Evening Star Newspaper, April 23, 1926, Page 7

CTIZENS VICTORS IN ZONING DISPUTE Apartment Houses Are Barred From Historic Sec- tion of Georgetown. The fight of State Dey the Geory to prevent the erection of nt houses in Georgetown containing many of i estral homes resulted victorious today when the Zoning Commission used .o rezone property abutting both sides of Reservof t between Wisconsin avenue and Thirty-fourth B restricted” to “Barea @ real estate operator, nge in order to 3 »artment in the vitory proposed for rezoning. The commission deferred action on wo proposed amendments to the zon- ing regulations which would create a new area known as g ricted,"” where only detached homes with two ide yards could be erected, and per- mit the construction of community | houses in “A restricted” zones. These proposed amendments will be readver tived in a different form and con: ered by the commission at its public hearing in May. Public Hearing Attended. rious civic or- wed before the Alexander Kirk of the and John Ihlder of Association to the proposed new area, but did not approve the com ike out the * from the | section relating t T'wo other proposed changes in z ns the commission decided to read er at its next pub- | changing | 1 The commission plan: tend this are from N to O street: and consider a rezoning of all prop- er abutting both es of Thirteenth street between M and O streets. The other change on which the commis- sion delayed action proposed to rezone from residential B to first commercial ' area property abutting the north side of Florida avenue northeast be- tween West Virginia and Montello avenues. Changes Approved. Changes approved by the commis- rion follow: Rezone from first commercial to resi- dential, lot 50, square 3002, on the north side of Gallatin street, between Georgia avenue and Ninth street. Rezone from residential A restrict- ed 40 feet, to second commercial C, 60 feet, property north 40 feet by full depth of lot 2 square 3280, Jocated on the west side of Blair road be- tween Aspen and Butternut stree Rezone from residential to first com. mercial property abutting both sides of I street between Eighteenth and Nineteenth streets and also property abutting the north side of I street be- tween Ninetenth and Twentieth streets, Rezone from B area to C area_prop- erty within the area boundéd by Lleventh street, Florida avenue, Sher- man avenue and Park road, and also the property abutting the east side of Sherman avenue between Park road and the solth side of Fuclid street, Rezone from residential A to first commercial C area square north of square 5189, bounded by Washington court, Blaine street, Forty-ninth street and Fiftieth street northeast, and also the south side of East Capitol street between Fifty-third street and Fifty- third place. Rezone from first commercial C to residential A area property abutting both sides of Division avenue north- cast between Blaine street and a line 100 feet south of Foote street. Rezone from residential B to first commercial C area property abutting the west side of Fourth street north. east between T street and Todd place. all apart- i m | are sought by Says Opponents Give False Impression of | His Committee. ‘Woodruin Comes to Aid in Attack on Party Stand on Measure. allenging_Congress that as “the ations of Furope, while sweating blood to make their budgets balance, maintain equitable systems of retire- ment for their civilian employes, the United States can afford to do like- |wise;” Chairmar Lehlbach of the | House civil service commission made a vigorous plea in the House yester- |day for enactment of the liberalized ement bill. he committee which held hearings |and gave very careful detailed study to this measure “believes this bill to be fair and reasonable and advan- tageous to the Government, as well as to the employes,” he emphasizes, (and says the committee does not de- serve and refuses to play the role of | scapegoat. | In this long-looked-for principal speech in behalf of justice for the | superannuated employes at this ses sion of Congress Mr. Lehlbach sum- marily disposes of the much-discussed unexcessive cost” figures of the Board of Actuaries. “The committee has found the estimates of the actuaries to be substantally inflated.” Question Is “When.” He answered in advance the new | cost figures on the particular liber- | alizing bill reported to the House two weeks ago by the committee, which the budget director, ng, “Additional reports from the ries may be called for from now to doomsday without receiving fur ther light on the question of what ap- sropriation should be made now or in ¥ given year in the future.” He ‘is not dentfal C and firts commerclal C area property on the west side of 4th street northeast between W street and Rhode Island avenue. Rezone from B area to A area and first commercial C area to residential A restricted area property in the northeast bounded by Rhode Island avenue, 10th street, Brentwood Road and the line of Bryant street, includ- ing property abutting the west side of 10th street. Rezone from first commercial C to residental A restricted area property abutting the north side of Rhode Island avenue northeast between 12th and 13th streets and also property abutting the east side of 12th street between Evarts street and Rhode Island avenue. Rezone from residential B to first commercial C area lot 1, square 651, located_at the northwest corner