Evening star., 1935-03-17
Committee to Plead Case of
District at Senate Hear.
ing This Week.
PLAN IS IN AGREEMENT
WITH CITY HEADS VIEWS
Appropriations Subcommittee Ex-
pected to Favor Restoration
of Pared Items.

A committee from the Washington
Board of Trade will appear before the
Senate Subcommittee on District APP
preparations the latter part of this
week to appeal for an increase in the
Federal Governments lump sum con-
tribution to the District budget.
The Special Committee was named
yesterday by Edward F. Colladay,
chairman of the Municipal Finance
Committee of the board, at meeting
of the committee. 1t is composed Of
E. C. Graham, chairman; Robert v.
Fleming, Robert j. Cottrell, Francis G.
Addison, William L. Beale, w. w.
Everett, Theodore w. Noyes, E. j.
Murphy, Mark Lansburgh, Sidney F.
Taliaferro, D. j. Callahan, Admiral
Cary T. Grayson, A. C. Case and Mr..
Colladay.
In asking that the Federal Govern
ment return to a more equitable
share of the annual expenses of the
National Capital, the Board of Trade
will follow its traditional policy 1t
Is contended that the impending need
for additional revenue to maintain
and develop the city properly is due
to the reductions that have been made
in recent years in Uncle Sans share
Of the cost.
Commissioners Agree.
This conclusion also was reached
by the District Commissioners last
Fall, when they recommended to the
Budget Bureau that the Federal pay
ment for next year be S8,317,500, in
stead of the current figure of $780,
900. The Commissioners had con-
cluded that the city's needs for next
year would amount to S44,039, 900
and, believing that local residents are
paying fair and reasonable taxes on
the present assessments and rate.
they asked for a Federal payment
that would come up to the average
of the various lump sum payments
that have been made during the last
10 years.
The budget as transmitted to Con-
and based on continuing the present
Federal share of s5,7O0,O0O. The
House further cut the bill to S39, ,308,-
404 and left the Federal lump sum
at the present figure.
There is believed to be considerable
sentiment in the Senate Subcommit-
tee to restore items left out by the
House, and to make some increase in
the size of the police force, as urged
by citizens groups. No decisions are
being reached, however, until the
hearings of witnesses is concluded.
Hearings Resume Tuesday.
When the hearings are resumed
Tuesday morning, Public Welfare Off
cials will complete their explanation
of the urgent need for restoration of
cuts made in hospital maintenance
items. School officials then will be
recalled to discuss amendments
needed for the school system. Last
week their testimony covered only the
funds needed to continue the char
acter education experiment
AS soon as all officials have been
heard, the subcommittee will receive
the views of spokesmen for long list
OF clty-Wide and neighborhood organ
1zations that have asked to be heard
on particular items.
Senator Thomas. Democrat. of
Oklahoma, chairman, hopes to COM
plete work on the bill by the end of
this week, but it probably will not be
ready to be reported to the Senate
until next week.
In addition to the group appointed
to handle the fiscal relations question
IN the appropriation bill subcommit-
tees also were named yesterday by the
Board of Trade to consider four meas
ures affecting the District that have
been introduced in the House.
Other d. C. Measures.
The measures and the committees
follow:
A bill to authorize the District to
tax the receipts of public utility COM
panies-William L. Beale. chairman;
j. Harvey Cain, Harrison E Howe,
Harry F. Blake and Fred A. Smith.
A bill to authorize the District to
borrow Federal funds through the
Public Works Administration-Fra
els G. Addison, chairman; Marcy L.
Sperry, Henry A. Willard, I'd; w. j.
Tastet and William S. Culbertson.
A bill regulating banking in the
District-James A. Councillor, chair
man; Arthur j. May. Joshua Evans.
jr.; A. C. Case, David Burnet, David
C. Colladay, George Vass and Wilton
H. Wallace.
A bill providing for the disposition
of surplus D. C. funds-Claude w.
Owen, chairman; George Pitt, Fred
M. Bradley, George Quirk and Ernest