Evening star., 1933-11-30
MRSNORTON URGES
D. c. FISCAL STUDY
House Committee Chairman
Favors Thomas Plan for
Complete Inquiry.

Chairman Norton of the House Dis
trict Committee would welcome a joint
conference looking to careful study
of all the equities involved in the fiscal
relations between the Federal Govern
ment and the local taxpayers, as pro-
posed by Senator Thomas of Okla
homa, chairman of the Senate SUBJ
committee on District Appropriations,
she said today.
Our House District Committee to-
ward the close of the last session de-
cided on such a study, and appointed
a special subcommittee to make it dur
ing the months that Congress has not
been in session, but in the closing
hours the House failed to grant the
small appropriation necessary for ex-
penSes of such a study" Mrs. Norton
explained.
"As chairman Of the House Commit
tee, I have for long felt it is necessary
that this question OF fiscal relations
should be settled on a basis of real
merit and a just consideration of all
the equities involved rather than that
a lump sum agreement should be arbi-.
trarily reached between few individ-
ual members. Personally, will be glad
to cooperate with Senator Thomas and
the other two members Of the confer
ence he proposes, Senator King, chair
man of the Senate District Committee,
and Representative Clarence Cannon,
chairman of the House Subcommittee
on District Appropriations.
IF the chairmen of these four COM
mittees most closely interested in the
fiscal problems and relationships of the
District government can reach an
agreement for an honest and fair con-
sideration of this question by an i'm
or%; o1 eI, he In1y,
full. And if these four committees in
dorse the finding of whatever agency
they select to make the study it should
have the support of both Houses Of
Congress and settle for some time to
come this troublesome question that
has been vexing Congress and Dis
trict officials and the citizenship OF the
District for many years.
Offers Her Support.
mo question, however. is settled until
It Is settled right-and I hope, most
sincerely, that Senator Thomas sug-
gestion opens the way to right Set
tlement of this controversy.
Il will give it my most earnest support
an dwin consider carefully the testimony
developed, hoping that in this way
friction between Congress and the Dis
trict may be minimized. The people Of
ital City and are not pleased that there
should be constant pickering over the
Federal share for upkeep and main
tenance. The people really want the
Federal Government to be generous
toward the National Capital. I would
like to help settle this question
justly"
There is little prospect, however, that
the proposed study will be undertaken
before Congress convenes in January,
which would give little time for care
full study before the District appropria-
ton bill is taken up. Senators Thomas
and King have been in the Capital Mrs.
Norton has bene here off and on during
the recess and would come back for the
conference Senator Thomas proposes
at any time. But Representative Can
non, chairman of the House Subcom-
nlittee on District Appropriations. left
Washington this week and does not ex-
pect to return until about the time Con-
gress meets in January.