Evening Star Newspaper, January 1, 1932, Page 17

Washington News The Zoen WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION ny Star Society and General S WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, JANUARY 1, 1932. PAGE B—1 RAIN FAILS T0 DI CAPITAL HILARITY USHERING IN 1332 Noisy Welcome Is Sounded in Crowded Theaters and Night Clubs. ADDED THOUSANDS FILL MANY CITY CHURCHES| Few Arrested in Orderly Celebra- tion—Downpour to Continue All Moving Men Start Big Task FURNITURE HAULED TO NEW COMMERCE BUILDING. Day, Weather Officials Say. Hopeful greetings mingled in the Na- tional Capital today as Washingtonians welcomed the new year, still dripping wet from its baptism, in the good, old- fashioned way Undismayed by the rain that fell late last night, thousands participated joy- ously in the hilarious midnight birth of the infant 1932. Except for the passing of the silk | “toppers” and the formal Connecticut avenue parades of years gone by, there 15 little to distinguish the 1932 form of celebration from those in former years. | Crowds Easily Handled. Crowds on F street and upper Four- | teenth street laughed at the rain that later turned into a fine sleet and as, the old year gave its dying gasps, the | air was punctured by the sounds of | every known kind of noise maker. Theaters, hotels and night clubs were | crowded after 10 o'clock &s guests be- | gan arriving for receptions and New | Year parties that continued until the early hours of the morning. Police patrolled the downtown sections, | had little difficulty in handling the | jostling, good-natured crowds, although the usual line-up appeared in Police Court this morning to reflect on the ex- cesses of folly. It was a happy and, for the most part, an orderly celebration While one-half of Washington milled | about the streets or sought refuge in| places of entertainment, the other half | that determined upon waiting up for | the New Year, assembled in places of | worship, Scarcely a church in the city | was without its night watch service last | night, either in form of prayer meetings or midnight masses. At many of the churches the young people gathered early in the evening and informal | parties and dramatics occupied them | until the hour of the watch service. | Rain to End Tonight. From th» Weather Bureau today came no hop: of & let-up in the rain during the afternoon but_ indications pointed to a clear night with tomorrow generally | fair. Thousands of Government em- | ployes as well as Washingtonians g-n- | erally were determined to make the| most of the legal holiday in a round of | friendly calls and New Year programs | seheculed in many parts of the city. | Tomorrow they return to Work. Th> New Year in other sections of the country got the welcome that Santa | Claus missed. In the Western United tes a thick blanket of snow lay on | States ani others were in aded by severe cold. In Washington the lowest temperature was 36 degrees | at 12:30 am. and it was expacted that | tonight would be several degrees milder. | The pessing of the old year was | observed quietly at the White House last night. President Hoover. facini the ordeal of shaking hands with 5.000 | or more persons at the White House | this morning, relaxed as much es| posstble { Many Gatherings Scheduled. | Numerous meetings, receptions and in formal gatherings are scheduled for this afternoon and tonight. Washing- ton has always observed New Year day in the “open housc” manner of hospitality. Official Washington went on its rounds of formal calls despite the inclement weather as in former years, hough this custcm, too, ap- pears to be diminishing with the pass- ing of time At Central High School this after- noon at 4 oclock, alumni will as- semble for a brief but formal cere- mony, after which there will be danc- ing until 6 o'clock Interest centers in the naming of four Central High School alumni, who have distinguished themselves in the last year by render- ing conspicuous service. At 2 o'clock there will begin a series of basket ball games, rifie matches and swim- | ming contests between alumni and school teams. L. V. Lampson is president of the Central Alumni Association. The prin- cipal of the school, Dr. Harvey A Smith, will make an address of welcome at 3:50 o'clock The naming of the distinguished alumni will follow imme- diately. A feature of the entertain- ment program will be the appearance of the George Washington University Troubadours their - musical play, “Happy Landings.” Less Fortunate Aided. While the more fortunate in the city were indulging in New Year repasts at homes at social clubs, the less fortu- | nate, who are looking forward with no | Jess ‘degree of hopefulness during