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MARRIAGE LICENSE
APPLICATIONS

Percy w s. Marsh. :'2. l 7s3 Columbia I'd.
NV, and Beulah NJ. Murnan, -, $500
Barnhy st. NV; the Rev. Henry Maui
Harold Fainbers. -. 5e4 ouackenbos st.
nv. and Fannie r. Blendman. 23. AS
Irvins st. NV; the Rev. Solomon H.
Norris r. clinsan. %. 1872 Potomac ave.
Sc. and N Mas e,, F. rs Drlscoli la; .I Iss4
Mary = KYnna; q: Isl! Shepherd ST. St.
PAU tss SnRn Rsv e EdEsFd afs Hsf1 ssqlly g nv
NV; the Rev Thomas E. Boorde
St. no nv. Hehs ne Rev 90e:o'I; Niies T. Welch '
Luther M, Pqlp p sos ~ odsn And SISTER 'ohnsen Sr:
chsrles sH'5 ) slon. N.lson 80 and Ethel L. Carey.
- both Of ls:t sth st. NV the Rev,
Viola ssevsr.. As, 1850 sthf st. n.e.; .
the Rev. Earl K. Tyler.
M. and Grace henderson 20. Monroe,
N; c.; the Rev. Chesteen Smith:
fhn j.sny Ssrron. SsrHsH 20 IS 81 $40 St St ss tfe tss
Edward D. Jackson SO. 5oa, Am.s st
1s: 1....s and Frances j., Le1 =" ns,l l.as Ney
Roscoe F Garrett "a, Rockville Md and
ave. NV; the Rev clarenc. R. FeTzu-
son.
Joseph NJ. Reilly. IS. l73s .anier pl NV
and Rose NJ. Luonso IS. 1140 Irving
st. NV: the Rev. Ronald j. Fannon
Leroy J. Myers, -. 1927 Childress ST. ne.
and Clara B. Mlstead, 81. 1895 Trini-
dad ave. ne the Rev. John w. Rustin
Harold c. Norton. 3s. Albany. N. Y. and
Dolores NJ. Launder, %. Hamburs. N.
Y: the Rev. John c. Ball.
Leigh c. Fairbank. ir %. Fort Belvoir
Va. and Evelyn E. Scott. 80. 1905 Wis
consin ave. NV. the Rev. A. c. Oliver
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hear from q list which includes Lord
Leverhulme, the president of the In
ternational Committee of Scientific
Management; w. Averell Hartman.
chairman of the board of the Union
Pacific; A. w. Robertson, chairman,
Westinghouse Electric; Harvey N. Da-
Wis. president Of the Stevens Institute
Of Technology and the American So
ciety Of Mechanical Engineers; John
G. Winant, director, International La
Dor ONCE: Robert j. Watt, American
Workers delegate to the International
Labor Office; w. J. Cameron, Ford
Motor Co.; Lewis H. Brown, president
of Johns Manville; Karl T. Compton.
president, Massachusetts, Institute of
Technology: William Allen White, edi-
tor. Emporia Gazette, and many dis
tinguished foreign delegates.
Five Group Sessions.
In turning from the problems Of
management in industry to those Of
the home, the Congress has arranged
five group sessions for considering such
subjects as consumption, purchasing
power, housing and domestic service
A section which will have particular
interest in view OF President Roose-
velts program for civil service re-
form will be that on personnel. While
this will deal generally with labor
in industry. the Government employ
ment phase also is to enter the delib-
Evening star., 1938-08-31

LITTLE MISS BROADWAY
Shirley Temple, George Murphy
MOTHER CAREY'S CHICKENS
Anne Shirley. Ruby Keeler, James Ellison
PROFESSOR BEWARE
Harold Lloyd. Phyllis Welch
THE AMAZING DR.. CLITTENHOUSE
Edward G. Robinson, Claire Trevor
THE CHASER
Dennis O'keefe. Ann Morriss, Lewis Stcne
BAREFOOT BOY
Jackie Moran. Marcia Mae Jones
ALCIERS
Charles Boyer. Hedy LaMar. Sigrd Gure
BULLDOG DRUMMOND IN AFRICA
John Howard, Heather Angel, H. B. Warner
GATEWAY
Don Ameche Arleen Wbelan
I'M FROM THE CITY
Joe Penner Richard Lane Lorraine Kruger
LETTER OF INTRODUCTION
Adolphe Meniou, Andrea Leeds, Edgar Bergen
THE CROWD ROARS
Robert Taylor, Maureen OSullivan
Mr.. CHUMP
Johnny Davis, Lola Lane, Penny Singleton
KEEP SMILING
Jane Withers, Gloria Stuart
PAINTED DESERT
George O'Brien, Laraine johnson
RICH MAN-POOR GIRL
Robert Young. Lew Ayres, Ruth Hussey
THE MISSING GUEST
Paul Kelly, Constance Moore
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DEATHS REPORTED

