Evening Star Newspaper, March 18, 1933, Page 14

EFHB'ENEY BUREAU| [Paints Father and Grandfather WILL BE ABOLISHED BY LAW ON JUNE 1 ‘Lame Duck’ Congress Voted to End Department After 17 Years. DUTIES TO BE TAKEN OVER BY MAKERS OF BUDGET Independent Department Was Cre- ated for Economy Purposes in Wilson Administration. By congressional decree the United Btates Bureau of Efficlency will be abolished June 1. Everything but its personnel and the independence it en- Joyed from other Federal departments Wwill be absorbed by the Budget Bureau. In the interest of Democratic econ- omy the bureau was born during the administration of President Wilson to find ways of reducing expenses in gov- ernment. And, paradoxically, in the name of economy it will die—a victim of the wave of expense slashing that swept through Congress in the closing days of the recent and final “lame duck” session. An independent establishment that Tor nearly 17 years has served both the executive and legislative branches of the Government, the Efficiency Bureuu is unquestionably in a far better posi- tion than any other Government agency to aid President Roosevelt with the far-reaching and complicated prob- lems of reorganizing the Federal serv- ice. Its entire life has been devoted to such work. Studies of the set-up of Government agencies and solution of the knotty problems of personnel and equipment have been its forte. No other Government agency has special- ized in such work, and the ramifica- tion of activities of no other agency has been spread over such a wide and im- portant field. ‘The files of the Bureau of Efficiency show that few, if any, Government de- partments have escaped investigation of some aspects of their work and the resulting improvements in service, brought about as a general rule by & reduction in cost. Into the problems of the District government it also has delved, assisting the Commissioners in setting up new methods of procedure and instituting reforms that led to in- creased efficiency and better service to the public. Even the little Virgin Islands were the object of a bureau investigation, and out of it came a change in the form of government, designed to aid the Virgin Islanders to help them- selves. Saving of $50,000,000. ‘The bureau is a small, compact or- ganization, which would have cost the Government about $146,000 in the coming fiscal year. The total expense of the bureau since its cr ation in 1916 has amounted to approximately $2.- 000,000, but in this period it is esti- mated that the Government has saved about $50,000,000 by adoption of its recommendations. The personnel of the Efficiency Bu- reau consists of a force of specialists who study specific problems of organ- ization and business methods and de- velop constructive recommendations for improvements. It also provides infor- mation or recommendations on - ad- ministrative and legislative matters. ‘These studies originate at the request of Congress or its committees, or in- dividual members, or the heads of the administrative establishments. ‘The bureau, in addition, provides actuarial service relative to the cost of the various retirement funds for the Tetirement of employes, and performs most of the statistical and other assist- ance required by the Board of Actu- aries for the civil service retirement and disability fund. The total personnel of the bureau is 43, of which 29 are investigators, end the rest, with the exception of two mes- sengers, are clerks. Each member of the investigating staff is a specialist in his own line—accountants, lawyers and actuaries—who were picked, for the most part, from among the out- standing employes in the Government service, who had demonstrated their ability in these positions to join the bureau force. Thus, the price these employes must pay for leaving a post in some Government department to join the bureau’s force is the loss of their Jobs. Brown'’s Varied Experience, For instance, Herbert D. Brown, di- Tector of the bureau, a veteran in the Government service, since 1905 has held a number of varied and important posi- tions. In 1905 he was a special exam- iner with the Bureau of Corporations. Five years later he was appointed the actuary in charge of work for the joint Congressional Committee on Fidelity Bonds. The following year he became the aecountant of President Taft's Commission on Economy and Efficiency, and in 1913 he was made chief of the Division of Efficiency of the Civil Serv- ice Commission. It was while Brown was attached to the Civil Service Commission that his qualifications as an efficlency expert made their most profound impression, and resulted several years later in his appointment as chief of the Efficiency Bureau, which