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Smyrna times., 1937-12-02
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Mrs. Jennie Caldwell Collins, Wife
of Rev. Vaughn S. Collins

Funeral services for Mrs. Jennie
Caldwell Collins, wife of Rev.
Vaughn S. Collins, were held at
Grace M. E. Church, Wilmington,
Monday afternoon. Mrs. Collins
passed away at her home, 2422
West Street, Wilmington, Friday
morning after lengthy illness.
Altho able to spend the summer
at Rehoboth where she had spent
so many summers, her health was
not good and since that time had
been confined to her bed. A most
lovable and kindly nature, she was
ever a counsellor and friend to
those who needed her and will be
greatly missed by a host of friends.
She was the daughter of Rev. DR..
John H. Caldwell, who at one time
resided in Smyrna as District Su-
perintendent of the M. E. Church.
She was married to Rev. Vaughn
S. Collins at Dover, Del, and six
years ago they celebrated their
fiftieth anniversary About 1900
DR.. and Mrs. Collins moved to
Smyrna where DR. Collins was
pastor of Asbury M. E. Church.
After his retirement from the min
istry the family moved to Will
mington where they have resided
ever since. In addition to her hus-
band she is survived by two daugh-
ters, Mrs. Ernest R. Early of Sum-
NIT, n. j., and Mrs. Rebecca Es-
till of New York City; four grand
sons and two brothers, Mr.. James
Hope Caldwell, and Mr.. John Cald-
well. Interment took place in
Lakeside cemetery, Dover, at $50
Monday afternoon with Rev. DR..
Johns officiating.
G. j. Harris, Formerly of Smyrna
Charles J. Harris, aged Sc, a re-
tired insurance agent, residing at
Moore's Lake on the State road
south of Dover, died last Thursday
morning from an heart attack. He
ate his dinner Wednesday, played
games all evening and had retired
when sometime during the night he
suffered an heart attack. He was
afflicted with diabetis but kept go
ing until his heart became affected.
His sudden death was a shock to
his family and to his many friends.
Mr.. Harris was a son of the late
Continued on PAGE Five1
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|0TcUN LOAD
Kills WOMAN
\ sylvester Near
layton, Dies on Wt Way to
Kent Hospital Dover
N HANDS

-KeptOn vicinity was
csy'ou 9n,,oh excitement We'd
b mo TO- Ta: ls.t week when Mrs
y nlsnt ssl,1rsster. 81" aged IS, wife
bee !, Sy-'Ss S,,1vsster. was shot thru
r0l Sy'tr1 trom which wound
n in the smyrna aiiiC9,, General
way n nover. The shooting
., N the sylvester farm
- r1avton yn following the re-
! 'sr rl' husband late Wednes-
||,r.-irg ! IN from a cunning trip.
IT, H. f. her husband, Carroll
LII ~ % Mrs. sylvester was
y ~ tbs apparently accidental
..:,s d ot the gun which she
r.Irving into the house after
4 4, ,.tIrned. The husband said
,itser he nor his father,
k sylvester, who was with him
/ farm ward saw the accident,
ssing otherwise engaged at
<omeIt. Police said that the
81 sylvester alleged he had
tor III wife at a neighbor's
! While returning. Later his
IN broken down and his faith
4 towed the disabled automo-
Rome. While be was releasing
Eluting dogs and his father
removing the towing chain,
4 sylvester started for the
4 With his gun. she had walk
MN Ten feet when the shot
&eard. Mrs. Sylvester was
Y y The Kent General Hos
1 Dover, in the Smyrna am
M but died before her arriv-
kIuch sympathy IS had over
kagr death and the passing Of
Sung wife. Mrs. Sylvester
tie daughter Of the late
b Craig Of Cecilton, Nd. Be
hsr husband she is survived
n mother, Mrs. Ruth Craig Of
M, three sisters and three
ers Funeral, largely attend
III place Monday with inter
/ at Odd Fellows cemetery,
M, At the inquest in Smyr-
nday evening, following
tupsy conducted the night Of
ddent, It was brought out
bot pellets went thru Mrs.
Eer's stomach at a Slight
TsTd angle. The witnesses
Ony followed the above story.
lry rendered an "open YER
agreeing that the cause Of
Ot was unknown" Sergeant
Of the State Police said
kTould continue their investi-
The puzzling question was
NJ gun, apparently in safety
" could have been fired.
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|uAL 4-H CLUB BANQUET
Held at Milford Tomorrow
pt-6OO Members EXDected

