Evening Star Newspaper, April 6, 1933, Page 17

Washington News YOUNG DEMOCRATS SPLIT OVER FARLEY - PLAN FOR GONTROL Miss Elizabeth Wheeler Leads Revolt Against Pro- posed Law Changes. BOTH FACTIONS ELECT MRS. ROSS TO OFFICE Schism Likely to Be Carried Be- fore National Convention in Kansas City in June. ‘With the battle cry of “co-operation, not domination,” a revolt has stirred in the organizition of the young:r element of the Democratic party here, with Miss Elizabeth Wheeler, daughter cf Senator ‘Wheeler of Montana, appearing in a° leading role in opposition directed against Postmaster General James A. Farley, chairman of the Democratic National Committee. The fight flared into the open last night when the Young Democrat Club of Washington, composed in part of congressional secretaries, met at the Carlton Hotel to elect officers. After the stormy session had ended, there were two groups in the field, both pro- posing to send delegations to Kansas City in June to attend the first national convention of the Young Democratic Clubs of America. For the present, honors are with the pro-Farley organization, who today were pledged the support of Tyre Taylor of Raleigh, N. C., national president. When the official personnel of each was announced, it developed that both | had elected to office Mrs. Th=lma Ress, | daughter-in-law_of Mrs. Nellie Tayloe Ross, former Governor of Wyoming. For the anti-Farley group she was listed as recording secretary, and for the pro-Farleyites corresponding sec- retary. Mrs. Ross, however, has not determined her course of action. Rejected Proposed Changes. According to reports from both fac- , the trouble had its inception a couple of weeks ago, when the local organization, after splitting on the issue, refused to ratify changes in the national constitution reputedly sug- gested by Mr. Farley. These changes, the dissenters contend, would have Engineer Corps Officer to Be Public - Buildings Director. Montana Nétive Has Hon- ored Record—Incumbent to End 7-Year Service. Col. James Albert Woodruff of the Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, has been orcered to Washington to take over the post of director of the Office of Public Buildings and Public Parks when Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, leaves that post and goes to the War Col- lege. 8C\:l. Woodruff’s orders direct him to come to Washington upon comple- tion of his course at the Command and General Staff School, at Fort Leavenworth, getting here not later than June 30. At present Col. Wood- ruff is director at the school. Seven Years’ Duty Ends. transfer ends nearly seven years' duty by Lieut. Col. Grant in t! post, having been kept in Wasl ington past the traditional tour of four years’ duty here because of the con- struction of the Memorial Bridge and because he was serving as associate di- rector of the George Washington Bi- centennial Commission. Col. Woodruff was born in Montana in 1877, and was graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point in 1899. He has been in the engineers since leaving the academy, and has done engineering work on New York Har- COL. WOODRUFF ORDERED HERE AS SUCCESSOR TO COL. GRANT Che WITH SUNDAY MORNING FDITION Foening faf WASHINGTON, D. C., THURSDAY, APRIL 6, 1933. COL. JAMES ALBERT WOODRUFF. bor, in the Philippines, at Vicksburg, Miss.; in France, in Seattle, Wash.; at Fort Humphreys, Va., and in the Canal Zone. Honored for Service. He has been particularly interested in the forestry service of the Army Engineers, and holds the Distinguished Service Medal for this work, the cita- tion for which follows: “For exceptidnally meritorious and distinguished services. He organized and commanded the 10th Forestry En- gineers with marked ability. In spite of the difficult situation confronting him he developed the forestry service to a marked degree of excellence. By his great energy and devotion to duty he rendered service of the highest character to the Government.” PROBE T0 BE ASKED ON D. C. BOUNDARY Bride Will Request Funds of Congress to Decide Vir- ginia Row. Recommendation that Congress be asked to provide funds for investiga- amounted to taking the control of the organization out of the hands of its leaders and vesting it in the national chairman. Miss Wheeler, vice president of the national organization, and correspond- ing secretary of the local group, there- upon addressed a letter to allied bodies all over the country, asserting that the young Democrats here had rejected the proposed constitutional amend- ments and adding that the information ‘was being furnished “to contradict in- sidious propaganda that all clubs have adopted these changes, when that fact is untrue.” “At the Chicago meeting of the Dem- ocratic National Committee, they au- thorized the Young Democratic Clubs of America as ‘the official youth move- ment of the Democratic party’,” she concluded. “Can