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WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Fair and warmer today; tomorrow showers and cooler. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 84, at 2 pm. vesterday; lowest, 68, at 10 pm. yesterdar-. Full report on Page 5. No. 1,070— No. 29,727, Entered as second class matter post office, Washington, D. C. he WASHINGTON, FOUR AIR POLICIES OPEN T0 COUNTRY UPTO PROBE BOARD Recommendation of Best Plan to Coolidge Expected by December 1. INQUIRY AT LAKEHURST WILL BEGIN TOMORROW ‘‘Marine Corps” Idea Is Applied to Problem of Giving Service Individuality. The fate of America’s existing air defense policies will be at stake when the President’s Investigating board convenes its first public hearing to- morrow morning in the House com- merce committee room. It must defi- nitely determine before December 1 whether the present plan of admin- istering the air services is adequate or should be replaced by a better one. While this problem is being welghed in Washington, a naval court of Inquiry will sit at Lake- hurst, N to hear the official story of the tragedy that indirectly brought about the Nation's latest investiga- tlon into its aerial defenses. The naval court will seek to determine the definite cause of the Shenan- doah’s destruction, and its investiga- tlon will probably be confined to technical questions. Four Different Plans. In the course of its hearing the board will have laid before it four dif- ferent plai ach conscientiously be- lleved by its proponents to be the best method for marshalling the Nation's alr squadrons for defense. One of these, it is predicted, will be recom- mended,to President Coolidge as the most efficient. Thus the committee has four alter- natives: First: To uphold the present method of administration, which aiready has the approval of Secretary Weeks, Secretary Wilbur and high’ officers of both the Army and the Navy, but which has been the target for barbed criticisms from Col. William Mitchell, former assistant chief of the Army Air Service, for more than a year. Second—Recommend the creation of an entirely separate department for the administration of the air services, and thus give them equal status with the Army and the Navy. Under this lan the air services of the Army. the Navy and the Post Office Department would be combined as a third arm de- fense, presided over by a secretary of aviation. “Marine Corps” Iéa. Third—Recommend adoption of the so-called “Marine Corps” plan. This program would virtually remove avia- tion from the jurisdiction of the Navy and give It the same relation to the Army that the Marine Corps has to the Navy. The two would work to- gether, but under entirely different commanding staffs. They would, of course, be under the same department. Fourth—Recommend _continuation of the individual air services with the Army and Navy, but give each great- er independence of action. Under this lan both the Army and Navy would ave a so-called ““Marine Corps” idea. Instead of being administered by a bureau, they would be governed by separate staffs in each Instance. When Acting Secretary of War Davis takes the stand as the first wit- ness at 10:30 o'clock tomorrow morn- ing he will, of course, appear in the position of champion of the present method. It has been announced that his testimony would be a broad de- scription of the War Departmentlg policy of air administration, as pre- Viously set forth by Secretary Weeks. But in his private capacity it is known that Mr., Davis has an open mind on the question of proper air ad- ministration. It is authoritatively understood that while he stands solid- 1y behind existing methods until some better method can be advanced, he would not blind himself to a program holding possibilities for improvement. 1t may safely be said that Mr. Davis will go to the hearing with this thought firmly in his mind. Davis Statement Prepared. Mr. Davis expects to occupy an hour with his own statement. It will be prepared in advance and will sim- ply be designed to give the board a general picture of the broader aspects of air administration in the Army. He confidently expects, however, to be recalled later in the hearing and will hold himself in readiness to respond whenever the invitation comes. The general staff officers, including Maj. Gen. Hines, Brig. Gen. Drum and Maj. Gen. Patrick, the latter chief of the Army Air Service, will occupy the remainder of the day with per- sonal descriptions of their own admin- istration of the Air Service. It Is thought that they, too, will be re- called, as War Department officlals admit it would take considerably more than a single day to go into details of the Army air administration. In the course of his testimony, Mr. Davis will step beyond the fleld of Army aeronautics and touch upon the vastly important question of commer- clal aviation. He believes the crea- tion of great commercial airplane lines is vital to the upbuilding of a really great air defense program, and for this reason, it is understood, he will broach that phase of the probiem. Studied Commercial Lines. It is almost certain