Evening Star Newspaper, February 5, 1933, Page 13

SHOWDOWN LOOMS IN WAGE DISPUTE EARLY THIS WEEK Unions Marshal Strength to Meet Expected Move on U. S. Projects. GENERAL REDUCTION MOVEMENT FEARED Carpenters’ Fight to Retain $11 Scale Before Contractors Tuesday. Pay Affects Building. ‘The controversy over wagés paid to organized labor of the building trades in the National Capital appeared last night 10 be headed for some kind of a definite | show-down this week. Union forces were marshaling their strength to resist the movement by con- tractors which now threatens to cut ‘wages, not only of carpenters on six major jobs, beginning next Thursday, but probably the wages of other union building crafts as well. The situation appeared to have in- eluded more than the announced reduc- tion of carpenters’ wages from $11 to $8. In some quarters the mesting set for next Tuesday by a group of contractors the possibilities of reducing the wage scale of several trades may gm:lpnbe a general movement toward he reduction of all unicn wages in the building trades. ‘Whether the carpenters who are faced with a cut beginning with the new work week on Thursday morning will strike depends on decision by the union. There was no definite indication last night as to just what the carpenters will do, althcugh it is believed that the matter will come up for decision at a meeting of the carpenters’ district council tomorrow. Rights Under Law. If the carpenters’ union intends to follow out another line of attack to at- tempt to force the contractors to hold dhe present $11 day scale under the Bacon-Davis law, the possibility will present itself tomorrow morning with the return of Assistant Secretary of the Treasury Heath, who is in charge of the public building program. and the contracting officer for mest of the pub- lc buildings involved. Under the .+ Bacon-Davis act the building trades in- vol have the right of protest to the cting officer.” y cannot be settled between the s and the contracting officer the 2 then calls for appeal to the In case the con- community in which 1 Sccretary of Labor »~ ago ru'ad that in a vointers the prevailing was the union wage, 27es are counting on ot iy case they desire t in this directicn. s came reports last thrre are two different rates ho™e pald b contractors on gk - ~urel stands. Two firms, R. P. 7'ty and Bahen & Wright, who ore constructing the stands along Penn- sylvania avenue, were said to be paying carpenters $11 a day. the union scale. ‘This is $3 a day higher than is being pald by Skinker & Garrett, who are constructing the stands for the Presi- dent-elect. both in front of the Capitol and the White House. This latter firm has been claiming consistently that they can get all the union carpenters they want for $8 a day. Problem Is Union. ‘The question of what to do about unisn carpenters who work for $3 a N the union scale is onc presenting a reel problem to t>2 Carpenters’ Union, it is understood. ‘Th> District Council of Carpenters, it is understood will deal with this ques- tion. Contractors who have posted notices on six major Govenment jobs in the National Capital announcing they will pay $3 as the prevailing wage, beginning next Thursday, have claimed that union carpenters are working on other jobs outside the Government for $8 a day. Union officials have vigorously pro- tested the move by these contractors to reduce the pay scale on these Gov- ernment jobs, claiming that $11 is the valling wage under the Bacon-Davis Albert Caya, chairman of the Com- mittee on Government Work for Car- penters’ Union, No. 132, declared that in his opinion the contractors had no right to post publicly such a notice of pay reduction nor attempt to put it into effect until it had been estab- lished under the law by the Secretary of Labor. Caya has been diligently representing his organization through- the Oupital by checking up on all Gov- ernment jobs. He has made detailed reports to his union on the matter of the proposed wage cut by the contrac- tors on the six jobs. From circles close to contractors yesterday it was claimed that if a re- duction could be accomplished in the ‘wages of building trades in this city there woulcd be an increase in building activities Contractors claim that many people who could afford to build are still holding off, because they feel there will be a reduction in wages soon and 2 consequent decrease in the cost of building. These contractors claim that the decrease in wages here would in- crease employment by opening up a large market. Union officials made careful inquiry into the question as to whether savings accomplished by wage cuts would benefit the taxpayers. A committee of union officials was reported last night to have visited the Treasury Depart- ment on this question. They were informed, according to union sources, that under present law tuere was no way for the contractor to turn this money, saved from wage cuts, back to the