Evening Star Newspaper, October 13, 1931, Page 17

he Zb ening Star WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13, OFFICER IS BITTEN ASTHOMENINCAR: { ESCAPE INPURSUIT Fugitives Leap From Vehicle, Letting Machine Crash Into Filling Station. WOUNDED POLICEMAN LOSES GUN IN SCUFFLE | ' Patrolman Chasing Second Man Is Outdistanced in Foot Race as Others Grapple. n | Pursued by police eirly today, twe | colored men jumped fromtheir moving | automobile, allowing it to crash into | a gas station at Florida avenue and | W street, and escaped after injuring one | policeman who attempted to arrest them | Policeman S. M. Scott, colored, of the | gecond precinct, lost his service revolver during the scuffie and was bitten so badly on fhe face and hand that hospi- | tal treatment was required. | The car was one reported stolen ear- | lier in the night from Tenth and U ! streets, and was owned by John C.| Bentley, 1226 O street. The machine was badly damaged in knocking down cne gasoline pump and damaging an- other. Chase Leads Into Alley. Scott and E. P. Hallman, another | colored policeman of the second pre- | cinct, were on automobile patrol in the | vicinity of Georgia avenue and W street | about 1:30 a.m. when they sighted the | car with license numbers of the auto- | mobile reported stolen by Bentley. The fugitive car doubled back and forth through the streets north of the second precinct station, proceeding west on V street to FI a avenue, HILE South Carolina new. 7 papers report that civic pride has impelled the City of Charleston to- protest the lcan of its treasuzed John Trumbull portrait of Geerge Washing- ton (shown above) to the United States Bicentennial Commission for its ex- north to W, west to Twelfth place, through an alley to Twelfth street, and thence cast on W street to Florida | avenue. i es Officer and Takes Gun. Here the machine slowed down glightly and the two men jumped out. | One ran cown an alley, ‘pursued by Hallman, and the cther along Florida avenue to Georgia avenue and into a junk yard, with Scott close behind. ‘Their car crashed into the filling sta- tion. g Scott overtook his man in the junk yard and greppled with him. His pris- oner bit him on the cheek and then on the hand, and finally pulled the officer’s s holster and turned it on d his escape behind muzzie of the gun i ne other man outdis- | tanced Hallman i Scott was taken to Freedmen's Hose a stitch was taken in his | ches APARTMENT BANDITS - STILL ELUDE POLICE Trio Who field Up T};ree Men and’SUSPECTED BURGLAR VOLUN Escaped With $2,850 Being Sought. Police today are without a clue to the tiree gunmen who yesterday help-up three men in the Cecil Apartments. 1026 Fifteenth street, and escaped with | $2850 in cash and jewelry. Several men have been by police without results The victims of the robl liam Melton, 33 _years of 121! Geranium street: his brother, Fred Mel- | ton of 1330 Floral street and Charles | Schwitzer of the Cecil Apartments. The robbery occurred ‘early Saturday night, but was not reported to police ! until late yesterday. ! Melton was brought to police head- | quarters yesterday and questioned by | Inspector F. S. W. Burke, chief o detectives. Melton said he did not re port the robbery because he was con-: fined to bed from a blow on the head| delivered by one of the robbers when | he attempted to protect himself. i " i questioned | bery are Wil- hibit here next year, the commission anxiously awaits & response to its re- |quest of nearly three months ago for the loan of the picture. ‘The Trumbull portrait is one of the {many original paintings of Washing- ton which the Bicentennial Commis- sion is endeavoring to assemble for a loan exhibit in the National*Museum here during the Bicentennial year. EX- change of correspondence between the City of Charleston and the national commission has brought nothing defi- nite concerning the loan of the Trum- bull portrait, Representative Bloom of New York, director of the commission, admitted today. A communication received last Au- gust—the most recent received by the commission from Charleston—stated the matter would have to be approved by the City Coun The letter also stated a new administration would come into_office in December and it was possible that decision on the matter would be deferred until that time Reports in the Charleston Press state representatives of the Carolina Art Association are leading the fight against removal of the Trumbull portrait from the Charleston City Hall, where it is %SEIZED BY WATCHMAN i Laundry Employe Battles Held for Robbery Into Sub- mission. The pluck of a colored night watch- man and the efficiency of the police radio alarm resulted early today in the arrest of a man charged with attempt- | ing to Tob the safe of the Conger Laun- dry, at Twenty: York avenue. The night watchman, Charles Lee of 3323 Dent place, subdued the man and was attempting to telephone headquar- ters when the captive wrenched free. ‘When the patrol car arrived, the plant was deserted and the officers cruised the vicinity in the hope of tracing the call. At