was established primar- ily to improve the business methods of the Government. Like Brown, the investigators under him have a background of prior Govern- ment service, college degrees and & knowledge of efficiency in government. Thomas F. Murphy, the assistant di- rector, came from the Indian Bureau, where he had charge of accounting. V. P. Stmmons, an investigator, left the post of chief of Supply Service in the Veterans’ Administration to join the bureau staff. Paul Banning has been in the Internal Revenue Bureau, and Archie L. Peterson was re as one of the outstanding accountants in the Government service. Others are Joseph Jordan, former rofessor of law at_George Washington %nlvflsity; Paul Rapp, a prominent economist with a degree from Columbia University; Arthur G. Thomss, author of several books on purchasing methods and procedure, and Russel R. Reagh, 8 recognized actuarial authority. Bureau’s Alumni Cited. In addition to these men, who are to be turned out, the bureau takes pride in some of its alumni, who are now holding important Government posi- tions. Alvin Hall, director of the Bu- reau of Engraving and Printing, was once a Bureau of Efficiency investiga- tor. So were Frederick Myers, assistant director of the Internal Revenue Bu- reau, and James B. Bennett, assistant director of the Bureau of Prisons. Wil- liam McReynolds, former director of Personnel Classification, likewise was & graduate of the bureau. Other investigators went into private concerns at higher renumeration than the Government would pay. Probably the most fortunate of these was Her- bert H. Rapp, who joined the staff of a_Northern manufacturing concern, which paid him three times his Govern- ment salary. The m&"c ardent supporter of the Efficiency Bureau in Congress, when the movement started for its abolition, was the late Representative Wood of Indiana. As chairman of the House Appropriations Committee, Wood came into close contact with the bureau and its investigators, and recognized the value of its work. ‘The conference report d‘:‘n the Treas- ury-Pos Office -wm-. Itfllj carry- - J. L. DE WITT, JR., SHOWS OHN L. DE WITT, JR., artist, of 1 WORKS AT ART EXHIBIT, 731 Connecticut avenue, is shown above standing beside the portrait he painted of his father, Maj. Gen. John L. De Witt, quartermaster general, U. S. A. Hanging on the wall behind him is a post-humous portrait whi Gen. Calvin De Witt. The works ich he painted of his grandfather, Brig. of art are part of the exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, now being shown at 825 Seventeenth street. —=Star Staff Photo. SPEED PREDICTED OND. C. BEER BILL Rainey Says House Will Act Next Week on Measure Re- garded as Model. The District beer bill will be passed by the House next week as one of jour pleces of major legislation which the House leadership intends to put through, Speaker Rainey said today. He said the District beer bill is to be a model for the entire country, offering | suggestions for similar regulatory and licensing provisions to be adopted by the several States. Chairman Norton has called a meet- ing of the House District Committee Monday to consider and report out the beer bill. ‘The first business to come before the House Monday will be the State bank- ing bill. The Speaker expects that the House and Senate conferees on the na- tional beer bill will hold informal meet- ings before Monday and that as soon as the Senate conferees are officially appointed Monday the conferees will be able to report an agreement on the national beer bill. The next important measure will be the farm relief bill. No decision has been reached yet, Mr. Rainey said, re- garding how this measure will be brought up, but it probably will be| under suspension of the rules, with some arrangement for generous time for debate. NINE HELD iJNDER BOND Charged With Staging an Indecent Performance. Six women and three men charged with staging an indecent performance at Carpenter’s Hall, Tenth and K streets, Wednesday night, were held under $1,000 bond each to await jury trial when arraigned in Police Court yesterday before Judge Isaac R. Hitt. ‘The nine were arrested after police planted in the audience of the show signaled to officers who were waiting outside to raid the place. was under consideration when Wood made a strong plea in its behalf. “This report,” he declared, “abolishes the Bureau of Efficlency. I do not un- derstand why either the membership of the House or the membership of the Senate should subscribe to such a prop- osition. We have just two agencies that are peculiarly advantageous to the Con- gress of the United States. One is the Bureau of Efficiency, established under a Democratic administration. The other is the controller general’s office. Aided Appropriations Study. “Both of them are answerable to the bidding of this House and the Senate. Each of them in my opinfon has been doing splendid service. That they have created animosity, that they have created bitterness on the part of those upon whose offices they have encroached is perfectly natural, and because of that poison has been dropped in the minds of members of this House and members of the other house, possibly against the chief of the Bureau of Efficiency more than anything else. He is an individ- ual. “We should not destroy this agency if 1t is a good one, and it is, because we do not like the man at the head of it.