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FORMULA UNFAIR
Hearings Disclose Testi
mony That Jacobs Plan
Is “Unworkable.”
Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen de
nounced the Jacobs three-point fiscal
formula as ‘‘unsound, unworkable and
unfair to the District” during his
testimony before the House Subcom
mittee in charge of the 1038 District
supply bill, publication of the hear
ings showed yesterday.
He showed that the District would
have to bear a tax boost of as much
ae *11,600,000, if there were no Fed
eral payment at all, and explained
that under the formula suggested by
the Jacobs Fiscal Relations Commit
tee the proposed "reimbursements" to
the District were calculated to amount
to about $3,500,000.
The Jacobs formula, prepared by
a commission which made a survey
during the past six mouths, for which
the District provided a sum of $50,000,
proposes that the lump-sum Federal
payments be abolished and that sub
stantive law which requires that the
Federal Government pay 40 per cent
of National Capital costs also be
rescinded.
Formula Rejected in Past.
“The underlying theory of the
formula,” said Hazen, "has been dis
carded in the past as impracticable
and unworkable by committees of
Congress investigating fiscal relations
between the District and the Federal
Governments, and also by the United
States Bureau of Efficiency.
The formula attempts to reduce
the relationship between the Nation
at large and the community of the
city of Washington to a hard and
fast business transaction.
“The formula disregards and
Ignores the most important element
which should enter into determina
tion of this question of fiscal rela
tions, namely, the loss of tax revenue
from real property exempted from
taxation, principally the holdings of
the Federal Government.
“These holdings are shown by the
assessor's report on June 30, 1936,
to be 28.7 per cent of the land area
Of the District.
t alue of Property Citea.
“The assessor of the District
assesses these holdings at $649,728,158.
It is not the contention of the Com
missioners that property of the United
States in the District should be taxed.
It is their contention, however, that
any formula or device that may be
adopted for the purpose of measuring
the Federal payment must in all fair
ness and justice give due weight and
regard to the large holdings of the
Federal Government in the District.
*'The Commissioners do not believe
that this three-point formula em
bodies or gives recognition to the true
concept of the status of the National
Capital, nor does it appear to recog
nize the fact that Congress, repre
senting all the people of the country,
has a primary and controlling interest
in the development and maintenance
of this city as the Capital city of all
the people of the country, rather than
a community of some 600,000 persons
who may be residing here.
“The Commissioners must insist
that this primary and controlling re
sponsibility of Congress over the
National Capital cannot be fairly and
•quitably discharged under the for
mula and recommendations proposed
in the Jaoobs report.”
800 WILL ATTEND
I.C.C. JUBILEE FETE
Association of Practitioners to
Mark 50th Anniversary of
Agency’s Founding.
More than 800 guests will attend the
golden jubilee dinner and dance to be
given at the Mayflower tonight by the
Association of Practitioners Before the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
mark the fiftieth anniversary of the
commission.
Commissioners and former com
missioners and their wives, and many
others from official circles will attend
the affair at 7 o’clock.
Henry Wolf Bikle, general counsel
af the Pennsylvania Railroad, will be
toastmaster, and the speakers will be
Luther M. Walter, trustee for the Chi
cago Great Western and general coun
sel for the National Industrial Traffic
League, and Elmer A. Smith, general
counsel, Illinois Central System.
The committee in charge is headed
by Clarence A. Miller and includes
John E. Benton, R Granville Curry,
John J. Esch and Edward F. Lacey.
Tomorrow, the commission will have
anniversary exercises, with morning,
afternoon and night programs sched
uled at the Departmental Auditorium,
Constitution avenue at Thirteenth
atreet.
GIRL LOCATED
Priend Receives Letter Written at
Uniontown, Pa.
Pauline Brewer, 16, missing from
her home In the 1700 block of Fifteenth
street since last Wednesday, was re
ported located today by police after
a friend received a letter written by
»he girl at Uniontown, Pa.
The girl, a student at Central High
School, left a note telling her parents
she was going to visit friends In Penn
sylvania. Until today, however, her
parents did not know her destination.
Gr«at Locomotive Speed.
An eleotrle locomotive capable of at
taining a speed of 110 miles per hour
has been developed by the German
state railway.
Can HIGH BLOOD
Pressure be Reduced?
Tests by Dr. Frederic Damrau. of New York
City, prove it can. He tayt that many cases
erf High Blood Pressure can be treated with
. beneficial results by continued and regular
me of ALLIMIN Essence of Garlic Parsley
Tablets at prescribed intervale. He eayi that
the nee of these tablets helpe to lower the
blood pressure, and that continaed use ac
cording to directions on the package helps to
beep it lower. Furthermore, says Dr. Dam
rau, the use of these tablets often relieves
the distressing symptoms that go alecg with
High Blood Pressure, especially headaches
end dizziness.
ALLIMIN Essence of Garlic Parsley Tablet*
■re compounded from pure vegetable matter.
They’re tasteless, odorless, and free froaa
harmful drugs of ev
ery kind. They're for ,
sale at all good drag
stores. A liberal size i
package is only 50c. ,
Large, economy size
1.00. However, bo
sure to get the gea
■ine. Ask for
ALLIMIN
At PEOPLES and other good drag
Young Washington
Story books of the first grade of the J. R. Keene School hold
a keen interest for Marlene Barthelmess, age 6. She is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Werner Barthelmess of 33 Madison
street. Tomorrow: Amy Hayes, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Frank
E. Hayes, at the Takoma School. —Star Staff Photo.
LARGER LIBRARY
FUND IS PROVIDED
Personnel and Services Ex
pansion Possible Under
D. C. Bill.
Services of the free Public Library
will be Increased during the coming
fiscal year beginning July 1, under
the 1938 appropriation bill reported
yesterday to the House. It proposes the
appropriation of more adequate funds
for personnel, services and books and
periodicals, as well as for providing for
completion of the new Petworth
branch.
