Evening Star Newspaper, April 2, 1933, Page 17

ONE DIES, ONE HURTIl AS GAR CRASHES IN CHASE BY OFFICER Roadster Is Said to Have| Been Going Over 75 Miles an Hour on Baltimore Road. I THREE OTHERS INJURED; AS AUTO HITS STREET CAR Army Sergeant, One of Trio, Ili Considered to Have Little Chance for Recovery. One man was killed and another in- yesterday afternoon, when the igh-powered Toadster in which they are said to have been roaring along the Washington-Baltimore boulevard at & speed of 75 or 80 miles an hour, in an effort to “lose” a motorcycle policeman, left the road and crashed into a tele- phone pole near Berwyn. The smash-up, which climaxed a 10- mile chase, begun when the officer dis- covered the automobile exceeding the speed limit, was one of two, serious ac- cidents to occur in or near Washington during the afternoon. Three men, in- cluding a Congressman’s secretary, were hurt—one critically—in the other mis- hap. which occurred in the 4800 block of Connecticut avenue. ‘The man who lost life in the Maryland crash was Bernard C. Jones, 31, of 2043 Bennett street northeast. His companion, Pvt. Ronald Philips. 30, a soldier stationed at Walter Reed Hos- pital, was thrown clear of the car and escaped with minor injuries. Victims in Car Crash. ‘Those hurt in the Connecticut avenue accident, in which a machine crashed head-on into a street car after side- swiping _ another automohile, were: George W. Hahn, 43, of 5609 Thirtieth street, searetary to Representative Fitz- patrick of New York; Henry Wells, 37, an Army sergeant stationed in Hono- Julu, who was riding with him, and John O. Newton, 32, of 1423 Thirty- fifth street, motorman of the street car. At Georgetown ' University Hospital, ‘where all three men were treated, it was said Wells, who received a possible fractured skult, “a broken leg, cuts about. the head and possible internal injuries, had little chance for recovery. Phyricians held considerable hope, how- ever, for Hahn, who also suffered a pos- sible skull fracture, a brcken arm and cuts about the head and lz‘.“ Newton Ho:pital. A ¢ investigation of day. 5 Hahn’s machine, ' according to wit- nesses, sideswiped an automobile driven | by Mrs. Katherine Baltz, 6314 Sixteenth street, wife of Edward C. Baltz, secre- tary of the Perpetual Building Associa- tion. while passing another automobile, Hahn's car apperently got out of eontrol, it was to the ‘s jury will begin accident Tues- The Sy St WASHINGTON, Pictures taken of the wrecked automobile of George W. Hahn, secretary to Representative Fitzpatrick of New York, and the street car into which it crashed hegd-on in the 4800 block of Connecticut avenue late yesterday, injuring Hahn, an occupant of his car, and the street bottom. car motorman. Hahn is shown at the Photos. —Star Staff swerying other side of the and, after strik- ing Mrs. Baltz's mechine, crashing into the street car, Street Car Is Derailed. So terrific was the impact that the street car was derailed and Hahn's automobile was khocked back across the street to the opposite curb. The! front part of Hahn's car was telescoped, crushing him against the steering wheel and throwing his companion against the dashboard. Witnesses extricated them from the wreckage and, with Newton. they were taken to the hospital in an eighth precinct patrol. About a dozen passengers on the car were severely shaken up, as was Mrs. Baltz. Because Hahn's machine bore con- gressional license plates, reports were circulated in the crowd that gathered that various Senators and Represent- atives were involved in the smash-up. Hahn came here from New York i\ 1919 to become Secretary to Judge Richard McHenry, then a member of the House from the Empire State. He has remained in the service of New York Congressmen ever since and, w\th‘ this session, began his fourth tfrm as secretary to Representative Fitzpatrick. Wells, a native of Massachusetts, is, attached to Headquarters Company. 