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¢ FRENCH SHIP STAND -~ FAILS TO ALARMI Conferees Going to London Parley With High Hopes of Success. BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. Hopes of results from the London Naval Conference are in no way dimin- ished by the French foreign office mem- orandum on the subject. It discloses, moreover, nothing which the smerican, British and other interested govern- ments have not known befure. The prospects of achieving naval limitation and reduction are neither promoted rior ned by France's pronouncement. In these phrases can be summarized the emotions aroused in the Hoover ad- ministration by the somewhat startling declaration of the French position to- ward the armament and co-rclated is- sues which will soon be engaging the attention of the London conference. From the outset of the negotiations looking to the five-power meeting in | January, Paris has made no secret of its attitude. M. Briand’s devotion to the League of Nations and his belief that it is the bulwark of European peace have mever wer like France can only be un- dertaken in connection with land arma- ment. Prench interest in the League and French dependence on military strength are seen at Washington as ful Iy justifying the views the Quai d'Or: has just expressed on both subject ‘These views are in no sense held to be destructive of the aims which the Lon- don five-power conference sccks to ac- complish, Just a Conference. In responsible American quarters it is pointed out to this writer that the forthcoming naval parley, like all inter- pational parleys, is nothing more or less than what its title implies. It is a conference. A conference is a place where governments confer. They come to conferences with their own views, their own requirements and even their | own prejudices. The object of con- ferences is to give every power sitting around the table the fullest opportunity | to air its position, to defend it and, it possible, to persuade co-conferees to accept it. ‘The United States will go to Lon- don with views and requirements which Secretary Stimson and his fellow del gates will present with all appropriate vigor, but which they know in advance, are bound to diverge in important re- spects from the views and requirements of other powers. America, for example, would like to abolish submarines. So would Great Britain. Japan and France want to retain submarines. Japan wants 70 per cent of the 10,000-ton cruiser quota of both the American and | British navies. Uncle Sam and John Bull think the Japanese ought to be content with 60 per cent of the ton- nage to be allocated to the respective cruiser fleets of the United States and Great Britain. All Feel Sanguine. ‘These are some, but not all, of the divergencies in views and needs which, it has been known for many months, will be put forward at London. But mone of the high contracting govern- ments—certainly not America, Great Britain or Japan_has ever felt that these differing attitudes on important issues, or any of them, are by them- selves capable of smashing the con- ference. They will doubtless make agreement less easy of attainment than some powers would like. Discussion may be protracted and the conference i SPECIAL NOTICE. 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But at this | writing, it can be stated confidently, no responsible authority connected with the meeting, as far as the Hoover ad- ministration is informed, contemplates events of the next few weeks with despair. President Hoover intends that the American delegation shall go to London determine dto find points of agreement rather than points for disagreement. In other words, Messrs. Stimson, Adams, Reed, Robinson, Morrow, Dawes and Gibson are going to squander as little of their time and energy as possible on seeking to score advantages in con- troversial fields. They expect it will parent, fairly early in the London game, what is attainable and Wwhat is unattainable. It is altogether likely promptly to develop that the Americans will concentrate on the at- tainable as soon as it is revealed. This may fall short of all the things the United States would like to see ac- complished at London, but our Govern- ment will bend every effort to avert outright failure. It is under no {l- lusions as to the probability that if the five-power conference breaks up resultless the future outlook for inter- national tranquillity will be none too ht. Resumption of costly naval- building competition will be the almost inevitable consequence. Recall Conference Here. ‘Washington officials recall that even the highly successful naval conference of 1921-22 did not achieve everything which President Harding and Secre- tary Hughes planned it should achieve, The