Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-05-29
DR.. HAVENNER HITS
BENN|NG ROAD TAX
Federation Leader and Other
Speakers Call Levy ian
Outrage"

Told by DR.. George C. Havenner
president of the Federation OF Citizens
Associations, and other guest speakers
that the Benning road widening tax
assessment was IAN outrage and an
other evidence of the need OF national
representation for the District OF Co.
lumbia, the Trinidad Citizens Assocla-
ton, meeting in the Wheatley School
last night voted to continue their cam
paign to get all the property owners OF
the community to join in their protest
and to have the organizations dele
gates bring the matter before the next
meeting of the Citizens Federation.
Lack of Representation CrippleS ID. Z.
In his address, DR.. Havenner declared
the fact that the people OF Washington!
/ do not have representation III congress
weakens their efforts to protect the!I
rights in such cases as the one under
discussion. II the practice followed in
taxing residents five or six blocks from
Benning road for its widening were fol-
lowed to its logical conclusion, persons
living in Georgetown might be taxed
T, for street improvements in AnacoStla
the federation president said. HIS
opinion. was that the proper solution o1
such special assessment problems lay IT
gasoline tax for the widening OF un-
improved roads, DR.. Havenner told The
| citizens.
The assistance of the Stanton Park
Citizens Association was rendered the
Trinidad group by A. H. Gregory, it,
| president, H. j. Stull, also of Stanton
Park characterized as IAN astounding
principle that any person within giveI
radius may be taxed, Notwithstanding
the fact that there cannot be shown
any material improvement TO hi
property"
"Benning Road Only Beginning"
"Benning road is only the beginning
and the proposition eventually wal
| affect every section of the city anC
come back to the pocketbooks of those
! who least expect it at this moment,
Stull said.
Citizens all over the city are dis
cusSing the Benning road proposition
Louis Goldman of the Congress Height:
| Association told the meeting, while
| Christopher Lemkuhl of Petwortf
| agreed with DR.. Havenner that tn.
| assessment schedule was IAN outrage
H. C. Phillips and B. w. Payne of the
| Citizens Forum of Columbia Heights
| also offered to cooperate with tn
| Trinidad association in its fight. DR.
Enoch Thompson, rector of the Resur'
rection Chapel, declared the specla
assessment on his church constituted
| a severe burden" on its congregation
Act of Condemnation Jury.
The special assessments to which thu
| citizens object were made by con
demnation jury last February and thell
| confirmation is to be considered IN tht
District Supreme Court June 8, the
time limit for filing Of protests beint
| extended to that Gate from May 10
On motion of G.. M. Koockogey TIT
| association voted to request the Public
| Utilities Commission to order the re
routing of street cars and to have TIT
| routes numbered, the cars on each route
to carry transparent numbers. Recon-
mendations that the appropriation FOL
| a library for their section be used II
establish one north of H street ant
! that the public school stadiums OF the
CITY be thrown open to children dur
| ing the Summer months were also ap'
proved. Maj Henry G.. Pratt wa'
| commended for his refusal to ares
! jay-walkerS.
| Seventeen new members were ad
| mitted. They are: F. l.. Hoffman
Harry E. Shilling, Mrs. Pauline
Meuhlhans, Mrs. Kera, Schwartz, M
| Horning, Michael j. Murphy, Charles
| B. Bond, Mrs. B. j. Riggs, Miss Pauline
| M. Grady, Edward Pennell, George A
Keier, Theodore H. Keller Richard l
Birch, Thomas Carlin, Gus Hornlng
Mrs. Edith S. Dawson and Charles A
| Dawson. President George I. Clear!
| presided.