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of District tax problems should be-
gin with a strong plea for an in
crease In the Federal payment.
J. P. Hayes, general manager of
the National Symphony Orchestra,
opposing the 10 per cent amusement
tax. said 1t would be applied not
only to symphony concerts, but also
to church suppers and school con-
certs where charges were made.
Speaking for the Chesapeake &
Potomac Telephone Co., Raymond
e. Gable opposed the tax on utility
bills, contending 1t would amount
to an increase in rates and would
be burden imposed directly on
users Of telephones.
Speaks for Realty Board.
William L. King, speaking for the
Real Estate Board, urged a higher
Federal payment, broadening Of the
income tax base to bring in all who
earn incomes in the District and
also favored higher taxes on liquor
and beer. If the proposed rates were
adopted. he said. they still would
compare favorably with rates in
Maryland and Virginia.
Percy Smith, for the Federation
of Business Mems Associations,
while urging applications of the in
come levy to nonresidents' income
earned here, also suggested adop-
ton of a capital gains provision. His
group, he added, does not like"
the sales tax. but would 60 along If
the levy was necessary, but had
voted against the proposed utility,
liquor and amusement tax proposals
Gordon Atherholt, for the Mac
Arthur Citizens Association, said
his neighborhood felt the worst
thing" would be to put a liquor
store in the area, so he concluded
it would favor higher liquor taxes.
He called for adoption of the
O'Mahoney-O -Overton Federal pay
ment formula and said his group
was for a sales tax. He advocated
widening the income tax base.
Elwood E. Stump, for the River
Terrace Association, Endorsed all Of
the tax proposals except the utility
bills levy.
Likes to Pay Taxes"
Mrs. Frances Lichtenberg, repre-
senting the Washington League oi
Women Shoppers, got smiles from
the city heads when she said. Hon
estly, I like to pay taxes, if I feel
I am getting a return for it." She
opposed the sales tax, the utilities
bill tax and any other not based on
ability to pay
William c. Taylor, for the Com
munist party. thought the program
of the Special Tax Committee, did
not express "the will of the people
because it soaked the poor while
the wealthy were left untouched"
Frances H. Thornton. for the New
Hampshire Avenue Citizens Asso-
ciation, contended that until Con-
gress grants a fair Federal payment
all tax boosts should be withheld,
except for broadening the income
levy and raising liquor levies.
j. c. Turner for the AFL Central
Labor Union said, II can't voice too
our opposition to the sales
tax He spoke for broadening the
income tax base and suggested low
ering of exemptions and a boost In
the rates.
Driscoll Backs Levy.
A. j. Driscoll, for the Mid City
Citizens Association, supported the
general sales tax, saying more than
half the States have such levy.
He, too, wanted a higher Federal
payment and application of the in
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9. District Line to
Benning Bridge

Since 1912 the engineers have con-
Quoted project to reclaim the Ana
costa Flats. In this stretch of the
Anacostia practically all reclamation
work remains to be done. But costs
and more modern ideas have outmoded
; 1912 estimates and the engineers feel
full study of the remainder of the pro-
ject and re-estimate of the cost is in
order. There are questions other than
reclamation which enter the picture.
(a) Several proposals have been made
for using city refuse center again Mr
Xanten) to fill the lagoon back of the
wild rice bird sanctuary just below the
Kenilworth Lily Gardens. Should they
be accepted or rejected?
tb) In this area the proposed Balti-
washington parkway will enter
the District, cross the Anacostia near
Kenilworth swing down the right bank
OF the stream and connect with an ex-
tension of Constitution avenue along B
street NE. How will this tie in with
reclamation and subsequent park de-
velopment?
(c) What channels and what boating
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years of an eight-year improvement
program and are about to embark on
the remaining five years of work. The
channel project, when completed, will
substitute three modern yacht basins,
five modern commercial piers and a
Coast Guard basin for the tumble-
down wharf area which had become
blight on the city, as Washingtons
once thriving river trade became q
thing of the past. Despite improve
ments now under way the following
questions have arisen and review of
1885 thinking, the basis for the pres
ent projects, is to be called for:
(a) There is room both on the city
side Of the channel for additional piers;
and on the park side for additional
yacht basins? How many more should
there be and where should they go?