Held at Milford Tomorrow
r'-SOO Members Expected
arrangements have been
Fted for the Annual All Ban
Y Oe held in the Milford
Hal tomorrow, Friday ev-
december I'd. The speaker
l evening will be Rev. ]. j.
i pastor Of the Presbyterian
II 1 u Milford. Other features
. program will be harmonica
4. TN Oy Joseph Kielbasa Of
4. I reading by Robert Dea-
4, smyrna, some songs by the
r.OVe Trio, Phyllis Dixon
~ Louise Meredith, dance
q y Lynch and hannon Of
/ Tsl'l Sna Violin selection by De-
4, ,1yloI Y ,.lIt Of the Wild Cat Club.
L. Miller, accomnan;ol
j., u :. Horn, musical directors
~ / schools, will have charge
FsDt D4gng. 9 !; W. B. Simpson,
! H. u sII tne organization spon-
Ill.,. tr' banquet and teacher Of
4 rfs .aT1 ! n the Caesar Rodney
w. be toast master. Helen
/ l., DcE, County All Club
H. sul present the prizes that
! r. won BY club members
| saso,iy a. year. Following the
knlaisb rast0lo Haines' orchestra. I
! rsiIa music for those who
|rbo s ~ movies will entertain
~ are not danc;no 'iH
|sitr -ate3slcn ~ @ie Editor at the
\ movie i Uslaware nsaa is arrang-
1 n If H. q .I.ls the most enjoyable able
p niIs n Ea.s to J BY the 500 'la club b
Smyrna times., 1937-12-02
-ihRs CHURCH NOTES

nnaunces a.s sas Barton, Rec.
Fisdeass, Episcopal I5a Church. uesh
4. 'SSdsy 10 next, the renou6oe- aeoou1 e
| p, ceIebra,,, n, Church School. i.
~ cS1,ssr sSa sermon. MsmbeEyy Me- 5e,y
Flta Us n =! Clayton. Viii
Short sar,., ~ service. 73O
| Vsdass9ssosa By a guest timing ming
at pssitssIa,s,ax,t ss asxt, 7.sO ! m n. ,
1 ''''' practice ''a' ot5'i q i.I'aa r,,3
Smyrna times., 1937-12-02
BUYS PROPERTY IN SMYRNA
Rev. j. l. johnson of SeafOrd, For
mer Pastor Here Buys Home

Rev. j. L. Johnson of Seaford,
former pastor of Asbury NJ. E.
Church, Smyrna, has purchased of
K. S. Covey the Mrs. Rebecca Far
les property on South Street. He
and Mrs. johnson intend making
Smyrna their home after DR.. John
son retires from active ministry
which now is extremely remote.
Smyrna times., 1937-12-02
JERMAN CHAPEL SERVICES
Rev. j. Il. Compton, Pastor, An
nounces Services for the Week

Jerman Chapel, Rev. John p.
Compton, pastor. announces the
regular services for the week as
follows: Prayer service Wednes-
day evening at 10 o'clock. Ladies
Aid Thursday evening at 7.3O
o'clock. Sunday School on Sunday
day at 2.3O o'clock; preaching at
$50 D. m. and again at 7.30 p. m.
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tributes heavily, but in the distribu-
ton Of which the District does not