| Get rid of him and put some one else in | if you do not like him. There has not been a chairman of the Appropriations Committee since the creation of this Bureau of Efficiency but will subscribe to the fact that it has been of the ut- most advantage to the Committee on Appropriations in saving millions of dolflrl to the United States Treasury. “If time permitted I could recite many of these incidents that are beyond dis- pute. Martin Madden—peace to his memory—said that without the Bureau of Efficlency he did not know how we could conduct the appropriation bills and present them as they should be presented to this House. I know by rea- son of my experience as chairman, and Mr. Byrns knows by reason of his ex- nce as chairman, that that bureau as been of the greatest aid to us, as it had been to Mr. den.” Just how the work of the Bureau of Efficiency can be performed by the Budget Bureau is a question which puz- zles the efficlency experts. In the first place, it was pointed out, the work of the Budget Bureau relates to the prep- aration of the financial statements of receipts and expenditures and of annual appropriation estimates. Its attention is given principally to studies and an- alysis of the appropriation estimates of the various Government establish- ments. ‘The major activity of the Efficiency Bureau has to do with the orgmntl and lure to be followed in accom- g the work decided upon and ap- proved by Congress in such a way as to :g!hlfve: diture of tions. leas of appro] 5 S0 with the transfer of the gg:'lency Budget Bureau \ppropria tions and force, the Budget Bureau, it lained, was expl will have neither the personnel nor the means of employl perscns with the requisite training anc experience tn carry on the activities. Especially at this ot‘lm:m l::" x’:fh activ- ities as of uf portance regarded imost. rtanc to tion of the Government greatest possible results with | S: ROOSEVELTS MARK 87H ANNIVERSARY President and First Lady at Dinner. It may have been St. Patrick’s day yestcrday, but to President and Mrs. Roosevelt it was the twenty-eighth anni- versary of their marriage. But the Chief Executive and the Pirst Lady were so busy they had to wait until dinner time before they could do any celebrating. After clearing away his cabinet meet- | ing, his press conference and numerous other matters, the President went from 5:30 pm. 150 Guests at Tea. It was the first time he had seen her during the day, and there were 150 guests there for tea, and nearly every incoming train was bringing relatives to the strictly “family party” to follow. The teatime guests got to see the floral gifts that helped make the anni- versary a memorable one for the Roose- velts, and one visitor described them as— “More flowers than I have ever seen on the second floor of the White House.” One bouquet, in particular, stood out. It was composed of huge roses with ctems sald to be “actually 515 feet long.” Guests Present. The flowers were reminiscent of the Rocsevelts’ Roosevelt, then President, giving the bride away, they were married in front of a shower bouguet of 450 pink roses. Included in the family party last night were the President’s mother, Mrs. Sarah Delano Roosevelt; his daughter and son-in-law, Anna and Curtis Dall; Mrs. Elliott Roosevelt, wife of his son, who will soon join her husband in the West, and several other relatives who- were guests at the wedding in 1905. The friends and relatives invited to the family dinner included Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parish, Mr. and Mrs. Henry Morgenthau, jr.; Mr. and Mrs. Adolf Miller, Mr. and Mrs. Warren Delano Robbins, Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Delano, William Phillips, Undersecce- tary of State; Louis Howe, White House secretary, and Miss Marguerite Lehand, the President’s personal secretary, VIEWS OF GRAND TETONS SHOWN BY LECTURER Fred Payne Clatworthy Describes New National Park Before Geographic Society. Striking views of the Grand Teton Mountains of the Wyoming-Idaho bor- der featured