Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1922-02-02
Kind Words for the District
AS PAIRING Knife Is Welded

clustered around the seat of govern
ment. In fact, we are visioning al
| that is necessary to make the city
complete. l feel sure that no part of
because of Indifference. or lack of
interest on the part of those charged
with the duty of supplying the f.
nances needed by the District"
| X r., x
But those kind words butter no
parsnips." because, as Representative
r. Walton Moore of Virginia empha-
sized on the floor of the House, the
bringing in the District bill boast ed
that cit is the smallest in amount"
and as Representative Moore said,
represents the most drastic reduce
lions by the budget bureau and by
the committee on appropriations that
we have thus far encountered or are
| likely to encounter
| That the appropriate tons committee
! took the budget bureau recommends
tons as the maximum amount that
could be appropriated for the District
was also stressed by Representative
Moore. and quoted from the report of
| Chairman Davis Of the subcommittee
which framed the bill: with but a
| single exception have the committee
recommended an appropriation in eX-
cess of the (budgeD estimates" and
| that was for d mere 500, the report
further saying: I'm no other instance
have they exceeded the budget totals.
On the contrary. there are but few in
stances where the appropriation pro-
posed is not well below the budgets
proposal"
| The point emphasized by Repre-
! sentative Moore is that the budget
! bureau made eliminations and reduc-
tons totaling $2.625,337 from the esti-
mates of requirements filed by the
District officials, and that the COM
mittee on appropriations took these
estimates, reduced by the bureau in
that manner. and proceeded to cut
| them severely 1.-The bureaus esti-
mates were s26,SSS,0OO plus" he said,
| land We have here from the COM
mittee bill carrying only $20,397,-
| 0O0."
One single item that was approved
even by the budget bureau. when it
cut drastically. was $3.000,0O0 for an
| additional water conduit to safeguard
| the entire government establishment
| and to protect the capital against
| danger of water famine. Even
| Representative Ben Johnson of Ken
| lucky. who Tor years has opposed
| much legislation sought for the Dis
| trict welfare, and who is member
| of the subcommittee of five which
| framed the District appropriation bill.
! said this conduit must be built. He
| insists also that there is crying
! need for more street improvements
| and other public works.
X x X X
| Chairman Madden has said very
| plainly that ii is the necessity for
! economy and not desire to dis
| criminate that has reduced the
amounts which it is proposed to
spend in the District next year.
! Against that statement stand the fig
| ures put into the Congressional Rec
! ord by Representative Moore and the
d, Statement. by Chairman Davis of the
/ subcommittee that the District ap-
preparation bill has been cut more
| draStically than any other.
| Economy seems to be most pressing
! when the District needs are being
| considered and the cold facts are
| that though members of Congress say
| they are interested to make the Ma
! tional Capital the most beautiful city
/ in the world and most thoroughly
mainta ned-in fact, they are prone
| to severely criticise any shortc0mlng
| in maintenance-these favored days
! for the District seem always to he
! put on the waiting list.