METHODS OF ACQUIRING ADDITIONAL REVENUE
THROUGH TAXES AND OTHER MEANS

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MARCH 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 27,
APRIL 1, 2, 3, 8, 9, 10, 16, 19, AND 21, 1947

Printed for the use of the Joint Subcommittee on Fiscal Affairs

of the Committees on the District of Columbia

UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE

WASHINGTON: 1947

SUBCOMMITTEE ON FISCAL AFFAIRS OF THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA HARRY P. CAIN, Washington, Chairman

John Russell Young, President, Board of Commissioners, District of Colum-

bia, Washington, D. C_____

Walter L. Fowler, Budget Officer, District of Columbia, Washington, D. C__

H. C. Whitehurst, Director of Highways, Washington, D. C‒‒‒‒‒

David V. Auld, Superintendent of the Water Department, District of

Columbia, Washington, D. C--

Arthur R. Pilkerton, Auditor, District of Columbia, Washington, D. C.

Edward A. Dent, Tax Assessor, District of Columbia, Washington, D. C‒‒‒‒

Clement Murphy, Chief, Fire Department, District of Columbia, accom-

panied by Howard W. Bowie, Assistant to the Executive Officer, Fire

Department, District of Columbia----

Walter H. Thomas, Acting Major and Superintendent, Police Department,

District of Columbia, accompanied by James H. Cox, Sergeant, Police

Department, District of Columbia---

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Ray L. Huff, Board of Public Welfare, District of Columbia, Washington

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George C. Ruhland, Health Officer, Health Department, District of Colum-

bia, Washington, D. C____.

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Milo F. Christianson, Superintendent of Recreation, District of Columbia,

Washington, D. C..

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Alan W. Payne, Chairman, Alcoholic Beverage Control Board, District of

Columbia, Washington, D. C------

Donald Clemmer, Director, Department of Correction, Washington, D. C___

Hon. Joseph C. O'Mahoney, Senator from Wyoming_-

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Robert F. Cogswell, Administrator of Rent Control for the District of

Columbia, Washington, D. C‒‒‒‒‒‒

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Miss Clara W. Herbert, Librarian, Public Libraries of the District of

Columbia, Washington, D. C-----

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Roland M. Brennan, Purchasing Officer, District of Columbia_

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Hon. Walt Horan, a Representative in Congress from the State of Wash-

ington-

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Hobart M. Corning, Superintendent of Schools, District of Columbia, ac-

companied by Carl F. Hanson, Executive Assistant to the Superintendent

of Schools, District of Columbia____.

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Brig. Gen. Gordon Young, Engineer Commissioner for the District of

Columbia, Washington, D. C------.

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Harold A. Kemp, Director, Department of Sanitary Engineering, Wash-

ington, D. C..........

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Ellwood Johnson, Deputy Director of Sanitary Engineering for the Dis-

trict of Columbia, Washington, D. C-----

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William A. Xanten, Superintendent of the City Refuse Division, District of

Columbia, Washington, D. C-----

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David Auld, Superintendent, Water Division, District of Columbia, Wash-

ington, D. C..........

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George E. Keneipp, Director of Vehicles and Traffic of the District of

Columbia, Washington, D. C------

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Archibald King, chairman of the committee on public improvements, George-

town Citizens Association, Washington, D. C---

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Mrs. Robert G. Wilson, chairman, District of Columbia affairs, District of

Columbia League of Women Voters_

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Mrs. Leslie Wright, chairman of the legislative committee of the Federation

of Women's Clubs, Washington, D. C----

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