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*AVERAGE PAY BILL | SIGNED BY HOOVER Elimination of Cheap Labor Contractors on Capital Jobs Seen in Enactment. Elimination of cheap labor con- tractors from competition for Wash- ington municipal building was seen to- day when President Hoov:r signed the bill providing that regular average local wage scales be paid by all con- tractors engaged in the construction of buildings for the Federal Government and the District of Columbia. Representatives of local contractors and labor unions vigorously protested the award of bids on school buildings here last Fall to a contractor who em- ployed out-of-town non-union labor and paid a lower scale. Although sev- eral hearings were held at the District Bullding, ths Commissioners w:re forced to follow the law and award the contracts to the lowest bidder. Most of the contractors on the Gov- ernment triangle building program have employed only union men and paid their | full scale. ‘The terms of the measure signed b}. the President today require contractors and subcontractors engaged in con-| structing, altering or repairing any pub- lic building of the United States or of the District to pay their employes the prevailing wage rate, when such | wage rate has been established by pri- vate industry. Labor Secretary “Umbpire.” In the event the contracting officer is unable to adjust any dispute as to the prevailing wage rates, this law pro- vides that the matter shall be referred to the Secretary of Labor, whose de- cision as to the wage rates shall be conclusive. In urging this bill, both in the Sen- ate and the House, emphasis was laid on the fact that the Federal Govern- ment has entered upon an extensive public building program in the District of Columbia and throughout the coun- try which will ccntinue for a period of 8 or 10 years, and will result in the expenditure of approximately half a bil- lion dollars. It was intended, those in charge of the legislation emphasized, that this vast sum of money should be expended not only to properly house Federal of- fices in their own buildings, but also io benefit the United States at large through distribution of construction throughout the communities without fa- wvoring any particular section. e Federal Government must, under the Jaw, award its contracts to the low- est responsible bidder. This has pre- vented representatives of the depart- ments involved from requiring success- ful bidders to pay wages to their em- ployes comparable to the wages paid for similar labor by private industry in the vicinity of the bufldmx projects under construction. Cheap Labor Imported. ‘Though the officials awarding con- tracts have end:avored to persuade contractors to pay local prevailing wage scales, some successful bidders have imported labor from distant lo- calities and have exploited this labor . at_wages far below local wage rates. Daniel ~Garges, secretary to the | Board of District Commissioners, ex- ( plained this afternoon that the new law probably will be put into effect by writ- ing a “prevailing wage” proviso into the specifications for the structures on which bids are being sought. ‘The new legislation, Mr. Garges ex- plafned, will not alter the present law | requiring the Commisioners to award contracts to the lowest bidders. Thus, in carrying out the law re- quiring union wages, th: Commissioners | would specify that that scale of pay is| to be applied to the labor just as it would specify, for 'instance, marble trim. If a contractor’s® bid is low be- cause he uses cheap labor, he would be refused the job. just as he would if he were to substitute limestone trim for the lpecmed marble, DISPENSARY SYSTEM URGED IN MEASURE Bill in Rhode Island Legislature Would Authorize State to Make Wine and Beer. By the Associated Press. PROVIDENCE, R. I, March 3.—Es- tablishment of a dispensary system un- der which the State of Rhode Island would manufacture and sell 15 per cent wine and 6 per cent beer, is proposed . in a bill introduced in th= House today by Representative Frederick R. Hazard, Narragansett, a member of the Republi- | can majority. Payment of a $2 annual fee, under the bill, would entitle a resident to a per- mit on which he could be issued one quart of wine and six pints of malt liquors per day. The liqucrs would be s0ld at 100 stores, one in each of the State’s 100 Assembly districts, but not 1o be consumed on the premises An unusual feature of the bill is the | stipulation that the purchaser of such liquor shall be deemed to have “merely custody and not possession” cf such liquor provided he transports it from the store to the address given on his permit within three hours of the sale. | The sum of $200,000 would be appro- priated to establish the system, to be repaid from profits of the enterprise. A State “board of control” in the De- partment of Health, named by the gov- Lmurv would administer the proposed | CAB DRIVER FINED | FOR AIRPORT TRIP Court Sustains D. C. Tags Ban