Evening Star Newspaper, January 8, 1933, Page 13

LG . FRE STARS EFFORTS HERE T PREVENT SHBOTAGE Cause of Blaze Causing $50,- 000 to $100,000 Damage, Not Determined. $25,000 CATHOLIC U. STIMSON AIDE IN ASSIGNED TO Regnier’s Military Status Fought by Collins in House. Met by Secretary on Way to Philippines to Be Gov- ernor General. Capt. Eugene A. Regnier, whose duties as military aide to Secretary of State Stimson precipitated a move in Con- gress about a year ago to deprive him LOSS LAID TO HEATER One of Contracting Firms on Fed- eral Building Program Orders Sabotage Insurance. Steps to prevent sabotage in connec- tion with Federal building projects will e taken, it was learned last night, as a Tesult of the mysterious fire which swept the top ficor of the new Interstate Com- merce Commission Building early Fri- day evening. This action was decided upon, it was #aid, despite the fact representatives of the fire marshal's office were unable to discover any evidence to support the theory sabotage was involved in the blaze, as charged by some construction officials. i One of the contracting concerns working on the Federal building pro- gram, it was learned, has ordered sabo- fage policies from a British insurance company. As a result of the coverage, it was thought likely the Government buildings on which the contracting firm 5 working would have to be kept under #pecial guard or covered by floodlights éfter nightfall Investigation Continues. Meanwhile, investigation of the I. C. . blaze was being continued by repre- gentatives of the fire marshal’s office. FHowever, inquiry into a $25.000 fire that broke out in McMahon Hall, Cath- olic University, shortly before 2 am. yesterday, abandcened when Fire Marshal Calvin G. Lauber discovered evidence indicating an electric heater was responsible for the blaze. Apparently Left Burning. it was said, apparently — e atsy et Duraing. Friday night and, becoming overheated, ignited some of the biological specimens in the herbarium, on the third floor of the building. Valuable plant specimens and rare scientific books were damaged by the fire. yBellcf the I. C. C. blaze was started by a cigarette was expressed yesterday by Fire Marshal Lauber following a conference with R. C. Roberts, one of his inspectors, who examined the elght-story structure. Estimates, of the damage ranged all the way from $50,000 to $100,000, all of which was covered hy insurance. Representatives of the insirance com- pany, engineers for the contracting firm, the James Stewart Co., Inc,, and Government engineers, under Supt. Neal A. Melick, will inspect the building today. Steel Framework Damaged. Most of the damage wes done to the gteel framework, ruined sections . of which will have to be cut out with torches and replaced. Basis of the sabotage reports is be- Heved to have been the pending labor controversy involving members of the Hoisting Engineers’ Union working on two other Federal construction projects. Investigators found the steel skeleton, which had been completed several weeks ago, blackened by the flames and, in some places, twisted by the heat. Char- yed remnants of the wooden forms used in fireproofing the steel with concrete ‘were mixed with the remains of the in- sulation, which had been burned from #ts position beneath the roof. Handicapped by the difficulty of weaching the blaze with water, firemen were unable to prevent the flames ppreading from the eighth floor, where hey broke out, to the floor below. ‘m‘nmg timbers dropped into the ourt, igniting scaffolding below, and mes leaped high into the air as hrongs watched from behind tightly- ‘drawn police lines. After being ‘rought under control, the fire broke lout again about eight hours alter the t alarm was sounded—at almost the me time as the Catholic University laze was discovered. The flames were extinguished in about an hour, how- Suspect Being Sought. A shabbily dressed man, reported to | first floor by out, still ing last nigh Most of the damage at Catholic Uni- was done to the walls of the m, which was lined with cab- inets containing plants gathered from ail parts of t 1d ing in the hall d by fifth precinct police, but sed after questioning DANCERS WILL RESUME MARATHON IN AUDITORIUM Appeal Is Court Ruling Declaring Noted From Recent Event Nuisance. thon will be re 1 Auditorium, y when the ex noted an appeal from the Supreme Court Justice mar thon a company upercede and rder until the case of Appeals. | 1 Co. had secured ch halted caused | 1 Thomas | in progress. $15,000 in | cover any c in pany by reason of the GET 120 DAYS IN JAIL $'wo Baltimore Cab Men Sentenced for Car Radiator Cap Thefts. Accused of stealing 46 automobile gadiator caps in the Columbia Heights section Thursday night, two Baltimore taxi drivers were sentenced to serve 120 days in jail each following conviction pefore Police Judge Gus A. Schuldt yes- terday. Wilbert B. Fahy and phen Debroski, pleaded intoxication. 