Evening star., 1930-06-09
HOUSE CONFEREES
POSITION ON FISCAL
ITEM HELD UNF AIR
Bingham States Situation as
Watson Declares Senate's
Right to Compromise.
D. c. STATISTICS SHOWN
TO SUPPORT LARGER SUM
6o-4O Agreement Under Statute
Would Give Capital More
Than $15,OOo,Ooo.

Inc unwillingness of the House cow
1erees on the District approximation, hin
70 make any compromise with the
senate on the question of fiscal rela-
tlonS was reported to the Senate TODAY
oy Senator Bingham, Republican. Of
connecticut, chairman of the Senate
group, and led Majority Leader Watson
TO declare that the Senate conferees are
within their rights in insisting on a
compromise"
shortly after the Senate convened
Senator Bingham filed a statement
signed by all five of the Senate con-
IereeS setting forth the reasons wbv
saey sn ~ oeIleVe @ that continuation of the
sTsJ sr,Joo.oOO contrlout1on from the Fed
the District. "iiAaH 10
Unmoved by Persuasion.
-, AFTER the statement had been read bv
In Inc clerk of the Senate, Senator BinSyy y
~, on behalf of the five conferss, .,
Sira Si,e senate on the District bill, I de-
heer W express our regret that we have
oeeH unable to persuade the Horse
conferees to move at ali from, fboir frouSe .Is
siIlon sin that 100000 Should he ca, p
onn Gtnueo; eoo The Senate voted for a Si2-
ooO,OOO appropriation as the nron,,-
amount for this year" '-e proper
senator Bingham told the sera+.
eIaC tne law of 1922. which is stiII
o,i Cne statute books, provides that ~
Expenses cn OF the District should he hor,,o
oo per cent by the District and an ne, aar
that that 1o Icy 'tle United States. He said il
tha aU In iH" nao been followed in framing
t!le Dill this year the Federal contr;h,,ss
eion would have been a little more tIer,
9Io'oO0,OO0. He added that the Senata
committee did not feel. in ALI the cir0
cumstances, that that amount ebo,1id
De recommended this year, but did an
prove $12,o0O,oOO. "'N a
Not Adequate or Fair"
;, Senator Bingham asserted that the
;-.C t.ouse coHIereeS nave expressed unwill-
lgneSS to change the SO 600 OOO figure
which the Connecticut Senator charac,'
ter!zed as neither adequate nor fair -
AT this point the majority leader
senator Watson, inquired how manv
IoIIerences were held. Senator Binc.
nam said his recollection was that tSe
conIereeS met four or five times.
senator Watson then inquired if the
Sehate group had offered various pro-
that the House conferees took the posi- o
tion that 100000 was the utmost
they would go.
mo ofter OF compromise was accent
eo! Senator Watson inquired.
Only Federal Employees.
Senator Bingham replied that that
wa Was correct, and pointed out that
washington has no industrial center
or no great financial district. He said
tNe popuIatlon is composed largely of
Government clerks and that $1,000
700 Is no longer adequate as the Fed
eral contribution.
1t would seem that the Senate con-
1ereeS are well within their rights in
insisting on a compromise" Senator
Watson declared.
The statement signed by the five
confereeS, Senators Bingham Phipns of
Colorado, Capper of Kansas, Glass of
Virginia and Kendrick of Wyoming,
emphasized the fact that since the
S9,O0O,000 lump sum was inaugurated
in 1925, the total of annual appropria-
tlons has mounted from S31. 1888, 1852. %
m that year to approximately S43, ,5O0,-
OOO IN the pending bill. The statement
called attention to long list of mu-
nicipal projects the District will have
to have in the near future and asked
where is all this money coming from?'
The statement laid stress on the fact
that the District is limited in expansion
because its boundaries are forever fixed,
ana that its population is made up
largely of Government clerks, who feel
the burden OF helping to maintain q
Federal city.
There was a large attendance of the
SENATE present during the reading of
the statement
$9,000,0OO Since 1925.
Senator Fess. Republican. of Ohio in
quired what the ratio was in 1925.
Senator Bingham explained that the
law OF 1922 fixed the ratio at 60-4O,
but that since 1925 the contribution
has been lump sum of $4,000, 900.
Referring to the situation in 1928.
Senator Fess continued:
And S9,000,000 out of a total of
$31 100000 would be in the ratio of
something like 33 per cent, but under
the appropriations carried in the pres
ent bill it would be only about % per
cent.
1T would be less than that" Sena.
tor Bingham added, because it is So.
100000 out of an appropriation of
something like $43,o00,000 in the pend
ing bill.'
When Senator Watson inquired If
Cne House confereeS had accepted any
compromise, Senator Bingham replied
that they did not seem willing to move
at all in our direction"
The statement of the Senate con-
ferees is as follows:
The undersigned conferees, on the
part of the Senate, on the District of
Columbia appropriation bill for the fls-
cal year 1881 beg to submit the follow
ing. showing the unfairnesS of the
District of Columbia of the S9,0OO,-
900 contribution of the Government of
trict expenses:
81. The contribution of the Govern
ment of the United States as its share
of the expenses of the Government of
the District of Columbia was fixed at
SO 100000 for the fiscal year 1925 in
the District of Columbia appropriation
act approved June 7. 1925, The total