of South Capitol and N streets. Six Applications Denied. Six_applications for rezoning were denied by the commission, including Lhe Georgetown property. They fol- low: Change from B restricted to C area, south half of square 1262, abut. ting the north side of O street be- tween Twenty-sixth and Twenty-sev- enth street. Change from 90 feet to 110 feet, property abutting the north side of G street between Seventeenth and Eightenth streets, except the north. west corner of Sevententh and G streets. Change from residential B to first commercial C area, property abutting the west side of Sixth street south- east between Virginia avenue and G street, and also property abutting both sides of E street southeast be- tween Fourteenth and Sixteenth streets. .Change from residential, A re- stricted 40 feet, to first commercial C, 60 feet, property lying immediate- ly north of the first commercial front- age on the north side of Rhode Island avenue mnortheast, between Rezone from residental B to resi- You'll hear Fifteenth and Sixteenth streets. alot about . Fashion Shop 35 2pants N SR Other Suits 25 %°75 Like most good Washing- tonians, you may never have “sights™ seen the towners go to se But if you know your Wash- ington you know that the Fash- ion Shop is the place where they sell those DOUBLEWEAR SUITS which b natives admire. HARD WORSTEDS which HOLD THEIR double service—and priced at only $35. Middishade Blue Serge Suits, too: color and guaranteed — $35. greatest suit val which out-of- €. oth visitors and Made of 2 % PRESS, give 72 everything else America's ue. Bring her along—she knows value. The Tasbion ahop) Downtown 9th & E Opposite Thompson's FRED PELZMAN, President Remember Next September—the Home of the WORUMBO OVERCOAT THE EVENIN( i STAR, WASHINGTON LEHLBACK MAKES VIGOROUS PLEA FOR RETIREMENT BILL DNDERWOOR REPRESENTATIVE FREDERICK R. LEHLBACH. what must be paid, but how when it shall be paid.” During his speech, Mr. Lehlbach was pressed by Representatives Wood- rom, Democrat. of Virginia; Repre sentative Browning, Democrat, of Ten- nessee, both members of the civil gerv- ice committee, and by Representavive Rankin, Democrat, of Mississippi, to state when he expected to get the measure up for consideration, and what efforts he was makipg or w make to get the Republican leader: allow it to come up. Mr. Lehll said he had been instructed “to use all proper parliamentary means to se- cure consideration.” He was reminded by Representative Schafer, Republican, of Wisconsin. that “friends of thi refuse to vote fo until the legislation fore the House.” Woodrum Defends Lehlbach. Representative Woodr ed that if Chairman Lehlbach ad his w: there would have been retirement legislation in the last Congre: be- cause I can say with all sinceri and I hope it will not embarrass the gentleman—that he has been conscen- tious and relentless in his effort to se- cure legislation, but the gentleman is in an embarrassing situation. “The members of his cabinet and of | his party are standing out to the as deploring the fact that there is not an increase in the annui- ties, and lambasting Congress.on that account, and yet his President and the steering committee of his arty in the House will not let him bring the bill out before the House, where it r‘nuhl pass unanimously if it had an oppor- tunity to come on the floor.” Mr. Lehlbach replied: “I have had no intimation, either from the President or any others, to the effect that the legislation will not be considered. On the other hand, 1 have received expressions from vari- ous sources showing that a symp thetic "interest in such legislation i being entertained, and 1 believe that to be the fact.' His speech, in part, was as follows committee With respect to proposed legislation for the purpose of liberal izing the present system and corr ing the more glaring of 1 “As chalrman of the committee on the civil service of the House, it seems necessary, in justice to the committee to outline briefly the existing stem of retirement for classified civ! erv: ice employes and the activities of the Fears False Impression. “By reason of stories recently ap pearing in the press, including pur- ported interviews by those who have to do with controlling the legislative | program for the remainder of th session, an impression may be created both in the,minds of the public and and adjournment was placed be of the members of this House that failure to enact any retirement legis- lation at the present session would be due to the indolence, ignorance and general incompetence of the com- mittee in dealing with the subject. “The committee does not relish the role of scape-goat, does not deserve it and refuses to play it. The retire- ment system, with its vexatious prob- lems, is here whether we like it or not and whether we legislate with re- spect to it or not. The retirement act was passed in the Spring of 1920, by the overwhelming votes of both the Senate and the House of Representa- tives and became a law by the signa- ture of President Wilson on May 22, 1920. Eystem Six Years Old. “The system has been in operation for six years, during which time sub- stantial sums of money have been paid out in annuities that manifestly | \were not contributed by the bene- ficlaries. Yet as far as I know, not one step has been taken or even a suggestion made to meet the situa- tion. “The committee on the Civil Service has not been remiss in this