Hughes limitation program called for a 5—5—3 ratio as among America, Britain and Japan and for a 1.75— 1.75 ratio between France and Italy, not only for capital ships (battleships and battle-cruisers), but for all kinds of ships, especially auxiliary craft like cruisers. It was the Prench insistence on non- limitation of crulsers, destroyers and submarines which wrecked that por- tion of the Hughes program. It speedily became apparent that there could be no unity with respect to auxiliary ships of war. Thereupon Secretary Hughes, who not only was chairman of the whole conference, turned his attention to what he found could be accomplished—namely, capi- tal-ship limitation and an agreement tompruerve the peace in the far Pa- cific. ~ One thought finding quiet expression in Washington is that France may be aggrieved with America and Great Britain for the same reason she was aggrieved at Washington. M. Briand never quite forgave Mr. Hughes and Mr. Balfour for fixing up the 5—5—3 ratio and then telling France and Italy, virtually, to take it or leave it. It considered just possible that something of the present French at- titude may spring from the recent Hoover-Macdonald entente cordiale on naval matters. (Copyright, 1929.) PLAN AID FOR INDUSTRY. Cuban Committee Completes Re- port on Sugar Crop Conditions. HAVANA, December 28 (#).—A re- port by a special committee of the co- operative exports agency of the gov- ernment on financing of mill owners during the forthcoming erop season | was filed today with the National Sugar Defense Commission. The recom- mendations were not made public. It was understood that the report asks for detalled accounts from all sugar mills throughout the nation for their special financial requirements for the season so that governmental as- sistance may be petitioned. A report today said that a 20 per cent decrease in sugar production in year and that Oriente Province will produce 15 per cent less than last sea- son. The other four sugar-producing | provinces are expected to produce about | the same amounts as last year. | PRINCE HUNTS IN RAIN. Wales Stays on Horse Two Hours | to Be in at Kill. MELTON MOWBRAY, England, De- cember 20 (#).—The Prince of Wales yesterday rode to hounds through the | drenchign rain for two hours and was in at the kill at the finish of the | | bunt. He thoroughly enjoyed his first fox hunting in 10 months, His appearance with his brother, the Duke of Gloucester, was unexpected. The heir to the throne wore a black hunting coat, silk topper, red woolen sweater and’ yellow gloves. He was soon the center of attention. The princes came over from Sandringham, where they had spent Christmas with the royal family, for the chase with the Belvoir hounds. They will spend the week end: in the hunting country. Father of Many Honored. Chakaldayi, 95-year-old forest keeper at Eskisherhr, Turkey, who has 59 chil- dren and grandchildren as well as many sons-in-law and daughters-in-law living | under one roof, has been given a money grant by the government. Chakaldayl is known as “the terror of the jackals.” He started to work at 12 and is stil bright, robust and vigerous. His mem- N Camaguey Province is anticipated this U. S. AND GERMANY REACH REPARATION PLAN AGREEMENT (Continued Frem First Page.) authority, would have before it the form of the agreement. “The schedule of payments conforms to the annuities proposed by the Young committee for the United States. From each of the annuities to be received, 40,800,000 “Reich” marks are to allocated to the satisfaction of mixed claims and the balance to the satisfac- tion of our Government's claims on account of Army costs. This is sub- stantially in accord with the program outlined at the White House conference of May 19, 1929, which was attended by a number of the leaders of both houses of Congress. “The form of the agreement and the provisions in respect of postponement, generally speaking, follow the agree- ments heretofore negotiated for the settlement of the debts owed the United States by foreign governments. The execution of this agreement is con- tingent, of course, upon the coming into effect of the Young plan. In the meanwhile, the United States retains all of its existing rights.” Treasury records show that on September 1 the American reparations claims against Germany were con- sidered to amount to $193,936,765 on account of expenditures of the Amer- ican Army of Occupation maintained in Germany after the armistice, and $256,656,213 on account of mixed claims of American citizens and the Govern- ment against Germany for war damage of various sorts. Is Postponement Only. ‘The committee of experts headed by Owen D. Young, who have proposed the pending plan for dealing with all of Germany’s reparation _liabilities, Pproposed to reduce the annuities which the United States would receive. The D) postpone- ther than a diminution of pay- as the payments were first planned by the original Dawes com- mission which dealt with the repara- tions obligations. The American Government figures now indicate that the total of the reparations represented by army of occupation costs will be reducsd 10 per cent by the application of the Young plan, but that the mixed claims will be paid in full, and that interest at the rate of 3% per cent will be paid during the time that is consumed in canceling the entire obligation. ‘The Young plan contemplates the payment of annuities by Germany to the United States over a period of 52 years, beginning September 1, 1929, U. 8. Remains Independent. ‘While European nations concerned have not taken final steps for the inauguration of the Young plan, or for the creation of an international settlement bank, which is a portion of its proposal, it is generally believed that it will be finally effective. This last statement indicated that the American Government would continue to keep its forelgn obligations in in- dependent agreement form, although accepting the amounts assigned for the extinguishment of American claims as provided in the international agree- ment. The United States was not officially represented in negotiation of that agreement. M. E. GOAL IS;EEOOVOOO. Budget for Missionary and Benevo- lent Work Prepared. PITTSBURGH, Pa., December 28 () —The Methodist Episcopal Church in the United States will require $10,- 000,000 for its missionary and benevo- lent activities during 1930, it was an- nounced here today, following a con- ference of Methodist leaders who are planning next year's program. The conferences will continue on Monday. Bishops Herbert Welch of Pittsburgh, Edgar Blake of Indianapolis and Edwin Holt Hughes of Chicago are among those present for the s°ssions. In addi- tion there are members of a special advisory committes representing each of the boards, the executive committee |of the world service commission and the world service co-operative staff, Wireless City Bars Radio. Barmouth, England, i determined to be a wireless city even if it has to bar all radio. Applications to erect aerials in the city have been refused, and, on the ground that they would be eyesores, electric wires over a street to a hotel have been barred. Merchants were ar- rested recently for displaying ugly sign- ards. Indll-_Eng]tnd Alrmni Hit. People of Calcutta and Bombay, India, are complaining about the irregularity of the airmail service between India and England. For three successive weeks planes arrived at Calcutta far be- hind time, and business people threaten to return to the ship-rail mail service. The management says a “run of bad ory is good, but he cannot remember the iMames of all his proggny. luck” caused accidents to three planes which disorganized the entire WASHINGTON, EDGE FAGES KNOTTY PARLEY PROBLEM French Wish London Confer- ence to Be Provisional to League Debate. BY LELAND STOWE. By Radio to The Star. PARIS, December 28.—The Franco- American negotiations preparatory to the London naval conference were given a further impetus yesterday when at a “naval luncheon” at the American embassy Premier Andre Tardieu; Hugh S. Gibson, American ambassador to Belgium; Norman Armour, counselor of | embassy; and Henry Moysset, the French Premier's chef du Cabinet, who According to the official statem nt sued after the luncheon the cc.iversa. nature and were most satisfactory. Yesterday's occasion marked the con- tinuance of the Edge-Tardieu conversa- tions but took on added importance from the fact that the exposition of French and American naval theses re- garding the coming naval parley in London have now come to clear-cut formulation and also from the fact that Ambassador Gibson, one of the United States delegates to the parley, was af- forded an opportunity of exchanging views with Premier Tardieu, who will be at the head of the French delega- tion. Immediately after the luncheon Am- bassador Gibson, who arrived here from Belgium at noon, departed for London, where undoubtedly he will make a de- tailed explanation to Gen. Charles G. Dawes, American Ambassador in Lon: don, of the French position as it has been exposed to him within the last few days. Parley Status is Obstacle. Although care has been taken by the two American diplomats and by the Prench premier to refrain from discuss- ing detalls of the Franco-American sit- uation, it is certain that ohe of the chief obstacles with which Mr. Edge and M. Tardieu have been wrestling has been that of the status of the London armament. The French government, both in its memorandum made public this week and in the committee meet- ings