For an ordinance to have lasting success it must be fair not only to those it protects but also those it restricts. Since industry is required to control air pollution for the benefit of everyone it is logical that industry should not be penalized in acquiring the means to effect this control. Respectfully yours, HERBERT W. STARICK, City Manager. CITY OF EL CAJON, Senator THOMAS H. KUCHEL, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. San Diego County, Calif., April 7, 1954. DEAR SENATOR KUCHEL: We are enclosing certified copy of resolution No. 1816, supporting an amendment to the Housing Act of 1954 to provide for control of air pollution. Yours truly, DELIGHT V. SWAIN, City Clerk. RESOLUTION No. 1816-SUPPORTING AN AMENDMENT TO THE HOUSING ACT OF 1954 TO PROVIDE FOR CONTROL OF AIR POLLUTION Whereas Senator Homer E. Capehart, chairman of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, has endorsed an amendment to the Housing Act of 1954 which would, if enacted, greatly facilitate the prevention and control of air pollution; Whereas the city of El Cajon is affected by increasing air pollution causing a serious blight on the development of the city through the retarding of proper subdivision development and home building; Whereas the air pollution adversely affects the health of the citizens of the city of El Cajon as well as their business and agriculture: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of El Cajon as follows: 1. That the City Council of the City of El Cajon does hereby urge the Senate Banking and Currency Committee to amend the Housing Act of 1954 to provide for the following: (a) The rapid amortization of air pollution control facilities built in conformance with State or local law. (b) A program to insure loans to corporations or individuals to construct facilities. (c) An appropriation for research in the field of air-pollution control. 2. The city clerk of the city of El Cajon be and she is hereby directed to furnish one certified copy of this resolution to Senator Capehart at 241 Senate Office Building, Washington 25, D. C. 3. That certified copies of this resolution be sent to Senators Knowland and Kuchel in their capacities as Senate representatives of the State of California and to Randy H. Hamilton, care of American Municipal Association, 523 Transportation Building, Washington 6, D. C. Passed and adopted by the city council of the city of El Cajon, Calif., at a regular meeting held this 5th day of April 1954, by the following vote, to wit: "Ayes," Councilmen Crandall, Steele, Hull, Fleming; "Nays," none; absent, Councilman Hunt. NELSON M. FLEMING, Attest: Mayor and President of the City Council of the City of El Cajon. DELIGHT V. SWAIN, City Clerk. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full and true copy of resolution No. 1816 of the resolutions of the city of El Cajon, Calif., as adopted by the city council of said city on the 5th day of April 1954. [SEAL] DELIGHT V. SWAIN, City Clerk of the City of El Cajon. CITY OF EL CAJON, Senator THOMAS H. KUCHEL, San Diego County, Calif., April 7, 1954. Senate Office Building, Washington 25, D. C. DEAR SENATOR KUCHEL: We are enclosing certified copy of resolution No. 1817, urging approval of Senate bill 3115, which provides for rapid tax amortization for air-pollution control facilities built by industries in conformance with State or local law. Yours truly, DELIGHT V. SWAIN, City Clerk. RESOLUTION No. 1817-URGING APPROVAL OF SENATE BILL NO. 3115 Whereas Senator Kuchel has introduced Senate bill No. 3115, which provides for rapid tax amortization for air-pollution control facilities built by industries in conformance with State or local law; Whereas said bill is pending before the Senate Finance Committee in connection with the Revenue Revision Act of 1954; Whereas air-pollution control is a matter of vital concern to the citizens of the city of El Cajon as a health, business, and agriculture problem; Whereas accelerated write-off of air-pollution control installations will enable industry to add devices which will completely abate or sharply reduce the volume of air contamination: Now, therefore, be it Resolved by the City Council of the City of El Cajon as follows: 1. That the City Council of the City of El Cajon does hereby urge the Senate Finance Committee to approve Senate bill No. 3115 providing for rapid tax amortization for air-pollution control facilities built by industries in conformance with State or local law. 2. That the city clerk of the city of El Cajon be and she is hereby authorized and directed to send certified copies of this resolution to the following: (a) Senator Millikin, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee; (b) Senator Kuchel; (c) Senator Knowland; and (d) Mr. Randy H. Hamilton, American Municipal Association. Passed and adopted by the City Council of the city of El Cajon, Calif., at a regular meeting held this 5th day of April 1954, by the following vote, to-wit: Ayes-Councilmen Crandall, Steele, Hull, Fleming. Nays-None. Absent-Councilman Hunt. Attest: NELSON M. FLEMING, Mayor and President of the City Council of the city of El Cajon. DELIGHT V. SWAIN, City Clerk. I hereby certify that the above and foregoing is a full and true copy of resolution No. 1817 