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FISCAL FINDINGS
HELD ‘RIDICULOUS’
Common Sense, Rather Than
Nonsense, Urged to Fix
Federal Sum.
Common sense, rather than non
* sense, should determine the part to
be played by the Federal Government
In the affairs of the District, accord
ing to George Lord, tax expert of
Detroit, who .in 1931-2, made a
survey of the fiscal relations of the
two governments for the Mapes com
mittee.
Lord spent more than 10 months
In studying the 'relations of the two
governments, and while hesitating
"to criticize the work of someone els^"
he described recently the report and
recommendatioas on fixed relations as
•‘ridiculous."
"Congress Itself,” he said, "must
i Use a lot of common sense in dealing
with the fiscal relations of the two
governments. The amount recom
mended in this last report to be al
loted by the Federal Government is
ridiculous. There is no real reason to
be too technical, and I doubt if the
formulae recommended in the present
report can be applied with any idea
of equitable distribution of the cost
Cf Washington's government.”
Critical of Citizens.
While critical of the Jacobs com
mittee report. Lord was also critical
of the citizens of Washington for what
he believes to be a complete failure
In protecting their rights.
"The people here apparently have
little confidence in their government.
I don't think they will gain by ob
taining a vote and letting politics
decide who shall be tha heads of the
government.
"In your auditor's office here you
have a man who is better qualified
than any auditor the Federal Gov
ernment has. He is capable, efficient
and an estimable gentleman. You
had a man of the same type in your
former tax assessor, Mr. Richards, and
the other officials I met six years ago
Were men of the same stripe."
Mr. Lord said he thought there
Ihould be less criticism of District offi
cials and members of Congress.
Fixed Sum at $7,500.00.
Lord, as the expert employed by
the Mapes committee, fixed the Fed
eral contribution at $7,500,000. The
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TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA.
January 14th ifi.tT.
The undersigned President and a mator
14v of the Board cf Directors of The Law
yprC Title Insurance Company do hereby
certify that the capital stock of said Com
pany is $150,000.00. and is fully paid: and
that there are no debts of said Company
•xcepr current expenses.
• Signed by thp following)
ARTHUR G. BISHOP President.
rV ancis E Smrh, Jr. Clarence Dodge
Albert F. Miles Chas. H. Kindle
Clarence F Donohoe Chas. H. Buck
Donald F. Roberts Charles W. Stetson
Jospph N Saunders Charles H Bauman
I. HARRY M. PACKARD Secretary of
The Lawyers' Title Insurance Company,
do swear that the facts stated in the
•bove certificate are true.
'Signed i HARRY M. PACKARD.
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
15th day of January, a D 15*;tT.
•Signed) JOHN H STADTLER.
(Seal.)_ _ _Notary Public. D. C._
ANNUAL REPORT OF THL DISTRICT
TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
January J4th. lO.'l?.
The undersigned President and ma.ior- '
It v of the Board of Directors of The Dis
trict Title Insurance Company do hereby 1
certify that the capital stock of said com
pany is $.100,000.00. and is fully paid and
that there are no d^bts of said Company
excent current expenses and a deed of
trust for $5.000.oo on its office building
In Arlington County. Virginia.
(Signed bv the followinei
ARTHUR G. BISHOP. President.
B. C. Baltz W. C Miller
C J. Bergmann Jacob S. Gruver
Alfred H. Lawson Bruce Baird
V.'. M Beall Claud Livingston
R. E. Buckley Horace G Smithy
J r Stor.v Roger J. Wliiteford
T Howard Duckett
I. HARRY M. PACKARD. Secretary of
The District Title Insurance Company, do
swear that the facts stated in the above
Certificate are true.
• Signed i HARRY M. PACKARD
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
15th day of January. A D. liKiT.
(Signed) JOHN H STADTLER.
(Seal. >_ _ Notary Public. D. C. __
JkNNUAL REPORT OF THE WASHINGTON
TITLE INSURANCE COMPANY
OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA
January 14 th.