Twenty-first street and New York avenue they found Lee and a man who identified himsclf as Danicl James Mc- Carty, 34, of Salva, N. Y, in a hand- | -third street_and New to-hand conflict. Both were taken to No. 3 precinct {and there, police say, McCarty admitted | i he had attempted to rob the office safe. | STORE FORCE GIVEN ADVICE ON HEALT He also admitted, poli breaking Own Bar- | attempting to force his way into a drug | store at 2134 New York avenue. Both | statements, the ofiicers say, were con- | firmed. | The police found two screw drivers, 2 { hacksaw blades, & pocket fiasih light. a | glass cutter and & pair of black kid . e oves on McCarly, they say The responsibility of the a\emg:‘gll,(‘;“w o g i Ao ARy worker for keeping well and efficient | for investigation pending a check on in- Tests wrfon his own shoulders and in the | In;]m:mogblhat he m)lg]h b}e‘ um‘liveg in | i " its other robberies recently. e them l,»a]rrn of everyday health habits he should | Sther rbberies feoently, Sle toid thein erec Employes Told to Erect riers Against Germ-Caused Diseases. caused diseases, Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, Loan of Portrait Protested MOVE MADE TO BLOCK REMOVAL OF WASHINGTON PICTURE. is being circulated opposing its loan displayed. A petition among the citizens next Year. In ‘the Commission the Bicentennial is receiving encouraging responses to requests being sent to points all over the world for lcans of original portraits of Washingtos mem- bers of his cabinet and his Supreme Court members. Yesterday the commission was ad- vised.by John S. Beck of 1815 Jackson strect northeast, this city, owner of a Charles Willson Peale portrait of Wash- ington. that he would be glad to land the picture for the exhibit next year. The work is now on display in the United States National Museum here. Herbert L. Pratt, chairman of the board of the Standard Oil Co. of New York, also has advised the commission he will be glad to lend his Willson Peale original portrait to the national body for_its exhibition. Other portraits that will be in the exhibition include a Gilbert Stuart por- trait of the first President. owr b; Andrew Mellon, Secretary of the ury; a Gilbert Stuart porirait of Chief Justice Jay, owned by Peter Augustus Jay; a Savage portrait of Washipgton, the property of Harvard . University and another Savage portrait owned by the Adams Memorial Society, Quinc: Mass. Many others have been offe; meantime, for the display. in which the commis- slon hopes to assemble all of the origi- nal portraits of Washington, of which there are more than 100. TEERS SOUGHT FOR '32 FETE CHORUS Is Issued by Committee for Bicentennial. A call for 2,000 volunteers to form a vocal chorus for the District’s partici- pation in the George Washington Bi- centennial celebration was issued today following an initial meeting of the Chorus Committee of the District Bi- centennial Commission. that the leading musical organizations of the city were co-operating with the local commission in arranging the chorus. The participants must be Wash- ington people, she said. Rehearsals for the gigantic chorus. which will take part in all major events during the bicentennial program, are to | begin shortly in the auditorium of Cen- tral High School. The chorus, it was announced, may be divided into groups to participate in smaller events. Arnold Kruckman, director of the commission, in making known this phase of the program, said the musical phase of the Bicentennial celebration should play a prominent part in the program, since music formed an out- standing social diversion in Gen. Wash- mgton’s day. STANTON PARK GROUP SELECTS OFFICERS | | | | PLANNING BOARD TOHEAR PLEAFOR PORT AUTHORTY Recommendation Will Be Made Thursday by Charles W. Eliot. ALEXANDRIA WATER FRONT STUDIES TO BE REPORTED)| Commission Will Be Asked to State | Preference on Virginia Tram Lines’ Terminal. _ Creation of a port of Washington | authosity, to assume jurisdiction over | the waterfront of the National Capital, | may soon be a reality. A recommenda- | tion that there be a port authority for | | Washington to handle all whart and | | dock questions here, will be made by | Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of plan- |1ng, when the National Capital Park | nd Planning Commission thre®ay m |1t is vnderstood. Mr. Eliot has investigated the sub- | !ject and conferred with interested par- tles relating to ownership and juris- | | dictions of " the District of Colimbia | aterfront. As most of the large cities that are ports have & port authority. there is a feeling that Washington | should conform to this practice. Con- | gressional action would be necessary | to bring it about, officials siid today. | To Hear Alexandria Studies. The commission will hear studies and | | plans relating to the Alexandria, Va. | waterfront. Capt. E. N. Chisolm, ir. | | engineer of the commission, said today | that the commission has never delved | !into the Alexandria waterfront prob- ;lem, but recently questions have arisen {in which all concerned are interested. | A