Rosa Wade. "a, Is Todd pl ne
Joe Quinlan. 81. 1892 Girard St NV
Rosalinda West, 81. 1904 Newton St ne
Matte Cuttings, SIS, 1909 Maryland ave
s.v.
Addie s. Herbert s5. 9os 11th st. NV.
J. Charles Mcclure. So 1904 10Th St n "
Mabel Down, 63, National Homeopathi,
Henry Ajello. SO. Tivoli Theater.
Robert NJ. Schroeder, 56. SPA 9th St Sc
John E. Tenley, "a, 1901 Connecticut ave
Ben H. Lambe jr. ls. Emergency Hospita
Joseph Ryan, IA. Children's Hospital.
Infant Gregory. Providence Hospital,
James c. Roy. So. 232 eth st. sc.
Lillian Green, 81. GEORGETOWN Hospital.
William Minor -. Potomac River
Beatrice Fuller. A., GEORGETOWN Hospital.
Helen l.. Ball. -, Gallinger Hospital.
Mary Leekins. 20 Gallinger Hospital.
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tions were offered by several regional
ohices which said Unemployment and
fewer lay-offs were Significant fac
tors underlying the decrease"
Initial claims we're received from
2.l78 unemployed in the District, as
compared with 1885 in June.
Maryland disbursements amounted
to $905. 1923, as compared with $l,149.-
293. Initial claims numbered 27,779,
while in June the number Of unem-
ployed asking aid numbered 32,44l.
In Virginia 1923 initial claims were
made and 1851 ITS paid out This COM
pared with 1919 claims in June and
$682 ,965 benefit payments.
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BIRTHS REPORTED

Frank and lone Rose, jr.. twins. girl ane
Thomas and Beulah Howens. girl.
John and jeanette Garyon. girl.
James and Lucibel Chalk. boy.
S5.ndfoTda Sa and 4. Dsphns MnAT roH boz
Marvin and Jenni. Methvin, boy.
Conner, and Mildred GOULD: boy
euis ana enq Anita Rosinson boy w.
shane s.nsF .nd md Anna Ann ats Mecsrths boy.
sna %sd. anH ana fhSa Mlidred ds Robinson Boy.
SANDY .nd ND Pel9Tes arG,bv smith ,ss Soy, Soy
HsrT5 ana and Ace Ks'Ns ENsRs boy Boy
eDn.tn Rebs5t and I'd Edth 9th, Yshs Hh.srana SF ,r
Samuel and Efie Farrah. girl.
A. Carl and Bertha Case. girl.
Walter and oshie Eisenhaurer, sirl.
Bernard and Edna Blandford. girl.
James and Loretto Treanor. ;jr.. boy.
Robert and Dorothy Peppell, boy.
Ben'amn ans., and Ruth H.Jsnadn Jenkins boy boy.
Marvin and Jennie Methvin. boy.
Eichard and Ruth CLAYTON. boy
William and Clara Costianes. boy.
Robert and Mary Stanton. boy.
Mormen and Lille Housley. boy
Raymond and Mildred Underwood, boy.
Albert and Evelyn Bailey. boy.
Joseph and Dorothy Tolson, boy.
James and Lillian Bean, boy.
James and Helen Diamond, boy
James and Alice Wilfone. jr., girl.
Maurice and Florence Joyce. girl
Harry and Bertha De Jarnette. girl.
Max and Lillian Goldstein, girl
Woodrow and Frances Crabtree, slrl.
Edward and Sallie Wems. boy.
George and Alice Richardson boy.
Joseph and Mary Colbert, boy.
Edgar and Beulah Hughes. girl.
Richard and Gilberta Jackson. girl.
James and Inez Martin. girl.
Charles and Ruth Wesley. girl.
johnson and Oneil Wood. girl
James and Susie Fenwick, girl.
Anadis and Hossie Simon, girl.
james and Marguerite Rowe. boy.
William and Marion Gordon. boy.
Georse and Daisy Myrck boy.
Richard and Berdine Barnes. boy.
Charles and Louise Penny. boy.
Ezra and Carrie CUMMINGS. boy.
irving and Rebecca Plummer. boy.
Ashert and Matilda Hamilton. boy.
Joseph and Drucila Harrington boy.
Milton and Thelma Hopper. boy.
Samuel and Roberta Jackson girl
Moses and ColliSsie McCombs. girl.
ia mes and Matilda Mccall. girl.
Sylvester and Ruth Bowie girl.
James and Irene Wood girl
Austin and Margaret Gray, girl.
William and Myrtle Tolson. boy.
Charles and Hilda Mlikin. boy.
Joseph and Rosela Gray. boy
Henry and Ruth Williams. boy.
Ernest and Clara Ross boy.
Nelson and Mary McCarter. boy.
George and Trudall Mcdonald. boy.
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t%s~a@
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efations. DR.. Leo J. O'Rourke Of the
Civil Service Commission, director Of
the Council Of Personnel Administra-
ton. is 4 member of the Committee Of
Personnel OF the Congress.
The sessions OF the Congress will be
held at the Chamber OF Commerce of
the United States In various hotels.
Evening star., 1938-08-31
JUDGE Lesser TO QUIT
6. o. p. Senate Candidate to Begin
His Campaign Soon.

