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Washi ngtén News NG NAVED HEAD 0FD.C. COMMITTEE IN_NEW SENATE Utah Senator Will Succeed Capper, Now Ranking Minority Member. ROBINSON ANNOUNCES ALL CHAIRMANSHIPS Couzens Fills G. 0. P. Vacancy in District Group—Two More Dem- ocrats to Be Selected. Senator William H. King of Utah, who has been ranking Democratic member of the Senate District Com- mittee for a number of years, was named chairman by the Democratic Steering Committee today. The selec- tion of the Utah Senator had been ex- pected for the past two weeks, but the chairmanship appointments were not made officially until this morning. King will take over the reins of the committee from Senator: Arthur Cap- per, Republican, of Kansas, who has been chairman for approximately eight years, and who will continue on the committee as the ranking minority member. The Republicans late yes- terday filled their one vacancy on the District Committee by appointing Sen- ator James Couzens of Michigan, who will bring to the committee a thorough knowledge of municipal affairs gained from his experience as mayor of Detroit. Chairmen Announced. Two additional Democratic Senators remain to be appointed to the District Committee, and their names will be announced tomorrow by Senator Robin- son of Arkansas, majority leader. Sen- ator Robinson announced the charman- ships of all committes following a Steering Committee meeting today. Senator King has been a member of the District committee for 16 years and even before that time he took an active part in the consideration of local legislation as a member of the House. In addition to serving in both branches of Congress he was an as- sociate justice in the Supreme Court of Utah in 1904. The new Senate chairman for a number of years has advocated the granting of broader powers to the District Commissioners to handle scme of the local matters that now require consideration of Con- gress from year to year. The Civil Service Committee, which handles legislation of vital importance to Government employes, will be headed by Senator Logan of Kentucky. The Appropriations Committee will be pre- sided over by Senator Glass of Vir- ginia, and he will decide later on a chairman for the subcommittee in charge of District appropriation bills. Senator Hattie W. Caraway of Ar- kansas was made chairman of the Com- mittee on Enrolled Bills and becomes the first woman chairman of a Senate committee. The Public Buildings and Grounds Committee will be headed by Senator Connally of Texas. Other chairmanships were announced as follows: Judiciary, Ashurst of Ari- zona; Finance, Harrison of Mississippi; Foreign Relations, Pittman of Nevada; Interstate Commerce, Dill of Wash- ington; Banking and Currency, Fletch- er of Florida; Library, Barkley of Ken- tucky; Irrigation and Reclamation, Bratton of New Mexico; Manufactures, Bulkley of Ohio; Mines and Mining, Bulow of South Dakota; Audit and Control of Contingent Expenses of tne Senate, Byrnes of South Carolina; Iin- migration, Coolidge of Massachusetts; Rules, Copeland of New York, Priv- jleges and Elections, George of Georgia; Interoceanic Canals, Gore of Oklahoma; Printing, Hayden of Ari- zona; Public Lands, Kendrick of Wyo- ming; expenditures in Executive Depart- ments, Lewis of Illinois; Claims, Bailey of North Carolina; Pensions, McGill of Kansas; Post Offices and Post Roads, McKellar of Tennessee; Military Affairs, Sheppard of Texas; Agriculture, Smith of South Carolina; Commerce, Stephens of Mississippi; Naval Affairs, Trammell of Florida; Territories and Insular Pos- sessions, Tydings of Maryland; Patents and Copyrights, Wagner of New York; Education and Labor, Walsh of Mas- sachusetts, and Indian Affairs, Wheeler of Montana. Copeland Heads Rules. Senator Robinson of Arkansas de- clined the chairmanship of Rules because of the volume of work he will have as ‘ party leader. This cleared the way for Senator Copeland as chairman. Sen- ator Black of Alabama declined the Committee on Claims in favor of Bail&y] of North Carolina. Prior to March 4, when the Repub- lcans controlled the Senate, the Di trict Committee consisted of eight Re- publicans_and seven Democrats, With Senator Capper of Kansas as chair- man. Due to the increase in Demo- cratic membership in the present Sen- ate, the committee ratio has been changed to nine Democrats and six Republicans. Three Republicans on the District Committee left the Senate Saturday—Blaine, Glenn and Gram- mer. But, since the number of Re- publican places has been reduced by two, it was only necessary to appoint