Evening Star Newspaper, April 9, 1933, Page 4

A—4 » - OUTS REPRESENT 1% TEACHERS PAY School Board Attempting, However, to Avoid Expe- dient of Dismissals. (Continued From First Page.) m{a.rlwn with the current appro- pristion, the actual cost of these sal- aries as computed by the financial of- fice of the school system will be $6,436,- 15242. This figure is reached by add- | ing the actual pay rolls up to February 28, 1933, which were $3,874,329.86, to the estimated pay rolls from March 31 to June 30, 1933, which were $2,561.- 822.56. Thus, by subtracting the actual cost of the pay rolls from the appro- tion an estimated balance or sav-| of $103,611.58 remains as of June| . This balance is exclusive, of oourse, of the 81-3 per cent salary re- duction of the 1933 economy act 'h is being impounded. $131,440 Lpst in Salaries. Now the dollar-for-dollar relation between the 1933 appropriation and the | 1934 estimates is shown by the follow- 3 computation. The national bud- -balancing act authorized a 15 per | cent salary cut. Fifteen per cent of the 1933 appropriation would be $980,- 964 and by deducting that sum from the current appropriation, it is shown that the 1933 teacher salary item re- duced the same basis as the 1934 ltem‘ stands at- $5,558,800. Deducting from this amount the total 1934 teacher and librarian estimates, there is a difference | between the 1933 and 1934 salary items of_$131440. | In other words, the operating ex- penses for teachers and librarians in 1934 must be reduced by $131440 be- low the cost for teachers and librarians in 1933 . Now, Dr. Ballou explains, if a sav- ing of approximately $100,000 can be effected in 1934 as it is being effected this year (this saving being the differ- ence between the actual cost of teach- ing service and the appropriatidh), the necessary redu will be lowered ‘fl'%m $131,440 to approximately ,000. But, the financial demands on.the estimate for teachers and librarians for 193¢ will e the cost of cer- tain part-time or, as they are officially ed, ted” positions in 1933, and new positions required by the opening of new buildings. The are those which are tions will require $15,220. They in- clude four 2C teachers for five months at the Taft Junior High School; 10 class 2A teachers for five meonths for the same school; one class 1A teacher for the Crummell School for five months, and two class 1A teachers for four months at the Harrison Behool. $72,500 For New Positions. New positions demanded by the open- ing of new schools now under con- struction and by the anticipated ex- 934, was a) the Budget, Senate Ap- riations Committees, and the House Senate themselves, and it never was in controversy even among conferees who considered the 1934 Dis~ triet bill in the last session of Congress. ‘This $72,500 sum includes nine class 1A teachers at $1600; five class 2A teachers at $1,800; nine class 2C teach- ers at $2,200; 11 class 3A teachers at one class 3A instructor at ign stricken from the bill along every other school construction Other New Positions. Other new positions demanded by the development of new classes in the junior high schools and by the transfer of eighth grade pupils to ninth grade status will be needed by the individual {miw high schools as follows: Powell, wo; Macfarland, two; Paul, one; Deal, one; Eliot, one; Taft, one; M Street, , and Browne, three. ‘The senior high schools will require 21 new teachers to provide for in- creased enrollment and sdjustments beginning next September. Roosevelt and other high schgols according to specific needs, three; Western, two; Armstrong, one; Cardozo, three, and Dunbar, two. And the two teachers’ coll will require additional faculty members by virtue of increased enrpliments and the demands of the standards of accred- ited colleges. The Wilson Teachers Oollege will require one class 3A in- structor, and the Miner Teachers’ Col- lege will require a class 11 assistant professor. And s, Dr. Ballou says: “By way of summary, the estimated ropriation for 1934 must carry ad- zvtmll financial demands as follows: appropria- | $131,440 | 2. From pro-rated positions... 15,220 3. From new positions neces- sitated by the opening of new bulidings, the com- pletion of quota of build- ings opened in 1933, and increased enrollment 72,500 | | $219,160 | “This summary shows that exclusive of the 15 per cent reduction in com- pensation of teachers and librarians, it | will be necessary to find ways and | means of operating the school system | in 1934, with $219,160 less than was | available in 1933.” Senate Hearings Set. When the Senate conducts its hear- tngs on the District budget beginning tomorrow, gncu«:l!ly the entire mem- bership of the Board of Education and most of the board’s staff of officials, will attempt to portray to the mem- bers of the Upper House the absolute meed for an increase in the school bud- t. They will use the facts presented re as the basis of their arguments and, presumably, they will undertake to outline to the Senate the drastic alternatives to an increase in the bud- gel. Prominent among suggested of operating under the reduced budget 18 & plan for shortening the school ycar in order to deprive teachers of a month's wages. Another suggestion is that the school system’s special fea- tures—those not engaged full timé in #ctual regulation classroom work—be shifted from their present berths to classroom positions and thus deprive ‘Washington