the board will wish to delve deeper into this partic- ular question and Mr. Davis, it is sald, probably will be in a position to be of the most valuable assistance to the investigators. He has made a quiet but thorough study of the problem of commercial airlines, both in the United States and abroad and he has obtained some information of a most important character. At the War Department it is be- lieved the President’s board will of necessity have to tackle the newer question of commercial afrways. Com- mercial airways in times of peace would become defensive airways in time of war, and it has been pointed out that the much advertised com- mercial airways of Europe are main- tained simply for political and mili- tary reasons. The question of court martial pro- ceedings against Col. Mitchell is causing little concern at the War Department. It will probably be a week before the papers have found (Continued on Page 2, Column 8.) AMERICAN FLYERS ARE WARNED FIGHTING RIFFS IS UNLAWFUL State Department Has Tangier Consul Cite Law to Airmen. No Other Action Is Taken. Fine or Writ May Stop Aviators’ Service. By the Associated Press. The State Department has taken steps to call to the attention of Amer- lcan aviators who are serving as vol- unteers with the French army in Morocco the fact that they are per- forming that service in_violation of the laws of the United States. The department has instructed Con- sul General Blake at Tangier to call to the attention of the airmen who are operating with units 6f the French alr service in the campaign against Riffian tribesmen, two sections of the revised statutes. The cablegram did not go beyond this direction, nor has it been indicated at the department whether any further steps were con- templated. Fine Is Cited. The first section cited imposes a fine upon American citizens who en- list in foreign military forces, while the second authorizes American dip- lomatic agents, in territories covered by treaties which grant extra-terri- torfal rights to the United States, to issue writs and take other measures | i COL. CHARLES SWEENEY. of a legal character to prevent serv- ice by Americans in forelgn military units. The Americans who volunteered for service with the French in Morocco were assembled in Paris, where most of them have resided recently, having served during the World War, either in French air units or in the Ameri- " (Continued on Page olumn 5.) LCOKGNESWAY INSENATEGONTES Dithmar, Coolidge Supporter, Now to Run Against La Follette. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Withdrawal of Roy P. Wilcox of Eau Clalre, Wis., from the sen- atorial race, reported from Mil- waukee vesterday, is regarded as a final and desperate effort on the part of the “stalwarts” to defeat Robert M. La Follette, jr., who won the Re- publican nomination by an over- whelming vote. Mr. Wilcox was the standard bearer of the stalwart Republicans in the primary, chosen by a convention of “regulars” at Oshkosh, a month or two ago. He also filed as an “inde- pendent” so that he might make the for the Senate against La Fol- lette even though he lost in the pri- mary rage. It was his purpose to go through to the end with the fight for the Senate against the La Follette taction. But he has now withdrawn and left in the race former Lieut. Gov. Ed- ward F. Dithmar of Baraboo, Wis., who filed also as an independent, standing for the Coolidge administra- tion, Dithmar did not enter the Re- publican primaries. Strategy Due to Fail. The effort of the anti-La Follette people will be to center all their strength now on Dithmar, hoping thus to defeat La Kollette. 'But the defeat of La Follette by Dithmar is exceedingly unlikely. Indeed, even in strong Republican circles here, it was admitted yesterday that Dithmar could not stop La Follette now, La Follette who was nominated by near- 1y 91,000 more votes than his nearest competitpr, Wilcox, and who had 30,000 votes more than all of his three opponents put together, including the Kian candidate, Rev. Daniel Wood- ward. Woodward has announced he would throw his strength to Dithmar. Wood- ward received 40,000 in the primaries. On the other hand, Wilcox is a Catholic_and_the Catholic vote is strong in Wisconsin, perhaps the largest single block of votes in the State, If they all voted together. Wilcox got meny of these Catholic votes. Now the question arises, Will these Catholics who supported Wilcox be willing to vote -for Dithmar, who will bear the Klan label? The new arrangement may result in the stal- wart candidate losing as many votes as he gains through the support of the Klan. Split With La Follette. Dithmar was formerly a La Follette man. He was elected lieutenant gov- ernor as & La Follette man, at the time that Gov. Philips, now dead, was put into office as a stalwart. In 1920, however, three Progressives sought the supgort of Senator La Follette for the gubernatorial nomination. They were John Blaine, the present gov- ernor, Representative Joseph D. Beck, and Dithmar. Senator La Follette de- cided in favor of Blaine and prevailed upon Beck to withdraw from the race. Dithmar, on the other