Evening star., 1939-07-14


of Columbia.
The Facts
The any expert" recommended
as low payment $500O000.
Aside from the applicability of the term expert, there
follows brief of recommendations by those who have
studied the question of the Federal payment and how to do
termine it,
The Act of passed by Congress after Of
neglect had reduced Washington to laughing stock Federal
House and Senate and the conclusion of these
experts that the Federal Government should assume one-haf
OF the cost OF the annual appropriations
This practice being attacked in the House after 81 of
successful operation, joint committee of House and Senate
devoted months study of the problem in 1915 and while
concluding that the ratio of might be changed
this the unanimous conclusion of the committee Our
the of taxation in the District
should be fixed and certain that the Congress should
view not only permanent physical
of the CITY, but also its beauty and grandeur as the
municipal expression of the Nations home and its peoples PRIDE
No change in the $3.50 system made by Congress
until February 1921 when the law was amended to provide
next years appropriation bill and made
law law The M = ogn eoo in s M ho by over
maximum ever recommended.
The former Bureau of Efficiency Geputed to have been
made experts and assistant expers studied the fiscal
relations problem the direction of committee of Congress,
payment for the fiscal year 1852 should be s1osse and
measured thereafter by formula that would have increased
annually, That than twice the maximum mentioned
Largely because of the Bureau of Efcency findings the
socaed Mapes Committee of the House hired expert who
investigation of tax burdens by highly questionable
should be Sc OOO-which million above
Nichols maximum more about the Mapes report laterJ
The Jacobs report few later recommended three
point formula measuring the Federal Obligation points
of which, applied that Fiscal
given the District Collins however estimated
yield third point the formula being
He estimated that m the yield OF the formula m to the Dis
ment of experts maximum
The Statement
NICHOLS is proposed that placed
Federaly taxexemp property in the District of Colum
b that that property be assessed business property
that the Federal Government to the District Gov
equal the amount of money that
paid Federal business property
figure considerably less than $4,000 100000 plus my
recollection
The Facts
But $3000000 plus what?
If anybody made the proposal as outlined by Mr.
Nichols his identity is unknown to The Star which follows such
matters rather closely If Mr. Nichols knows him produces
him for public inspection he will render himself
great service.
outlined by Mr. Nichols were applied
$1 1000 which is considerably than 100000 Note
United States owned Federal property
tict for the current amounts acres compared
with the 135775 total taxable Federal property is as
with improvements course tax
exempt Total taxable real property is assessed at
The Statement
MR. COLLINS The third we'll known way figuring fiscal
relations to ascertain whether the the
OF Columbia higher lower than elsewhere
Of taxation higher than comparable
the Federal must all
tax burdens That tho principle largely followed In the