Evening star., 1937-01-16
JACOBS REPORTS
TO Be CONSIDERED
BY HOUSE GROUP
Chairman Norton Calls Spe.
ciaI Meeting of Committee
| Tuesday.
TWO SUBC0MMITTEES
WILL Be APPOINTED
Reveals Most Of Complaints Have
Com: From Civic and Eu=.r:ss
0-sa1ization>.
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EombSrded with protests against tne
proposed new basis OF fiscal relation
ship between the Federal and District
governments, Chairman Norton Of the
House District Committee made def
mite plans today to give the Jacob;
report its flrst congressional cons.d-
Grafton early next week.
Mrs. Norton called Q special meet
ing Of the committee Tuesday ct 1890
an, at which time she will appoint
two subcommittee to consider the
merits Of the complex formula recon-.
mended in the Jacobs report for solv.
ing the fiscal relations problem.
One Of the special subcommittees, to
be headed by Representative Ken
nedy, Democrat, Of Maryland, will
devote its attention to the i've pro-
posed plans for raising additional reve-
nue. to offset part Of the estimated
SIC, 100000 deficit the District will
face in the coming fiscal year II the
three-point formula Is approved by
Congress. Representative Nichols,
Democrat, OF Oklahoma will be ap-
pointed chairman OF the other SUBJ
committee, which will handle the 10
statutory changes recommended in the
report.
Complaints Received.
Mrs. Norton disclosed that most OF
the complaints against the Jacobs re.
port are being filed by civic and
business organizations that are vita!IV
interested in q fair and equitable ad-
justment Of the fiscal relations con.
troversy. The latest protest came from
the Federation Of Business Mems As.
ISOLATION, Inc, which declared that
under the division Of cost proposal
Of Jacobs Federal participation In Dis
trict expenses would be unfair and
insufficient" The organization said
the basis Of fiscal relations should bs
more liberal and more equitable"
A copy Of the associations protest
also has been sent to the House Sub
committee on Appropriations, which
will frame the 1888 District supply
bill. The 1888 budget estimates on
which the bill viii be based contem-
plates application Of the three.point
formula.
In anticipation OF his appointment
as chairman OF one Of the special
fiscal relations subcommittee Ken
nedy disclosed he proposed to make q
serious study Of the Jacobs report
over the week end in an effort to
fami1iarize himself with the details.
He said he wanted to be prepared
when the subcommittee are created
to undertake the Job that confronts
him.
Kennedy also plans to analyze care
fully the arguments for fiscal equity
contained in voluminous brief Of
the Citizens Joint Comittee on Fiscal
Relations which was filed with the
Jacobs Fiscal Relations COMMITTEES
when 1t held public hearings several
months ago.
Conference Planned.
Prior to the committee meeting Mrs.
Norton, Kennedy and Nichols ara
expected to have conference at which
the procedure for the impending in
tensive study Of the Jacobs report
will be tentatively outlined.
Mrs. Norton said she would insist
on a careful and thorough considera-
ton Of all Of the proposals in ths
report for upSetting the existing basis
Of fiscal relations but she would not
be "stampeded" into hasty action on
| recommendations that have such q
vital effect on the District.
Aside from starting the study Of this
Jacobs report, Mrs. Norton called this
special meeting Tuesday for another
purpoSe-to effect organization for ths
new Congress. There are six new
members Of the committee-four
Democrats and two RepubIcans-who
were appointed this week to Ill va
cancieS.
The committee as now constituted
IS composed OF the following: Demo
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Norton Of New
Jersey, Palmisano Of Maryland, Ken
p.oy o; Maryland, Randolph CT V.sss
! rsini4, Js1cA:s sno Schultz Of In
oiSaa, Wood Of Missouri, 0uinn Ct
Pennsylvania, lliCaols Of O..lShon1z.
McCehee Of Mississippi, Allen Of Dela.
ware, Arnold Of Illinois, Sacks Of
Pennsylvania and Bigelow Of Ohio:
Republicans-Dirksen Of Illinois Short
Of Missouri, Brewster Of Maine, Cole
Of New York, Bates Of Massachusetts,
and Shafer Of Michigan; Progressive