Evening Star Newspaper, June 15, 1932, Page 17

JOBLESS WARNED AGAINST RACKET IN CIVIL SERVICE Commission Starts Campaign to Break Up Schools Throughout U. S. ADVERTISE PROMISES IN COACHING COURSES False Hope of Employment Alleged in Indictment of Iowa Man. A warning to the unemployed against e new “depression racket’—the effort of schools and individuals to “coaching” courses in preparation for Federal Civil Service examinations for positions which do not exist or for, which the chances of appointment are virtually hopeless—was issued today by the Civil Service Commission. The warning was issued simul taneously with announcement of a Na- tion-wide campaign to break up schools of this character. In this campaign, waged by 50 field agents of the com- mission, with the assistance of the Justice Department, the commission already has obtained one indictment 4n Towa and is preparing other cases for prosecution. . It is the practice of schools and in- ‘dividuals engaging in the Federal #coaching racket” to advertise in sec- Yond-class magazines, holding out prom- jses of Federal jobs to those who take the coaching course offered. Officials believe hundreds of persons who can ill afford to throw money away are being victimized by such schools. False Pretense Charged. 1In the case of the Jowa man the com- mission explained the based on false representation. promise was held out that those taking the course would qualify themselves for appointments as forest rangers in Iowa under the Forest Service, Department of Agriculture. The Forest Service has no rangers in Iowa and there is no prospect for creation of such posts, the Civil Service Commission explained. The same man also offered courses which would qualify students for appointment as immigration inspectors in Iowa, it was explained. i Other schools are offering training for | examinaticns for appointments as rail- way mail clerks. taking money from many students de- spite the fact that, since January 1 only en railway mail clerk appoint- ments have been made and there is a waiting list which makes chances for appointment of any newcomer ‘“less than 10,000 to 1. in the viewpoint of officials of the Civil Service Commis- sion. Commission’s Warning. The warning of the commisison is being broadcast throughout the Nation, copies being sent to hundreds of pub- lications, to radio broadcasting stations, to all post offices and to other agencies and public officials. The text of the warning points out: i “Very few appointments are being : made in the Federal civil service. Va- cancies which must be filied are filled by the transfer of those in the service or the reinstatement of tnose who have been in the service, wnerever practi- cable. “It is seldom necessary to announce an examination. In most cases, registers of eligibles exist as a result of exami- nations held during the past year. When an examination is anncunced, the ap- Elcants are usually hundreds of times excess of the need. “Money paid for civil service coach- ing courses at this time might almost as well be thrown to the four winds.” Quote From Advertisement. A typical advertisement of the type the commission is seeking to ban was shown in the latest issue of a 10-cent magazine specializing in detective sto- Ties. The advertisement, in the form of & series of cartoons is headed: “ ‘Rail- ‘way Mail’ Pete tells a friend how to get & Government job.” “Pete” is shown in conversation with 8 despondent friend who has just had his pay cut and is afrala of losing his Jjob. “Pete” offers to show him how to get a real job. “You'll have the world’s best boss— the U. S. Government,” says Pete. “No strikes, no layoffs, good steady pay, va- cations with pay, and if you're sick, they don't ‘dock’ you. Yearly raises, 7ed “Boy! ‘That sounds good to me, Pete,” replies the worried one. “But do you need any ‘pull’ to get a Gov- ernment job?” “Not a bit. And what's more, there are all kinds of jobs. Take your pick,” Pete replies. He describes the many types of work Uncle Sam has to offer. The advertisement closes with a blank, to be filled out by the applicant for in- formation as to how to obtain “a posi- tion with the U. S. Government paying me $1,850 to $3,300 a year, with excel- lent chance for rapid advancement.” BOOSTER EXCURSION PLANS COMPLETED Merchants and Manufacturers Sail on the Southland From Capital Saturday. sell indictment was | The | Apparently they are | Rare Leafy Coat-of-Arms GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SHIELD REPRODUCED IN PLANTS. bird's-eye view of the coat of arms of George Washington, réproduced in plant life as a feature of the Bicentennial Celebration. Grant, 3d. the director, said this coat of arms will be in place until frost It has just been completed in a newly made bed just north of TAKEN frcm the top of the Washington Monument, this picture shows a appears. the Washingtcn Monument. Various colored plants are used to the direction of Frank T. Gartside, studied the problem for weeks to achieve he best results. At the bottom is ‘Exitus acta probat"—"“The end proves of gold beset with jewels, which the horticulturists have cleverly duplicated with Above is a raven of black, with wings slanting backward. flowers. Lieut. Col. U. 8. secure the effect. Horticulturists, under with the Latin inscription, the scroll, Above is the ducal coronet the means.” —Star Staff Photo. 