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“From Press to Home Within the Hour” WEATHER. (U. 8. Weather Bureau Forecast.) Occasional rain and warmer today and tomorrow. ‘Temperatures—Highest, 20 at 6 p.m. yesterday: lowest, 23 at 6 a.m. yesterday. Full report on page 4. The Star is delivered every evening and Sunday morning-to Washington homes by The Star’s exclusive carrier service Phone National 5000 to start immediate delivery. s{ar, ‘ 5 he w. Swndiny ITH DAILY EVENING EDITION P)_Mea ns_Associated P No. 1,295—No. 31,302. Entered as second class matter post office, Washington. D. C. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 12, 1930—116 PAGES. FIVE & IN CENTS WASHINGTON AND SUBURBS| |'TEN * CENTS ELSEWHERE HOUSE WILL SPEED ENFORCEMENT BILL, TILSON DEGLARES Hoover Is Expected to Send Commission’s Report to Congress Tomorrow. SOME W(;;K—ALREADY DONE, LEADER BARES King Goes Ahead in Senate, Intro- ducing Move to Transfer Government's Agencies. BY G. GOULD LINCOLN. Legislation to strengthen enforce- ment of prohibition is to occupy the attention of Congress almost immediate- | ly. President Hoover is expected to | send to Congress tomorrow the first | repost of the Law Enforcement Com- mission, dealing with prohibition. This report will embody several rec- ommendations for legisiation, includ- ing the transfer of prohibition enforce- ment from the Treasury Department to the Department of Justice. Representative John Q. Tilson of Connecticut, majority leader of the | House, said last night that the House would deal promptly with these rec- ommendations for legislation. Two or Three Bills Seen. “Probably 1wo or three separate bills will be necessary to cover all the rec- ommendations submitted by the Pres- ident and the Law Enforcement Com. mission for the strengthening of pro- hibition enforcement,” said Mr. Tilson. “They will be referrcd, after they have been drafted, to the committee on the judiciary and to the committee on ex- penditures in the executive depart- ment.” Mr. Tilson indicated that already some work had been done toward araft- ing these bills. The cougressional com- mittees, he said, doubtless would be aided by the executive departments in framing them. The recommendations for legislation which will be made by the President and the Law_Enforcement Commission will cover: Transfer of enforcement agencies from the Treasury Department to the Department of Justice, reorgan- ization of the various services engaged in the prevention of smuggling into one “border patrol” under the Coast Guard, codification of the laws relating m;mhib}flon and legislation moditying and simplifying procedure for dealing with a largs volume of prosecu- tions under various ral acts, in order to relieve congestion in the Fed- »ral courts. There may be other recom- | mendations, also, but it was under-| stood last night that these points would be covered. King Urges Transfer in Senate. ‘The House is expected to deal first with the legislation to strengthen pro- hibition enforcement. It is expected to pass the bills and send them to the Senate in time for that body to take them up soon after it has disposed of the tariff. Senator King of Utah, Democrat, a member of the Senate judiclary com- mittee, and of the subcommittee which handled the original Volstead act, yes- terday introduced a bill in the Senate transferring enforcement to the De- Emnem of Justice from the Treasury epartment. The Utah Senator did not wait for the administration to send in s bill for this purpose. He ex- plained that when the Volstead act first was- before the judiciary committee he had been strongly opposed to having the Treasury Department handle the enforcement of the law. “I foresaw just what would happen,” said Senator King. “The enforcement of the laws, prohibition included, should be under the dspartment of jhe Gov- ernment set up for law enforcement— the Department of Justice. I have in- troduced a bill in every Congress since the enactment of the Volstead act to transfer prohibition enforcement to the Department of Justice.” Senator King's bill, which was re- ferred to the judiciary committee, transfers all of the powers and duties of prohibition enforcement to the De- artment of Justice except those re- ating to permits for the manufacture of industrial alcohol, which he leavcs under the control of the Treasury Department. Indicates Change May Be Asked. * “I believe it would be best,” said | Senator King. “to have these permiis | for industrial alcohol still handled through the Treasury, and so leave them there for the present.” He intimated, however, that if there was not an im- provement in this matter of industrial alcohol permits, he would seek a change in_the future. The King bill does away offices of commissioner of prohibition. assistant commissioner of proisibition. deputy commissioner of prohibition and the positions of all other officers anc agents for prohibition enforcement under the Treasury Department. * T believe that the Attorney General should be given the right to build up his own prohibition enforcement or- ganization.” said Senator King. “For (Col d on Page 4, Column 3.) | of their fliness has been made, however. with the | | Tiny ‘Troops’ Come From Genoa, Italy, To Fight Corn Pest By the Associated Press. BOSTON, Mass., January 11.