Evening Star Newspaper, January 4, 1931, Page 3

’cEN‘?sus TORBVEAL oD CITIES JOBLESS 4,500 Enumerators Will Make Canvass by Mid-February for U. S. Committee. (] By the Assoclated Press. ‘With the same schedule, same in- | quiries, same instructions as last April 4500 enumerators will start a special unemployment census of 20 cities Jan- uary 15. Thn 10-month change in the em- ployment problem is to be gai ed ]sln:e l’n employment census was as Afl.hur Woodl chairman of the Pres- ident’s Emergency Committee for Em- Bedyment. said today the census would rushed to completion. As the count proceeds, he said, figures will be rushed to Wuhlnmn for concurrent tabula- making totals available within a l)iwrt¢flme after the field work is com- plete p Hl_d-l-‘ebnury Report Hope. ' He said Census Director Steuart was by the ing Dfliflhle‘nlfpuclflon of statistics to Steuart said the 20 cities, totaling about 21,000,000 population, represent- ed one-sixth of the entire population and all major geographic divisions and would give “a good idea of the na- tional trend.” He added it would furnish an index of the relation between employmenta and certain key industries, Detroit, for example, reflecting the automobile in- dustry and Pittsburgh the steel sit- * uation. House-to-House Canvass. As in the April census, a house-to- house canvass system will be followed. To develup the extent to which people have gone to cities looking for work, one new question will be asked, “Has National Capital Committee of Garden Club of America Launpches Program. BEGINS ROAD SIGNS FIGHT 1 |Federal* and Civic Officials ! Take Up Problem of Improv- ing Approaches to City. Important plans for beautifying the landscape wi & 2-mile radius of the main highway approaches to the Na- tional Capital before the George Wash- ington bicentennial celebration in 1932 were successfully projected Friday after- noon at a meeting of Government offi- clals and civic leaders called by the Committee of the National Capital of the Garden Club of America. th this committee at the . Frank B. Noyes, its chair- |man, these representative leaders in | city planning united enthusiastically in & Joint movement to obtain positive ac- tion on & ment 0 among those attending the officials of the National Ctplul Plrk and Planning Comm! n, the Wash- ington Bicentennial American Automobile Association and representatives of the garden clubs from Maryland and Virginia. After a general discussion of the vari- ous elements entering into the deface- ment of these front-door approaches to the Capital City, emphasis was placed on the need, under a general improve- ment campaign, of concentrating efforts upon two main objectives. Prime con- sideration, it was pointed out, should be given to the elimination of - billboards and other forms of commercialized ugli- ness within the vicinity of the principal entrances and the erection of dignified this person been in the city more than four months?” Steuart said -an increase, both in numbers unemployed and in duration of idleness, was expected from the Jan- uary -census. ‘The cities in which the census will be taken are: Boston, the Manhat- tan and Bronx Boroughs of New ¥ork, Brooklyn, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Pitts- burgh, Dayton, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Duluth, Minneapolis, St. Louis, Birmingham, New Orleans, Houston, Drnver‘ Seattle, Los Angeles and San Francisco. “Alf men are born free nnd equal” is continually quoted as from the Declara- tion of Independence, but really it curs in the Constitution of the State of Massachusetts. The Declaration merely says: “All men are created equal.” SPECIAL NOTICES. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE STOCK-: ToiGors or the Atlantic_Bonding Company, be held at the ofce of rtax ex- 1!, 1931, andria, am. glection “of officers and business AtirTic BULDING SOMEANT, mflen i 27 ML M PARKER, Jr. F THE STOOK- Association THE mmtu Bolders of the Home Bulldin rectors and ToF each ather *businces 33 Come"Selare the meeting will be held at the QF THE TREASURER. 