BALTIMORE, Aug. 81 R.-W
David Tilghman. jr. chairman OF the
Republican State Central Committee,
said today Judge Oscar Lesser. admin
istration candidate for the G. o. p.
senatorial nomination. would resign
from the Baltimore Criminal Court
tomorrow to begin his campaign.
Judge Lesser has been winding up
bench affairs during the past few weeks
and has done no active campaigning,
Evening star., 1938-08-31
$50 Donated to Center,

Prince George" County Social sery-
ice League has donated $50 to the
health and welfare center OF Takoma
Park, Nd. 1t was announced yesterday
by Mrs. George Robertson, director.
The funds will be used for aiding
needy families.
Evening star., 1938-08-31
BALLOT IS APPROVED
Prince Georges Board o. ks Form
for Primary Use,

AASS NSoA . co OodAu u " n . 3 VI
for Primary Use.
UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, Aug. 81
(SpeciaD The Prince Georges
County Board of Election Supervisors
yesterday formally approved the bal
lot to be used in the Democratic pri-
mary election September IL, with four
candidates seeking the eubernatorial
nomination and three on the ballot
for United States Senator.
The names Of the Democratic
aspirants for county Offices were not
included on the ballot, since only one
candidate has filed for each of the
Offices.
Also listed on the ballot are the
names Of four candidates for attorney
general. three for controller, three for
clerk OF the Court OF Appeals and
two for representatives from the NTH
congressional district.
Evening star., 1938-08-31

VALLEY OF TIE GIANTS
CharAes Bsckfxd. CARe Trevor. Jztk 1xAa
Saba. Raymnnd Masaey. vaies;e Hotsos
CAMPUS CONFESSIONS
Hank Luieetti, Betty Gsahse
FUGrTIVES FOR A NIGHT
Frank Albertson, Eleannr Lyna
LISTEN DARLING,
Freddie Bartholomew. Judy GaE4snd
THE LAST EXPRESS
Kent Taylor D1othea Kent, Barbara Red
TIME OUT FOR MURDER
Gloria Stuart, Michael Whalen
FOUR DAUGHTERS
Casde Rains. Priscilla. Rose~ary.ldla ians
WANTED BY THE POLICE
frankie DarIo
GIRLS SCHOOL
Anne Shirley, Nan Grey
KING OF ALCATRAZ
Gail Patrick. Lloyd Nolan. J. Carol Mash
Mr.. WONG. DETECTIVE
Boris kariof
You CAN'T TAKE TT WITH YOU
Jean Arthur. Lionel Barrymore
ROOM SERVICE
The Marx Brothers. Lucille BAH
STA0LEMATES
Wallace Beery. Mickey Rooney
SUBMARINE PATROL
Richard Greene, Nancy Kelly, George Bancroft
YOUTH TAKES A FLING
Andrea Leeds, Joel McCrea, Dorothea Kent
Evening star., 1938-08-31