(b) Also there is the question Of using
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the water front of the Army War Col
lege for some future project.
(e) Should there be small ferry
across the channel and should there
be small boat landings along the park
shore, for instance, one at the East
Potomac Swimming Pool and one at
Hams Point?
S. Hams Point to Marbury Point
shepherds Landing)
Principal concern of Army engineers
in this stretch of the river is flood con-
troll. Washingtonians are concerned
with need for seaplane and am
phibian base, a marina for the city's
sailing enthusiasts and possibly SWIM
ming lake. Studies of this section are
expected to cover:
(a) The advisabiity of cutting away
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part of Marbury Point in accordance
with tentative harbor lines already ap-
proved by the Chief of Army Engineers
to reduce the bottleneck character of
the river at this point.
tb) The matter of establishing new
harbor lines on the Virginia shore par
ticularly at the northern end of the
Alexandria water front, where present
harbor lines permit extension of
wharves farther into the river. In this
there is likely to be controversy, since
water front interests already have sunk
barges in the vicinity of Bryants Wharf
as a preliminary to extending wharf
structures.
tc) The question of developing the
land-water area Just south of the Ma
tional Airport as seaplane and am
phibian base. The Civil Aeronautics
Board has indicated that Washington
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ington, for it will provide matrix into
which will be set at least. twoscore
smaller projects-in fact, any project
which in any way is connected with
Washington's two rivers.
To quote Mr.. Moore. again: Next to
the fundamental plan in the Capital
City comes the treatment of the river"
and it is in this light that engineers
and sponsors of the plan will approach it.
Plan May Be Extended
To Include G.. & o. Canal
Members of the District engineers
stat have outlined the scope which is
now proposed for studies leading up to
drafting the plan. Perhaps the best
way to visualize it is to arrange the
following material to coincide with the
accompanying map.
First, the study is to cover the entire
water front of Metropolitan Washing
ton. from Chain Bridge to Fort WASH
ington, Fort Hunt and Mount Vernon
on the Potomac and from Bladensburg
to the mouth of the Anacostia. There
Is talk of extending the plan even to
include the c. & o, Canal as far up
river as Seneca, Md. Whether Army
engineers, whose prime responsibilities
are navigation, flood control and, in
Washington, water supply can find an
excuse for this is uncertain.
So let's start at Chain Bridge and 60
down to Mount Vernon on the Potomac: ::
l. Chain Bridge to Key Bridge
The river is navigable for canoes and
small sboats over this 3-mile distance.
The Federal Government has bought
or Is attempting to buy all the land
bordering this stretch of the river.
This, land includes that adjoining the
G. 8 o. Canal and land for the pro-
posed George washington Memorial
Parkway. which one day is expected to
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this water front to be vested in the Gov
ernment with commercial piers provided
by the Government in the same way
they are now provided in Washington
Channel?
(b) Should commercial docks be barred
from the Georgetown side of the river
and concentrated on the Anacostia
between the Navy Yard and Buzzards
Point? Or, would this cause additional
truck transportation through the Federal
and park area of the city, where trucks
are now discouraged?
(c) Should an adequate oil pumping
dock, streamlined so as not to obstruct
the flow of the river during flood, be
provided at Rosslyn?
(d) Should the northeastern side of
Roosevelt Island be streamlined so as
to relieve flood conditions when water
piles into the bottleneck between the
mouth of Rock Creek and the island?
(e) Should a ford rather than a
causeway be used to cross over to Roose-
velt Island so that Little River could
continue to function as flood safety
valve?
~ What about installing COM
mercial landing for businessmen's and
sportsmen's private seaplanes on the
mole at the mouth of Rock Creek?
3. Rock Greek to Hains Point
The upper part of this section is fairly
complete, but the lower section, from
the mouth of the Tidal Basin is to be
brought under study. For instance:
(a) Should the tide gates leading
from the river into the Tidal Basin be
fixed to permit easy entry of boats and
canoes? CThe gates leading into Wash
ington Channel are considered too dam
gerous for this use.) Also what about
boating in the lagoons on the Virginia
shore?