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Company is SUltMMM.OO and is fullv paid,
find that there are no debts of said Com
pany except current expenses.
(Signed by the followinei
ARTHUR G. BISHOP. President.
James McD Shea C. B. Hurd
George H. O'Connor George F. Hane
Ered McKee H. Glenn Phelps
pwis T. Breuninger James P. Schick
I. HARRY M. PACKARD Secretary of
The Washington Title Insurance Company, i
do swear that the facts stated in the above
certificate are true.
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committee itself later reduced the fig
ure to *6,500,000.
"I really believe now," he said.
“that $7,500,000 would have been a
fair figure. He said it might be more
now.
“There Is really no sound argu
ment against the Federal Government
paying something for the improved
property it has taken over and re
moved from the tax rolls. But, on
the other hand, there is no argument
against the fact that nearby property i
has been greatly enhanced by the
improvements made south of Penn
sylvania avenue by the Federal Gov
ernment. Individuals benefited from
that, and their benefits should be re
flected in the taxes they pay."
“Another thing,” Lord continued,
"is that Washingtonians are mistaken
in their ideas that this is the only
city with scientific method of fixing
property valuations and tax assess
ments. There are many other cities,
and Detroit is a good example, where
the system is much better than that
applied here.”
Lord reiterated that Congress should
not be guided by too technical an
attitude.
“It is absurd to ask the District to
pay for Federal services they don’t
want and that have been forced upon
the people. Who asked for the Budget
Bureau and the Treasury Department
and the controller general to step In
and handle District finances? Cer
tainly the District didn't and doesn’t
want that service. To ask them to pay
for such services is ridiculous.
“Let me say again that Congress
will have to use ’common sense’ and
not ’nonsense’ in dealing with this
problem. The District should be
treated fairly, and I believe Con
gress wants to treat the people here
fairly."
He paid high tribute to Represent
ative Ross Collins of Mississippi, just
named chairman of the House Sub
! committee on District Appropriations.
He said Mr. Collins is a fair and able
man.
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Mapes
(Continued Prom First Page.)
consideration by his subcommittee.
But what Collins subscribed to in the
Mapes report wh.n he signed it, he de
clared he is still prepared to support.
Little has happened since 1931, he in
dicated to change his views about the
basis of fiscal relations between the
United States and the District.
Anyhow. Collins promises that the
District appropriation bill, which
comes out of his subcommittee "will
reflect fair treatment of the District
by the Federal Government.” He said
he expected members of the subcom
mittee to work in co-operation with
him. and particularly pointed out
there would be "harmonious relations”
with the Senate.
Collins wants to give the District a
"new deal" In so far as its financial
affairs are concerned, and he desires,
too. to continue to be regarded as the
city's friend—a reputation he earned
some years ago when he served as a
member of the Subcommittee on Ap
propriations that handles the annual
District supply bills.
It was Collins' background and
knowledge of budget affairs and fiscal
relations that resulted in his selection
as chairman of the subcommittee
when Representative. Johnson, Demo
crat, of West Virginia turned down
the assignment. Johnson could have
had the job by virtue of seniority, but
at his request Chairman Buchanan of
the Appropriations Committee shifted
him to the subcommittee in charge of
the Navy supply bill.
Familiar With Problems.
In fact, Collins is the only member
of the subcommittee familiar with the
District's problems. The others picked
by Chairman Buchanan to serve with
him never have had occasion to
become interested in District affairs.
The Democrats who will serve with
Collins are Representatives Caldwell
of Florida. Higgins of Massachusetts
and Starnes of Alabama. The Re
publican assignment was given to Rep
resentative Engel of Michigan, who re
places Representative Ditter of Penn
sylvania. Ditter was transferred to
the subcommittee handling the Treas
ury-Post Office appropriation bill.
