Evening star., 1933-11-07
25CENT TAX RATE
CUT IN D. c. URGED
BY SENATOR KING
District Committee Chairman
SAYS He viii Seek Con.
gress Action.
LEVY ON lNTANGIBLES
Is DECLARED BURDEN
Outlines Other Plans for Washing
ton at Meeting of Manor
Park Citizens.

Park Citizens.
After having told a citizens asso
citation last night he would propose
25-cent reduction In the District Ia,
rate next year If the administration
plans for breaking the depression sue
ceed. Chairman King of the Senat,
District Committee today put forwar'
the suggestion that the Senate ant
House District Committees work to
gether in studying the whole subjec
of local taxation and fiscal relations a
the approaching session Of Congress.
The Senator said he would confe
with Representative Mary Norton
chairman of the House District Com
mittee, when she returns TO Washing
ton ON the advisability of arranging
to have the two committees co-operat
In dealing with these questions
Such step would be in line with
q belief expressed by Senator Kins
shortly after he became chairman las
March that when closely related meas
ures are being planned at both end
of the Capitol, better results might b.
obtained through coordination o.
committee work.
Addresses Citizens,
In addressing the tenth anniversary
celebration of the Manor Park Citi-
zens' Association last night, Senator
King said he favored a reduction in
the local tax rate. to $l.25 per $l0C
and outlined other plans for changes
in local taxation, including repeal OF
the tax on intangibles, on the ground
It Is a burden to those with small
incomes. He suggested enactment of q
local income tax law as substitute
for the present intangible personal tax
at am in favor of a reasonable in
come tax" the Utah Senator told ap-
proximately $50 members OF the asSo-
citation, $50 that small incomes may be
relieved and no ineonsiderable sum
taken from those with large incomes. "
The Senator touched on many sub
jects in his address, from the question
of an adequate liquor trafhc control
law for the District to the value Of
home life and correct training for
children. He told of observations he
made and conversations he had with
Soviet officials while In Russia several
years ago.
On the question Of liquor control,
Chairman King did not state his views,
but asked the help and cooperation of
District residents in solving the prob
lem. He said he was open to sugges-
tions in dealing with the problems OF
control after repeal.
Past Presidents Introduced.
Senator Kings address followed the
Introduction of the three past presi-
dents of the association, e. H. Pull
man, John D. Srnoot and Charles
Brown, who served in the order named,
and the reading Of history and ac-
complishments of the organization by
II. s. Bryant.
The meeting was held in a narrow
hallway of the Whittier School Build
ing which has no auditorium. Noting
that Mr.. Pullman, former president,
had named an assembly hall fer the
school in the list of improvements
needed by the community, Senator
King. forced to turn completely around
in order to face the audience at both
ends of the han. said he would assist
the association in its fight to obtain
an adequate hall.
Mentioning improvements which the
Government Is effecting in the city,
the Senator said he expected the con-
tract for construction of Calvert Street
Bridge would be let IN 80 or go days,
and that work would be pushed SO
it might be completed in a year. He
said he was in favor of vast Dis
trict-owned park on both sides Of the
Potomac to Great Falls.
when I came to the House at
26," Senator King said, 'I immedi-
ately became interested in District
affairs. At the time / believed the
District should own land on both
banks of the river, above and below
the city, and should secure property
IN Maryland so the head waters iof
Rock Greek might be preserved. But
my idea was defeated"
Stresses Credit.
The District Committee chairman
turned to national affairs, and the
efforts of the Federal Government 70
combat the depression. He stressed the
Importance of the country maintain
ing its credit and declared ''the credit
and integrity of the Government is
the only thing that stands between us
and bolshevism."
Heads Of other civic groups were
guests of the association and were in
troduced at the meeting. Among the
other guests introduced was Jesse C.
Suter, vice chairman Of the Citizens
Joint Committee on National Repre-
sentation for the District of Columbia.
Other entertainment features of the
celebration included two playlets
Tommy, Say Hello" presented by the
Reformation Dramatic Club, and the
of Jobs Daughters; piano and vocal
solos by Mrs. Dorothy Russell TODD and
Mrs. T. David Gates, respectively. Mu-
sical interfudeS were furnished by the
orchestra of Paul Junior High. School
w. H. Seaquist, president Of the asso-
citation, was master Of ceremonies.
Tells of Reduction.
problems of taxation and legislation
Senator King pointed out that the real
estate tax rate here was reduced at the
beginning Of the fiscal year from 81 20
to SO per 500 of assessed value In
taking this action, the District Com
miSsioners acted on suggestions made
by members of the Senate and House
In drafting the current appropriation
act.
In agreeing that the fiscal relation,
problem would tie in with any pro.
posed revision Of the form of local tax.
alton, Senator King pointed out that
In determining how much should b,
raised in local taxes, 1t would be neces.
sary to know how much is to be paie
By the Federal Government toward thu
expenses of the National Capital.
For the current fiscal year the Fed.
eral Mmp-sun payment toward thi
District appropriation act is only S.,
700 900.
When Congress reduced the Fedora
contribution Tor the current fiscal yea
to 100000 1t represented the secont
deep slash made In the United States
share In the past few years. For tn
fiscal year is31-32 the Federal shar
was So, 500 900. The first heavy Gu
was in the fiscal year 1928, whel
lowed by the further cut this year /
: the present fgure Of s5,5oo,oeo. n