1006 Penn- Byivania Avem TUESDAY. JAN- UARY 131931, s .z s orclock L2 This Asocition now ' pavs interest. unded m t Stocl uumen Stock. s A “"“"Aifn';“‘umm Gompany of Washinston and Georsetown: m": New anrk. assoclate thirteen m. v - SWARD. Becretary. i) wfiifli T S " patore. the mceting wil ":bt 0%, m.n DATE 1 WILL o‘r{un- debts other than thoss e 5 l(' rsonally. xno yisnd Back M ginl na ul.d Any one Mhel fhan"mrie ot '5"6{. b 4 AE!!L THE OFFICE OF W_W._ & E F THOW. gou, chiropodists. 13th ahd G sts nw. will 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. continuously. ‘lm TO HAUL_FULL OR PART_LOAD or from New York, Richmond. Boston, Pittsburgh and all way points: special rates. NATIONAL ASSN.. INC.. 1317 K. Y. ave. Nat. 1460. Local moving also. FLOORE SCRAPED an practical up'dvnu C Nmoofl. st. ne. Phone Lincoln mx bib, 1031, ,_Becretary. WILL NOT BE m.l FOR ANY by other ™R S "Beaver Hcmm. TAL MEETING T IEE nocx toclnlon -m be n.h at "\ fasonie el mo 2" 100k o the Purposs a0 nf:cuen of directors and rec Jeceiving reports. President. debts myself. Md Attest: B. W. BPILLE. &u CED RATES ON - SHIPMI oF #00ds by Allied Ven Tines, seturn “pool” cars to Pacifice Cost, and by wn to midwest cities ity stovase complny 1140 1 PHOLSTERING DONE AT Vouu HOME. Slip covers, Ot Natlonal 5365, Ak tor G Thouse! ire Nation-wide Y long Dietance Movine ng-Distance Moving. ANTED— RETURN DS Hartshorn Ho Cumlm on your yoll- ers at ourfact: ny size up to 367x'; {atuer sizes in proportion. = No phone orders. THE SHADE FACTORY 3417_Conn. Ave. PID AN'D rnnsm; FLOORS &= D IASI mxm lfl!l Nlh -( Wefl 1071, tatice moving our markers of ornamental columns set in artistic_landscaping on these highways at the District lihe. Approved by. Planners. ‘The National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission has approved plans for these markers at the District line to be made from the columns to be taken from the State, War and Navy Building, it was reported by Charles W. Eliot, Zd, city planner of the commission. plans for the markers, which show eol- umns surmounted by eagles, with attrac- tively landscaped nds of trees and plants, will be submitted to the Fine Arts Commission, Mr. Eliot said, for ap- proval at its me‘tlng this week. Mrs. Noyes explained that these plans, which would give to the highway en- trances a setting in ke:ping with the dignity and artistic development of the Nation's Capital, had been approved by the Garden Club of America as its conzrxbud::?n ':owll'fl the bicentennial. Responding an appeal, officers of the various garden clubs of Mary- - | examples of destrus important feature of the enm mfl to rid the tourist-traveled ys of roadside, nuisances was the Taration of Representative Sol Bloom of director of o EEEEEE&ES Eliot pylons it Gungh Island “el::‘e,d ladensburg road and Marlboro ‘The V! said, presented the principal vrobl Bllaefled ylmunr around the pylons were outlined gflc Olpi"l Park and Plan- Various trees ive entrances would be $5,222, and cost of the Highway and Key Bridge developments at about $1,500 for the two. He made no estimate for planting at the Chain While official the marker jects and pledged W‘QL to s thmughoucmsrsnu'-nt m for. and landscaj about the markers in accordance with approved plans. Can Advance Seme Funds. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, T the l'wkm markers will now €0 to the Hne 'ts Commission, vhlch is to meet next week. g.;mth'l Tran:fer & Storage th Company. North 3343 1Y Y05 M wen uine Bervice. Chileott. WINDOW SHADES 80c * BT T i p Er thas U NATIONAL SHADE SHOP 1213 Eye Street N.W. Furniture Repairing, Upholstcrinz ir Caneing CLAY ARMSTRONG 3235 10th St. N.W. Metropolitan 2062 , | R A ‘who co-c% 'Ifl\ml:r“'fil;fll in his phm (fl hnfl- scap! entrance wpmch- . tended the meeting to . | roads signs, she declared, beautiful.trees had outdoor advertising int e sought in connection for hndmpe his ml&ndlefip! architect of | Wi THE SUNDAY STAR WASHiNGTON D. C, JANUARY 4, 1931—PART ONE. PLANS TO BEAUTIFY D. C. HIGHWAY ENTRANCES - FOR BICENTENNIAL CELEBRATION ARE STUDIED Designs for the ornamental landscaped setting at the main entrances been approved by the National Capital Garden Club of America is entrances as its contribution toward plans g made in this connection. Sle pointed out that the general campaign to im- prove: the hi wly in time for the Wasl icentennial was wld!r in its ;‘eope im:luding mfin ition in the District and I.n Maryland when '-hc I‘g:!h of uu State convenes