~— Several hundred tiny insects, de- stroyers of the dreaded corn borer, were transferred from the Dollar Line steamship President Monroe here today to the De- partment of Agriculture labora- tory at Arlington, where experi- ments will be made in combating the corn borer. The shipment of bugs came from Gencw Italy. It was the first of several similar shipments to be made. DEATH BY PARROT FEVER SPURS U. 3. New Cases Lead Officials to Study Ban on Bird Imports. By the Associated Press. Reports attributing two deaths and almost a score of serious illnesses in widely scattered points to a rare disease, psittacosis, or parrot- fever, led Fed- eral health officials last night to in- quire into points of origin of infected birds with a view to recommending restriction of their importation. Three new cases of what was be- lieved to be psittacosis, a malady often | fatal and similar to typhold fever, complicated by pneumonia, were re- ported yesterday from Providence, R. I. ‘The New York City health commis- sioner was investigating two suspected cases, and four employes of a pet store in Baltimore were under observation as possible victims. Surg. Gen. Cumming said he had official reports from his own officers who diagnosed three other cases in Annapolis, Md., as parrot disease. His attention was centered on the disease, as was that of other health authorities. ‘ Known Disease Victims. ‘The known deaths attributed to the than contact with parrots, although other animals have been infected, were those of Mrs. Percy Q. Williams of ‘Toledo and Mrs. Louise Schaffle of Baltimore. Both died after contact with parrots that were sick. Mrs. Wi liams’ husband is in-a serious con- dition. Some deaths have been attributed to the disease in Germany and yesterda: the government of Saxony placed a ban on shipment of the birds. Medical journals received by Dr. Cumming re- ported an outbreak in Buenos Air with two deaths last October among a group of nine actors stricken. Dr, mmmlnf asked Baltimore offi- clals to assist in tracing the origin of parrots affected and conferred with offi- cials of the Bureaus of Animal In- dustry and Biological Survey. He said these issue permits before the birds can be_brought into the country. Meanwhile scientists throughout the Government's health service discussed the disease, which was unknown to most of them as a human ailment until the Tecent cases developed. Not one case of it, health officials said, is on record in the history of the N: the Marine Corps or the merchant m: Rareness of transmission of the disease from person to person was marked also. Doctors explained that they knew of no instance of it. They | added that no scientific explanation of this characteristic has been advanced, psittacosis resembling other rare | diseases like undulant fever. May Ask Cultures. ‘The hygienic laboratory of Buenos Aires probably will be asked to supply officials here with cultures, it was said, because of the difficulty of obtaining material for study. One public health official who investigated the Annapolis cases said it was difficult to secure ma- terial because the patients already had been subjected to examination and re- examination and taking of many blood counts and tests by doctors interested in studying the disease. “We do not consider it practical to place an embargo on importation before making sure where the sick parrots are coming from,” Dr. Cumming said. “But we will trace this and then advise cessa- | tion of imports. Now, I find, between | 50,000 and 60,000 parrots are brought in annually, chiefly from Buenos Aires, the West Coast of Africa and Australia.” NEW SUSPECTS IN BALTIMORE. Three Cases Reported But No Positive | Diagnosis Made. BALTIMORE, January 11 (#).—Three additional cases of suspected psittacosis in Baltimore were reported late today to the city health department, bringing | the number of persons believed to be suffering from the disease in the city | to eight. According to Dr. C. Hampton Jones, health commissioner, all of the affected persons handled parrots shortly before they became {ll. Na positive diagnosis | | The condition of the three persons } suffering from the disease at Annapolis ! | was reported tonight as unchanged. | Ambassador Coming Hrome. BUENOS AIRES, January 11 (#).