a showing of natural col- or photographs of the American West made last evening before the National Geographic Society at the ‘Washington Auditorium by Fred Payne Clatworthy. The Grand Tetons, Mr, Clatworthy declared, present the most spectacular range of mountains in the New World since they rise beyond beautiful lakes and present almost a sheer wall to the beholder. They soar from 7,000 to 8,000 feet above the floor of the Jack- son Hole country and are covered with perpetual snow.” They form the most recent National Park set aside by the United States Government and beside them now leads a good automobile road which forms a southern entrance to Yellowstone National Park. The two miles apart. In his other views of Western sub- Jects Mr. Clatworthy showed the Can- yon Falls and geysers of Yellowstone, the floating bergs of Glacier National Park, the cliff dwel.llx-‘ ings of Mesa Verde and the soaring, colorful of 1 b _mnnacles Bryce and Zion MITCHELL TO BEGIN LAW PRACTICE APRIL 1 Former Attorney General Will Go to ]hw.York Following Vaca- tion at Charleston. Former Attorney General Willlam D. Mitchell will return to the private prac- tice of law April 1 in New York City, he announced yesterday. He will join the firm of Taylor, Blanc, Capron & Marsh, the name of which will be changed to Mitchell, Taylor, Capron & Marsh. Mr. Mitchell and his wife now are mggtshonvmmnmchaflmon, a Democrat, Mr. Mitchell solicitor !Relatives and Friends Join| his offices to his wife’s “at home” at | D8VIS, wedding. ~With Theodore | CONGRESS IS URGED 10 SPEED RELIEF FOR UNEMPLOYED Sixteen National Welfare Groups Join in Strong Ap- peal’at Session Here. NEEDS HELD MORE VITAL THAN OTHER PROBLEMS Committee to Ask That Legislators Stay in Session Until Action Eases Sufferings of 12,000,000. An appeal for %uu:k action by Con- gress on jobless relief was sounded this morning at the opening session of the Joint Committee on Unemployment con- ference at the Ambassador Hotel. The Joint committee, which was in session here last Fall and adopted a five-point m, fld com) of 16 soclal and welfare organiza- tions. The appeal for action on Capitol Hill was made by Dr. Sidney E. Goldstein of New York, chairman of the com- mittee’s executive board, who presided at today’s session. He warned Congress that the crisis in unemployment is “just as acute and far more urgent than the crisis in banks, budgets and beer.” Formal Demand Due. He sald the committee Proposes to issue a formal demand to Congress that it shall not recess until “this unpre- cedented emergency in our national life is adequately met.” 3 “Congress can postpone many things,” he added, “but it cannot postpone the hunger and hope of more than 12,000.- 000 men and women who are utterly without resources and dependent upon the Government for the elementary nece"umes of food, shelter and cloth- He estimated sx,m{hon,m%mmxerhe necessary to sustain those ess during the next year. Dr. Goldstein also urged the hours of labor to be limited to not more than 30 hours a week and to take children out of work. He suggested that a dele- gation be named in each State to call on Governors and mayors to urge these public officlals to demand Con- gress Yemain in session until an un- employment relief program has been worked out. Fred Breakman, Washington repre- sentative of the National Grange, and Chester E. Gray of the American Farm Bureau's Pederation were speakers on | the morning program. Program to Be Outlined. ‘This afternoon Karl Borders of Chi- cago, chairman of the Unemployed | Workers’ League, and Mrs. Harriet | Stanton Blatch of New York, are to address the conference. At this session | the committee is to formulate its un- employment program. Later in the afternoon a radio pro- gram will be carried out. The speakers | will be Dr. Goldstein, Prof. Jerome , director of church and labor foundations, and Edward F. McGrady, legislative representative of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor. At a dinner tonight at the Cosmos Club, the pro- gram calls for speeches by Senator Black of Alabama, Prof. Joseph Mc- Goldrick of Columbia University, Rev. James Myers, director of the depart- ment of industrial relations, Federal Council of Churches of Christ; Dr. Abraham Epstein, secretary of the American Association of Old Age Se- curity, and Mr, McGrady. CORONER PROBING DEATH OF CLERK | Miss Kathryn Brodhead of Commis- sioners’ Office Believed Heart Attack Victim. The coroner’s office today was investi- gating the -death of Miss Kathryn Van ‘Wyck Brodhead, 56, record clerk in the office of the District Commissioners, who was found dead last night in her apartment at 3100 Connecticut avenue. Although all indications were