Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-10
cOLEADAY CITES
VOTE FIGHT GAIN
Declares Progress Has Been
Made in District Represent
alton Campaign.

Benet that substantial progress" has
been made In the campaign to obtain
! national representation for the District
Of Columbia was voiced before the Re-
publican School of Politics this morn
ing by Edward F. Colladay, Republican
national committeeman for the District.
In discussing government of the Dis
trict, Mr.. Colladay said he thought the
majority Of citizens were satisfied with
the present form and that the only out
standing objection was that citizens do
not have voice in legislation affecting
them.
This is regrettable fact" he said.
Il am firmly of the opinion that mem
berS Of the Senate and House con-
scientiouSly strive to serve the Dis
trict. They are burdened, however,
with matters Of national importance
and with matters Of importance to their
constituencies and few have time to
devote proper attention to the needs
Of the District.
+ Vote Would Prove Remedy.
This would be remedied if the city
had representation on the floor of the
House and Senate" he said.
The pending proposed constitutional
amendment which would give represent
tation to the District would not AFFECT in
any particular the present form of Dis
trict government he sale. but would give
citizens a voice in District affairs and
the privilege Of voting for President and
Vice President.
II think 1t is extremely doubtful" Mr..
Colladay said, that the founders Of our
Government visualiZed a city such as
we have today, with more than half q
million population. For some years many
OF US have urged representation for the
District and feel that substantial prog
resS has been made toward the success
tul elimination OF our campaign"
With respect to fiscal relations, Mr..
Colladay declared taxpayers here are
suffering Is q result of the lump-sum
appropriation made by Congress. He
said that as the Government takes over
property In the Mall and converts 1t
from tax producing to non-tax pro-
ducing, the proportionate part of ex-
penses paid by the Government will
materially diminish.
"The provisions of the act OF 1878,
setting up the District Government,
provided the Federal Government would
pay one-half Of the cost of operation"
he pointed out, land when this pro-
vision was changed and the Federal
Governments contribution specified at
$1,000 900, this amounted to approx
mately one.third Of the appropriation
made for the operation Of the District
government.
Sees Material Reduction.
Now the Federal Governments con-
tribution approXirnateS one-flfth of the
appropriation bill and in 1880 the Fed.
erai Government will pay less than one
NTH. In future, as this tax-producjnR
property is withdrawn and the revenues
OF the District necessarily diminish,
that proportionate contribution will be
even less"
Abiding to the senate's confirmation
OF the two new District Commissioners
yesterday, Mr.. Colladay pointed out that
the provision Of residence set up as q
qualification for the ONCE dates back
naent on the confirmation except to
describe the machinery through which
District 'ofncials are provided.
Mr.. Coiladay said he favored appoint
ment OF the Board Of Education by the
District Commissioners, for the reason.
that Commissioners should have juris.
diction over virtually all activities en-
compaSsed by the school system.
Following Mr.. Colladay's address,
United States Attorney Leo A. Rover
discussed the courts of the District.
Mrs. Louise Dodson presided at the
meeting held at the Willard Hotel This
afternoon Secretary of Agriculture
Arthur M. Hyde and Ernest L. Lewis
Of the Interstate Commerce Commission
were to address the school, and at 4:3O
o'clock the members planned to enter
tain at q reception in honor of Mrs.
Edward Everette Gam. sister and on
clal hostess Of Vice President Curtis
Representative Franklin Fort of New
Jersey will discuss the flexible tariff at
a meeting this evening at $3.50 o'clock,
and Mrs. Bessie Barker will describe the
work Of the Federal Employees Compen.
sation Commission, of which she Is
chairman