0 other cab drivers, Joseph Bar- ganco and Isidore Weinstein, arrested #t the same time, were acquitted. Included in the list of victims of the efts was Police Lieut. Ira Keck, aide Commissioner Crosby, | National Federation Brands Senate of his Army pay, received orders yes- terday detailing him to Cavalry duty at Fort Bliss, Tex. He is to continue as Secretary Stimson's aide, however, until the latter retires from office, on March 4. Mr. Stimson encountered Capt. Reg- nier in Honolulu five years ago, when en route to take office as Governor Gen- eral of the Philippines. He took Capt. Regnier to Manila with him and when Mr. Stimson returned to Washington to enter the Hoover cabinet he again had Capt. Regnier assigned as his military aide. Just why the Secretary of State should have a military aide was aired in Congress by Representative Collins, Democrat, of Mississippi. He succeeded in writing into the appropriation bill for the War Department & provision blocking the pay of any officer detailed as an aide to any officlal outside the ‘White House and the War Department. Provision Is Eliminated. Senator Reed, Republican, Pennsyl- vania, succeeded in having the provi- sion eliminated from the bill in the Senate. Ever since the November elections, Capt. Regnier's future status has been the subject of much speculation in the War Department. e War Depart- ment orders yesterday detailed him to one of the major posts in Texas. His orders do not require him, however, to sail from New York untii May 2 for San Francisco. Thence he will join his new troop. As military aide to Stimson, the Army Cavalry officer has “had anything but a soft berth” his friends say. Since some of his duties consist of ing Mr. Stimson’s social. engagements and attending functions, however, critics in Congress were anxious to know why it was necessary to detail a Regular officer for such non-military duties. the 1st Cavairy Division at Fort Bliss, | Regn - The Sundiy Stae WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, JANUARY 8, 1933, =* ARMY PAY ROW DUTY IN TEXAS CAPT. EUGENE A. REGNIER. Friends of Capt. Regnier say that when Mr. Stimson landed at Honoluiu in 1927 he had a confidential job to be done on the spot and Capt. Regnier was recommended to him by the post commandant. The young officer did the work so well, it is said, Mr. Stimson later sent for him and had him made his aide during the two years of his service in the Philippines. There, it was said, Capt. Regnier became very familiar with Far Eastern problems. Again Given Detail. After Mr. Stimson returned to Wash- ington he had the officer detailed again as his aide, and about the same time he brought here a junior member of his law firm, Allen Klots, also to take care of office details. These two young men, it was said, have done much of Stim- son's research work and lately, with Far Eastern affairs approaching a crisis on more than one occasion, Capt. ler has been rendering valuable service in the study of these problems. ‘These dutles, his friends say, have not been generally known. He is really a personal secretary, although his Army status gives him the title of “military aide.” Capt. Regnier is 39 and a native of Kansas. He entered the Army during the World War and has always been in the Cavalry. He was graduated from the Cavalry School of the Army and in 1922 graduated from the famous Ecole d’Application de Cavalerie, in Paris, France. RENT REDUCTIONS ASKED BY BOARD Realty Directors Call on Landlords for Cut “as Far as Consistent.” Local landloards yesterday were calied on to reduce rents as far as “consistent,” in a resolution adopted by the directors of the Washington Real Estate Board. This move followed recommendation Priday night by Senators Capper, Re- publican of Kansas, and Copeland, Democrat, of New York, who have been conducting the Senate rent probe, that property owners cut rents before Con- | gress forced action. Belief fhat such procedure would be followed had been indicated at the same time by Roger J. Whiteford, counsel for the board, whose statement wound up the meeting gt which Senators Cap- | per and Copeland said the rent level | here was too high. ‘The resolution adopted by the direct- ors of the Real Estate Board was as follows: “Be it resolved, by the board of | directors of the Washington Real | Estate Board, that, in recognition of the reduced_income of the renting public of the District of Columbia, it recom- mends to the members of the board that they co-operate with each other and