of the resolutions of the city of El Cajon, Calif., as adopted by the city council of said city on the 5th day of April 1954. [SEAL] DELIGHT V. SWAIN, City Clerk of the City of El Cajon. EL CAJON VALLEY CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, Subject: Air Pollution, S. 2938 (Capehart); S. 3115 (Kuchel). DEAR SENATOR KUCHEL: The board of directors of the El Cajon Valley Chamber of Commerce voted unanimously to ask you to approve the above indicated S. 2938 Capehart amendment to the administration's Housing Act of 1954, and Senator Kuchel's bill S. 3115 concerning air-pollution control facilities. Sincerely yours, JOHN B. GIBSON, President. THE CITY OF EL PASO, TEXAS, Hon. HOMER E. CAPEHART, The United States Senate, Washington 25, D. C. DEAR SENATOR CAPEHART: It has come to my attention that you will introduce and sponsor an amendment to the administration's Housing Act of 1954 to provide for the rapid amortization of air-pollution control facilities built in conformance with State and/or local law and setting up a program to insure loans to corporations or individuals to construct such facilities as well as for research in the field of air pollution. While a relatively new field of local government responsibility, air pollution is one of great importance and a protection of which the public is becoming more and more aware. Although El Paso is not known as a major industrial city we have an airpollution problem and have made some progress in its correction but much remains to be done. As you undoubtedly know air pollution and smoke control on the part of industry is a very expensive procedure and consequently one which is much easier to attain if some incentive is attached in addition to making it a local law violation. We are therefore extremely interested in your proposed legislation and feel that it meets a definite need. We believe that it is just and right to permit industry some financial help in this expensive air-pollution control process. Knowing that it will make our job much easier, we pledge you our support in this legislation and trust that the Congress will see fit to enact it. Yours very truly, FRED HERVEY, Mayor. Senator HOMER E. CAPEHART, Senate Office Building, Washington, D. C. THE CITY OF ERIE, MY DEAR SENATOR: At the direction of the Council of the City of Erie, Pa., I herewith enclose a resolution adopted by that body, endorsing your contemplated legislation providing for the rapid amortization of equipment installed to alleviate air pollution. Very truly yours, By Mr. Cannavino. EUGENE GRANEY, City Clerk. Seconded by Messrs. Downing, Walczak, Flatley. COUNCIL CHAMBERS, Erie, Pa., March 23, 1954. Resolved by the Council of the City of Erie, That Whereas United States Senator Homer E. Capehart, of Indiana, has indicated that he will introduce an amendment to the Housing Act of 1954, to provide for the rapid amortization of air pollution control facilities constructed in conformity with State and/or local legislation and further provide for the insuring of loans for such purposes; and Whereas such legislation by the United States would tend to ease the financial burden on those contemplating the installation of such pollution control equipment and would aid the city of Erie in the enforcement of air pollution regulations now in effect: Therefore be it Resolved by the Council of the City of Erie, Pa., That they officially endorse the contemplated amendatory legislation of Senator Homer E. Capehart, and urge its passage by the Congress of the United States; and be it further Resolved, That the city clerk be and he is hereby authorized and directed to forward copies of this resolution to Hon. Homer E. Capehart, Hon. Carroll D. Kearns, and the American Municipal Association. March 23, 1954. City council adopt by yeas Messrs. Cannavino, Downing, Walczak, and Flatley-4. Nays, 0. March 23, 1954. Signed by the mayor. Authentic copy. Attested by the city clerk. SENATOR CAPEHART, CITY OF EVANSVILLE, COMMISSIONER OF SMOKE REGULATION, 241 Senate Office Building, Washington 25, D. C. Evansville, Ind. DEAR SENATOR: The smoke regulation department of the city of Evansville, Ind., wishes wholeheartedly to endorse this amendment to control air pollution. No better evidence is needed, of control, than the heavy trend of the city dweller to go to the suburban areas, to escape the exhaust of a city. Yours very truly, J. E. CLAUSHEIDE, CITY OF GLENDALE, CALIF., April 6, 1954. Hon. HOMER E. CAPEHART, 241 Senate Office Building, Washington 25, D. C. DEAR SENATOR CAPEHART: We wish to express our appreciation to you for the sponsoring of S. 2938 pertaining to air pollution. Glendale is a beautiful residential and commercial city of 113,000 population. Our citizenry are suffering from extreme conditions of air pollution. We recognize the fact that industry is by no means entirely responsible for this pollution. We believe that the amendment you have proposed will greatly expedite the eventual solution of this pressing problem. Very sincerely yours, C. E. PERKINS, City Manager. CITY OF GRAND RAPIDS, MICH., March 24, 1954. Senator HOMER E. CAPEHART, 241 Senate Office Building, Washington 25, D. C. DEAR SENATOR CAPEHART: This is to inform you that I am heartily in favor of the amendment to the