Evening Star Newspaper, March 13, 1932, Page 17

WASHT CAPPER OFFERS BL TOIMPROVE JRYSELEETION Measure Prepared Under Eye of District Supreme Court Judges. QUESTIONNAIRE ‘PROVIDED TO BE SENT TO PUBLIC Jury Commission Also Empowered to Summon Any Individual For Examination. A bill to improve the method of se- lecting jurors in Washington, prepared under the supervision of the judges of the District Supreme Court and a com- mittee of the Bar Association, was of- fered in the Senate late yesterday by Chairman Capper of the District Com- mittee, shortly. after he had received 1t from Attorney General Mitchell The need for some legislation on this subject was mentioned several weeks ago by President Hoover in his special message to Congress on bankruptcy laws and reforms in judicial procedure. A salient feature of the bill would enable the Jury Commission to send out a questionnaire to any person in the District, to be filled out under oath, concerning the person’s qualifications for jury service. The commission also could summon any individual to appear before it to be “examined under oath concerning his own qualifications and fitness, or those of any other person, to serve as a juror.” Not Open to Inspection. Refusal to respond could be dealt with as for contempt, but no one could be required to attend more than twice 8 year. The g mnwnnn‘res ‘:xs'gleddm ‘e open to pul lon. c«%manpco\m consider the prefer- ence of jurors as to the time of the year they could serve most conveniently, and records would be kept in that order. Such preferences, however, would not be controlling on the commission. Attorney General Mitchell explained he had not submitted the measure to the Budget Bureau, and, because it would require additional expense, he is not at il to sponsor it or urge its enactment. said he was acting merely as an envoy to transmit it to Congress. He added the following com- xud urge that the Congress enact o en some legislation at this session which would improve wty of persons selected for jury and avoid the expense and trouble which results from the presence of ineligible persons on the Three Commissioners. provides for three jury com- Dbl nt. Now each be p-;%o on an of $4,500 a year m-:‘. with the other two continuing on & per diem basis. Omitting the cost of printing under the mew plan, it was estimated the bill would require an increase of $3,750 over current expenses f the jus L o Arlo'.h’errynew section that would be added to existing law states that the new provisions as to mode of drawing and summoning jurors “shall be con- strued as directory merely, and no presentment or indictment shall be quashed, nor shall any judgment be set aside, stayed or reversed, nor shall any challenge to the array of jurors in a criminal case be allowed because of any fallure by the jury commis- sioners or the clerks or the marshal to comply with the provisions of law or | the rules of the courts relating to the| drawing of jurors in the District, un- | less the rights of the defendant ha been substantially prejudiced thereby RIZIK FIRE ORIGIN STILL UNSOLVED Connecticut Avemue Apparel Shop Damage Given as About $25,000. Origin of the blaze which damaged the Rizik Bros. women's apparel shop, 1108 Connecticut avenue, to the extent of about $25,000 still was undetermined last night. An investigation was being made by Fire Marshall Calvin G. He could not be reached last night. ‘The flames, which broke out before the establishment was opened for busi- ness, were discovered by the janitor, John Craig, 22, colored, 2227 New York avenue. After turning in an alarm he was overcome by smoke and had to be taken to Emergency Hospital for treai- ment. Two additional alarms were sounded in rapid succession, bringing all avail- able fire apparatus in the downtown section. Dense clouds of smoke bil- lowed over Connecticut avenue, attract- ing hundreds to the scene. One fireman, Pressley Thrift, 37, of 433 Buchanan street, also was over- wtn:]z by smoke and taken to the hos- pital. Unable to get into the basement, where the blaze broke out, firemen broke through the sidewalk and poured streams of water through the opening into the smoke-filled cellar. EDUCATORS.WILL MEET Conference of Vocational Teachers Opens Here Tomorrow. ‘The Federal Board for Vocational Education has called a sectional con- ference of State supervisors and colored teacher trainers from Maryland, North and South Carolina, Virginia and West Virginia to meet tomorrow and Tuesday at the offices of the board, 1523 L street. Members of the board who will ad- dress the colored vocational leaders include W. A. Ross, H. B. Swanson, H. O. Sargeant and A. P. Willlams. Several col educators also will speak. e e | Fisheries Chief Gets Jaw-ache on New Guest’s Name Scardinius Erythropthal-| mus Placed Next to Auguilla Rostrate. Pisheries Commissioner