with the owners of rental proper- ties in the District of Columbia to con- tinue their efforts toward the equaliza- tion of rents that may apparently be | inconsistent with each other and to re- duce the rents as far as may be done consistent with the emergency of the times in recognition of the civic obli- gation that rests upon every citizen in | the District of Columbia.” | The Senate Subcommittee handling | the rent probe has been called by | Chairman Capper to meet in execu- tive session tomorrow afternoon to draw up its report to the Senate | NEW CUTS SCORED | FOR U. S. EMPLOYES| Economy Report as Inconsistent and Discriminatory. | The report of the Senate Economy | Committee proposing new savings at the expense of Government workers was | BURIAL ARRANGED IN TRIPLE SLAYING Rites to Be Held Tomorrow as Donaldson Awaits Grand Jury. Mrs, Agnes T. Donaldson, who saw her husband shot to death almost at her feet a few moments after her son and daughter had been slain, will see the three bodies lowered into graves in Mount Olivet Cemetery tomorrow morn- ing. At her side, in all probability, will be her “baby,” Allen, 8 who escaped death by scrambling behind a bed as a bullet from one of his drink-crazed uncle’s two guns whizzed past his head, and her second youngest child, Luttrell, 11, ‘who leaped from a second-story window in the midst of the shooting. ‘The boys accompanied their mother to the morgue yesterday, following her to the witness stand to offer testimony that sent their uncle, Charles C. Don- aldson, 48, to the District Jail to await grand jury action on three murder charges, With Deputy Coroners A. Magruder MacDonald and Christopher J. Murphy presiding, Mrs. Donaldson and her sons described the killing of Silas O. Donald- son, 42; George Donaldson, 18, and Mary Donaldson, 14. Testimony Outlined. ‘The gist of the testimony was that Charles Donaldson, night fireman at police headquarters, armed hi.mse!f Thursday night and crept into Mary's bed room, at the front of the second floor of the family’s home, 923 Mary- land avenue southwest. Mary screamed, jumped from her bed and ran into the rear bed room, occu- pled by George, Luttrell and Allen. She locked the door, but her uncle, accord- ing to the testimony, broke it open. “If you're going to move” he was quoted as saying, “you'd better do it now. As for you"—and he turned to- ward Mary, who cringed on the bed— “you're going to die!” George stepped toward him and, it was testified, he shot the youth, then turned the gun on Mary, sending two bullets into her body. He fired another | shot, the jury was told, as Allen clam- bered behind the bed and Luttrell climbed through a window, slid down the sloping roof of a one-story shed and dropped to the ground. After kissing Mary, who lay still on the bed, Donaldson left the room and started down the stairs. Mrs. Donald- | son, who had been awakened by the shots, was about half way up. As he passed her, he espied his brother ascending the stairs. Sight of a pen- knife in his brother’s hand seemed to “replete with inconsisten- >ies and discriminations” in e statement | last night from the National Federa- | tion of Federal Employes, which said it would come under the scrutiny of | executive council, which goes into fon here tomorrow. e council, composed of officers of the federation from throughout the United States, will meet at the build- g of Labor, which is national head quarters of the federation In addition to the discussion of prob: 'ms of Government workers in the United States and its insular posses- sions, the council will receive exhaus- tive reports on legislative and organize from Luther C. Steward, and Gertrude M. McNally, secretary-treasure! Mr, Steward’s re- port will trace in detail the course of egislation since enactment of the economy” law at the last session of | Congress down to present moves. Miss McNally’s report will analize the growth and development of the National Fed- eration of Federal Employes during the | last 12 months. | “SAMARITAN” STABBED | Drunken Friend Being Put to Bed Draws Knife. Playing the “Good Samaritan” role last night caused FPrederick William Bucker, 44, to be stabbed in the chest. Bucker was putting a drunken friend to bed, he reported to police, when the man suddenly drew a knife and stabbed im. He was treated at Garfield Hos- pital, vhe;eu physicians said his condi- oot 10 the end, Bucke " T, Holmead: piace, de- se Samaritan’ who lives at 3481 glined to prosecute, infuriate him, it was said, and he fired one more shot. His brother crumbled and tumbled down the steps. Voice Barely Audible. “Then,” Allen told the jury in a voice that was barely audible in the crowded inquest room, “I went downstairs and saw my