Evening star., 1922-07-01
D.C.F|SCAL PROBE
TO OPEN THURSDAY
Joint Citizens Committee
/ Asks Representation at
n Hearing.


toint select committee on fiscal rela-
tions in the District of Columbia and
the federal government, said today
,nat the meeting of the committee
will probably be called for next
Thursday. He said it is the intention
of the committee to proceed eXpedltl-
ously, notwithstanding that the House
is in recess.
At next Thursdays meeting the
District Commissioners Will be pres
ent The Department of JUSTICE as
representing the United states, VIII
be requested to send an ofhcial III
accordance with the terms of the act
creating the committee. The legal
bureau and the auditing branch OF the
District government also will be rep
resented.
Senator Phipps said that If the CIVIC
organizations of the District oesre Gu
10 he represented they would be wei
COME hut thar of course the commit
Zee would expect them to delegate an
individual. as the occasion would not
take on the aspects of town hie -
ing. The chairman does not see 'l'
necessity of open hearings 10 any e
tent after the next meeting. at "nieh
q definite program Will be ou1llheu'
Audit First Step.
The first praCtlCai Slep, Ac :.
he to proceed with the audit Ihal
will REQUIRE the services of expert az
countants who are PROVIDED LOT IN @ lhe
act Senator Phipps sees no reason
why the work should not be pusheo
along in businesslike way; IN
hampered by procrastinatlon. ne
meets that even with the House In re-
cess il will be possible to maintdih II
a quorum of the committee. as 'ne ne
senate members will always De OH
hand.
Senator Phipps was elected chairman
OF the Joint congressionai, oo'i,,a,t raster.
day afternoon in the Senate plstIle y. :
committee room. All members OF the
committee were present except nep
resentative Evans of Nebraska;
After the meeting chairman fntpp' @
announced the purpose OF the CON.
mittee to proceed as diligently
nossible with the work in mana
which he feels is of high Importance
House Members to Return.
All of the House members OF the
ioint committee to inVestlsate lhe
fiscal relations between the Dls.rics
and Federal governments are ou' % %
Nevada. who Is chairman OF the
House representations. is In ms noHe
district and not expected 10 relui II
before August Is. at the end OF tne
recess, which started last night he
has been notified. however, or his ap-
nointment on the joint committee.
Representative Guy U. Hardy OF
Colorado has gone to Gettysburg ana
Is expected to be back next W Wednes-
day. So that If meeting OF tne
Joint committee is called Tor next
Thursday. as has been suggested.
Representative Hardy will probably
be in town to- attend
Representative w. c. Wright OF
Georgia, the democratic representa-
tive from the House, has left town
and nothing is known at his once or
his hotel regarding his plans.
Citizens Request Representation.
E.. F. Colladay, chairman. citizens
1oint committee on fiscal relations,
today sent the following letter TO
Senator Phipps, chairman OF the JOINT
congressional committee:
"As chairman of the citizens joint
committee on fiscal relations between
the federal government and the Dis
trict of Columbia. 1 have the honor
to request that at the next meeting
of the joint congressional committee.
our committee be gwen opporIunils mt
to enter formal appearance and ten
der our services to your committee in
the investig CATION about to be made.
THE citizens joint committee on
fiscal relations is composed OF repre-
sentatives of the following organi-
Washington Chamber of Commerce.
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso
citation, Federation Of Citizens Asso-
Citations, Northeast Washington Citi-
zens' Association, District of Column
bia Bankers Association, Washington
Real Estate Board, Federal En-
ployes' Union, Cosmopolitan Club. the
Civitan Club and kiwanis Club. Other
organizations will doubtless be rep
resented.
THE executive committee of the
citizens joint committee consists of
Theodore w. Noyes chairman; my
self. as vice chairman, and D. ]. CAL
lahan, Corcoran Thorn, E. c. Bran
denberg, Robert n. Harper and Frank
J. Hogan.
I'VE assume that 1t will be suf-
hcient for not more than three mem
bers of our executive committee to
appear to enter appearance and make
the formal requests at your next
meeting"