one new Republican, and Senator Couzens was chosen. The Republican Committee on Com- mittees, headed by Senator Reed of Pennsylvania, yesterday afternoon made out the slate of Republican committee changes, and it will be laid before a party conference today for approval. Senator Davis asked to be transferred from Appropriations to the Post Office and Post Roads Committee. This cre- ated a vacancy on the District subcom- mittee of the Senate Appropriations Committee, on which Senator Davis has | been serving. Senators Townsend of Delaware and Carey of Wyoming were added to the Appropriations Committee. Senators Couzens and Walcott of Con- necticut were taken off the Civil Service Committee and Senator Patterson added. Senator Cutting (Republican) of New Mexico) was shorn of his membership on the Senate’s important Foreign Rela- tions Committee, but Repuplican Sena- tors asserted he was not being penal- ized for having actively supported Presi- dent Roosevelt in the campaign. Members of the Republican confer- ence said Cutting was the junior Re- publican on the committee and had to be eliminated from membership because of reduced Republican strength. Veterans Plan March. The Veterans’ National Liaison Com- mittee announced today that it had is- sued a call to veterans to come to ‘Washington on May 12 to present a pe- tition to the Federal Governmeni, de- manding immediate cash payment of the balance due on adjusted service cer- tificates. The announcement said the veterans would stay until their demands were » met, but did not indicate how many Were expected to respond to the call, Mrs. Ickes to | Interior. | Mrs. Ickes, ture. RS. HAROLD L. ICKES, wife of today decided a problem that has puzzled Washington so- ciety—whether she would come here to make her home with her hus- band or stay in Illinois to tend her duties as a member of the State Legis- lature. She has decided to serve out her third term as legislator before coming to the Capital to be with her husband. However, she probably will make a number of flying trips here—as she did for the inauguration—before the Legislature adjourns. Discussing the problem of what she wou'd do, just before she finally made up her mind, Mrs. Ickes said: “One thing is certain, and that is that I will not leave my district with- out a vote during this session, when so many important things are coming up. You see. I managed to come to the inaugural by playing hookie from just one day's session of the Legislature.” Limited Her Interests. Mrs. Ickes has solved the problem of home and career by taking them one at a time. When her children were small she limited her outside activities to be- ing president of the Chicago Woman's Club and a trustee qf the University of Illinois, from which she was graduated. Now that her children are either mar- ried or in college, she believes they are all happier if mother has an outside interest. “Boys don’t like being tended and looked after.,” she " explained in her apartment in the Mayflower, while Raymond, a student at the University of Chicago, and Robert of Lake Forest College, grinned their agreement. “If a woman has an interest outside the home there is no reason why she should not follow it after her children cease to need her physical care,” Mrs. Ickes went on. “I don't believe in & woman sitting down in the midst of her family and expecting them all to sit at her feet and wait upon her. Then, too, & wom- an like that is apt to become too critical. Her only interest is the little circle of her home, mole-hills get to be moun- | Raymond and Robert. Seated are Mrs. who is serving her third term as a member of the Illinois Legisla- the new Secretary of Interior, | The T enir JUNDAY MORNING EDITION o Star WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 8, 1933. Finish Term SECRETARY'S WIFE DECIDES TO STAY IN ILLINOIS. A new photograph of the family of Harold L. Ickes, new Secretary of the In the top row (left to right) are Wilmarth, Mrs. Requa Bryant, Anna Wilmarth Ickes and Mr. Ickes. —Wide World Photo. | tains, and nothing is ever quite right. A woman like that is far too apt to be- come a problem mother. You hear a lot about a problem child. But there are really a great many more problem mothers, and I don't intend to be one. “Then too,” she added, “if you want to keep the interest of your husband and older children, you have to bring something to them, not just take, take, take, allowing them to feed you men- tally, spiritually and physically.” At Home for Week Ends. So while the Legislature is in session Mrs. Ickes leaves her