Mr, -Parley, with le- gality, rescind that action? His threat savors of Republican tactics and does not maintain the ideals of Democracy. If your organization has adopted these changes without consideration of their import or without knowledge of the im- pelling motive underlying these pro- posals. we urgently ask that you recon- gider your vote.” Up to National Unit. ‘This letter didn't sit so well with the other side and criticism was voiced freely when the local group met night to choose officers. ‘Then came the split. ‘The anti-Farley group went ahead and re-elected as president Victor Rus- sell, secretary to Senator Sheppard of Texas, and chose Miss Wheeler as first tion to determine finally the ownership of land on the Virginia side of the Po- tomac River up to the old high-water mark, if the District Commissioners decide to assume jurisdiction over the territory, has been drafted by Corpora- tion Counsel W. W. Bride. While investigation might well show the District has title to the area, Mr. Bride believes insufficient facts now are available to warrant a determina- tion by the District to exercise juris- diction there. Until the matter is definitely settled By judicial decision or by a special boundary commission as suggested Representative Smith of Virginia, the Commissioners should adhere to the policy of the last 100 years, under which the District has not exercised jurisdiction over the territory, the cor- poration counsel said. ‘The flxesuon has arisen again over an application of a gasoline station ope for permit from the District to run a.station in the disputed area. Holds Facts Inadequate. Mr. Bride ruled that under facts now of the District it would be “utterly impossible” to substantiate the view that “all the land north and east of the south and west high-water mark of Roaches Run, including the channel of that run and the riparian lands un- derlying it to the west and south of Alexanders Island. constitutes a part of the District of Columbia. “Almost & hundred years have elapsed since that portion of the District of Co- lumbia was retroceded to the State of vice president; Carl Schedler, second vice president; Miss Ruth Molyneaux, corresponding secretary, and Philip Herrick, treasurer. The other group, withdrawing from the meeting, set up & new organization, designated as Young Democratic Clubs of America. District of Columbia Divi- sion, and chose a slate of officers headed by Marvin Cox, secretary to Representative Parker of Georgia, as president. Others chosen with him in- cluded Homer Tatum, first vice presi- dent; Miss Elizabeth Mattingly, second vice president, and Ralph Lawrence, treasurer. After the break last night, the leaders in the mnew organization wired the national president, and teday, Mr. Cox announced receipt of a telegram from Mr. Taylor saying he would recommend their recognition by the National Com- mittee. The telegram also voiced the hope it was said, that the new organi- zation would be a model for the country, Virginia,” he states. “It may well be true that a thorough investigation would re- veal such a conclusion to be a fact, but to take a position of such definiteness upon present available data, and after a contrary position has been assumed for almost a century, would be fruitless, would stir up a resentment in our neighboring State of Virginia, involving almost interminable litigation and may not be justified. % Thorough Probe Needed. “If the Commissioners determine that the question should be decided by the courts, the desires of Congress should be obtained and if it is deter- mined to pursue the question further by attempting to set aside the juris- Seaie™ or g, funds. shoutd. ‘be of , fun asked for a most thorough investiga- tion of the facts. “A most careful study, involving many questions. will be necessary and it may take many months and possibly and carry on the work of making President Roosevelt’s program known. MONAGHAN ARREST BRINGS APOLOGIES Police Regret Taking Congress Member to Station for Sup- posed Violation. Motor Cycle Policeman Cleota Lang- don of the Traffic Bureau today apol- ogized to Representative Monaghan of Montana for arresting him Tuesday and forcing him to ride to the first precinct station in a patrol wagon. Mr. Monaghan said that Palice Supt. Brown also had apologized to him, and Inspector Lamb of the Traffic Bureau had given him assurance that the offi- cer would be demoted from mounted duty and assigned to foot patrol duty in a precinct. Mr. Monaghan, however, said he did not recommend the officer’s demotion. Mr. Monaghan was arrested at Four- teenth and H streets after Langdon had trailed him for several blocks in an effort to make him pull to the curb and stop. The policeman said he thought Monaghan was fleeing from an accident because of a dent on the fender of his car, The assistance of police reserves was required before Monaghan was put in several years