Evening star., 1934-12-13
TREASURY EXPERT
is NAMED TO MAKE
TAX COMPARISON
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NSOlltuluCO TIOkl TuSt EdSC.J
now under way before q special sub
committee of the House Appropria-
tions Committee The Commissioners
told the Bureau of the Budget In their
opinion the Federal Government
should increase the payment by
around $4,000, 900 to total Of about
So, 300, 900 for the fiscal year 1896.
Mr.. Haas, who will direct the tax
survey, Is an economist of wide ex-
perience and has been for several
years associated with various Govern
ment departments and establishments,
including the Department of Agricul-
ture and the Farm Credit Administra-
ton.
Haas came to the Treasury as direc-
tor of the division Of research and sta
tistics in September of this year, sue
ceeding w. r. Stark. He had been
deputy governor Of the Farm
Credit Administration, where he had
been closely associated with Secretary
of the Treasury Morgenthau before the
Secretary was transferred to the
Treasury Department.
In the Spring Of 1888 Mr.. Haas
served as technical adviser to the
American delegation to the 1nterna-
tional Wheat Conference which con-
vened first in Geneva, Switzerland. and
later transferred its sessions to Lon
don. He later was appointed one OF
the economic advisers to the United
States delegation to the World Eco
nomic Conference in London. Upon
his return to this country late in July
Farm Credit Administration, rising to
the post of deputy governor OF the
administration in November, 1888.
Mr.. Haas career also included serv-
ing as one of the first representatives
abroad of the Department OF Agrl-
culture. He was an agricultural COM
missioner for the department. first in
Vienna and later in Berlin. The
Berlin and Vienna Offices were con-
solidated into one under his direction.
Mr.. Haas was born in st. Paul, Mimi.
in 1896. He studied both at the School
of Business and at the College OF Ag-
riculture of the University Of Mime
sofa. He graduated in 1921 with
bachelor of science degree in agri-
culture. In the following year he was
graduated with master OF arts
degree in agricultural economics.
Further graduate studies in economics
were pursued at the University of
Berlin.
Studied Land Colonization.
During two Summers he has made
studies of land colonization methods
in Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michi-
gan for the Department of Agriculture,
subsequently coming to Washington to
engage in research on land valuation
for the Department of Agriculture.
His studies on land valuation were
published by the University OF Mime
sofa.
Mr.. Haas experience in land valua-
tion is expected to stand him in good
stead during the District of Columbia
tax survey, bec4use of the fact that
one of the disputed questions at is
sue in the problem of ascal relations
is the ratio Of assessed value to true
value. Experts in Washington who
are fighting for q more equitable
basis for fiscal relations claim that
there can be no successful determine
ton Of such an average ratio. They
point to a wide variety of assessment
valuation throughout the country and
some have gone SO far as to insist
that the total per capita tax paid
should be considered as q more equit-
able base.
Following his land valuation work
for the Department Of Agriculture Mr..
Haas was detailed to handle work for
the department on price analysis, 60
ing from this into the foreign field.
After returning from Europe he
was placed in charge Of the foreign
section of the Bureau of Agricultural
Economics. He left this position to
take charge for two years of industrial
research for an investment and re-
search corporation in Detroit, return
ing to the Government service as as
sistant chief economist of the Fed
eral Farm Board In 1880.