3d | Engineers, Schofield Barracks, Honc- | lulu. He has been visiting Hahn anc¢ the latter's wife and four children (or‘ about a month. Twe Children Hurt. When two cars crashed at Thirty- fourth and Benning road last night | Junior Roebuck, 2, 3209 E street south- | east, received severe head injuries and | Donald Arthur, 5, Capitol Heights, Md.. | was less seriously hurt. Donald was xiding in an automobile driven by Les- | ter A. White, 32, whose address was! unknown to police. The Roebuck child, according to police, was riding in a car operated by Marcus Kennedy, 25,_attached to the Naval Air Station Robert Eugene Peterson, 7. of 1370 Harvard street, was cut and bruised yesterday when struck by an automo- | bile at Fourteenth and Euclid streets. He was treated at Children’s Hospital The car, police reported. was driven! by John H. Nicholas, 1800 block . of Ontario road. CONCERT TO BE GIVEN | BY A CAPPELLA CHOIR | —_ | The A Cappella Choir of Washing- | ton, comprising the quartet and choral ensemble of the First Congregational Church, will present a concert of sacred music appropriate to the Lenten sea- son tomorrow at 8:45 p.m., in the May- | flower Hotel. Mrs. Ruby Smith Smhli will conduct the group | The singers will include Ethel Bailey, Pearl Brown, Sara Buchanan, Emma Charters, Ailene Green. Edna Coyne, Belva Hoch, Ruth Jones, Lillian Jun- kara, Ann Lipman, Leila Rose. Ruth Snodgrass, Ivah Toone, Gene Tyser, Lu- cile Wheaton, Edna Anderson, Ernestine Farmer, Bertha Heys, Charlotte Hobbs, Gladys Pinching, Alice Webster, Ruby Stahl, Gail Whiton, Jane Witt, Dorothy Wilson _Halbach, Ann Hendricksen, Berte Holmes, Lois Meeker, ‘Mabel Paine, Josephine Tremaine, Ann Paul, Martha Blanchard, Viola Buhrow, Bes- sie Doolan, Florence Draper, Lois Gar- joch, Miriam Huddle, Imagene San- borne, Helen Schramm, Robert Grfl-' fin, Jack Davis, Claude Hanan, Percy Mettler, Don Waite, Arthur Lowe, B. E. Matthews, Jesse Nussear, Malcolm ‘Toone, Colvin Totten, Willlam Bennett. George Field, Robert Metcalf, Edward Neumann, Garrett Rush, George Wood, Earl Yates, Stanley Covert, Dale Hamil- ton, - Robert Hobbe, Hi Molineaux, Ted Sipola and others, Internal : Twelfth street and Constitution avenue. PAYMENT SOUGHT FOR CHECKS ONTAX U. S. Collector of Internal Revenue Informs Makers Collection Fails. ‘Washingtonians who drew income tax checks on banks here which have not yet reopened are receiving from the Collector of Internal Revenue at Balti- more notices that their Federal income tax should be paid by some other means, as the checks are not collectible. The checks themselves, however, are not being returned. to taxpayers. but are being held by the collector until the tax is paid by some other check, money | order or cash. Many persons zlready have called at the local office of the deputy collector of internal revenue at the Bureau of Revenue Building here, at to clear their income tax record by payment. . Three Methods Are Open. In order to get back the old check, which is being held at Baltimore, three principal methods are open to the tax- payer, it was explained. He can either put in the mail a new payment, go to Baltimore and transact the deal over the counter, or go to the local office at Twelfth <treet and Constitution ave- nue. The letter from the collector inform- ing the taxpayer of the failure to collect on his check should be included with the new payment, it was explained, whether pavment is made in person or by mail When persons call and pay at the local office, it is estimated their old checks will be returned in less than a week. There is no danger that the Govern- ment would cash both the old check, and also a new one sent to cover the same tax, it was explained, as the system |in the collector’s office would prevent While some taxpayers expressed a re- luctance to send a second check or make a second payment in cash for the bill, until they had received their first check, officials offered assurance that no du- plication of payment was at all likely. But, it through any slip, the bill were paid twice, there would be an automatic refund to the taxpayer by check drawn on the Treasury of the United States. “Dead” Checks Segregated. At Baltimore, it was explained, the collector has scgregated the ‘“dead” checks in one special case, where tax- payers can go to pay their bills, and re- ceive the old check back over the counter in a single transaction. Here, in the local deputy collector's office, it was explained that the great majcrity of people are paying by cash, indicating that many of these have not yet formed new bank connections, or else preferred to make a cash transaction and not worry