that she died of a heart attack, an autopsy was to be performed. Clad in her night clothing and wrapped in a sheet, Miss Brodhead was found lying on the floor of her bed room by Clarence E. Fisher, 1839 R street, a friend. He summoned Dr. J. 0. Dolan, who pronounced Miss Brod- head dead. It was learned that she had not been seen since Thursday. Investigation by Detective Sergt. Jerry Flaherty revealed, he sald, that Miss Brodhead had suffered from a heart ailment for some time. She had not reported for work for several days, ac- 'clordlng to information given the detec- ve. Miss Brodhead had no relatives here mm & cousin, H. 5. Mott, 1748 Q FARMER MURPHY HEADS CORRESPONDENTS’ GROUP. Baltimore Sun Writer Elected President of State Department Association. M. Farmer Murphy of the Baltimore Sun is the new president of the State Department Correspondents’ ~Associa- tion, having been elected yesterday for a one-year term. He succeeds Harold Federal reservations are only about 12 | tATY: ‘The Executive Committee will be composed _of Jose] H. Baird, the United Press; Charles Stephenson Smith, Associated Press; Kingsbury Smith, International News Service; Fulton Lewis, Universal Service; Drew Pearson, United Feature Service; Kurt G. Sell, Berlin Wolff Bureau, and Presents Figures on Traffic Charges of Glover Park residents that Star Carrier Boys Guests of Rialto Theater FIVE HUNDRED YOUNGSTERS TREATED TO SHOWING OF “THE BIG CAGE.” A section of the 500 or more Star last night. At the theater entrance behind carrier boys as they gathered outside the Rialto Theater just beforc the show | the boys is the elephant which lias been to advertise the picture. The boys and 23 route agents were the guests of Rodney Col ‘Galt Burns, circulation manager of The Star, helped with arrangements. t on exhibition in the lobby , manager of the theater. —Star Staff Photo. 2000 T0 REVERE GIBBONS MEMORY Here to Honor Late Car- dinal Tomorrow. More than 2,000 members of the combined Catholic societies of Washing- ton are cxpected to participate in exer- cises commemorating the twelfth anni- versary of the death of Cardinal Gib- bons at 3 pm. tomorrow at the Gib- bons’ Memorial, Sixteenth street and Park road. The memorial address will be deliv- ered by Representative John W. Mc- Cormack of Massachusetts. Fourteen Catholic organizations, clubs and so- cleties will be represented at the serv- ices, and wreaths will be placed at the base of the statue in the names of the various bodies. A wreath sent by Gov. Albert C. Ritchie of Maryland will be placed by Patrick J. Haltigan, reading clerk in the House of Representatives. The services will be held under spon- sorship of the Curley Club of Washing- ton. They will be opened with the sing- ing of “America,” accompanied by the | Holy Comforter Boys’ Band under ¢- rection of Rev. Joseph F. Denges, lud{r. The invocation will be delivered by Rev. | Francis X. Cavanagh, spiritual director | of the Curley Club. 'Mrs. Esteile Hunt Dean will sing. The benediction will be pronounced by Right Rev. P. J. Gavan, pastor of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart. The services will be preceded by a concert by the Holy Comforter Boys' | Band, starting at 2:30 p.m. A guard of | honor will be provided by the St. | John’s College Cadets under command of Maj. Carl Hess. Arrangements for the services ore in charge of a com- mittee headed by Francis A. McCann, Willlam J. Boyd and Roland J. Hyland. 'TAXICAB AND AUTO SEIZED BY BANDITS Loss of $800 Ring Reported by Wife of House Member in Downtown Theater. A total of $50.45, a taxicab and auto- mobile were obtained by hold-up men last night. Cash and articles, valued at several hundred dollars, also were taken housebreakings reported to police. Po- lice aid was sought yesterday to find an $800 platinum and diamond ring re- ported lost by Mrs. Sylvia E. Treadway, wife of Representative Allen T. Tread- way of Massachusetts, while in a down- town theater. Nathaniel Wilson, colored, of the 1900 block of Ninth street, told police he was robbed of $44 and his automobile by several men who forced his machine to the curb and held him up. The other hold-up victims were Joseph Battles, 1300 block of R street, robbed of $5 by three colored men at a house in the first block of Valley street, and Clyde Langston, Takoma Park, Md. robbed of $1.45 and taxicab by a lone bandit he had driven to Livingston road near the District line. ‘The sum of $194 was stolen from the home of Dorothy Briscoe, 807 Florida avenue, by thieves who entered by breaking glass in the front door. Arthur J. Dixon, 1740 D street southeast, told police $30 in cash and a $200 ring had been stolen from his trunk. AVIATION.PICKS up ‘Washington-Hoover Airport Forced to Increase Staff. ‘The near-advent of Spring is bring- ing out private airplanes in such num- bers that it became nAmecesurymMIy {or ‘Washington-Hoover employ an additional mechanic and helper to keep up with the new business. ‘The mechanic, Paul Murray of Har- risburg, Pa., formerly was the mainte- nance man in the Eastern district for one of the airplane engine companies, but lost out there because of bad times. His helper is Charles Butler of Silver Spring, Md. C. U. Rector Speaks Over WMAL. Right Rev. James H. Ryan, rector of Catholic University, will speak on the Washington Chamber of Commerce hour at 6:45 pm. today over WMAL. His topic will be “W: Edu cational Center.” page, president of the introduce him VAN DUZER SCOFFS AT CHARGE HE CLEARED STREET FOR SELF at Intersection in Reply to Glover Park Citizens. Combined Catholic Societies | in | Helen Virginia, aged 7, children of the Briefest of Wills Leaves “All” to One “Good to Me” Document of L. A. Ham- ilton, Telegram Blank, Substitutes Long One. One of the briefest wills on record, revoking an earlier testament of con- siderable length. was riied today in Dis- trict Supreme Court by representatives of Leonard A. Hamilton, who died March 13, On the day before his death, Mr. Hamilton wrote in pencil on the back of a telegram blank: “Minnie Keyes: ton, who lived at 714 Seventh street southeast, was not disclosed. In 1914, he executed a will leaving $8,000 to Minnie Keyes, $1,000 to Fran- | cis Norris, Mitchells, Va.; $1,000 to Jane | Norris, also of Mttchells; $1,000 to Mrs. | Carrle’ Baldridge, and $500 to H. H. | Scott, both of Culpeper, Va. This will directed that the balance of his estate, reai and personal, be divided equally | between Annie W. Gaines and Nettie | Lee Gaines, also of Culpeper. The | Washington Loan & Trust Co. was | named executor. . iFIRST;LADY GUEST | AT CHILDREN'S PLAY Mrs. Roosevelt, Attending “Pin- nochio,” Introduced as Friend of Move. By the Associated Press. Evidently enjoying the performance | as much as her tiny guests, Mrs. Frank- lin D, Roosevelt today saw the chil- dren’s play, “Pinnochio,” at the Na- tional Theater. During the intermission, she was in- | troduced as one who had given help and encouragement to the children’s | theater movement, by Clara Tree Major, founder and director. Mrs. Roosevelt stood in her box, and all the children rose too and enthusi- astically clapped their hands. She than] them. On the stage Pinnochio, the fairy tale | marionette of the curious nose, capered | arboub to the great delight of the chil- en. ‘Those in the box with Mrs. Roosevelt were Stephen Early, jr., aged 9, and | President’s press secretary, and Bar- | bara Fay, aged 5," whose mother, Mrs. Elton Fay, acompanied Mrs. Roosevelt. In the box directly behind them were the children from the Italian embassy with a white capped nurse, having as | much fun looking at Mrs. Roosevelt as watching the play. MOTHER IS SOUGHT IN DEATH OF GIRL |Body of 5-Year-0ld Colored Child Discovered in Sewer Trap. Police were making an intensive search today for the mother of the 5-year-old colored girl whosc body was found in a sewer trap at Second and R streets Wednesday afternoon. The body was identified yesterday as that of Christina Holdman, who had been living with an aunt, Carrie Boyd, 1200 block of Delaware avenue south- west. Tentative identification was made by a colored man, who viewed the body at the District Morgue yesterday, and it was verified by the aunt. Investigation by Detective Sergts. Harry K. Wilson, chief of the homicide :qheuldfiuznd John C. Dl.lxlh!‘lnrcevflled child’s parents separated reens- boro, N. C,, and the girl subsequently was turned over to her aunt. Her motiher, Ella Holdman, 22, came here from Greensboro about two months ago, it was said, and had since been living at the Delaware avenue address. Saburday might, o was Teperiel y was , and Mrs. Holdman left, taking her daugh- ter with her. She returned about two hours later, however, saying she had left said. Eoy“and. Gevivade Buce.” e Jobn M. and Annie L. Jackson, boy. Deaths Reported. Eliza_J. Puaselbas 92, 406 A st. se. Henry B. Mattox. 