Evening star., 1925-02-15
Committee Not Believed to
Have Made Effort to Re-
store Proportional Basis.
HALF MILLION ADDED
SINCE LEAVING HOUSE
Measure Now Provides for $751;
100000 for Fiscal Year-Re-
port Expected Tomorrow.

The District appropriation bill, car
rying about half a million dollarS
more than when it passed the House
has been completed by the Senate
subcommittee in charge and will be
reported to the full appropriations
committee at a meeting tomorrow
morning. The expectation is that It
will be reported to the Senate to-
morrow afternoon and soon put upon
it's way to passage in that body. In
round numbers the bill as amended
by the subcommittee provides SAL
500, 900 for the National Capital dur
ing the fiscal year ending June 80,
1926.
The details of the amended bill
have not been made public by Chair
man Phipps of the subcommittee.
Lump Sum Retained.
1t is understood, however, that the
subcommittee has thought best to
leave in the bill a lump sum appro-
priation of the Federal Governments
funds to supplement the revenues
raised in the District, instead of at
tempting at this time to restore the
60-40 plan or any other percentage
basis of apportioning the expenses of
the National Capital between the
Federal Treasury and the District.
This does not mean that Senators
have abandoned the belief that a
fixed proportionate plan is the better
and fairer way of apportioning the
Districts expenses between the Fed
eral Government and the people of
the District. But they realize that in
a short session of Congress contest
over this matter with the House
might result in the failure of the
bill.
May Ask Lafger Sum.
1t is possible that the Senate COM
mittee may recommend a larger sum
than ss,000.000, which was fixed by
the House the Federal contribu-
tion to the upkeep of the Capital. But
the committee is making no state
ment regarding this matter at this
| time.
Suggestion has been made that a
provision be included in the appro-
priation bill for the appointment of a
joint congressional committee to in
vestigate the fiscal relations Of the
District, to determine whether he
lump sum plan of contribution or the
60-40 plan or a 1890 plan or some
other method should be made perma-
nent
But members of the subcommit-
suggestion. They are not opposed to
the creation of such joint commit
tee. They do not believe, however,
that it would be possible to get mem
bers of the House and Senate to re-
main in Washington during the re-
cess of Congress, which begins next
month and continues until next De-
cember, in order to make the inquiry.
| That being the case, they say that
| II would be wiser to let the matter
! go over until the next session of
Congress. A concurrent resolution
| providing for such committee and
| inquiry can be put through at that
| time. Some of the Senators are
known to be strongly in favor of
such an investigation, believing that
it would lead to legislation that
would determine more fairly what
! should be the fiscal relation between
! the Federal Government and the Dis
| trict.
Need of Standard.
| If a lump sum is to be the perma
| nent method of appropriating for the
| District, then there should be some
way of ascertaining just how big
| such a sum should be, instead of
| arbitrarily fixing it at nine million
| or ten million dollars, it is said.
| Senator Cameron of Arizona yes
| terday introduced an amendment
which he will offer to the District
| appropriation bill. 1t provides that
| any public school teacher employed
| continuously since June 80. 1906, who
| has been denoted in grade or re-
| duced in salary without trial shall
be Immediately promoted to the
! grade and salary to which he or she
| would have been entitled but Tor
| such demotion and reduction.