A total appropriation of $629,830 is
provided, which would be $43,990 more
than the estimates approved by the
Budget Bureau, and $81,990 more than
the appropriation for the current fiscal
year.
The board of library trustees and
the official stafT of the free Public
Library had justified increases in the
total sum by the very substantial rlee
in the usage of books and the number
of registered borrowers.
Extends Hours.
The Appropriation Committee in
reltorting the bill said:
"An increase of $27,990 over the
current appropriation and the esti
mates is recommended for personal
service. This Increase is allowed for
the purpose of enabling the central
branch to remain open each Friday
afternoon and the major branches
every Saturday afternoon, which is
not possible with the present per
sonnel.
“The increase also will permit rein
forcement of the administrative staff,
the book purchasing staff and the
cataloguing staff, which has had an
increase of but six employee since
1930, although the work has nearly
doubled since that time.”
Book Purchase Fund Increases.
For the purchase of books and
periodicals the committee recom
mended $84,500, or $14,500 more than
the estimates of the Budget Bureau,
and $24,000 in excess of the 1937 ap
propriation. This sum, the com
mittee explained, is for the stocking
of the new Petworth branch, which
will be completed during the next
fiscal year. It would leave a base
figure of $54,500, which was allowed
for this purpose during the fiscal
years 1931 to 1933 inclusive.
For completion of the Petworth
branch, the committee recommended
the second and final appropriation, in
the sum of $105,000. It added a pro
vision Increasing the authorised total
cost from $150,000 to $180,000, this
increase being made necessary by the
rise in building costs.
Early Irrigation.
Spanish missionaries of the early
eighteenth century practiced irriga
tion in California.
MAI 11 CONNER
DIES HERE AT 48
Funeral Services Will Be
Held Tomorrow for George
town Graduate.
Maj. Henry J. Conner, 48, U. S. A.,
retired, died Monday night at his
home, 1732 Park road. Death was due
to cerebral hemorrhage.
Maj. Conner was retired two months
ago (or disability after being treated
at Walter Reed Hospital, following a
stroke suffered about a year ago.
A native of Loudoun County, Va., he
was graduated in law from Georgetown
University in 1913. He entered the
National Army in September of that
year and was promoted to captain In
the Quartermaster Corps, serving in
that rank until 1920. He resigned to
enter the Regular Army and rose to
the grade of captain In 1927 and last
year was promoted to major.
Tours of duty in this city included
one in the office of the quartermaster
general for several years until 1923
as head of the cemeterlal division, and
a short tour of duty in 1917. He was
awarded the Purple Heart decoration
for his service with the Graves Regis
tration Service.
Maj. Conner had charge of pur
chase of land and establishment of
the military parks of Fort Donelson,
Dover, Tenn., and Stones River, Mur
freesboro, Tenn. He was a member
of the Federal Lodge of Masons here
and the sojourners.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs. Louise
E. Conner, and brother, John W. Con
ner, the latter of Barcroft, Va.
Funeral services will be held at 1:30
p.m. tomorrow at the residence. Burial
will be In Arlington National Ceme
tery an hour later.
MODERATOR HERE
Dr. Henry B. Master, moderator of
the General Assembly of the Presby
terian Church in the United States,
will be entertained by Washington
Presbyterians today at a series of
events in his honor.
Dr. Master was to be the guest of
church ministers and laymen at a
luncheon at Wesley Hall, Seventeenth
and K streets. He will address a
public meeting at the Westminster
Presbyterian Church, Seventh and E
streets southeast, at S p.m.
Rev. John C. Palmer, president of
the Presbyterian Alliance of Wash
ington, is directing arrangements for
Dr. Master’s visit.
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OFFICERS
LUTHER C STEWARD. President
CURTIS WALKER. Vice President
E. J CARLSON. Secretarj-Tressurer
C. ■. BOTSE. Asst. Seeretary-Tressurer
BARVBT L. COBB. Attorney
DIRECTORSt
HARVEY L. COBB
THOMAS E. HAMPTON
CURTIS WALKER
LUTHER C. STEWARD
THOMAS D. LEWIS
P. ELIOT MIDDLETON
E. J. CARLSON
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Collins of Appropriations
Subcommittee Suggests
Forward-Looking Plan.
A plan to wreck the business of pro
fessional bondsmen by establishment
of a bonding commissioner whose fees
would accrue to the District govern
ment was proposed by Chairman Col
lins of the House Subcommittee on
Appropriations during recent hear
ings on the 1938 supply bill.
Collins Instructed Corporation
Counsel Elwood Seal "to give the
subject rather careful study so that
we can present to Congress something
that is entirely up-to-date.”
Seal expressed belief the idea was
A good one, and said he had thought
for a number of years "it was a bad
practice to have bondsmen who tran
sact their business around the police
and other criminal courts."
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"My Idea," said Collins, "would be
to have, say, one commissioner and
two assistants and let them divide the
time night and day, so that if a re
sponsible person should go in and
want to make any bond, he can make
the required affidavit as to the prop
erty he owns and sign the bond; and,
after he has made that required affi
davit, then have the bond Issued for
a consideration the same as what is
now done by a private bonding agency.
That is the way, as I understand it,
that it is being done in quite a num
ber of other progressive municipal
ities.”
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Champion Bicyclo Sprinter says: **ME FOR CAMELS!"
AND WILUE HONEMAN
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"AFTER RUSH DAYS, Camels
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