(b) Should the mud flats which bor-
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is one of the co-terminal points for
transatlantic routes.
(d) The future of Daingerfeld Is
land. This tract, no longer an island,
lies between the Mount Vernon Memo
rial highway and the river, just north
of Alexandra. Plans are now being
discussed for its use in the following
manner:
Construction Of q marina for sailing
interests at its southern end, connected
by dredged channel with the main Po-
tomac channel.
Construction somewhere on 1t Of a
large swimming lake fed by filtered and
chlorinated water and equipped with an
imported sand beach and other bathing
facilities. This is long-range project
OF the Office of National Capital Parks.
Possible use of the island as a site
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der the District side of the river from
the Tidal Basin southwark (they cause
bad boating conditions, are unsightly,
and are malodorous during warm
weather and low water) be removed
and, as result, the Presidents Cup
Regatta races be brought closer to spec
tators and be run on a course with
easier turns?
(c) Could the fill so obtained be used
to raise the level Of East Potomac Park?
Qn spots the park has settled as much
as 3 feet since it was converted from
the mud fats of the 1800s and Is usually
severely flooded when the river rises)
Should the sea wall be raised to prevent
severe flooding in the future?
Record high water mark at this point
in the river was l31a feet in 1886. The
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BY Rudolph Kaufman II

provide scenic and at the same time
useful traf1ic artery from Great Falls
to Mount Vernon on both sides of the
river. The questions to which the en-
gineers will seek answers during the
hearings are:
(a) What pinnacle rocks and other
river bed distractions would it be ad-
vantageous to move?
(b) Of what assistance can the engi-
neers be to the National Park Service
and the Public Roads Administration
in providing, by blasting and rock fill,
a proper foundation for the parkway,
especially along the Virginia shore?
(c) Would it be good idea to render
Fletchers Cove more easily navigable
so that additional boating facilities
could be installed for public recreation.
Could boat club row on the District
shore of the river just above Key Bridge
be improved and additional boating
facilities properly located between there
and Fletchers as we'll as on the Virginia
side of the river?
(d) Would the removal of Three
Sisters Island and the Aqueduct Bridge
piers permit a better shell and canoe
race course than at present and would
such racing be stimulated by their
removal? There is room there for an
Olympic course of 1000 meters.
2. Key Bridge to Rock Creek
In this short stretch, the river Is
given over to industrial development.
On the Georgetown side are coal lumber.
grain and building material plants, while
on the Virginia side is pier from which
petroleum products are pumped to Arl-
ington storage tanks. Here the questions
covered would be:
(a) Would it be better for the title to
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the questions which are expected to
arise on this area are:
(a) Does the future of Hunting Greek
and Hog Island (when dredging is
completed, great lagoon will be left
where once was the island) lie in be-
coming a great boating center, with
berthing facilities such as are being
built in Washington Channel?
(b) At some future time, when the
George Washington Memorial Parkway
runs along both banks of the river, will
some limited form of ferry service be
in order from Fort Hunt tadjacent to
Mount Vermont to Fort Washington at
the Maryland terminal of the parkway?
This would involve landings, shelters and
dredging of a channel.
tc) Can filled land carry the parkway
across Broad Creek from Indian Queen
Point to Fort Washington? Would the
estuary of Broad Greek itself provide a
good spot for still more boating facilities,
especially since Fort Washington is now
being developed as a sort of auxiliary
Soldiers Home and Mount Alto Hos
pital combined for World War II vet
eranS?
So much for the Potomac. Now let's
start at Bladensburg and come down
the Anacostia to Buzzard Point.
8. Bladensburg
In the early days of the area this
Maryland town was thriving tobacco
port serving large hinterland of farms
and manors. Engineers and other
agencies such as the Maryland Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning Com
mission, National Capital Park and
Planning Commission and National Park
Service feel that future treatment Of the
Eastern Branch in the area should 60
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Gated in the past, to build bridge from
point below Rock Creek across Roose-
velt Island to the Virginia shore?
(e) What about the Highway Bridge
crossing the river? (The one-bridge or
two-bridge controversy enters here.)
(O What about the future of the
rail bridge Immediately below? There
has been talk in the past of tunnel
instead.
