Evening star., 1933-04-09
CITIZENS PROTEST
D. c. FUNDS SLASH
Petition Sent to President
and House and Senate
Committees.

A vigorous protest making the Dis
trict schools, libraries and Fairgrounds
the victims Of our economic misman-
| agement" has been sent to the Presi-
dent and the House and Senate Appro-
priations Committees by a committee
| representing schools, citizens and other
| civic organizations In the Capital.
The committee is composed Of Har-
riet r. Saunders, president Of the Dis
trict Of Columbia Congress Of Parents
and Teachers; Mary c. Dent. president
Of the Teachers Union Of the District;
Anna Kelton Wiley. president Of the
District of Columbia Federation OF
Women's Clubs; Herbert S. Wood, vice
president of the Juvenile Protective
Association, and Charles ]. Stengle,
president of the District of Columbia
Public School Association.
The organizations represented include
the District of Columbia Congress OF
Parents and Teachers, the District OF
Columbia Federation Of Citizens Asso-
Citations, the Teachers Union, the
American Federation of Labor. the Dis
.rict of Columbia Federation Of Women's s
Clubs, the District Of Columbia Chap
ter of the Daughters Of the American
Revolution, the District OF Columbia
Public School Association, the District
Of Columbia Education Association,
the District Of Columbia Federation OF
Business and Professional Women, the
Elementary Principals Association OF
the District and the several Home and
School Associations Of the District.
Protest Made at Mass Meeting.
The protest was drawn up after q
mass meeting Thursday night at the
Roosevelt High School, to consider ap-
propriations for the schools, libraries
and Fairgrounds for the fiscal year
1894.
The protest states, in part:
I'VE deplore the drastic reductions
in the estimates for the District OF CO.
lumbia public schools, public libraries
and Fairgrounds for the fiscal year
1894 and urge as minimum the resto-
ration of the amounts provided by the
appropriation bill that barely failed OF
enactment in the last session OF Con-
gress. The reductions, II approved by
Congress, will greatly curtan puohc
services that, in these times OF distress
and suffering, are more acutely needed
than ever before.
consideration of community welfare
and of sound economy demand that
public services In the fields OF educa-
ton, health and recreation be now
maintained at the highest level Of ef-
fectiveness.
Revenues Adequate.
"The revenues OF the District Of Co
lumbia for 1884 will be adequate to
meet the expenditures authorized by
the appropriation bill which almost
passed the last Congress. II these reve-
nues are not spent they will merely
accumulate in the Treasury as an un-
used surplus. More than 80 per cent
of these revenues are provided by tax
payers Of the District who, in violation
of American principles, are denied
voice in the expenditure Of their own
money. This situation becomes in
tolerable If the wishes Of the citizens
are not ascertained and respected by
administrative officials and appropriat-
ing bodies. We earnestly request that
those wishes be not further disregerded.
"On behalf Of the large body OF citi-
zens who in this crisis are ayahing
themselves of the opportunities ohered
by the public libraries. playgrounds and
community centers, We protest the pro-
posed curtailment OF the activities OF
these institutions.
"In the name of the $4,000 school
children Of the District OF Columbia
who cannot speak for themselves, we
protest against making them the VIC.
tins of our economic misnnanagement.