over another check. — Hurt Swinging at Mule. Orra Morehead, Republic. Kans., ex- asperated at the stubbornness of a mule, located and the mule escaped injury. CONFEREES 10 GET DISTRCT BEER L ?Main Issue "Between House and Senate Is Ban in U. S. Buildings. ‘The House intends to send the District beer bill to conference tomorrow. Both Speaker Rainey and Chairman Norton of the House District Committee are in favor of this. So also is Representative Black, Democrat, of New York, who has been active in putting through this legis- lation. [ The principal issue between the House and Senate cn the District beer bill is the prohibition placed in the’ bill by the Senate against sale of beer in the Capi- tol or any Government building. The House by a decisive vote rejected a simi- lar amendment. Speaker Rainey said “it would be most inconsistent to say that 3.2 beer is non-intoxicating and all right to sell elsewhere, but not in a Govern- ment building.” Representative Black says: “We would be in a ridiculous posi- tion to authorize its sale anywhere but make an exception of Government build- ings. That would also be discrimina- tion.” Those in the House who had most to do with putting through the District beer bill say they see only a few minor | changes in essential facts between the bill as it passed the House and as it was | rewritten in the Senate. Representative Black pointed out. however, -several points on which the House conferees will seck an adjustment. They will argue for granting to drug stores the right to dispense beer. He thinks that a_whole- saler’s license is unnecessary, and a bet- | ter way can be found for regulating the sale direct from a brewer to a con- sumer. It-is not anticipated that there will | be any very lengthy controversy in the conference between representatives of the House and the Senate, so that if | long | the House remains in session enough tomorrow it may be possible to get final action on the District beer bill. Chairman Norton of the House com- mittee said last night that the con- ferces for the House will probably be, besides herself, Representative Palmi- sano, Maryland, sponsor of the bill in the House: Representative Black, Repre- sentative Stalker. New York, | Republican” member on the Committee, and Representative Whitley, Republican, New York. | STUDENT IS HONORED Othniel A. Pendleton, jr., former Cen- | tral High School student, was elected to membership in the Union_ College Chapter of Pi Delta Epsilon, National Honorary Journalistic Society, for his outstanding work on the editoria) staff of the Idol, the college literary quar- | terly, it was announced today. | _ Pendleton is assoclate edifor of the Idol and is noted for his book review work. He will be initiated into the | society following the Spring vacation, it | was said. His parents reside at 2514 Thirteenth . He graduated from Central High School in 1929, ranking | District | D. C, 8 UNITS T0 MARGH IN ARMY DAY RITES Parade to Be Staged Here on Anniversary of U. S. Entry in World War. Eighty-two units have been assigned places in the Army day parade which will move along the Capital's historic | parade route next Thursday afternoon | on the anniversary of this Nation's en- . | try into the World War. In addition to all Army units from nearby posts, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard units, patriotic and vet- eran organizations, reserve units and | detachments of the High School Cadets will march in commemoration of the achievements of the military forces in | the World War and times of emergency in the past and to emphasize the con- tinuing importance of national defense. Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, command- ing the 3rd Corps Area, will serve as | grand marshal of the parade, which will be composed of the following units: GRAND MARSHAL DIVISION, 1. Platoon of Metropolitan Police, Maj. Emest W. Brown, commanding. 2. Maj. Gen. Paul B. Malone, U. 8. A, grand marshal, and staff. " FIRST DIVISION Army, Navy and Marine Corps. | 3. Marshal first division (Brig. Gen. Perry L. Miles and staff). 4. United States Army Band. | 5. Massed colors of the first division. 6. 3d Battalion, 12th Infantry. 7. Band, 13th Engineers, | 8. 13th Engineers. | 9. Mounted band, 3d Cavalry. | 10. 1st Battalion, 16th Field Artillery. | 11. 