wil a short time Munenmpleotthtneedoleon- centrated action in roadside landscape from wholesale destruction by 4 illegal and authorized advertisi Mrs. Noyes called attention to tions in the vicinity of Chain Mr. Eliot also had earlier cited marring of the Bladensburg Memorial site by an array of unsightly billboards. Mrs. Noyes said she.felt much dis- Bmungedfld‘ over these conditions at Chain e. eondl- At the Fairfax line within the six,months, she said, a number of lboards had been erected, spoiling the views on one of the most beautiful near Washington To erect these is such roadside bnuty. l\w said, that has !oreed ctvu Join in the movement to md eu.m ‘within Ilhlnm As associate director of the thin‘ ton Bicentennial Commission, she said, Representative Bloom had a plan by which the co- uonofun ‘wantonly destroyed. ictiveness t0 eo—om'! in the umndin e nies or with adver- Two Methods for Action. There.are two ways for the Bicen- sagainst billboards, Mr. could deal with the outdoor the | advertising compa: Hisers as Individuals. T think they will see the justice in ) gR P Col. orunll'hodlolddx_edt.h- b suggestion to in .u:a e the campaign He sug- gested that. mmm;—g nummdmmmnnh&:nndofihu billboard- conditions in the -Wi > accuratel new cases which will 4 i % i k 3 g : | z | ;fi? i j ‘5E§§E i i 3EEdE i il i i i é ! § g i i ;s & § EE : & : £ 5 8 85 '§§ £ ; i : it W i g ¢ 8 w—._ STANDARD MERGES OIL SHIPPING ABROAD Activities of Foreign Subsidiaries to Be Under One Manage- ment at Lichtenstein. ID.C. COURT 0.K'S PLANTO END JAMS Innovations Will Follow Ex- haustive Inquiry—Apply to Civil Cases Only. (Continued From Pirst Page.) utes, it may be assigned as a “non- {Lflz case to one of the five trial jus- Rotation by the civil justices in the new tion of motion and as- signment justice is recommended. ' New Office Proposed. Assistance to the motion and assign- | ment. justice is to come from his regu- lar court clerk and also from an em- plon of the clerk’s office to be known the assignment commissioner, a new ofles recommended in the report. The Justice’s clerk will relieve the justice to n lrum degree than under the pres- icularly with regard to the arrangement for times for hearing of cases. The assignment commissioner will be permanently on this work and will han- dle all the work incident to the assign- ment and calling of cases in the trial courts and the sending of juries to such them "o}“" Jury cases assigned. sioner by the motion and assigriaent|j mmu becomes active only when coun- sel in pendl cases are unwilling to accept tion made by the eommm!oner or when the commissioner himself 1s in doubt. ‘There are nine justices in the court and it is proposed that two be assigned to the trial of criminal cases and a third to condemnation matters, leaving #ix to handle the civil business of the court. One of these latter is to have the position of motion and assignment Justice for a specified time and the five others are to hear such as may be assigned to ‘them by the fotion and assignment justice. Relief Plan Provided. 'lb relieve the burden of the latter, it s provided, that motions may bz disposed of without oral hearing ex- t in cases that require such hearing. ns for new u’tll of course, will be heard trial tices, but in the case o ot mo- of 'hlch are now made and which 1 be greatly de- creased, the filing must be accompanied by a stat:ment of points of law and authorities relied uj ‘Within three the ‘opposing party may file & .lmulr statement in opposition, otherwise the motion will be considered as conceded. If the respond- ent files his statement the matter will regarded as submitted to the court upon such statements unless the parties or either of them request an oral hear- , the granting of which shall be in discretion of the motion justice. great advantage of the new C is' claimed, will come from that the work of five courts is In any one court the i on the uu{)mx is nedc:s- irregular. n some days be disposed o( and then for eeks there may remain or being hnrd. H the work of is pooled, this irre ity ¥ will be diminished, though, of course, it can never be eliminated entirely. Tt will be possible to approxi- mate more ly the numb:r of be called for trial any given day if five courts are r. In this way the number of cases which