beautiful home in Hubbard Woods, just outside Chi- cago, and spends five days a week in Springfleld. Week ends offer an oppor- tunity to carry on family and social life. When it comes to fun, Mrs. Ickes has her own prescription. Her idea of the best possible time is a trip to the desert. “If you want to know my favorite form of recreation, it is not golf'but archeology,” she says. “When I_get tired to death and sick of people, I g0 out to my little two-room adobe house just outside of Gallup, N. Mex., and look at the desert. The house is hardly more than a hut, but I love it.” , Mrs. Ickes also studies the history or Indian tribal culture. “I even ran off last Christmas for a little while in the desert,” she explained. “There were certain tribal rites which I couldn't see any other time, so I spent Christmas alone in my little house and visited some of the tribes.” No formal research has been under- taken by her, but during years of s: Mrs. Ickes has acquired a broad kn edge of Indian life and culture, which doubtless will be of help to her husband in his work as Secretary of the In- terior. Before her marriage, in 1911, Mrs. Ickes was Anna Wilmarth Thompson. She was born in Chicago, educated in a private school in Boston and grad- uated from the University of Illinois. She has always shared her husband’s interest in political reform movements, and, like her husband, was a Progressive Republican. (Copyright. 1933. by the North American Newspaper Alliance.) CHILDREN GROW INSEASON SPURTS Hagerstown Experimbent Re- veals Autumn Is Gain Time and Spring Reverse. BY THOMAS R. HENRY. | “There is a strange fluctuation in the growth of children with the seasons. | This 45 demonstrated by a five-year | experiment with 2,500 school children in’ Hagerstown, Md., just reported by the United States Public Health Service. The children were weighed monthly by the Public Health Service workers and the rate_of increase for each month over the previous month was calcu- | lated. | It was found that, for both boys and | girls between 6 and 16, there was & ! growth spurt in late Summer which | reached its maximum about the mid- i dle of October, with a very sharp drop | during November. About December 1 | the growth rate is reduced from one- | third to one-half of the mean No- { vember value. This rate continues !with little change during January, | February and March. With the begin- ning of Spring, strangely enough, the growth rate drops again to about one- ! half its Winter value, and by the mid- idle of May reaches its minimum for | the year. It increases very slowly dur- {ing.the early Summer, but starts to !go up rapidly in August and Septem- |ber toward the October maximum. i The average child gains from one to {two pounds from September 15 to | November 15. The effect of heavier | clothing was considered in the calcu- | lations. Melbourne Data Compared. i ‘That the effect is seasonal, accord- ing to the Public Health Service re- | port of the experiment, is shown by j the fact a similar experiment with the lschool children of Melbourne, where the seasons are opposite, showed the greatest gains in weight in April and May, the Autumn months of the Far i South, and reached & minimum in No- vember. Similar studies have been made in several European cities, where the same condition was found as among the Maryland children. There is_something in Autumn which ac- celerates growth and ‘something in Spring which inhibits it. A still stranger sex difference in growth was found in the Maryland study, the Public Health Service reports. Up to the tenth year, the girls and boys grew at about the same rate and with the same seasonal fluctuations. Then ¢ame the so-called “adolescent spurt” in growth, which girls experience a few years earlier than boys. From the tenth to the fourteenth year, it has bzen established, the growth of girls is greatly accelerated, while that of boys continues very slowly. But jamong the Maryland children, it was|found that the difference was chiefly /in the Spring. From late Sum- mer tjough the Winter, thy chiidren of this age group were found growing at about the same rate, with the great- est increment for both coming dn Oc- tober. But during April and May the growth of the girls, while it reached its minimum for the year, remained far above that of their brothers. Prac- tically all the growth advantage of the adolescent girls over the boys just ap- proaching adolescence was concentrated in this one season. After 14, the adolescent spurt of the girl generally is ended and that of the boy starts. For two or three