AM THE LAW
Edward G. Robinson. John Bssi. Wssdy Barre
MY LUCKY STAR
Sonja Henie. Richard Greene
SING YOU SINNERS
Bing Crosby, Fred MaeMsrray. Enen Drew
THREE LOVES HAS NANCY
Janet Caynor. Robert Montgomery
BOYs TOWN
Spencer Tracy. Mickey Rooney
IN OLD MEXICO
William Boyd. Russell Hayden. George Hayes
SAFETY IN NUMBERS
The Jones Family, Jed Proaty. Shirley Deane
THE AFFAIRS OF ANNABEL
Jack Oakie, Lucille Bail
THE COMET
VIM. Gargan. Joy Hodges. Andy De~ine
SECRETS OF AN ACTRESS
Kay Francis, George Brent, Ian Hunter
THE LADY OBJECTS
Lanny Ross, Gloria Stuart
JUVENILE COURT
Paul Kelly. Rita Hayvorth. Frankie Dano
HOLD THAT COED
John Barrymore, George Murphy
RENEGADE RANGER
George Obrien. Ritz Haywuth
SONS OF THE LEGION
Lynne Overmsn, Evelyn keyes
THE ROAD TO RENO
Randolph Scott. Hope Hampton
TOO HOT TO HANDLE
Clark Gatac. MyTna 10y. Walter Connolly
Evening star., 1938-08-31

Its HARD for a fellow like me who thinks apple
pie one of natures greatest gifts believe
that there folks who honestly don't like it at all
On the other hand, can't abide liver and bacon
though know it's highly regarded by many.
We all have likes and our dslikes We're all diff.
ferent thanks be! A dull world it would be if we
weren't
That's why l say that the most remarkable thing
about motion pictures is that theyhit such high aver
age of pleasure giving.
Take any individual picture and you'll find that most
people who it will get lot of enjoyment out of it.
Not all, naturally For example, think certain star
is tops while, hear the way my nextdoor neighbor
goes about her. you'd think she wasn't good enough
to be an EXTRA.
Or my wife sees picture during the afternoon and
about dinner. Maybe son and take it in that
evening and come home feeling that Mother is losing
her Judgment And there you are the apple pie situa.
ton all over again.
But, taking them all together, | figure that the
movies give more pleasure more people at lot less
cost than most anything the mind of was ever re-
sponsible for and have done the human race more
downright good than all the medicines conoocted since
creation.
And I'll say this: The times when I've been disap-
pointed in picture have been lot fewer than the other
times when I've gone see one wasn't especially ex.
cited about in advance and been mighty glad did,
Sure, l criticize the pictures. Ipay my money and
that's my right. AS matter of fact kind of figure that
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party sources said. His opponent In
the primary campaign Is Galen L. TAFT,
Baltimore and Montgomery County at
torney.
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THE TEXANS
Joan Bennett, Randolph Scott, May Robson
RACKET BUSTERS
Humphrey Bogart. CeorGe BreNt
THE GLADIATOR
Joe E. Brown, June Travis
ALExANDER'S RAGTIME BAND
> Tyrone Power, Alice Faye, Don Ameche
BLOCK-HEADS
Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy
GIVE ME A SAILOR
Martha Raye. Bob Hope. Betty Crahae
SMASHING THE RACKETS
Chester Morris, Frances Mercer Rita Johnson
BREAKING THE ICE
Bobby Breen Charles Rugs3es
DARK RAPTURE
African Jungle Feature
MARIE ANTOINETTE
Norma Shearer. Tyrone Power
SPAWN OF THE NORTH
George Raft. Henry Fonda. Dorothy Lamour
SPEED TO BURN
Michael Whalen, Lynn Bari
BOY MEETS GIRL
James Cagney. Pat O'Bren. Marie Wilson
UNDER THE BIG Tor
Anne Nagel. Marjorie Main, Grant Richards
CAREFREE
Fred Astaire, Ginger Rogers
FOUR'S A CROWD
Eno Flynn Olivia de Havilland
FRESHMAN YEAR
Dixie Dunbar. William Lundigan
u
Evening star., 1938-07-22
'PAPO0SE' PLANE
FEAT IS HAILED
'Pick-a-Back' Pilot Sees
Great Possibilities After
Flight to U. S.
BY The Associated Press.