before any real basic facts can be obtained and a determi- nation reached.” A different slant on_the question was taken by the Public Utilities Commis- sion about a vear ago in following an opinion by Wiillam A. Roberts, commis- sion counsel, which was n?proved by Vernon E. West, principal assistant corporation counsel, while he was act. ing as commission counsel in the ab- sence from the city of Mr. Bride. It was said there was a misunderstanding as to Mr. Bride's views at that time. In that case the Utilitles Commis- sion ordered the Potomac Electric Power Co. to place certain of its power lines underground to eliminate a haz- ard to flying. The power company complied with that order. CATHEDRAL AVENUE HOME LOOTED OF $1,000 GOODS Night Manager of Hotel Held Up and Robbed of $76 in Cash. Tree Marker Stolen. Approximately $1,000 worth of valu- ables were taken early today by burg- lars who entered the home of Earl Compton, 3827 Cathedral avenue, and cut the telephone wires to prevent any- one giving the alarm. A lone bandit held up Anthony D. Botts, night man- ager of the Plaza Hotel, and robbed the cashe register of $76 early this morning. the patrol wagon. At the station house he was freed when his identity was established. At the time of the arrest Mr. Monaghan's ‘sister and a friend were with him. PROGRAM OMITS SILVER Rainey Says No Action Will Be Taken at This Session. Outlining the legislative program for the remainder of the :Rtschl session, Speaker Rainey said at press con- ference today that no action would be tHe move to have the include a naval taken on silver. He supported m&c construction bill ding program. ‘The articles taken from the Comp- ton home included a $400 fur coat, & top coat, quantity of silverware and wrist watch. Entrance to the residence was gained through a rear window. The bandit who robbed the Plaza Hotel asked the night manager for & man’s name, and when Botts turned to look it up covered him with a pistol. He then forced Botts to go behind a partition. Botts gave police a de- scription of the man. Police today were seeking one or more persons who broke off and carried away a bronze Bicentennial marker from a tree box beside the Library of Congress, placed there by the Bicenten- nial Chapter of the American War Mothers. The marker bore the in- scriptidn, “In Honor of gne Wash- ington.” ‘ NAVY YARD 10 GO ON 5:-DAY WEEK Lengthening of Work Time Will Be Effective From April 2, The 3,700 civilian workmen at the Washington Navy Yard, in common with the 45,000 throughout the Nation, will be placed on a 5)2-day work week, effective immediately. In making this known today, the Navy Department released a dispatch from Secretary Swanson directing all naval stations to begin the 5!2-day week as of Sunday, April 2. Accompanying this order, Navy De- working 5,days rather than the 5 days obtaining recently, work will be speedea up under the new program. This means, they said, a reduced force at the Na- tion’s navy yards or, where practicable, the placing of men on rotative leaves by some taking days off during a week. Policy’s Effect Explained. ‘The effect of the new policy, officials explained, is to bring the navy yarc workers into line with the employes or the Navy Department, who have been on a 5),-day week. Navy yard workers will have half day off on Saturday without suffering an additional pay cut, officials asserted, adding this group will now lose only 15 per cent of six days’ pay. For Saturday a full day’s pay will be given. Had the workers been placed on & five-day week, officials declared, this would be tantamount to clipping their pay envelopes approximately 30 per cent. They would lose the benefit of pay for Saturday, all day, for which they were id but did not work, under the fur- jough plan. Five Days’ Work and Pay. . As the furlough plan was abolished by law, effective April 1, under the new economy act, civilian workers would have been given five days’ pay for five days’ work. No details were available at the navy yard here today on exactly how many men might lose their jobs because of the speeding up of work in a given time. Officials said they were studying the new order, with a view to making it ap- Pply equitably. DRIVER ABSOLVED IN BOY’S KILLING Striking of School Patrolman by Truck Is Declared Accidental. Ellis K. McFadden, colored, 45, was absolved of blame by a coroner’s jury today in the death of Robert Edward Daniels, 12, of 311 N street southwest, who was killed yesterday when crushed beneath McFadden’s truck at the cor- ner of Four-and-a-Half and M streets southwest. The jury, which returned a verdict of accidental death, heard testimony of two of the small boys who were accom- ru.nylng Robert back to school after lunch. They said a group of four boys had started to cross M street but, see- ing the truck, two of them turned to run back. Young Daniels was one of the two. He ran into the path of