1934D. C. BUDGET ORDERED STUDIED Recently Formed Economy Committee Will Go Over Tentative Figures. The District Commissioners yesterday crdered their recently formed Economy Committee to scan all items to be in- cluded by department heads in their tentative 1934 fiscal year budgets, and to report back later, through the bud- get officer, with detailed recommenda- tions as to urgency of the various pro- posed expenditures and their priorities, so that the 1934 budget may be based con the present level of taxation. The committee is empowered to sum- mon all department heads before it and to require of them any information per tinent to its task. The jobs set before it will take all Summer, the figures for the 1934 budget going over to the Bud- get Bureau in September. District Auditer Daniel J. Donovan is chairman of the committee and also serves as trict budget officer. Other members of the committee are Daniel E. Garges, secretary to the Board of Com- missioners; Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst, director of the Department of High- ways; Stephen E. Kramer, assistant superintendent of schools; George S. Wilson, director of public welfare, and | Harold F. Baker, director of the De- partment of Construction. 81ST DIVISION MEN CONCLUDE SESSIONS Veterans Form Permanent Organi- zation, Electing Gen. Bailey as Commander. The veterans of the 81st Division ended a three-day reunion here yes- terday, marching in the Flag Day pa- rade last night before departing for their homes. At a business session yesterday after- noon _the group adopted a constitution and by-laws for a permanent associa- tion and decided to establish national headquarters here. Maj. Gen. Charles J. Bailey, war-time commander of the division, who had been serving as temporary head of the association, was elected commander. Other officers chosen were Grady Askew -of North Carolina, vice commander, and James E. Cahall of Washington, adjutant. Earlier in the day, a portrait of Gen. Balley was presented to the Smithson- ian Institution by the veterans. SMALLEY IS ELECTED TO HEAD CITIZENS Takoma Association Backs Plan to Request Band Concerts in Manor Park Area. H, R, Smalley was elected president of the Takoma Park Citizens’ Associa- tion at a meeting last night in the Takoma Park branch of the Washing- ton Public Library. Other officers to | elected were: PFirst vice president, C. Leonard Boyer; second vice president, Mrs. Alcena Lamond; secretary, Mrs. Leonora F. Sanborn, and treasurer, Samuel Handelsman. John Walker and David T. Blose were named delegates to the. Federation of Citizens’ Associa- Arrangements have been completed for | tions. Three were selected as members- the twenty-second annual booster trip |at-large on the Executive Committee, of members and guests of the Mer-|S. E. Blassingham, John W. Coffman, chants and Manufacturers’ Association, | sr. and Walter Irey. The Nominating starting Saturday afternoon at 1:30 | Committee was com] d _of Walter pose o'clock, it was announced today by Dr. | Irey, Dr. Guy Clinton and Dr. William M. G. Gibbs. committee chairman. Details of the trip, to be made on the | Steamer Southland, chartered for the occasion, were approved at a meeting vesterday afternoon of the Board of Governors of the Association. Charles Frame, chairman of the Itin- erary Committee for the trip, announced the steamer would make its first stop Sunday morning at Old Point Comfort to permit members of the party of local business men to attend church or to play golf or swim at a resort pool there. ‘The steamer will continue to Norfolk for a brief stop, returning to Old Point Comfort at noon to meet those stopping there for the morning. Sunday {’?m. noon will be spent in cruising about the bay, with the return trip to Wash- ington being rmade Sunday night. Wife Asks Divorce Decree. ROCKVILLE, Md., June 15 (Special). —Through Attorney Kenneth Lyddane of Rockville, Pauline Green of county has filed suit in the Circuit Court here for an absolute divorce