years, he adds weight rapidly, while his sister grows very slowly. It was found among the Hagerstown children between 14 and 16, that the growth rate was ap- proximately the same for most of the year, but with the boys it reached a considerably higher maximum than with the girls during the Autumn months. Unsuspected Difference. This constitutes a hitherto unsuspect- ed sex difference. There is something about Autumn which, while it accele- rates the growth rate of all children, has its most striking effect with ado- lescent boys. There is something about Spring which depresses the growth rate of all children, but has its least effect with adolescent girls. One sug- gested explanation of this was that boys exercise most vigorously during the Spring and early Summer, with the result that they lose weight, but tests have shown that exercise, on the con- trary, tends to increase growth. During the sixth and seventh years, it was found, there is no consistent difference between the growth rates of boys and girls. During the eighth and ninth years, boys grow slightly faster than their sisters. The girls begin to spurt ahead in the Spring of the tenth year and they remain ahead until the Autumn of the fourteenth year, when the boys again overtake them. The growth rate of boys continues greatest during the fifteenth year. No explanation was found by the Public Health Service workers for the strange seasonal variation. They thought at first that it might be related to the periods of greatest and least sickness. There was a_good check on this in the attendance Tecords of the | b Hagerstown schools and it was found that there was apparently no relation- ship between the two factors. Chil- dren who were frequently absent be- cause of sickness showed the same sea- sonal growth variations as children who had perfect attendance records. APPOINTMENTS URGED Steagall Asks Selection of Former Representatives. Appointment of former Representa- tive James G. Strong of Kansas as & member of tne Federal Farm Loan Bureau and of former Representative L L. Patterson of Alabama as com- missioner of education was urged by & House delegation, headed by Repre- sentative Steagall, Demccrat, of Ala- bama, which called at the White House yesterday. Strong, former ranking Republican cn the House Banking and Currency Ccmmittez, of which Steagall is chair- man, was defeated last Novembe:, as was Patterson. The delegation did not see the President, but conferred with Louis Howe, the President’s political secretarg, L IDRYS PLAN GROUP OF 100 70 DIRECT FIGHT ON REPEAL Super-Organization to Repre- sent All Leading Prohi- bition Agencies. CAMPAIGN TO BE TAKEN TO EVERY STATE IN UNION Restoration of Local Enforcement Laws Also Aim of United Committee. ‘The prohibition leaders of the coun- try, meeting at the Calvary Baptist Church today, were busy at work try- ing to perfect a super-dry organization, embracing every prohibition movement in the country under one general head to fight adoption of the amendment re- pealing the prohibition amendment. Approximately 1,000 strong and with every dry of note in the country at- tending, the conference sought to set up a Committee of 100, which would direct the campaign for retention of prohibition and which would immedi- ately begin raising funds for a gigantic crusade against the wet forces. ‘The morning session, a somewhat stormy one, was devoted entirely to & discussion of details attending the crea- tion of the new organization. There were some who felt the many prohibi- tion organizations which are now func- tioning should continue as they are, while the general proposal before the conference was that the new super- organization be formed. Disagree on Statement. ‘The question was raised with the of- fering of a proposed statement to the American people which recommended: “That all prohibition and temperance organizations and all persons opposed to the liquor traffic unite in a Nation-wide campaign under the direction of a com- mittee to be appointed by this confer- ence for the purpose of preventing the repeal of the eighteenth amendment.” It was this paragraph in the state- ment which led to so much stormy dis- cussion and caused the entire state- ment to be held over until the con- ference will have had time to consider its plan of action contained in another report later presented by the Confer- ence Ways and Means Committee. ‘This report also brought considerable heated discussion while the leaders of the conference bent every effort to welding together the half a hundred independent dry organizations under