of the Chamber of Deputies, has insisted that the decisions of the Lon- don conference should be preliminary to and provisional to the Geneva body's general conference. It is assured that M. Tardieu in his long conversations with Mr. Edge has pushed this interpretation in an effort to obtain American approval. Although no statement has come from the American embassy regarding be this particular phase of the matter, it seems virtually certain that Mr. Edge has been obliged to express Washing ton’s insistence that the findings of the London parley stand on their own feet —that is to say, that they be definite in themselves. Edge Has Knotty Problem. French officials, and particularly Pre- mier Tardieu, feel very keenly that any naval reductions that France may make must come under the scope of article VIII of the League covenant, and they may even go as far as to state that France cannot definitely commit her- self in London, if, indeed, Premier Tar- dieu has not already taken such a posi- tion in the pourparlers now proceeding. Ungquestionably, some phase of this knotty problem is now confronting Am- bassador Edge, who is making every ef- fort to reassure Premier Tardieu, with- out in any way committing Washington, to regard the London conferences as “provisional.” It is reported from reliable sources here that the French premier is par- ticularly insistent upon linking the Lon. don conference to the League of Na- tions Disarmament Conference, and in this he is undoubtedly backed by the great weight of French opimion. The status of the Briand-Kellogg pact has also been thrown into the di ssion by the French and this is also in all probability providing further difficulties for Mr. Edge. French Stand Firm. It is apparent that the French have taken a very clear and firm stand on their position as outlined in their memorandum to the four powers made public this week. That they will recede therefrom to any great degree before going to London is more thaa doubtful. For that very reason, however, Ambas- sador Edge's continued close contact with Premier Tardieu as demonstrated by yesterday's luncheon, assumes impor- tant proportions, since the more frank and friendly the French and American viewpoints are discussed befere the con- ference opens, the greatec the pros- pel‘l:l" for the success of the conference w It is probable that Mr. Edge will confer with M. Tardieu again before the latter leaves Paris for The Hague conference, scheduled te open there on Friday next. (Copyrisht, 1929.) TRIBES ARE AT WAR. Matabeles and Mashonas Cau One Death and Other Casualties. BULAWAYO, Rhodesia, December 28 (#)—Tribal warfare between the Mat- abeles and Mashonas has resulted in and many re- ported slightly wounded. ‘The police anticipate that the out- breaks may continue for a fortnight, but there has been no disposition to interfere with white people. The defense force has been mobllized and is marching, fully armed, into the native districts, DO, Ambassador Walter E. Edge entertained | conference in relation to the League of | Nation's general conference for dis- | DECEMBER 29, Her Wedding Nears A new picture of Princess Marie Jose, daughter of the King and Queen of Belgium. She will be married January 8 to Crown Prince Humbert of Italy, in one of the most elaborate weddings of royalty to be witnessed in Europe in many years. —Assoclated Press Photo. STANFORD CRUSHES WEST POINT, 34-13, WITH CAGLE BALKED (Continued Frcm First Page) three touchdowns already have been noted. Cagle, in the 11 times he lugged the ball, chalked up a total of 50 yards. Thus intersectional honors ~ were claimed for a second successive year by thoss who wear the cardinal and white. One year ago this month Stan- ford’s delegates brought their gridiron wares to New York City. They headed West Point with 26 points. Army re- mained at home, scoreless. ‘The crowd got its money's worth out of a first half, jammed with thrills from opening kickoff to mid-time gun. ‘The Army scored first after a 50-yard thrust had culminated in a touchdown. Before the initial period was over the |Cardinals had evened the count at | 6-6, neither side completing the tries for point. Soon after the second quarter got | under way Stanford went into the lead through the medium of an automatic safety. Spurred on by the sudden ad- vantage, the Cards rushed their way from the Soldier 39-yard line to a second touchdown. The try for point | failea, but Warner's ball toters held a | 14-8 margin. Cagle’s Pass Brings Score. ‘The substantial lead was heartening |for the moment but decidedly brief. Cagle returned a punt 18 yards to | Stanford's 44-yard line. Two plays later the tricky Cadet captain whipped one of his bullet-likke passes while racing to the left. Hutchinson picked | the ball out of the air and ran 25 yards to score. Hutchinson place- kicked the try for point that brought the soldiers to within a lone tally of their rivals. Two minutes before the second pe- riod ended Smalling broke away and galloped 46 yards from his own 14- yard line. Malloy, substituting at right end for Messinger, overtook and hauled down the big white-jerseyed charger, and the . half-time gun ended further activities. Army’s first touchdown followed a quick change in the two teams' for- tunes. Carver, Soldier quarterback. fumbled, and Taylor, center, recovered for Stanford on the opposition's 46- yard line. The Cardinals tried the air, and failed. Miller, center, intercepted Smalling’s pass on his own 40-yard line and pounded 10 yards to midfield. Cagle, packing the ball for the first time, squirmed 7 yards. Murrel made 4 yards and a first down. The Army fullback added 5 yards more and Cagle fnued a short one to Carl Mark, the atter speeding 15 yards before he was stopped 20 yards from goal. Murrel and Cagle alternated in packing the ball to the 2-yard mark, from where Murrel went over. Punts Favor Cards. The Cards evened the count after gaining 30 yards on an exchange of punts. From the Army's 45-yard line Frentrup skirted left end for 26 yards. Smalling passed to Muller, who was downed on the 10-yard line. Two bucks brought the ball to the 1-yard mark, and Fleishhacker went over. In the second quarter, a perfectly placed punt by Rothert netted Stan- ford an automatic safety. The 35-yard kick spiraled the ball out of bounds on Army's 1-yard lne. Murrel tried to punt out from behind his goal line, but the rm from center was low. With tacklers closing in, Murrel threw the ball into open territory, but in doing s0 he stepped out of the end zone. Army took a free kick after the safety and Prentrup raced back 37 yards in the first play of what later developed into Stanford'’s second touchdown. On the Cadet's 39-yard mark, the Cards marched to scoring ground. Frentrup chopped off 12 yards and Smalling 16 yards. Eleven from their own goal line the Soldiers were penalized for unnecessary roughness. On the next play Stanford was penal- ized 5 yards for backfleld in motion but Fleishhacker brought the ball back 4 yards on a plunge and Smalling went over, Statistics Tell Story. Statistics show Stanford's supremacy. Carrying the ball 65 times, the Cardi- nals piled up a total of 244 yards. Army’'s 38 attempts at yard gaining resulted in & total of 94 yards from scrimmage. Stanford fnade 14 first downs from scrimmage and passes. Army chalked up 6 first downs by ground and air. ‘The Cards passed 14 times, com- 1929—PART ONE. IMADAME ALDA WINS MIGHTY Metropolitan Opera Soprano Quits Stage to Take Radio Contract. ance Concludes 22 Years of | New York Stardom. By the Associated Pre NEW YORK, December 29.—While | a huge audience out front thundered prolonged applause and mingled its “good-bys” with admiring “bravos,” Frances Alda on the stage yesterday bade farewell to her associates of the Metropolitan Opera Co. She has retired to accept a radio | contract after 22 years as one of the Metropolitan's leading soprancs. Yes- terday afternoon she gave her last per- formance in the “Manon Lescaut” of | Puccini. ‘The Metropolitan was packed for her farewell, from the orchestra to its lofty ceiling. After the final curtain, while the audience still lingered out front, Mme. | Alda came to the footlights, and there Antonio Scotti, who has ben a leading baritone at the Metropolitan for 30 years, presented her with a s a wreath on behalf of the mai {and her colleagues. While the audience continued to ap- plaud and cheer, there crowded about her Mme. Lucretia Bori, Edward John- son, Glovanni Martinelli, Lawrence Tibbett, Tulllo Serragin, who con- ducted her farewell performance, and Beniamino Gigli, who sang opposite her. Later there was a party in Mm Alda’s Park avenue apartment, - tended by most of the company's lead- ing members. A native of Christ Church, New Zealand, Mme. Alda made her debut with the Metropolitan in 1908. Since then she has sung more than 30 of the leading roles. When she had received the wreath, Mme. Alda turned to the audience. After a moment's silence, she said: “In all my years here I have always tried to give you the best that God gave me. And in my new fleld I will do the same.” |FORMER CON.SUL GENERAL | TO JAPAN DIES IN WEST Gen. Edward C. Bellows, Serving Under McKinley and Roose- velt, Was Noted Banker. By the Assoclated Press. LOS ANGELES, December 28.