Henry O'Mal- ley yesterday contracted a severe jaw- ache. He received for the Commerce De- partment’s aquarium a tank of Scardinius Erythropthalmus—"very rare Scardinius Erythrophthalmus at that, sald Mr. O'Malley. ) After signing a receipt for the ship- ment, Mr. O'Malley notified Glenn Leach, fish culture chief of the Bureau of Fisheries, by telephone as follows: “The Scardinius Erythrophthalmus are here, Mr. Leach, what tank do you want them in?" The what's here?" questioned Mr. Leach, | “The Scardinius Erythrophthalmus, you know, the Scardinius Erythroph- thalmus promised to us by the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.” “Oh, the Scardinius Erythrophthal- mus!"” exclaimed Mr. Leach. “That's fine—no aquarium is complete unless outfitted with a tank of Scardinius Erythrophthalmus. . . . We'll put them next to the Anguilla Rostrate," he ex- plained. “What! Put those Scardinius Ery- throphthalmus next to those Anguilla Rostrate!” shouted Mr. O'Malley. “No * not in my terrazzo-floored aquarium. Put them next to the Cypri- nius Carpio.” - “I beg your pardon, Mr. O“Malley, but I did not hear you,” said the soft- spoken Mr. Leach. ) “I*said put those Scardinius Ery- throphthalmus next to the Cyprinius Carpio and nowhere near those Anguilla Rostrate,” repeated Mr. O'Malley. “By | the way, Mr. Leach, just what are those Scardinius Erythrophthalmus? They sound like a flock of whales.” “Whales, no. They are just pearl roach,” laughed Mr. Leach. “Well, then,” ordered Mr. O'Malley, “any fish with,such a name should be next to those eels or Anguilla Rostrate | or whatever-you-call-them—put them | there.” | At 1 o'clock yesterday afternoon Mr. O'Malley left the massive sandstone edifice of the Commerce Department holding his_jaw, but pleased that his Scardinius Erythrophthalmus had ar- rived in good shape. DEATHOFVETRAN BLANED ONLIOR Coundon Fatality Ascribed to Alcoholism, After Autopsy at Morgue. | The death of Stephen Coundon, 35- year-old World War veteran, whose body was found in the réar of the ‘War Veterans’ Shelter Home at 2626 Pennsylvania avenue yesterday after- noon, was attributed to aleoholism fol- lowing an autopsy at the District Morgue last night. Police had been working on the theory that Coundon succumbed to in-| juries sustained in a brawl in which he was understood to have been in- volved in a house in the 300 block of D street Friday. A deep cut over his left eye was thought to have been re- ceived during this fight. Found on Ground Dead. Acquaintances of the man at the Shelter Home, where Coundon is said to have registered about three weeks ago, said he returned there shortly before noon yesterday. Shortly thereafter he was found dead on the ground in the rear of the establishment, which is Government-owned property. Police who visited the room in ques- tion on D street said they found evi- dence of a disturbance, including broken furniture, and a sheet on a bed bore bloodstains. Lieut. O. Spears of the United States Park Police is han- dling that department's inquiry. Operated by Veterans. ‘The Shelter Home 1s operated by a group of ex-service men in a building turned over by Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant, 3d, of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks, for the purpose. Efforts were being made last night by police to communicate with the dead man's next-of-kin, believed to be his brother, John Coundon of Jersey City. Coundon, it was learned at Wal- ter Reed Hospital, had been a patient at that institution, having been dis- charged February 11. Good for One Year at Harvard for Social Student. A scholarship of $750 for one year has been offered by the Harvard Club of Washington to a student from one of the secondary $chools of the District | entering upon his first year of study in Harvard College or the Harvard Engi- neering School, it was announced vesterday. Applications for the scholarship for next year should be in the hands of | the secretary of the committee, Henry | Grattan Doyle, 5500 Thirty-third street, not later than May 1 URCED FOR CITY 'Mrs. Norton Suggests Joint | proposing to Congress a form of gov- NEW COVERNMENT 'MERITING RESPECT Congressional Committee to Evolve Plan. STUDY OF GENERAL LAW REVISION ALSO ADVISED House Member in Radio Address Says Thorough Research Is Need to Solve Problem. Creation of a joint committee of the | House and Senate to work out a plan | for a form of government for the Dis- trict that will meet with “universal re- spect,” was advocated last night by Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, chairman of the House District Committee, In a radio speech over WMAL. Mrs. Norton declared that in her opinion a “sane solution” of the form of government for the District would not be reached until there has been a complete and scientific study of