children of many of the mdvantages of progressive education. Still another proposal would deny all chiliren who are not yet six years of the right to enter school. This gn would close virtually every kinder- garten in the city and would be, in the z\mon of educational experts end Ps| lrl::lc;ilu, a severe blow to Te. But while these and pro- and are being with the ascertained and respected administrative officials and appropriat- ing bodies. We earnestly request those wishes be not further means4 CITIZENS PROTEST D. . FUNDS SLASH Petition Sent to President and House and Senate Committees. A vigorous protest maki the Dis- trict schools, libraries and p ounds “the victims of our economic misman- agement,” has been sent to the Presi- dent and the House and Senate Appro- priations Committees by committee representing schools, citizens’ and other civic organizations in the Capital. The committee is composed of Har- riet F. Saunders, president of the Dis- trict of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers; Mary C. Dent, president of the Teachers’ Union of the District; Anna Kelton Wiley, president of the District of Columbia Federation of ‘Women's Clubs; Herbert S. Wood, vice president of the Juvenile Protective Association, and Charles I. % president of the District of Colum! Public School Association. The organizations represented include the District of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers, the District of Columbia Federation of Citizens' Asso- clations, the Teachers' Union, the American Federation of Labor, the Dis- irict of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs, the District of Columbia Chap- ter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, the District of Columbia Public School Association, the District of Columbia Education Assoclation, the District of Columbia Federation of Business and_Professional Women, the Elementary Principals’ Association of the District and the several Home and School Associations of the District. Protest Made at Mass Meeting. ‘The protest was drawn up after & mass meeting Thursday night at the Roosevelt High School, to consider ap- propriations for the schools, libraries nu? playgrounds for the fiscal year 1934. The protest states, in part: “We deplore the drastic reductions in the estimates for the District of Co- lumbia_public schools, guhl‘c foraries and playgrounds for the fiscal year 1934 and urge as a minimum the resto- ration of the amounts provided by the appropristion bill that barely failed of enactment in the last session of - The reductions, if :!‘prwed by , will greatly curtail public services that, in these times of distress and suffering, are more acutely needed than ever before. “Consideration of community welfare and of sound economy demand that services in the flelds of educa- , health and recreation be now maintained at the highest level of ef- fectiveness. Revenues Adequate. “The revenues of the District of Co- lumbia for 193¢ will be adequate to et e ofsiion. bl Wich simost wl o lp&rgpmt . If these reve- nues are not t, they will merely accumulate in ‘Treasury as an un- used surplus. More than 80 per cent of these revenues are provided by tax- District of voice in the expen T money. This sttuation tolerable if the wishes of the not that hods of shtc n-w “On behalf of the large who in this crisis by the public libraries, playgrounds and Sl e i institutions. ? “In the name of the 80,000 District of PRESIDENT TALKS ON NEW PHONE LINE House Office Building Switchboard, With 30 Operators, Opened to White House. President Roosevelt had the honor yesterday of answering the first call through the new House Office Building telephone switchboard—and hearing of the 30 young ladies who had been em- ployed as operators. placed by South Trimble, clerk of the L'h this South,” the President was u?ftud to have asked. “Yes,” Trimble replied. “We have just transferred the switchboard from the old House Office Building to the new House Office Building, with 30 beautiful young ladies and I have the honor of placing the first call.” The President sent his best regards to_the 30 beautiful young ladies. Harriet G. Daly, employed as chief telephone operator, was one of the operators. She has seen almost 35 years' service .on the switchboards of the National Capitol and it was not the first time she had been transferred. ‘When Miss Daly first saw service on | the Capitol telephone board, there were | only two small one-position boards with a capacity of 100 lines each. Today a ic:(FAR-REACHING PLAN The call to the White House was|is multiple type board is in operation, capable of 22 positions and operated by 31 women, serving 2,100 telephones. TEXAS JUDGE PERMITS TWO-HOUR OIL FLOW Injunction Against Test of 10,000 Wells Under Railroad Com- mission Modified. By the Associated Press. SHERMAN, Tex., April 8—Federal Judge Randolph Bryant today gave the Texas Railroad Commission permission to conduct a two-hour open flow test of the 10,000 wells in the Bast Texas ofl field. An injunction issued March 29 against the test was modified. Extension of the shutdown of the field until April 21 was authorized. The commission closed the wells for a 5-day period Wednesday. Neal Powers, assistant Texas attorney general, said Judge Bryant had con- tinued indefinitely the hearing on a contempt citation he issued against the three commissioners two weeks ago. The citation ordered them to show cause why they should not be punished for issuing proration orders in the East Texas fleld similiar jn import to those previously held invalid by Federal court decisions. The commissicn planned the open flow test and potential gauge to gain data for use in compiling a new pro- ration order. The present order, based one-third on per well quotas, one-third on sand thickness and one-third on bottom hole pressure factors, permitted an al- lov{éblt of 400,000 barrels daily in the field. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTO D. C, APRIL 9, 1933—PART New Silver Star Model Homes Committee Named EXPERTS IN'BUILDING AND PLANNING WILL DIRECT PROGRAM FOR ENSUING YEAR The members of the Silver Star Model Homes Committee who will supervise the better homes expost auspices of The Star.are pictured above. They are: Upper row, left to right—Dr. Louise Stanley, James 8. Taylor, chairman, and Charles H. Tompkins. Lower, CUTS IN BUDGET HIT BY CITIZENS Mount Pleasant Association Also Asks U. S. to Pay Larger Share. A stand in vigorous opposition to the proposed cut in the District appropri- ations for 1934 was taken by the Mount | Pleasant Citizens’ Association last night at its regular meeting in the Mount Pleasant branch of the Public Library. A formal protest against the cut was | unanimously adoj and the secretary was directed to forward coples to Con- gress and the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. the a ent dis- | “We keenly Budget ar the House of ann-‘ curtail expenditures as will, in our opinion, seriously limit the nec- essary additions to and improvements in our school system, curtail the service HOSPTALSTATLS OF TUBERCULARHT Facilities Here “Woefully In- adequate,” Senate Com- mittee Is Told. In a statement filed last night with Chairman King of the Senate District Committee, the District Medical So- ciety charged that hospital facilities for tubercular patients here are “woe- tully inadequate.” The society charged * that 49 patients died at Gallinger Hos- pital the first three months of 1333 as compared with 24 at the Tubercu- losis Hospital in the same period. The April 6 census showed 212 tients at the Tuberculosis Hospital and 38 at Gallinger. “At the present death rate there will be well over 600 deaths for the year ending December 31, 1933, said the letter, signed by Dr. A. Barklie Coul- of our public libraries, discontinue the | use of recently constructed modern in- | cinerators and affect detrimentally the | police and fire services, all of which | ter, chairman of the society’s Tuber- culosis Committee. “The total deaths at Gallinger Hospital of tuberculosis are a little over twice as great as that left to right, are John Nolen, jr.; H. Clgord Bangs, Gllbert Rodler and Oliver Owen Kuhn. ORMATION of a new Silver Star Model Homes Committee for the ensuing year, having for its ob- jective the encouragement of higher character home construc- tion and the promoting of home own- ership in the Washington Metropolitan area, was completed during the past week under auspices of The Star. %eommnwe.‘cm lhnoxwlll]h})g:lly group of spec 3 n 3‘3\{ immediately on the selection of model dwellings to be placed on public exhibition, under the sponsorship of this newspaper during the coming months. Conducted along the lines “ol' ‘sln;‘l‘ll‘: rograms in previous years, all of whicl gflm hundreds of visitors, the series will be in complete charge of the group of home experts, who have been chosen frem the ranks of private business, as well as Government de- partments. Members of Committee. Headed by James 8. Taylor, chief of the Division of Building and Housing of the Department of Commerce, who The Star’s invitation to serve again as chairman, the committee is com&uod of Dr. Louise Stanley, chief of the Bureau of Home Economics of the Department of Agriculture; John Nolen, jr., city planner of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission; H. Clifford Bangs, president of the w Real Estate Board; Gilbert m’«'flmm head of the building concern bear- 'his name, and Oliver Owen Kuhn, editor of The Star, repre- :anu newspaper on the commit- e. The primary purpose :of the Silver ition to be conducted during the coming months under Star Model Homes program is to focus interest on and encourage the creation of homes of the highest standard in all phases of their development, plan- and equipment. lomes of meritorious design and construction are chosen by the com- mittee from applications submitted to Eersoma Inspeciion of the. dwelingk 2 a) on of the dwellings, and a silver star-shaped medal is| awarded for those found to pass the minimum standard set by the commit- tee and deemed worthy of a place in the exhibition series. Number Is Restricted. Necessarily restricted in the number of houses to be admitted, since hun- dreds of fine homes are constructed in ‘Washington every year and all cannot be placed on public display, it is the committee's purpose to select a number of homes in varlous classifications. Those passed upon favorably must be of exceptional merit in design, plan, construction, relation to community plan, landscape treatment, equipment, finish and other important phases of home development. Although not a contest in the strict sense, the program has the element of a better homes competition, since the committee selects what it finds to be outstanding in a number of new houses. Each house is judged in its own class, however, so that