Treasury Depart- ment, because the contractor already had closed his contract with the Gov- ermnment. STUDENT HUNTED HERE Police Continue Search for Boy, 15, of Atlanta, Missing Several Days. ‘The search for Alva Truman Taylor, -old high school student of At- Gs., who left home several days for a visit in the Capital, was con- Kennedy street, a friend of his family. Mr. De Witt, however, had heard noth- ing from him. ‘The boy was dressed in a khaki cadet TON WASHING \ 'f: o3 Lawrence Tibbett, upper left; Rosa | tution Hall. RTS NEWS | The Sunilay Shae [srowrs wows o AR U AR WASHINGTON, D. C., SUNDAY MORNING, FEBRUARY 5, 1933. Inaugural Concert Artists Ponselle, upper right; Efrem Zimbalist, i o lower left, and Hans Kindler, conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra,| The committee also declared that the lower right, will appear in a great concert to be held as a feature of the Roose- velt inaugural entertainment program on the evening of "March 3 at Consti- GANNON HITS USE - OF INCINERATORS' Subcommittee Chairman Urges Disposal of D. C. Refuse Elsewhere. Chairman Cannon of the subcommit- tee drafting the District appropriation bill, has prcposed discontinuing the operation of the two new incirerators for disposal of refuse, one of which is lec2ted in Georgetown and the other in Southeast Washington. Mr. Cannon thought that the refuse could be dis- posed of cheaper by having it burned | on the heavily wooded tract, which has |and also sought the co-operation of Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, director of public ‘l’:uildings and grounds, to have the {;efu.;e burned on the Anacostia water | front. } Gordon Defends Them. In questioning J. B. Gordon, sani- tary engineer of the District, Chair- man Cannon brought out that the cur- rent appropriation is $137,500 to operate the rators for eight and one-half months. Mr. Cannon said he had been informed that these incinerators were so inefficient that trash is still being | | burned on the outside. Mr. Gor rcplied that ‘“these incinera‘ors working as well as any incinerators in th> country.” Engineer Commissioner Gotwals told the subcommititee that he had an as- sistant engineer commissioner “follow these incinerators very closely when they were going into operation, and there have not been brought to my attention, nor could I cee myself in there, such faults as you Discontinues Virginia Dump. Replying to Mr. Cannon’s question, Mr. Gordon said the District stopped paying rent on the dump near the air- port in Virginia January 1. “We expect to stop all transporting of private trash from Washington to Virginia,” sald Mr. Gordon. “Regula- | tions have been prepared by the cor- | poration counsel advertising the fact| that incinerators are ready to receive | all private trash.” It costs about $200,000 a year to operate the incinerators, including both personnel and supplies, Mr. Gordon stated in reply to questions. Previously ! this department of the District govern- | ment had an appropriation of $135,000 i for the trash plant. —_——————— GASOLINE CONSUMPTION * INCREASES IN DISTRICT Resultant Decrease in Tourist Trend Is Noted by Director Van Duzer. Gasoline consumption increased 15 | per cent in Washington last year, de- spite the distressed economic situation, | with a resultant decreace in tourist travel, Traffiic Director Willlam A. Van Duzer told the House Subcommittee on District appropriations, during the re- cent hearings on the 1934 estimates. Mr. Van Duzer expressed the opinion that the increased gasoline consump- tion indicated the greater use of the streets and roads in the District since the registration of motor vehicles was about the same since it was in the preceding_year. M. O. Eldridge, assistant director of traffic, submitted a chart showing that there are 172 intersections controled by automatic traffic, which have relieved 38 traffic officers, 19 on full time. Mr. Eldridge also explained that there are 14 officers on duty at the inter- sections controled by lights. These in- clude such important points as Fif- teenth street and New York avenue; Ninth and G streets, Eleventh and New York avenue Fifteenth and H streets northeast. OVERCOME BY FUMES Mrs. Lois Britt Stricken While Trying to Light Stove. Stricken with epllepsy while trying to light a gas stove in the kitchen of her home yesterday, Mrs. Lois Britt, 20, was overcome by the fumes, accord- ing to a report made to police by her usband. The husband said he found his wife lying unconsclous on the h he returned home. He summoned the Fire Rescue Squad and she was vived. The Britis live at 630 Sixth GREATINHUEURAL CONEERT PLANNED Tinbett, Rosa Ponselle and Zimbalist to Appear Here March 3. A great concert, featuring three in- ternationally famous soloists and the National Symphony Orchestra, will be one of the chief features of the Roose- velt inaugural, it was announced yes- terday by Huston Thompson, chairman of the. Roosevelt