gov- ernmental problems. Aside from studying the problems of the District government, Mrs. Norton said the proposed joint committee should consider a general revision of the laws affecting the District and should propose legislation “more in line with modern thought and practice.” Several Lines of Thought. “Members of Congress who are con»! nected with the District Committee.” she said, “are very familiar with the | several lines of though' affecting local governmental administration. There are | groups which have so earnestly and | actively supported national representa- tion: another which considers it im- perative that the School Board be elected, and still others who believe a city manager form of government, under the direct supervision of Congress, is ideal. “Coming from a State where active participation in both municipal, county and Statewide matters is the right of every citizen, I sympathize thoroughly with the desire of many here in Wash- ington for a more liberal voice in their form of government, but at the same time I recognize that the conditions which induced the framers of our Con- stitution to give Congress absolute con- trol over the Federal District are still in a measure in effect. “In my opinion, a sane solution of the problem of the form of government for the District will not be reached until a thorough and complete study of the matter has been made and each person who has expressed interest is afforded a full opportunity to present his views on the subject. Suggests Law Revision Study. “I favor the appointment of a joint committee of the House and Senate, with adequate provision for a complete, scientific study of local governmental problems, with the ultimate object of i | 1 { emment for the District of Columbia which, while it may not meet with universal approval, is one that will meet with universal respect. “I suggest this committee should also consider very seriously the question of a general revision of the laws affecting the District of Columbia and sho'd propose legislation more in line win modern thought and practice.” Mrs. Norton outlined some of the more important District bills before her committee, and declared she would place at the head of the list a measure to provide old age pensions. She said her committee hoped to present the street car merger bill to the House and have it adopted at this session. FORT RENO SCHOOL WILL BE DISCUSSED Simon, Dr. Ballou and Hissl Sibyl Baker to Be Speakers Tuesday Night. Dr. Dr. Abram Simor, president of the Board of Education: Dr. Frank W. | Ballou, superintendent of schools, and Miss Sibyl Baker, public playground | director. will discuss plans for develop- ment of the senior high school and the public round in the Fort Reno | section, at a meeting of the Alice Deal Junior School Association at 8 fi\fé?fé‘r-f “y,Mght in_ the school Hoeomum at Thirty-eighth place and Members of various home and school associations. parent-teacher associations and citizens' associations have been in- | vited to att according to an an- nouncement by R. D. Marsden, corre- sponding secreta Hearings already have been held on that part of the District appropriation bill which would provide $50,000 for the preparation of plans for the proposed new high school. The normal increase in enrollment at Western High School, it has been pointed out, will require that school to adopt a double-shift | schedule next year unless relief be afforded in some manner, BARTENDER HAS NO OC(}UI;;TION, FEDERAL STATISTICIANS DECIDE Frank Bootleggers and Speakeasy Employes Designated Also as Just “Other Workers.” ‘The bootlegger or the good, old-fash- ioned bartender is not a man of occu- pation, according to a ruling made pub- lic_yesterday by the Census Bureau Government’s statistical organi- zation is excluding from its occupation statistics for cities persons engaged in such work, an official disclosed, because LECTURES ON “DIVING” Navy Expert to Speak at Catholic University. Lieut. Norman 8, Ives, commander of the Deep Sea Diving School at Washington Navy Yard, will deliver a Jecture Monday at Catholic University on “The History of Deep Sea Diving and Modern Safety Devices.” The Jecture will be given in McMahon Hall suditorium and begin 8pm. at working in Because of the “disreputable character of such endeavors.