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Senator Phipps' Desire.

There will be no concurrence "IloV-
ever on the part of the District IN SEN
ator Phipps' desire to be relieved OF MS
as.ic,,roent as chairman of the Senate
subcommittee on District approprla-
tions. which he has expressed upon ar
rival in Washington from his Euro
mean trip. On the contrary, there Is
most positive desire and hope IN the
capital that the Senator from COLORADO
will continue at the head OF that SUD-
committee and will, as he, OF course
would in that position, maintain 1ur-
Their his endeavcr to obtain nscal JUS
tire for the District. 1t has been
through Senator Phipps' efforts tnat
washingtons case for fiscal equity mas
been kept alive in Congress. he mas
thoroughly familiarized himself WIN
;ts details and has fully grasped the
scu;tv Of the Districts contention 1or
concentrations upon definite ratlo
basis. He has fought vigorously ana
unfalteringly for this principle. AT the
came time it has been due to him tnat
q lust treatment of the DISTRICTS sur
Mus has been provided for by Congress
Had it not been for him there wouio
nrobably have been no resistance 70 the
arbitrary domination OF the House Oh
this question on the part OF the SEN
ate, and it was through his active ana
intelligent leadership that the upper
house gave a two-thirds vote IN FAVOR
NJ the fixed ratio principle at the last
session. Welding only in the final hour
IA nreyent the complete failure OF the
appropriations bill.
Although as the record stands these
efforts for fiscal equity for the Ma
tional Capital community have not
succeeded. there is no reason for dis
co,,ra cement. On the contrary. Sena-
tor Phipps himself notes signs OF nope.
He saws. referring to data regarding
municipal taxation here and elsewhere,
now being collected by efficiency ex-
merits of the Government: Unless l
miss nv guess, it will lead to some
change in sentiment on the question
in Congress; I believe 1t will show that
the citizens here are taxed as high, rel
atively, as those enjoying similar con-
veniences in other comparable local.
ties"
with this prospect Of q change IN
sentiment and a showing OF the DIS
trict's equitable needs it would De oe-
nlorable for Senator Phipps, with his
wealth Of knowledge Of District fiscai
affairs and his ardor of belief IN the
Righteousness of the Districts cause, TO
leave the fight by seeking or accepting
assignment to other duty on the ap-
preparations committee Of the Senate.
The District hopes that he Is enlisted
in this service "fcr the duration OF the
war" which is to say, until the tight
has been won and the Districts fiscal
relations with the Government are re-
stored to the basis of the substantive
law which still prevails, though now
disregarded.
The desire of the District that Sena-
tor Phipps continue in this service Is
expressed in terms of appreciation OF
what he has accomplished, even though
it mas been impossible to gain the most
important object of these endeavors. In
the framing OF the District bills which
have been enacted through the period
of his craftsmanship much has IN de-
tail been accomplished in recognition
of the Capitals requirements in gen.
erous spirit. While deeply sympathetic
with his sense of fatigue in the pursuit
of an elusive objective, the people OF
Washington still plead with him to
carry on in their behalf with undimin-
ished interest and determination.