from Samuel Green, also of this county, on the ground of desertion. The bill stated the couple were married in April, 1922, separated more than three years & helper, was g0 per, h'-ll:inc / snd have & son, Henry A. Green, 8, A. Hooker. The association indorsed a request from the Manor Park Citizens’ Asso- cietion favoring band concerts in the E:;k at Third and Sheridan streets. Hubbard was elected a member of the association. Vice president Burt ‘W. Andrews presided. AMMONIA TANK BLAST BURNS WORKER BADLY Hubert Boff, 35, in Serious Condi- tion After Explosion in Ter- minal Power House. Hubert Boff, 35, of the 800 block of P street northeast, was severely burned about the eyes today when an ammonia tank he was fixing in the Washington Terminal Power House, near Union Sta- tion, exploded and sprayed him with the liquid. Boff was taken to Emergency Hospital, where it was said his condition was se 3 An employe of the terminal said Boff, :hne top from pump HUSBAND OF MAID -~ HELDIN'HOLD-UP jMan Said to Have Driven| White to Scene of Good- acre Robbery. A third arrest was made today in connection with the frustrated attempt to hold up George L. Goodacre, pro- | prietor of a chain of lunch rooms bear- ing his name, and rob him of approxi- mately $3,000. John McKeen Kirk, 28, said to be| the husband of the Goodacre maid | taken into custody shortly after the| hold-up attcmpt, was arrested by De- | tective Sergt. Larry O'Dea. block of West Virginia avenue north- east, was picked up near the Police Court Building. After being booked for investigation at police headquarters, he was subjected to intensive question- ing by O'Dea and other detectives. Knocked Gun Aside. The attempt to rob Mr. Goodacre was | made Monday near his home, at, 7617 Morningside drive. ~ A lone bandit— later identified as Thomas F. White, 34, no address—leaped upon the run- ning board of Mr. Goodacre's auto- | mobile and, leveling a Tevolver at him, ordered him to hand over his money. Instead of complying, Mr. Goodacre | struck the hold-up man’s gun aside and | jumped from the car. A bag contain- ing the money, collected from Mr.| Goodacre's 15 lunch rooms, was in the machine, however, and the bandit seized it and fled. Wife Cornered Robber. While Mr. Goodacre was obtaining | his revolver, his wife, Mrs. Sarah Good- acre, 56, pursued the robber and cor- nered him. She held him until the ar- rival of her husband, who turned him over to Capt. Joseph Morgan, sixth pre- cinct. Cept. Morgan and Detective Sergt. Elmer Lewis arrested the maid, Mrs. Josephine Kirk, after questioning her regarding the hold-up. White, mean- while, is said to have told detectives he was driven to the scene of the hold-up by Kirk, who waited for him a few blocks away. VETERANS PROVIDED FREE DENTAL CARE District Society Moves to Extend Assistance to Members of Bonus Army. Plans to provide free dental care for members of the bonus army were made last night at the annual meeting of the District Dental Soclety. Dr. Charles D. Cole, elected president at the session held at George Washing- ton University, and members of a spe- cial committee were authorized to “take such steps as are found necessary” to give the veterans the benefit of dental care. The WASHINGTO Other officers elected last night are Dr. W. W. Wyman, vice president, and Dr. Mark F. Finley, treasurer. Dr. Henry Spillan retained his place on th Executive Committee, and the follow- ing were given membership in the group: Dr. B. E. Erikson, Dr. Charles L. Smith, Dr, George Albert Smith, Dr. 8. C. Hopkins, Dr. N. E, Krogh and Dr. Manley Michaels. Dr. Herbert C. Hopkins, retiring pres- ident, officlated at the installation of the new officers, and Dr. W. M. Simkins, secretary, presented s brief report praising the work of the various com- mittee chairmen during the last year. Reports also were submitted by the chairmen. COMMUNITY CHEST HITS FALSE PLEA FOR HELP “Charity Faker” Canvassing North- west With Fictitious Story, Official Says. ‘The Community Chest warned today against & “charity faker,” sald to be canvassing the Northwest section with a fictitious story about & hungry wife and baby. The man, it was said, uses varjous names and gives false ad- dresses. To avold confusing the deserving with fake appeals, residents have been asked to telephone. write or visit the Com- munity Chest personal ap) ition_bu- reau, in room 202 of Sansbury Builing, 1418 I street. Spokesmen for the Chest say there is ¥W flr;tg—d::; actually ll: distress has been turned away from the various agencies, although the organiza- tions are somewhat handicapped by the $300,000 Chest deficit, ’ IRECESS EXPECTED AS PHONE HEARING Company Figures Reveal De- cember