Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-06-19

haps q Federal Judge The Senator re-
called that former President Coolidge
on one occasion appointed q Federal
judge to sit on commission with Army
and Navy officers to consider aircraft
problems.
While discussing this phase Of the
question, Senator Bingham also ex-
pressed the belief that it might be pos
Sible TO work out some differentiation in
the matter of taxation.
DR.. George c. Havenner, president
Of the Federation of Citizens Associa-
lions and chairman ex off1cio of the
Citizens Advisory Council, called at
the White House yesterday to urge
President Hoover himself to appoint a
commission to determine the proper
division of financial responsibility.
DR.. Havenner discussed his plan
with Walter Newton, secretary to the
President, and pointed out that the
commission he proposes would be DIFF
ferent from the one provided in the
Moore bill, now pending in Congress.
The Moore commission, he said, would
be permanent organization, tn
structed to advise Congress at regular
periods on the proper portion the
Federal Government should share in
the Districts expenses, whereas he
thinks permanent commission Is I'M
necessary
The makeup Of the commissions also
would be different. DR.. Havenner sug-
gested a group of five members COM
posed Of the director of the Bureau of
the Budget, the president of the Board
OF District Commissioners, a represen-
tative OF civic interests, q representative
OF commercial interests and an econo-
mist.
Plan In Moore Bill.
The Moore bill would provide a COM
mission composed of the chairmen of
the Senate and House District commit
tees, and the Senate and House appro-
priation committees, member Of the
Board OF District Commissioners and
three citizens to be appointed by the
President.
DR.. Havenner explained that the
President can create the commission
without legislative authority and urged
that such step be taken as soon as Is
practicable in view of the present con-
troversy in Congress over fiscal rela-
lions. Belief was expressed that there
Is little likelihood of the passage of the
Moore bill at this session.
DR.. Havenner went TO the White
House primarily to ask the President
to intercede in, breaking the deadlock
between the House and Senate over the
DlStrlcSS 1881 appropriation Dill. Sim1-
lar requests also have been made by a
committee representing the Washington
Board of Trade, and the Central Labor
Union which sent to the White House
a copy of a resolution adopted at It's
meeting Monday night.
Might Divide Projects.
Senator Bingham said today he
thought 1t would be possible TO work out
some differentiation In the matter of
| taxation between things that are
strictly local and expenditures that are
necessary because this Is the National
Capital. He suggested, for example.
that school buildings represent a local
need and that there might be a school
tax, just as there Is a water tax and
q gasoline tax for highways. In this
| way, he said, the people could deter
| mine just how much they want to spend
| on schools.
On the other hand, he said, there are
other expenditures in Washington, such
as for monumental bridges, develop
ment Of a large municipal center. and
| extensive park projects ON which the
Federal Government should go 5000
with the District He pointed out that
Washington cannot build the kind of
| bridges other cities would build, be-
cause they would not fit in with the
| appearance OF the Capital. He de-
| clared that the municipal center is
] going to cost more than would be ex-
pended by an ordinary city, because IL
will face the Federal development on
pennsylvania Avenue