number of meetings have been held | Alexandria is considered to have a| | good waterfront and can be furthe | developed. in the opinion of officials. | gapt. Chisolm made it clear that th { forthcoming deliberations are not con ! troversial. William J. Helser. special consultant i | to the commission on railroad matters, ! | will make a report on projected rail- road lines into the Bygzards Point area, which 15 contemplated for industrial ex- | pansion, urder the commission's plan | Mr. Heiser, who is from New York and | was retained on August 21, will like- wise report on overhead crossings above i the terminal yards, north of the Union | Station. The report has not yet been ! made public. The commission will be requested to | state its preference on a terminal for the street railway coming into Wash- ington from Virginia. J. Willlam May, { proprietor of the street railway, has ‘urmen a letter to the commission re- ‘queflm[z that a survey be made as to | the best way his lines might enter the business district. Mr. May's tracks are in danger of removal because of the Government's building program in the triangle and court action is pending in- | volving this. Mr. May wants the com- | mission to ascertain the best place to | put his terminal, near the Washington | downtown business district. The com- any definite study, prior to the com- mission meeting. Eliot to Discuss Tracks. | | 5 The commission will turn its atten. Man Call for 2,000 to Sing Next Year tion to the proposal of depressed street | railway tracks on lower Fourteent | street, in the vicinity of the Bureau of | Engraving and Printing. _This subject, will be discussed by Mr. Eliot, who has | had a number of conferences with De- | partment of Agriculture and other in- | terested officials. The plan. tentativ { drawn, has been to have the two ¢ { lines below the level of the street traf- fic, with the driveways built up on either side. A tunnel from the Bureau |of Engraving and Printing and later { from the Department of Agriculture { buildings along the east side of Four- | teenth !ings, Mr. Eliot will review the whole | subject, so that the commission may | take appropriate action. Lieut, Col. S. Grant, 3d. the | commission’s executive officer, will dis- cuss co-operation with the Virginia au- thorities, as to ways and means for fur- thering the George Washington Me | morial Parkway develooment. Under | the Jaw. Virginians are exnected to con- ( { tribute 50 per cent of all money spent for the purchase of that park property 1on the west side of the Potomac River. | "Col. Grant explained today, that the | commission is anxious to have Virginia | take advantage of the Ball act, setting up | { a commissicn with which the Park Com- ! mission can deal directly, At present !in Virginia, the colonel said, it is nec- | essary for the Planning Commission to | deal “with Chamber of Commerce au- | { thorities and a number of other groups. | If the Ball act can be put into force, | this one group would deal as a unit with the Planning Commission and so | speed up acquisition of land for the } George Washington Memorial Parkway. In the case of Maryland, the colonel ! recalled, the Planning Commission can ! mission’s staff has been unable to make ! reet would enable car riders to | Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peeples, chairman | board the trolleys from loading plat- | of the committee, said the call was for | forms. As this program witally affects | untrained as well as trained voices, and | the Department of Agriculture Buiid- | New Acquisition to Parks 1931. ton Gas Light Co. for $364,000. TRAM FIRMS STUDY BUS PASS SYSTEM Indications Lacking That They Will Follow Transit Company, However. Adoption of the weekly pass system s one means of stimulating street-car riding has been considered by officials of the Washington Railway & Electric and Capital Traction Co.s, but there was no indication today that they would follow the lead of the Washington Rapid Transit Co.. which has asked the Public Utilities Commission for authority to use passes for an experimental period. The bus company hes proposed two kinds of passes. One would cost $1.25 a week and glve the rider transportation og any of the company’s Dusses any- where in the District at any time of day. The other, to cost 75 cents, would | be good all day Sunday and on Satur- days after 9 pm. For the rest of the week it would be good for rides only be- tween 9 am. and 4 p.m. And after 6:30 pm The application of the bus company is expected to be approved for an ex- perimentel period of 11 weeks, starting next Sundav and ending January 2. In the meantime the car companies will cbserve the results. The weekly pass system used by car companies in Milwaukee, Pittsburgh and | studied hy the traction officials in Was ington. it was said, but they have not been thoroughly convinced that the plan would be a good one to try, par- icularly at this time, with the taxicab ituation in such an uncertain status. ‘The next move of the car companies, it was pointed out, probably will de- ings