the heavy vehicle loaded with brick. The left front wheel of the truck passed over his head. The two boys who testified were John Lohman, 10, a fourth grade pupil at the 8. J. Bowen Echool, where Robert attended, and Walter Cline, jr, 1326 Four and a Half street, also a pupil at the school. Lohman lives at 1346 Four and a Half street. McFadden testified in his own behalf and said he attempted to stop the truck when he saw he might strike one of the boys. He is assistant pastor of Lomax M. E. Zion Church, in Arlington County. Trafic Bureau officials found the brakes on the truck to be in good condition, it was testified. Robert was in the sixth grade and was a member of the schoolboy patrol of Bowen School. He had his patrolman badge and belt in his hand when killed. The body was identified at the morgue scme time after the accident by the boy’s father, Harvey Daniels. Funeral services for the boy will be held at 8:30 am. tomorrow at his, home, followed by mass at St. Dominic’s Church at 9 o'clock. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Repave Alta Vista Street. ALTA VISTA, Md., April 6 (Special). —A two-mile stretch along Cedar lane is being improved with a macadam sur- face by county vead workers under the direction of Road Supervisor A. B. der. The lane, which is a cinder road at present. is being resurfaced from the Rockville pike to the old Georgetown road and from that point to the Bap- tist Home for Children near here, | partment officials pointed out that by |3 LOCAL BILLS TO GET CONCERTED ACTION INNEXT CONGRESS Close Co-operation on Defi- nite Program of Major Importance Promised. THIS SESSION TO STICK TO EMERGENCY MEASURES Rent Control Urged by Gibson. Report Says 89 Were Evicted in One Week. Clase co-operation between the Sen- ate and House District Committees in putting through a definite program of legislation of major importance for the District in the next session of Congress was pledged today when Senator King of Utah, chairman of the Senate Dis- trict Committee, addressed the House Dlgmcemcommltcee. enator King suggested that joint hearings be held on the more lmporjunt measures; that a special subcommittee be appointed by the Senate and House Committees to consider the more im- portant questions of legislation so as to adopt the program; and that this sub- committee hold conferences with the leadership of the Senate and House So that this major program can be put through expeditiously. Senator King pledged the heartiest co-operation of the Senate Committee and Chairman Norton similarly pledged the House District Committee to co- operate in such an effort. Legislation Limited. It was agreed that no general legis- lation for the District is to be consid- | ered at this session, and only emergency measures connected with the President’s program are to come before the District committees in this session. Preparatory to starting a drive for major legislation in the next Congress, the House District Committee today ap- pointed a subcommittee to make a study of questions affect! District taxes, rent, evictions, sale of securities, fore- closure of mortgages and other such important questions. This new subcommittee is to organ- ize immediately and draft a resolution to be presented to the House so as to secure authority to compel witnesses to testify. Its study of District matters will continue until the close of this ses- sion. During the recess, members who | live near the District will be gathering additional information, and the com- mittee will meet again in about a week in advance of the sext session of Con- gress when it will be prepared to make its report. Appointed on this committee are Rep- resentatives Palmisano, Democrat, of Maryland; Patman, Democrat, of Texas; Randolph, Democrat, of West Virginia; Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland; Mrs. Jenckes, Democrat, of Indiana; O'Brien, Democrat, of Illinois, and Stalker, Re- publican, of New York. and Burnham, Republican, of California. Several ad- ditional Republican members are to be appointed. Control of Rents Urged. Representative Gibson, Republican, of Vermont, chairman of a special com- mittee which made a systematic study of District matters several years ago, appeared before the committee urgin control of the rents in the District. He also presented a report from a wel- fare organization showing that in one week of February 10-17 there had been 89 evictions. He also discussed fore- closures of mortgages, and said there is a '.'elal estate ring preying upon the people. Representative Patman also denounced what he described as “the real estate racket” in the District, saying there is fraud and that the records do not tell the truth. He declared there is “more fraud on real estate in the District of Columbia than any place in the country.” Representative Gibson pledged his co-operation to the committee in an investigation of this