89, 4911 14th st. Anna B Glerk, 7h 4404 Corsaw et Pt ;tu-/ mm' !ofi'n'i , 8t. s 1457 5, Elisabet ospital. tncs Hospital: 61, 8t. Elizabetiv's Hospital. V. Piitius, 68, 5312 Minols. ave. puilinin J. Munscn, G0, Waiter Reed Hos- Clarence Rose, 23, uddarione Van Wert, 15, Walter Ose: , 78, 220 H st. n.e. oty ot L ave. William Lewis, Rosa D. Gray, :!i 1687 LL = Hos- the child with another relative, it was | derf - | Miss Rose O'Grady and Mr. and Mrs. BANKS'GOLD RUSH RUNS T0 DEADLINE Washington and Other Citiesf Record $327,000,000 Re- | stored in Short Time. Three o'clock yesterday afternoon was the deadline for the return of hoarded gold to the banks. In Washington, as well as in vir- tually every other city and town in the country, there was a general rush to hescape thet gyenamas D(mlhe anti- ac! gold back into the ba: before the “zero hour.” So great was the rush, in fact, that, be- tween the time the banks reopened and the deadline, $327,000,000 in gold had been returned to the various Federal Reserve institutions. Meanwhile, all Federal Reserve banks had been ordered to forward to the Treasury Department the names and addresses of all persons who, during the two-year period ending March 6, withdrew and failed to return gold in “hoarding amounts.” Increase in 11 Districts. In 11 of the 12 Federzl Reserve dis- tricts, according to a statement made | public today, the gold reserves in- creased, the only decrease—s$3,000,000 | —being charged up against the Dallas, Tex., area. The increase in the Rich- | mond district, which includes Wash- | ington, was $44.553,000—the gold re- serve having jumped from $127,867,- 000 to $172,821,000. Federal financial officials have mnot decided what disposition will be made of the names sent in by the member banks. It has been hinted, however, that with such a list in hand, the Treas- ury could either publish the list, point- ing to those named as hoarders, or turn cver the list to the Department ¢f Justice under the anti-hoarding act. aticns have yet to be drawn as is considered hoarding. ‘nistration cfficials were pleased | Treasury compilation showing cney in circulation” had shrunk by | 00,000. This indicated a decrease | arding, since “money in circula- is that which cannot be acccunted for by the Government and its banking agsncies. Figures of Deposits. Here is the way gold poured into the | 11 reserve banks that showed a gain | in their surplusas: ‘The total gold reserve of the Federal | Reserve Bank of Boston, rose to $19: 018,000 Irom $160,149,000 the week fore; New Yark. to $761,548,000 from $697,611,000; Philadelphia, to $150,292,- 000 from $148,087,000: Cleveland, to $257,245,000 from $226,383,000; Rich- mond, to $172,821,000 from $127,867,- 000; Atlanta, to $111,080,000 from $95,- 170,000; Chicago, to $658,143,000 from | $601,683,000; St. Louis, to $156,046,000 {from $129,569,000: Minnezpolis, to $78.- | 297,000 from $67,721,000; Kansas City, | to $140,582,000 from $124.698,000, and San Francisco, to $251,197,000 from $222,720,000. ‘Total gold reserve of the Federal Reserve Banks of Dallas, slumped to :Zu‘m,m from $81,881,000 the week fore. TUBERCULOSIS GROUP | VIEWS T. B. FILM, “Prof. Ichabod Buggs” Shown to Guests and Members of Association. Officials and guests of the District | of Columbia Tuberculosis Association last night saw a preview of a new mo- tion picture to be distributed through- out the Nation in connection with the “early diagnosis campaign” of the Na- tional Tuberculosis Association. The plcture was shown at the Paramount Sound News Studio, 1101 North Capitol Titled “Prof. Ichabod Buggs or the Life Story of T. B. Himself,” the film brings to life an animated wing of the original tuberculosis germ under the microscope of Prof. Buggs and then en- acts with the help of real people on the silver screen the processes by which these disease germs attack the human body. Among the guests were District Com- missioner and Mrs. Luther H. Reichel- ler; George S. Wilson, Public Wel- fare director and vice president of the Tuberculosis Association; Dr. William Charles White, president of the asso- ciation, and Mrs. White; May D. Baker, president of the Wom- en's Medical Soclety; Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, executive secretary of the asso- clation; Dr. A. Barklie Coulter, Miss Anita Turner, Dr. Daniel Finucane, E. 8. Potter. R E————— CIVITAN CLUB IS HOST ‘The Washington Civitan Club enter- Gl yomoriayeventng ot tne ooy ul y evening at Y Men’s Christian Association. | scheme. He will win- | UNTOUCHABL. ARTS GROUP SEEKS 10 SOLVE CROWDING OF STATUARY HALL Dr. Moore Leads Personal Inspection, Which. Is to Be Followed by Report. AVENUE OF STATES ONE OF PROPOSALS Commission Expected to Ask Statute Change to Make East Cap- itol Street Beauty Thoroughfare. The Fine Arts Commission today turned its attention to the problem of crowded Statuary Hall at the Capitol. A personal inspection was made, under leadership of Dr. Charles the commission’s chairman, as Co);mm' has requested that the commission render its opinion on what should be done to relleve the situation. The ‘weight of the statuary groups on the floor has become a matter of concern to the cificials at the Capitol, but the problem of where to place them and not