Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-11-16
Citizens Also Oppose In
crease in Motor Vehicle
Fee for Registration.
PREFERENCE IS VOICED
FOR LOCAL CONTRACTORS
Home Owners to Be Canvassed 70
Aid Jobless of District Find
Employment.

Proposed increases In the gasoIine tax
and the motor vehicle registration Zee
were vigorously opposed by the FEEDER
alton Of Citizens Associations ct . spe-
cial meeting last night In the board
room Of the District Building.
The federation also added its protest
to those Of Washington's business and
labor leaders against the award Of con.
tracts for municipal projects to out-of-
town contractors, and took definite
steps 10 aid In the unemployment relief
campaign.
In opposing q higher gasoline tax and
motor vehicle registration fee, the fed
Grafton followed the recommendation az
It's Committee on Fiscal Relations. which
branded the proposed increases as
neither necessary nor desirable" The
committees report, submitted by L. a.
Carruthers, chairman, was adopted
unanimously and without discussion.
Favor Local Bidders.
The protest against the award Of
contracts for District work to out-of.
town bidders was embodied In rsso.
luton introduced by James @. Yaden
and adopted unanimously. The reao-
luton instructed DR.. George O. Haven
ner. president Of the federation, to Use
his once to see that contracts awarded
by the District government To - locaI
bidders whenever possible and practf-
cal, ana that the contracts contain
stipulation that preferential emnioy-
ment be given residents Of the District.
Stressing the acute Unemployment
situation, DR.. Havenner appointed q
special committee, headed by William "A.
Eonerts % cooperate with the neigh
pcrn00o citizens associations In can.
wasting the homecoming rneuaberg Is
urge them TO have needed repairs and
other work done at this time 70 give
work 70 the tDhaess. Roberts iln1ma-
diately called q meeting Of the Commit
tee for Tuesday night 10 plan the wofk.
assisting him VIII 81 Edwin s. Heae,
Fred A. Emery. 9. Al Barker, w. i
cMant0n, 2. =. LaYigne. Kenneth -
armstrong, A. II, Gregory, Mieg rtta
Taggart, MRS. II. q. Doyle, Mrs. M. q.
Haughman and Charles / Stengle.
In Verbal TIT.
The meeting was enlivened By 4 two.
man debate between Or. Havenner and
Stengle, his only opponent In the re-
cent election, over the order Of Public
Printer George II. Carter forbidding ap-
prentices at the Government Printing
Once to study any Of the professions
after working hours.
Stengle precipitated the argument
when he asked unanimous consent 70
speak for several minutes and then
proceeded TO denounce Carter for pre-
venting what he described as "the rise
Of the apprentices. in their journey
IA al alb HanA
public printer Is holding his ONCE IL
legally because he was not q journey
man printer at the time Of his appoint
ment.
When stengle completed his remarks.
DR.. Havenner left the chair and an
nounced that some things had been said
which he could not stand for" He
then denied that Carter was holding his
ONCE Illegally, and declared that be-
cause Of his close touch with affairs at
the Government Printing once he
knew that the public printer had done
more than any of his predecessors 20
advance the employees of that establish
ment.
Amendment Action Put on.
while I don't agree with all that
Mr.. Garter has DONE" DR.. Havenner
said "he has been . capable and EN-
Gent ofiicer and has done much TO
elevate the employees Of the Govern
ment Printing once"
Action was deferred on q proposed
amendment to the organic act creating
the Citizens Advisory Council The
amendment would substitute the Hare
method OF preferential voting for pro-
portional representation for the present
system of electing members to the
council. A report submitted by q spe-
cial committee under Mr.. Yaden Ops
posed the change and declared the
present method Of electing counciimen
Is entirely satisfactory"
DR. Havenner referred to the Fiscal
Relations Committee for study the
question OF q new Center Market and
the feasibility Of getting the United
States Government to extend Federal
road aid to the District, as Is done IN
the various States and Hawaii.