The Washington times., 1930-07-10
HOUSE GROUP
OPPOSED TO
FUND TILT
Holiday and Frear Advocates
OF Federal Allotment Cut
And Others Fight Any Raise

And Others Fight Any Raise
Although it is assumed that an
impartial inquiry will be con-
Quoted this summer and fall into
fiscal relations between the Fed
eral and District governments
there was anxiety today over the
personnel of the investigating
committee named late yesterday
by Speaker Longworth.
Not one of the seven House
members designated may be
termed pro District" in the con-
troversy over whether $4,000, 900
per year is too small a Federal
contribution to the expenses Of
the Capital.
All Against Increase
In fact, all seven are on rec
ord. by vote or expression, against
any increase, and at least two are
known to be for a Federal allow
ance of only 5000, 900 or $6,000.-
600.
On June II the House voted,
283 to II, to sustain its con-
ferees on the $4,000. 900 District
appropriation after the Senate
had voted a Federal ALLEGATION
Of $4,000. 900. In the last hours
of the session there was a COM
promise on $9,50O,O0O, but mem
bers Of the House Appropria.
tions Committee gave notice this
was no precedent.
AS soon as the District bill
passed Representative Simmons
(RD, Nebraska, chairman of the
subcommittee in charge, put
through a resolution to appoint
an investigating committee Of
seven members to go into all
phases of the fiscal relations and
| taxation.
Refuse Joint Study
The Speaker was authorized to-
name board, the House already
having indicated it would have
nothing to do with Senate FRO
posalS, such as that of Senator
Bingham (R0, Connecticut, to
appoint joint commission of
Senate and House members, citi-
zens of the Capital, and repre-
sentatives Of the executive de.
partment.
Speaker Longworth telegraphed
from his Cincinnati home the
names Of his appointeeS to the
select committee, Mapes, Michi-
gan: Frear, Wisconsin; Holiday,
Illinois; Beers. Pennsylvania;
Crisp. Georgia; Collins, Missis-
Sippi and Patman, Texas. The
first four are Republicans, the
others Democrats.
Representative Simmons, the
storm center in the battle over
the District bill was reported to-
day as having shied away from
appointment on this committee.
However, in Representative Hola-
day the Speaker has named o
member who goes farther than
Simmons and insists $4,000, 900 is
too much for the Federal Gov
ernment to pay into the city
treasury.
Too Much Says Frear
Representative Frear Wisconsin,
recently declared on the floor:
"I honestly believe that il
this intangible property of the
District, which is escaping prac-
ticaIIy all taxation, contributed
its fair share, S5,OOO,OOO would
be more than the Government
of the United States should
contribute to the District Gov
ernment."
Representative Crisp, Georgia,
Democrat, recently consoled Sim.
mons, by saying that he, Crisp,
was author of the bill which
abolished the old $3.50 plan which
had prevailed since 1878, and
was subjected to more criticism
by the press than Simmons ever
encountered.
The Craftsmanship of the select
House investigating committee is
as yet undetermined, but the
is that it will go to
Representative MapeS, one of the
wheelhorses in the Republican
organization of the House. It
might go to Holiday of Illinois,
but since Holiday is to be the
next chairman of the District
subcommittee on appropriations,
it is believed he would yield to
Mapes, who is not a member of
the Appropriations Committee,
but a ranking Republican on the
Interstate Commerce Committee
and who, presumably, would take
an abstract view of the local
row.