Receipts, but Costs Unlisted. COMPUTATIONS SOUGHT ON 170,000 D. C. BILLS Commission. and Firm's Account- ants Will Confer on Time Needed for Close Inspection. The public hearing on reduction of telephone rates in the District which started before the Public Utilities Com- mission today is expected to be recessed after the afternoon session in an effort to secure statistics from the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. on the costs of operating services by class of service. The commission had ordered these figures filed before the hearing started. The telephone company, however, filed only figures showing receipts during December, 1931, and no figures as to costs. Byers McK. Bachmann, chief accountant for the commission, said it would be impossible for him to dt‘-l termine the cost of service by classes from the figures furnished by the com- pany. Accountants to Confer. 1t was decided to let accountants for the commission and the company con- fer and make an estimate of the time required for obtaining the figures sought. It was explained at the hear- ing that to get the figures would involve computations based on 170,000 bills sent out by the company monthly, and that it was almost a physical impossibility to allocate the cost to the various sta- tions since all exchanges handle all types of calls, including local and long- distance. : At the outset of the hearing William MCcK. Clayton, representing the Federa- | moved | that the commisson make the Ameri-| tion of Citizens’ Associations, can Telephcne & Telegraph Co. a party to the hearing because it owns the local company. Mr. Bachmann then took the stand an statistics relating to the company’s op- | erations for the years 1925 to 1930, Ln-i Kirk, wh ‘addvess in the 1600 | S1USIVE: , who gave an ] K Ves H Investment Increased. | The statistics showed that during the | years mentioned there was a 70 per | cent increase in the amount invested | in plant, but only a 35 per in operating revenues. that period. They also thowed the local company, bad paid the A. T. & T. ‘1,352,000\ during those years. H The eflect of installation of the dial | system in 1930 was partly reflected in| the items for operators’ wages, Which amounted to $1,387,000 in 1925, $1,739,- 0C0 in 1929 and $1,510.000 in 1931. The company earned in 1931, appli- cable to return on its valuation, $2.259,- 000, ecual to_a 7.34 per cent returt on| valuation. Its earnings during that year equaled 11.9 per cent on its stock | 2fter paying all interest charges. | The company claimed that so far this | year it has made a return of 6.50 per | cent in the months January to April | inclusive and 6.31 per cent in May. BARACA PHILATHEA OPENS CONVENTION' Religious Order Numbering Mil- | lion Members Plans Four- | Day Session. The World Wide Baraca Philathea Union opened a four-day convention at the Mayflower Hotel today with some 500 delegates in attendance, most of whom are from Washington and near- by cities of Virginia and Maryland. The union, a religious order, number- ing almost 1,000,000 members, recently moved its headquarters here from Syra- cuse, N. Y. H Miss Henrietta Heron of Washington is presiding as president of the union, while the convention program was &r- ranged under the chairmanship of R. C. Thompson of Baltimore. A reception and tea at the Mayflower this afternoon will be a feature. Dele- gates will sponsor a pageant at 7:30 o'clock tonight in the Covenant-First Presbyterian Church, Connecticut ave- nue and N street. FOUR DISTRICT BILLS SIGNED BY PRESIDENT Measures Pertain to Opening and Closing of Streets and Re- adjusting Lines. President Hoover today signed four g}m relating to the District of Colum- a. ‘They were an act providing for the opening and closing of roads within the boundaries of the work house property at Occoquan, Va., to permit exchange of certain lands between the District government and the government of Vir- ginia with a view to straightening road- ways; acts authorizing closing certain streets and alleys and an act providing for readjustment of street lines for the transfer of land, parks and highway p;:rpoaes in the Northeast section of the city. MARTIN FUNERAL HELD Retired Fireman Died Monday at Sister’'s Home. Funeral services for Edward T. Mar- tin, retired member of the District Fire ent, who died Monday at the home of his sister, Mrs. Catherine Daly, 1383 Potomac avenue southeast, were held at the Potomac avenue address at 2 p.m. today. Mr. Martin, who was born in 1873, was appointed to the Fire Department in 1896, and served until September 15, 1924, when he was retired. Bares Ocean Hop Plans. NEW YORK, June 15 (#).