The Washington herald., 1922-05-07
Federation Flags Con.
gress for Failure to
Heed City's Pleas.
WILL ASK HARDING
TO VETO FUNDS BILL
Blue Sunday Law Voted
Down; Ask Probe of
Parole Systems.

The Federation of Citizens As
sOciations, representing more thar
10000 residents Of the District. last
night iayed the policy of the pres
ent Congress in dealing with Dis
trict taxation and appropriations.
On motion by Edward +. Cola.
day. delegate from the Chevy Chase
Citizens Association. the fedora
tion unanimously adopted resoIu.
tions protesting against the Dis.
trict being taxed without repre-.
sentation in Congress. condemn
ing the denial of the right of petI-
tion in District matters. and con-
demning the refusal of Congress
sional committees to give repre-
sentatives of District organizations
an opportunity to be heard on Dis
trict matters
Committee Attacks Congress.
In order that Congress should not
be able to say that no constructive
criticism was being offered. the
federation also went on record as
favoring the proposals made to
Congress several days ago by the
District Commissioners. The Com.
missioners' plan was an optional one
of taxes. use of the District sur.
plus in the L. s Treasury. and 2
small bond issue. for the stagger.
ing tax proposal made by the con.
ferees on the District appropriation
bill.
Members OF the joint select com.
mittee that went to Congress dur.
ing the hearings on the bill in the
subcommittee told how they haC
been prevented from giving tn,
Views of the citizens who are tC
bear the burdens and suffer from
the lack of provisions in the ap.
propriations bill.
To Carry Fight to Finish.
The delegates frankly stated thai
this fight against the District ap.
preparations bill would continu,
until it was signed by the Presi-
dent and that when the bill got tC
the President that they would ask
him to veto 1t IL the surplus tax
burden were still attached. Dele.
gates intimated that the President
was unacquainted with the manner
the bill was treated by Congress
The District was legislatively
lynched by Congress" said william
public utilities committee of the
federation. 1T is not only the
merits of the bill that we criticize
but also the method in which il
was passed and the manner OF
treatment accorded the District"
The desire on the part of the
delegates to protest by word
against the action of Congress was
so intense that II became necessary
to close down on discussion and
put the question.
ColIaday Raps Amendment.
Let them know where we stand. "
said Colladay in introducing the
resolutions of protest against the
treatment received at the hands of
the appropriations committee. The
amendment putting the federation
back of the District Commissioners
was introduced by Snowden Ash
ford. delegate from the Washing
ton chapter Of the American So
ciety of Architects.
On resolution forwarded to the
federation by the Brightwood CitI-
zens' Association and favorably
reported out by the committee on
charities and corrections, the fed
Grafton moved to examine the sys-
tenn Of parole and probation in the
District courts.
An amendment offered by william
Henry White. chairman of the law
and legislative committee. was
adopted extending the stigation
into the practice Of collecting col
laterals.
DIsapprove Interest Rate Change.
Attempts to get the federation to
favor a return to per cent as the
legal rate of interest failed. So
also did an attempt to get the fed
Grafton to favor a blue Sunday law.
The federation amended their re-
lection of the latter so as to show
that 1t was in favor of one day In
seven as a day of rest.
On recommendation of the com
mittee on public health the az,
sociation expressed itself as op-
posed to the Ball bill now in Con-
Eress providing for the elimination
Of all except drug method" doctors
from practicing in the District.
The cancer educational campaign
being conducted by the American
Society for the Control Of Cancer
was indorsed A $50 contribution to
the H. B. +. mcfarland memorial
fund was voted. Charles A. Baker
prasfded