The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-04-16
with Rep. John Henderson
Spring Mecca

Upon returning to Washington
after a week in Ohio, it was
apparent that Spring had come
to the city. Shrubbery is in
bloom and the city's thousands
of trees have put forth their
leaves. The annual cherry BIOS
SONS are attracting hundreds of
thousands of eager sightseers and
the nations capital seems pre-
pared for the rush of visitors
which has made tourism one Of
the principal local industries.
The tourist is favored with
many feature attractions in this
city of government including
free symphony concerts for
school children. embassy and gar
den tours, the staple exhibits pro.
vided by Congressional sessions
and committee hearings, and in
teresting tours of public build
ings. There are irving municipal
problems in Washington, prob
ably greater in their compleXity
and scope than those being ex-
perienced by most cities of COM
parable size. These are the spec
ial problem of the CONGRESS-
which rules the Federal District
with Indifferent success and are
scarcely noticeable to the over six
million visitors who vacation
here each year.
This year. the chimes of the
Taft Memorial will add to the at
fractions of Capitol Hill. Else
much of the view. The front of
the Canitol building has been
sliced off and work is underway
TO reinforce and enlarge the
building which had been erod-
ing away with passage of time.
A new Senate office building
which has drawn intense critic
ism from some Of the Senators is
now open while a huge gaping
hole dominates the House side Of
the Hill. This is the site of a third
office building for the House of
REPRESENTATIVES,.
Regardless of some temporary
bliehts, visitors to the city will
still find it a stimulating and
interesting tourist mecca where
our citizens can view first hand
the workings of the government
they have such an important
hand in creating here.
Third Term Amendment
ONLY one Amendment to the
Constitution - Prohibition - has
been repealed. However, we are
beginning to hear rumblings of
discomfort with the 22nd Amend
ment which limits Presidential
terms of office to two. 1t is un-
likely that anv direct action to
remove this limitation will be
taken soon. Nevertheless. a Con-
pressicnal Committee has held
formal hearings already at which
the Amendment was sharply
attacked.
NONRESIDENT Income Tax
Waiting in the wings are scores
Of legislative proposals whose
debate in Congress in the next
several months will be spread
across the front PAGES of the ma
TONS newspapers. Manv of these,
notably aid to education, labor
reform, housing, health insur-
ance, Supreme Court ruling,
TVA bond financing. and others
have received much editorial de-
bate already.
Another item certain to be
watched with great interest in
many areas has received little
publicity so far. 1t involves Con-
eressional consideration of bills
to eliminate allegedly discri-
minatory taxation of incomes of
non-residents by various States.
The Judiciary Committee, of
which I am a member, will open
hearings on this issue on April
20 and has already invited a
number of governors to present
their views on the need for fed
eral action in this field.
A growing number Of States
not only tax the incomes of their
own residents but also incomes
earned in the State by persons
who reside outside the State. This
issue has already become a
source of animosity between
various States and the proposal
has been advanced that Congress
should take action to assist two
or more States to settle argu-
ments over tax jurisdiction
amicably and equitably.
This is a new and knotty issue
wherein the contentious become
more acute because of the tre-
mendous pressures the States are
feeling as they look for more tax
money to support the operations
and services they provide. It
seems ironic, indeed, that Con-
gress may have to become the
arbitrator of problem it has
helped to create by preempting
for the federal government more
and more traditional source CT
State revenues.