— | Robert Woods Bliss, United States Am- | | bassador, departed this morning for the United States by way of Chile. He ex- | pects to spend about two months on leave at home, i | ALEXANDRIA MOVIE TO DEPICT LIFE OF GEOR Citizens Will Move About Historic City in Atmosphere | of Two Centuries Ago. George Washington is to ride again through the streets of Alexandria, Va. The production of an historic motion picture in which Washington will play the “lead” and the nearby Virginia city provide the “set” was announced yesterday by the Washington Society of Alexan 5 Wwilliam B. McGroarty, president of the society, said that under its spon- sorship and direction a picturs is being prepared that will begin with the ar- rival of the boy Washington at Mount Ve , the home of his brother Lawrence, and will portray him “in Successive scenes for the next 50 years in his connection with Alexandria, his | home town.” Along the streets that Washington knew, now thriving with business to the accompaniment of fMc bearing up from the great Sou it, throught its gateway to the Capital, men and women will move again in the atmos- here of two centuries ago. ratefl birthrimhe el % T GE WASHINGTON| 1799, which marked Washington's last | | appearance socially among his friends | {and neighbors, will be depicted, and Mr. McGroarty said the event “will require the aid of a large portion of the citizenry of Alexandria descended from the forebears who tripped the minuet before George and Martha Washington on that occasion.” Among the scenes to be reproduced will be that of Gadsby's Tavern, which still stands in Alexandria, where Wash- ington enlisted his first command for the Fort Meadows campaign. Another scene will be shot in the old Carlyle house, where the first President had his meeting with Gen. Braddock. The picture will be produced in two sections. The historical section will be made available by the Washington society to patriotic and civic organiza- | tions, high schools and others through- | out the country. The close of this sec. tion will _show Gen. Washington re- viewing the Alexandria Light Infantry TEAnFIeq on Pees 2 Calimn 2 1.5, AGHINST NAVY PACT BASED LPON LEAGUE. APPROVAL Delegates Hold Limitations Should Be Considered Under Changed World Conditions. PREPARED TO DISCUSS ATTITUDE OF POWERS Stimson Ready to Agree Results Should Be Given Preparatory Disarmament Commission., BY C. D. WILLIAMSON. Associated Press Staff Writer. STEAMSHIP - GEORGE WASHING- ‘TON, at Sea, January 11 (#).—Recon- ciliation of the work of the London parley with the disarmament plans of the League of Nations appeared today to the American delegation on this ves- sel, 10 days before the opening of the meeting, one of the outstanding ques- tions with which the conference will have to deal in its early sessions. ‘While America enters the conference regarding the possible eventual agree- ment as binding without recourse to any other organization, the American delegates will be prepared to discuss the attitude of others that such an agree- meng should be linked with the work of the League as far as they are concerned. | Stimson Ready to Agree. | It was learned on the highest au-: thority that Secretary of State Henry L. { Stimson was ready to agree that the re- sults of the conference should be turned over to the Preparatory Disarmament Commission of the League as a step in furthering the commission’s work on the question of general disarmament, in disease, which scientists say is rarely | » transmitted to humans by other means | SIICh the United States has co- On the other hand, America is pre- | pared to cppose vigorously any plan to make the conference agreement for the United States dependent upon approval by _the League machinery. It is the attitude of the American delegates, according to the same au-! thority, that consideration of limitations | by the conference should be based large- | 1y on the changed world conditions since the conference of 1921. Paramount among these changes are considered to | be the Kellogg anti-war pact, the rapid expansion of world social and economic exchanges, the growth in number of treaties of arbitration and conciliation and also the benefits derived by nations who are members of the League of Na- tions. Meet in Changed Atmosphere. Unlike the situation in 1921, when the | League was in its infancy and the theory of the Kellogg pact for renuncia- tion of war was a diplomatic dream, the present conference will meet in a changed atmosphere with only recon- ciliation of the varied views of the value of these agencies necessary. Secretary Stimson has steadfastly de- clined to comment on the plans of the conference, but he is known to feel patience and willingness to devote al- most unlimited time to evolve an agree- ment which will overcome this obstacle. It was considered doubtful whether this question, however, will be dis- cussed in the