™ It was explained that although the bureau had received reports from its field agents that in 3 number of in- stances heads of families and single men and women were engaged in such anlawful pursuit, these persons had been classed as “other workers™ More than 100,000 field agents were employed by the bureau in all States, and in their house-to-house canvass they asked the nature of the business of those gainfully employed. In some cases individuals frankly re. y plied that they were bootleggers or were speakeasies. of the disreputable character A the | of such work. it was explained, the 52322152’ the information obtained by TS Was considered by bureau as belng unreliable, - %7 11 The latest figures to be made public by the bureau were for the cities of Camden and Elizabeth, N. J. “Other workers” in Camden number 7,024, of Which 1,495 are women. In Eiizabeth there are 5824 persons in the same class, of which 965 are women. In both cities the statistical count included 68 occupations besides those | classed as “other workers.” Meantime Representative Schafer, Republican, Wisconsin, told the House yesterday the new.revenue bill levies “an extortionate tax on bootleggers.” He referted to the proposed tax of | 5 cents a gallon on wort. | _“It can't be used for anything but making beer.” said Schafer, an ardent anti-proffitionist Representative Beam, Democrat, Il lincis w with Schafer. Both fa- e vor 8 legalized beer. | tion GTON, CHEST FACES PLEA | O HELP CARRY ON JOB FINDING DRIVE District Committee Probably Will Ask for “Compara- tively Small Sum.” FUNDS ALREADY SUPPLIED WILL BE GONE APRIL 1 Statement Prepared by Subcommit- tee Makes No Reference to D. C. Appropriation. The Community Chest will probably be asked for “a comparatively smail sum” to continue the work of the Dis- trict Committee on Employment for a short time, according to a statement made public today by E. C. Graham, chairman of the committee. The statement was prepared four-hour conference with mempers of the subcommittee organized to report to the full committee on a recommenda- by Paul L. Benjamin, executive secretary of the committee, that a Dis- trict appropriation be asked for relief to the unemployed. A meeting of the . tull committee has been called for 11:30 o'clock next Tuesday. There is no reference to a District appropriation in the statement, and this is taken inferentially as a recommenda- tion against asking for such an appro- priation. The committee has - bee; working on funds supplied by the Com- munity Chest, but these funds will be exhausted April 1. The funds have been used to employ 2,200 men alternate weeks on work such as repairs to roads and cleaning up park areas. ‘The men get $13.50 every other week, an average of $6.75 per week. Even this work will not be available after April 1, and it is to bridge the gap be- tween April 1 and the opening of the working season, with its expected em- ployment of men on road and other work in the usual business and Gov- ernment channels that the additional funds are being sought. Text of Statements. ‘The full text of the statement as made by Mr. Graham follows: “The following facts will be presented to the District of Columbia Committee on Employment at its meeting Tuesday, March 15, as a result of the delibera- tions of its Special Committee, which was appointed to consider the necessity for additional funds to carry on the work of that committee: “The original appropriation of $250,- 000, which was requested of the Com- munity Chest by the Committee on Employment for carrying on a program of making work and stimulating work, was budgeted to be expended through the period up to April 1, 1932. The original idea was that the resumption of outdoor work this Spring would en- in a | able the committee by that time to dis- continue its program of made work. This program of made work is entirely separate from and in addition to serv- ices of relief to needy families of un- employed persons and others, as carried on by the charitable and relief organ- izations of the District of Columbia, most of which are financed through the Community Chest. “It was never intended that the Com- mittee on Employment should provide such direct relief to individuals in need, nor was it thought that the funds avail- able to the committee would enable it to handle the problem of direct relief, for the sum used for this work is great- er than the $250,000 appropriated to the committee, and is being handled very satisfactorily through the family melfare agencies of the Community Chest. Demand Below Expectations. “The activities of the District of Columbia Committee on Employment in providing made work on public property for which there is no public appropriation havé met the situation in a very satisfactory way up to the present time. The opening of Spring and the resultant demand for addi- tional employes has not developed to the extent that was anticipated. * It is unquestionably desirable to have this committee continue its work for a short period, if it is possible to se- | cure an additional comparatively small sum. Such an additional fund would enable the committee to continue its made work program until Spring op- erations do open up. “It may be necessary to ask the Community Chest for additional funds for this purpose, although the Com- munity Chest will have completely ful- filled its obligation ande