for Taxis Approaching Office at Field. | ment, who demo: THE EVENING Planning Card Party | FOE OF BILLBOARDS DEPICTS D. C. SIGNS £ Civic Body Head lllustrates| Lecture to Association of 16th Street Citizens. , A review of the fight to secure the elimination of billboards from roadsides in the District and vicinity was pre- sented by Miss Harlean James, execu- tive secretary of the American Civic Association, in an illustrated lecture at the Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens’ Association meeting last night in the Sixth Presbyterian Church. The effects of uncontrolied billboard | erection were snown by Miss James through lantern slides which depicted | the marring of landscapes by the in- | discriminately placed bulletins. The | American Civic Association is one of | the leading organizations seeking the elimination of the signs. Explains Fire Alarm. Addresses also were delivered at the | meeting by Dorsey W. Hyde, secretary | of the Washington Chamber of Com- | merce, who spoke on Greater Washing- ton, the official publication of the cham- ber, and by Capt. H. A. Chapman of | No. 18 Engine Co.,, D. C. Fire Depart- | rated how to use| the new fire ala boxes. Dr. Millard ‘Thompson, chllrmln’ of the Public Health Committee of the | association, described the recent epi- | demic of colds, accompanied by aches, | as catarrhal fever. Catarrhal fever, Dr. Thompson ex- plained, is milder than grippe and a great deal milder than influenza. | Whereas there are always some deaths accompanying & grippe epidemic and | many deaths during an influenza epi- demic, catarrhal fever rarely, proves fatal, he explained. Marvin Asked to Speak. The asociation adopted a resolution | urging that school children be given instruction on use of the fire alarm | boxes to turn in alarms. A resolution to invite Dr. Cloyd Heck ‘ Marvin, president of George Washing- | ton University and chairman cf the | local Bicentennial Commission, to speak | on the subject of the Bicentennial at the next meeting of the association was adopted. Dr. Lewis J. Battle, president of the assoclation, presided. BILLBOARD HEARING IS SET FOR THURSDAY Three Dutnct Grmlpn A)d Fight in Maryland—Mrs. McKeon Heads Delegates. if ever, | Special Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, March 3.—Delegates | from three Washington organizations : will be among the advocates of billboard restriction to gather at the State Capitol | Thursday to present pleas for preserva- tion cf roadside Leauty to the Ways and Means Committee of the House of Delegates. Their hearing is scheduled for 3 p.m. Mrs. Edward H. McKeon, chairman ! of billboard restriction for the Federated of the moment. | Dlack % it SORORITY GIRLS ARRANGING AFFAIR FOR THURSDAY. Left to right: Misses Eva Klaben and Frances Plotnik, heading ccmmittee on arrangements for & card party to be given by the Iota Chapter, Sigma Omega Sigma Sorority, at Scholl’s, 1013 Connecticut avenue, Thursday night, at 8 o'clock. MODES HAVE COLOR PARIS (NANA worn, provided the | Spring_note, | and also skirts with one side different | in color from the other; handbags are buttoned up at one side like gloves, and | collarless coats must be supplemented | by scarfs of brightly printed georgette | | or silk, twisted and flowing. (Copyright, lnl by North Avm'n»ln News: aper Alliance. —Black and green |is ‘the most popular color combination All kinds of green, from dark billiard to palest lime, can much-loved h it, for town, country, aft- STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., TUESDAY, MARCHZ3, COMMITTEE NAMED, T0 FIX SIGN RULES Licensing of Those Concern- ed in Billboard Placing to Follow Survey. The District Commissioners today ap- pointed & committee of District officials to review tentative regulations relative to signs and billboards, prepared last year, and to draft an entire new set of | regulations as the basis for a public hearing. The action was taken follow- | ing the signature of the signboard bil? y President Hoover, giving the Com- | missioners authority to regulate sign- boards in the District, The commi.tee will make an extensive lete survey of existing signs of uding billboards, in all precincts, followed by a careful k as to the authority for their rsons or firms engaged in of placing, erecting, hang- g, displaying and maintain- ing any sign’ or outdoor display in the District will be licensed. Following the public hearing and the adoption of new sign regulations the will be distributed to police pre- cinets in pamphlet form, and the bill- board rules will be made a subject of instruction at the police school, so as to secure the co-operation of the Police | Devartment, in_enforcing them. | ‘The membership of the committee will be Maj. Denald A. Davison, Assistant Engineer Commissioner; John W. Oeh- mann, inspector of buildings; R. M. | Brennan, chief clerk of the Engineer Department, and a representative from the corporation counsel’s office and one from the Police Dennmnent BANK