the | vear. were fed at the various missions It *he city and assured of comfortable | fodging for the night. The Central | Union Mission, which features its New | Year program’ with a reception each was plannnig to greet several I ed Jfriends during the afte Supt. and Mrs. John S. Bennet receive the guests, and the mission and its Emergency Home for Chil be thrown open to inspection bers of the board of directors and Ministerfal Council will assist in receiving line. At the Central “Y” Building. dreds of young people gathered for joint celebration of the Y. M. C. A and the Y. W. C. A. An all-day f athletics 'S r forms of en the | of the Y A. C. CI elected officers , headed by Dr and Leonard W. DeGast, gen- secretary, greeted the guests at Central Building. Refresh- ments were served by a Hostess Com- | mittee, under Mrs. DeGast, and there was a special exhibition of the work | of members in all departments. Com- modore . E. Longfellow of the Red Cross delivered a “wet” lecture to the Aquatic Club in the swim Concert Is Arranged. At ock 2 o'ch be en plays at 3 tory men will have & paiiy at 4:15 o'clock. The whcle night pro- gram will shift to Barker hall The Christian Companionship League, a religious organization for children af- filiated with the Volunteers of Amer- ice, will give & party for poor children at ‘the. Rellef Mission tonight at 7:30 o'clock, Lieut. Col. Frank R. ise, Above are 1 old bureat building, but | yronday. { ment, had § The s of the transfer van ings of the Commerce ent's greatest moving job here got under w army shifting furniture from various Department into the $17,500,000 new T will be occupied for the first time by Government worki —star Staff Photo. BANDIT GETS 9600 COMMERCE MOVING N PIE PLANT LOOT TASK UNDER WAY Greets Owner With “Open Cold Rain in No Way Holds the Safe, John”—Kicks Compliant Victim. A lone robber who accidently o:“ otherwise called his victim by name took more than $600 early today from the safe and cash register of the Crusty Pie Co., 1403 B street southeast. Eugene John Racca, 1426 Ames' pace northeast owner of the establish- st opened up for business at ebout 4:30 am. when a white man nd held him up at the point the safe, John" said the sections of Washington toda furniture Department are to occupy the building Monday. at intervals during the next two wee and when S wili be housed under the red- limestone and marble Up Huge Task of Occupy- ing New Building. Moving vans concentrated from all , carrying into the $17,500,000 new “Temple of Fact-Finding” from the va- rious old bureau buildings of the Com- merce Department. Over 2,500 employes of the Commerce new Others are to follow s, pring arrives a total of 5,000 roofed edifice covering eight acres of ground looked at the man closely, thinking he might be a friend joking. But he did not recognize him. After another look at the pistol Racca stoobed and began to work the safe combina- tion. The man stood behind him and encouraged him with an occasional kick. Invited To Help Self When the safe was open, Racca stood aside and said, “Help yourself.” | The robber refused to touch anything, compelled Racca to remove eve n the strong box. He m to open the cash regist ch several bills were taker 4 some change in the cash The man ed a $500 pay other currency from th» safe Racca wes then ordered to wrlk t the rear of the shop and s his back turned. The the telephone loose from tions and fled. When he front door slam, Racca car front of the shop. not too and looked out. The bandit peared Racca went to a ne and summoned police. He gave them a detailed description of the man Another hold-up, an unsuccessful at- tempt to stick up a tax one house- | breaking and an automobile Tobbery 1so were reported to police last night. | The value of the loot totaled approxi- mately $800. $500 Diamond Gone Louis Rosenberg, 401 Al - a burglar st tting from a gold vesterday afternc Two sult cases conta apparel valued at $300 we the automobile of Joscr Woodberry Forest, Va. wh ine was parked at Eighth southwest yesterday a report mad precinct police James Robert Bov s old, of 445 Ele but article d with ripped nec- heard the street, $500 dia- at his wearing len from Walker of e the ma- | \d Water fternoon, | to fourth man, colored, 63 th street north- 2 at the 7 his ar- bbery in Marga- reast last o e ninth p Test whi a $2 was stolen from Mrs. tty of 120 C street n identified ed up to the arm and asked He fled after she | from her purse, Mrs. | police said as the man who w by y de d. third hold-up was frustrated when Robert 8. McCabe, a taxi driver living t 1238 New Hampshire avenue, fought off {wo colored men who attempted to rans . as_well as posts of World War