Evening star., 1940-03-07

give up the $4,000, 900 Federal pay
ment, II necessary, to get suffrage.
He declared suffrage would be q
''barnacle" on the District, would
do no good and might do harm"
Favors Vote BY House.
Mr.. Lusk suggested that the suf-
frage proposal be allowed to 60 to
vote on the floor Of the House so
that 1t would be killed, and perhaps
that would end this continual hue
and cry. Then maybe we could give
attention to our problems.
Declaring he felt the Budget Bu-
reau had saved the taxpayers $10,-
000, 900 In the last 10 years by de-
letting appropriation requests Of the
Commissioners, Mr.. Lusk said:
This may be heresy, but I favor
keeping the District budget under
check by the Budget Bureau"
Mrs. Leslie Wright, president Of
the Forest Hills Citizens Association,
reported her group had voted oppo-
sition to local suffrage or for crea-
ton of city council of any kind.
However, she said she personally
was a suffrage advocate, but in
sisted that If the vote were granted,
only those owning property should
be permitted to vote. Mr.. Bates
interrupted to object to property
qualification.
Mrs. Wright protested against
allowing carpet baggers" to come to
Washington to take jobs she held
should be given to bona flde District
residents.
washington should not be a
dumping ground for jobseekers from
the States" she said.
Separate Tax Unit Favored.
Allan H. Gardiner, speaking for
the Committee on Taxation of the
District Bar Association. urged that
the Board Of Tax Appeals of the
District be retained as a separate.
Independent unit.
Prof. Charles M. Thomas, colored
civic leader, who has served as a
member of the Commissioners Tax
Advisory Committee and their
Safety Committee, said he would be
opposed to suffrage 80 long as my
people have inadequate education
and who, by various devices, are
shut out of their proper oppor-
tunities."
After listening to the long list Of
witnesses who praised the Commits
sioners, w. H. Lowder of 1888 Rose
dale street NE, delivered an i'm.
FASHIONED attack on the city heads,
declaring:
with all due respect to Com
missioner Hazen, he is too old. He
has been in District service for more
than so years and is II years old.
(He is To-
Then take George Allen-every
time he gets mad he resigns and
President Roosevelt slaps him on the
back and gets him to take the lob
back.
Either he should be a Commits
s1oner or not be one.
Paid No Heed, He Saws,
These fellows who support the
Commissioners apparently referring
to the business group delegation.
heard earlier) can 60 to the District
Building, and they will listen to
them, but they don't pay any at
tention to the poor working folks
But the Commissioners are going
to have a hard row-we are going
to go after them"
His specific complaint was that
city officials do not give enough at
tention to facilities in Northeast
areas.
Mr.. Lowder said he "was opposed
to suffrage"
Henry l.. Colman, representing the
Northwest Citizens Council, at the
request of Acting Chairman Bates,
put into the record of the hearing
lengthy quotations from a publica-
tion Of the National Municipal
league on forms Of municipal gov
ernment" which, Mr.. Colman said.
shows there is q trend in city gov
ernments to adopt the city manager
form.
Shortly after noon the hearing
was adjourned, and Mr.. Bates said
another session would be held at
1920 am. tomorrow.
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