to be held this month by the Util- ities Commission. Aside from offering a saving to riders, one of the principal features of the pass | system, it was said, is the abolition of | the transfer nuisance, which is not only | convenience to passengers but a sa | ing to the ccmpanies through the elimi- nation of bookkeeping. The dual car system in Washington, however, would not provide the convenience that the pass single transit company where the pass- holders may ride on any line. The difficulty in’ Washington would be that holders of passes jssued by the Wash- ington Railway & Electric Co. would have to ride an the cars of this line. The situation would be the same with Tespect to passengers Who purchased ppsses issued by the Gapital Traction Some of the traction officials who have studied the pass system believe its adoption would be of benefit to the companies, especially during th non- | | | | rush hours between 9:30 a.m. and 4:30 | pm. Car service must be maintained | during this slack period, it was pointed out, and the cost of operation and majntenance would be no greater if the cars were filled with passengers riding on cheap passes than running nearly empty. In addition to increasing the non- | rush period revenue, it was explained, | the pass system might have the effect of getting the public back into the street-car-riding habit, while at the same time \combating the cheaper-rate taxicabs, which alreadv have made serious_inroads into the rail transpor- tation business. other cities already has been carefully | pend on the outcome of the taxi hear- | ystem does in other cities with a | ROOSEVELT ASSOCIATION PURCHASES ANALOSTAN ISLAND. south near the Virginia terminus | association proposes to erect “an appropriate monumental structure on the island in honor of Theodore Roosevelt.” | “Such a memorial, set in so large an area, isolated by the river from the life of the city, yet easily accessible, will be unique,” the association announced. ? ' | Railroad Will Pass Dogs Guiding Blind Free of Charges ‘The Pennsylvania Railroad in the future will extend free ac- commodations to dogs which serve as guides to blind passen- gers. This provision, it was an- nounced, extends only to dogs accredited by the American Foundation for the Blind, Inc., which issues travel permits after it has been established that the dog is a competent guide. BOWIE IS ELECTED HEAD OF REALTORS Succeeds Arthur Carr as President of Board—Other Officers Chosen. [ J. F. M. Bowie, vice president of the 1. L. Rust Co., who has been active in affairs of the Washington Real Estate Board for several years, was _elected president of the board last night, suc- ceeding Arthur Carr. Claud Livingston, president of the Willlam H. Saunders Co., was elected first vice president, and Willam J.| Flather, jr. of the office of Glover & Flather, second vice president. Six directors elected for terms of two years were P. Canby, Earl M. Mackintosh. John T. Meany, F. Eliot Middleton, Percy H. Russel®and F. L. Sandoz. The board elected Charles S. Muir a director for one year. | Bell Telephone Co. Bridges will connect the island of the Arlington Memorial Bridge. The 100,000 ENGINEERS Mobilization Is Announced by | Council to Seek Job Stabilization. Plans for mobilizing more than | 100 000 engineers behind President Hoo- | ver's program to end the depression This aerial view of Analostan Island illustrates the latest addition to Washington's far-flung park system. The | e In the District ;l.\lhnd contains 90 acres, is well wooded, and was secured by the Roosevelt Memorial Association from the Washmu-' | James R. Garfield, president of the Roosevelt Memorial Association, announces that | begins lls}hh organization has presented the island to the Nation, to be used as a public park. ecting here on Thursday, | with the mainland at Rosslyn, Va., and on the { the area may be doubled w PAGE B-—1 D.C. WILL CONDEMN FESSENDEN STREET LAND FOR SCHOOL Sife to Be Purchased Despite Indecision as to Location to Be Used. | ELEMENTARY BUILDING MAY GO ON PROPERTY Adjoining Plot Would Be Required for Senior High for Reno Sec- tion of Chevy Chase. Despite indecision as to the location of the proposed senior high school for the Reno section of Chevy Chase, condemnation proceedings will con- efforts to pur- chase land at Thirty-ninth and Fessen- den streets for school purposes, it wa* announced early this afternoon at the office of Maj. H. L. Robb, Assistant Engineer Commissioner of the District. Maj. Robb's office explained. however, that continuation of the condemnation proceedings did not mean the proposed senior high school would be built there. It was pointed out that the land has been sought as an elementary schol site in the face of vigorous protests of property owners whose pretentious homes adjoin the site Neither does the purchase of the land as a school site mean it will be used v school purposes. it was s The idea is to buy the land for some school use. If the school & thorities can be convinced that it m: be the most advantageous site for the new senior high school, prices of the various available properties considered, h the pur- chase of an adjoining tract of partially developed property. On the other hand, if the District authorities are success- ful in obtaining a different site for the senior high, the Thirty-ninth and Fes senden street land will be used for an elementary school building Will Have to Be Dpubled. o were announced today by the American Engineering Council. 