By The Associated Press.
PORT WASHINGTON, N. Y, July
22-The British pick-a-back plane
Mercury was groomed today for its
return flight to Ireland after opening
a new and significant chapter Of trans
Atlantic air travel.
Capt. Donald c. T. Bennett brought
the Imperial Airways experimental
craft down here late yesterday, con-
vinced he had demonstrated the feasi-
bility Of launching heavily laden
planes in midair.
The Mercury brought a pound
cargo in addition to its pilot and radio
operator, Albert Coster, to the airways
terminal little more than Is hours
after its take-of from the back of q
mother plane of the coast of Ireland.
Sees Wartime Uses.
This system Of launching" 28-year-
old Capt. Bennett said, "has great
possibilities. I can conceive of a
couple of mother ships launching
whole fleets of heavily laden bombers
in wartime"
In addition to its cargo-London
newspapers and newsreels showing the
arrival of King George and Queen
Elizabeth on their state visit to Paris
the Mercury carried an 1,l80-gallon
gasoline load when 1t was tossed,
eaglet fashion, on its way at an alti-
tude Of 5000 feet.
This method Of launching, Capt.
Bennett said, is superior to the Ger
mans catapult which hurls planes
aloft from ship deck.
"Our system does not discommode
passengers, the Australian-born pilot
explained.
Writes Aviation History.
The journey, completed in a flying
time of 20 hours, "a minutes (the plane
stopped only at Boucherville, Quebec
Montreal's air terminal, 2 hours 4O
minutes en- route here), was the first
of its kind from such a take-off
| The Mercury, on its return hop-ofl
Monday, will be lighter by far thar
when it left Foynes. Without the
mother ship, it will be compelled te
take of from the bay in Long Island
Sound, where the surface tension acts
as drag on the pontoons.
The return fight will be by way OF
Botwood, Newfoundland, and the
I Azores, with stops at both points, ir
another exploratory test Of North
Atlantic routes.
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Evening star., 1938-07-22
TAX APPEALS BRANCH
TO OPEN IN NEW YORK
Treasury to Handle Disputed
Levies in State From That
Office.

BY the Associated Press.
The Treasury announced yesterday
it would open in New York City on
August branch Office for handling
tax disputes in the New York area.
This is the latest step in a program
for decentralizing the adjustment of
such disputes Taxpayers in the New
York area who are dissatisfied with
Federal tax assessments may carry
their protests to the New York branch
instead of making costly trips to
Washington, officials said.
Such a branch Office already is
operating on the West Coast. A Chi
cago branch is to open September /,
and eventually all parts of the country
will be reached.
One hundred experts of the Internal
Revenue Bureau have been moved
from Washington to New York City
for the new task. They were headed
by Timothy C. Mooney, Eldon O..
Hanson will be in charge of the legal
staff.
Evening star., 1938-07-22
STRAYER COLLEGE
GRADUATES zoo
Secretarial Diplomas and
Accounting Degrees
Are Conferred.

Two hundred students received ac-
counting degrees or secretarial diplo-
mas as Strayer College held it's COM
mencement exercises last night in the
Mayflower Hotel
The principal speaker was Felix
Morley, editor of the Post, who de-
clared the inability of society to ad-
just itself to rapid scientific advances
endangers modern society more than
chronological unemployment.
When the automobile supplants
the horse and buggy opportunities for
mechanics more than replace the
Jobs lost by the blacksmiths in time,
he said, but when an airplane circles
the globe in four days no comparable
advance in political relationships is
automatically indicated
Degrees and diplomas were con-
ferred by Edmund S. Donoho, presi-
dent of the college, who introduced
Mr.. Morley.
Elgie G. Purvis, vice president, pre-
sided and introduced Paul Matthews
of the accounting class and Marie
Lynch of the secretarial group, both
of whom gave brief addresses Both
were graduated with distinction.
Degrees were awarded to 90 students
and secretarial secretarial diplomas
to 104. Graduates are:
Evening star., 1938-07-22

Canton workers were to be paid In
silver dollars to make them more con-
scious of the value of the industrial
pay rolls.
1T was not a success" MIR. Rein
hardt remarked, sadly.
As he prepared to leave the stand
Mr.. Reinhardt denied that Republic
dominates the development corpora
ton. He added further that he had
been on friendly terms with labor and
had been invited to address a meeting
of the State Federation of Labor.
He closed by submitting a group Of
nine photographs to illustrate violence
by labor adherents in the steel strike
of 1887.
A lecture appearance by George
Sokolsky, columnist and magazine
writer, shown yesterday to be in the
employ of Hill & KnoWltor and thu
National Association of Manufactur
ers. also figured in the educational
campaign.
As was general practice in such eff.
forts, the participation of industrial
firms and the National Association oi
Evening star., 1938-07-22
La Toilette
Continued From First Page.)