—Gen. Edward C. Bellows, consul general to | Japan under Presidents McKinley and Roosevelt and a nationally known banker, died today at his home here after a long iliness. Gen. Bellows was 73 years old. He was born at Janesville, Wis., spent his early days there, and moved to New Hartford, Iowa, where he engaged in banking 'businss. Later he moved to the State of Washington, eventually winning election to the State Legis- lature. He was appointed consul general to Japan by President McKinley and re- mained there during the tenure of Roosevelt. He came to Los Angeles in 1905, and in 1918 was appointed State corporation commissioner. He resigned in 1922 to become president of the Pacific Securities Corporation of Los Angeles and San Francisco. Prior to the State appointment he was vice president of the Sixth District Agricul- tural Association of California. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Ida I Bellows; a brother, Willlam E. | Bellows of Carroll, Nebr., and a nephew, Lester R. Bellows of Spencer, Iowa. pleted four and had two intercepted. The Cadets tried the aerial lanes nine times, completed three and had three | caught by the opposition. Stanford was penalized a total of 45 yards and Army 25 yards. Rothert and Moffatt, Stanford half- backs, punted nine times for a com- posite average of 438 yards. Murrel and Golden for Army averaged 36.6 yards in nine times. Perfect foot ball weather was on tap today. The usually warm weather was lacking, and instead the air was fairly crisp. Eastern elevens ordinarily are bothered by the heat. Cagle Falls to Thrill. Cagle, closing his foot ball career to- day, failed to give the throng any great thrills. His rival attend to that. Coached toward the end, the Cards covered his every movement. “Manon Lescaut” Perform-| APPLAUSE ON HER FAREWELL _MME. ALDA. LIGHTNING PERILS PASS OVERPLANES Meteorologists Hear Flyer Describe Ice Formation as Great Hazard. By the Associated Press. DES MOINES, December 28.—Light- ning to the aviator, like a waterhole to the goifer, was described here today as “only a mental hazard.” ‘The description was given before meteorologists, meeting with the Ameri- can Assoclation for the Advancement of Science, by Wesley L. Smith, Chicago fiyer and superintendent of National Air Transport, Inc. I know of no case on record,” he sald, “where an alrplane in flight has been struck by lightning. If electric storms were the pilot's only worry, he zould be entirely indifferent to weather.” Ice as Great Hazard. Ice formation was described by Smith as the “great hazard to aviation.” So- lution of the ice problem, undertaken by the Guggenheim Fund for the Pro- motion of Aeronautics, in co-operation with air lines, was predicted “for the near future.” “Radlators in the sky,” which keep the northern and southern Ilatitudes warm, were described before the ses- slon by Dr. W. J. Humphreys, president of the meteorologists. “The radiators,” he said, “are formed by a thin blanket of ozone, that form of oxygen which gives air its fresh odor after a thunder storm. Perhaps thinner than a sheet of cardboard, and many miles above the highest altitude reached by man it exerts a tremendous influence on life. “Without the blanket the sun would be so strong that we would all go blind. With a thicksr blanket we would all have rickets, for the layer h::gn back the rays of the sun we Absorbs Radiation, The layer acts as a radiator because it absorbs radiation from the earth. It gives off as much as it gains, half going to the outer air and the remain- der back to the earth. Over the northern and southern lati- tudes the layer is thicker than over the Equator. ~This extra thickness over the colder latitudes acts somewhat as a protecting roof to ke:p them warmer than they would be otherwise. BUSHMAN RULING ASKED. Actor’s Divorced Wife Seeks New Decision on Liability. BALTIMORE, Md., December 28 (). —Mrs. Josephine F. Bushman filled a | petition in the Circuit Court of Balti- more County at Towson today seek- ing a judicial ruling on the liability of her former husband, Francis X. Bush- man, movie star, under alimony provi- slons of a divorce granted her in July, 1918. In a supplemental bill filed, with court permission, she placed the liability at $57,443.64. The petition says the de- cree ordered payment to her of $40,000 in installments and $4,000 annually for the suport of their minor children. It was charged that owing to the lapse of time and arrearages in pay- ments a judicial determination of her former husband’s liability was necessary. Some months ago Bushman was held in contempt of court for his failure to make alimony payments under the di- vorce decree, but the action of the court was reversed upon apj Nursery Milk Of Superior Quality FOR more than thirty years this dairy has co-operated with the physicians of Washington in the interests of pure milk of a “Superior Quality.” * 3 TONNG APPEALS " BOARD IS URGED Builders’ Association Urges Commission to Make Ad- ditions to