one banner. Conference Plan. ‘The conference plan of -action as proposed by the Ways and Means Com- mittee would call for a united campaign of all friends of prohibition, to be or- ganized and pushed forward without delay. The program also calls for restoration of enforcement laws in States where they have been repealed, organization of drys in all communi- tles, and a country-wide campaign for selection of delegates to the constitu- tional conventions which will consider the repeal amendment, who will vote against its ratification. It would set up an Executive Com- mittee of nine members of the Central Committee of 100 which would be charged with the raising of a fund which would finance the entire anti- repeal fight throughout the country. CABINET MEMBERS BECOME CONFUSED Secret Service Men Have to Show Room to Most of Roose- velt's Advisers. By the Associated Press. Most cabinet members who attended their first meeting at the White House executive offices didn't know where they were going, so Secret Service men and reporters showed them to the room where the President was waiting. Miss Prances Perkins, Secretary of Labor, turned to the left as she entered the front door, but after a glance at the confusion of the press room, she smiled and turned back again. Henry A. Wallace, Secretry of Agri- culture, paused uncertainly until a Se- cret Service man led him to the rear. There was similar momentary bewilder- ment on the part of several others to whom the surrounding of the execu- tive offices were new. ‘Two, however, needed no assistance. William H. Woodin, Secretary of the Treasury, and James A. Farley, Post- master General, because of previous conferences, knew their way. Vice President Garner went auto- matically to the right place. The White House executive offices have grown familiar to him during the last few years. > Garner arrived and left in the auto- mobile formerly used by Vice President Curtis, although he never used the limousine placed at his disposal while he was Speaker of the House. _— 21 OFFER BLOOD Policemen Volunteer to Help Rela- tive of Sergt. Wilson. ‘Twenty-one policemen have offered to submit to blood transfusions in an effort to save the life of Norris P. Taylor, 45, brother-in-law of Detective S:‘%t. H. K. Wilson, homicide squad Taylor, who lives' at Colmar Manor, Md,, is in Emergency Hospital. He suf- fered an attack of arthritis more than 8 year ago, which resulted in serious complications. WILL SEE PRESS Postmaster General Farley today in- stituted an innovation when he ar- ranged to hold tri-weekly press corfer- ences. ‘The General, who also is chairman of the Democratic National Committee, will hold these sessions at 10 am,.on Mondays and Saturdays, and at 4 p.m. each Wednesday, P Card Parties Planned. RIVERDALE, Md, March 8, (Spe- cial).—A card party will be given Friday evening for the benefit of the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Riverdale Heights Vol- unteer Fire Department at the fire house. A similar party is also planned for March 24. Income Taxes Paid Despite Holiday THRONGS CROWD INTEENAL REVENUE BUREAU TO PAY UNCLE SAM. NCLE SAM collects his money despite the bank holiday, as shown by the throngs who flocked into the Internal Revenue Bureau to pay the March 15 installment on last year’s incomes. In the rear of the room is shown the cashier’s cage, where payments are made. ing advice. taxpayers waiting to interview the advisers. Upper photo shows taxpayers receiv- Lower: Line of —Star Staff Photos. OFFUTT INDORSED FOR CROSBY POST Attorney and Civic Leader Urged as New Police Commissioner. George W. Offutt, jr. prominent II-F torney and civic leader, was indorsed yesterday by the board of directors of the Washington Chamber of Commerce for appointment to succeed Maj. Gen. Herbert B. Crosby, who recently an- nounced his intention resign as Police Commissioner. Mr. Offutt, a past president of the ‘Washington Board of Trade, was rec- ommended for the Commissioner's post on motion of Col. Robert N. Harper, a ‘member of the chamber’s board. Reports Approved. The meeting yesterday was marked by approval of several committee re- ports, submitted by Robert B. Swope, chairman of the Committee on Manu- factures; Isaac Gans, chairman of the Committee on Retail Trade; Raymond F. Garrity, vice chairman of the Com- mittee on District Finance, and Thomas Slator Settle, chairman of the Com- mittee on Public Recreation. Announcement was made by William . Rodda, chairman of the special Com- mittee on Inter-Chamber Fire Waste Contest, that the 1932 report®for the District