Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1930-04-12
Support Moore Measure Ask
ing Study on Proper
Division of Costs.
APPEALED TO HOOVER
FOR BODY LAST FALL
Association Also formally Ap.
proves Senator Bingham's
Airport Bill.

Full-hedged support of the measure
introduced in Congress by Representa-
tive Moore of Virginia calling for the
appointment of a commission to study
and report periodically on the proper
division of the cost of development and
maintenance of the National Capital
as between the local and National gov
ernments was voted yesterday by the
board of governors of the Merchants
and Manufacturers Association.
The plan was Endorsed by the mer-
chants board as means of arriving at
a settlement of the long dispute over
the 100000 lump-sum appropriation
made in recent years by Congress for
the National Capital, which has been
dwindling with the growth in the budget
of the District.
The act presented by Representative
Moore calls for the appointment by
President Hoover of a commission com
posed of the chairman of the District
committees of the House and Senate.
the chairnen OF the appropriations
committees of the two houses, one Of
the District Commissioners, the director
of the Bureau of the Budget and three
bona fide residents of Washington, all
to serve without pay.
Last Fall the merchants board wrote
to President Hoover appealing fer the
appointment of a similar commission,
and received reply stating that the
President felt that this was fhatter
which should be left to the discretion
of Congress.
Approve Bingham Bill.
The merchants organization Sester-
day also went on record formally APP
proving the bill of Senator Bingham of
Connecticut providing for the develop
ment of an airport for the National
Capital to be located near the Virginia
end Of the Highway Bridge. This prof.
ect, as outlined by the congressional
Joint airport commission, of which Sen
ator Bingham is chairman, was az
proved in principle by the merchants:
The action yesterday was approval OF
the wording and purposes OF the Dill
now before Congress.
Approval was given also to the bill
introduced by Senator Capper which
would empower the District Commits
sioners to make and enforce regula-
tons governing the erection, hanging,
painting, display and maintenance OF
outdoor advertising signs, ard providing
for the licensing of sign painters and
hangers. The city heads recently held
public hearings on proposed drastic
regulation covering this activity.
The proposed law presented to Con-
gress by Senator Copeland of New York
providing for more strict Interpretation
and enforcement of the smoke nuisance
regulation also was Endorsed. This
measure would place the administration
of this regulation with the engineering
department of the District, rather than
the Health Department, and would de-
olya hoiH
sion of dense smoke from chimney
lasting one minute or more during any
period of eight minutes.
Endorse Parking Survey"
The board of governors Endorsed the
parking" survey Of washington to be
made to determine the relation of trafdc
regulations to local business. The work
would be done by DR.. Miller McClintock.
chief of the Erskine Bureau for Street
Traffic Research of Harvard Univer-
sity, under a fund being raised by local
merchants. The suggestion for the sur
vey came from Lieut.. Col. U. S. Grant,
Sd, executive officer of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission.
The proposed new ferry from CheSa-
peake Beach to Cambridge, Md, on
which hearings recently were held be-
fore the Interstate Commerce Commits
sion, was Endorsed. 1t was pointed out
that such a ferry would shorten the
distance to Washington by "a miles.
The position of the trade body will be
outlined in letter to the Interstate
Commerce Commission.
Breaking a precedent Of 20 years
standing, the Merchants and Manufac-
turerS' Association will not hold its an
nual Washington boosters outing this
year.
The board of governors voted yeSter-
day to abandon the outing this season
because it would not be possible to
charter the SIS. Southland for the ira
ditional three-day cruise on the Poto-
mac River and Chesapeake Bay this
year. The ship, which for years has
carried the merchants on their cruise,
will be taken June Is for coastwiSe serv-
ice. Since a suitable date. for the
cruise could not be obtained prior to
June IS. the outing was abandoned.
This decision was reached on recon-
mendation by Charles H. Frame, chair
man of the booster committee. Sol
Lansburgh, president, presided.