Collins not only is proud of the fact
that he is regarded as a friend of the
District, but he points out with equal
pride that about 10 years ago he was
responsible for killing a rider to the
city's supply bill that would have had
the same effect on the public school
system as the so-called "red rider"
that former Representative Blanton,
Democrat, of Texas had attaphed to
the 1936 District appropriation act. i
That rider. Collins explained, would
have prohibited the payment of sal- !
aries to school teachers who taught
that the American form of govern
ment was inferior.
"I am opposed to riders on appro
priation bills," Collins declared, "but
there Is little I can do about the ‘red
rider.’ That will have to be repealed
by act of Congress."
Tax Measures Proposed.
When the Mapes committee recom- ’
mended a Federal payment of $6,500,
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Roads and Rails Ripped Up by Flood Waters
Flood waters from a stream near Milton, Ind., that gushed over its hanks following pro
longed, unseasonal rains rushing in torrential force through a 75-foot gap it gouged from a
highway.
Some of the 22 ears of a freight train wrecked after flood water washed out the roadbed
near Franklin, Ind. The locomotive and eight cars passed the weakened spot before the earth
gave way and piled up remainder of the train. Note flooded farm lands adjacent to the scene.
—Copyright. A. P. Wirephotos.
000, It also proposed four new tax
measures, similar to those advocated
in the Jacobs report, for raising addi
tional revenue to offset part of the
anticipated *10.000000 deficit in the
coming fiscal year if the thr“e-point
formula is approved by Congress.
One called for an increase in the
gasoline tax from 2 to 4 cents a gallon,
another a weight tax on automobiles,
the third an estate tax, and the fourth
an income tax as a substitute for the
existing tax on intangible personal
property.
Collins is expected to continue to
support these measures in view of
his unshaken confidence in the Mapes
report, but his subcommittee will not
have to consider these proposals, which
the House has referred to the District
Legislative Committee in connection
with other statutory changes recom
mended in the Jacobs report.
The House District Committee will
hold a special meeting Tuesday at
10:30 a m. to give the Jacobs report
its first congressional attention, but
Collins believes it will be at least
three weeks before he can arrange to
start hearings on the 1938 District
appropriation bill.
All four of the new members of the
subcommittee are lawyers by profes
sion, and have World War service
records. One of them—Higgins—also
is recognized as an expert on finance
as a result of his service in the Massa
chusetts State Legislature.
Native of Boston.
Higgins is a native of Boston and
is a graduate of Harvard University,
where he earned an S. B. degree. He
studied law at the Northeastern College
of Law and Boston University law
school, and was a member of the Mas
sachusetts House of Representatives
from 1929 to 1934.
Starnes was born in Gunterville,
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Ala., and started practicing law and
teaching after graduating from the
University of Alabama with the LL. B
degree. Before coming to Congress
he served on the Alabama State Board
of Education.
I Caldwell, a native of Milton. Fla.,
Is a graduate of the University of
Mississippi and the University of Vir
i ginia. He served one term in the
Florida State Legislature before com
ing to Congress.
Engel is a graduate of Northwest
ern University Law School, and before
the World War was prosecuting attor- i
ney of Lake City, Mich. Commissioned 1
in the Army during the war. he was on 1
duty in the War Department in Wash
ington before going to France in
1917. After the war he served 10 years
in the Michigan State Senate and
, then was elected to the House.
Floods
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and was swept away by the White
River overflow.
The Ohio reached 40.7 feet at
Evansville, Ind., almost 6 feet above
flood stage. A peak of 44.3 was pre
i dieted.
Families Move to Hills.
Penetrating cold distressed ma
rooned families. Many moved to
higher ground by boat and truck in
the Wabash Valley. Fishermen placed
their shacks on stilts. Others greased
the wheels of their portable hovels
preparatory to migrating to the hills.
Live-stock losses were reported
: heavy. But many of the hundreds of
| lowlanders forced to evacuate began
to return to their homes as secondary
streams receded.