must be held ready for trial is reduced and the time lawyers, litigants and citizens sum- as witnesses conserved. te Will Assign as Requested. ent commissioner. is to ul the civil juries and uested to the Those not accepted will re- general jury room. Should umu.l! in other branches of the court or in the Court of Appeals, the commissioner is em- o pass over that case and as- sign the following case for trial. ‘The committee in its report suggested that not more than 20 cases be named on the daily assignment. Another innovation is what is known calendar, which is to be the assignment commis- to include not more than calendar is to give three ' notice before the case is placed daily assignment. Cases on the calendar or on the alarm cal- y be continued fo» the term to(mnldmbothsldes, filed commissioner, but not more continuances will be granted e year. When a case reaches assignment it cannat be post- for any cause excepting one has arisen since the preceding | i and is e i ; i E ‘The conclusions reached by the com- mittee and recommended to the court summarized as follows: disposition of miscellaneous and emer- gency matters. as motions day, “2. Eliminate PFriday tting five full trial days per week. hearing and such hnrlnl is desired by the motions judge. _ Clerks to Prepare Calendars, “4, Proyide that the clerk of the mo- tions judge, under his direction, shall prepare a motions calendar for each day of the wuk Mondays to Fridays, inclu- sive, with cases set tor an approximat hour in the day. arranged ghlights of the Report of Committee on Expediting Court Proceedings Designate six justices to handle civil business and appeint one of them as motion and assignment justice, in rotation, to hear and dispcse for Abolish Friday as motion day, permitting five full trial d; week in five eoum Mntlont to be heard every day, excepting of motions, ex parte matters and assignment of cases to the other five Thearing. s each tions after verdict, which shall be heard before the trial justice. Simplify and expedite the disposition of motions by requiri points and authorities by both sides w‘mc‘&' oral m{ statements of the ‘Two other Jmucu to hear criminal cases and a third in condemna- proceedings. Establish l“‘!nu'tl c-lendlr control for all civil cases, from which a daily nnunmem shall be ite the office of nfl‘nmmt commissioner, who shall be an amplnyo ol l.hn clerk's offics, to have complete contrcl of the making up of the calendars and motion justice. and assignments under the supervision of the assignment Make available an alarm calendar of 60 cases three days before the cases are to reach the daily assignment. Require counsel to respond in 30 minutes to a notice that he has the next case cn the call. Deny continuances to cases after they reach the daily assignment except for cause arising since the preceding day. shall be made up; the cases to progress in their numerical calendar order. “Sufficient cases shall be on the alarm calendar to provide a three-day inter- val between the placing of a case thereon and the ' assignment of the case for trial, and we suggest a maxi- mum of 60 cases. “7. Create the office of assignment commissioner, who shall have complete control of the making up of the calen- dars and assignments under the super- vision of the assignment and motions an intercommunciating tele- trial, settlement or dismissal, and no continuance or resetting shall be then {:‘mmed except for cause shown aris- since the preceding day. Applica- tion shall be made to the assignment and motions judge prior to assignment to trial, or after lssl(nment to the trial judge to whom the case is assigned. Continuances or resettings before the trial date may be allowed on stipulation, all attorneys consenting. and without the showing of cause therefor, to the | Mol number of three only in any one year. When this number has ..Xn reached continuances may be only for cause phone system in the court house, cen- | shown. tering in the assignment commissioner’s office and extending to the clerk's desk in each court room and also to the chambers of each of the judges of the court, permitting instant intercommuni- cation at all times. (Any unexpended balance of the commission's appropria- tion for travel expenses could be used for this purpose, Congress authorizing