2d Squadron, 3d Cavalry. |12, Machine Gun Troop, 10th Cavalry, | 13. Marine Band. | 14. Battalion of Marines. | 15. Battalion of Blue Jackets. | 16. Navy Band. | 17. Two companies, 3 platoons each, . 8. Coast Guard (Mojave). 18. Battalion Naval Reserves. SECOND DIVISION. (National Guard and Organized | Reserves.) | 19. Marshal, Second Division (Maj. Gen. Anton Stephan, commanding gen- eral 29th Division, and staff). | 20. 121st Engineer Band. 21. Massed colors National Guard and Reserve troops. 22. Headquarters troops, vision. 23. 29th Military Police Company. 24. 121st Engineers. 25. Company A, 372d Infantry. 26. Drum and Bugle Corps, 260th Coast Artillery. 27. 260th Coast Artillery. 28 Col. Leroy W. Herron, Organized Reserve Corps, commanding Organized Reserves, and stafl. 20. Qrganized Reserve Units—320th Infantry, 428th Infantry, 313th Field Artillery, 315th Pield Artillery, 913th Coast Artillery (AA); 364th Medical 29th Di- Regiment, 343d Engineers, 376th Engi- | Cavalry, | ncrs, 2 Squadron, 306th 62d Signal Troops, 80th Signal Com- pany, 407th Pursuit Squadron 30." Unassigned Reserve officers. THIRD DIVISION. (Cadet Corps.) | 31. Marshal, Third Division, Lieut. | Col. George E. Ijams and stafl. | _32. Washington High School Cadet | Brigade commander and staff. | 33 Cadet Brigade Band. 34. Massed cadet colors. | 35. 2d Cadet Regiment from McKin- ley Tech. 36. Roosevelt High School cadets. 37. George Washington University Band. 38 Battalion of cadets from Central High School. 39. Eastern High School cadets. 40. Western High School cadets 41. 9th Brigade cadet commander nd ‘staff. 5 m Armstrong High 3chool. (Continued on Psge 2, Column 4.) al SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 100 TURNED AWAY DALY AFTER SLASH IN RELIEF BUDGET Reduction Cuts Off Accept- ance of New Applications at Agency. FAMILIES NOW ON ROLLS GET 25 PER CENT LESS Men and Women of Education Are Applying for Aid in Increas- ing Numbers. ‘There is no court of appeal for thule; unfortunates who must be turned away : at the rate of 100 a day from District Emergency Relief headquarters, now that the agency’s funds have been cur- tailed. Mute resignation and blank faces of disappointment are more eloquent than the words so often repeated to relief workers these days: “If you can't help us, who can?” Orders came through Thursday re- ducing the weekly relief budget from $41,000 to $31,000. an economy which stopped acceptance of new applications and cut 25 per cent from the assistance being extended ta families rlready on the rolls. The agency has opcrated since its establishment last Augus® on $1,150.000 in appropriations and an _additional $100,000 donated by the Community Chest. It is possible that this sum will not be increased for the fiscal year beginning July 1. Nine Hundred Disappointed. Bitter disappointment must be the | lot of 900 applicants who registered within the last few weeks and many of whom still are confidently looking forward to emergency jobs. ‘White collar workers and men and women of education are applying for ald in increasing numbers, dating from the recent banking crisis. Most of them had never asked charity before, but consoled themselves with the idea that they might work for the money. About per cent of the fund is distributed in this way, through ‘“made” jobs in the parks, playgrounds and various public works. Some typical applicants who had to be turned down were described yester- | emergency relief for the District. One woman said she had pawned her wedding ring apd a gold filling which had come loose from a tooth. Almost all the applicants have already pawned their personal effects, including clothing, Jjewelry and even furniture, before ask- ing for public assistance. A number of cases were reported where families broke up their furniture and burned it in stoves during the bitter cold weather, and hundreds of families have no heat in their homes but that furnished by cook stoves. They are burning oil lamps and candles in places where the electricity has been turned off. One resident had $500 in a closed | bank, but was being evicted for non- | payment of rent. while an architect was | in a similar plight, although clients owed him hundreds of dollars in fees. Couple With Baby Sauffers. A young couple with