Staff. Rufus 8. Lusk, president of the Operative Builders' Association, urged the zoning commission yesterday to take steps to have Congress provide appropriations for increasing its staff as well as legislation creating a sep- arate board of zoning appeals or ad- Jjustment. Lusk made his recommendations in a letter to Maj. Donald A. Davison, | assistant engineer commissioner and executive officer of the commission. | He suggested that the commission act at its executive meeting this week. | Text of Letter. | The text of the letter follows: “On October 9 the Operative Build- ers’ Association specifically recom- mended to the zoning commission that appropriations should be sought for the proper stafing of th: zoning office. ‘We recommended an engineer at $6,000 a year, an assistant engineer at $4,000, a stenographer and a draftsman and also the appropriation of enough money for postage, printing, photostating, etc. We also recommended the creation of & separate board of zoning adjustment | with' six members, thre to be ex officio |and three to be appointed by the Dis- | trict Commissioners from the archi- | tects, builders and realtors. “In The Star of December 23 the leading editorial stated: ‘The Zoning Commission now exercises a powerful and direct influence on the commercial value of property. It can effect this value by any regulations. There is now & direct relationship between zoning and assessments for taxation, Sixteenth | street being the best example. The im- portance of the Zoning Commission should be recognized in increased ap- propriations and larger personnel. The commission is too vital as a govern- mental agency to be constituted, as it is, cn a “part-time” basis." “This is the fourth editorial in this | paper since September 14 urging the | necessity for some change in our pres- | ent zoning set-up. This editorial also states that: ‘Citizens who have common sense requests to make of the Zoning Commission, and to whom the changes sought are of great importance, have been left in the lurch and without hope of relief because the zoning code does not permit the changes they ask, when there is no good reason under the suy | why the changes could not be made iThe zoning advisory committee, com- posed of representatives of the local building and trade bodies, architectr and realtors have asked for the insti- tution here of a board of zoning l?‘ peals. * * * but the dangers inherent in a board of zoning appeals are recog- nized, despite the success of such boards in other cities. The alternative proposal has been to reorganize the Zoning Commission by the addition of expert subordinate personnel and the creation of a special committee under the commission that could sit on peti- tions for change, investigate the merits thereof and report, with recommenda- tions, to the Zoning Commission. This arrangement would allow the Zoning Commission to retain its control over the zoning of the city as a whole, but would provide th» machinery for giv- ing relief in specific instances without mvolvmf the whole commission’s time or working radical changes in the reg- ulation: Association Wants Results. “This association, while it recom- mended a scparate board of appeals or adjustment, is more interested in obtaining results than the method by which they are obtaliied. If a board of adjustment such as The Star- sug- gested can be legally set up by the commission and can’ legally function, it should prove satisfactory. What we are particularly interested in is that | something is done to alleviate what is generally admitted to be an -unfortu- nate state of affairs. “It would seem that public interest demands that the zoning office should have proper appropriations, and also that some sort of adjustment board should be set up. In view of this, we respectfully request the commission at its executive session in January to sug- | Best to the board of commissioners that they have the necessary - tion introduced in Congress to g about these needed changes. We be- lieve that now is the time for action. The zoning work is not very heavy, so that the necessary time can be devoted to the careful drafting of the proposed bills, and, as this is a long session of Congress, there is more chance to get lvt;fn'; through than there would be next nter, “Needless to say, we stand ready to help in any manner within our power.” While fishing at New Barnet, Ireland, recently, a man hooked a swan, and it required three men to hold the bird while the hook was being extracted from s thro Our Special Nursery Milk Is produced with the greatest care on lected and approved farms especially se- by the officials of the D. C. Health Department, from herds under constant medical inspection. 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