4. Washington Channel
In this section of the water front
the engineers have completed three
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facilities, If any, should be contemplated
in this section of the river?
10. Benning Bridge to
Eleventh Street Bridge

Eleventh Street Bridge
. One of Washington's really great prof.
ects of the future already has been
started in this area-the sports center
at the end of East Capitol street, with
its stadium drill field and other IA
cilities, a project which is definitely
aimed at Olympic Games in Washington,
not to mention Army Navy football
games and other outstanding sports
events, plus every conceivable form of
large public gathering. Some questions
to be covered at the hearings on this
area are:
(a) How should the Pennsylvania
Railroad bridge be relocated to tie In
with large siding proposed to serve the
sports center and its stadium?
(b) How should the shoreline of King
man Lake be revised to fit better with
sport center plans?
(c) Would it be good idea to plan
some canoe and boating facilities on the
left bank of the river in this area?
(d) How may the river and the lake
be made most useful for aquatic events
of all sorts?
(e) What about the dream of the Aero
Club of Washington to fit a landing
field for private planes somewhere into
this picture? Qts location between King
man Lake and the river has been op-
posed by the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission.)
f) What about the right bank of the
river between the sports center and
Eleventh Street Bridge, which has been
approved for commercial use? Down.
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The late Charles Moore. secretary of
the Mcmillan Commission, which re-
vived the plan of the City of Washing
ton at the turn Of the century, and
later chairman of the Fine Arts Com
mission for many years, wrote in his
book washington, Past and Present.:
1T is the history of all great rivers
moving through cities that in time the
people seize upon their banks, expel or
subordinate commercial uses, and de-
velop them to purposes of adornment.
Such is the manifest destiny of the
Potomac"
Revelation that the United States
Army district engineer for the Potomac,
Rappahannock and Patuxent water
sheds, will open hearings in mid-May in
an attempt to bundle the future de-
velopment of Metropolitan Washington's
water front into one great long-range
rtvers and harbors project, is a step of
incalculable significance toward giving
this observation practical meaning.
Plan of Action Results
From Planners Views
Pressed by the Washington Board Of
Trade, the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission and other civic
and Government bodies, the House Riv-
ers and Harbors Committee resolved
during the war that long-range plan
for the Capitals water front should be
undertaken and so instructed the Chief
Of Army Engineers.
1t may be years, in some cases dec
ades, before any plan is completed. Ger
tain projects which would be included
even now are being carried out. The
form taken by any plan will have a
vital bearing on the future of Wash
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beyond the question of food control.
For example:
(a) Should a channel for small boats
be dredged as far as Bladensburg and
the channel straightened? Should
Bladensburg become a boating center
with, perhaps, a turning basin and
yacht basins? The engineers already
have held preliminary hearings on this
subject and are seeking to tie a project
of this sort in with the reclamation of
the Anacostia Flats further downstream
in the District.
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for the George Washington Memorial
Parkway. 1t is planned to extend the
parkway south along the Maryland side
Of the river to Fort Washington, across
from Mount Vernon.
To this end, William A. Xanten, Dis
trict supervisor OF city refuse, has been
given permit to dump waste material
in Oxon Creek to help create the fill
CAS- side issue to this situation, en-
gineers said that Mr. Xanten anticipates
that one of the future problems of the
city will be to find suitable refuse
dumping grounds)
(b) What should be done to improve
the dilapidated and unsightly appear-
ance Of the Alexandria water front? The
engineers feel it merits improvement
not only from the standpoint of COM
mercial use but also Identification. The
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission has definite ideas on this
score. Alexandrians agree with some,
not with others. The planners and the
National Park Service have been per-
turbed for years about the continually
expanding commercial development
along Washington street, which carries
the Mount Vernon Memorial highway
through town, and have prepared studies
for water front parkway as an alter
nate route.
7. Alexandria and Oxon Greek
To Mount Vernon and
Fort Washington
Salient feature of this stretch of the
water front is Hunting Greek and Hog
Island, Immediately below, where the
Smoot Sand & Gravel Co. has been
asked to swap property rights with the
Federal Government so that dredging
will not be carried right up to the Mount
Vernon highway right Some of
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for the Washington tourist camp, con-
tinued location of which in East Poto-
mac Park is now the cause of con-
troversy between the District Recreation
Board, the District Commissioners and
the National Park Service.