promise to supply the sum of $250,000 for the made work program. “This need for some additional funds for this committee is entirely in line with the experience of the family re- lief organizations, which are members of the Community Chest. It is quite clear that the need for relief in Wash- ington is much greater than it has ever been before. For example, the Associated Charities reports that its increase of direct rellef expenditures over last year amounts to about 100 per cent. While recognizing the large {demand for relief in the community which must be handled through these agencies according to present organi- zation, we should realize that the Com- mittee on Employment was organized to provide employment, and not re- lief. Direct relief should be provided through agencies. We take it for granted that the Community Chest will take whatever steps are necessary to meet the situation as handled by the relief organizations. “In view of the fact that some thou- sands of men will be put on public works of various sorts this Spring, and with the opening of other projects, in turn employing many men, the Em- ployment Committee is of the opinion that it should taper off its activities as such employment develops. Indica- tions are that more men will be put on public works than have been em- | ployed by the committee each week during this past Winter. Laborers Benefited Primarily. “In such tapering off, however, we should remember that owing to the type of work that could be created, made work provided by the commit- tee has been of primary benefit to unskilled laborers, or to the type of men who could adapt themselves to this type of work. For that reason this committee has not been able to provide very much employment for what is commonly known as “white collar” class. Their problem and that of the unemployed woman will remain for handling by this committee and through regular relief organizations of the community. “In view of the fact that contractors working on District projects will em- ploy 1,000 men by April 10 and that the District will employ an additional 300 men, and that within the next few months 3000 men will be em- ployed on contracts let by the District, and further, in view of the resumption of seasonal employment of the labor- ing class in the District, it is quite possible that the made work activities " Girl Scouts Celebrate Anniversary | MRS. RUTH BRYAN OWEN CU1S TWENTIETH BIRTHDAY CAKE. M RS. RUTH BRYAN OWEN, a Representative from Florida, cut a birthday cake yesterday at exercises marking the twentleth anniversary of the organization of the Girl Scouts at the headquarters, 1825 M street. Some 500 members of Washington, Virginia and Maryland troops attended. After presentation of a pageant by a group of girls tea was served. Music was provided by the Fox Junior Band. Left to right are shown Elizabeth Mahin, Anna Mahin, Alice Leake, Mrs. Owen, Mary Purches, Margaret Mahin and Betty Leake. —Star Staff Photo. 171085 CREATED NI CAPAEN “Man.a Block” Plan Arouses Citizens” Groups to New Efforts. Jobs were found for 117 people in the last week and inquiries from citizens’ associations regarding the “man a block” plan were held highly encourag- irig by Col. E. G. Bliss, chairman of the trict of Columbia Committee on Em- ployment. He expects increased re- suits in the placing of men and women in both temporary and permanent positions. Literature urging the bullding of garhges and other contract work and explaining how such work can be done in the churches of the city today. Catholic Groups Aid. Catholic groups of the city are en- listing the services of the St. Vincent and women, both permanent and tem- porary. As the result of this solicita- tion, one church parish reported yes- terday that 11 men and 12 women had been given work in the week. The offices of the Employment Committee at 1000 Pennsylvania avenue, reported 72 men placed in positions and the Chevy Chase Good Works Circle, which last week placed 58 persons in positions, reported finding jobs for 22 more during the week. Ralph H. Campbell, employment officer of the District of Columbia De- partment, American Legion, is visiting all posts of the Legion, by direction of Department Comdr. Fred G. Fraser, and encouraging each post to align itself in the general work creation campaign. Mr. Campbell, who has been made a special agent of the Department of | Labor in connection with this work, ex- | plains that the Legion's Nation-wide | campalgn to find work for veterans, | has been consoliddted with the work | creation movement here, the Legion finding an organization already set up | and preferring to work with that or- | ganization rather than to set up an- other organization Other Cities Use Plan. ‘The “man a block” plan which has been successfully worked out in other cities, is to have the citizens of