tributes heavily, but in the distribu-
ton Of which the District does not
share.
These articles have shown, It is be-
neved, that the recent fiscal relations
report Is faulty In its conception not
only Of the Capital City but of the re-
lationship between the exclusively.
controlling National Government and
the unrepresented, tax-payins local
community.
The report proposes . system Of
measuring national obligations that in
practice would undoubtedly prove con-
fusing, cumbersome and productive Of
new sources Of friction and i'll feeling
over some of the manifest inequities
in the choice Of services to be paid for
and the methods of estimating the
cost Of such services.
The report reaches conclusions as
to tax burdens, ETC., which are based
on methods of measurement inviting
doubt as to their accuracy, as well as
their equity.
The report overlooks or ignores the
basic principles which establish the
National Governments obligation to
Washington and fails as q method Of
ending the perennial controversy over
fiscal relations, so damaging to the
local community and productive Of Ill
feeling and misunderstanding in Con-
greSs.
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leaders announced that the 100000
persons who fed from their homes
when the water rose must stay away
until the following have been done:
Water supply restored, provisions
made for disposal of human waste,
Ohio River debris removed, garbage
disposed Of, broken foundations, under
mined structures and shattered gas
mains repaired and flood-soaked homes
and furniture dried.
Other Losses Heavy.
Destruction Of furniture. automo-
biles, mercantile stocks. raw materials.
machinery and industrial products was
considered so extensive that no one
would hazard guess concerning their
value. Virtually all the industrial Sec
ton Is under water. So are most Of
the retail stores-at least their base
ments are flooded and the wholesale
district.
Robert Montgomery, Louisville Gas
& Electric Co. vice president, said it
would take from 10 days to three
weeks to resume normal electric service
IN the half of Louisville west of Bear
grass Greek. which was still half a
mile wide and passable only by boat
or pontoon bridge
Joseph D. Scholtz, president of the
water company. reported 10000, 900
gallons were pumped daily. The nor
NAL is 65.000,0O0. He said it would
be q week before he could deliver
the 90,000,00o to 100,oo0,000 gallons
necessary to flush away the debris from
the flooded sections. as Health De-
partment wishes.
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b'NA|b'R|THD|NES
WEDNESDAY NIGHT
Senator 0'Mahoney to
Speak at Annual Banquet
at Shoreham.

B'nai Birth will hold its annual
banquet Wednesday evening at the
Shoreham Hotel with many Jewish
leaders present.
Senator Joseph c. O'Mahoney Of
Wyoming will be the speaker Of the
evening, and among the honor guests
will be Representatives Herman p.
kopplemann of Connecticut, Leon
Sacks Of Pennsylvania, William M.
Citron Of Connecticut. Adolph j.
SABBATH Of Illinois. Henry Ellenbogen
of Pennsylvania, William I. Sirovich
of New York, Emanuel Celler Of New
York. Samuel Dickstein of New York,
Sol Bloom of New York and Theodore
A. Peyser of New York.
500 Guests Expected.
DR.. Abram Simon of the Washing
ton Hebrew Congregation will give the
invocation. More than 500 guests are
expected.
Plans for moving the national head
quarters of B'nai Birth from Gin
cinnati to Washington will be dis
cussed. The Executive Committee of
the fraternal order. meeting last week
at Miami, voted to make the transfer
this Fall
New officers Of Argo Lodge to be in
stalled at the dinner include:
President, Leon Katz: vice presi-
dent, DR.. Ivy A. Pelzman; warden,
Frank Luchs; guardian, Henry Salus:
assistant monitor, Seymour s. Guth-
man: financial secretary, Moe Offen-
berg; recording secretary, David VIE
ner: treasurer, Morris Garfinkle;
trustees, Harry Viner, Benjamin Our
isman. Morris Cafritz. Harry Wender
and Milton Strasburger.
Members on Committee.
The committee in charge Of the
dinner follows: Morris Gewirz, M.
Garfinkle, DR.. Sylvan DanZansky.
Morris Cafritz, Herman S. Brodie,
Frederick M. Blum. Ellis P. Block.
Maurice Bisgyer, Alfred L. Bennett,
DIR. Charles Basseches. Joseph L.
Wilmer, David Wiener, Harry viner,
NJ. Strasburger. Louis E. Spiegler. Abe
Shefferman. Alex Shapiro, Leo
Schlosberg. M. M. Salmon, M. D.
Rosenberg. Benjamin D. Ourisman,
Louis Gutenberg. Moses Gutenberg.
Simon Hirshman, ISador Hershfleld,
Seymour S. Guthman, Morton Will
ner, Harry S. Wender, Nathan Sim
rod. Henry Salus, Robert J. Roth
stein, Edward Rosenblum. DR.. I. A.
Pelzrnan, Gerald I. Oxenburg, Adlai
Mann, Nathan NJ. Lubar, Frank LuchS,
Engene Love. Isaac Lapidus, Leon
Katz, Alfred Goldstein and Bert
Abramson.
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The Navy is having laugh at the
Army. for a portrait. which has hung
in the Army War College as that Of
a famous soldier, Gen. William Bab-
cock Hazen, Civil War officer, yester-
day was definitely identified by naval
officials as a sailorman.
Here Is the Nays painting, which
P. r. Burke, in charge of the pictorial
section of the Office of Naval Records
and Library and the Historical Sec
tion, produced for the cameraman yes
terday, and it looks just like that the
Army AUTHORITIES prize.
Burke says this is the portrait Of
Rear Admiral Philip Hichborn. an
old-time naval constructor, and the
Navy Department received it from the
chief clerk of the construction and
repair group at the washington Navy
Yard on December IA, 1928. This por-
trait does not have the medal, as does
the Army's work, but otherwise it is
identical, Burke asserts.
A civilian in the employ Of the
Navy Department for many years,
Burke is an old-tilne Army man HIM
self
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u. S. RESPONSIBILITY
IN FLOODS DEBATED
Differences Arise in Congress
Over Federal Government TAX.
ing Control Burden.