hand, defied La Follette, denounced him as ‘a political boss and made the race for the nomi- nation anyway. He was badly beaten ( Continued on Page 8, Column 2) NO WILSON STAMP AS BIRTHDAY I3SUE Another Denomination Is Not Needed, Says New, in Reply to Request. By the Associated Press. President Wilson's portrait is not to be placed on a speclal postage stamp to commemorate the anniver- sary of his birth next December, nor is it likely to appear on a stamp in the near future, it was learned yes- terday from postal officials. Among the reasons given were that there were no new denominations of stamps in contemplation, that there already | were too many classes and that even | though such a stamp were determined upon there was no money available for u special issue. Norman H. Davis, president of the | Woodrow Wilson Foundation, with other friends of the late President, feels that a special postage stamp should be issued in December when Mr. Wilson's birthday anniversary ill be commemorated. He made such | a request in a letter, to which Post- master General New replied: “I have no doubt that within a rea- sonable time the memory of Mr. Wil- son will be duly honored, as I think it should be.” Harding Issue Cited. Mr. Davis wrote the Postmaster General that the Wilson Foundation had received many inquiries from all | parts of the country with regard to | the issuance of a Woodrow Wilson stamp before the December celebra- | tion. “In pressing that request,” Mr. Davis said, ““we feel that there is no new precedent established, in that there was an issue of stamps put out by the department in honor of our deceased President, Warten G. Hard- ing, and the foundation feels that-in lke manner this honor should be paid the memory of Woodrow Wilson.” In regard to precedents, the Post- master General wrote that the issue of the Harding memorial stamp was obviously proper, as he died in office, and that the plate of that issue was used for the new 1%-cent stamp when the new postage rate law created an immediate demand. Only the numer- als of the plate were changed and the expense of engraving a new plate was saved. Hale Stamp Promised. The Nathan Hale por...t on the 3-cent stamp had been promised two years before and Mr. New pointed out that President Grover Cleveland was not honored by a stamp bearing| his like until 15 years after his death. The Cleveland stamp was is- sued by the Harding administration in 1923. President Hay was not thus honored until after 29 years, but Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt were honored in that manner three years after their death. President . McKinley's portrait first appeared in the postal service on a_ l-cent postal card. That pertrait was withdrawn by Postmaster .Gen- eral Burleson, of -President Wilson's cabinet, soon after he entered office and the portrait of Thémas Jefferson was substituted. McKinley's portrait was placed on- the present §-cent stamp by Postmaster General New in 1923. Bodies of Infant Princes, Shrouded In Pearls, Found in ‘Tomb of Indians By the Associated Press. COLUMBUS, _Ohfo, September 19.—The bodies of two infamt princes of the anclent mound builders, supposedly descendants of the four members of the pre- historic royal family, whose sepul- chre was uncovered in one of the Sefp group mounds near Bain- bridge last week, were discovered in the tomb just before it was sealed for the Summer, H. S. She- trone, curator of the Ohio Arch- eological and Historlcal -~ Soclety announced today. The infant members of the royal family, like their elders, had been burled in shrouds of pearls. Just before the excavations were com- pleted for the season, the curator and his helpers decided to exca- vate the logs of the charnel house back into the mound. During the course of this further probing of the burial place, the bodies of the two infants were found placed at right angles to the bodies of the adults. With one of the small skeletons were several small de- signs cut out of mica; with the other, four large bear tusks, each set with two pearls. The finding of the infants’ re- mains further compels the explor- ers to, believe that the mound, which® has been excavated one- fourth of its length, contains the bodies of still more members of the important family. It further complicates the ques- .tion of how the burial was made and enhances the belief that the bodies of the royal dead had been temporarily entombed over a great period of years and finally gathered 10 4 B | Federal WITH DAILY EVENING EDITION SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 20, Sy Star, 1925—104 PAGES. *#* CHURCHES CALLED | TOAID OF DRY LAW IN SUPREME TEST Council — Believes Hour Has Struck for Intensified Effort. . EXTENSIVE CAMPAIGN OF EDUCATION URGED Reliance on Legislation Alone Has Brought Threat of Failure, Probers Believe. By the Associated Press. A campaign to intensify the teach- ing of temperance in churches will be undertaken by the Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America as a sequal to disclosures made in the prohibition report of the council’s re- search department. X This report, made