Inaugural General Entertainment Committee. Lawrence Tibbett, Metropolitan Opera Co. bariione; Rosa Ponsell2, Metropoli- tan scprano, and Efrem Zimbalist, con- { cert violinisi, are the artists who will appear at the musical event, which will be held from £:30 urtil 10 o'clock, at; Constitution Hall, on the evening of March 3. Hans Kindler will conduct the or- chestra, and President-elect Roosevelt and his family,and President and Mrs. Hoover have been invited to attend. Event to Set Record. It will be a gathering of artists the like of which has never before occurred on a concert stage in the National Capital and the program will be broad- cast, not only throughout this country on standard wave radio, but to other s on shcrt wave broadeest. The derived from the com go toward the {und the Inaugural Com- mittee hopes to be abls to turn over to charily after expenses of the In- augural Committee have been met. Tibbett is known to millions of Amer- jcans and in many foreign countries because of his many appearances on the screen, with the Metropolitan Opera Co. and on radio programs. Miss Ponselle is the ranking soprano of the Metro- politan Opera Co. and has appeared in concerts throughout the country. Zimbalist has established an interna- tional reputation as a concert violinist, while the National Symphony Orches- tra, under the direction of Mr. Kindler, has, in the short span of its existence, found a large following throughout the East. The services of Mr. Tibbett have been contributed to the Inaugural Commit- tee by the Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., while the services of Zimbalist and Miss Ponselle have been given by the Gen- eral Electric Co. All three artists readily fell in with the plan when it was suggested to them by their radio program sponsors, the Inaugural Com- mittee announced yesterday. Coming Here From Cuba. Mr. Tibbett will make a special trip from Cuba to sing in Washingtcn, and will leave immediately for an appear- ance in Texas, while Miss Ponselle and Mr. Zimbalist have rearranged their concert engagements to make possible the Washington trip. The Natlonal Symphony Orchestra will be presented as an additional joint contribution of the Firestone and General Electric companies. Plans have been made by Mr. Thomp- fon and his committee for advertising the concert on a naticnal scale, as a part of the cfiicial program of the In- augural Committee and the affair is expected to draw hundreds of music lovers to Washington who would not otherwise attend the inaugural. Con- stitution Hall has been chosen as the scene cf the affair because its size as well as its facilities for entertainment of distinguished guests make it possible for it to be a large as well as brilliant concert. FIREMEN WON'T AID POLICE AT INAUGURAL ies" Will Be Busy on Special Details. Brown to Ask 200 Baltimore Bluecoats. Plans of Maj. Ernest W. Brown, su- tendent of , to use several undred firemen to augment the force inauguration day were yesterday because nearly all available members of the fire force will be busy on _special details. Instead cort will | CHEST COMMITEE DECLARES CHANGES IN RELIEF NEEDED| Easing of Private Charity Burden and More Public Aid Is Proposed. CHARACTER-BUILDING AGENCIES EMPHASIZED Study of Possibilities for Payment Immediately for Relief as Needed Is Suggested. Vital changes in the existing prac- tices of dealing with the welfare and relief problems of the community are necessary in these times of economic stress, it was stated in the final report of the Budget Committee of the Com- munity Chest, made public last night. The committee, headed by Joshua Evans, jr., called for: An easing of the burden of private philanthropy on the present allocation of responsibility. Close unification of public and pri- vate relief activities. Practical if not actual merging of funds which are available. Co-operative handling recommended as being a: ble for the case work agencies, in so far as is pos- sible Public Funds Needed. The committee opened its report with the flat statement that public funds must be provided to carry the extra; burden of relief created by economic conditions. proportion of private {funds allocated to relief work should not be so great as to cripple the rest of the program of pri- vate philanthropy, developed painfully over years and serving, in the minds of many people, needs which are just as important as those of direct relief to the destitute. “It is clear,” said Mr. Evans, “that the depression is creating many kinds lof distress aside from those of direct { unemployment of able bodied men.” | _“We are mindiul of the fact,” the re- port continues, “that $1,250,000 will i probably be provided out of public funds | this year which, added to t! now aprropriated for the agencies, produces a total of approxi- mately $1,774,000 fore relief and serv- ice for the year 1933, as compared with the sum of approximately $1,640,000 which