Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-12-31

frances To the Capital marked ~
memorial archWays or parks
Congress has shown during the ~ I
wear it's disposition TO largely ineTea &
funds available for all Capital arG
municipal improvements. For the f.
cal year 1923 Congress gave =
District - largo approximation ]1
history-s3s .282 .3s5. Immediately af'er
Christmas recess the subcommittA@
on District appropriations Of tra
House Appropria- rs Committee "'1
start hearings on the largest Di -r4ct
budget ever presented to Congress.
which totals s40.43I.1
In its organization the new Seven.
tieth Congress provided for close @'-
tention to legislation affecting ta=
Capital in the makeup Of the Senate
and House committees. Sen ttoFs
Waterman Of Colorado and Blaine ~
Wisconsin were added to the Sena'a
District Committee. RepresentStiNe
Hall Of Indiana. Jenkins OF Ohio.
Combs Of Missouri and Cole OF Mar.
land were added TO the House DiStrio.
Committee.
The subcommittee on the DistriCt
budget from the House Appropriate
e. mittee was reorganized. with Rec
resentative Simmons Of Nebraska "a
chairman. the other members inclu6.
inc Representatives oladay OF HI
nois. Welsh Of Pennsylvania. Griff 4
of New York and Casey Of Pennsyi-
Sania. Individually. the chairman arf
other members Of this subcommittee
spent the closing month OF the wear IN
making an intensive study Of District
institutions and their needs. and hear
ings are TO start on January on tire
So 300. 900 District budget
During the last year subcommi,te.
from the House District committee.
headed by Representative Gibson Of
Vermont. started n intensive and sys-
tsmstic study OF the entire municipal
administration. As result of this in
vestigs;ion several important pieces
Of remedial lexisls ton were approved
by the Sixty-ninth Congress and are
now in effect.
This subcommittee was rsorganizsd
and enlarged before the close OF TIE
year with instructions 20 continue i'e
comprehensive examination OF muuic-
ipal government. Hearings are 10
be started Immediately after Congress
reassembles.
AS a result of studies made by ,hs
Gibson subcommittee an Industrial
mOoei District reformatory al Lorron.
Va. including a plant where all auto
mobile license plates for the DiStric'
are made and cannery and fourdrv
were much Of the heavy castings arS
hardware used by the District govern
meng are beinS made
Since the opening of the new Con-
greSs less than a month a-o the cut
standing Developments for the District
have been:
Revival Of hope FOR change IN fis-
cal relations SO that the existing yer
manent Jaw establishing a fixed t,r,l-
portion as basis for contributions ~
tween the Federal government and
District taxpayers in the expenses OF
The National Capital NAV Dc adhered
"a instead OF the unsc.en,ific, han
hazard guess az tump-sum anprye-
priation Chairman Zihlrnan Of the
House District committee has intro
duced resolution providing that az
preparations for tire rsxt fiscal Vexr
shah BE- on soto has sis and set; NJ
up commission who at the h@Sir-
ming nf each calender wear shall %
tern'irs what he inst proportion - ss
between The parent government sid
the tocai municipality.
senators win Aid.
Senator Phipps q Colorado. Nh,
handles local appropriations in the
upper branch ot Congress; Senator
Capper OF Kansas. chairman OF the
Senate District committee. ard Seas.
tor Jones Of Washington. wAo also is
active in District affairs. Rave ~
dica'ed they are favorable . shs tx.
Ing % steps az tbs session, ~ h~tr-
aooot more equitable fiscal srTarSs-
fnent
The nrst test IS expected - core
when the psStri,'t appropriation hi.
reaches the Senate.
In both Senate and House she S,sr.
resolution +er national YVpcs<s ntatfNn
through amendment ~ the Ccnssisr-
tton. giving ;ae more ,hSn hsis MI,
isAn residents ~ the \ssiNgsal tSpitsf
Voice ard vote II rrat1N,lAl ei-,.rSo~x
and Ia Co;NgrsSS has h<>n rslrtr,>-
ducett by Senator jones' % WsSn grS1cS
and ksnrV>Se ntatsVe pVss II Missouri
acting chairman ~ the House }tsess.
ciArN Cosniulttee- Al a Itea4irS ~ the
judiciary con'mlGtes To- sA REID on
J snuAry ), the date is 70 De ss; when
h~aT'nSs wsa ee started % IRIS rNSs~
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