situation. Speaking for the committee, Represent- ative Palmisano sald. “The sympathies of this committee are with the little fellow.” Representative Stalker advised that the banking situation in the District should be made a part of the study by the special committee. Representative Harlan, Democrat, of Ohio, promised he would have a report ready for consid- eration by this special committee of the bill he has 5 for control over the sale of securities. Representative Patman pointed out that it is not en- tirely District operators who are at fault, but that outside interests come in and impose upon and discredit the National Capital. Mr. Harlan stated “there is hardly a hotel 6r an apart- ment house that has not been used for working the racket of inflation of valu- ation, exploitation and receiverships.” Old and New Heads of Club PRESIDENT OF OPTIMISTS GROUP CHOSEN YESTERDAY. ENRY A. WILLARD, 2d, retiring president of the Optimist Club, -n:E Arthur Lee Thompson, who was elected yesterday at a luncheon meet- ton Hotel to succeed him, ing in the 2| p UNDREDS of destitute residents of the District of Columbia are being forced into a shabby compromise with starvation be- cause of what welfare leaders describe as a totally inadequate release of public funds to tide private charity over the depression. An alarming gap continues to widen in the District between the funds avail- able for family welfare work and the demand for this type of assistance. Private charity is doing its utmost, officials say, but cannot meet the demand on fast-dwindling reserves, even with the help of the District emergency relief. Army of Outcasts. Social workers int out the result is an. overflow from all the relief agencies, a growing army of outcasts who cannot starve, yet who must ac- cept such substitutes for a livelihood as _foraging, begging and even thieving. ‘There are worthy men, women and children in these ranks—adults who ask nothing better than a chance to work for a living, no matter how meager th> wage, and children who need proper care and schooling if they are not to become the permanent charges of society. An already bad situation became acute last week, according to Leroy Halbert, supervisor of District Emer- gency Relief. when that organization was obliged in the name of economy to turn away all new applicsnts, further limit the list of eligibles and cut the meager “made” work hours doled out to heads of needy families by some 25 per cent. May Close Agencies. The consequent burden on family welfare relief ncies threat- ens to close them entirely by August 1, in the opinion of E. C. Graham, presi- dent of the Community Chest, unless additional sums are made available to the public agency. All this despite the fact Labor De- partment statistics show more money being spent in the District for private, | |in relation to public, relief than in any | | other large American city. Fully 89 per cent of all relief work in the 100 largest cities in the country is coming from public appropriations. On the other hand, tax funds here in 1932 paid only 32.4 per cent of the 2%1:;1 total, 'thfle the bulk of the money, .6 per cent, was put up by volunta subscription. s it 3 These figures were contained' in a report issued by the local Community Chest last month, and were taken from Department of Labor statistics. The proporition of public funds for rivate Lack of Public Funds Threatens Needy HUNDREDS COMPROMISE WITH STARVATION AS PRIVATE RELIEF FAILS. PAKILY WELPARE ReLIEP Total, from Private Sources, end from Public Sources Washingten, D. C., 1929-1932, inelusive Sutistical Departnent, Washingion Couscil of Sectal Agencles. relief has risen as high as 95 per cent in such cities as Boston and Chicago. Of 100 cities reporting to the Children’s Bureau, Department of Labor, on their January relief budgets, only 5 received less than 75 per cent of their relief funds from public sources; 32 had from 75 to 90 per cent and 63 had 95 per cent or_more. Yet the District Emergency Relief, which operates on appropriated funds, with the exception of a $100,000 emerg- ency donation last year from the Com- munity Chest, has reduced its weekly expenditures within the last few days from $41,000 to $31,000 in order to re- main in operation until the close of the Federal fiscal year, June 30. ‘Thus at least 100 new applicants must be turned away daily, Mr. Halbert said, families who came to the District since July 1, 1931, are not carried on the rolls, and “made” work is handed out on a restricted basis. Get Three Days’ Work. In other words, those heads of families who can qualify for help get only three days of work every other week under the new limitations, earning $2.80 for an_eight-hour day. This represents an income for a family head of $4.20 a week. The Emergency Relief’s own budget for a “restricted diet for emergency use” places the cost of food in Wash- ington at $4.40 a week