By the Associated Press.
Differences of opinion as to whether
flood control is a Federal or local
responsibility cropped up in the
Senate and House yesterday.
Senator Bilbo, Democrat, of Missis-
sippi, said he hoyed the Mississippi
and Ohio Valley floods would bring
Congress to recognize that the control
Of floods is q national, . Federal re-
sponsibility." He said an adequate
control program, necessarily covering
. variety Of preservation methods,
would cover three-fourths of the
United States.
Meanwhile, in the House, Represen-
tative Cox, Democrat, of Georgia,
declared the expense of a national
hood-control program would be too
heavy for the Government to bear
without local help. Cox said an
adequate program would cost $10,-
0o0, 900, 900, utterly impossible for the
Government to undertake"
The Georgian said also he doubted
"very seriously" whether flood control
was rightly Federal function.
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tempt to stick by, offering alibis and
making no visible move. We had
the Frankfort tied up in front Of one
school more than an hour. .-.
Eventually the tide broke, and the
first spot cleaned out in proper order,
We went on to the second, where
there was more delay. The hold outs
here were colored, and their removal
was effected by sending a colored
physician to advise the people to
leave. No oficer ever entered the
building, and there was no howl Of
impat.ence raised in the half-hour
between the time the doctor entered
the building and the first small row.
boat, loaded from an outside stair
way, was padded out to the anchor
age at the school house door.
Danger Imaginary.
1t was an uneventful If laborious
process. especially in view Of the
fact most Of us had expected to be
the targets Of snipers.
Once We sighted COW staring out
the second-floor window of a deserted
public building, Later, our boat,
loaded to the gunwales with people
and baggage, whirled sidewise in the
grip of a current, smacked q tele-
phone guy wire. tilted. and seemed
about to bring pole, power lines and
even a street lamp down upon us.
The cable brace snapped, and we
were free again.
The refugees were taken to Avon
dale Heights and Arcadia, Paducah
suburbs, or were sent into Western
Kentucky counties.
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HALF OF PADUCAH
RES|DENTSMO
Coast Guardsmen Find Task
in Evacuating Victims
of High Waters.
BY ROBERT B. PHILLIPS. Jr.,
Stan Correspondent Of The Star.