1 Aid of the engineers of the Nation| will be enlisted in a movement to in- crease and stabilize employment and to prevent the enactment of unwise legis- lation, Federal, State or municipal. The council will work with the relief organization set up by the President under the leadership of Walter S. Gif- ford, who is a member of the American Institute of Electrical Engineers, Sees Dole Menace. ‘Warning that both the Federal and State governments will “very likely en- |act unemployment insurance laws” un- less industrial and commercial leaders successfully deal with the problem of unemployment, the council calls upon both groups to produce & satisfactory solution. Whether this “detrimental _consequences country escapes the of unem- ployment insurance legislation, the an- | nouncement_states, will depend upon the constructive leadership manifested by American industry and commerce. The announcement points out that President Hoover took a leading part in the organization of the Councll in 1920. F. J. Chesterman of Pittsburgh, vice president and general manager of the of Pennsylvania, | has been appointed chairman of a na- Carr Recelves Gavel. Past President Carr was the recipi- ent of a gavel, presented by W. C. | Miller, also a 'past president, as & | token ‘of the board's appreciation of his services. H. L. Rust. jr. chairman of | the Appraisal Committee of the board; A. H. Lawson, chairman of the Legisla- | tive Committee, apd John A. Petty, ex- ecutive secretary, reported at the an- nual meeting on various phases of the board’s work. i | ~ Commenting on the question of pro- | posed_mortgage foreclosure legislation, | Mr. Petty stated the confusion and apprehension precipitated during the | past year by certain failures and dis- | closures in the mortgage investment | field, resulted in drafting of several | pleces of legislation which were pro- posed to Congress. | Urges License Law, Some of the proposed legislation, Mr. | | Petty said, would not have reached any | of the cases involved. The real estate brokers' license law, which the board has indorsed for the last eight years, | | he declared, definitely would have pre- | vented or instantly removed fiom the field the operations of a lot promoter and the one real estate broker whose activities were among the cases in- vestigatedl by Congress. Mr. Petty staled the Real Estate Board and all the major business and professional organizations of Wash- | ington had taken the position that| there was no need here for any drastic | legislation dealing with foreclosure of | mortgages. He declared further that during the past two years the question of mortgage Toreclosure procedure was not involved in any of the matters | tional committee to direct the engineer- ing effort. which will be carried out; in detail by committees 1o be named | in every State. These committees will | co-operate with the industries and with | civic and business bodies. Other Committeemen, Other members of the Nationial Com- mittee are: R. Oak Leather Co., Cincinnati; | Webster, Bridgeport Brass Co., Bridge- | port. Conn. “The American Engineering Council.” the announcement declared, “feels most emphatically that the immediate an- swer for unemployment is jobs; that the spreading of man-hours is the most | essential expedient for stabilizing em- | ployment that can be suggested at the present time. “The situation calls for very active. concerted and well considered efforts to provide employment for as large a number as possible now. and especially to the development of plans which will forestall any large increase in unem- ployment next Winter. “There is a very pronounced feeling that industry and commerce are large- ly responsible for the perplexities which have arisen, and that they should pro- vide a satisfactory solution. This | thought is not _confined to any so-called | radical group, but it also prevals amon: fair-minded, far-seeing men and wom State Would Step In. realize that unless industrial leaders successfully “They and commercial | deal with the probiem of 191employment | in permanent fashion that both the Federal and State Governments will | very likely enact unemployment insur- | If the Thirty-ninth and Fessenden street site, known as site C in discus- sions between District and Federal au- | thorities, is to be used as a senior high | school site, it will have to be virtual { doubled through the purchase of ad- | joining developed land in the same | block. Site C, in the purchase of which | Engineer Commissioner John G. G | wals is purported to be bound by “gentleman’s agreement” with one more members of Congress, is consider- ably more costly than two other