conversations that Mr. Stimson is arranging with the heads of other delegations preliminary to the opening session, since the matter is regarded as directly concerning the conference and not any two nations. High Seas Postponed Conference. A boisterous sea throughout today further postponed the conference which the Secretary of State anticipates hold- ing before reaching Plymouth early on Friday. All of the delegates rested in their " staterooms. Mr. Stimson chose for his reading some poems and also “Memories of the Civil War,” written by his father, Lewls Stimson. United States Ambassador to Mexico Dwight W. Morrow, as he has been known to do in the past, turned to detective _thrillers, Senator Robinson chose history, while Senator Reed d | Secretary Adams chose to walk the | deck. Because of the clearing skies Capt. | Randall for the first time relaxed his constant vigil on the bridge and min- gled with the delegates and their ad- visers. CONFERENCE i | WITH TARDIEU. Stimson Will Make Effort To Reconcile | France's View. An eleventh-hour effort to reconcile France's point of view with the spirit | of the five-power naval limitations con- | ference will be made by Henry L. Stim- son, Secretary of State and chairman of the American delegation, in a private conference in London with Premier Andre Tardieu on Saturday, Jan- uary 13. It was learned officially yesterday that Secretary Stimson had made a definite appointment with Premier Tar- dieu shortly before he.left Washington and that one of the principle reasons (Continued on Page 4, Column 5) SEmEn |BELGIAN PLOT BRINGS NEWS CONTROVERSY Papers Disagree on Whether Con- spiracy Against Family of King Was Genuine. By the Associated Press. BRUSSELS, January 11.— Belgian newspapers are engaged in a contro- versy as to whether the recently re- ported plot against the lives of the Bel- glan royal family was really the work of a Fascist agent provocateur or was a genuine conspiracy by extremists. The Brussels Sofr says that Princess Marie Jose some time before her mar- riage expressed the wish that amnesty be granted to political prisoners on the | occasion of her wedding to Crown Prince Humbert of Italy and that this sentiment was voiced in her behalf by an_important Belgian personality. In order to prevent this release, the newspaper says, & Fascist agent pro- vocateur in Belgium received instruc- tions to start a plot aimed at the royal family. On the other hand, the Paris corre- spondent of the Nation Belges main- tains the existence of an anti-Fascist arganization il Paris and declares that v by the seized docu- | papaey. | | HITS COEDLEATION Condemns Sex Instruction and Gymnastic Display of Young Women. | | By the Associated Press. VATICAN CITY, January 11.—Pope Pius, in his first encyclical of the new year, under the title, “Of Christian | Education of the Young, today up- | held his educational policy, maintain- | ing that education of youth was the affair first of the church, then of the | family and then of the State. | ‘The document, which was the most | extensive formal one dealing with world-wide affairs in the past two years, was published in vernacular Italian instead of the traditional Latin | for the first time in the history of the | It will be followed by trans-| lations into other modern languages. | Although many of its points were | directed at the Fascist conception of | youthful upbringing, the encyclical ap- plication was not limited to Italy but touched educational questions every- | where. Among the things condemned by the Pontiff ~were co-education. Sexual education of the young, overmuch physical training and public gymnastic displays by young women, sending chil- dren away from home to school at too early an age, the new naturalism move- | ment in education, bad films and bad radio programs, The document occupied 15 columns | of Osservatore Romano. Cites Supreme Court Decision. In the course of the encyclical the Pope cited a decision of the United States Supreme Court on the Oregon school case of June 1, 1925, supporting his contention on the family's right to | supervise the education of children. Part of the language of the court’s findings was quoted in the encyclical | and a foot note credited it to the Su- preme Court decision. 1 Among the perils to adolescence the pontiff cited cheap pornographic books, | some moving pictures and *radiophonic | auditions which multiply and facilitate | if one may say so all sorts of readiness’ as ]?he cinema does all sorts of spec- cles.” The Pope said that both the motion pictures and radio, which may be ol! great utility in instruction and educa- | tion, “too often are subordinated to in- | centives toward evil passions and avidity for gain.” Against Modern Theories. The Pope declared himself against three modern theories of education— pedagogic naturalism, or_the system of ontinued on Page 2, Column 3.) Detroit Firemen Put Golden Rule In Working Order By the Associated Press. DETROIT, January 11.