each block, under the direction of a block chairman, subscribe to a fund to em- ploy one man, that man to do odd jobs such as gardening, cleaning out celiars, mowing lawns, etc., in that block. There are enough such jobs in each block, ac- cording to the experience of other cities, to keep one man busy. “Improvement in weather conditions, which is near, should give decided im- petus to the work creation plan,” Col. Bliss sald yesterday. “Spring weather will bring "all the innumerable tasks that confront each householder at this season and we anticipate that the com- mittee will be called upon to furnish a large number of men and women to help out in tiele odd jobs.” should in the near future cease until the Fall, “I think what will come out of it Wwill be the decision that the made-work program has been a fine demonstration of the possibilities of helping meet the unemployment situation by work on public properties. This work has had its value both because of direct relief given: because of the morale which has been preserved in those who have done this work, and because of the perma- nent value in improvement of property of the District of Columbia and of the United States Government. However, such a form of relief work is consid- erably more expensive in actual cash than direct rellef work would have ‘Would Mean Tapering Off. “It is the opinion of several members of the committee, therefore, that when funds are limited as they now are and when those funds are derived from con- tributions of private citizens, the relief should be given directly through the established charities of the commu- nity. Further, every endeavor should be made to provide the largest possible amount of public and private work to which persons otherwise destitute should be employed. “This would mean that the work re- be tapered mittee on Employment, and through the work which will be undertaken as the season advances on the public prop- erty of the District of Columbia and of the United States Government in the District. All persons who cannot be provided with work in this way and who are actually destitute should be by the established relief agencies of the ity, Work Creation Committee of the Dis- | at a saving will be distributed again | de Paul Society in seeking jobs for men | BARNES TO BE SPEAKER Will Address Washington Board of Trade at Willard. Julius H. Barnes will be the guest of honor and principal speaker at the March meeting of the Washington Board of Trade to be held at 8 pm. Tuesday in the Willard Hotel. David Lawrence, well known journalist, also| will speak. Mr. Barnes is chairman of the board of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States and president of the Barnes-Ames Co. He also holds sev- eral other executive posts, and was president of the war-time United States Grain Corporstion. Entertainment will be furnished by | the Chevy Chase Chanter of 20 voices. DISTRT HAS BAD SEASON N HOUSE Given 2 Out of 6 Days, With 5 Unwanted Enactments. Senate More Liberal. The Democratic House has not been kind to the District so far this ses- sion. Out of six scheduled District days, |only two have been devoted to consid- | eration of legislation recommended by the Commissioners. In addition it has passed five unwanted bills, four in- tended to add approximately $4,000,000 | in_taxation upon the District and the | other to repeal the 60-40 ratio of fiscal | relations as provided in substantive | law. | Ancther District day; scheduled for | tomorrow, * will be passed up to per- mit a vote on the Beck-Linthicum Eighteenth Amendment repeal resolu- tion. The next rtunity for con- sideration of ict legislation will not come until March 28, unless the 1933 appropriation bill is reported to the House in the meantime, So far the House has passed but five of the several score of bills introduced at the current session, excluding the five unsolicited bills forced on the District by the special Mapes commit- tee appointed to study the question of fiscal relations between the Federal and District Governments. Senate More Generous. The Senate has been more generous. | Its legislative calendar shows it has | passed 20 pi of District legislation, including bills and special resolutions. The Mapes bills were not taken up in the House on District day, but were “railroaded” through in the early part of the session when the House was 8roping around for something to do. The total production of legislation affecting the District actually disposed of in the House on District day in- cluded the bill authorizing incorpora- tion of the District Bicentennial Com- mission and four minor measures—a bill relieving the Commissioners of certain ministerial duties, a bill author- izing the tax assessor to testify in con- demnation cases, & bill to protect union labels, and a bill providing for an im- provement