public in several installments during the past week, de- clared that prohibition is forcing a supreme test and placed part of the blame for present conditions on the tailure of the churches themselves to keep alive the temperence crusade which was an integral part of their | ‘activities in pre-Volstead days. Some of the research department’s| findings have been assalled by Dr. Clarence True Wilson, secretary of the Methodist board of temperance, who also questioned the department’s authority to compile and issue a re- port on prohibition. - To show the character and purpose of the inquiry, the Rev. Samuel McCrea Cavert, gen- eral secretary of the Federal Council, last night issued a statement in which he emphasized the need of a revival of church effort on behalf of a dry country. Declares Facts Must Be Faced. “The report on the social study of the consequences of prohibition by the research department of the Fed- eral Counctl of Churches comes from friends of prohibition,” said Mr. Cavert. “An effort was made to find the facts so that they can be frankly faced. The churches cannot work intelligently unless they have an exact and thorough knowledge of the conditions that cenfront them. “The report does not pretend to be conclusive, but to show unmistakable trends. It has no relation whatever to the policy of the Federal Council of Churches or to its official attitude toward prohibition. The great bulk of the churches composing the Fed- eral Council, as well as the council itself, are clearly on record as favor- ing prohibition. In_ipitiating and furnishing the ninistrative staff for the citizens’ committee of one thousand, the Fed- eral Council of Churches during the past 18 months has made distinctive contributions to the challenging task of developing public support for the eighteenth amendment. The hour has struck for following up these steps by means of a constructive program for temperance education in all churches. Temperance Education Needed. i With the coming of national pro- hibition there has been a tendency to rely on legislation alone and to relax educational _efforts as to the evils of alcohol and the moral meaning of temperance. A survey of the methads of religious education now in use in the churches shows that training and habits of temperate living have made little or no progress in recent years. Such a situation, if long continued, would be fatal. This was one of the reasons why the research department | undertook a survey of the present status of prohibition. It is believed that one of the results will be a move- ment to reinstate a program of thor- ough temperance education in the Sunday schools, adult classes and other organizations of the church. “The research department of the Federal Council of Churches is under the direction of the Rev. F. Ernest Johnson, a Methodist preacher, with special training in research work. The Rev. Dr. William Adams Brown of New York is chairman of the com- mittee. The money necessary for the study was given by some of the best friends of prohibition in the United States. z | Research Held Vital “The research department -was es- tablished by the Federal Council of Churches because of the strong con- viction that if the churches are to deal effectively with the difficult prob- lems in the soctal-and international realms, they .must thoroughly under- stand the facts of the modern world. The development of the departagent of research and education over a pertod Of several vears is an attempt on the part of the council to secure and publish the necessary data from ‘which correct moral judgments on present day issues can be. formed. The research department was given official sanction by the council at its quadrennial meeting in Atlanta, Ga., last December. “The present piece of research is no novelty. It is the fifth in a series (Continued on Page §, Column 5) GERMANY WILL DEPORT KU KLUX ORGANIZERS Two American Lutheran Clergy- men’s Activities Are Frowned On in Berlin. By the Associated Pre BERLIN, September 19.—Gotthard Strohschein, a German-born Ameri- can, charged with an attempt to 0 THE ANARCHIST ADMISSIO: BUNK! 1F HE DOEY ANY HARM3 “From Press to Home Within the Hour” The Star is delivered every evening'and Sunday morning to Washington homes at 60 cents per month. Telephone Main 5000 and service will start immediately. () Means Associated Press. FIVE CENTS. ADVOCATE. EX-CAPTAIN IS HELD AS PRISON PLOTTER B. G. Chew Accused of Part in Falsifying Leaven- worth Records. With the arrest vesterday of Bev- erly Grayson Chew, 30-year-old mem- ber of a prominent Washington family, a former captain in the A. E. F. and a paroled Leavenworth prisoner, De- partment of Justice operatives ex- pressed the opinion that they had broken up a plot to falsify fingerprint records at Leavenworth Penitentiary. Chew was arrested on a warrant charging conspiracy with Coney C. Slaughter and others to defraud the United States by falsifying and sub- stituting certain fingerprint records. He was released under $5,000 bond after a hearing by United States Com- missjoner Turnage. Substitution Plot Charged. ‘The plot, according to Department