC.6S5 is expected 20 meet a
storm. of protest in both the House
and Senate when the bill comes up
for. discussion.
Tho report of the bill yesterday
which eliminated the construction
of an additional conduit from Great
Falls to augment the present water
supply for the District was in,
stantIy followed by the introduce
ton of a bill by Representative r.
Walton Moore. OF Virginia, provid-
ing for this improvement, and pro-
posing the appropriation of $685.
900 for that purpose.
Representative Frederick n. Zihl-
man last night claimed that the
elimination of certain road i'm
provements and necessary water
Lfiow to the city was false economy
and the government could not eS-
pect public spirited citizens to con-
tinue to build under adverse cir
cumstances when the government
refused to cooperate"
Members of the Senate expressed
surprise when informed of the
amount that had been deducted
from the estimate.
CommissIoner. Disappointed.
The District Commissioners would
not comment on the action OF the
subcommittee other than to admit
that they were disappointed.
Representative Zihlmsn said:
Economy is essential at this time,
and the Appropriations Committee
of the House are making a splendid
record of retrenchment. but even
more important fhan this is the
necessity for a revival OF industry
and commerce in the country: the
r,Itting OF men TO work in the
shops, factories, mills and mines,
thus supplying market for -the
farmers ana ndSaericuIturaI interests
Of the country who are facing a
most critical and distressing ,on-
dition, the acuteness OF which has
prompted the President in calling
a national conference here In
Washington TO consider these prob
lens.
"A similar conference was held in
Washington some months ago to
deal with the subject of unemploy-
ment in the country. and among the
recommendations they made to the
country was a recommendation that
municipal, State and Federal work
should be developed; and in line
with that suggestion, millions OF
dollars have been expended by the
States and municipalities in endeav-
oring to find work for the unem-
ployed.
Activity of Citizens.
Here in Washington. many pub
lIc-spirited citizens are going ahead
with building and construction
work. In the hope of keeping the
wheels Of business revolving: some
of them at excessive costs because
of unreasonable weather condi-
tions." according to Zihlman.
Therefore, to have the govern
ment refuse to continue the paving
of important thoroughfares, such as
Connecticut avenue, because of a
desire to cut down expenditures for
the coming fiscal year, is. to my
mind. false economy, to Say the
least. This thoroughfare connects
up with the great road system of
Maryland. traverses one of the fin
est Developments in the Capital
City, and Notwithstanding its i'm
provement was recommended by the
Commissioners and concurred in by
the director of the budget, I am
told il has been eliminated from the
bill" Zihlman stated.
Certainly. the Federal govern
ment canont expect private capital
to make sacrifices in endeavoring
to keep things moving. II they are
going to refuse to make necessary
improvements of this kind, espe-
cially when 1t Is understood that
one side of the. street has already
been paved.
II am also told that the item for
the construction of the additional
conduit from Great Falls has been
eliminated. Notwithstanding the fact
that II has been recommended and
that Congress has already expended
5000, 900 on the project outlined by
the army engineers, which has been
approved by the Water Power Com
| mission Who made an investigation
Of the subject more than a year ago.
81 am confident that an impor-
tant measure of this kind. so essen
tal to the health and welfare Of
the city. will be finally reinstated
IN the bill. and that the Federal gov.
ernment will set an example to the
| states and municipalities by going
ahead with these improvements in
the District of Columbia.
Mostly District Money.
"It must be remembered that only
| 40 per cent of these expenditures
are now being paid out of the Fed
eral funds. and the people of the
District. who pay in taxes GO per
cent of the cost of all improve
ments here and who are almost q
unit for needed projects and devel-
| opments, have every reason to be-
lieve that their friends in Congress
would give active support of the
estimates for important improve
ments which have been submitted
ty thefr Commissioners and ap-
| proved by the Director of the Bud
get after careful investigation .
concluded Zihlman.
The bill provides. Three new
school buildings are appropriated
for-an eight-room cxtensible build
! ing in the Ingleside section, sl4c,-
900: an eisht-room addition to Gar
rison school, including land there
for, for colored pupils, S146.eoe, and
a. two-room building to replace the
present one-room Chain Bridge road
school, S250O0--and p total of 81 /.