Evening star., 1924-09-24
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D. c. COMMITTEE
Maryland Representatives
Interest in Capital Promises
Fair Deal in House.

With Representative Stuart f.. Reed
Of West Virginia voluntarily retiring
at the close Of the present Congress,
leaving the Craftsmanship of the
House District committee vacant, and
with Representative Charles II. Davis
of Minnesota, who is chairman of the
ubcommittee on District appropria-
tions of the House appropriations
committee. defeated in the primaries.
residents of the National Capital and
those outside who are interested in
the upbuilding Of the Capital are
concerned as to who will be in charge
of District legislation.
There is no cause for alarm--but
rather for gratiflcation-beca cause Rep
rcsentative Frederick n. Zihlman Of
Maryland. who has for eight years
been successful in putting through
many important pieces of legislation
Of advantage to the National Capital,
seems likely to fill the vacancy as
chairman of the Legislative commit
tee having jurisdiction over District
or Columbia measures.
Zihiman Likely to Win.
Representative Zihlman has been
renominated and is expected to
carry his district without serious
opposition-largely on account of his
unusual record of achievement.
He has been a member of Congress
for eight years and since the begin
ming of his first term he has at all
times taken a deep interest in all
matters affecting the District of Co
lumbia. During the last session of
the present Congress. owing to. the
illness of Representative Reed, Mr..
Zihlman served as acting chairman
of the House committee on the Dis
trict of Columbia in addition TO his
duties as chairman of the committee
on labor District legislation never
got better consideration in commit
tee and the House made a new rec
ord in passing important measures.
During the early part of his first
term, as a member of the Sixty-fifth
Congree, Representative Zihlman 's
attention was called to the need for
AN additional water supply for the
National Capital, inasmuch as the ex-
listing supply was close to the re-
ouirements and that the Government
departments were in danger OF hav-
ing to shut down if a break should
come in the old water main.
Got Action on Project.
REPRESENTATIVE ZihIman introduced,
and after careful hearings, was sue
cessful in having passed resolution
which appropriated $4,000 for the
purpose of making a survey OF the
existing water supply. which resolu-
ton was incorporated in and became
part Of the Water Power Commits
sion act. The investigation was
made under the direction of the En-
gineer Corps of the United states
Army, with Maj. NJ. c. Tyler desig-
mated to make the survey. Under
the plans prepared by him, an ad-
ditional conduit from Great Falls is
now nearing completion.
The condition OF roads leading
from Washington into Maryland also
occupied Representative Zihman's at
tention. and he was active in securing
appropriations for suburban roads,
with the result that when the i'm
provements on Wisconsin avenue and
Georgia avenue are completed-the
money alrea ady having been appropri-
ated--every suburban road now lead :
ing into Maryland will be an i'm
proved highway.
Representative Zihlman again took
leadership in securing the passage of
a bill providing reciprocity with
Maryland with respect to license tags
for automobiles, and he fathered the
gasoline tax law now in effect AS A
result of this legislation moro than
$4,000 District cars which had never
carried Maryland tags now have the
opportunity to use the more than
1000 miles of modern highway Of
which Maryland boasts.
Champion of Park System.
Extension OF the park system of
the District of Columbia has always
found Representative Zihlman a
ready champion He has contended
that the National Capital is entitled
to a park system comparable to the
capitals of other nations, and that il
was false economy not to extend and
enlarge the present system. He has
favored the acquisition Of the various
tracts of land advocated by the City
Park Commission, and advocated that
the historical sites in Washington
should be acquired and connected up.
The public servants in the National
Capital count this Maryland member
as one of their best friends in Con-
gress He introduced and had passed
legislation relating TO the police and
firemen's retirement act and the police
and firemen's increase in salary bill
and was active in securing the pas
sage of the school teachers salary
bill-which established a new cIassi-
fed salary schedule for all these pub
lie workers.
During the Sixty-seventh Congress
Represe ntative Hihlnan introduced
and had passed a bill creating a board
Of accountancy for the District. He is
also father of scores of other meas
ures that have been passed and more
that are still pending.