for a typical family, including a “man at moderately active work, a woman at moderately active work,” a boy of 13, a girl of 10 and a boy of 7 years. ‘This makes no allowance for car- fare to take the wage eamner to and from work, or for rent, fuel, medical supplies or any necessity except food, Mr. Halbert said. Thus economy in public relief, so- cial workers point out, reduces to this extremity the families already under care, excluding all others entirely. At least 80 per cent of those helped never ;nve applied for public assistance be- ore. Rellef workers say newcomers to the agency in increasing numbers are white collar men, trained men, educated ;men. They have held out to the last, hoping to make a go of it independent of pub- lic aid, and in final extremity ask the privilege of working for a living, rather than receiving outright charity. The rolls of the agency, Mr. Halbert said, have been closed to single men or those men who have no dependents, for some time. They must fare as best they can. Family welfare groups supported from private funds, acce to Walter S. Ufford, general secretary of the Asso- ciated Charities, cannot accept respon- sibility for this overflow. e larger of these groups already has spéent half of its annual allowance under the Community Chest, caring for the needy du January, February and March. And the end is not yet in sight. IMEANS FACES NEW GRAND JURY PROBE He and Whittaker Accused of Trying to Get $35,000 From Mrs. McLean. The District grand jury will begin an investigation Tuesday of the alleged attempt of Gaston B. Means, former Department of Justice agent, and Nor- man T. Whittaker, to obtain - $35,000 from Mrs. Evalyn Walsh McLean dur- ing n tions for return of the Lind- bergh Y. Means has been sentenced to 15 years’ mnrmnm&xx upon conviction of l!rrurm Mrs. McLean, Whittaker is in the District Jail await- ing trial on a charge that he conspired with Means to steal the $104,000. The additional $35,000 is alleged to have been sought by Means and Whit- taker to replace $49,000 in marked money they said had been paid as Tansom to men in Chicago. ey are said to have told Mrs. McLean the persons to whom the $49,000 was paid ;evre -m:g ui.l nusle’e:zh l.n& b;muld not e up the until it had been replaced by unmarked money. United States Attorney Leo A. Rgver said he has been informed Mrs. Mc- Lean considered giving the $35,000 to Means and Whittaker, but finally de- cided against it. She already had given Means $100,000 for ransom money and $4,000 for expenses. MRS. NELLIE. LEWIS DIES Mrs. Nellle Trabue Lewis, 66, wife of Charles M. Lewis, for many years Washington representative of the Na- tional Distillers’ Association and the United States Brewers’ Association, died E;hrdly at her home, 11 Drummond e, Chevy Chase, Md. Mrs. Lewis was a native of Gls A Ky. She and Mr. Lewis had spent their ;glnms in Washington for the last years. Burial will be held tomorrow at Shelbyville, Ky., where they made their Summer home. The body will leave here this evening at 6 o'clock. Zoo Reptiles Vie For Egg-Laying Records Last Night Surinam Toad, King Snake and Iguana Have Big Carnival. egg-laying carnival last night. ‘The Surinam toad, wierdest of all egg- laying reptiles, deposited several hun- dred some ‘time during the night and when reptile house attendants arrived this morning her back was literally cov- ered with them. It is the first time on record that one of these creatures has laid eggs in captivity. After the female laid the eggs the male picked them up, one by one, and shoved them into tiny pockets on her back, where, if all goes well, they will hatch. Within a few weeks the female may be seen with newly-hatched toads projecting all over her skin. After an egg is placed in one of these pouches by the father the skin grows around it and it finally is.cov- ered with a horny lid, so that the hatching eggs are perfectly protected. The young toad, born i tion, must break through this horny lid ix“fn“ a chicken bursts through an egg Some time during the night one of the king snakes and one of the iguanas also laid which Dr. Willlam M. Mann, Zoo director, hopes they will be able to hatch., SENATE GETS PLAN FOR 36-HOUR WEEK Robinson Proposes Extending 30- Hour Provision in Blacks Meas- ure for U. S. Industries. By the Assoclated Press. A decision between a 30-hour and & 36-hour restriction faced the Senate to- day as it neared a final vote on a meas- ure which would shorten the work week in -industry so as to spread employ- ment. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader, proposed changing the limit in the bill sponsored by Sen- ator Black, Democrat, of Alabama, from 30 to 36 hours. He said he thought it w(;uld be acceptable to President Roose- velt. But he stirred up opposition and there was no indication as to which restriction might prevail. The Black measure would prohibit the movement in interstate commerce of mine and factory products on which labor was employed more than five days a week or six hours a day. Speaker Rainey said the House would not consider the revolutionary proposal unless it were made a of the Roosevelt program. Black, who has discussed it with the President, said: “I :gx sfililflden'. the House will consider e e REERE S LR E JAMES C. DAVENPORT SUCCUMBS AT HOME HERE Alabama Native Was Investigator in the Office of Controller General. James C. Davenport, an investigator in the controller general's office, died yesterday at his home, 5400 Thirty- second street. A native of Jacksonville, Ala., where he was born December 10, 1882, Mr, Davenport had been in the Govern- ment service here since 1910, working in the general land office before going into the office of the controller general, He was an active member of the United Brethren Church here, and was affiliated with Masonic bodies in Kirks Grove, Ala., where he lived many years. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Martha N. Davenport, and two daugh- | ters, Martha Lynn and Alice Nell Davenport. Funeral services will be held at 8 oclock tonight at the home, and the body will be taken to Kirks Grov ~eStar Staff Photo. The reptiles at the Zoo went on an | SUBURBAN PUPLS - GET SCENT FARE | Utilities Commission Action | Affects Cars Running Be- yond D. C. Line. | | ‘The Public Utilities Commission de- |cided today thdt pupils of' vate | schools in the suburban Maryland com- | munities who use District street cars | going to and from school shall not be | charged more than the three-cent fare established for District children. The commission reached this con- clusion in adopting an opinion from the corporation counsel as prepared by Wil- | liam A. Rol special counsel to the commission. It is an interpretation of | the act of Congress which set the fare | for school chiidren at three cents. The | commission later will send an order to this effect to both the Washington Rail- way & Blé::trlc Co. and the Capital Adventists’ School Case. The question arose in a case affecting a private school beyond the District line and operated by Seventh-day Ad- ventists. Previously the commission had held that the three-cent fare for today the commission also drafted letters to Interstate Com- merce Committees of the Senate and House that the commission be Foparaing the pending proposels ‘Sone pending con- cerning interstate utility matters which might affect the local work of the com- on. One of these proposals would give to the States jurisdiction over certain questions regardirig operation of motor bus and truck transportation. Another concerns for consolidation of control over communications services. Proposal of Hearings, Commission members are interested to know if such proposals would either extend or limit the present powers of the local Commission as to regulation of the business of interstate utilities engaged also in local operation. For this reason they ask that the congressional committees inform the Commission of proposals made and any action taken on them and that at the proper time, they be given hearings. The Commission also decided that taxicabs operating on a meter basis establish better identification of that system than now exists, to distinguish them from the larger number of cabs :lcl:l':: use the fleldt ?u system. This Was urge y Richmond B. Keech, people’s couns: COMMITTEE PLANNING SURVEY OF D. C. AGED Group Sponsoring 0ld Age Security Bill for District Will Conduct Study. A survey of the aged persons of Wash- is to be undertaken by the Citi- Zens’ Committee on Old Age Security, which is sponsoring an old age security bill for the District. The survey will be conducted by four graduate students of the National Cath- olic School of Social Service, of which Father Prancis J. Haas is director. Miss Louise McGuire, associate director of the school, will be in direct charge. The four students who will conduct the sur- vey are Ruth Remon, Elizabeth Lavenn, Rose Marie Kelly and Virginia Foley. Four sections of the city will be se- lected for the survey, representing, re- spectively, good white and colored sec- tions and poor white and colored quar- ters. The questions attempted to be answered in the survey are: Who are the aged le in the Dis- trict? How many of them are indigent? How did they get to be indigent? How long have they lived in the District? nsibility of the Dis- ‘The census of 1930 tells the distri- bution of the city’s population, but without any reference to their occupa- mfie‘%wfi’%m commif e ttee proposes pensions for persons in need ‘who are 68 years of age or more, who are citizens the United States, and who have resided in the District for the last 10 years, f| They are Mildred Carson, Esthe: PAGE B—1 NORTHEAST BANK REQPENING PLANS ARE FORMULATED 200 Depositors Get Program to Strengthen Institution’s Capital Structure. SERIES OF MEETINGS