on property on Georgia avenue. It has been the &menl understand- ing in the House that the second and fourth Mondays of each month would be District day. Since Congress con- vened there have been six Mondays, excluding Washington's birthday, when Congress was not in session, referred to as District days, and on only two of them has District legislation been con- sidered. The loss of another District day tomorrow means that District legis- lation not' upon the consent calendar must wait until March 28 for consid- eration. The delay in District day may make it possible to get the street car merger bill before the House for action this month, alf the measure is still in the public utilities subcommittee of the District! Committee. It is expected to be reported out favorably, however, within the next 10 days, although Re) Tresentative Black of New York, chair- man of the subcommittee, has threat- ened to hold up the report because of sudden pressure on his committee to hasten its action. ‘DARK HOURS’ PREMIERE Many Washingtonians Expected to Attend Show at Baltimore. American Passion Play,” will be pre- sented by the University Players of | Baltimore. This group recently pre-| sented the Greek drama, “Lysitrata.” | ANALYSIS OF THREE MAPES BILLS DUE Efficiency Bureau Report Goes to Senate Body Tomorrow. The Bureau of Efficiency probably will transmit to ( ‘The bureau still is in tensive study of the f¢ bill, which would establish a local income tax. After that it will submit its views on the fifth bill in the program of the Mapes ittee, which seeks to abolish the substantive law estal the 60-40 ratio in apportioning expenses of the Capital. Although the House has succeeded in recent years in substituting an annual lump sum Federal contribution for the definite percentage ratio, the substan- tive 60-40 law never has been repealed. The program of the House Committee, which drafted these tax increase bills, contemplated an effort to reduce the Federal share for District expenses from the present lump sum of $9,500,- 000 to $6,500,000. Hearings Due Soon. As soon as these five bills reached the Senate, Chairman Capper recommend- ed to his committee that all of th Ineasures be analyzed by the Efficiency Bureau in advance of committee con- sideration. With three of the reports ready to be submitted, Senator Capper plans to begin public hearings wltgfn 10 days or two weeks, at which District tAxpayers will have an rtunit; voice their views. el 60-40 PLAN APPROVED. an in- Mount Pleasant Citizens Oppose Mapes Tax Bills. The Mount Pleasant Citizens' Asso- clation last night adopted & resolution approving the efforts of the Citizens' Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations to obtain adherence by the Congress to its former action and the restoration of the so-called '60-40 plan.'” This action was taken at a meeting in the Mount Pleasant Branch of the Public Library, Sixteenth and Lamont streets. The organization also went on record as being opposed to the four Mapes tax bills in thelr present form. The question of additional post office facilities in the Mount Pleasant area, o!mhgmum ac meetings of the lon, was referrea pe assoc} s to the Execu tive The meeting was addressed by Boris Baleiski, Department of Commerce economist. SUSPECT CAUGHT TRYING TO JUMP PICKET FENCE Suspended in Air When Pants Catch and Police Chase Comes to End. A chase both on motor cycles and afoot ended for two policemen Friday night when their quarry, a colored man, slipped on ice as he attempted to hurdle & high picket fence and was suspended by the seat of his trousers until the officers rescued him. The policemen plucked the fugitive, George Carter, colored, from the fence m. called a patrol wagon and had hauled to a precinct station. Sergt. J. E. Fondahl and Pvt. K. P. Greenlow told Judge Gus A. Schuldt yesterday they started chasing Carter on th street and uufht up with him after several blocks of dodg- ing in and out of traffic. They led him almost to the second precinct station, where he jumped from the taxicab he had been ‘driving and ran down the street on foot. The officers pursued on heir motor cycles. Suddenly Carter doubled back on his trail and attempt- ed to jump the fence. Judge Schuldt finer Carter $40 on charges of second offense 3 driving on an expired hacker's license and failng to change the his operator’s permit. = = $3,680 VIOLIN STOLEN Theft of Ruggieri Product Report- ed to Police. Theft of an old violin valued at| $3,680 from the home of Carlton Dorsey, 1900 block of Ninth street, was reported to nolice late yesterday. The play will be given in the Maryland | Theater. The cast will consist of 90 Pplayers, inclding & chorus of 50, The violin is described as a Ruggieri product, PAGE B—1 SEMATETDRENEN DEBATE N WEANS OF EXPENGE TS McKellar Seeks 10 Per Cent Slash in Al