Evening star., 1924-06-04
Continued Advocacy of 6O-4O
Ratio or Lump Sum of
$14,0O0,000 Ordered.
CONCESSION BY HOUSE
IS HELD UNACCEPTABLE
Only Three Days Left in Which to
Adjust Differences-Phipps
Defends City.

Ihe Senate this afternoon voted m
send the District approximation hill
pacK 10 conference with instructions
10 It's conferees to continue to advo-
cate the Senate provision on fsca,
relauons which provides for reten-
tion of the 60-40 principle or a lump
sum of s14.0o0,ooo.
This vote was taken when Sens,or
fhlpps OF Colorado reported the in
aoiiity OF the conferees to agree and
made motion that the bill be sent
back to the conference with the same
conferees. They are: Senators
Phipps of Colorado, Jones of Wash
ington, Ball of Delaware, Glass of
virginia and Edwards of New Jersey.
With only three days remaining
pefore adjournment the outcome OF
Lne pattle between the Senate and
House over the fiscal relations was
Ho nearer a settlement this afternoon.
House Comedies Little.
The House voted on the question
yesterday. and the only concession il
made was to authorize its conferees
to agree to let the District govern
ment have the 40 per cent of miscel-
ta1eous fa1 receipts which now go to the
federal Treasury. This the House
proposed to add to its $1,000, 900 lump
sum contribution from the federal
government as a substitute for the
6040 ratio
1t is probable that the Senate con-
ferees will make further efforts t.
have the House Representatives
agree to retain the 60-4O for on
more year, with an understanding
that a commission be appointed to
ma f,tt
report on the Cramton lump sum
scheme before the next session.
Only Three Days Left.
If this eQort is made and fails the
only other solution, in view of the
fact that only three days still re-
main for discussion, is to have
joint continuing resolution passed
| which would continue current ap-
preparations for the maintenance OF
| the District government after July
1. This, however, would mean the
elimination of all the important new
| work provided for in the pending
bill.
After the Senate had voted today
| to send the District bill back to con-
ference, Senator Phipps made a brief
reply to those who had earlier in the
day criticized the amount of tax paid
| by the people of the District.
Senator Phipps declared he was
confident the people who own prop
erty were willing to pay their share
of the expenses of the city, but that
they wanted their share to be deter
mined in a proper and constitu
tional manner.
Fiscal Dispute Taken Up.
AS soon as the Senate convened at
noon the dispute came up for discus
sion. The Senate received notice of
the action taken by the House yes
terday in authorizing its conferees TO
corcede to the District approximately
$1,000, 600 of fines, fees and other mis-
cellaneous receipts which now go
into the Treasury, 40 per cent to the
credit of the United States and 6o
per cent to the District. 1t was the
intention of the House that this CON
cession, added to the lump sum of
$S.000,00O advocated by the House
would give the District a lump sum
of S9,000,000 as a substitute for the
time honored definite percentage
system.
After the action of the House had
been reported to the Senate, Senator
Phipps of Colorado, reported the in
ability of the conferees to agree, and
insist on its amendments to the bill
when Senator Norris inquired for the
cause of disagreement in conference.
Explains House Action.
Senator ph!pps then explained that
the House voted to destroy the 6o-4o
ratio and substitute a lump sum of
sS,oo0.oo0 as the federal governments
share in the upkeep of the National
Capital.
In the course of his explanation
Senator Phipps revealed that one of
the propositions made by the Senate
conferees in conference was that the
60-4o be retained for another year.
with the understanding that before
the next session of Congress the
merits of the lump sum proposal of
the House would be carefully investi-
gated and considered by joint COM
mission to be composed of three sena-
tors, three representatives and three
citizens.
Senators Caraway of Arkansas then
arose and gave notice that at the
proper time he would move to have
the Senate concur in the action taken
by the House on the fiscal relations
clause of the District appropriation
bill. Senator Caraway declared that
the taxes in the District of Columbia
are about one-fifth what they are in
his state. His resolution, however,
did not come to vote.