Evening star., 1935-02-17
CITIZENS PLANNING
PLEAS TO SENATE.
FOR LOCAL |TEMS|
Appearance Before Sub.
committee Planned by
Many Associations.

When hearings begin before the
Senate Subcommittee on Appropria-
tions on the 1885 District budget.
the organized but unrepresented citi-
Eens' groups of the District are pre-
pared to go before this subcommittee
and show cause why certain local
items should be included in the
budget.
During the past year several of the
citizens associations have discussed
and passed resolutions favoring a
larger contribution by the Federal
Government to the upkeep of its
Capital City. One group during this
period went on record as opposed
to the use of this word contribution"
because it was held the word implies
a gift and 1t was shown that Dis
trict residents pay taxes just as do
the citizens of the States and so
deserve Just as fair a return from
these taxes.
When the Senate subcommittee
hearings are opened, however, few
of the groups have planned to pre-
sent an argument on this question
along with requests for individual
local items. Many more have acted
upon this matter and sent copies
of their actions to the House and
Senate District Committees.
Conferences Help.
AS in the case of the National
Governments contribution, there are
local items which have received the
common Endorsement Of several in
dividual groups. Argument on these
projects will this year be considerably
strengthened because Of the formation
of the civic units into conferences
which bring together all associations
of a given area in a fight for a
common purpose. Notable among the
organized conferences are the Joint
Conference Of Northeast Citizens As
sociations and the Southeast Council
OF Citizens Associations, while third,
q proposed northwest conference, Is
in the process of formation.
Associations in the northeast quar-
ter have almost without exception
Joined in a fight to secure appro-
priations for proposed fire station
and the transfer Of funds already ap-
propriated by the House Subcommit
tee on Appropriations for an Eastern
avenue overpasS to proposed Frank
lin street bridge.
Thirteen groups in southeast will
be represented when a request is
made for a $4,000 study item for
the proposed Pennsylvania avenue
southeast bridge-replacemen project.
This item remained in the budget
during its long journey until it
reached the House. When struck
from the budget at this point nearly
all the groups in southeast laid plans
to protest this action before the Sem
ate group.
Federation Active.
The Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations has for the past three years
acted upon and reiterated its stand
on many local projects. At recent
meeting James G. Yaden, president,
emphasized that any action which
the federation has taken in the past
and presented to Congress is not suf-
flcient action to take for the present
Seventy-fourth Congress.
Instructions were given all COM
NIT tees to look over the records of
the tederation's work and appear be-
fore the Senate Appropriations Com
mittee in behalf of the projects which
had been Endorsed.
School, playground, bridge, library
and other items for which appropri-
ations are to be asked, together with
the associations and representatives
to be sent before the Senate Appropri-
ations Subcommittee were announced
by officials Of the citizens associations
last week. Included in these projects
are the following:
Study item of $4,000 for the pro-
posed Pennsylvania avenue southeast
bridge replacement project; FEEDER
ations Of Citizens Associations will be
represented by T. J. Llewellyn, Vernis
Absher and Orrin j. Davy: Southeast !
Council of Citizens Associations, Mr. |
Absher; Randle Highlands Citizens
Association, Adelbert w. Lee and A.
H. Bacas; Southeast Business Mems |
Association, Richard B. English;
Northeast Citizens Association, Evan |
H. Tucker.
Transfer of $3.50, 900 appropriation for |
proposed Eastern avenue bridge to a
proposed bridge across the Baltimore & |
Ohio Railroad tracks on Franklin !
street northeast-Dahlgren Terrace
Citizens Association, A. F. E. Scheer; |
Others seeking separate appropriation |
for the Franklin street bridge-Fed- |
Grafton of Citizens Associations, by |
T. j. Llewellyn; A. F. E. Scheer and |
w. M. Deviny; Northeast Citizens |
Association, Evan H. Tucker; Brook |
land Citizens Association, M. M. Nc |
Lean.
Proposed Rhode Island avenue |
northeast fire house from unexpended |
funds Of $77,241 from proposed fire |
house near Sixteenth and Webster |
streets-Dahlgren Terrace, w. ].
Weber; Michigan Park Citizens As
sociation, Brookland Citizens Asso-
citation, Burroughs Citizens Associ-
alton.
Increased contribution Of Federal
Government toward District ex-
penses-Kalorama Citizens Associ-
alton, John P. Simpson; Federation
Of Citizens Associations.
Proposed high school in Takoma-
Manor Park area-Takoma Park Citi-
zens' Association, Mrs. Mary Lamond
White: Citizens Association of Ia
ko1la, D. c., w. c. Magathan and
George E. Sullivan.
Improvement Of grounds around the
Woodrow Wilson High School-Chevy
Chase Citizens Association, E. S.
Hege, Mrs. Burton K. Wheeler and
Mrs. Frank A. Linzel; Forest Hills Cit
izens'a Association, Mrs. Wilbur La
Roe.
School Is Sought.
Appropriation for $4,000 for pro-
posed 10-room addition to Paul Junior
High School-Takoma Park Citizens
Association, Mrs. Mary Lamond
White; Brightwood Citizens Associa-
ton, william NICK. Clayton and
Charles w. Ray; Citizens Association
Of Takoma D. G.,