a 3 weeks' old baby were living with the wife's parents who in turn had only a $5 gro- cery order charity once every two weeks. BotH families were trying to live on this allowance. The wife was 16 years old and the husband 19. Another young couple with a baby was evicted in August and, having no place to go, lived with friends who promised to keep them a few days. The husband, a former bookkeeper at a bank, Jost his job a year ago and must pay $5 a week board for two children by a previous marriage. The couple stayed on with the friends but the latter can no longer keep them. The man has no prospect of a job and his household furnishings are in stor- age, running up a bill which he doubts he will be able to pay. Another man and wife, both college graduates, have 10 children, all living on the wages of a girl who earns $12 a week as a clerk. They have paid no rent since December and the man's last job was lost more than a year ago. A second daughter makes $3 a week working in a lunch room but must use this money to support herself. The fam- ily is in danger of eviction. A man who once held a highly-paid job and his wife are months behind in their rent, have no food #nd only meager clothing “and must obtain their fuel picking coal along the railway tracks. These are only a few of the typical cases which must be refused because of lack of funds, Mr. Halbert said. They rarely apply until their plight is almost desperate, and seem bewildered and un- certain where to go next when turned away. - CONSIDER ACTION FOR “SAFE” TAXIS Members of Public Utilities Com- mission May Seek Power to Re- quire Responsibility. The Public Utilities Commission may ask Congress at this session to broaden the powers of the commission, so it would have clear legal authority to re- quire owners or operators of taxicabs to establish financial responsibility to cover any injury to persons as a result of their operation. ‘While the commission has not reached a final decision, its legal counsel has been asked to prepare a tentative draft of proposed amendments of the public utilities act in this regard, it was revealed yesterday. The act creating the commission, it was explained, merely gives the group power to require “safe” operation. In 1929 the commission endeavored to re- quire a definite showing of financial responsibility, but the case was taken! to court and the ruling was adverse (o the commission on an interpretation of the present wording of the act. Just what form the proposed legisla- | tion would take has not been determin- | ed, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, com- mission chairman, said. WILLIAMS TO SPEAK Ma Owen Williams, special staff representative of the National Georgraphic Society, will present a lec- ture “Across Modern Asia by Motor,” with pictures made on the 7,000-mile trip of the Haardt Expedition across Asia, In the Central High School Audi- torium at 8 p.m. tomorrow under aus- aices of the Central High School Parent- Teacher Association. Dr. Williams, the only American on 2, day by Leroy Halbert, supervisor of | the expedition, is an authority on Asia, having lived and taught in that conti- nent for 12 years. =l 1933. * Roosevelts See Society Circus E SERGEANT'S HORSEMANSHIP MAKES HIT WITH PRESIDENT. JRESIDENT ROOSEVELT gave h!m-} self two hours off yesterday to watch the hard-riding Cavalry | troopers at Fort Myer go through mr‘ paces—and a gray haired top ser t | will never forget it. | With admiration in his eyes, the President watched the performance of Sergt. Thomas D. Moffett, born 50 years ago in County Cork, Ireland, but as spry as the best of them when it comes | to feats of horsemanship. All togged out in Wild West shirt and | “chaps” and with a “Buffalo Bill” | goatee stuck on his chin, the grizzled sergeant led a picked troop of cavalry- men in cowboy dress through a series of stunts which wound up with a leap through a burning ring. | When Col. Harry C. Cootes, com- manding officer, who sat beside the President, told him Moffett had served 29 years and would retire next year, the President exclaimed that he wanted to see him. | “Too Young to Retire.” | “What's this I hear about you retir- | ing?” asked Mr. Roosevelt, smiling | broadly and extending his hand as the | top sergeant, goatee and all, brought