veterans' or- nded the White House day and many of them are | ndividual programs during | noon and evening, One of the distinctive observances of the day was the dinner served to col- ored unemployed and former slaves in the Cosmopolitan Baptist church. The dinner was arranged under the aus- pices of the Federation of Ministers and | g poot, | Laymen Welfare Council of the World. | Mrs. Sears, chairman of the Committee, 1317 Cor- receiving donations 3 s which oor fam- Julia nen’s Relief n street, W Rabbi Simen to Speak. membe ak Ab on Year In and the Year Out,” the occaston being a special observance. A special New Year service also was planned tonight at the Adas Israel | Synagogue. It will include & number of choral interpretations of Hebrew | liturgical chants by the Young Peoples Choral society, - were noisily welcoming the New more than 100 men marched into the | 1 | trucks Four Washington and Baltimore con- tractors yesterday hired a small army of men to move the equipment, for the | ¢ firct covers the Post Off. |greater part of the fumishings snd DS frst covers the Post OM records must be in their al ¥ 3 by Monday morning. the Government $19,000 tted space The While thousands of Washingtonian: ar 31-year-old Patent Office Building and the fi filing into a movirg a few minutes later cabinet was deposited van. Continue Hauling in Rain. All through the remainder night rain-soaked trucks rumbled and forth between tk Patent end the new haul boxed patent papers that have nett e industrial world billions of dollars /hen the first gray streak of : came over Capitol Hill, the move not made a dent in the vast amour back Offi of filing cases and their contents Twenty-one days will be required to move this important equipm bulk of it consisting of 1,840,000 origi patent grants and 73,000,000 Besides, more than 25,000 volu | scientific bocks, 23,000 periodicals bound volumes of 3,000,000 foreign pat- ents will have to be carted off. At 8 o'clock this morning more mov- Ing vans backed up to the executive of- fice building of the department at Nineteenth street and Pennsylvania avenue and another army of started to work on each of the 11 floor deserted by the thousands of clerks be cause of the New Year holida The workers found all records building well crated and ready for tI vans. Each desk, filing case, chai typewriter and other equipment was tagged as to what office it belonged in the new buflding. All yesterday em- ployes packed in advance of the ing men, and the contractors this morr ing said they were confident all of t furnishings will be in the new bui Monday. in this g Small Trucks Bu Throughout today men p: through the basemer upper hallways of the new by The front entrance and the be; marble corridors were not used no the hallways leading to the Sccreta suite, located in the center wing of building. This sulte is being equipped with new furniture to fit the surroundings of American walnut paneled wal's and hed small d i vaulted ceilings. Secretary Lamont and | other executives will be housed here | The furniture used by them in the old | | building will equip the offices of minor | officals. Down in the basement near the beau- tiful aquarium of the Bureau of Fish- eries, mechanics labored setting up the three presses to be used by the G detic Survey for printing coast aviation navigation maps. One came fresh from the factory for $50,000 from $200,000 approy originally for furniture. i From present indications only one section of the building will not be oc- cupied for some time—the aquarium | So elaborate did the architects design these quarters that it has been esti- mated that $10,000 will be needed ¢ nually for their upkeep. Department officials are frank in saying they haven't the money and because of pres- ent economic conditions they are not inclined to over press for this appro- priation. When the Bureau of Fisheries moves rters. located directly m, officials will leave be ks at th: ntil the ver cconomical cquarium is r ands of v tors during the Washington Bicenten- ovriation will be sought in eficiency bills. ‘When the by ing is informally d:-di- cated Monday an information desk will be set up in the main lobby and guides will direct the employes to their offices. When the building is occupled by all bureaus—Censuss Geodetic Survey, For- v this morning. | I b will cost | men | I -|Board of Tax Appeals Upholds STANP COLLECTORS STORM POST OFFICE FOR 32 FETEISSUES Line of 2,500 Philatelists Waits as Station Opens for First U. S. Sales. EARLY CANCELLATION ADDS TO SERIES’ VALUE Fess and Bloom First to Purchase Sets Portraying Washington. Huge Mail Anticipated. A | 5 | 5 estimated more than s of mail would go out | al post office at North | d Massachusetts avenue of philatelists windows to obtain George Washington ennial commemorative stamps, i on sale here today in advance | y other city in the country. | before post office clerks arrived | to “open up” this morning, hundreds of | patient stamp collectors, anxious to se- | early cancellation marks on “first- | g in line. Ap- | in line when were opened at CHEST COMMITT T0 HELP CAMPAIGH Colladay Announces Names of Prominent Citizens on Advisory Group. Fess and Bloom First to Buy. of Ohio, chairman of | States George Washington | nial Commissio en the of being the haser of ! W stamp: r William Mooney acted as s n and pre- | smplete set. | 1 Bloom of New of the comm who participated in the cere- mony incident to the advent of the |new series included Third Assistant | Postmaster General F. A. T Assist- |ant_Postmaster W. H. Havcock and M 5 Eid: r of the | 8AVIsC Office | ¢ Edward F. Colladay, chairman of the | Campaign Committee of the Community Chest, has announced formation of an committee which will consider iman problems of Washington as by the 65 organizations that make up the Chest, the plan of camps and mak for more carrying that plan % The personnel of the com cludes a number of the most prominent citizens of the District. | Its first meeting will be held Tues- day afternoon, at 3 o'clock, at the home “ of Coleman Jennings, 1 Ma«ac{;u-; Mount Vernon Envelopes on Sale. setts avenue. Plans outlined at this Tk aAitonEts (Hs ,f,’,,ul,l foane* of | meeting are expected to set the tone for stamps, a serfes of & the entire campaign. These proposals | depicti e Vernon Cim [ Jater will be presented to the Speclal | |place of a likeness of George Wash- | Gifts Committee of the Chest for its | ington on the stamp, also went on rale, | consideration ) | Sirtay. both stamps and envelopes| Among those who have already ac- LY olcchased oy evory first ang|cepted membership on the Advisory |second class Postoffice throughout the | COmittee are Secretary of State Stim- country 4 virginia White Speel, Samuel | | sSoecial police details were as: t, Mr. Jennings, il crowds at the city | Adams, Hugh D. Auc! dle the crowds at the ci R D : nd T. Boardman, Di Arthur C. | lain_clothes men | MIS. ¥ mong the crowd | Gprictie Dwight Clark, John B. Col- | Y | poys, am S. Corby, Commissioner 7| Herb osby, Mrs. Whitman Cross, | Bancroft C. Davis, Maj. D. A. Davison, istant Secretary of War F. Trubee ., Frederic A. Delano, Clarence | Dodge, John Joy Edson, William | Bishop James E. Freeman, | inckel, Gilbert H. Grosvenor, Ham, John H. Hanna and | Mrs, J. Borden Harriman. Others on the committee are Dr.| George C. Havenner, Frank S. Hight, | amps of the ) I Di ranging in ¢ fi to 10 cents, were J c r General and philatelis e deluged the Pest Office | Dey Stamp Division with re- quests for first covers. The fact t wer> released in Washingion ahead cf an ther city | the Postmast g to offic |also were scatt | as ‘l ‘s!mv transac | “Because of demand for ce Depart- time ago 1 to handle mai commemorative d the response today fied their decision. The de- partment would have been absolutely | unable to take care of the thousands of requests, declared. | J. Philip Herrmann, Joseph H. Hines, | Dealer Rents Nearby Store. ank 1," I?g;};}, ]\Jdfi 'YAn lé)’})ald r];InF | The local post office made spectal| ey iiirry King, Mark Lansburgh tions fi"" he 2 Abrem Lisner, Thomas P. Littlepage, Mrs. Jacob Leander Loose, George B.| jam F. McDow- the hy imnced sor would not undertake | requests for cancelled | stamps, and officials s: obby of the bt staff of cl addition of Mary T. Norton, 1 seorge W. Offutt, jr missioner Luther H. Reichelderfer, Mrs. | Nellie Tayloe Ross. Cuno H. Rudolph, Right Rev. James H. Ryan, Belle She: win, Dr. Abram Simon, Merle Thorpe Mrs. Hugh C. Wallace, Justice Alfred | | A. Wheat, Secretary of the Interior | | Wilbur, Frederic William Wile, John F. | | Wilkins and George A. G. Wood. McDUFFIE SAYS AMERICA | WILL NOT CANCEL DEBTS ome cases on ex e in the mails thous- 10,000 stamped cancellatior In addition this dispatch 2,000 r all parts of the Europe. 