—Be- lieving that ‘the 5 per cent raise voted them by the Board of Fire Commissioners Thursday might better be used toward alleviating poverty and unemployment in the city, Detroit firemen an- nounced today that they would ask the commission to rescind its action next Monday. The money represented by the proposed raise, approximately $215,900 annually, should be used to employ men who need work for “the necessities of their fam- Capt. Joseph A. Creed of Engine Company No. 2, spokes- man for the firemen, said today. Under the present salary scale the chief receives $7,500; deputy chiefs $4,500; battalion _chiefs $4,008; captains $3,180; lieuten- ants $2,880 and pipemen and lad- der men $2,420. CATHEDRAL WORK MAY BE SUSPENDED Bishop Freeman Issues “Call to Arms” in Plea for Funds. Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, yesterday warned that unless sufficient funds are raised within the next six months to carry forward the building of Washington Cathbdral “it is within the range of possibility” that operations will have to be suspended. “This is literally a call to arms,” | Bishop Freeman declared, in bringing to the attention of the Washington Cathedral committee, parent group of the national committee, the critical situation that confrents the cathedral authorities. Citing the fact that contributions to the building fund had shrunk about $1,000,000 last year, Bishop Freeman warned that the “emergency” must be met if the two transcepts, the big ob- jective set, are to be completed by Feb- ruary 22, 1932, when the 200th anni- versary of the birth of George Wash- ington is to be observed in the National Capital. “‘Address yourselves this year as never before to the interests of the cathedral,” Bishop Freeman pleaded, explaining that the completion of the north and south transcepts and a section of the nave involves the sum of $2,000,000. “We ought to have $125,000 or $150,000 Continued on Page 5, Column 5.) | By the Associated Press. AKRON, Ohio, Jaruary 11.—Three giant dirigibles to operate between the Western Coast of the United States and Japan bringing the Orient several days nearer to the American traveler and business man who has his eye on the commercial development of Asia, is the | tentative scheme of dirigible builders here. 1t is expected that 1932 will be the date the first ship is put into service. This will run between Honolulu and | a city in California, according to Paul W. Litchfield, president of the Good- year-Zeppelin' Corporation which is the parent of the Pacific Zeppelin Trans- port Co. ‘The ships ‘will follow the design of the new Navy dirigibles ZRS-4 and 5 which will be 785 feet long and have & capacity for helium gas of 6,500,000 cubic feet, Litchfield said. They will embrace the same features for safety. The builders promise that passenger quarters in the new ships will be much Jarger than those in the Graf Zeppelin. With the use of h®lium for inflation, the passengers may be housed with safety inside the hulk of the ship it- self. Protruding beneath, will be only the cabins, fore and aft, for navigation. The builders tentatively plan accom- modations for 100 passengers. With this capacity, the total deck area will be 12,000 square feet, of which each state room uses An average of more than 70 square feet. Tentative plans call for two floor fevels. On the lower, which will be AP g rotion ot the | the outer walls. THREE GIANT AIRSHIPS LlNKING : U. S. AND ORIENT TO BE SPEEDED First Dirigible Is Expected to Be Put in Operation in 1932, With Room for 100 Passenge | ship, will be kitchens, saloons, club Ts. rooms, and quarters for officers and | crew. On the upper floor, or deck, will be state rooms and promenades next to Each state room will be for two persons, and will be similar to_those in Pullmans. The dirigibles will bs operated supple- mentary to surface carriers and air- planes.” Directors of the Pacific corpo- ration include officials of three Pacific steamship companies, the United Afr- craft & Transport Corporation, and the Aviation Corporation. The president of the Pacific Zeppelin is Jerome C. Hun- sacker, former Navy commander in charge of naval construction and repair. After the first ship is put into opera- tion, the two others will follow. The trip'to Honolulu will require a day and a half, while that to Manila will take six days. From Manila, Yokohama would be only a day and a half away. The time to the Orient would be shorter than the time back because of the favorable winds. The route from the West Coast is said to be the most favor- able for ocean-going air liners. The starting point in California has not been determined. A dirigible dock similar to the at Akron