Evening star., 1922-05-07
CITIZENS APPLAUD
RAPS AT TAX PLAN
Federation Goes on Record
Unanimously Against
Change in System.

Charges that the District of Column
bia had been denied constitutional
right, and taxed unjustly without
representation, were vigorously ap-
plauded by delegates to the Fedora
tion Of Citizens Associations meeting
in the District building last night,
and resolution was adopted unani-
mously. protesting against the pro-
posal now before the Senate to
change the fiscal plan of the District,
and praising the Commissioners for
their stand-sssso@>
The resolution said: THE Fedora
tion of Citizens Associations pro-
tests continued taxation without
representation, against the practical
denial of the right of petition to
citizens of the District of Columbia,
and against the refusal to grant
hearings, and the federation COM
mends the action of the District
Commissioners in submitting the
matter to Congress"
Edward F. Colladay Of the Chevy
Chase Citizens Association attacked
the fiscal and tax proposal now be-
fore Congress. in an address present.
ing the resolution, declaring that the
federation should persistently con-
tinue the fight daily. respectfully"
as the battle will not be over until
legislation is passed and signed"
Rexeuta Jnsinuatfous
Resenting the insinuations he
declared had been cast by members
District did not know what it wanted,
and could not express itself in any
Intelligent way through it's own or
ganzation, Mr.. Colladay declared it
was time for the federation vigorous
ly to act ito clearly declare our posi-
tion, no matter what the result may
be in the Senate on Monday. or in
further conferences with the House" :"
The federation should so clearly de-
fine it's position, said Mr.. Colladay,
that the men on Capitol Hill may
know where we stand"
Describing a hearing before Sem
ate subcommittee on the District bill,
Mr.. Colladay charged the committee
men had said they knew all about
it," and that If he went on talking
he might talk the committeeman
around against the District. The
speaker declared he was shut off,
by the subcommittee and that "practi-
cal denial of a hearing had been fol-
lowed yesterday by denial of even
"the chance to begin to talk" This
was no time to force the District on
a cash basis, he declared. Tho fed
GRAFTON, he said, stood for fry-fifty
division of expenses between the To-
cal and federal expenses, but would
accept a sixty-forty ratio" II Con-
gress imposed the increased tax on
intangible property, he said. the gov
ernment would find out by experi-
ence, as others had found out, that
..they will collect less on five-tenths
of / per cent than on thTee-tenths of
per cent"
Legislatively Lynched.
william NICK Clayton declared the
District had been 1egislatively lynehed."
The work, he said, had been done ''be-
hind doors by six men," and the fedora
tion should send committee to the
President to protest, not only against
the tax rider. but against the "odium
that attacheA to the unfair, nn-Amerf-
can, unstatesmanlike method by which
Congress has tried to crowd taxation
down the peoples throats.
The District Commissioners should be
heartily commended and backed up by
the. federation, Snowden Ashford sug-
gested, and his recommendation was In
cluded in the resolution.
A lively discussion ensued over the
legal rate of interest for the District.
speakers dividing over per cent
or an per cent rate. The report of
the law and Legislative committee
made by william Henry White. rec
ommending that the time was not
now advisable for legislation chang
ing the rats from 8 to 6 per cent. was
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