PADUCAH, KY, January 30
About one-half the floating popula-
tion were evacuated under official
orders today, and the remaining so
per cent probably will be transported
out Of the flooded areas by sundown
tomorrow night. Contrary to general
expectations, the boat crews carrying
out the eviction order of the Ken
tucky State Health Department met
with very little resistance.
While the orders called for arrest
and forcible removal of any one
resisting, no violence was reported.
Two thousand five hundred citizens
were transported by boat to the edge
Of the city and then sent on their
way in trucks and cars.
Coast Guard Efficient.
Judging from observations in 10
hours spent working with a United
States Coast Guard crew, I would say
the success Of the project was largely
an outcome Of the tact and patience
OF the officers and men of that sery-
ice. Having in their possession the
largest and best equipped boats avail
able here, they naturally were as
signed to the more important Jobs.
Skipper A. Fisher and his two men
on the cutter Frankfort, for example.
were faced with the problem of oust-
ing approximately $50 persons from
two public schools, where they had
been more than a week. Well sup
piled with food and doubtful of their
fate. these two garrisons had steadily
refused to listen to previous pleas to
abandon their quarters.
When the Coast Guard officers
faced them today, armed with guns,
they were at first inclined to at
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ARMY CONTINUES
; FIGHT WITHHOLD
Settles GrimIy to Task of
Holding Levees and Nov.
ing Refugees.
~ the Associated Press.

~ the Associated Press.
The United States Army settled
grimly last night to the task OF holding
lsvees and moving refugees for the
next two or three months, If necessary,
In the Hood area.
Chairman Wilmington Of the House
Flood Control Committee warned that
the Mississippi Valley crisis might last
that long, and called for careful
thinking and adequate preparation"
At the same time he said there was
no occasion for hysteria because Army
Engineers had more money and au-
thority to meet the danger than ever
before.
Additional rains, which Wilmington
feared would prolong the struggle,
were forecast for the Ohio-Missis-
sippi Basin within the next 80 hours.
Not 30 good" said Walter Moxom,
the Weather Bureaus flood expert.
Gen. Malin Craig. chief of staff Of
the Army, told President Roosevelt he
still was "conservatively optimistic"
about the chances Of keeping the Mis-
SlSSlppl IN bOundS.
He reported, however, that the Army
already was taking many residents out
Of the foods path.
Craig said more than $4,000 per-
sons in Arkansas, and more than 90
900 in Missouri, had been moved from
lowlands along streams paralleling
the Mississippi. He added Federal
agencies were prepared. if necessary,
to clear danger spots all the way from
Cairo, ILL.,, to New Orleans.
Surgeon General Thomas Parran,
jr., member OF the presidential COM
mission which will leave for Memphis
tomorrow morning tc begin survey
Of the floods damage and plan re-
Mobilization. cautioned that the pub
lie health problem will continue for
six months after the flood has sub
sided.
He said additional sanitary engi-
neers may be necessary to meet "the
public health crisis" Already. DR..
Parran reported, efforts are under way
to rehabilitate municipal water sup
plies and re-establish milk pasteuri-
cation plants.
The relief fund, which the Red
Cross is raising, climbed yesterday to
$6,417,000, but at the same time the
organization added thousands of food
victims to its rolls.
It listed 652, 1908 under its care in
SIT refugee concentration camps, and
1922 more in their own homes.
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NOS~As~AANS0 . AAoe @0@(
and there will be assigned to Gen.
van Voorhis rs policemen. This or
der will become effective Monday,
February /, at $50 am. Sections
in absolute quarantine will be re-
leased as rapidly as sanitary condi-
tions permit
Permits Are Required.
Effective at once, the officials said.
portions of the city will be policed
by the Louisville Police Department
assisted by members Of the police de-
partments from other cities. acting
under the direction Of Dunlap Wake
field, director Of safety of the city Of
Louisville"
They announced also that "evacu-
alton Of sections under absolute
quarantine Is advisable and will be
enforced wherever sanitary conditions
require.
Those living in partially flooded
areas Of the city may reoccupy their
dwellings, business and industrial
property upon securing permits from
the Louisville Health Department.
Cleaning Of all property will be
done upon approval Of the Department
Of Works Of the city"
Passes for travelling across any
quarantine line must be obtained
from the City Health Department.
The board directed that railroads,
other transportation companies and
private individuals operating vehicles
comply with the quarantine.
Regulations Stiffened.
Authorities stiffened regulations to-
day to help restore Louisville's 800, 600
residents to something approaching
normal life.
Two incidents moved officials to
stricter measures In coping with the
manifold food problems. They were
the theft Of 80 power boats which had
been used in relief work, and the
arrest Of two Regular Army men in
smashed-in liquor store.
Lieut.. Col. Earl Major, a reserve
officer Of the 375th Artillery, who was
in charge Of the boats, said he
believed they had been stolen by loot
ers or sightseers. Authorities said
there had been several arrests for
looting.
The two soldiers, listed at the
county Jail as Pvts. Charles Crouch
and Lawrence Doyle, were returned
to Fort Benjamin Harrison, Ind.
Loss Set at $95,O00,000.
The city's real estate loss, reckoned
from a preliminary survey. was set at
$95, 100000 at the mayors press con-
ference today. No additional lists of
dead were made public. The number
of known dead remained at 63, and
the estimate of total deaths at 200.
Inevitably, officials said. errors
would creep into the casualties COL
umn. To bear out their opinion,
Albert Neurath, an undertaken, whose
name was on the list of dead, turned
up today with paraphrase of Mark
Twain's famous quip that the reports
of his death had been exaggerated.
100000 Must Stay Away.
Officials expressed fears of an epi-
demic. intensified by their contempla-
ton Of a city Of homeless persons
starting its eighth night without
drinking water, its seventh without
transportation and its sixth without
electricity.
City. State and Federal health
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18 FREED ON BONDS