where the ZRS-4 is_bein built will be located in California. There is a hangar now at Tokio. Moor- ing masts probably will be built at the other points. They probably will be telrscopic, it was sald, as a matter of safety. Construction of the new ships is ex- pected to follow completion of the Navy dirigibles, taking advantage of the sainmant haine pead wan e DO SURVIVORS TELL OF PAPLOSON |Important New Facts Ob- | tained in Triple Dynamite [ Murder. | | | Centering their probe in Washing- | |ton, investigators yesterday drew a ! {graphic word picture of the Seat | Pleasant bomb outrage from three sur- | vivors of the triple Maryland murder. | Lieut. Joseph T. Itzel of the Balti- | more detective bureau, conducted the | | 30-minute examination of the three witnesses with the assistance of J. Wilson Ryon, prominent Mariboro at torney, who has been retained to State's Attorney J. Frank Parran in | solving the “Christmas gift” explosion. | Ong leaving Providence .Hospital, where the injured were questioned, Itzel announced he had obtained “im- portant new information which may be | of great assistane in solving the crime.” | He revealed he had talked with Mrs. | Nora Hall and her two sons, Leslie, 16, | and Thomas, 8 years old. Brothers Still in Jail. Meanwhile, Leroy Brady, young au- tomobile mechanic, and his brother, | Herman Brady, a farmer, were still held | in the Marlboro jail without bond. Leroy has been charged with murder as a result of the death of Mrs. Naomi Hall Brady, an expectant mother, and her brother and sister, Samuel Hall, 19 months old, and Dorothy Hall, 41, years old. “I haven't an _enemy in the world,” | Mrs. Hall told Itzel when asked who | she thought was the perpetrator of the | bombing. Lying on a tiny white cot, | the wounded mother of the three vic: | tims assured Itzel she would “be well soon.” “All So Sudden.” | "It was all so sudden,” Mrs. Hall de- | clared, “that I can't remember much deafening noise. I was stand- Naomi (Mrs. Brady) when the bomb went off. The next thing I | knew I was in the hospital. You have |no idea how quickly it all happened. Poor Naomi was smiling when she re- moved the wrapper of the cardboard box. A moment later the thing went off. Itzel and Ryon abandoned their ef- forts to question Mrs. Hall further when the patient showed signs of nerv- ousness. They said a written state- ment would be taken from her later. Leslie Hall told the investigators the infernal machine exploded & split second after the outer Wrapper was re- moved. He said the package in which the death-dealing device was packed contained two cardboard boxes of equal size. He described the outer parcel as being about a foot and a half leng, a | foot deep and a foot broad. Thomas Hall was unable to add any- thing to the statements of his mother | and brother. TODAY’S STAR and Foreign. Schools and Colleges—Page B-4. PART TWO—12 PAGES. Editorial Section—Editorials and Edi- torial Features. Notes of Art and Artists—Page 4. Review of New Books—Page 4. Financial News—Pages 6, 7, 8 and 9. Organized Reserves—Page 9. | At Community Centers—Page 10. D. A. R. Activities—Page 10. | Gold ‘Star Mothers—Page 10. W. C. T. U. Activities—Page 10. | Spanish War- Veterans—Page 10, PART THREE—12 PAGES. Soclety. PART FOUR—12 PAGES. Amusement Section—Theater, and Music. In the Motor World—Pages 5 and 6. Aviation Activities—Page 8. News of the Clubs—Pages 9 and 12, Fraternities—Pages 10 and 12. Radlo News—Page 11. PART FIVE—A PAGES. Sports Section. PART SIX—8 PAGES. Classified Advertising. Serial Story, “This Strange Adven- ture"—Page 6, Veterans of Great War—Page 7. Parent-Teacher Activities—Page 8. Clubwomen of the Nation—Page 8. Marine Corps Notes—Page 8. Army and Navy News—Page 8. District of Columbia Naval Reserve— Page 8. | PART SEVEN—24 PAGES. Magazine Section. Cross-word Puzzle—Page 22. GRAPHIC SECTION—8 PAGES. World Events in Pictures. COLOR SECTION—$ PAGES. Moon Mullins; Mutt and Jeff; Reg'lar Fellers; Mr. and Mrs.; Little Orphan Annie Brutus; ‘Somebody's Stenog; ik’ érh'l of Historv, Screen CHANGES PLANNED T0 IPROVE WORK Movement Seen for More Flexible Code Affecting Dis- trict Property. i BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT | INCLUDED IN PROPOSAL | Many Advantages Are Seen in| Program to Modify Present | Regulations. S. Radical reorganization of the admin- Istrative office of the Zoning Commis- | sion, designed to enable it to function | more effectively and constructively, is planned by District officials, and pro- | posals to this end are to be formulated | this year for action by Congress next | Winiter, it was learned yesterday from authoritative sources at the District Building. Appointment of a full-time perma- | nent zoning officer to conduct the ex- ecutive work of the commission and th> provision of an adequate personnel for the office will b: recommended, it is announced. It is planned to make pro- vision for salaries for these employes in the estimates for the year 1931-32 which will be drafted this coming Sum- | mer as part of the budget proposed for | that fiscal year. Another important proposed change in zoning here is the subject of an official and serious study, it was re- vealed. The commission has direcied its present executive officer to investi- gate and report as soon as possible on the need of creation of a board of ad- justment and to prepare an outline of proposed machinery and organization WARREN. 