of Justice operatives, involved substi- tution of two of Coney Slaughter's fingerprints, so that identification by the fingerprints on flle in Leaven- worth Penitentiary would be impos- sible. Slaughter, son of a wealthy Texan, was arrested after he had been em- ploved in a bank in Fort Worth, Te: where he was alleged to have e bezzled a large sum. Slaughter's father, one of the richest of Texan cattlemen at one time, was impov- erished by the fight to save his son, who was later convicted and sen- tenced to Leavenworth. At Leavenworth he is alleged to have met Chew, who was serving. a five-year term after conviction f the theft of $3,000 in silver plate and other personal property from the apartment of Mrs. Mary McClintock of Stoneleigh Court of this city, where Chew was living while Mrs. McClin- tock was in Europe. Arrest Created Stir. The arrest of Chew in the Summer of 1920 created a sensation in Wash- ington, for he was well known in soclal circles. After serving three and a half years of his sentence, Chew was released, returning to this city, where he has since been em- ploved continuously in advertising work. _The discovery of the alleged plot was made when the Central Bureau of Identification here received the finger prints of Coney Slaughter at the time of his celebrated escape from Leavenworth about five months ago. Changes Is Detected. The finger prints were broadcast throughout the country, according to Department of Justice operatives, and when they reached the Central Bu- reau here it was found that they did not tally with records already in that office. The Central Bureau immedi- ately wired to the Texas home of Slaughter for the finger prints on file there, taken at the time of Slaughter’'s arrest. When these were received, it was discovered immedi- ately that two fingers of some one else’s hand had been substituted for Slaughter's in the prints taken at Leavenworth. This started operatives on an investigation which stretched across several months, finally resuit- ing in the apprehension of Chew, and the charges being placed against him. Slaughter Is Recaptured. Slaughter was recaptured about a month ago as the result of precau- tions taken by the Department of Justice Central Bureau of Identifica- tion, which notified all police depart- ments of falsification of the prints at Leavenworth and sent the prints of Slaughter taken at the time of his arrest. Chew was paroled from Leaven- worth in August, 1923, when his wife, organize the “Knights of the Fiery Cross,” similar to the American Ku Klux Klan, will be deported. The same fate awaits Otto Strohschein, father of Gotthard, if it should be proven that he also is an American citizen. Others implicated in the movement have been released pend- ing a further investigation. The Strohscheins were brought to Berlin September 11 from Silesia. into one great burial place for sev- eral generations. Another last moment find in the mound was the uncovering of a ceremonial pipe, 11 inches long, made out of stone in the image of an eagle with spread wings, the finest specimen of mound build- ers' stone sculpture vet found. Both denied that they had any conm- nection with the “Knights of the Fiery Cross” organization, but the po- lice asserted that documents proved that they had received funds for that purpose from Illinols. The two men in America were Lutheran ministers, but they posed in a8 air plane techniciana 2 Mrs. Daisy Marjorle Chew was dying. She died since his parole. . Friends of Chew were shocked by news of his arrest. He was generally known to have been “beating back" to the place which he formerly held in Washington. The arrest almost com- pletely demoralized Chew, who re- fused to make any comment last night. 4 Attorney Willlam E. Leahy, who appeared for Chew at the hearing yesterday, also refused to make any statement. He said that he felt sure the arrest was the result of a miscon- ception on the part of the operatives, which would be satistactorily cleared up in the near future. 2 Chew 'is living at 1830 S street. He is now an advertising solicitor, asso- elated in business with an uncle. TODAY’S STAR PART ONE—10 PAGES. General News—Local, Natlonal and Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Pages 18 and 19. Current News Events—Page 19. Veterans of Forelgn Wars—Page 26. Dl;srlct National Guard News—Page News of the Clubs—Page 29. Y. W. C. A.—Page 32. Boy Scouts—Page 33. Radio News and Programs—Page 34. Financlal, News—Pages 36 and 37. PART TWO0—16 PAGES. Editorials and Editorial Features. Washington and Other Soclety. Tales of Well Known Folk—Page 16. PART THREE—14 PAGES. Amusements—Theaters and the Photo- play. Reviews of New Books—Page 4. Music in Washington—Page 5. Motors and Motoring—Pages 6, 7, 8 and 9. Army and Navy News—Page 10. Spanish War_ Veterans—Page 10. Serial, “The Night of the Wedding,” —Page 11. Fraternal News—Page 13. Ctvillan Army News—Page 14. Veterans of the Great War—Page 14. PART FOUR—4 PAG! Pink Sports Section. PART FIVE—S PAGES. Magazine Section—Fictior and Fea- tures. The Rambler—Pagé 3. B PART SIX—10 PAGE! Classified Advertising. