Evening star., 1931-12-20
Support of Foreign Capitals
Mabes Conmittee's Partial Survey of HOY Other
Nations Help Capital Cities Shown Not to
Have Produced All the Facts.

even before the creation Of the Cen
tral" district which supplanted the
city" of Havana. Residents of the
capital pay taxes on the same basis as
residents of other sections. They also
have the same rights of citizenship and
| franchise.
CzechoSlovakia contributes to welfare
and school projects at its capital,
| Prague, on the same basis as it does
| for other cities. It's residents have the
! same voice in national government as
those of other cities and they elect
their own city council which levies and
spends local tax revenues.
The government of Estonia treats its
| capital, Tallinn, as it does other CEN
ters, as to subsidies. Police forces in
EStonlan cities are maintained entirely
by the government; the government
| pays 30 per cent of salaries of school
advisers and teachers of three grades
! Of public schools and full salaries of
! teachers Of professional schools; it
| grants subsidies for maintenance of
streets and other services Capital citi-
zens nave vote in national elections
and the local council which levies taxes.
Finland Cities Exempted.
No cities in Finland pay national
taxes; the nation contributes to a Ger
tain extent toward municipal expenses
IN all cities Of the country. The capital
| is in no way set aside for exclusive con-
troll by the national government Hell
SlngforS, as other cities, has control of
| its government.
Guatemala City. in the Republic of
! Guatemala, receives the same contribu-
Of At Il
! schools, but only an insignificant per-
| centage OF government revenues dur
ing the past five years have been spent
for public works of any character" The
Star is informed
The national government of Hungary
co-operates with cities for the increase
OF municipal plants which pay regular
Federal taxes. thus assisting in build
ing up local taxable resources AS to
contributions to municipal budgets. the
national government does not favor
Budapest Police of Hungary are a
national organization. Most schools of
the country are owned by the national
government. Budapest has local self
! government.
New Delhi Solely Capital.
In India, the city of New Delhi has
and there is practically nothing there
except departmental or other govern
ment buildings and the residences of
government officials. Large grants have
! been made to the New Delhi munich
pality as the seat OF government There
Is actually little or no bxgnesS which
| can be taxed and high standard of
efficiency has to be maintained The
! government of India also has con-
trlbuted toward the cost of improve
ments in Delhi itself, but the policy of
subsidizing the Municipal Committee
| for this purpose has been brought to a
standStill by financial depression In
! the major provinces, municipalities look
to the provincial governments for
| grants. The police of New, Delhi are
paid by the government.
In Latvia there Is no discrimination
between its capital, Riga. and other
cities, IN contributions from the ma
tional government: and there is no
capital Development program since
adequate accommodations" were left
by the former Russian Government.
All police in Latvia, however, are main
tanned by the federal government. eX-
| cept for their housing. and the federal
government pays half Of the cost of all
municipal grammar schools in the
| country. Riga citizens have voice in
| local and national governments
| The government of Lithuania grants
aid to all municipalities of the country.
through proportionate allotmentS. Po-
hce OF the country are a national or
ganigation Schools are operated by
the national government, except for
primary grade schools, which, however,
! receive government subsidies according
to needs Lithuanians consider Kovno
the provisional capital pending settle
ment OF the Wilma questions. Residents
OF tne capital are self governing.
New Zealand Situation.
In New Zealand, while no discrimina-
tion is made in favor of its capital,
Wellington the national government
provides police and public schools at
the capital as we'll as elsewhere. No
PUBIC schools are provided by munich
pallties. Wellington residents have a
voice In national and local government.
| In Norway, the national government
contributes in a limited degree toward
municipal expenses, granting funds
alike to all cities The nation paws a
small share of the total cost of police
and fairly large share of the total
cost of schools.
In contrast to the situation in Wash
|
municipal government Also they have
seven members in Parliament.
! Panama City System.
In the Republic of Panama, the ma
tlon contributes toward municipal eX-
penseS OF the capital, Panama City, by
aiding in the construction Of streets,
| nghtng and sanitary systems and en-
tlrely supports the police force and the
scnool system. The city of Panama has
sell government but its residents have
| no special representation in the ma
tlonal government. All administra-
tions in the history of the republic have
improved the capital
The Government of Peru has spent
national funds lavishly upon the de-
Velopment Of both national and mu-
nlclpal projects at its capital, Lima. 1t
mas made wide discrimination in favor
OF the capital. This has taken the form
OF guarantees of Lima municipal loans
placed abroad. and later, the aSSump-
tlon of the obligation by the national
government; support of police and edu-
cation. Most of the streets of Lima
actually have been paved out Of ma
tional funds.
Portugal contributes without discrimi-
nation in favor of its capital, Libson,
oo"oi0 cApeuSeS Oh I'LL municipalities,
each receiving pro-rata cash grant
to aid in making up lack of funds.
Portugal spends money literally on ma
tional objects at Lisbon. There are few
taxes other than national levied in
Portugal. Municipalities collect linn
lted number of license taxes, but the
greater part of their revenues are in
the form of contributions from the fed
eral government. The country is under
military dictatorship, with the people
having little voice in their government.
Rumania Spends Literally.
Rumania spends national money
llberally on national projects at the
capital, Bucharest, and the nation con-
tributes toward expenses of municipal-