Evening star., 1937-07-23
CAPPER ASSA|[S
SLAUGHTER HOUSE
| PLAN AS OUTRAGE
GobeI Company's Insistence
on Erecting Nuisance In.
dustry Stirs Senator.
SEAL PRESSES FIGHT
FOR SENATE HEARING
Newspaper in Texas, Greatest
Livestock State, Deplores AT.
front to Nations Citizens.

Senator Capper, Republican, of KAN
sas expressed hope today that the legal
department Of the District would sue
ceed in preventing the Outrage" of
slaughter house operations in the
National Capital
The former chairman OF the Senate
District Committee had reference to
the Adolf Gobel Co.'S announcement II
would not be dissuaded from building
meat packing plant in Benning by
the Districts attempt to block issuance
OF an operating license. Senator Cap
per was supporter of the anti-nuis-
ance bill and during years Of service in
the Senate always has been a leader in
any movement to protect the National
Capital from interference with plans
for its proper development.
Sees Outrage on City.
Discussing the meat packers de-
cision. Senator Capper said Il am
very much opposed to having their
program carried on. think it Is an
outrage on this city if they go ahead
with construction Of a slaughter house
Notwithstanding the sentiment Of this
community. For this reason I hope
that the legal department will be able
to And way to protect the District"
Corporation Counsel Elwood H. Seal
has charge OF these legal efforts and
In line with compiling all the informa-
ton possible bearing on the Gobel
interests and purposes. he is endeavor-
ing to have the Senate District SUBJ
committee complete its hearing on the
King anti-nuisance bill. This might be
done, he hoped, either before or after
Congress adjourns.
Texas Paper Decries Plan.
The Dallas tTex) Morning News a
leading paper In the Nations largest
live stock State, in an editorial July IS
expressed CONSERVATION over the threat
Of a slaughter house in the National
Capital
It said:
Ever since Washington was laid out
as a capital city, EFFORTS have been
made to make 1t a show place worthy
Of great Nation 1t has been the
one planned city Of the United States.
and its boulevards. public buildings
and monuments have, for the most
part, evoked highly favorable comment
from visitors. The small area Of the
District of Columbia-less than 10
square miles-has left little room for
heavy industries which Washing
tonians have not wanted
But now meat packing company,
In spite Of plain invitations to keep
out, is threatening to establish within
the District Of Columbia a regional
slaughter house with accompanying
stockyards. II this plan goes through.
the next visiting foreign minister who
is taken to see the famous cherry
blossoms or the Washington Monu-
ment may be much more conscious Of
odors than of the many fine show
places in which the city takes most
pride
Every Taxpayer Affected.
The King Norton bill, recently in
troduced in Congress, would prohibit
nuisance industries in the District
Of Columbia and would ban existing
ones from increasing their capacity
more than Is per cent above the aver
age Of recent years. Nuisance indus
tries excluded under this measure
would include slaughter houses, tan
neries, fertilizer plants, smelling
plants and gasoline refneries.
american taxpayers have spent
enormous sums to make Washington
one of the worlds most attractive
cities. 1t would be folly to allow in
dustrialists, who can just as easily
locate their new plants elsewhere, to
pollute the air Of the Capital City.