MERGERS 0.K.’D Joint Stock Firms Would Be Acquired. The Senate today approved a House bill allowing joint stock land banks to acquire others in financial distress. | The bill, which goes back to the for action on Senate amend- | | ments, would allow a bank to operate in the State in which the acquired in- stitution was located. The Senate amended the bill to pro- | vide that no one bank could operate in |more than five States, all of which | should be contiguous. \ Hot Bed Sash New, with Glass $2,70 5 3 BRANCHES 1576 H Sts NE 674 C.Sts SW. 5025Ga AveNW in Distress Telephone National 5000 For immediate delivery of The Star to your home every evening and Sunday morning. The Route Agent will collect at the end of each month, at the rate of 15 cents per days and 5 cents Sunday. They alone Clan Cameron AN IMPORTED SCOTCH FABRIC TAILORED INTO BEAUTIFUL TOPCOATS SucH beauty of pattern, such sub- tlety of coloring could only have its origin among the world’s most famous weavers—the Scotch] double-faced fabric, warmth, could unite, in a IN OUR MEAT DEPARTMENTS STEAKS Bottom Savory ROUND . Ib., 27¢ SIRLOIN 1b., 33¢ Tender Juicy ROUND . Ib., 31c | Por’house, Ib., 35¢ FRESH GROUND BEEF . Ib., 19¢ Fish and Oysters Fresh Top Mast Fillet . Fresh Cleaned Mackerel ™ Fancy Sliced Halibut . .™ 25¢ Fancy Sea Trout axna .™ 10c Standard Oysters »= 28¢; *** 55¢ LEAN SMOKED SHOULDERS, 2 Ibs., 25¢ 6 to 8 Ib. average. (This figures 1234c per Ib.) In All Grocery Stores and Meat Depts. Special Until Thursday’s Closing Tender Juicy \ 1 PR 1 AN Shoulder Lamb Roast. Shoulder Lamb Chops. . Ib., 25¢ End Cut Pork Chops. Briggs’ Smoked Sausage . . 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Plain or z pkgs. 3sc Domestic Sardines . . 2==9c | Chipso—Flakes or Granules *= »+ 2|¢ Dromedary Dates Pitted Sunsweet Prunes . . 2w |9c | P&G White Naphtha Soap, 4 === I5¢ Del Monte Raisins . . . . .» 10c | Camay Soap . & fin Sl Evaporated Peaches . . 21 25¢ | Ken- L-Rahon (Dog Food) by 2%~ P5c Navy Beans or Black-Eye Peas. . . 3 » 17¢ Grandmother’s v Bread '1°r 5¢ e 15¢ Ralston ;. Cereal ™ot %o 22€ Strictly Eggs s 4 9c Macaroni or Spaghetti . . . With Cheese and 3 1434-0z. zoc i z (This Fiprl: Carton of 1 Dozen pkg. Wildmere 5 25¢ Arrested yesterday at Washington | Garden C of Maryland and the hCauty and durahl]ltyunsurpasscd. Airport by Commonwealth's Allarney‘l\’;“"‘}’llmfi br -:;lhl uldlh';‘ Gdnrlden Flubx‘ s ol merica, w head the delegation. William . Gloth of Atlington County | " the gelegation will be members of and State Highway Officer C. Wayne|the Southern Maryland Society, the | Carr, Raymond C. Hosbrouck, a Wash- | Fresh Green Clan Cameron coats are shower- proofed, too, as an extra pro- Women's Civic League, the Maryland | ington taxicab driver, was fined $14.25 | League of Women Voters, the Eastern| in Arlington Police Court this morning on a charge of operating his vehicle under an improper lcense, Arlington authorities claim that taxi- cabs operating on District of Columbia tags may solicit passengers on the Vir- side of the river if they remain on right-of-way of the Military road running from the Highway Bridge, but that if they leave the road and ap- proach the office of the airport, they must have Virginia tags. Hosbrouck, driver for a Washington concern, drove to the office of the air- port to await an lnmmn( plane, it Was charg~1. Officials e compan: were in court and mud mn the driver had violateq their orders by leaving the 70-foot. righ t-of-way. They stated that no appeal would be made, While automobiles are not permitted M: park on the pavement u{ Mili- tary road, there u soace fe munm. “within -'l! 0 await m chlmfl. High School Alumnae Association, the | Maryland League of Women's Clubs, the Rotary Club of Easton and the Easton Grange. bers will be in attendance are the garden secticn of the Arundel Club and garden clubs of Cedarcroft, Homeland, Gibson Island, Green Spring Valley, Ro'and Park, Forest Park, Hagerstown, | Blue Ridge, Severn River, the Amateur Garden Club, the Garden Club of Twenty, the Haltn Garden Club and the Four Rivers Garden Club. The Washington organizations send- ing delegates to the hearing include the American Civic Association, the National Council for the Protection of Roadside Beauty and the Washington Bicentennial Commission. the apnihilation of declared & scienf recmuy m the human in England the Council of Jewish Women's Clubs, | | Among the garden clubs whose mem- | “Seven years without birds would | tection for the wearer, $70 Bk Buidpt o New York Avenue at Fifteenth PEAS . . 21bs., 25¢c Fresh Green SPINACH, 3 Ibs., 17¢ Fancy New Cabbage . . 2 Ibs.,9¢c waine Potatoes . . 10" 29¢ lceberg Lettuce, 2 » |9¢ Fancy C e' ery 2 bunches 25 Potatoes . . 5 |7c BANANAS, doz., 25¢ Fancy Cooking Apples . . 5 Ibs.,25¢c Fancy Grapefrult 3 for 17¢; 3 for 23¢ Sweét Potatoes . 4™ [9¢ Carrots . . . 2w |5¢ Yellgw Onions . . 4™ [0c Old Cubbage . . 4 |0c \] - Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Idaho Baking