father dead.” The testimony of Mrs. Donaldson nd her sons was largely a repetition of statements made to Detective Sergts. John C. Dalglish and Richard Cox dur- ing the homicide squad’s investiga- tion of the case. After finishing her testimony, Mrs. | Donaldsop took a seat near the front of the room, weeping silently as first Lutterell, then Allen took the stand Upon completion of their testimony, they went to their mother. standing dry- eyed and silent on either side of her chair. Neither they nor their mother glanced at their uncle, seated a few feet from them. He appeared calm, fingering a half- smoked cigar and turning occasionally to speak to the policeman sitting be- side him. He showed no emotion when the jury's verdict was announced. The three burials will follow a requiem ms inic’s Church at 8:30 o'clock. Soon afterward as possible, Mrs, 26, and Charles, 23, both of whom hml’.lel wi resume their quest for work in order ass in St. Dom! Donaldson’s two grown sons, Sila: been unemployed for some time, to care for their family. Child Dies of Burns. Doris Lark, colored, 3, of street, died CITIZENS DEMAND WATER RATES CUT, [“TAXI” DANCES HIT Stand for Lower Charges and Ban on Resorts Is Unanimous. WANT U. S. TO ASSUME “FAIR SHARE” OF COSTS Norton Plan for Greater Voice in D. C. Affairs and New Hampshire Avenue Extension Also Backed. Demands for a reduction in water rates were made by the Federation of Citizens' Associations at a meeting last night in the District Building. ‘The federation also condemned the so-called “taxi” dance halls, and ap- pealed to the District Commissioners to promulgate a regulation to prevent the employment of women in such places. Lowering of the water rates was asked in a resolution introduced by George E. Sullivan. It was adoptéed unani- mously and without debate. The resolution declared immediate arrangements should be made for the Federal Government to pay a fair share for the water now supplied to it free. This amounts to approximately 9,000,- 000 gallons a day, or more than 10 per cent of the total consumption. Three-Year Period Cited. The prevailing minimum charge of $8.75 for 7,500 cubic feet of water, the resolution pointed out, is nearly four times the charge in 1911, and if con- tinued, will result in the accumulation of an annual surplus of about $700,000, which cannot be used by any agency of the municipal government with the exception of the Water Department. This rate, the resolution further de- clared, has been in effect for three con- secuiive years and was proposed for a three-year period only to provide funds temporarily for improvements in the water system. ‘The federation urged that a provi- sion for the reduction of water rates be written into the 193¢ appropriation bill Mrs. Elizabeth Sullivan _introduced the resolution designed to wipe out the “taxi” dance halls. She explained that such. places are of “no benefit” to the | District from a moral standpoint, since | only men are admitted who desire to pay for the privilege of dancing with a woman, A report of the Law and Legislation Committee, indorsing the joint resolu- tion introduced in the House by Repre- sentative Mary T. Norton of New Jer- sey to give the residents of the District a greater voice in the affairs and man- agement of the municipal government, was adopted, as was a report of the Committee on Highways, Parks and Waterways, urging the extension of ]r:;w Hampshire avenue to the District e. Mrs. Norton Praised. The report of the Law and Legisla- tion Committee also paid tribute to Mrs. Norton for her “unselfish and un- tiring efforts in behalf of the people of the District.” Commendations were likew{se be- stowed on Senators Capper and Blaine and People’s Counsel Richmond B. Keech for their “thorough, painstaking and courageous work in the face of overwhelming odds” in obtaining amend- ments to the street car merger resolu- tion for protection of the public. . The bill pending in Congress author- izing a merger of the Washington and Georgetown Gas Light Companies was discussed with particular reference to the movement to eliminate “going concern” as an element of value in any revalua- tion growing out of the consolidation No action was taken, but the Public Utilities Committee made immediate ar- rangements for a special joint session with the Executive Committee to con- sider the bill. This meeting will be held at 4:30 o'clock tomorrow after- noon, in the board room of the Dis- trict Building. Maj. Gen. Mason- M. Patrick, chairman of the Public Utili- ties Commission, and People’s Counsel Keech will be invited to attend. The campaign for the purchase of American-made only was in- dorsed by the federation on the ground that it would provide