The Mississippi rose slowly along
| its 1,133-mile length, but engineers
j were confident strong seawalls would
| hold the river in its bed. Some tr.bu
{taries washed over thousands of fer
tile acres in Tennessee. Scores of
I families fled.
Flood stage of 34 feet was' forecast
for Memphis by January 21 or 22. and
flood stage of 44 at Helena, Ark., a
day or so later.
From Cairo south the levees have
been built to stand from 45 to 50
feet of water on the Memphis gauge.
Meantime snowstorms swept over
the Far West. Planes were grounded
in Utah and Southeastern Idaho.
Communication lines snapped in some
districts. Snow plows battled drifts
to free stranded motorists. Ten inches
of new snow fell at Donner Summit!
near Sacramento. Calif., bringing the
total on the ground to 55 inches.
Coroner Pat Folsom returned to
Pendleton. Oreg . from the Albee dis
trict with the frozen body of Mrs.
Ambrose Parks. 60. who became ex
hausted Thursday while walking
from one ranch to another.
Thirty-five men and 30.000 sheep
were reported isolated in Northern
Arizona and Southern Utah by a 4 to
6 foot snow. Men on horseback and
in trucks headed toward them with
supplies.
1.500 MEN F1G1IT RIVER.
Fresh "Shock Troops" Sent to Banks
of St. Francis.
KENNETT, Mo., January 16 ('/Pi.—
Fresh "shock troops" joined an army
of 1,500 men tonight in an attempt
to beat back the flooded St. Francis
River's attack against weakened
Southeast Missouri levees.
Charles L. Blanton. W. P. A. super
visor, and officials of the State high
way department ordered reinforce
ments in the Holcomb. Senate and
Kennett sectors, where the menace of
the rising river was greatest.
Blanton, returning from a survey of
the flood area, termed the situation
“critical." He said he had been in
formed there was little chance the
Holcomb levee would hold out, while
those near Kennett and Senate were
In “bad condition.”
Thousands of sandbags were rushed
to the danger zones. Under super
vision of War Department and W. P.
A. engineers, some workers shoveled
dirt Into the bags while others piled
the filled sacks where seepage showed
the river was eating into the earthen
embankments.
With nightfall, a stinging cold
northwest wind began sweeping the
water In waves across the levees along
the river's tortuous course. Tempera
tures dropped to freezing.
INDIANA PROSTRATED.
State Police Take Man’s Body From
Auto in Flood.
SEYMOUR, Ind., January 16 (fP>.—
Muddy flood waters rolled southward
through Indiana today, spreading ad
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ditional havoc and claiming at least
one life.
State police, daring treacherous
White River flood waters near Sey
mour, put out in a boat and recovered
the body of Roy Dugan, a nurseryman,
from the wreckage of his bobbing
automobile, which apparently had
been carried several hundred feet by
the swift current.
Two forest rangers, for whose safety
fears had been felt, reached Browns
town safely, having driven around the
floods. The rangers, Harry Matthews
and Ben Richter, said Dugan had left
Bedford last night Just ahead of them.
Swollen streams receded in Central
Indiana, but the flood crests moved
southward into the lower courses of
the White and Wabash Rivers. The
Ohio River, already overflowing 100,000
acres of lowlands near Evansville, in
Southwestern Indiana, continued to
mount.
Federation ,
(Continued From First Page.)
added an amendment suggesting the
advisability of a Joint committee.
The Carruthers report reads:
“This report comprises a volume of
244 pages, including tabular matter,
graphs and charts. A careful and com
plete study of the contents would re
quire more time than this committee
has been able to devote to it. How
ever, consideration has been given to
the fundamental principles and find
ings of the report.
“The appointment of a fiscal rela
tions committee to make such a study
and to recommend a formula by which
the amount of the appropriation of
the Federal Government to the Dis
trict government could be determined
was approved by the Federation of
Citizens' Associations, but it was con
templated by the association that one
or more resident taxpayers of the Dis
trict of Columbia would be given mem
bership on such committee.
