Evening star., 1924-05-28

Senator King declared that, in his
opinion, Congress would be derelict
in it's duty If 1t did not settle, in the
light of conditions existing today, the
fiscal relations of the District and
| the Federal government. He said
that he had read with pleasure the
w; Noyes with regard to the fiscal
relations of the District and the
Federal government, but that he did
not agree with the contention of Mr..
Noyes that there exists contract be-
tween the Federal government and
the District by which the Federal
government should pay certain
fixed proportion of all of the ex-
penditures OF the District.
Demands Fair Taxation.
Senator King declared that there
would be no solution of the problem
! reasonable and fair taxation, and then
if there should be any deficit
the expenditures for the District
the government should meet that
| deficit, no matter whether it was
$4,000, 900, s14,000,000 or $4,000, 900.
Senator McKellar questioned Sena
tor Phipps as to what the language
of the Senate committee amendment,
providing a lump sum of s14,000,000,
or the continuance of the 60-40 plan,
the bill carries approximately $2S,-
000,0 and that 40 per cent of that
amount would be about $11,200,000,
and not s14.000.00o
Senator Phipps said that the s14.-
100000 was really $3.50 division of
the expenditures for the District.
| while the House had proposed a 40
20 division when it adopted the S.
600, 600 lump sum.
Senator Jones of New Mexico
wanted to know who was going 90
decide whether the S14,u00,000 ar the
60-40 plan should be chosen, if the
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Senator Phipps said this would be
decided when the bill went to con-
| ference, and in this suggestion he
was backed up by Senator Warren,
chairman of the appropriations COM
mittee. He said that the conference
committee would be able to decide
upon any amount from sS.000.000 to
| $14,000.000 or upon the 60-40 plan.
| Senator Phipps quoted from speech
made by former Senator Root of
New York, in which Mr.. Root pointed
| out that the people of the District
| have no voice in their own govern
| ment and declared that he would
rather pay four times the amount of
taxes than to have all right to a
voice in his government taken away.
| Other Amendments.
| AS soon as the debate on the fiscal
relations subsided the consideration
Of other amendments proposed by the
Senate committee went forward
| rapidly. The amendment increasing
the item for continuing the work on
| the increased water supply from
| SS00,000 to $2.500,000 was adopted.
All of the street Improvement amend
ments and the amendments relating
to the public schools went through
with rush. The Senate added ap-
proximately s4,5o0,00O to the bill.
The street improvement amend
ments adopted added to the bill the
street northeast, Lincoln road to 4th
street, s7,4o0; paving 18th street
southeast, East Capitol street to A
street, $4,000; paving Kansas avenue,
18th street to Quincy, street, $4,000;
street, $4,000: paving Quebec place,
10th street to 18th street, $1,000;
paving 27th aoc stree K street to L
Baltimore and Ohio railroad to Maple
street. $4,000: paving Arkansas ave-
! nue., Georgia avenue to Emerson
street. $4,000; paving 18th street
northeast. street to D street, $4,000:
Kilbourne street, $1,000: paving 39th
street, Van Ness street to Yuma
street, $4,000: paving 18th street
northeast: Otis ads street to Michigan
northeast. T street to w street, s13,-
800: paving V street northeast, 4th
street to 5th street. $4,000; blanket
ing with asphalt 7th street northwest
| and southwest, Pennsylvania avenue
to G street southwest, $4,000; re-
pairs, $4,000; trees and parking, $4,000.
Projects Stricken Out.
| The Senate, on motion of the COM
| mittee, struck out the following prof.
ects which had been approved by the
House:
Paving Webster street northwest,
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| paving 18th street northwest, Web
| ster street to Allison street, $4,SOO;
| paving New Hampshire avenue, Grant
| Circle to Allison street, $10.900; paw
ing Kennedy street, 9th street to Sth
street, $4,000; paving Kansas avenue,
| Allison street to Buchanan street,
$500; paving Georgia avenue, Mill
tary road to Fern street. $4,000.
| Among the amendments for the pup
lie schools adopted was that providing
for business manager at $3.50, and
| those amendments increasing tne
number of public school teachers and
| adding to the longevity pay item.
Agree to School Items.
| The items for public school building
| sites also were agreed to. These IN
cluded $4,000 for the preparation or
! plans and specifications for new
school building tor the Mckinley
Manual Training School: 100000 for
| the purchase of a site and the con-
| struction of junior high schooi IN
| the northeast section within haif
mile of the Taylor School; 100000 for
| the purchase of a site for new
| school near 3rd and Rittenhouse
| streets: $500 for the purchase of
| school site in Burrville; $5O,000 1oI
Buchanan streets northwest; SIZE, 600
| for an athletic field for the Western
High School; $4,000 for the pur-
| chase of a site for new schooi near
South Dakota and RHODE Island ave
| tion of plans for Junior high schooi
near Gath and M streets northwest:
| Senate committee amendments 1or
| the police and fire departments "eFe
| agreed to without debate.
Hospital Gets Increase.
| Increases proposed by the Senate
committee for the Gallinger Municipal
Hospital and for the tuberculosis
Hospital were agreed to, and also
those for the District militia
| The item for reclamation of the
| Anacostla flats was increased from
| $150,oo0 to 100000. The Senate
| amendment provides that $175.000
| shall be available for expenditure be-
| low Benning bridge and not more
than $4,000 be expended above Ben.
ming bridge in the requirement OF
1 necessary land.
| Among the amendments offered
| from the floor by authority of the
committee which were adopted was
/ that providing for the purchase or
| the Klingle Road Valley Park, the
| Piney Branch Valley Park and part
! of the Patterson tract. Another
/ amendment approved was that au-
| thorizing the erection of an addition
| to the District courthouse to house
the office Of the recorder Of deeds
| and such other activities as the Dis
1 Arinf Com Ynisainnars miQht DESIGNATE.