more work for domestic labor. Maj. Clayton E. Emig submitted a preliminary report for the City Plan- ning Committee on a proposed bill to g‘x;o\"\’de for the creation of a housing ar “THE PRICE OF FAITH,” SUBJECT OF LECTURE Rev. James J. McVann of Paulist Order to Address Converts’ League. Rev. James J. McVann of the Paulist order will give an illustrated lecture on “The Price of Faith” before the Con- verts’ League of the Catholic Daughters of America, 601 E street, at 8:15 p.m. Thursd: Rev. Francis X. Cavanagh, chaplain of the Catholic Daughters and pastor of the Church of“the Assumption, will discuss “Justice as Defined by the Catholic_Church,” and Rev. Aloysius Burggraff of St. Paul's College will an- swer questions on the Catholic faith. Estelle Hunt Dean, soloist, and Mar- garet Gauges will give a musical pro- gram. The guest of honor will be Rev. Jo- seph I. Malloy of New York. Miss Mary C. Boland, grand regent, will welcome the guests, and Miss Florence M. Winter will preside, DANCE IS WEDNESDAY West Virginia Society of District to Hold Annual Reception. The fifth annual reception and dance of the West Virginia Society of the Dis- trict will be held in the Willard Hotel Wednesday night, begi oclock. The West Virginia delegation in C&ngres have been invited as special es! Gov. Willlam G. Conley and Gov.- elect Kump also have been invited Om.hrfl'n guests will include Clarence E. W. Va. Fire Destroys Barn. |March 4, a Senate subcommittee was New Power Plant Here Under Construction DESIGN OF HUGE STRUCTURE FOR SITE IN SOUTHWEST AREA. the company. A kilowatts. the Pine Arts Commission. Including the land and extensive machin mated to run between $4,000,000 and $4,500,00 0. BOVE is pictured the architect's conception of the large new power plant to be erected by the Potomac Electric Power Co. on the waterfront site between First, V and Water streets southwest, to supplement other facilities of ery and other equipment, the cost of the project has been esti- The plant will have a Foundations for the new structure now are nearing completion. The pl Fmduchon capacity of about 35,000 lans have received the indorsement of PLANS EXPEDITED FOR INAUCURATION Senate Group Votes $40,000. Grayson and Roosevelt Confer on Plans. With less than 60 days remaining before Franklin D. Roosevelt is inducted into office as the thirty-second Presl- dent of the United States, plans for the ceremonies that will surround his inauguration were speeded yesterday. While Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the General Inaugural Com- mittee, was conferring with Mr. Roose- velt at his home in Hyde Park, N, Y., on arrangements for the celebration adding $40,000 to the deficiency appro- priation bill for expenditures in con- nection with the event, and those asso- ciated with Chairman Grayson here were laying their lines for action when he_returns. | The fund voted by the Senate group yesterday will provide for the erection | of the customary platform and stands on the east front of the Capitol for the inauguration and other necessary | expenses. It is $5,000 less than was| spent for the ceremony which put his | predecessor into office four years ago. | It will be considered with the rest of | the deficiency bill tomorrow by the | Senate Appropriations Committee. i Full Committee to Meet. As soon as possible after his re- | turn from New York, Admiral Grayson plans to meet with his entire com- mittee and personal staff, and outline to them the recommendations and sug- gestions received from President-elect | Roosevelt. Then, it has been agreed, | the chairman of the subcommittees wil | form their own organizations, and get to_work on the tasks assigned them. Widespread interest in the inaugural already s being manifest throughout the country, it was stated by Curtis A. Hodges, executive director of the Great- er National Capital Committee of the Washington Board of Trade He reported th: inquiries about the inaugural are being received by his com- mittee in large numbers d: many requests for Washington book- lets and maps are being received from tourists planning to be in Washington for the colorful ceremony of induct- | ing & new President into office. In the South, he said, there has been | noted especially quickened interest in the Capital at inaugural time and he expects the “solid Soush” to send large | delegations from its far-flung boun- daries to see the inauguration of the | first Democratic President in 12 years. | The West, 100, he believes, will take an | added interest in this year's inaugural, | and will send large delegations | The East, from which Washington | draws its greatest number of visitors, is expected to meet all expectations. I | | Increased Travel