sites, | either of which is desired by the public | school suthorities | According to a memorandum submit- ited April 2 of this year by Charles W. { Eliot, 2d. of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, to Maj. Got- wals, the site C is valued at $192.000. Site “A,” the most southerly of the three | sites, ‘and that preferred by Mr. Eliot. | was priced in that memorandum at $72.860, while site “B,” located between the other areas and immediately ad- jacent to site “A,” is valued at $141,163. Cheaper Site Favored. In stating these values the Park and Planning Commission’s city planner took into account minor shifts of established and proposed thoroughfares. While un- able to determine just what territory included in Mr. Eliot's tabulation, Dis- trict Building authorities today said they valued site “C” at $114,574. The least expensive of the three sites, and that preferred by the city planner, the District valued at $89.625. while they assessed site “B” at $131. In his memorandum to Maj. Got- wals last April, Mr. Eliot wrote that the “B” site. which immediately south of the Reno Reservoir, would re- quire_changes in the Fort drive line, he closing of some streets, the use of park lands already owned by the Gov- ernment, and the purchase of 4.93 acres of additional land. The price of $141.- 163 given by him as the cost of site “B” represents the cost only of the ad- ditional land which is to be bough’. This_site would permit the use of one-fifth mile track in the athletic field. “Site ‘B’ is more expensive thgn site ‘A’" Maj. Gotwals was advis “because it includes a number of hom: | occupied by colored people. The only study for a Fort Reno Park made by the District and school authorities prior to the estabiishment of the National Park and Planning Commission, called for public control of the area bounded by Fessenden street, Chesapeake street, Nebraska avenue ~and Forty-fourth street. This site (B) would conform to that scheme in so far as wiping out the old Reno subdivision is concerned.” Following & conference between Com- missioner Luther Reichelderfer and Commissioner Crosby Saturday with school board members, Dr. Reichelder- fer told The Star that a decision proba- bly would be made on a specific site early this week. The Thirty-ninth and Fessenden site for the proposed school is objected to by the school authorities { | publicly discussed and that there was TEt Sk B vt ael his own barriers against germ- | i A . VIEW WILL BE MADE | William W. Keeler Re-elected | deal with ance laws. because it is too small to accommodate | chief medical inspector of the Health | Department for the public schools, told employes of the Palais Royal depart- ment, store at a meeting this morning. “The average worker in this country today loses 2 per cent of his working time as a result of illness, and for every incapacitated worker there are at least two others hobbling through the day impaired to the extent of from 10 to 50 per cent of their normal efficiency,” Dr. | Murphy declared. 1 . the second in & series of | educatio 1th meetings arranged | for the larger cepartment stores of the | Capital by the A iation for the Pr vention of Tuberculesis, the doctor out lined practical suggestions for the .-m-! tivation of health habits, including per- | sonal cleanliness, resting at least e ght | hours each night, fresh air and sun- ! shine and a balanced diet in which fresh vegetables, fruits, cereals, pas- teurized milk and_butter are provided. He also advised his listencrs to have dental and medical examinations made at regular intervals as a_preventive measure against iliness. either by pri- vate physician or at the Health De- partment clinic, 512 I strect. U. S. JOB SERVICE BACKED | Secretary of Labor Doak today re- ceived a message from Vancouver, Brit- ish Columbia, that the Executive Coun-, cil of the American Federation of La- bor, now in annual conventi-n there, had given its indcrsement to the United States Employment Scrvice, re- ‘cently reorganized with John R. Alpine as the supervising director, The executive Council in its resolu- tion of indorsement said the reorgani- SAFE FOR SIGHTSEERS Ban on Parking at Tip of East Potomac Park Is Considered by Col. Grant. Hains Point, in East Potomac Park, ;iving & good view of the sweep of wa- ter down the river, is to be made safe for sightseers. Lieut. Col. of Public " U. S. Grant, 3d, director Buildings and Public Paiks, ' disel today that he has under con- sideration the banning of parking at| the tip of the park, as well as in the Lincoln Memorial Grounds. | At present cars clutter up the drive- | ways on both sides of Hains Point, | shutting off the view of the river, the colonel cxplained. Now that a new walk has been con- structed all around the rim of East Potomac Park, the colonel belie motorists may well park their cars bac some distance from Hains Point and | walk down to the tip. i FREE MOVIES THURSDAY Special Dispatch to The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., October 13.