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 l"AGES. World Events in Pictures. - CGOMIC SECTION=—I PAGES. Betty; Reg'lar FeHers; Mr. and Mrs.; Mutt and Jeft- s A GRIFFMEN NEED SIX * WINS TO CINCH FLAG ‘¥ Gain Another Half Lap on A’s. Four Victories Will Put Corsairs Over. By the Associated Press. CHICAGO, September 19.—Pitts- burgh, by trimming Boston, while Chicago defeated New York, in- creased its lead over the Glants in the National League pennant race to 8 games. The Pirates, with 10 games remaining on their schedule need to win only 4 in order to clinch the flag, even though the Giants should win all their remaining 12 games. The final standing in that event would be: Pittsburgh 94 60 610 New Yofk....... 93 61 .607 ‘Washington tonight is leading the Athletics by 7% games, after break- ing even with Chicago while Phila- delphla lost to Detroit. In the sec- ond game at Washington, Lyons, pitching for Chicago, allowed but one hit. The Champions have 13 more games to play and if victorious in 6 of them will win the pennant, even if the Athletics win all their remain- ing games. The final standing in that event would be: Washington 97 57 .630 Philadelphia..... 96 58 .623 The standing of the leaders tonight: National. Pittsburgh. 90 New York... 81 American. ‘Washington 91 Philadelphia. 84 54 61 625 570 50 58 WELSH MIN_ERS TO BAN COAL TRADE WITH U. S. ZUnion Leader Says International Has Provided This Sort of Strike Aid. By, the Associated Press. CARDIFF, Wales, September 19.— A. J. Cook, secretary of the Miners’ Federation, in an Interview today de- clared his intention to imbue the coal miners of Wales with a determina- tion not to allow the shipment of coal to the United States, as this might jeopardize the success of the American anthracite miners’ strike. Mr.- Cook added, “In the Interna- tional we have made arrangements to insure that in any struggle in any country no other country will black- leg by sending coal.” Two Challenge Fascist. ROME, September 19 (#).—The Tribune says Roberto Farinacci, sec- retary of the Fascist party,-has been challenged to a duel by Signors Gal- biati and Tarabella, members of ‘the Fecently wers expalied from the party ntly e for excessive zeal. 645 592 ADVISORY COUNCIL T0 DISCUSS BUDGET Suter Calls Meeting to Pre-| pare for Hearing if Lord Grants Permission. The Citizens' Advisory Council will hold a conference at the office of Chairman Jésse C. Suter at o'clock tomorrow ternoon to pre- pare for"its appearance before the Budget Bureau when the District esti- mates ard under consideration, it Bud 63,000 PUPILS DUE TOENTER SCHOOLS; CROWDING RECURS Primaries to Bear Burden Estimated Increase at Opening Tomorrow. CLASSES ON PART-TIME ONCE MORE NECESSARY Central and Dunbar, However, Are Sole Highs Where Stagger Plan Is Requirsd The birth of 26 school *erm | tomorow will fine educational has since the war un load. syst cials last nig: mer has proc additional physica viate the seem crowded cond wili be forced of the makeshi ary expedien congested pi Relief in Sight. Rellef is in s is more than upon the educ inception of t tracts have bee tion of six new provided in t the five is expected to for at least the anoth | Bell 430! get Director Lord accords the council | that privilege. In announcing the calling of the| conference last night Chairman Suter sald he addressed a letter to Gen. Lord several days ago, requesting an opportunity to have the council give | the Budget Bureau its views, b the council's own recommendations and on the estimates as submitted by the -Commissioners. Mr. Suter has not vet received Gen Lord’s answer, but he called the mem- bers of the council to meet with him in executive session tomorrow so that they would be ready it a favorable reply is received from the Director of | yle’ for the first the Budget. It is Chairman Suter’s intention to ask the members of the council designate one or more of their number to be spokesmen at the Budget Bureau. Will Discuss Beaches. While the meeting tomorrow was | ,|: called primarily to designate these spokesmen, Mr. | the portab) to | ent | buildings, the North P adi > re sections serious. e the belated c s to Western Schools, schoc have not ing line. Br Park in the where £ new to offs Bot of used_last overflow been marshaled for ctive duty nabled them abou ever-chang High School $ Opening of the strong additions schaol sit ar a imodate schos Already g of 13 of has been anticipation permanent afforded annex. We: too, will go back on a full-tir me in mor room addi bsorb the pr nd this years the oner three vears, 1l do no more th pr h: Although no new b the ele il ary hou system e the i 13 por ms The white the maijc Suter plans to call|in return the council's attention to the steps |the eight which have been taken recently by |Third street between N and O streets Col. Clarence O. Sherrill to obtain funds from Congress to give the white and colored populations of the cit: adequate bathing beach facilities next year. The council, in its budget recom-|tem tomorr mendations to the Cammissioners sev- eral months ago, went on record in favor of a $200,000 item for bathins beaches and it is known that since that time Chairman Suter ha: keeping in touch with the officials who are planning the beach projects. The council urged the Commission- ers early in the Summer to seek a budget for next year of almost $39.