was provided, mainly out of con- | tributed funds, in 1932. This sum | obviously is inacequate to meet the growing needs for relief. It is the opinion of the Budget Committee that additional appropriations must be made { by Congress from municipal funds if | the needs of the destitute unemployed in the District of Columbia are to be met. Congress, as our city council, has | already accepted the principle of as- | suming this responsibility. That prin- | ciple must be expressed in acditional | appropriations if the need is to be met.” | The report also points out that a new principle is established in the | method of settlement with member hos- pitals. The Community Chest, the re- port says, cannot assume responsibility for operating deficits of hospitals. Stresses Character Work. The report stresses the necessity of maintaining the character-building agencles of the Chest. It should not be necessary, it says, to remark that the character-building organizations are rendering a peculiarly important serv- ice during this critical period in provid- ing for the unemployed various forms of constructive use for leisure fime and further, that from’a long-rafige view, the cests of financing efficiently run character-building agencies effect sub- | stantial civic savings because the serv- ices of these agencies are distinctly pre- ventive of delinquency, vice and crime, with attending heavy financial burdens on the community. “Let us remember,” the report says, “that the Community Chest is not s charity chest, but is simply a federas tion of various agencies, which in the past had independent campaigns for w support ufihmr and whlc‘l.: been accepted membership the Chest with & full knowledge of the varying character of the work these agencies have been doing.” Recommendations made in the report include a study by tHe Council of Social Agencles on the possibilities of im- imediate payments to relief agencies as needed from month to month, rather than holding them to one-twelfth of their appropriation per month; estab- lishment of a veterans’ central service bureau for the administration of veterans’ relief; payment to hospitals at a rate per “patient day” not to exceed $4; reduction of all salaries by 10 per cent of those over $1,000 and 5 per cent of those under $1,000 where such reduction has not already been made; the appointment of & permanent maintenance and repair committee. to advise and pass on :Il major items of s 8 ice com- B S Ban Camp Deficits. The mfl also recommends that no camp it be allowed any agency. If camps are to be conducted they m\ut' be on a self-supporting basis or through securing scholarships for individuals from interested groups or persons. This means the actual closing of Camp Good Will and Camp Pleasant operated by the Associated Charities, and of the Salvation Army fresh air camp for this mmended that be, asked to benefits of money, which it of of- in continuous ous common facili- is recommended that the presi- ity chfi’t appoint a he_says, have in an effort to ‘the goal this year. relief funds |’ ‘Two of the scenes in the Capital yesterday which followed an all-day fall of soft, clining snow. Abover an unusual scene around the Tidal Basin, somehow reminiscent of the Springtime cherry blossom Capitol through the trees. WOMEN T0 DEFEND RIGHT T0 POSITIONS Prominent Speakers Will Ad-| dress Mass Meeting This Afternoon. The Covernment Workers' Council of the National Woman's Party is spon- soring a mass meeting on women's righ to paid employment this afternoon “i 3 o'clock in the Masonic auditorium. Secretary of Labor William N. Doak will be one of the speakers at the mass meeting, which the Woman's National Party declares is to call public attention to women's stand against being “forced back into a state of economic depend- ence.” Other *prominent speakers will include Jesse Dell, U. S. Civil Service Commissioner; Representative Louis Ludlow of Indiana; Maud Younger. congressional chairman of the National Woman's Party, and Mrs. Harvey W. ‘Wiley, president of the District of Co- lumbia Federation of Women's Club. On the Honorary Committee will be Senator Hiram Bingham of Connecticut, Mrs. Florence Bayard Hilles, Rebecca Greathouse, Pearl McCall, Mrs. Rich- ard Wainright, Mrs. Maud Bradbury, Dr. Sofie A. Norduff-Jung, Mrs. Helena M. Gargan, Mrs. Donald Hooker, Mrs. Merritt Chance, Miss Sarah Grogan, Mrs. Nina Allender, Bernita Shelton . M O’Malley, Ruth ¢ Matthews, Dr. ary ‘Hudn . Winifred Ashby, Mus‘ll:'et Drmpn, Helen _Elizabeth Brown, Mrs. Edwin N. Lublin, Mrs. Dwight Clark, and Mrs. Margaret Sanger. Mrs. Emma Shaw is acting chairman. Lois Moran, the actress, is lending her support to the mass meeting. ASSOCIATED CHARITIES AIDS 3,075 CHILDREN Represent Members of 1,172 Fam- ilies Receiving Help During Month of January. The Associated Charities furnished relief for 3,075 children under 16 dur- ing January, it was announced yester- day by Walter