Likely. Md. Hodges said yesterday: “Although, due to economic condi- tions, there have been some unfavorable indications, I believe that with the in- augural, and the unusual interest that is being manifest in the new adminis- | tration, the travel to Washington dur-| ing the period preceding, during and; after the celebration can be made to| compare favorably with other inaugural years, or even go ahead of them.” The committee, he said, is preparing to provide motorists, through its travel information booths on the outskirts of the city, with all information desired about accommodations and any other | information that might be desired and the full co-operation of the committee and of the Board of Trade has been tendered Admiral Grayson’s committee. | The same co-operation has been offered | by the Merchants and Manufacturers’ | Association, the Washington Chamber of Commerce and by numerous other trade and civic organizations. Huston Thompson to Speak. In addition the Greater National Capital Committee has entered into an extensive program of publicization of the inaugural. One feature of the pro- gram is the providing to merchants with | large out-of-town correspondence, of | stickers for business letter envelopes | urging attendance at the inaugural| ceremonies. Huston _Thompson, cheirman of Admiral Grayson's Subcommittee on | General Entertainment, will speak to | about 1,000 prominent Washington busi- ness men atthe meeting of the Board of Trade at the Mayflower Hotel on the | evening of Monday, January 16, at 8 o'clock. At that time he will outline to Washingtonians his committee's plans for entertaining the thousands who are expected to be here for the celebration. CLUB DANCE TUESDAY Church of Assumption Girls Give First Event of Season, The first dance of the season to be given by the Assumption Girls' Club of the Church of the Assumption, Con- gress Heights, will be held in the Ar- '1'?'?-'3 Hotel next Tuesday from 9 to ‘The Aloysian Club, the Curley Club of Washingten and the Catholic Daugh- LIEUT. MILTON D. SMITH. SHITH PROMOTION T0 CAPTAIN LIKELY Recommendation by Maj. E.| M. Brown Is Expected This Week. Promotion of Lieut. Milton D. Smith to the rank of captain probably will be | recommended to the District Commis- sioners this week by Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of police. At the same time Maj. Brown expects to ask the Commissioners to fill nine other vacancies which will involve the elevation of three sergeants and six privates. Acting Since October. Lizut. Smith has been acting captain sincc October, when Maj. Brown des- ignated him as assistant to Inspector B. A. Lamb, in command of the Traffic Bureau. Lamb's promotion to inspector was approved by the Commissioners several weeks ago. The vacancies in the Traffic Bureau PERSONNEL RECORD TRANSFER FOUGHT Proposal Is Expected to Be Dropped in Devising Economy Plan. With three protests filed against the proposzl of the Senate Economy Com- mittee that personnel records of Federal employes be kept by the employing es- | tablishments instead of the Civil Service Commission, it was understood last night in authoritative quarters that this item would be dropped by the Senate Appropriations Committee in devising an economy program for the next fiscal | year. The plan is in direct contravention to the policy of the Civil Service Commis- | sion, which in its annual report urged that all personnel records in the de- partments and independent establish- ments be consolidated in its own files in the interest of economy. The Com- | mission voiced its dissent in letters to every member of the committee. See “Spoils” System Return. The recommendation also drew the fire yesterday of Charles F. Wahl, leg- | islative representative of the Panama Metal Trades Council, who said it por- tended a return to the “spoils” system, and of officials of the American Federa- tion of Labor after a meeting of the Legislative Committee. This group also opposed both the added pay cut of 1 2-3 per cent which the Economy Committee proposes to superimpose on the 8 1-3 per cent cut already in effect and the continued suspension of all leave priviliges. The letter from the Civil Service Commission made it plain that while the move to do away with its records and leave the keeping of personnel files entirely up to the various Government establishments might be designed as an economy move, that in practice it would destroy the efficacy of the commis- sion, inasmuch as it would leave that body nothing with which to work. Abuse Would Be Aided. As it was pointed out, it is through these records that the commission keeps in touch with personnel movement, and with such contact removed, the way would be paved for