—Moving pictures of forests and wild life, photo- graphed in Virginia, Norih Carolina and other parts of the United States, will be shown free Thursday evening at 7:30 o'clock in the Forestville School auditorium and Friday evening at Pairfax School, under the auspices of the Virginia Forest Service of the State Commission on Conservation and zation and enlargement of the Labir Department’s Employment Service, “marked the beginning of the organiza- tion and the establishment of the na- tional employment service which will be serviceable and helpful in a most satis- factory way to every State and to every community.’ Development. ‘They are in charge of J. P. Andrews, assistant forester, assisted by Joseph L. Money, chief forest fite warden of Faixfax County. They are shown as part of the campaign to eradicate for- est fires, President of Association. Hyde Is Speaker. William W. Keeler was re-clected president of the Stanton Park Citizens' Association last night at a meeting held n the Peabody School Bullding. William E. Monroe and Joseph P. Farmer were chosen vice presidents, with Mrs.'L. H. Brown being selected for the secretary's pdsition for another year. Other officers elected were: Rob- ert S. Bier, financial sccretary: Clai- borne Hunter, treasurer: Harry N. Stull and A. H. Gregory, delegates to the ederation of Citizens' Associations. An illustrated lecture on the benefits received by local institutions from the Community Chest was delivered by Dor- sey W. Hyde, sccretary of the Washing- ton Chamber of Commerce. Th: talk ! was_devoted particularly to the hos- pitals. An investigation of the traffic situa- tion arcund Stanton Park with i view of tending suggestions to the traffic di- rector that shbuld make the section | safe for children of the many schools, was decided upon. Harry N. Stull was selected tp head the committee making the survey. WILL SPEAK ON RUSSIA rof. D. 0. Kinsman of American U., Will Address Engineers. Dr. D. O. Kinsman, professor of eco- nomics, American University, will ad- dress the mecting of the Washington section ot the American Institute of Electrical Engineers at the Cosmos Club tonight at 8 o'clock. Dr. Kinsman will speak_on economic conditions in Rus- sia. | He :rnt the gre the Summer of 1930 $here, . directly the Maryland-Na- tional Capital Park and Planning Com- mission. Settle to Tell of Parks. ‘Thomas S. Settle, the commission's the opinion rendered by Attorney Gen- eral William D. Mitchell bearing on the | proposed financial agreement with Marylind for the development of Rock reek and Sligo Valleys. Under the law aryland would contribute one-third of the purchase price of land for park purpeses in the valleys and the Federal Government two-thirds. The Federal Government is allowed to advance its portion for eight years without interest. Irving C. Root, engineer of the Mary- land-National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, will appear before the commission and explain what his or- ganization is doing in the development of Rock Creck end Sligo Valleys. John Nolen, jr., of Philadelphia, the commission’s new ecity planner, who stood first in the recent Civil Service examination, will be introduced to the commission. Capt. Chisholm said to- day that he will request that Mr. Nolen be made a member of the Co-ordnaiting Committee, consisting of interested Fed- eral and District government agencies. A list of bills in which the com- mission is interested will be submitted by Mr. Settle, if he can have this re- port finished in time. Shipstead-Luce Act Report. Mr. Eliot will submit a further re- port on the proposed rules and regula- ticns, which have been drawn up under secretary, will acquaint the body with { G. 0. P. HOUSE BOLT { | :Wiscumin Representative Brands | Progressives “Political Fakers” in Challenge. “Political fakers” was the term ap- ! plied today by Representative Schafer of Wisconsin to the Progressive Repub- lican group which has threatened to break away from the regulars on organi- zation of the new House. A strict party man, Schafer said he believed the should present a united front in to keep control from the Demo- “If so-called Progressives want to vote with the Democrats, let them as- sume responsibility for organization of the House if they dare,” he said. “The regular Republicans should neither compromise nor cowtow to the progressives to get their votes. The in- dependents have clamored for the lib- eralization of the House rules of pro- cedure, but they bolted the Republican conferencs last February and failed to put up & fight for a change.” Schafer asserted the progressives “do a lot of talking back home, but the Ccngressional Record shows they do nothing here.” | THREAT DENOUNCED. the Shipstead-Luce act, which gives the | ot matters which the commission is in- Government authority over the design | terested to see done in conjunction of buildings to be erected by privat®| with the District Commissioners. interests, adjoining public buildings or | "The commission’s staff will make a re- parks. Mr. Eliot has been conferring|port on the suggestions recently laid with the Fine Arts Commission and the |down by the Bureau of Efficiency, re- District Commissioners, and the new |lating to the city’s recreational system. rules are about to be whipped into final ! The Recreati ion Committee met yester- day, but no public announcement was made after it had adjourned, not a single case involving the pro- priety of fairness of the mortgage fore- | closure procedure in Washington pub- | licly presented to the Congressional Investigating Committee. “The Legislative Committee of the Real Estate Board,” Mr. Petty con- cluded, “is_conscientiously endeavoring to develop helpful suggestions for legis- lation designed to make, as a matter of law, the methods and practices | which for many years have been fol- lowed by banks, building assoclations, trust companies and legitimate real estate brokers in the foreclosure of | morigages, together with such other | constructive suggestions as its study | may reveal as desirable in furthering protection of the public.” D. C. PURCHASER BUYS PIANOS AND FLAT CARS | Report on $4,787)516 Purchases Reveals Wide Variety of Items Needed. Pianos, fish, clock and a host of other merchandise were necessary to keep the municipality of the District of Co- lumbia a going concern during the 1931 fiscal year, according to the re- port of Purchasing Officer M. C. Har- grove. Mr. Hargrove's list of what the Dis- trict bought when it went shopping in- cludes such ill-assorted items as flat cars, sewing machines, ice, radio towers, ballistic ou:‘n'.s. cox:ocit(ew mixers, oil of pefpemun car ens, vege: tables, railroad tles, mules, fire hy drants, embossing, hatching eggs, ordi- nary eggs, dynamite, modeling clay and awnjngs. all, the District spent $4.787.- 516.12 on | detrimental to the economic and social | well being of the Nation is generally acknowledged. Whether this country escapes such consequences will depend entirely upon the constructive leader- ship manifested by American indusjry and commerce.” movement has been inaugurated to and State unemployment insurance laws “The council,” it was added, “em- phatically believes that such legislation | is meither the only nor the best solu- tion. It feels that there is sufficient forward looking, constructive and pub- lic-spirited leadership in American in- dustry and commerce to seriously study the issues and on the basis thereof to develop plans for permanently dealing with unemployment, however caused, and, further, so to stabilize employment as to hold unemployment to the irre- ducible minimum.” Meanwhile, Dr. Frederick Blachly of Brookings Institute yesterday informed the Coucil of Social Agencies here that unemployment is a continuous problem and will continue to grow unless more drastic steps are taken to combat it. Present conditions, Dr. Bachly de- clared, are due to overproduction of capital. The world market, he said, is shrinking, and manufacturing, having reached a saturation point, must de- crease. As a result, he pointed out, capital is finding itself with a decreas- ing outlet. ! Can Only Reproduce. Dr. Blachly cited statistics to show that conditions have changed to ‘such an extent that the population of West- ern Europe and the United States will soon show a decrease. The present pop- ulation, he said, has virtually all the manufactured goods that it can as- similate, so that the problem of the manufacturer today is only one of re- production. In rchases made through his office, p‘:nm single item being The council warns that “a concerted | bring about the enactment of Federal | both the puilding and an athletic field. In Saturday's meeting the school eu- thorities advised the Commissioners that & new senior high school in the Reno section is most urgently needed if part-time instruction as allowed by a “double-shift” schedule of classes is to be appointed at the Western High School. ASTRONOMER TO LECTURE Dr. Williem de Sitter, Leyden, Hol- land, Coming Here for Address. Dr. William de Sitter, cirector of the oldest observatory in the world, Sterre- wacht, at Leyden, Holland, who believes the universe to be empty. is coming to Washington to lecture before the So- ciety of Sigma Xi and the Washington Academy of Sciences on October 26. In the opinion of officials of the Bu- reau of Standards, the eminence of Dr. de Sitter in the realm of astronomy “is unsurpassed by that of any living man.” plained, has an overproduction of cap™ tal, because during the last century it was the policy to save every possible dollar to build up capital. Light taxes and other favorable consideration, he declared, develcned capital at a tremen- dous rate until now we have an over- production greater than that of any- thing else. As there is no place to loan money by reason of decreasing manufacture, he said, capital will go lower and thus endanger our savings, our investments and even our insur- ance. Fred Croxton, assistant director of the President’s organization for unem- ployment relief, outlined the steps taken to combat the present situation. He also cited instances of co-operation giver®he organizations by newspapers, es, radio and outdoor advere