—Before taking off for Nashville, Tenn., on & private mission today, Cyrus Peabody, & veteran military and commercial ‘pilot, announced that within the next few|in the weeks he planned a speed flight from New York to England, France snd Germany, USEEUPTE TP The commission took the| motion under advicement. | d introduced 13 exhibits containing | cent increase | They showed | an increase of $17.68 per station during| | Otherwise his figures will never balance | WITH SUNDAX MORNING EDITION bering Sfap D.. C, WEDNESDAY, JUNE I TAX ON CHECKS BOTHER 10 BANK Two-Cent Levy Effective June 21, However, Will Be Paid by Depositor. The 2-cent revenue tax on bank| checks goes into effect June 21, the| new levy falling upon the depositor instead of the bank. Upon the banks, | however, has been placed the burden of collecting the tax and turning it over to the Government and this action | has caused complaint from the finan- cial institutions all over the country. In 1898, during the Spanish-Ameri- can War, Congress imposed a 2-cent tax on bank checks and went ahead and printed millions of stamps. These stamps were furnished to the banks. the customer bought as many as he needed and placed them on his checks All the bank had to do was see that there was a stamp on every check. | In the present instance the Govern- ment does not propose to spend even the smallest fraction of the income | from each check tax printing stamps. The burden of collection has | been loaded on the banks, which are to gather in the revenue funds and forward them to the Treasury under certain rules now being prepared for| distribution. This action blankets the | banks with a great amount of extra | bookkeeping and attendant additional expense. | Bookkeeping Is Increased. | It was estimated by Washington | bankers today that keeping records of | the 2 cents due the Government on every check will add to the bookkeep- | | ing "departments’ operating costs at | least 5 per cent a year. The best me- | chanical methods of handling the new tax were given & great deal of study | at the recent convention of the District | Bankers’ Association at Hot Springs, Va. | Either every two cents must be| recorded on the day each check comes | iback to the bank or each depositor's check must be counted up at the end of every month, the total tax figured and recorded, the total amount charged to his account and the money sent to the Government. Many bankers think it will be better to deduct the tax of each customer at the end of the month | than to figure and deduct it from his | account each day. In case, however, that a depositor should close his a count in the middle of the month, the latter method would not work. | $95,000,000 Estimated Revenue. At the time Congress passed the bill it was claimed the tax on checks would bring in $95,000,000 additional revenue to the Treasury each year. bank- ever. ernment should have been willing use a fractional part of the $95,000,000, | if it amounts that sum, in printing stamps, which would have so greatly simplified the method of collection. While the tax comes on the bank de- positor, he has one more thing to keep in mind. He must record the tax pay- ments in the stubs in his check book. with the monthly or quarterly state- ments prepared by his bank. Thus, as one banker said today, “the customer pays, the bank does the collec- tion work and the Government gets the revenue as clear profit.” MAN CRITICALLY HURT IN MARYLAND FIGHT Unable to Give Coherent Account of Conflict at Party, Knows Only “Somebody Hit Him.” Police today were investigating the case of Alfred Schrey, 22, of 1415 Rhode Island avenue, taken to Emergency Hos- pital shortly after 2 a.m., suffering from critical injuries, said to have been m- ceived in a fight in nearby Maryland. Schrey, assistant chef at a downtown hotel, was taken to the hospital by a man who told physicians he had been injured while attending a party. His eye was badly cut and he was suffering from & severe head injury. Because of his condition Schrey was unable to give a coherent account of the battle, saying only that *some- body hit me” it was said at the hospital. — RAID NARCOTIC LOCKER IN HOSPITAL DISPENSARY Two Young Men Force Way Into ‘Building by Breaking Trans- som Glass. Two young men forced their way into the dugenuf-y at Homeopathic Hospital today and raided the narcotic hospital officials reported to po- An estimate of the amount of stolen was not contained in their report. Griffith, night she discovered early locker, lice. Miss Jessle of nurses, said drug room. They fled after i the narcotic case, she sald. men entrance into the room by & transom glass, ) Society and General PPER: The marching unit and color bearers of the Veterans of Foreign ‘Wars in the Flag day parade on Pennsylvania avenue last night. Center: The float entered in the parade by the Philippine Islands. Lower: Float of the District Society, Daughters of the American Revolution, depicting “Patriotism.” —Star Staff Photos. . TRACTION MERGER 1S BLOCKED AGAIN Hopes for Senate Passage Fade—Two Other Bills Approved. Objections today to consideration in in the Senate of the street-car merger bill for the second time this week indi- cated this long controversial issue would fail of enactment at this session. Senator Blaine of Wisconsin asked that the bill go over when it was called up during consideration of the Senate calendar. House Changes Kept. Chairman_Capper of the District Committee, however, secured the speedy passage of two other District bills, the Senate adhering to the House amend- ments. These now go to the President for his signature. The first was the bill creating and regulating credit unions in the District for the purpose of loaning small sums to its members, similar legislation hav- ing been enacted in 42 States. With- out objection the Senate agreed to the amendments, striking the words “Fed- eral” and “United States” from the in- coonrated names of the institutions and limiting the holdings of individual members to 200 shares. Street Project Approved. The second House bill, one of the several street-closing measures passed Monday, authorized the C Smendment. provided Wt the expense amendmen e expense of removing the water mains in this thoroughfare should be borne by prop- erty owners. TRACK CUP AWARDED Princeton Alumni Trophy Is Given to Central High Team. Richard Newby, former Central High School track star and an alumnus of Princeton, represented the Princeton Alumni Association of Washington this a silver loving School’s track interscholastic morning in presenting cup to Central High team, 1933 District LIBERALIZED LAWS - ONDIVORCE ASKED | District Bar Also Urges Lift- ing of Limit on Damage Suits. | Liberalization of the divorce laws | here was proposed last night at a meet- | ing of the District Bar Assoclation. It also was suggested that the present financial limitation in damage sults following deaths be lifted. The assoclation will vote on both proposed amendments at its next meeting. Recent Bus Crash Cited. George C. Gertman, secretary of the association, sald the present divorce law, which permits absolute divorce only on grounds of adultery, should be re- vised to permit divorce for cruelty, desertion for five consecutive years, insanity and conviction of & crime followed by imprisonment. Diller B. Groff offered an amend- ment to the damage suit laws. At pres- ent only $10,000 may be obtained for the estate of a person killed. Mr. Groff pointed out that in the recent bus collision at Seventeenth street and Rhode Island avenue, one of the victims earned considerably more than $10000 a year and had a life ex- pectancy of 25 to 30 years. Heller Heads Committee. Frank J. , who presided, ap- pointed hmflog:nxeu" chairman o‘tps committee to study Col. J. nm: funds . to defray expense of entertainment at the coming conven- tion of the American Bar Association in October. Ufford Speaks Tonight. Walter S. Ufford, general secreta: 2t e e " meeting " tonians ofthe al e June meef of Petworth Citizens’ Anoch!gc‘n, in Bar- nard School Auditorium, Pifth and De- catur streets, The meeting will begin at 8 o'clock, PAGE B—-1 6,000 HONOR FLAG IN G:MILE PARADE THROUGH CAPITAL 500 Bonus Marchers Join With Other Veteran Units in Procession. PATRIOTIC ASSOCIATIONS AND CIVIC GROUPS MARCH Flashily Attired Bands and Pic- turesque Floats Lend Color to Affair. A tribute unrivaled in the history of Flag day was paid “ ry” Bhrt paid “Old Glory” last In a procession more than 6 miles long, close to 6,000 patriots marched aiong the ceremonial avenues of the Capital in the growing darkness to do honor to the Stars and Stripes on the 155th anniversary of its establishment as the national emblem. The glory and applause was shared by a shuffling group of ex-doughboys who came from the bonus expeditionary force encampments to march in honor of the flag for which they fought in '17, Although its representation was to be limited to 250, the B. E. F. had between 500 and 600 of its members in the line of march, according to one of the lead- ers. This included about 50 honor men. They fell into line here and there in little contingents behind organized vet- eran units, and as they appeared they were cheered more enthusiastically than anything else in the march. Join With Other Units. Except for the two or three holders og the Congressional Medal of Honor With the bonus army, the honor men of the B. E. F. did not lead the proces- sion, as they planned, but marched be- hind the units of the American Le- gion, Veterans of Foreign Wars and other veteran groups. A slight dispute marked the start of the Flag day parade, according to members of the bonus expeditionary force who marched with it, because of their dissatisfaction over the place they been assigned in the line behind the National Guard. There was talk of withdrawing, according to Joseph de Angelo, one of the protestants, but the ::;]gblxen v_r!u; s':,noolhed over when they vite v e ite march with the Ameri- As they trudged up the hill to Capitol "Plaza where dlsungu)sk‘m?