Appropria- tion Bills. CALCULATES REDUCTION WOULD BE 235 MILLIONS Tennessean Believes Saving Could Be Accomplished Withont Lowering Salaries. Discussion as to how and to what extent Government experses should be curtailed as a means of balancing the budget is expected to continue at the Senate end of the Capitol this week, with Senator McKellar, Democrat, of Tennessee, seeking to cut all appro- priation bills by 10 per cent. McKellar already has an amendment pending to accomplish this in the In- terior Department bill now before the Senate, and late vesterday he intro- duced a joint resolution broad enough to make a similar slash in all the other appropriations. His amendment to the Interior bill may be voted on tomorrew, but his general resolution was referred to the Appropriations Committee for study. There were indications last night of considerable opposition to this method of holding down appropriations by flat percentage cut. $250,000,000 Cut Estimated. Senator McKellar estimates his reso- lution, if applied to all appropriation bills, would result in an aggregate re- duction of between $235000,000 and $250,000,000. He said, however, he be- lieves this 10 per cent saving could be accomplished in each department with- out cumnxm salaries, pmumn:l‘y !fl curtailing other expenses. He d fear of cutting Government salarles is that such a step might lead to general pay reductions outside the Government sel . Although the McKellar resolution does not mention specifically the Dis- trict appropriation bill, its terms are broad enough to affect all a tions in the budget, except interest on the public debt and sums actually to be paid to ex-service men and pension claimants. No decision is likely for a week or more on the points of difference be- tween the two houses over the question of normal promotions for Government employes and the policy to be followed in cies. These questions filling vacancies. will be settled in the conference on agricultural appropriation bill, in all probability, but these conferees have not been appointed. House Reverses Stand. ‘The House must appoint its copferees first and then send the papers to the Senate. The House placed a restriction in the agricultural bill against salary promotions and prohibiting filling of vacancies them out “without prejudjce.” the House reversed its stand by failing to prohibit promotions in the Treasury- Post Office bill. Although the confer- ence may result in some compromise, some Senators believe the limitations will be left out entirely on the theory heads of departments already are economizing as much as possible in these directions. When the Interior bill is taken up again tomorrow, Senator Costigan, Democrat, of Colorado, will move to re- store some of the money for Howard University, which was recommended by the Budget Bureau, but cut out by the H ouse. Senator McKellar's proposed cut in appropriations is one of several propo- sitions which he has worked into a pro- gram of Government retrenchment, by which, he contends, the sales tax could be avoided in the revenue bill. The Senator is addressing a letter to Secre- tary of the Treasury Mills for estimates and comment on his program, which includes suspending tax refunds on war-time taxes. KEECH PROPOSES TAXI LAW CHANGES Seeks to Prevent Discrimination in Operators’ Financial Responsibility. People's Counsel Richmond B. Keech transmitted to Chairman Capper of the Senate District Committee yesterday several changes he believes should be made in the pending bill to require taxi- cab operators to satisfy the Public Util- itles Commission of their financial re- sponsibility in case of accident. One of his amendments would make it mandatory for the commission to re- quire all those who coms within the purview of the bill either to take out insurance or give bond to indemnify passengers and the general public against loss due to the negligence of operators. He said his purpose is to prevent the possibility of the law being held discriminatory. ‘The people’s counsel proposed an- other amendment to make the insurance policies and the bonds indemnify the passenger or the general public rather than the company. He said that if the policy or bond merely were to indemnify the company, the injured parties would be without redress in cases where the defendant company was not in such a position as to be responsible as well as liable for the injury. He said he favored the proposed legislat TWO COLONIAL PLAYS TO BE GIVEN.IN SCHOOL Bicentennial Program to Be Pre- sented at Chevy Chase Com- munity Center. ‘Two plays of the Colonial period and early American u‘:lu numbers will fea- One play, “The Washingtons Home,” will be presented by members of the music section o Chevy Chase Wcmen's Club, and the ouher, “Martha Weshington at Valley Forge,” will be staged by the Rebeccs Players, s