Hearings Granted.
"The membership of the committee
selected comprises men of prominence
and leadership in their various fields—
a banker, a city manager and a presi
dent of a State tax board. They
granted hearings to all civic or other
organizations that desired to be heard
and most courteous treatment was ex
tended to the various delegations.
"One of the principal arguments
by the Federation representatives was
to the effect that consideration should
be given to the large amount of Fed
erally owned real property, approx
imately $650,000,000, which neces
sarily reduces the tax base on which
general property tax is computed, but
the report containing a three-point
formula for determining the amount
of Federal Government’s appropria
tion did not include this as an ele
ment.
"Another element advanced by the
Federation, but not accepted by the
committee, is that the city of Wash
ington operates on a "pay as you go’’
basis and is practically free from the
payment of debt and interest and that
such payments by other cities should
be eliminated when compared with the
city of Washington. The report of
the Advisory Committee is disappoint
ing.
"This report has been transmitted
by the President of the United States
to Congress for consideration, and it
is recommended that in the study and
consideration of this report by the
proper committees of Congress, ample
time ana opportunity to be fully heard
be granted to the Federation of Cit
izens' Associations and to other in
terested organizations.
Move Is Challenged.
Sullivan's move to insist on a spe
cial joint congressional committee
was challenged promptly by S. J.
Flickinger, who argued that certain
advantages might be lost if the re
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port were not studied in the usual
j way.
MacDonald entered debate to ar
| gue that the Fiscal Ftelations Com
j mittee should not be bound to a posi
I tlon until after it had completed its
| analysis of the Jacobs document.
As others supported the Suilivan
amendment, Flickinger protested
that “as soon as a committee chair
man makes a report two chairmen of
j other committees jump up with amend
| ments.” Harry S. Wender of the
j Safety Committee had seconded Sui
I livan's motion.
j Suilivan then insisted with some
! heat that members of the federation
“with 10 years' experience" should
know how legislative matters are
handled. Flickinger said he had been
| dealing with legislative matters for
14 years and probably knew more
about the subject than Sullivan.
Sullivan then shouted something
about “thin-skinned” members, but
as MacDonald approached, shouting
protests, Sullivan said he meant io
say “sensitive.” MacDonald still was
not satisfied, but President Thomas
E. Lodge pounded the meeting to
order and directed that personalities
be dispensed with.
Another Controversy Arises.
Another controversy arose when
Wender asked approval of a resolu
I tion from the Executive Committee
1 of the Southwest Citizens’ Association
urging that plans for the art gallery
to be built for the Mellon collection
be changed so that Sixth street would
not have to be closed.
One member urged it be located
along East Capitol street, and another
that the Navy Building be razed and
that site used.
Wender said he would be willing
to have Sixth street or even Pennsyl
vania avenue closed, if necessary to
obtain the Mellon gift, but that he
did not think that necessary. H;s
association suggested that an under
pass be built, or that the building be
planned so the street would have an
l arch over it.
| Action was put off at this point,
j when Mrs. Elizabeth T. Sullivan moved
adjournment. This was adopted.
Earlier, the federation urged estab
lishment of a sailing boat base, with
a club house and slips for the pleas
ure vessels, as a part of the de
velopment of the Washington Chan
nel and the water front,
i John A. Remon, chairman of the
j Welfare Committee, reported that the
District engineer's office of the War
j Department had prepared tentative
plans, estimating the cost at some
*70.000.
The Commissioners were asked to
take steps to have empty liquor con
| tainers. left on streets, sidewalks and
parkings, cleared away. The Petworth
association had protested that children
have been seen drinking small quanti
ties of liquor left in discarded bottles.
The federation, on motion by Fred
S. Walker of the Police and Fire Com
mittee, deferred action on the pro
posed three-platoon system for fire
men “until we know what revenues
the District is to have.”
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