up into the stand. “You are not old enough to retire.” As Moffitt stumblingly expressed his thanks, Roosevelt smiled again and re- | marked emphatically, “Good show!” | Most of the Roosevelt family drove out through the bright Spring sun shine to see the colorful i‘Society Cir- | cus” for charity's sake put on by the troopers and youthful students of horsemanship in the big Fort Myer riding hall. | Mrs. Roosevelt, with her daughter, Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Dall, drove out in | her own small car. The President, with his little granddaughter, “Sistie” Dall, | rode out to join them as soon as his White House conference on railroad problems had ended. Riders Do Their Best. The show was held up until his ar-! rival, As soon as the President and Above, left to right: Mrs. Roosevelt, her granddaughter, “Sistie” Dall; Pres ident Roosevelt, Col. Harry C. Cootes, commandant of Fort Myer, and Marvin H. McIntyre, ong,of the Chief Execu- tive’s secretaries. Right: Sergt. Thomas D. MofTett, 50, whose riding caused him to be summoned to the presidential box for personal congratulations. Pirst Lady had taken their seats side by side, however, the riders began a series of performances, all doing their best for the distinguished onlookers. Catching sight of Maj. Henry Leon- ard, retired Marine officer, at one side of the box, Mr. Roosevelt called him over to chat while he watched the show —arranged under the direction of Maj. A. D. Surles, After the President’s departure the troopers, who did their stuff in the role of cowboys and crusaders under Rich- ard the Lion-hearted, were loud in their praise of his recognition of the popular top sergeant. SURVEY TO BEGIN- AS RENTS ARE CUT Realty Board to Use Ques- tionnaire to Determine Apartment Levels. While some apartment. building oper- ators announced new rent “reductions effective yesterday, the Washingtcn Real Estate Board tomorrow will begin a comprehensive survey of Washington's | apartment housing situation, with a | view to compiling data on. which to base consideration cf further adjust- ments. This study, according to H. Clifford Bangs, president of the organization, | will begin with the widespread distribu- | tion of a questionnaire among apart- | ment house owners, requesting infor- mation relative to rent trends during the last 12 months, cost of operation and.maintenance, percentage of vacan- cies and similar data. The material thus gathered, it was | stated, will be placed at the disposition of the special committee named by the board during the last week to consider praotests from tenants regarding rents | with an idea to recommending adjust- ments. Studies Being Made. With a few of the apartment build- ing managing agencies announcing rent reductions averaging 623 per cent—the extent of the additional Government pay cut which went into effect yester- MEETING TO FIGHT SOVIET APPROVAL Representatives of Nearly 200 Organizations Expect- ed to Convene Here Soon. Representatives of nearly 200 na- tional patriotic, fraternal and labor or- ganizations are expected to send dele- gations to a monster mass meeting to be held here under auspices of the American Legion on April 18 to oppose the recognition by tke United States of Soviet Russia. Official announcement of the meet- ing was made in Indianapolis last night by Louis A. Johnson, national com- mander of the Legion, who will preside at the rally, according to Associated Press dispatches. The meeting is to be held in the Washington Augditorium, beginning at 8:30 p.m. it was an- nounced. Among the speakers will be Bain- bridge Colby, former Secretary of State; Senator William H. King of Utah, Rep- resentative Hamilton Fish of New York, William Green, president of the Amer- ican Federation of Labor, and Rev. Ed- mund A. Walsh, vice president of Georgetown University. Local arrangements for the meeting will be made at a meeting of delegations from the various local participating or- ganizations to be held at 4 p.m. Tuesday at the headquarters of the Sons of the day—by some of the owners, others made known that studies and nesoflations‘ with Jandlords were being undertaken | Icoking to the possibility of rent re- | ductions. The number of individual houses af- | fected by rent cuts announced yester- | day was believed to