12 Likenesses Depicted. ¢ of the first-day covers pre- the stamp collectors depicit | representations of v s| the life of George Wask Representative McDuffie of Alabama, mocratic House whip, declared ye: America will not cancel i war loans to European debtors. time has come for the big nt of the Western Hemisphere to bendon its role of the Santa Claus of the world Regarding the forthcoming debt con- | ference in Europe, McDuffie said: “In e ood conscience and onal as well as in- Europe shculd not - will America grant its Te- for cancellation.” tr gton. he first issue of the stamps, each | h has one of the 12 best-} | es of the Firs 00,000,000 nominations d it 000,000,000 wi be | bicentennial y "TAX RULING AGAINST DODGE TRUSTEES| of sident of various is estimated 1 issued during quest Retires for ERVES U. S. 47 YEARS $4,145635 Assessment A IN TREASURY AGENCY. Deficiency on Income. The United States C peals yesterday ruled a of the trustees of the estate of Horace E. Dodge, seeking to overthrow the de- cision of the commissioner of internal revenue assessing the estate $4,145,635 for deficiency in income tax The deficiency was levied for 1925 when the Dodge Brot Corporation | | was sold. The comr held the | estate made a profit of $33,000,000 on the sale. He based the assessment on the fact it was r the fair mar- ceived '$ { dividend. The Board of T: | upheld the contention | _The trustees, including Anna Dodge | iD:llman. contended the tax ShoulaI have been assessed on a lesser amount, { in that the value of the stock was| greater when it was turned over to the trustees in 1924, having & value of | $57,500,000. | Counsel for the executors of the es- when the case was argued here that it would be ca! 3 Supreme Court if the board decided | s WILLIAM V. LEWIS, ipervisor in the national bank re-| dempticn agency of the Treasury, ret sterday after about 47 years. He first came t expansion dur- (to the Treasury in 1891 after serving | seven years with the Indian School | The telephone company had & large | ice. Mr. Lewis is prominent in | force of men at work in the building to- | citizens' association and Masonic af- | day installing 1,360 telephones and pre- | fairs of the District. He resides at 1617 | paring the big telephone operating room Irving street northeast. for its baptism of firs,Mondays —Star Staff Photo. N g m! | Patent Office, F | Light Houses— ill b | per cent of capacity f structed to take care o ing the next 20 years. dines and about 60 | for first honors by two minutes. making her | is the | | daughter of Mr. Post Office Has Busy Day CENES today at the city post office, North Capitol street and Massachusetts avenue are shown above es tl usands of stamp collectors converged at stamp windows for the first issues of the George Washington Bicen- tennial commemorative stamps. Upper photo shows a group of officials supervising the initial sale of the stamps. They are, left to right front row: M. L. Eidsness, jr., superin- tendent of the division of stamps of the Post Office Department; Assistant Post- master Willlam H. Haycock, Assistant Postmaster General Frederic A. Tilton, Officer E. A. Horsley and Postmaster William M. Mooney. Lower photo shows, left to right, Representative Sol Bloom and Senator Simeon D. Fess, first to make purchases, receiving their stamps from Postmaster Mooney (right). BORGLUMTO BRYAN'S MEMORIA Sculptor by Association. Potential Sites Considered. Gutzon Borglum, noted sculptor, will design the memorial to be erected here in honor of William Jennings Bryan. This announcement was made today by Josephus Daniels, war-time Sec- retary of the Navy, who is head of the William Jennings Bryan Memorial Assc ciation. The contract with Mr. Borglum was awarded yesterday, following a neeting of the association. Potential sites for the memorial will be selected by Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission, and Daniel C. Roper of the Board of Educa- tion, a member of the memorial asso- ciation. Mr. Borglum, a native of Idaho, was educated in Omaha, Nebr., the Com- moner’s home State. The designer is the author of the Sheridan equestrian monument here, the colossal head of Lincoln at the Capitol and the Ffoulke Memorial in Rock Creek Cemetery, but he is perhaps best known to the general | public as the artist on the Confederate | Memorial on the face of Stone Moun- | tain, Ga. He is now engaged on a pre- tentious memorial at Mount Rushmore, | in the Black Hills of South Dakota. Mr. Daniels, now a North Carolina publisher, has explained that the Bryan Memorial here will be similar in crea- | tion to the monument to Daniel Webster near Scott Circle. t the base will show Bryan signing peace treaties; another will depict his famous “Cross of Gold” speech in 1896; | a third will show him as a Representa- tive from Nebr a, delivering an address in the House, while the fourth will portray him with a Bible in hand. the leader of a great religious and moral | movement It is expected the memorial Will be completed during the present year. AUTO VICTIM BETTER Helen Alper, 6, of 721 Emerson street, who was_struck by an automo- bile near her home Wednesday, was One of the panels | — | o Contract ~Awarded Noted Police Take Only Those Who DESIGN REVELS ARE GAY DESPITE DOWNPOUR Turn to Rowdyism—Lamp- posts Are Victims. Washingtonians welcomed the New Year with as, much joyousness as cver last midnight, despite cold weather and a sleety rain, both of which combined | with the depression in an effort. to | | reported improved today at Children's | Hospital. She has a broken cut over her eye and bruises on her arm. leg, & ().