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as the Territory of Columbia Com
mission. and to be composed Of five
Senators, to be appointed by the
President of the Senate; five members
of the House of Representatives, to be
appointed by the Speaker of the House
of Representatives, and five persons
who are residents of the District of
Columbia, one Of whom shall be a
member of the judiciary of the District
of Columbia. to be appointed by the
President. The members of the COM
mission shall serve without compensa-
ton and shall select one of such
members as chairman. All expenses
of the commission shall be paid upon
vouchers approved by the chairman.
"(B). 1t shall be the duty of the
commission to prepare an organic act
providing for a territorial form of
civil government for the District of
Columbia and to submit a report
thereon to the Congress prior to the
expiration of one year after the date
OF enactment of this resolution. The
commission shall include in such re-
port its recommendations with respect
to the fair and equitable amount to
be paid annually by the United States
toward the expenses Of such civil
government for the District of Co.
lumbia. The commission is authorized
to make such surveys and conduct such
investigations as it may deem neces-
sary and advisable for carrying out
the purposes of this resolution"
1t also authorized the commission
to employ experts and to call on all
Government agencies for information.
The cost OF the inquiry was left to be
determined in committee.
Dirksen for Ventilation.
Representative Dirksen, Republican,
OF Illinois announced that if he is
reappointed to the House District
Committee, he will insist on "thor-
ough ventilation" of the Jacobs fiscal
relations report.
"The report and recommendations,
Dirksen declared, "are such a wide
departure from the past fiscal relations
between the District and Federal
Governments that they will require
a very intensive study and exhaustive
hearings.
In my opinion, Jacobs and his ad-
visory Committee should be asked to
appear before the District Committee
and testify at length relative to the
application of the proposed 3-point
formula for the guidance of future
fiscal relations between the United
States and the District"
Dirksen was the ranking minority
member of the District Committee in
the last Congress, and his reappoint-
ment is expected within the next few
days.
In the meantime. Chairman Norton
OF the District Committee continued
preparations for starting hearings on
the report as soon as possible Definite
plans cannot be made, however. until
existing vacancies on the committee
are filled and substitutes are selected
for those members who have asked
for other committee assignments.
To Appoint Committees.
Mrs. Norton said she had definitely
decided to appoint two special sub
committees to handle the report. One
will be assigned to consider the 10
proposed statutory changes and the
other will hold hearings on the five
new tax measures recommended
These proposed revenue bills would
provide for an increase in the gaso-
line tax, weight tax on commercial
vehicles, an income tax as q substi-
tute for the present tax on intangible
personal property, and new business
taxes.
AS soon as the appointments to the
District Committee are made by the
House, Mrs. Norton plans to call a
special meeting for organization pur-
poses, and at the same time select
the personnel of the two special sub
committees to consider the various
features of the Jacobs report.
Mrs. Norton has made only a cur
sorry examination Of the report since
1t was referred 70 her committee last
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