be upward of 25| or 30. Most of these declare the re- | ductions as compared with a year ago | total 15 per cent, or in keeping with the downward trend of Government pay. In many instances, Mr. Bangs pointed out, the buildings are not in a position to stand rent reductions, due to high fixed charges with which they | are burdened, such as taxes and inter- | est rates. | ‘Would Avoid Foreclosures. | “It is not the intention of the Réal Estate Board to force the landlords into the hands of mortagors,” he | deciared. “There has already been far | too many foreclosures and there are | today too many banks and financ companies in the real estate business.’ Real estate men contended, during the recent rent investigation by the | Senate, that they were faced with | unfair burdens of crushing taxes and high rates of interest, and that reduc- tion in all fixed charges was necessary not only from the standpoint of the owner, but in the interest of the ten- ants as well. Among the elements entering into | rent making which have not been reduced, according to Charles J. Rush, executive secretary of the realtor's body, are taxes, interest charges, water and power rates. The latter has be- come an increasingly important ele. ment, he said, in view of the demans for electrical refrigeration which, in most, instances, is on the house current. Additional operating costs have resulted | from the apartment owners’ efforts to satisfy demands for more service, to keep pace with modern trends. Your Eyes Will Be Red. LOS ANGELES (#.—The State’s first screage of pink grapefruit wil come into bearing next year. Unlike a previous variety in which only the flesh ‘was colored, new species is expected to have pink juice as well as flesh. American Revolution. This meeting was called by Walter L. Reynolds, tem- porary chairman on arrangements. ‘The meeting, Mr. Reynolds explained. will be open to all groups opposed to the recognition of Russia and delega- tions are expected from as far distant as New England. Nearly 75 different groups composing the American Coali- tion of Patriotic Societies are to be rep- resented, in addition to more than 100 other independent or affiliated bodies, he said All members of the President’s cabi- net and members of Congress will be requested to attend the meeting and arrangements are being made to have the proceedings broadcast over a na- tional network. e iy STATUARY HALL PLAN TO BE CONSIDERED Joint Library Committee of Sen- ate and House to Take Up Report. The Joint Library Committee of the Senate and House probably will meet early this week to receive the report of David Lynn, architect of the Cap- itol, on plans for the transfer of some of the statues from Statuary Hall to new locations in the corridors of the Capitol Building. Congress directed that such steps be Jt&km to relieve the weight load on the floor of the Hall of Fame. Each State is allowed by law to place two statues in the hall, and, although the hall at present is well filled with statuary, a considerable number of States have not yet filled their quota. ‘The Mr. Lynn recently in a survey of the Capitol, at which time it was recora- mended that some of the statues be placed in the long corridor extending through the building on the first floor. | Prin The fine arts group a few days ago made a formal report to Mr. , who in turn will report to the it com- mittee. 5 PAGE B—1 D. C. SCHOOLS FACE DRASTIC PLANS 10 MEET BUDGET CUTS Grave Menace to Efficiency Feared—Shorter Term Considered. SHIFT TO SAVE MONTH’S SALARIES ALSO STUDIED Retirements, Closing of Kinder- gartens and Transfer of Special Teachers Among Proposals. Drastic measures that bid fair to shatter their educational efficiency and personnel morale are to be invoked in the administration of the District public schools if the Board of Education is called upon to operate the system under Budget Director Douglas’ 1934 estimates as they now are before the House. The school authorities themselves | have not yet determined upon the exact means they will adopt to keep within the budget, but they bave set up for con- sideration and eventual choice a series of possible ways and means. The Star learned yesterday that these means were submitted to Maj. 1 Donovan, District auditor, late Friday when other municipAl department heads submitted similar information at the in= vitation of the auditor. Shorter Term Discussed. Five of these proposals were under dis- cussion in District circles yesterday. They are: 1. Shorten the school year by 10 school days. 2. Move the school year backward half a month in order to save a full month’s teachers pay. Retire all teachers who have reached the age of 62 years and whose ratings for efficiency are low. 4. Eliminate instruction of children under 6 years of age, thus closing out virtually all of the kindergartens. 