Evening Star Newspaper, February 4, 1931, Page 19

THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 4, 1931 " SPOT" ZONING PLEA STRSWARMDEBATE Increased Height for Colum- bia Medical Building Is/ Urged in Petiuion. Petition for an increase in the zoning height Columbia Medical Building, Nineteenth and I streets, from 90 to 110 feet, today provoked before the Zoning Com- mission a_spirited debate over “spot” zoning, the need of relieving traffic congestion and consideration of plans for development of a “medical center.” This came during the morning ses- sion of what promised to be an ex- tended hearing, at which the com- misSioners are to consider two zoning amendments and 29 petitions for changes in_property classification. Dr. Charles Stanley White, president of the Columbia Medical Building Cor- limit on the property of thel| the medical services available in one building. Opposition Is Denounced. They also denounced opposition to this change, based on the contention that it would constitute a “spot” zoning case; that is, a zoning classification dif- fering from that of surrounding prop- erty. * - 15". ‘Whiteford; made a strong plea that the petition be granted, declaring that it would add only two stories to the existing building and that doctors had spent $80,000 to provide a parking Jot adjoining .the Medical Building for the use of the doctors patients. This, he said, served to take cars off of the =2et and reduce congestion, adding that if an addition to the building were erected on this parking lot, this favor- able factor would be removed. Declaring that most of the opposition 0 the change was based on objections to creating a_“spot” in the zoning map of the area, Mr. Whiteford added that there was plenty of precedent for this in-decisions of the Zoning Commission. He said that the commission had creat- ed “spot” zoning in the cases of the Hecht Co. Building, the University Club, the Southern Railway Building and Emergency Hospital. Unusuality of Circumstances. “I am not saying that the commission showed partiality in these cases for the benefit ‘of the owners, and I am not asking fqr any partiality in this case. the | never knew, in fact, that spot zoning was such a heinous crime as some ob- jectors would make ou To support this contention he cited the cases of numerous high buildings in the vicinity of the Medical Building. Dr. White; in making a similar plea, spoke of future plans for the develop- ment of a “medical center” along I street by the possible construction of a new hospital in_the vicinity of the Columbia Medical Building and a sim- ilar _structure, Washington _Medical Building, at Eighteenth and I streets. The commission also heard arguments for and against a proposal to change the zoning of property at the southeast corner of Twenty-second and Q streets, just off Massachuselts avenue, to permit the construction of an apartment house. The owner of the property, Josephine A. Patten, said she could find no bet- ter use for the property than as a site for an apartment. Opposition came from the legal representative of Mrs. Larz Anderson, who has a large home on Massachusetts avenue, and other nearby property owners, who objecte to the increased traffic, noise and con gestion they feared would result from | expetion of an apartment house at that corner. “David . Baer, representing Baer and Scholz, owners of property at Twenty- second street and Pennsylvania avenue, asked a change of zoning there from Tesidential 90 feet to first commercial 100 feet, zoning to permit the construc- TRAL VINDGATES HEAD OF COLLEGE ;Southwestern Trustees Laud Dr. Diehl, Charged With Maladministration. By the Associated Press. MEMPHIS, Tenn., February 4—The | trustees of Southwestern, a co-educa- | | ticnal Presbyterian College here, have | | recorded their. support of Dr. Charles | | E. Diehl, white-haired president and | rdained minister, accused of heresy nd maladministration by 11 pastors. Descriptions of a student ‘pajama dance and demands that Dr. Diehl Bl ] | Enna Jettick Melodies Every Sunday WJZ | [Eona Jettick Songbird, Fridays, WRC | state flatly that every word of the Bible was inspired by God, were brougth before the board yesterday afternoon by the accusers’ spokesmen. After five hours of what the chair- marr called “90 per cent hearsay testi- mony,” the trustees said in a unani- mous statement: “We feel that this investigation has not only completely vindicated him (Dr. Diehl), but has presented a con- vincing demonstration of the vast value of his serviees to Christian education.” Adherence to Doctrines. Dr. Diehl concluded a statement that he adheres to the doctrines of the church with an announcement he will ask the Nashville, Tenn., Presbytery, ministers’ association, to which he be- longs, to rule firially upon his theology at _its Spring meeting in Nashville. ‘The board declined to rule upon his beliefs, holding that was not its func- tion, but its statement said the trus- tees believed they were in accord with Presbyterian doctrine. “Full inspiration of the Bible" brought most of the fire as students, freed from the late afternoon classes, crowded about the meeting room win- dows and Dr. Diehl sat in a corner, blowing smoke rings from a cigar. “No statement in Scripture is sub- ject to denial or doubt because some theory of man controverts it,” said Rev. J. P. Robertson, spokesman for the accusing ministers Challenge Upon Word. Dr. Diehl replied that he believed the Bible was inspired, but challenged his j Government Research, who has been accusers to define “inspiration.” He sald there were four or five definitions and that while “the Bible contains God's word, some parts have more value than others. ‘When Mr. Robertson quoted him as saying “a preacher who teaches there is a hell makes himself a laughing ICE CREAM P You Can Have stock,” Dr. Diehl replied that he had said on one occasion that “some things in the sermons of Jonathan Edward would make people laugh now.” “But that does not mean I don't be- lieve there is a hell,” he added. of Agencies in the Y. W. C. A. Building, Seventeenth and K streets, next Mon- day afternoon at 12:30 o'clock. on his findings at a w e Washington Council of ; “I never said.the shorter catechism was the bunk,” he said in reply to another agcusation. He added that he believed young children should not be forced to memorize the catechism. 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