é guests, headed by Secretary of the Navy Adams, reviewed the parade, the Marine Band on the concert platform in front of the rotunda played “Over There" and other war-time tunes while the crowd roared its approval. Police estimated more than 100,000 spectators jammed the sidewalks from the Ellipse to the Capitol to watch the long ribbon-like column comprising fraternal, patriotic, military, civilian and band units wend its way. In striking contrast with the bed- raggled army of bonus marchers which paraded on this same thoroughfare & week ago last night, the Flag day parade was led by flashily-attired units from the branches of the military establish- ment and troops from the crack units of the Army’s mounted forces. All three service bands participated, along with a score of other music groups. Officials in Stand. Secretary Adams, accompanied by Mrs. Adams, represented the President in the reviewing stand. Other guests included Representative Sol Bloom of New York, associate director of the United States Bicentennial Commis- sion; Dr. e C. Havenner, executive vice president of the District Bicenten- nial Commission, and members of the commission; Representative and Mrs. Gordon Browning of Tennessee, several members of the diplomatic corps and distinguished persons from public and private life. One of the impressive phases of the demonstration was the presentgtion of the colors as the procession reached the reviewing stand. This was attend- ed by the staging of a gigantic tableau on the steps of the three wings of the Capitol in which 450 girls from the Girl Reserves of the Young Women's Christian Association of the District and Girls' Priendly Society of the Diocese of Washington participated. Clad in the red, white and blue of the flag, they formed a huge pageant on the Capitol steps while the com- bined bands of the Marine Corps, Navy and Army rendered patriotic airs. This spectacle’ was under the direction of Mrs. Marie Moore Forrest, director of pageants for the District Bicentennial Commission. Numerous floats, many of them the result of many weeks of preparation, were included with the 150 units in the parade. The Grand Army of the Re- public and the Woman's Relief Corps entered a float representing their motto, “Priendship, Charity and Loyalty,” with three figures in the foreground, the whole surmounted by two big eagles. On the float of the United Daughters of the Confederacy rode Miss Jessica Smith, daughter of former Gov. Orren Randolph Smith of North Carolina, carrying the “Stars and Bars” designed by her father as the insignia of the U. D. C, while beside her was carried the Stars and Stripes. Clubs Enter Floats. A float representing a reproduction of the dome of the Capitol, with 48 State flags flying from the balcony and the national banner atop the dome, was entered by the General Federation of Women's Clubs. A display of United States flags and D. A. R. banners char- acterized the float of the District of Revolution, called “Patriotism. The Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District had a float depicting “w. Crossing the Delaware,” with 14 men in continental uniform, followed by a “family” group entered around the famous “Johnson Baby Car- ruge," made i Philadelphia in 1774 and used by members of the Washing- ton family. The group also included historic tableau-groups, concluding with the historical “Evans Estate” coach, drawn by four horses and carry- ing members of the association in colo- nial garb. ing flags and banners; Mississippi. ; | picting plantation 1ifé in_that uisiana, ‘The various State socleties entered floats symbolic of their part in the formation of the Union. These in- cluded Alabama, depicting “Miss Ala- bama” seated upon a bale of cotton flankadbyd-herymmc'omenurryd- , de- State; depicting Evangeline; Min- Virginia and Ohio were depicted in Z’uu enr.ered.by those States. Many foreign-American bodies also had impressive displays in the pro- cession. ‘The parade represented a peak event in the program of the District Bicen- Commission and tennial under the