WILL BEGIN MONDAY Stockholders Will Be Asked tc 0. K. Project Tonight—Controller of Currency Approves, Beginning Monday night a series of meetings of invited groups of depositors of the Northeast Savings Bank will be held at the bank to forward plans for reopening the institution, following the first of such meetings last night, when the program was formally presented for the first time, by George F. Hoover, vice president and conservator. Tonight a meeting of stockholders of the bank will be asked to approve the plan, which already has the approval of the Treasury Department and the bank directors. Gratified at Reception. Officials of the bank today expressed gratification at the reception given the new plan last night by the group of about 200 depositors. There was a large response, they said, to the stock offering under the new plan to strengthen the capital structure of the institution, and a similar response is expected by the officers to be shown at future meetings of depositors. Generally speaking the new program rovides for a tie-in of depositors with the bank in the capacity of stockholders, with consequent raising of funds to strengthen the capital structure. The plan calls for depositors to apply 25 per cent of their deposits in the bank March 3, toward purchase of new sg;ck in the bank at the rate of $25 a share. Under the plan, the stock would have a par value of $10 a share, the other $15 going to build up reserves and wipe out depreciation in the market value of securities in the bank’s portfolio. The new stock is to be sold in the jamount of 10,000 shares, thus provid- ing a total of $250,000. Of this, $100,~ 000 is to become new capital stock. | doubling the present capital stock of th2 bank to a total of $200,000. The surplys and undivided profits item would stand at about $100,000. Approved by Controller. ‘The plan now offered to depositors of the bank has received the approval of the controller of the currency, it was explained, and the bank now will push forward to complete all the require- ments of this plan. When these re- | quirements are met the bank again will 80 before the controller for final au- thority to reopen 100 per cent. ve o' depositrs . compiets hiiory gave rs a com) tory of the bank’s operations. He explained that the only losses had been in de- preciation of the value of securities due to the falling securit; ing depression. The bank, sound, and - the new ¢ | strengthen the capital struct the institution could resume full complete banking facilities. When the bank can reopen depends on the prog- ress of the new plan, and final approval of the controller. . “WHITE SLAVE” CHARGES ARE FILED AGAINST TWO Pair Held in Connection With Al- leged Indecent Show Are Facing Count. After a two-week investigation by Justice Department agents, warrants were isued today for Benjamin N. Liv- ingston and Maurice Musholtz, of Balti- more, on “white slave” charges in con- nection with an alleged indecent show in a hall at Tenth and K streets. The men were arested and were to appear before United States Com- er N Turnage afternoon. United States Attorney Leo A. Rover issued the warrants. He said the two men brought six girls here from Balti- more to appear in the show which was raided by police. He will ask that they be held under $5,000 bond each at the commissioner’s hearing, Mr. Ro;'elr said. e girls said to have taken rt { in the show are being held as Govg:n- | ment witnesses under $2,000 bond each. r Ells- berg, Evelyn Taylor, Marjoric Campbell, Jane Rogers and Arden Stewart. _ WILL TALK TO P.-T. A. Selden M. Ely and Mrs. J. M. Saunders to Give Addresses. Selden M. Ely, supervising principal of the fifth division of the publi¢ school system, and Mrs. Joseph M. Saunders, president of the District Parent-Teach- er Association, will be guest speakers at tonight's meeting of the - Eckington Parent-Teacher Association. The meeting will be held in Emery School, Lincoln road near R street northeast, at 8 o'clock. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Supper, Sodality of St. James' Catholic Church, Auditorfum, Thirty- seventh street and Rhode Island ave- nue northeast, 4:30 to 8:30 p.m. Turkey dinner and Spring safe, Ladies’ Aid of the Universalist Na- tional Memorial Church, Sixteenth and S streets, 5 to 7 p.m. Meeting, Knights of Columbus, Fourth Degree, Mayflower Hotel, 8 p.m. Dance, New England State Soclety, Shoreham Hotel, 9 p.m. Dance, Illinois State Soclety, Shore- ham Hotel, 9 p.m. Dinner, Thirteen Club, Willard Ho- tel, £:30 p.m. Meeting, United Lodge of Theosoph- ists, Hill Building, 8:15 p.m. TOMORROW. Luncheon, Advertising . Club, Hotel, 12:30 p.m. U ety Luncheon, Phi Delta Phi Fraternity, University Club, 1 p.m. Luncheon, Columbia Club, o sity Club, 12:30 p.m. vnlm Rourid Table, University pm. Luncheon, ~Congressional Country Club ittee, University Club, 13:; o ty gsao Luncheon, Club, 12:30