Evening star., 1931-12-06
viii Seek Intervention In
Cases Against Order by
Utilities Board.
VOTE FOLLOWS STORMY
SESSION LAST NIGHT
Manor Park Citizens Association
Throws Meeting Into Turmoil.
Committee Heads Named.

The Federation of Citizens Associa-
tlonS last night decided to attempt to
intervene in one of the three cases now
pending in the District Supreme Court
TO oppose the order of the Public Utili-
ties Commission calling for meters in
taXlcabs. The decision came after a
somewhat stormy session at the feder-
aaon's monthly meeting last night
when Edwin S. Hege of Chevy Chase
and William A. Roberts of Conduit
road. tried to head the action off
Mr., Roberts, legal representative of
the commission. insisted that the COM
mission has the authority to order the
installation of the meters, and that the
commission took the action it did in
possession OF the full facts on the taxi
situation.
Few Oppose Intervention,
William NICK. Clayton, chairman Of
the tederation's Committee on Utilities.
asked why, If the commission had the
power, 1t had inserted clause in the
compulsory automobile insurance bill
pending at the last session of Congress
to give it power to compel meters in
taXlcaoS. He charged that the meter
order was inspired by the street car
companies, and that the zone cabs we're
what the people want. Apparently
most Of the delegates were with him
because when the motion of George
Sullivan to intervene in the taxi cases
came to vote, only a handful of dele
gates voted no. Mr. Roberts did not
vote -'o'
The federation was thrown into a
turmoil by set of resolutions sent in
oy the Manor Park Citizens Associa-
tlon. THESE favored compulsory state
ment of consideration in real estate
oeeds, the Torrens system of registra-
Clon OF land titles, abolishing of occu-
patlonal license and intangible proper
W taxes, and an opportunity for citi-
zens' associations to be heard by the
Mapes Committee on Fiscal Relations.
Ihe resolution was referred to the Fis-
cal relations Committee, but since they
touched several subjects, several dele
gateS oDJected to receiving report on
the subject from any one committee.
Delegate Harry N. Stull of Stanton
Park objected to a severance of the
report on the ground that it would be
undlgnIfied for the federation to cut a
resolution up into strips, and w. I
Swanton Of Columbia Heights suggest
ed that the federation didn't own q
pair of scissors anyway.
Alter half an hour of parliamentary
| maneuVering it was decided to refer
the report Jointly, and without cutting
1t up, to the Committees on Fiscal Re-
lations and Legislation.
Accepts s1OO Gift.
The federation accepted a gift of Sl00
from an anonymous donor, said to be
delegate to the federation, to be
awarded to that association showing its
civic spirit by the largest number of
good resolutions forwarded to the fed
Grafton during 1882
President George c. Havenner an
nounced his selection of committee
chalrmen for the year as follows:
Law and Legislation, Thomas E.
Lodge; Public Utilities, William NICK.
clayton; Public Health, DR.. C. B. Camp
oeu; Highways, Parks and WATERWAYS.
IhomaS j. Llewellyn; Education, Harry
N. Stuu; Public Celebrations. Seldom
M Ely; Membership and Credentials.
A. H. Gregory; Public Welfare, Mrs.
E. c. Rittue; Police and Fire Protection,
Joseph L. Gammell, Auditing and Ex-
aiming. DR.. j. A. Bonnette; Zoning
Henry 1. Quinn; Fiscal Relations, L. A.
Carruthers; City Planning, A. M Hol-
combe; National Representation, Miss
Eta Taggart; Local Suffrage. George
B. Bishop; Safety F. S. Walker.
delegates to Inter Federation Con-
terence, DR.. Havenner, E. S. Hege. A.
M Holcombe, James G. Yaden; alter
mates George Sullivan, M M. Mclean,
D. n CoXhead, j. Louis Goldman.