had been compiled and will be filed with the United States Chamber of Commerce so Washington will be duly entered in the contest. A reporf on the hearing before the Federal Radio Commission, which resulted in the ap- proval of the lease of Station WMAL by the National Broadcasting Co., was sub- mitted by John A. Eckert. Planning Indorsed. ‘The board indorsed the proposal for advance planning of public works for the District, as recommended by the | PAc Federal Stabilization Board, and author- ized Thomas P. Littlepage, president of the trade body, to appoint a special com- mittee to express to the District Com- missioners the chamber’s advocacy of & proper long-tinre planning program for governing local municipal expenditures. Delegates to attend the national con- vention of the United States Chamber of Commerce, to be held here April 2 to 5, were named as follows: Col. Harper, national counselor; Mr.. Little- page, Harry King, Martin A. Leese and Isaac Gans. George A. G. Wood, Frank R. Jelleff, Walter C. Balderson and Marcy L. Sperry were named alternates. T BANK HOLIDAYS HELD SAME AS SUNDAYS Construction Made in Report of Interstate Commerce Com- mission. The Interstate Commerce Commission today issued a statement saying the present bank holidays should be con- | sidered in the ssme light as Sundays and legal holidays in figuring demur- rage and storage rates on freight ship- ments. The statement was issued in response to several inquiries as to whether ship- pers who fail to remove freight during the bank holiday should be charged de- e. The rules of the commission murrage. provide that in computing such charges Sundays and legal holidays shall be ex- clug ded. The commission several days ago is- sued a statement authorizing railroads to extend credit for freight bills to per- sons who have established their credit with the railroads. ANNUAL MASQUERADE BALL AT JEWISH CENTER George Washington Lodge of In- dependent Order of Brith Sholom Plans Dance. FOUR GIRLS STRANDED; AUTO STOLEN HERE| Singers at Dry Conference Seek} Means to Return to Cin- cinnati. Four young women from Cincinnati, who came here to sing before the con- ference of prohibition at the Calvary Baptist Church, faced the prospect to- | day of being stranded. | The singers, Edith Krikendall, Mar- garet Adeline August, Sarah Mae Rooker | and Gladys Dunn, members of God's Bible School, Cincinnati, were driven here by Stuart Reed, secretary to former Representative Wiliam D. Upshaw. Yesterday, while the quartet was singing, Reed's automobile was stolen from the street a block from the church. Today Reed and Upshaw were trying to find some means of returning the singers to Cincinnati. OLD FRIENDS TAKE * WHITE HOUSE J0BS Former Roosevelt Neighbors to Help First Lady Run Household. neighbors of the Roosevelts in Hyde Park, N. Y., went to work at the White House yesterday as assistants to Mrs. | Roosevelt in.running the household, Mr. Nesbitt as custodian and chief clerk, | while his wife will serve in the capacity of housekeeper. As custodign, Mr. Nesbitt will be re- spansible for all the valuable plate, china and other Government property in the presidential home, and in the ca- ity of the newly created position of chief clerk he will function somewhat in the capacity of & combined steward, bookkeeper, timekeeper and receiving clerk. Duties Not Entirely Clear. Actually the duties of the new office have not yet been clearly defined. For- merly they were performed by several of the attaches and servants in con- nection with their regular duties. Before assuming the role of custo- dian, Mr. Nesbitt was required to give $10,000 bond, after which he went about familiarizing himself with all at comes within the category of his custodianship and to make an inventory g;d the property turned over to his cus- ly. Once a year he will be required to make & report regarding this property to the Secretary of War. During the Hoover administration the custodian was Miss Avia Long, but her principal duties were those of housekeeper. Miss Louise Hackmeister, who was in charge of the operators handling Mr. Roosevelt's telephoning while he was Governor of New York and throughout the recent campaign, also went to work :: m!:a; ‘White House switchboard yes- Called Phone Detective. Miss Hackmeister has been referred by Mr. Roosevelt and others familiar with her work as a “telephone detec- tive,” because of her uncanny memory for names, numbers and voices and her cleverness in locating persons no matter in what part of the country they may be. By bringing Miss Hackmeister