administration's Housing Act of 1954, which you are to introduce and sponsor, providing for the rapid amortization of air pollution control facilities built in conformance with State and/or local law. This amendment to control air pollution should receive serious congressional attention. Yours very truly, PAUL GOEBEL, Mayor. THE SMOKE ABATEMENT LEAGUE, Hon. HOMER E. CAPEHART, Chairman, Senate Banking and Currency Committee, DEAR SENATOR CAPEHART: We have just learned from Mr. Randy Haskell Hamilton, director of the Washington office of the American Municipal Association, that you will introduce and sponsor an amendment to the administration's Housing Act of 1954 to provide for the rapid amortization of air-pollution-control facilities built in conformance with State and/or local law. We understand that this amendment will set up an FHA or FNMA program to insure loans to corporations or individuals to construct such facilities. We are strongly in favor of the passage of this bill because we believe it will accomplish two things: (1) It will encourage industry to install air-pollutionabatement equipment which is often very costly and which industry, for the most part, recovers nothing in the way of lower costs of operation, and (2) it will encourage cities and other governmental units to enact legislation to reduce air pollution for the betterment of the community. Cincinnati is a core city with a population of over a half million people, in the midst of a metropolitan area having a million population. Cincinnati has an active air-pollution-abatement program, whereas the communities surrounding it have not established such programs as of this date. We are urging that an all-out effort be made in support of this amendment, as the principle embodied therein will encourage neighboring communities to enact reasonable and effective air-pollution-abatement legislation in order that industry in their communities can take advantage of the rapid tax amortization for such equipment with the net result being beneficial to the whole metropolitan area in bringing about cleaner, more healthful air. Very sincerely yours, CHARLES N. HOWISON, THE SMOKE ABATEMENT LEAGUE, OF HAMILTON COUNTY, CINCINNATI, OHIO, Cincinnati, April 6, 1954. Subject: Amendment to the administration's Housing Act of 1954 to provide for the rapid amortization of air-pollution-control facilities. Mr. RANDY HASKELL HAMILTON, Director of the Washington Office, American Municipal Association, DEAR MR. HAMILTON: Concerning the amendment to the administration's Housing Act of 1954 to provide for rapid amortization of air-pollution-control facilities built in conformance with State or local law, which is being sponsored by Senator Homer E. Capehart, chairman of the Senate Banking and Currency Committee. We wholeheartedly favor the adoption of this legislation, as we believe it will accomplish the purpose for which it was written and in addition, we believe it will encourage communities to enact reasonable ordinances and establish enforcement procedures to reduce air pollution which will bring the benefits of cleaner air to many communities which now endure unreasonable air pollution. We believe that this legislation will encourage the installation of air-pollutionabatement equipment, which is costly and for which industries generally receive no return in the form of lower operating costs. Industries located in and adjacent to residential areas may be required to make heavy investments in nonproductive air-pollution-control equipment for neighborhood protection, and thus may be adversely affected in their competitive position in the industry, should competitive plants be located far removed from residential areas and thus not be required by local laws to install air-pollution-control equipment. Thus, it seems only reasonable and good that the installation of air-pollution-abatement equipment, costly as it is, installed for the benefit of the public, should be encouraged in every possible way. This legislation will so encourage industry, especially during periods of high earnings. It is an established fact that smoke and other air contaminants are some of the most harmful effects on housing, and lead to a lower standard of living. Dwellings in or near heavily polluted atmospheres are usually dirty, dingy, rundown, and provide unsatisfactory living conditions, whereas in a clean atmosphere, there is a natural desire to improve houses by cleaning and painting. Efforts expended to improve housing are much more lasting and effective in industrial urban communities where air-pollution controls are enforced. We, therefore, urge every consideration be given to the adoption of this legislation. Sincerely yours, CHARLES N. HOWISON, PS: Concerning the hearing before the Senate Banking and Currency Committee, April 14 and 15, 1954, I regret that I will be unable to attend because of the press of other commitments requiring my presence in Cincinnati at that time. I had hoped to testify for this legislation. I am also enclosing a letter from Mr. Oris E. Hamilton, safety director of the city of Cincinnati, urging the passage and adoption of the subject legislation. I had originally expected to present this testimony along with mine before the committee. C. N. HowISON. |