7 !and Sidney F. Taliaferro, whose terms 70N COMMISSION DOZEN CANDIDATES STUDIED BY HOQVER AS DISTRICT HEADS Dougherty and Taliaferro Are Boosted by Friends for Reappointment. EARLY DECISION SEEN ON COMMISSIONERSHIPS Names of Several Men, Including Former Army Officers, Sub- mitted for Consideration. y ety Commissioners Proctor L. Dougherty expire February 4, will learn shortly whether they are to be reappointed, or whether President 'Hoover intends to put men at the head of the District Government of his own choosing. Both Dougherty and Taliaferro are ap- pointees of former President Coolidge. ‘The . President is giving serious con- sideration to the commissionerships, it was learned at the White House yes- | terday, and indications are that his | plans, as yet undecided, will be de- | termined in the near future. Despite Mr. Hoover’s silence, the ac- tivity of some of his associates on whom heis depending to look into the for the two positions, some change is contemplated. There both Commis- | sioners Dougherty and Taliaferro would be permitted to retire, and other re- | ports that one of them would be re- appointed. : | have been rumors that Dozen Men Suggested. The names of a dozen or mors men | have been submitted to the President | for consideration as successors to the under which such a board would operate. The purpose of such a board, within or separate from the present commission, would be to make more | | flexible the’ present zoning regulations. Code Too “Inflexible.” Zoning officials have recognized that the present code is in some cases too “inflexible,” causing hardships to some property owners with no advantage to the District as a whole, but there is some fear that a separate board of ad- Jjustment empowered to make excep- tions from literal interpreations of the regulations of the Zoning Commission might prove unwise. The study just ordered is designed to determine if some form of ization might be given board of adjustment powers; with- out the danger that the fundamental zcning here might be upset, and yet providing relief in justifiable cases. Zoning in Washington now is ad- ministered by an ex-officio commission, composed of heads of Federal and Dis- trict agencies, and the work of the commission office is executed under the direction of an ex-officio District exec- utive by District employes “borrowed" from other departments. An assistant engineer commissioner, Maj. Donald A. Davison, now is desig- nated as executive officer of the com- mission, but can devote but a modicum of his time to 'zoning matters because of the pressure of other Government matters, it is pointed out. Other members of the present staff are S. G. Lindholm, employed and paid as an engineer of the building inspec- tor's office, who is “borrowed” by the Zoning . Commission; a clerk employed by the District as a messenger in the engineering department of the District, and Maj. Davison's stenographer, an employe of the engineering department, who gives part time to the zoning work. Not Adequate Now. Zoning officials, as well as_outside organizations, the Operative Builders' Association, ‘the local chapter of the American Institute of Architects and the zoning advisory committee of local trade groups, have stated that this present organization of the zoning executive office is not adequate to handle its work properly and have rec- ommended creation of a properly staffed executive dffice. One official declared emphatically yesterday that the executive officers, | under the present system, cannot find time to make current studies of the effect of zoning in Washington in the light of the trends of the city's growth, increase in population and amounts of available bullding sites for various classes of structures to guide the com- mission intelligently in its decisions. Provision of & permanent, full-time zoning executive officer and provision of a commission staff adequate to han- dle the mass of routine business of the commission, it is declared, would make possible such studies and more effective | and constructive zoning. Zoning has beem in effect in Wash- ington for nine and a half years and yet there were no comprehensive studies of its effect here in relation to the growth of the city until 