—James Thompson, dampen the Capital’s holiday spirit. As_ thousands celebrated the birth of the infant 1932 at gay private parties and at hotels, night clubs and restau- rants, indications that the country is suffering from an economic_depression were conspicuously absent. Only by the fact that couvert charges had been drastically slashed from their former sky-high prices could it be detected that the nation was not riding a wave of prosperity. Crowds Jam Hotels. Record crowds jammed virtually all the city's hostelries and clubs, while downtown streets were filled with merrymakers as the hour of midnight struck. Forty-elght “drunks” were taken in custody by the police, while 35 others were arrested for drinking in public. Relaxing thelr vigilance in spirit with the occasion, the police took in tow only those whose gayety degener- ated Into rowdyism. Liquor seizures also fell below usual holiday figures, less than 100 gallons being confiscated. A week ago more than 300 gallons were seized. Lamp posts, telephone poles and fire plugs fell by the wayside as the more inebriated celebrants attempted to go home in the rain during the early hours this morning, and scores of automobiles were in collisions, but no one was seri- ously hurt, according to police reports. One young woman, who had taken “one too many,” was removed to & hos- pital in & police patrol for treatment of a badly cut leg. had kicked in a glass door panel. Asked where and why, she told the palice: “It’s none of your business to kick in a door, that's nobody’s busi- ness but my own.” Distinguished Floridian Dies. WINTER HAVEN, Fla. January 1 73 years old, citrus grower and civic leader, native of Toledo, Ohio, died here yesterday. GIRL FIRST 1932 BABY HERE, BOY WINNING SECOND HONOR Columbia Hospital Arrival Recorded at 12:01 and Sibley Stork Too Soon by Two Minutes. The first addition to the Washington inhabitants for 1932 was recorded at 12:01, when the stork swooped down on Columbia Hospital and delivered a 6- pound 10-cunce girl to Mr. and Mrs. Arvin Payne, 406 H street northeast. Maybe the clocks at Sibley Hospital | were wrong, but the way the record reads now a Miss Corvelli, weighing 6 pounds 13! ounces was nosed out Corvelli was a bit early, icbut at 11:58, 1931. She and Mrs. Leonard Corvelli, 1368 Franklin street northeast. In view of the disqualification of Miss Corvelli, second place must be awarded to a boy. The stork tcok & good long rest and mgybe did some celebrating, for he next winged over to Gallinger and gave Mr. and Mrs. Charles Adams, 920 Grant place, & son at 1 o'clock. Third glace went to Mr. and Mrs Miss | Edward C. Ostrow, 1700 Decatur street, when a girl baby was born at George ‘Washington Hospital at 1:50 o'clock. ‘The i1l fortune of being the first in 1932 to have the Fire Department call at his home went to John G. Lohmann, 3007 Porter street. His Christmas tree caught fire when the New Year was 7 minutes old. The revelers who prob- ably turned in the false alarm at Ala- bama avenue and Anger place south- east, lost out for the call was recorded at 11:58 p.m, 1931, James Penn, colored, 25, of 166 O street, was first to get in bad with the law this year. He was arrested for discharging firearms in the street and was booked at the second precinct at 12:04 o'clock. The first call for police help was false. It said two carloads of colored men were fighting in front of 1716 Lanier pace at midnight. When police cars arrived the men could not be found. . She told officers sht‘ It T want | | CORE FAVORS G40 APPROPRIATIONS N DISTRICT FINANCES Senator Believes $10, 000,000 Lump Sum From U. S. Conservative. SAYS CITY SHOULD MEET GREATNESS OF NATION Oklahoma Democrat Serving as New Member of Present D. C. Committee. Declaring the United States is entitled to a Capital City commensurate with its greatness and prestige as a Natiol Senator Thomas P. Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma, has come out in opposition to the House bill to repeal the 60-40 law and urged careful study of the other Mapes bills which seek to impost various tax increases in Washington. Commenting on the practice in receni years of substituting annual lump sums in lieu of the definite percentage basis Senator Gore said last night he believes that, on the Jump sum basis, $10,000,000 would be a conservative Federal con- tribution. The Federal contribution at the pres- ent time is $9,500,000, and the program of the Mapes Committee in the House contemplates an effort to reduce it to $6,500,000. Familiar With Problem. Senator Gore is one of the new mem- bers appointed to the District Commit- tee at this session of Congress, but i thoroughly familiar with the fiscal re- lations problem through his prior term of service 10 yeas ago. He was in the Senate for 14 years, ending in 1921 He decided to run again in 1930 and is Just entering upon his new term. In making known his views toward the pending fiscal relations proposals, Senator Gore issued the following state- ment: “I am & new member of the Dis- trict Committee, but I hope that ws can improve the Mapes bill and in- duce the House to accept the improve- ments. "I feel what I regard as a just pride in Washington as our National Capi- tal. We are fond, perhaps too fond, of saying that the United States is the greatest and richest country on the globe. We are entitled to a Capital City commensurate with our greatness and prestige. Favors 40-60 Basis. “I do not think that Congress mere- ly because it has the power ought to practice vivisection upon the peopls or the taxpayers of the District. Con- gress governs the District and ought to, and it ought to make of Wash~ ington the finest and fairest Capital in the world. When I was in the Sen= ate before, I voted uniformly to main< tain the 50-50 fiscal relationship, and I am not now inclined to repeal or abolish the 40-60 relationship.” Senator Gore sald he feels the fiscal relations question ought to be settled. He said he is willing that taxation in the District be studisd and revised if it is found to need revision. Generally speaking, he said, he favor- ed the principle of an income levy, but he does not look with favor on the House bill in its present form, particu- larly with regard to its effect in the lower brackets. Supports Shipstead. The Senator referred to the fiscal re- lations reports of the Bureau of Effi- ciency, which recommended a year ago that the Federal contribution toward the District appropriation bill should be $10,183,391, adding he thought that a conservative recommendation Senator Gore's view that the Nation should bear its equitable share of the cost of maintaining and developing the Capital is in line with the stand takea recently by another new member of the District Committee, Senator Shipstend, Farmer-Laborite, of Minnesota. A number of other senators have voiced their disapproval in recent weeks of the proposal of House members to cut the Federal contribution as low ay $6,500,000. The Mapes bills will come up for dis< cussion before the Senate District Committee sometime during the second week of January, but the probabilities are that meeting will be devoted to planning procedure to be followed in considering them. Chairman Capper has announced he will suggest to his colleagues that the Bureau of Efficiency be asked to study and report on the several House measures. TO USE E STREET |A, B. & W. Granted Downtown Route for Local Transit, but Denied Express Permit. Permission to operate the local busses of the A, B. & W. Bus Line via E street between Thirteenth and Tenth streets was granted yesterday to R. L. May by the Public Utilities Commis- slon. An application to operate the A, B. & W. express busses over the same route was denied. The commis- sion also refused to permit the Alex- andria and Washington line to run its busses over that route. ‘The course of the local A, B. & W. busses will now be along Pennsylvania avenue to Thirteenth street, east on E to Tenth, south to D, west to Twelfth and via the Mall to lower Fourteenth as formerly. An application of the Capital Trac- tion Co. to erect a loading platform on Pennsylvania avenue west of Four- teenth street was denled. The street railway recently said the commission did not have authority to require the construction of loading platforms. The Washington Rapid Transit Co was granted permission to operate its busses along Fifteenth street and Con- stitution avenue to pick up passen- gers from the Commerce Department’s new building. TRIBUTE TO BE PAID Two Veteran Recorders o¥ wongress ‘Will Be Given Dinner. Two veteran official recorders of congressional proceedings, Theodore F. Shuey and Reuel Small, will bg hon- ored at a dinner to be given by ths District Shorthand Reporters Assocld- tion at the Hamilion Hotel at 6:30 o'clock tomorrow evening. Mr. Shuey is dean of the corps of official reporters of Senate debates, and Mr. Small holds a similar position in the House. The former has just com- pleted 63 years of service at the Capitol. Senator Ashurst of Arizona end Senator Byrnes of South O will be guests of honor,