unlimited abuse. In opposing the chunge, Wahl said: “This section is of vital importance to civil service employes of the Govern- ment and its adoption is considered by officials of the American Federation of resulted from the elevation of Maj. | Labor as a return to the spoils system. Brown to commanding officer of the Police Department. Maj. Brown had been in command of the Traffic Bureau | officers and em) and Lamb was his assistant. “By taking from the Civil Service Commission the personnel records of ?loyes of the several de- partments it will enable the department The names of the three men to be | head to work his will upon the em- promoted to lieutenants and the six ployes coming under his jurisdiction. To be made sergeants are as vet un- | Action of this kind would result in the known to Maj. Brown. on the Civil Service Commission to furnish him with a list of officers eligible for promotion. One of the privates to be promoted will be an attache on the Woman's Bureau. Plans Special School. In addition to filling existing vacan- cies in the department, Maj. Brown He is waiting | forming of a great political machine. The American Federation of Labor, rec- ognizing the danger of such a provision, is pledged to use its efforts in seeing that this section (14) of amendments proposed by the Senate Economy Com- mittee is stricken from the bill.” Wah! would not commit himself upon the attitude of his organization toward the commitiee's report returning half is making plans to start a special schoo! . Of their annual leave to Canal employes of instruction for the 57 sergeants in the department. school about February 1. The course of designed primarily to familiarize the sergeants with their duties as well as | the police regulations. LOOT IS $90 IN HOLD-UPS AND SNATCHING OF PURSE Pocketbook Containing $85 Is Taken From Woman in Market. Twa Grocers Robbed. Two hold-ups and a pocketbook- snatching that netted three colored men about $90 were reported to police last night. Mrs. Rhoda Willie of Vienna, Va., said her purse, containing $85 was snatched from her arm by a colored man while she was shopping in the market at Fifth and K streets, An armed colored man held up and robbed Arnold Yanovitch, a grocer, of $3.25 at his store at 1123 S street. An- other colored man with a gun forced Isadore Kaplan to empty the contents of his cash register—$l—at the lat- ter's grocery in the 1700 blo#k of Eighth street. Kaplan said he removed most of the cash from the drawer when he saw the man coming. e VICAR NAMED CHAPLAIN Rev. P. G. Glenwood Appointed to Navy Post. The Navy Department yesterday an- nounced the appolntment of Rev. Paul Glenwood Linaweaver, vicar of St. Al- He hopes to open the | instruction will be| after June 30, 1934. He said, however, he considered it a concession. . DRIVER EXONERATED IN DEATH OF YOUTH Boy Crushed While Hiding Under Parked Truck Thought to Be Unoccupied. Willie Jones, 38, colored, driver of the automobile that killed 8-year-old Elbert Watt at Twenty-ninth and M streets Thursday night, was exonerated yesterday by a coroner's jury. Jones, who lives in the 200 block of Rhode Island avenue northeast, testi- fled that when he backed out of a lot he did not know the boy was under the automobile until he heard him scream. He! sbm[ppcd Iimm;dl::slely. he said, but not before the wheels had passed over the boy's body. S Billie Harvey, about 8, of 1205 Thir- | teenth street, told the jury Elbert slid under the machine. parked on a used- car sales lot. to hide from two other playmates. Suddenly, he added, the car—which they had thought unoccu- pied—started to move backward. Elbert’s dog, Trixie, followed him to Georgetown Hospital and remained there until the next morning. $25,000 DAMAGES ASKED Accident Victim Names Elizabeth Turley in Suit. Anthony Nicastri, 3632 Eleventh street, has filed suit in District Supreme Court seeking $25,000 damages from Elizabeth Turley, 404 East Capitol street, for al- m?umnir harged h <l e was a - n an automobile on the PAGE FURTHER PAY CUT | B-1 UNPOPULAR WITH SOME IN SENATE Would Be Against Recovety in Opinion of Senator Borah, Pending Arguments. FRAZIER IS HOPEFUL IT CAN BE AVOIDED Logan for Reduced Appropriations Instead of Taking 1 2-3 Per Cent More From Workers. BY J. A. O'LEARY. Several members of the Senate in- ) dicated yesterday ll‘e)’ do not look with much favor on the recommendation of the Economy Subcommittee for a new pay cut of 125 per cent on Government employes, in addition to the present 8% per cent furlough plan. Senator Borah, Republican, of Idaho, sald he is “not inclined to be for it,” pointing out that when salary cutting begins to curtail the purchasing power of the people “it is working away from