To be suitable for either lake or a
tourist camp, however, its height above
the river must be increased. This would
be accomplished during dredging oper-
ations of Army engineers in nearby chan
nels. Its level varies from to IL feet,
and those planning its future use want
IA feet, the same as National Airport
(e) What provision should be made
for the bridge Cor tunneD to cross the
Potomac from the vicinity of Bryants
Wharf to Shepherds Landing?
f. Alexandria -Oxon Greek Area
Here water front problems involve
conflict of desires among District and
Federal agencies as to the future of the
Alexandria shoreline. Hearings and
studies will seek to resolve:
(a) How compromise can be struck
between the needs of District refuse
dumping, sewage treatment and the
Metropolitan highway system. Sewage
treatment officials are said to feel that
sufficient surface area now exists in this
section of the river to permit oxidation
of end products from the city's sewage
treatment plant, but if any additional
areas are filled in, it will eventually re-
suit in necessity of secondary treatment
equipment.
On the other hand. the National Capt.
tai Park and Planning Commission, Dis
trict Highway Department, National
Park Service and Public Roads Adminis-
tration want oxon Creek filled in, at
least partially, to carry the right-of-way
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'OPA Is Resumed

OPA was reborn with the signature
of Harry S Truman last Thursday,
July %, and ceiling prices as of June
20 We're restored. There are eXemp-
tions to some products formerly con-
trolled by regulations, however, and
Increases ON others.
This new measure was introduced
to combat recent rise in prices that
zoomed upward with the death Of old
OPA Mr.. Truman said the bill has
"defects" and falls far short" of be-
ing one with which his administration
could guarantee stable prices but
he was willing to accept it and try.
Under food control the new law
cXempts livestock. meat, dairy pro-
ducts, cottonseed, Soybeans, poultry
and eggs. and feed products manu-
featured from them, along with
grains and livestock or poultry feeds
made from grains
Until September /, all other agri-
cultural commodities previously UNI
der ceilings will remain under con-
troll. On that date the Secretary of
Agriculture viii draw up a list of
farm products which are in short sup
ply and over which ceilings will be
maintained
Increases have been granted to all
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Local Man Has Returned from
Trip Aboard a Livestock Boat


Ralph Martin. RED No ,. Oakland.
MARYLAND smiled from Navno,.t
News. Vmaini1 lime & an m. IS
Queens Victory Which was c9l.,v;no.
fH5 horse. ~ GzarEosI.I,aI.;, U2bI' =,
abroad he visited The port Of Bremen.
Germany. Since his recent retulm he
has reported some cf his obser-
vations lie said that food was very
scarce, Both clothing and shoes were
in pretty bad condition The workers
made about 500 per week All the
people Of Il rather Door class.
a large percentapa Of tna huItdinos
were heaps of lubblp. Right now tbn
people naturally have y dnf4atist's
attitude. The health conditions yp,.a
not as obvious as one MIGHT rxnert
In this respect the annearanre is
probably very misleading.
My. Martin was recruited by the
Brethren Service Committee, which
has its headquarters at the Church
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BETHEL METHODIST CHURCH
Mt. Lake Park, Md.
w. Reesn Rnrns- Minister

Morning worship and sermon, 10
A. NJ; Sunday Church School, II
A. NJ; outdoor Vesper Service in Oak
grove near the Tabernacle, GAS P
NJ. Guest speaker, Dr.. A, X. Jones. Of
Red House.
Choir rehearsal, Friday, 1900 P. NJ,
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The social security old age tax is
to continue at one percent for another
year.
The Big -Four ended their confer
encc after 2S days and Secretary
Byrnes returned to the United States.
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THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST

Sunday School, 1920 A. NJ; Young
peoples service, 700 P. NJ Evangei-
istic service following Young peoples
meeting. Bible study, Wednesday, at
1870 ?. NJ; Evangelistic service, Fri
day evening, 1880 o'clock. Bishop Dan
II. McAllister, pastor.