KANSAS CITY. January 80 LP.-
Eighteen of twenty persons indicted
late yesterday by Federal grand
jury on election fraud charges ap-
peared for arraignment today. With
out pleading to the charges, they were
released on bonds ranging from 81 500
to $4,000.
The defendants were charged with
conspiracy to "injure and oppress"
legally qualified voters "by miscount-
ing votes"
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Two Deny Cicero Murder.

NEW YORK, January 80 P).-
Joseph Berger, 90, and Gabriel Kler,
"a, both of Brooklyn, pleaded limo
cence today in General Sessions Cour,
to an indictment charging flrst-degroe 9
murder in the fatal shooting Of Franz
Cicero, 80, Of Stamford, Conn.
Cicero was killed at dinner in the
Manhattan Opera House on January
II. The men were sent to the Tomb5
to await trial.
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Senator and Wife to Be Guests.

Senator and Mrs. Frederick Van
Nuys of Indiana will be guests Of
honor at the annual Winter formal
dance of the Notre Dame Alumni
Club of Washington, to be held Friday
evening at the Broadmoor Hotel.
There are 200 members OF the club.
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Two Deaths in Paducah.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. January 80 Up
A dispatch from Alton Hamlet, May
field, KY, correspondent, reported tE ,
deaths in the Paducah food area tods-
Lafayette Grief, SO. died of congest.'
heart failure, and Mrs. Maggie Bra. =
field, SO, died Of pneumonia.
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Claudette Colbert Ill.

KETCHUM. Idaho, January 80 (P.
Claudette Colbert, screen star who
came here TO work on new picture,
was suffering from q cold and fever
today,
Evening star., 1937-01-31
-ARTICLE VII-A------
The New Fiscal Issue
additional Sources of the Federal Obligation to
SUPPORT Its National Capital Local
Costs, Payment of National Taxes and Federal
Grants to the States.

This the seventh and concluding article OF series OF
saooesed b. the recent repr Of The socaed Jaeobs COM
ttee Yesterdays and todGys articles discuss the true
basis of the Federal obligation in support OF the National
CdDitdL
Evening star., 1937-01-31
Louisville

Continued From First Page.)
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The essential point, however, Is not
whether the total cost Of local gov
ernment exceeds q certain average.
The essential point Is that the National
Government controls, not merely the
amount Of money to be spent in the
District but how that money is to be
spent. The National Government
might decree that the District shall
build . costly Municipal Center-as 1t
did in the past-to conform in scale
and grandeur Of architecture and
building material with the standards
Of the National Capital. The total Of
the appropriations might not be in.
creased. But the amount Of money
available for more strictly municipal
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ACCOUNTANT.
Systems. accts. kept: complete tax ar
acctg. service. Latest methods. low fee