to the telephone room of the White House, President Roosevelt wmls m;t.mmue it necessary for any removals of thase now operating the White House switchboard. Miss Hackmeister will have the distinc- tion of being the first member of her sex to work in this capacity at the CORONER PROBES DEATH OF ESCAPED PATIENT ‘beth’s Hospital Found Shot in Home. Acting Coroner A. Magruder Mac- Donald was investigating the emapod patieat rom S, Eitzbetn's escaped , who last night was found un- his in the 1200 block D street northeast with a bullet eck at the base of the derson was found lying on a couch on the first floor by Paul Rockelli, w] was on the second floor and heard the shot. Anderson was pronounced dead upon f&rrival at Casualty Hospital, where he nluilnzn in a taxicab. d Mr. and Mrs. Henry Nesbitt, old | Man Formerly Treated at St. Eliza-| /" READY T0 INSPECT DISTRICT PROPERTY |Assessor’s Office Will Begin Work of Making Levies Next Week. The annual inspection of the per- | preparation of tax assessments oper- | ative during the next fiscal year, be- | ginning July 1, will be begun this week | by the District tax assessor’s office, it was announced today by Charles A. Russell, deputy assessor. Although taxpayers here are not re- quired to file personal tax returns until July 1, the inspector will gather the data during ensuing weeks in order | to check them against returns or to jenable the assessor's office to make estimates in cases where no returns are | submitted for the tangible and intangi- ble personal property. The inspectors are required tp visit each residence and store in making their records Under the law, there is an exemption of $1,000 on house- hold furnishings and an exemption of $500 on savings accounts not subject to_checking. Mr. Russell points qut that persons subject to the taxes will be protecting | sonal property of District residents for | PAGE B—1 DSTRET OFFGALS STUDYING AP O NEW TRAFFC COE Advisory Council Submits Voluminous Report After Long Study. SIMPLIFIED SYSTEM OF RULES PROVIDED Document Follows Principles of Standard Form Outlined by National Conference. The draft of a proposed new traffic code for the District, setting up a sim- plified system of regulations in line with national standard forms, now is under consideration by District offi- cials, it was learned today. The new code was drafted recently by the Traffic Advisory Council follow- ing an extended study of the matter. It is being analvzed by Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride, who soon is ex- pected to place the subject before the District Commissioners for action. The proposed code is the outcome of agitation here for a number of years for a move to bring the District traffic regu- lations, as amended from time to time, into line with standard forms. Details Withheld. Details of the voluminous report of the Traffic Advisory Council hav been made pubjic as ¥ of the new code counsel and submission cf the draft to the Commissioners. The new code is said to follow gen- erally the principles of the standard code form as outlined by the National Conference on Street and Highway Safety a number of years ago and per- fected by that body in 1930. Simplifi- cation of the District Code, including the numerous amendments, it is held, would facilitate practical use of the document. ‘There are said to be a number of minor changes in traffic regulations in the new code although in the main it is a codification work. ‘The proposed new code set up of the advisory council was turned over first to Edward W. Thomas, assistant cor= poration counsel, for report. This i #nalysis now is being studied by Mr. Bride. It is expected also the Public | Utilities Commission will review items of the code affecting its work. The Traffic Advisory Council is a body of representatives of various local crganizations interested in traffic matters. They are named by the Dis- trict Commissioners. The council is headed by George W. Offutt. District officials on the Commissioners’ Traffic Co-ordinating Committee are exofficio | members of the adviscry council, WORKERS TO COMBAT UNFAIR PROPAGANDA Government Employes Told to Meet Criticism With Proper Information. their rights by giving the inspectors the requested information. The in- spectors also are to aid any person in preparation of the tax returns so as to avoid penalties for delinquency. . 