- 000,000, and, while this advisory board of citizens has not met to discuss the question since, it is expected that if they are Invited to appear before the director of the budget they will adhere to their original recommendation. Against Lump Sum. ‘The council also incorporated in its report to the Commissioners a plea that Congress take steps at the next session to work out a fair and equita- ble method of dividing the expenses of the Nation's Capital between the Federal and District governments in- stead of appropriating a flat lump sum of $9,000,000. ‘The council urged that Congress return to the definite proportionate basis of appropriating for the District pending the working out of a per- manent solution of the fiscal rela- tions question. After receiving the views of the council the Commissioners prepared a budget that slightly exceeded $40, 000,000. Gen. Lord directed that this figure be cut to a tentative limit of $36,250,000, but gave the city heads the privilege of submitting a supple- mental list. The Commissioners took advantage of the offer and prepared supple- mentals of more than $3,000,000, in- cluding most of the important pro- jects eliminated from the original total. Therefore, when the budget hearings begin September 24 the Commissioners will be supporting two sets of estimates, aggregating practically the same amount they asked for - originally. Engineer Commissioner Bell an- nounced yesterday that as soon as the budget hearings are concluded on Sep- tember 28 he will ask the Citizens' Ad- visory Council to begin preparation of a program of District legislation to be advocated by the Commissioners at the coming session of Congress. Will Take Un Legislation. The council will be furnished with a list of all the District bills left over from the last Congress as well as pro- posed legislation which was not before Congress last year. It is expected the council will un- dertake to determine the relative im- portance of various measures and submit its views to the Commission- ers. After the city heads send the bills to Congress the council will be avallable to assist in having the Sen- ate and House District committees guide them through the legislative machinery. been | | | | Innovation to Be Launched. The new health school at teenth and Allison streets is ¢ to make its debut to the school w, but as far as reliev- ing congestion, it will have no part The building merely replaces the an- tiquated Hamilton School on Blad- ensburg road, which was con, « most vigorously by educ cause it had a_cemetery environment. The psyche fect of a cemetery on tuber fected children, it was Thir- stined tors its chlef gical ef- lar in- ed, was I not conducive to rapid improvement. Overcrowding in the h not expected to increase s vear, officials beli mentary school of the enlars junior high_school: fully contributing relief of the the authorities look to nothing t more physical equipment to remed. the situation in the elementary s: tem. h schools is riously this hat the ele the bur: enrollment. re now their share to the for institut 69,000 Total Likely. The compulsory education law, which undoubtedly will fc many children_ between 14 and 16 years age back into school this year, has made it exceedingly difficult for off clals to estimate the number of new pupils likely to Con- servatively, they will be between 1,500 and 2,000 pupils, the maximum figure of which wou bring the total enrollment in the sys tem to 69,000. A major portion of the prospective increase in the opinion of the icials will be housed in the Burroughs Brightwood, West, Petworth, Bright- wood Park, the John Eaton and the Tenley schools. All are rounded by new real estate developments. Out in the rapidly developing Woodridge section, where permanent school facilities are lacking, a port- able colony has been erected for the children. There are four of these buildings located at Central and Carlton avenues, which will house a Kkindergarten, first, second, third and fourth grade clas: More Congestion Looms. In the surrounding territory also, crowded conditions will prevail, per- haps to a greater extent than last year. Portables have been placed at the Brookland, Burroughs, and Lang- don schools, and despite their use, some part-time classes probably will be organized Part-time classes also are expected to be formed in virtually all of the schools which will serve the newly developed sections of the northwest. The officials will not be in a position to cope with the situation at these schools until the final registrations and transfers are checked. According to present indications, all of the senior high schools, with the exception of Central and Dunbar, will be free this year of platoon or stag- ger-hour systems of operation. About one-third ofx Central’s enrollment of 3,200 students will be on a part-time basis, while Dunbar will continue its ~(Continued on Page 8, Column