1928, it was pointed out. Thus, while the decisions of the com- mission by and large have met with public approval in most cases, there being but an insignificant number of contests over decisions taken to court for review, the commission- has not had the advantage of studies of the effect | of its decisions as a guide to future | planning. Changes Are Frequent. Proponents of a permanent full-time executive officer point out also that the | membership of the commission changes | from time to time, the Assistant En- gineer Commissioner serving as ex- officio_execu two Commissioners. Some of them are | nationally known; others are pronmi- | nent in Washington's civic life. Friends of Dougherty and Taliaferro, | however, are working just as assiduously |to have them reappointed as the sup- | porters of the other candidates for | their positions. | Ma). Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chair- | man of the Public Utilities Commission, | was at one time regarded as a likely successor to_either Dougherty or Talia- ferro, but he was removed. from con- sideration because the President be- lieved he would be of greater service on the commission where his work has been impressive. The shifting of Gen. Patrick also would have. confronted the President with the problem of Gnding a suitable successor for him on the commission. ‘When it became known. that the | President was leaning toward the idea of a retired Army officer.as a possible means of providing the Board of Com- | missioners with a man of known abil- | ity and strong character, he was o vised that Lieut. Gen. r Jadwin might be induced to acespt the appoint- ment in view of his interest in eity management and his desire to engage in big undertakings. Gen. Jadwin re- 'tired several months ago as Chief of | Engineers of the Arm; His name also | was removed from consideration when ,n] became known that he had other plans. | Other Army Men Mentioned. | The names of several other retired Army officers or men with military training -are before the President, how- | ever. These include Maj. Gen. Barnett, former commandant of the Marine Corps: Maj. Clayton E. Emig, who is active in the Dupont Circle Cjtizens’ Association, and Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, commandant of the District Militia and president of the a{oerchnms and Manufacturers’ Associa- n. Others whose names have been sub- mitted to the President are: Ernest G. Walker, for many years a Washington newspaper correspondent and former president of the Gridiron Club; Daniel E. O'Connell, city editor of the Wash- ington Times; Ringgold Hart, former principal assistant corporation counsel of the District; Charles I. Stengle, former member of Congress from New York_and a prominent delegate from the Petworth Citizens' Association to ! the Federation of Citizens’ Associations; A. J. Driscoll. president of the Mid-City Citizens' Association; Henry J. Gilligan, member of the Board of Education, and | Edwin S. Hege, delegate to the federa- tion from the Chevy Chase Citizens® l:::ocllthn,d Bflt::' S'é‘r:'lk ll’\Ald Hege e served on the Citizens' Advisory “ Couneil. The Republican State committee in and for the District has not recom- | mended a candidate for either tion, | " (Continued on Page 2, Column 2.) [EIGHT MASKED MEN HOLD UP LABOR UNION Loot Estimated at $1,000—One of Victims Reported Kidnaped. By the Associated Press. PHILADELPHIA, January 11.—Eigh masked robbers today lined about lu’i men agdinst_the walls of a three-story building at Eighteenth and Gar- den streets, occupied by labor unions, ln:!lk\leb:l“flm or more. ) ter beating one man, they esea) in an automobile. Vl.etlmly e losing from $1 to $100 each. The rob- bers operated simultaneously on all three floors. Police said one of the vietims was (Continued forced into the robbers’ car a driven away with them. S PLAN FOR FRUIT FLY WORKERS TO SEARCH FOR RUM REJECTED Agriculture Department Turns Down Suggestion of Florida Dry Leader. By the Associated Press . The Agriculture Department today | disapproved a suggestion by Dr. C. W. | Crooks, superintendent of the Florida Anti-Saloon League, that Federal in- spectors assigned to Mediterranean fruit fiy work in Florida be required to search automobiles for liquor. The suggestion was made in a letter | which Dr. Crooks sent to Senator | Fletcher, Bemocrat, Florida, who today | made public the Agriculture Depart- | The letter, signed by Dr.' 8. A. Rohwer, acting chief of the Plant Quar- antine Administration, pointed out thas employes of the department were net Authorized to enforee the 'prohibition law and that there was no. authority under which they could be assigned to the work. § It added that it was believed that if el e lose a great deal of t . present eo- tion, but it woull ace the' cperafon: but i woue piace W ives