economic recovery.” The Idaho Senator said that is his present inclination toward the new pay cut plan, at least until he hears the arguments of those Pproposing it. Senator Frazier, Republican, of North Dakota, said he “would not like to see a further cut if we can get away from it.” Other Reductions Favored. Senator Logan, Democrat of Ken- tucky, declared himself in favor of strict Government economy, but he feels that a pay cut such as that just recommended is the wrong way of ac- complishing that end. He suggested that Congress could reduce the ap- propriations for various activities of the Government and require adminis- trative officials to operate within those amounts. The Kentucky Senator also urged elimination of some Government agencles. It appeared yesterday that the gen- eral economy program, of which the pay cut recommendation is a part, would not get before the Senate for debate before Wednesday or Thursday. The Treasury-Post Office appropriation bill, to which the economy provisions for the entire Government service have been attached, is due to be reported by the Senate Appropriations Commi tee tomorrow morning. That comm. two or three days. When attention is turned to the appropriation bills, the leaders are anxious to take up the de- ficlency bill first, because some of the items carried in that measure gge ur- gently needed. Under this plan of procedure, the deficlency bill may be out of the way Wednesday, with the economy debate starting Thursday. Aside from the salary recommenda- tions, the outstanding feature of the economy measure is the proposed broadening of the reorganization pow- ers of the President, so that he could issue executive orders to abolish agen- cies as well as to transfer and con- solidate them. All such executive orders would still have to be submitted to Congress, but under the pending bill both houses would have to veto a reorganization plan by concurrent resolution within 60 days. whereas a simple resolution passed by one branch is sufficient to stop a presidential reorganization order at present, In view of the difficulty of forcing & veto resolution through both branches within 60 days, especially if there should be even a small group of supporters for a reorganization order, the new plan would give the Executive much more authority than is allowed under the existing economy act. Possibility of Dehate. When the economy bill comes up in the Senate, there may be some debate on the constitutionality of Congress del- egating this amount of power to the President, but members of the economy subcommittee have indicated they are convinced the reorganization plan as submitted will stand the constitutional test. There are other new economies in the forthcoming bill that are likely to provoke discussion on the floor. For example, the committee is recommending a 10 per cent cut on pensions allowed any person through the Veterans’ Ad- ministration, and on compensation pay- ments under the war risk insurance act, the World War veterans act or special acts of Congress, provided the pension or compensation amounts to more than $1,000 a year. This recommendation would affect 73,629 persons, to the amount of $8.- 570,000. Another amendment would apply the pay cuts carried in the econ- omy law to the enlisted personnel of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard. ‘There are other miscellaneous new economies, relating to travel allowances, a proposal to abolish the Bureau of Efficiency and a recommendation that the Budget Bureau be empowered to pass annually on the estimates to be sent to Congress under what are knowr as “permanent indefinite appropria- tions,” just as it passes on all other budget items. The committee feels thi: last mentioned proposal will lead t savings, the exact amount of Whicl cannot be estimated in advance. Authority on Furloughs. The bill as it comes from the Appro- priations Committee also has restored in it the authority for department heads to impose administrative furloughs in addition to the general legislative fur- lough. This is in existing law, but wa- not continued by the House when it passed the pending bill. ‘The only modifications in the existing law recommended by the committee as offsets against the further pay cut and other restrictions were the restoration of automatic promotions, affecting only a few departments, and the granting of partial relief to night workers in the matter of pay differentials. The auto- matic promotion provision will beriéfit t ices, and District police and firemen. These are automatic increases which ocecur by reason of length of service or promotion, as distinguished from salary step-ups under the classification law, ;fich are optional rather than auto-