offend the States that placed statues of their great men there is likewise of moment. Charles W. Eliot, 2d, director of planning of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, has long been an advocate of creating an Avenue of the States, along East Capitol street, with each State erecting its own build- ing along that thoroughfare. One of the solutions of crowded Statuary Hall put forward is that the statues might be erected in front of the bulldings bearing the names of their own States. Report to Be Made. The Pine Arts Commission will in- g::;: k?sm !hret xvfi'};mle problem and er its repo; rtly to Congress. Amendment of the Shipstead-Luce act, which gives the Government con- trol over the type of buildings erected near public bulldings and parks, is in the offing, to embrace East Capitol street, from the Capitol to the Ana- costia River, in its provisions. H. P. Caemmerer, executive secretary of the Fire Arts Commission, said today that the commission feels that this should be done, to balance the Mall develop- ment, westward of the Capitol. The Shipstead-Luce act, he said, is operat- ing for the betterment of buildings in the central area. It is expected that the commission will shortly make rec- ommendations for the amending of the statute, so that East Capitol street may become cne of the most beautiful in the city, by preventing the erection of inferior structures on it. At a joint meeting of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission and the Fine Arts Commission, yester- day afternoon, it was decided to prepare a publicaticn on the old Colonian homes and gardens in Georgetown. This ac- tion came after the two commissions had inspected plans submitted by the Allied Architects, Inc., which took up the groblem of restoring these old homes to their Colonial dignity, as an aid in the unemployment situation. Horace W. Peaslee, local architect; Mr. Eliot ;nd M; Czemmeirer Wwere named mem- TS of a committee to pre; for the new publication. oty Bridge Study Extended. No final decision was reached on the problem of the utility bridge planned across B street. This will be given fur- ther study. Discussion brought out that the street should not be obstructed by piers or pillars, but further thought was de;‘m?i éecessary. aj. Gilmore D. Clarke, landscape Fine Arts architect member of the agreed to make an inspec- Commission, tion of the Coast Guard memorial in Arlington National Cemetery, with a view to improving the landscaping confer with officials of in this work. MISS TAGGART URGED FOR JUVENILE COURT Attorney Indorsed for Judgeship by Glover Park Citizens—Na- tional Representation Asked. the Coast Guard Miss Etta L. , prominent local attorney and civic worker, last night was indorsed again for appointment as Judge of Juvenile Court at a meeting of the Glover Park Citizens' Assoc tion. The association previously took this action and adopted reaffirmation upon motion of William D. Harris, Jocal attorney. Action was taken unani- " aa dress upon natiomal represen- tation for the District was deusgrtd at the meeting by Miss , Wwho urged her hearers to take an active in- terest in civic affairs to bring this about. “These associations are a great face _tor in the life of any city,” she said, ‘and they likewise are an important factor and it follows that membership becomes a duty for that person who would not shirk his or her share in community and city development. “We must not be satisfed to sit and let others do the work, but we must participate in and instill in others the desire to participate in our home affairs, S0 that in the end by our efforts we can boast of the most beautiful city in the world and as a natural result accom- plish national representation.” Miss Taggart sketched the demand of the District for more adequate repre- sentation in the Nation’s councils and outlined the work the Citizens' Joint Committee of the District of Columbia is doing to acheve this. In the courts, she said, the rights of the resident of the District are jeopardized, because of the disability placed by law upon him in not being able to sue and be sued as are citizens in the States. And so, she maintained, in this wise, the rights of the District resident are in reality less than those of an alien. - ES DEFENDED Abolition of Caste Protested to Viceroy of India. NEW DELHI, India, March 18 (#)— :h geflmuon a;;rrtg.odox Hindus valq:td iceroy 'y, protesting posed abolition of unwucpgnbmty.‘im protest was made on the eve of intro- duction of a bill in the Legislative As- sembly by representatives of the de- al'flled classes calling for such - on. The orthodox Hindus complained Tied on by Mahatne Gonan st on the Hindu, religion, and t permit itor