5. Transfer special teachers to class room work. Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools, declined last night to dis- cuss the possible solutions of the slashed budget problem confronting him. It is definitely known, however, that Dr, Ballou and his staff of officers have been sitting in executive sessions almost daily since the Budget Bureau's estimates were made public. Every | conceivable avenue of vanced for study. Meanwhile, District Building heads are studying the two proposals to alf the school year. Under the e: SUUE: 10 ity ceomtn - et e monthly - pa. alth school opens about the mid- dle, or even after the middle of tember, the mlu:h‘gt are paid for t| Teceive the full pay for that month. Could Cut Month’s Pay. If, then, the g of schools next September is delayed from September 18—the normal day—to Octo= per 1, it is ents month’s salary be “saved.” dle of June to the {l.!t Friday in June. { This plan would give the school chil- dren practically the same number of actual school days and the same amount of instruction as a normal year, but it would Lgl:ce the entire bur- den’ of solving budget shortage problem on the teachers. Either of these plans, however, it is estimated tentatively, would “over- solve” the problem, because the amount of money to be saved would be less thar. a full month’s teacher pay roll. ‘The proposal to retire all 62-year-old teachers whose ratings are not high would take adventage of the retirement law which makes employes eligible for retirement for cause at that age. An employe who reaches 62 may ask for retirement or he may be retired by his administrative officers. This plan- en- tails study of all ratings of teachers who have reached 62 years of age. The “saving” under this plan would be the difference between the maximum salary which length of service jhas merited for the retiring teacher, and the minimum salary which newcomers to the service would receive. The full extent of this plan's effect, however, still is an uncertain quantity since the number of persons affected by it is not yet known. Kindergartens at Stake. Should children of 5 years of age be denied entrance in the schools, just as children under 5 who formerly attended the several “pre-school kindergartens” were banned by action of Congress two years ago, practically every kinder- garten class in the’ city would close. Those teachers, then, would be avail- able for any vacancies in the grades, or, presumably, would be dropped from the service. Details of this plan were not disclosed by The Star’s source of Fine Atis Commission Jotned | information. There still are in the school system a number of “special teachers.” Some of these now do supervisory work, while others teach special subjects. A pro- posal is under consideration to close out these positions and transfer as many of the present incumbents as possible to actual class room jobs. MORTGAGE AND TRUST BILLS TO BE PRESSED Chairman King of Senate District Committee Plans to Seek Early Action. Chairman King of the Senate Dis- trict Committee plans to seek early con- sideration by the committee of two bills he introduced recently, one to define the procedure to B followed in releass ing real estate mortgages and deeds of trust, and the other to regulate fore- closure of mortgages. Both measures were considered, bu not enacted, in the last Congress. Sen- ator King said he might call the com- mittee together tomorrow to consider these measures. = o Democrats to Hear Duncan. HYATTSVILLE, Md, _April 1 (Special) —Representative Richard M. Duncan of Missouri will address the Young Men's Democratic Club of ce es County at its next meeting, 1 13, at 8 pm, in the Municipal Building here. He will dis- cuss the between & erence and a Marylapd Democrat.