respect. It is no part of the function of a | 1egisiative committee to draft or re- port methods of financing Govern- ment dctivities entered into by reason of its recommendations or to direct the making of specific appropriations therefor. “The law createtd a board of three actuaries who annually report on the financial condition of the retirement fund. The one outstanding fact to be learned from a study of the uaries’ figures is that none of the imates of the actuaries, standing itself, reveals the cost to the Gov- ernment of the retirement system cither now or at any given time in the future. The actuaries have sub- mitted only two kinds of estimates. The first is a valuation of the re- tirement system limited to what is termed the ‘membership’ at the time the valuation is made. Other Class Explained. “The other class of estimates fur- nished by the actuaries consists of egregating the normal cost of he system from the de- | “From all this it is perfectly obs | vious that the figures of the actuari |do not reveal the cost to the Gov- ernment year by year of either the existing system or any proposed mod- ification. Consequently, additional re- ports from the actuaries may be called for from now until doomsda without receiving further light on the question of what appropriation hould be made now or in any given year in the future. “In these circumstances, upbraiding the committee for the omissions of others beyond its control is grossly unfair_All this was set forth | ) —can afford to equipped with any sme the very best Plumbing, for proper plumbing fs a sanitary safeguard—a defender of health. fColbert plumbing in stallations represent the latest developments of sanitary engineering. TR mi’@?flfry@ar@m 2 ) #7TRepairs a Speclalty Maurice J. Colbert Heating—Plumbing—Tinning 621 F Street "‘;:;‘;s“)',"‘“ 1 ORRRRERTI | | is a prescription for | Colds, Grippe, Flu, Dengue, Bilious Fever and Malaria. | It kills the germs. the | No Home %3 . By FRIDAY, recent report of the committee, a copy of which was mailed to every member of the House. Finds Estimates Inflated. “Furthermore, the committee has found the estimates of the actuaries to be substantially inflated, even be- yond the point of the ordinary loading which cautious actuaries indulge in to protect the solvency of their com- panies. Thousands ‘of people are carried in the estimates as retired employes drawing annuities when in fact they are active employes paying contributions. “After considering and analyzing avallable figures, the committee re- cently reported a bill. This bill is not a new proposition. It is sub- stantially the bill reported in the last Congress and passed in the Senate. Neither in the last Congress nor in this was the committee made aware of any substantial objection to its provislons until recently. The com. mittee believes this bill to be fair and reasonable and advantageous to the government as well as to the employes, Certainly the provisions of the bill can be so modified as to insure this result. “The bulk of the cost to the Gov- ernment is the deficiency cost. The system is perpetual, as long as the Government endures and has em- ployes. Methods can be devised for spreading this cost over as long o space of time as may be desired in order that no undue burden need fall on the Treasury in any one year or perfod of years. “The impressive totals found in the actuaries’ tables do not frighten the committee. The salary of a $1,200 clerk entering at the average age and quitting the service at the average age, will with its earnings exceed $100,000. Yet, when it is proposed to employ an additional $1,200 clerk in a bureau, nobody wrings his hands with dispair at the $100,000 cost involved.” NOW OPEN GIRL SCOUT COFFEE HOUSE ND GARDE! 1718 F St. N.W. Open to the public week days for lunch- con, tea and supper from noon to 7 p.m. Telephone Main APRIL 23, 1926, THIEF GETS $4,000 DIAMOND PENDANT Home of Mrs. Bertha Coblentzer Robbed—Many Other Burglaries Listed. A diamond pendant valued at $4,000, the property of Mrs. Bertha Coblentzer, mother-in-law of Judge Milton Stras- burger, 2805 Ontario road, is reported to have been stolen from her home within the past three weeks. Mrs. Coblentzer is in Europe. The jewelry was in a pocketbook that also con- tained $10. Fifteen $2.50 gold pieces also have been stolen from the Stras- burger home the past three weeks. Theft of a sample case containing $200 worth of leather goocds and razors was reported by Charles D. Hyson of Pittsburgh. He told the police the case was stolen from in front of 107 Rock Creek Church road about 8:30 last night. A window smasher at the store of Samuel Saldman, 729 Eighth street southeast, last night stole a suit of clothes and an overcoat. Burglars last night entered the home of Dr. Edward E. Morse, §814 Jefferson place, and stole jewelry and clothing valued at $75. A thief in the home of Annie Gainor, 823 Third street northeast, early yesterday morning took $25 which Mrs. Gainor had hidden under the piano cover. Pearls, beads and a diamond brooch were stolen from the home of Mrs. Sarah Malcolm, 946 K street, within the past few days. The Jewelrx was alued at L] APARTMENTS 1025 Park Road N.W. NEW BUILDING 4 rooms, bath, porch J. E. WHITE & CO,, 931 15th St. The E F. Brooks Company 813 14th Street N.W. Phone Main 941-2 All Goods Marked Down 25% The E. F. 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