it.) The duties of the assignment com- missioner shall include: ‘“(a) Sending notice to counsel on both sides of each case that the case is on the alarm calendar. Such notice lhnllbountt.hldlymeunnyuc on the alarm calendar. No case shall, without the consent of counsel, be put on_ the daily assignment until the ex- pll'lf.hn of three days after being placed upon the alarm calendar. Keeping in Constant Touch. “(b) Keeping constantly in telephone communication with the deputies at the desks of the trial rooms, posting in his ess of all trials, and mak- ion to notify the office of by telephone of the inni of the trial of each case, at lcast minutes in advance of the assignmeént of the case to a trial room “(c) Noting counsel enlwed in other courts and exercising discretionary authority to hold up assignments of cases until counsel are free. “(d) Assigning to trial rooms the cases on the daily assignment. “(e) g a case to a trial room only -mr u shall have notified the mlmment office that he is ready for a case. (1) l’re;m-ln,l each day the alarm cnletr;dn and dally assignment for pub- jon, “8. Centralize in the assignment com- missioner, under the supervision of the motions and assignment judge, the con- trol of the shifting of jurors from one court to another, now exercised by the clerks of. the courts under the vision of the trial justices; the Ifl? ment commissioner to draw a jury list ‘when needed from the spare jurors then available and direct them to report to the jury trial room. Must Show Delay Cause. “9. Provide that when a case has been once ldVlnced to the daily lbslm- ment it must be then disposed of “The above general recommendations have been framed with a view to their adoption by the court under appro- Dfllte rulu draw from its broad rule- Ig_power. It is respectfully sug- xelud that if the court approves of the | recommendations made and desires the ‘commission Io formulate rulel to put its recommendal as approved _into nflecl t.he eomml-lon will undertake to in -co-operation with the Commit- m m Rules. “The on is convinced that commissi useful reforms can be made in the jury beyond those involved in the adoption _of ‘its ‘present ‘recommenda- tions. The commission has designated & subcommittee -of its members to co- operate with the justices who have al- ready been designed by the court to give study to this subject. “Other matters referred to the com- mission are still under consideration, and will be made the subject of addi- tional reports.” Court Accepts Recommendations. In a letter to Mr. Laskey, Chief Jus- e Wheat has expressed the court’s ncoepunoe of the recommendations as follows: “The members of the court have considered the re) which you sent us' on December 18, and have ap- in substance its recommenda- ADANS TOWATCH FLEET MANEUVERS Navy Secretary and Other Officials to Be Present in Caribbean Sea. Admiral Willlam V. naval operations, will witness the fleet concentration at Panama from Febru- ary 12 to March 24. A naval air con- centration will be held in the Caribbean from March 24 to April 3. Plans for the gathering of the armada and air fleet were announced rday at the Navy Department. usu of the Panama Canal will be the major prob— lem mmnud in the forthcoming war 5‘ Participating will be 137 ships, 73 \naval planes, some 2,900 officers and 33,000 enlisted men. Aboard a bluluhip of the battle fleet, as yet unds ted, Adams, his naval le, Capt. R. Stark, U. 8. Navy: Admiral tt and his aide, Lieut. C. W. A. Campbell, u.a,mvy.-mmmmmmu._ Assistant, etary Ingalls Panama with his ten, accompanying Start South January 10, ‘The fleet forces will start toward the Panama Canal on Jmuuy 10 with scouting fleet units leaving their East Coast bases for Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Battle fleet units will leave the West Coast bases on February 5 for the Canal Zone. The two forces of the fieet will ar- | range & naval war game in the Pacific in the vicinity of lower Central Amer- ica as the first phase of the concen- tration. Admiral F. H. schnnud com- mander-in-chief of the battle fleet, will form an attacking force attempting to establish an advance base on the main- land in the face of a defending force under the leadership of Vice Admiral Arthur L. Willard, commander of the scouting fleet, and until recently com- mandant of the Washington Navy Yard. Fleet maneuvers” under the uptr- vmos ofmAa;mr'u .!!elé: V. Chase, mander-in-c] of e United Sllfi Fleet, aboard the !L 8. 