Corp. or its public relations firm of
Hill & Knowlton.
Among the promotion ventures Mr.
Reinhardt identified a booklet circu-
lated in 1896 boasting that Canton
was an "open-shop town" with a
complete absence Of labor racketeer-
ing" In its form as now circulated
the book omits the mention of Canton
being open shop"
The educational" work was under
taken. Mr.. Reinhardt explained, when
a strike at the Canton Stamping &
Enameling Co. got rough" and SYM
pathlzers came over from the Good
year Rubber plant in nearby Akron.
In addition to contests for pro-
industry slogans and a series of "har-
mony' ads later circulated by the Ma
tional Association of Manufacturers,
the development corporation was in
strumental in the conducting of a
Silver dollar" campaign in which
Evening star., 1938-07-22
Tax
Continued From First Page.)

Hazen said he never had been in favor
of the business privilege levy.
Revision of the Districts tax struc-
ture now is being considered by a tax
advisory committee named recently
by the Commissioners, at the direc-
ton of Congress. Its suggestions will
go to the Congressional Joint Com
mittee on Internal Revenue Taxation,
along with the findings of an out-of-
town economist, DR.. Chester Pond Of
the New York State Tax Commission.
Formula Cuts Levy.
Under a revision of the business
privilege tax law, late in the past
session of Congress, the Commits
sioners recently established an in
tricate formula for "apportionment
and ALLEGATION" of expenses and gross
receipts of concerns engaging in busi-
ness both within and without the
District. 1t was disclosed that this
formula means that out-of- town con-
Germs would pay the tax on but part
of the gross receipts of business done
within the District. A somewhat SIM
liar formula would tighten the tax load
on District merchants on that portion
of their business done beyond the
boundaries of the District, but not on
their gross receipts from business done
in the District.
These matters we're not before JUS
tlce Bailey in the D. G. S. case because
during the past fiscal year the tax
was measured by the entire amount of
gross receipts of business done in the
District, either by District merchant
or nonresident firm.
For this reason, District officials
were of the off-hand opinion that the
Bailey decision would not apply to this
years revised plan. They agreed this
view might be subject to court test,
however.
Enforcement to Continue.
Pending further legal action, it was
said, the District would proceed to en-
force the business privilege levy in ac-
cord with the new formulas and the
other revisions of the levy.
Maj. Donovan said he would not
revise his estimates of tax revenues
for the past and the new fiscal years,
until the litigation was nearer final
conclusion. For the past year, A. F.
Brooke, administrator of the levy, has
calculated revenues amounting to
about s2,270, ,000-as against the origi-
nal estimate last summer of about
S3,000.00 Officials also had expected
Evening star., 1938-07-22
that the revised tax would bring in
this year about $2.30O.OOO.

that the revised tax would bring in
this year about $2,300,000.
The decision Of Justice Bailey ap-
parently set an important precedent
as to the powers of Congress when
passing tax laws for the District.
While not disagreeing with high
court rulings that State may not lay
a burden on interstate commerce, the
District insisted that the business
privilege levy did not come under the
same category since the tax burden
was laid down by Congress itself. JUS
tice Bailey remarked that this ques-
tion had apparently not yet been
passed upon directly by the courts.
Sees Tax Power Limited.
After citing several court decisions,
Justice Bailey said: 1T is we'll settled
that Congress has all the powers of
taxation over the District Of Columbia
that a State would have. 1t is also
settled that these powers are subject
to the limitations of the Constitution,
Downs VS.. Bidwell, 1872 u S. 244. The
question here is whether Congress has
greater powers of taxation than a
State would have.
Il cannot conceive that the grant
of power to Congress to regulate COM
merce between the States was intended
to include the power to burden it for
particular community: The tax in
question is solely for the benefit
of the District of Columbia. The bur-
den of this tax will fall, indirectly at
least, upon those who live in the
States and carry on commerce with
those doing business here, as we'll as
directly upon the latter. I am
of the opinion that Congress has no
power to lay this burden upon inter-
state commerce"
Justice Bailey's holding on the in
terstate commerce feature of last
years business privilege levy was the
opposite OF ruling given some months
ago by Judge Ellen Raedy in Munich
pal Court, in which the District was
the victor in a test brought by Neild
& Sauerhoff, commission merchants.