S. Ufford, general sec- . ‘They were members of 1,172 families receiving help from the Associ- ated Charities during the month. Mr. Ufford estimated that an average of 2,000 children a day were fed by the organization through grocery orders de- POLICE DRIVER HURT Bergt. John Norris Cut and Bruised in Auto Collision. Sergt. John L. Norris, driver of a police automobile, was cut and bruisea last night when the car was struck by another machine, said driven by Joseph Hurwitz, 921 Decatur | More snow was forecast for the | Washington area today, after the all- | day storm that swept this section yes- torday, coating city streets and coun- try roads with ice and causing a scries of freakish automobile accidents. Sev- | eral persons were injured. | aboard the vehicle for about an hour after it crashed into an electric pole near Gaithersburg, Md., kpocking a high-tension line across a wire fence against which it halted and charging the metal. Taft, Klingle and Highway Bridges, rendered slippery by the slushy snow, were the scenes of some of the accidents, ‘The snow forecast for today by the | Weather Bureau was not expected to add much to the three-and-a-half inches that fell yesterday. Colder weather was predicted, however. No one was injured in the crash that resulted in electrification of the fence, but the mishap ‘resulted in another accident, in which an emergency truck sideswiped an automobile while en route to the scene. The smash-up occurred on the ‘Washington-Frederick Highway, about a mile south of Gaithersburg. A Pitts- burgh-Washington bus skidded from the road, crashed into a pole and careened into the fence. When the bus struck the pole the line was knocked loose and draped across the fence. Fearing electrocution. the passengers the power could be shut off by erepre- sentatives of the Potomac Electric Power Co. The current was off for about an hour while employes of the electric company towed the bus away from the fence and replaced the line. On its way to the scene, the power company truck sideswiped an automo- bile near Rockville, but both the truck crew 4nd the occupants of the passen- ger car were unhurt. Driving southward on the wrong side of Highway Bridge, according to police, Fred W. Yeager, 40, of 1604 Park road crashed his machine into the span’s superstructure, Another automobile, operated by Sadie McCormick, 2724 Chesapeake street, suddenly to avoid hitting Yeager’s car and was struck from behind by a Greyhound bus, driven by ERiott Markham. Yeager was arrested on a charge of ,lr}xmng while under the influence of quor. A short time later six other cars skidded from one side of the bridge to the other, careening across the side- walks and into the superstructure. The according to the Teport, were operated by: James C. Ji Perry, to have been | invol Interstate busses were involved in two | of the mishaps. Fifteen passengers on | one of the busses were forced to remain | remained aboard until | jng- dispia; —Star Staff and Underwood Photos. 'MORE SNOW FORECAST TODAY '+ ASICE CAUSES FREAK CRASHES Fifteen Are Trapped in Bus by Broken High Tension Wire; Several Hurt in Other Mishaps. driven by Alexander P. Gordon, 3110 Thirty-fourth street. No one was in- y. Below, a vista of the| Con PAGE B—1 D. . APPROPRIATION BILL DUE IN HOUSE WITH FEW CHANGES Fiscal Measure Expected to Be Reported Thursday or Friday. ESTIMATES TO PERMIT ADDED SCHOOLS READY Subcommittee Hopes to Squeeze New Items Into Second Deficiency by Shaving Others. The District appropriation bill carry- ing approximately $40,000,000 for sup- port of the Natioflal Capital during the fiscal year starting July 1, next, will probably be reported to the House next Thursday or Friday. The indications are that there will be no drastic change from the estimates submitted. Estimates of cost, for an additional elementary school building are to be sent in with the second deficiency ap- propriation items and the subcommit- tee hopes to have the estimates for school buildings already submitted shaved off enpugh, approximately $100,000, so that additional schools may be squeezed in. The superintendent of schools has submitted a list of four or five locations which are next in line for a new school, and the subcommittee has not much choice among these loca- tions. The subcommittee considers the un- employment relief item in the bill—a new item of $625,000 for a six-month period, especially important because it will probably mean a continuing appro- priation item for many years, in their Judgment. New Taxes Proposed. Some sort of special tax, either an increase in the rate on intangibles with an effort’ to uncover intangibles that have been evading the tax, or a new levy on excess profits or incomes, will doubtless be written into -the bill to provide for the relief item. Representative Holaday, a member of the subcommittee, expressed the opin- jon that “the Federal Government in taking over the District Building should be