5. Texas, 'fll be held following the war problem. On March 24 the bal fleet and the scout- 1n| fleet are scheduled to depart from Panama. Try Out War Problems. After the fleet concentration, the Navy I say ‘in substance’ because in | flezt. the process of formulating the rules to carry it into effect it may become ap- parent that a change in some of details will desirable. “We are glad to avail ourselves of your kind offer to formulate rules to put the recommendations into effect in co-operation with the Committee Rules, and are notifyinz the chairm: of that committee to that effect.” J. Miller Kenyon, president of the District of Columbia Bar Association, bas called a meeting of the association for Tuesday evening at 8 o'clock in c:imtml Court Room No. 2, which will addressed by Chief Justice Homer |is to G. Powell of the Court of Common Pleas of Cleveland, to whom much of Although the bar N bar gen- erally have been invited to attend. The meeting will be devoted to a discussion of the changes. PRIMARY ASSAILED IN FORUM SPEECH BY WILL R. WoOD (Continued From Pirst Page.) chase the man, he pointed out, whereas now the man seeks the office. The conmmzwn of the United sum. the speaker explained, was framed b; men selected by l.he oonvenuan or “town meeting system. Officer Seeker Neell Wealth. “It 18 common knowledge,’ Mr. Wood declared, “that the Ffimlry sys- tem is making it impossible for any except the very rich man, or man who has the backing of organized wealth in one form or another to make a cam- paign for nomination in State-wide primaries. Praising the effectiveness of the two- party system in the United States, the speaker declared that the pflmry breaking down this résponsible control “Under the present system,” he said, “a candidate may be his own organiza- tien, his own platform, his own policy maker. Such a candidate need have no regard for party organization or party pledges. You cannot carry-out r.rt.y platforms and lmr'-y pledges un- you have discipl You cannot have discipline unless you have a sys- tem which makes it ible for Lh. pnny machinery and 2 |lll- The Community Institute Announces As the FINAL EVENT in Its Fourth Season SINCLAIR LEWIS Winner of the NOBEL PRIZE 1 35c Barbasol Shav- ing Cream with each pur- chase of 5 Probak Blades at the Special Price of 45c Regular Value 85¢ This Great Offer Monday Only None Delivered $1.00 Perfocted and When Great Seal Was Lost. ‘There is to ‘be a new great seal of England. The design has to be altered 50 as to exclude the Irish Free State. The great seal is made of silver and | weighs about 12 pounds. The respon- sibility for its safety lies with the lord chancellor. In the past lord chancel- lors have tpmt many sleepless nights u.u of this. In the reign of stance, the lord chancel habit of sleeping with the seal his pillow. It may have been uncom- fortable, but at least it was safe. So thought the lord chancellor, until his house caught fire and he ran out and Perhaps his memory was bad, or m-ybe he was half asleep at the time. Anyway, when the morning came, could that unfortunate lord chancellor re- member where he had buried the great and STEWART WARNER RADIO SETS Sold on Easy Terms Your Old Set in Trade There are none Better and Few as Good. GIBSON’S 917 G St. N.W. seal? He could not. SaveMore FUR COATS Than Half! 75 AND uUP Beautiful New and Remodeled Coats That Have Been Thoroughly Cleaned Lining and Relined With New see Your Momey Back in Three Days i Not Satistied Parker’s Fur Shop 922 F Street N. W. Tuesday, and Ensemble Wlll Irwin addressed, stamped Other Attractions Include The Kedroff Quartet “A_miracle of vocal art.”” Everett Dean Martin Eminent_psychologist. Doris Humphrey, Charles Weidman' Dame Rachel c'x’-'.f"&c'l';-"" “The most interesting woman in l-npc . “The greatest reporter in the world.” Evenings at 8:15 Central Community Center, 13th and Clifton Sts.. Season Tickets Now $2.00 m" ihsgriptions to Cos ity i stration Bwilding, 13th and K Sts. pvelope, March 24 Mon., Jan. 12 Wed., Jan. 28 | Thurs., Feb. 12 Mon., Feb. 23 Mon., March' 9 mmunity Institute, Franklin Inclose self-