'CIVIL WAR VETERAN Government workers were urged to equip themselves with the sort of in- formation necessary to combat adverse propaganda, by E. Claude Babcock. tary of the Civil Service Com: i who spoke at a meeting last nigr War Department Lodge, Federation of Government Pointing to criticism directed REPORTED BETTER Francis A. Bishop, 91, Shows Im- provement From Heavy Cold at Hospital. Francis A. Bishop, Retail, Wash, oldest member of the Legion of Valor, composed of men who hold congres- sional decorations for heroism, was re- ported greatly improved today from an illness that has confined him to the Soldiers' Home Hospital since the in- auguration. Mr. Bishop, who is 91, and a Civil ‘War veteran, was taken to the hospital when he contracted a heavy cold after participating as an honor guest in the inaugural activities. He was brought to Washington by Ray Baker’s Committee on the Reception of Governors and Distinguished Guests, and was feted during the inaugural. He occupied a place in the presidential reviewing stand and attending the Governors’ reception, ;}fi augural concert and the inaugural 1. It was stated at the hospital that Mr. Bishop's condition shows much improvement and it is likely he will be able to start the long trip back to his :’lciflc Coast home within the next week. THIEVES STRIP RESIDENCE OF ALL BUT FURNITURE Arthur Shanklin of Near Glen Echo Reports $200 Loss to Bethesda Police. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. GLEN ECHO, Md., March 8—Furni- ture was the only exemption which burglars gave Arthur Shanklin when they broke into his home near here yesterday. Ransacking Shanklin’s riverside abode, the intruders stole clothing, money, luggage and, in fact, everything in the house except the furniture. Shanklin discovered his loss when he returned home from work. He placed his loss at $200 in reporting the robbery Montgomery County police in Bethesda. ARMY VETERAN IS 100 s | High Officials Honor Maj. Bean on Breaking Age Mark. By the Associated Press. The Army paid high tribute today to the first retired officer of the service ;l:gkhu ever rounded out the century The distinction goes to Maj. John Wesley Bean, who is celebrating today his_hundredth birthday anniversary at Attleboro, Mass. Maj. Gen. Douglas MacArthur, chief of staff, and other officers here sent congratulatory messages to the veteran, who retired 43 years ago on account of disability. the workers on the ground th overpaid and had little to do, Babcock, chairman of the National Education Committee of the American Federation of Government Employes, said this was the sort of misinformation that must be fought, “Before we can undertake to educa‘e the public, we must educate ourselves,” he said. “It is highly important that every Federal employe be prepared to answer questions and criticisms and to correct misstatements.” It is to this objective that his committee will work, Babcock amplified. Frank Morrison, secretary of the American Federation of Labor, e pressed the belief the five-day wel would be put into effect in the Govern= ment by the Roosevelt administration. He said conditions demand application of this principle ASKED TO CONFER ON FIVE-DAY WEEK Representative of D. C. Union La- bor to Talk With Maj. Gotwals on Extension of Plan Here. A representative of union labor in the District has been asked to confer with Maj. John C. Gotwals, Engineer Commissioner, on a proposal for limit- ing to five days a week construction work performed for the District on contracts let to private contractors. An invitation to consult with Maj. Gotwals on this matter has been sent to John Colpoys as a spokesman for union building mechanies of this city. Per diem employes of the District engaged on construction programs now are limited to the five-day plan, but this 1s a result of the economy program dictated by Congress. In keeping with this program, how- ever, Maj. Gotwals recently proposed restriction of work per week to five cays for employment on projects let to private coatractors. Representatives of the Master Builders® Association also have been invited to the conference, but a spokesman for that body said the five-day week now is in general practice among the in- dustries under contract with the District. “OUTWARD BOUND” Plerce Hall Players to Give Play March 23-24. Sutton, Vane's “Outward Bound” will be presented by the Pierce Hall Players in Pierce Hall, March 23 and 24.. Faul Alexander will direct and take part in the play. Other members of the cast Include Myrtle MacMahon. Mildred Curran. Marvin Downey. Col. Edmond Sayre, Olza Helms, Charles A. Bell and Richard Harr. K. Hilding Beij is chairman of the Production Committee, and Sedley ‘Thornbury" technical director. FPelix Schwarz is executing the set—a ship's r