liberal with the District because the Federal Government is more or less responsible for this general idea of a Municipal Center, which is far more expensive than the District really needs.” His statement was provcked by testi- mony before the subcommittee that after all arrangements had been made for going ahead with the Municipal Center project and after the District government had been forced to pay out $6,500,000 for the four-square site, the Depertment put in a claim for a 50-50 ownership on the old District Building, and a demand. that gress must e to vacate that joint ownership. That prevented the sale to the Federal Government of the existing Distriét Building, from the proceeds of which sale it was expected to build the first unit of the new mu- nicipal group.. This meant, District Auditor Donovan emphasized, that $6,- 500,000 worth of taxable property had been withdrawn from the tax rolis and the District’s surfdus funds thus sunk in vacant land. First Plan Changed, . In confirming Representative Hola- day’s statement, Auditor Donovan also pointed out that the original recom- mendation of the Commissioners called for the acquisition of only two blocks of the Municipal Center site, but that ngress ordered the purchase of four blocks, “Including the two very expen- sive blocks facing on Pennsylvania jured. Cutts was arrested on a reck- avenue.” That was done, Mr. Holaday less driving charge. in a similar smash-up on Klingle Bridge, but this also resulted in no in- Juries. Three members of the University of Baltimore basket ball squad, en route here for a game with Catholic Univer- sity, were slightly injured when the two automobiles in which they were making the trip figured in accidents on the Baltimore-Washington Boulevard. One of the cars was wrecked when it hit a ::\lmhoni!hgdeh b& the other, mmved a mishap , was only s damaged. 4y Charles Clabaugh, Fred Gross and Isidor Glassman were injured, Glass- man so severely he was unable to par- ticipate in the game. Helen Clum, 30, and James Ficklin, 4, both of Kensington, were cut and bruised a crash on Taft bridge. They were riding in an automobile driven by Kathleen Ficklin. Robert E. Hoffman, 22, of the 3600 block of Rock Creek Church road, was the operator of the other machine. Pearl R. Coleechia, 45, of 3743 Brandywine street escaped with bruises in an accident at Connecticut avenue and Brandywine street. ‘Taylor Dodson, Rock Spring Farm, Norbeck, reported his automobile, in which he was riding with his wife Edith, was struck in Rockville by a car that failed to stop. The machine, bear- Maryland license tags, headed toward Bethesda, he said. He and his wife were slightly hurt, but did not re- quire hospital treatment. “EYE-FOR-AN-EYE” BITER OF DOG’S OWNER APPEALS Man Who “Bit Mike Deep” Insists He Had a Right to Do So. Harvert. L. Phifer, colored, sentenced to 60 days in jail last week on & charge of biting Mike Deep, merchant, because Mike's dog invariably bit him, filed, through an attorney in Police Court yesterday, a motion for a new trial. It was stated in the request that Judge Gus A. Schuldt's decision was “contrary to evidence” and that Phifer had a real reason to bite Deep, not only 85 an act of revenge, but because the Will Plan for Inaugural. CLARENDON, Va., February 4 (Spe- cial) —The Arlington County Women's Democratic Club at a meeting scheduled for Monday night in Demecratic head- quarters here will plan for the club's in exercises in ection | emphasized, “for the purpose of fur- Two taxicabs and an automobile were | thering the general beautification scheme and not because the District really needed it.” The original plans of the Commis- sioners, Auditor Donovan explained, contemplated the erection of two build~ ings on the northern two blocks of the site, which would have cost, with the property, & total of about $11,000,000. Maj. Donovan said the District would have been able to take care of such & progxcL “Of course, 30 years:from now, when all this is completed,” remarked Com- missioner Reichelderfer, “it will be & magnificent thing, and everybody will be glad it is done, but it is just beyond us at the present time.” MORE WORK IN OFFICE OF REGISTER OF WILLS Economic Crisis Causes Greatly Increased Duties, Donovan Tells Subcommittee. The present depression has great! increased the work in the office gor‘ "}Z register of wills, where there has been no increase in force since the fiscal year 1927, when one additional clerk Wwas authorized, District Auditor Daniel J. Donovan told the subcommittee the District appropriation bill for 1934. - “Under the present conditions,” said Donovan, “many estates of deceased persons are bankrupt or insufficient to Day legacies before the commencement vol or ruj e for administration, which unufim laws of this jurisdiction is one year. In addition, estates involving the ‘con- tinuation of & business of a decedent omas | store man was beating him. It was|ays in