the small home is not placed in competition with the mansion. The Star feels its committee is composed of impartial specialists, :;lugunnned to conduct such an ex- n. Mr. Taylor, who has long manifested keen interest in the development of better served on the com- years. He 18 mittee in previous graduate of Harvard University and | and served three years in an executive ca- plcn‘ewm: the Federal Shipbuilding Co., before coming to Washington to serve as secretary to Herbert Hoover when the latter was Secretary cf Com. merce. Supervises\Much Building. Named an assistant chief of the Di- vision of Building and Housing when the bureau was established in 1921, he succeeded Dr. John M. Gries as chief in 1928. His duties with the Govern- ment include supervision of technical research on building code regulations, city planning and zoning, economic problems of building materials and home financing, and general problems of home building. He was among officials serv- ing on ident Hoover's Conference on Home Building and Home Ownership. Known internationally in her profes- sion, Dr. Stanley has been chief of the Bureau of Home Economics since it was organized in 1923. A graduate of the University of Nashville, she was for 16 years affiliated with the home eco- nomics department of the University of Missouri, Dr. Stanley has under- taken from time to time specialized studies of efficient and attractive plan- ning, arrangement, and equipment of the home kitchen, and many times has represented the Government at inter- national conferences on economics. Has Had Wide Experience. Mr. Nolen, who is a native of Ard- Pa., was from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1920, and since has had a wide range of _experience housing and town planning n in ON REVAMPING U. S. AGENCIES DUE SOON (Continued From First Page.) the ent of Justice and the In- terior Department. The Post Office Department is sald to be planning a $100,000,000 cut in postal costs through reduction of per- sonnel and of sindry services, the Navy is planning economies totaling some $30,000,000—forgetting for the moment the projected shipbuilding program— the Department of Agriculture is ex- Eectod to save several millions through u shifts and mergers, the De- P ent of Commerce will contribute about $10,000,000 as a result of cur- tailed activities, the Justice Department by weeding out special as- sistants, attorneys and other employes, and the Interior Department will do some intensive econom! 3 In of budget balancing, ad- ministration officials are not taking into consideration such emergency ap- propristions as the ¥eforestation camp grolnm nor other special measures jesigned to improve employment ana business. The estimated savings are in normal operations of the Government machine, it is pointed out. The more these em: ncy expenditures increase, the more it becomes imperative that normal operating costs be deeply cut. Economy Experts at Work. Special economy experts are at work in each of the depastments on the re- organization plans. Thesk experts are in touch with Uncle Sam's czar of economy, Budget Director Lewis Doug- 1as. Douglas, it is said, will be the final judge—next to the President him- sell—on bureau mergers, shifts and abolishments. A large number of plans have been submitted to him from varied sources—most of them conflicting. Elimination of many offices has been recommended, combinations of bureaus have beeen suggested, transfer of func- tions from one departmenf to another has been advised and creation of new departments or agencies has been urged upon him. Bome of the schemes are too radical for serious consideration. Others have merit from a theoretical standpoint, but have drawbacks from the stand- point of practicability. As is always the case, most of the plans have their | 087 critics from within the ranks of the bureaus which would be adversely af- fected and from influential friends of these bureaus. While the projected cut in the Post Office rtment is understood to be $100,000,000 it is know that Postmas- ter General Farley wants to make efli- clency the measuring rod of any econo- mies that are undertaken, and in the final analysis this is expected to be the determining factor. Any cut in personnel will fall on the postal service itself—that is, the work- ers actually engaged in handling the :x, rather lhhu‘nkg\ the departmental ice in Washington. - Because of the steady-diminishing | volume of meil, the postal service is overmanned, the surplus of workers| having been put in excess of 10,000.| There have been no dismissals in the current year, which has witnessed re- trenchment otherwise. The policy under the Hoover administration so far as this department was concerned, was to avold increasing unemployment. How- ever, no v:cln;:cl 'h‘:,:-?eenenued. :;1‘1: ccording to the average, ;lll meant & reduction of about 5,000 workers, retirements accounting for this determine which of the drastic e; dients it will enfd¥ce or, ing t whether any of the ideas yet advanced will be chosen. The board plans to de- vote its energy to strenuous efforts to 1y hl.hl personnel item M e T pumber. $72,000,000 Deficit Seen. The net postal deficit for this fiscal year, ending June 30, will approximate $72,000,000; for the fiscal year 1934, due principally to 15 cent wage cut. it will run around $20,000,000. the he en, | fiscal , 1933, it was more than 153, 000.000. shavea Consolidation of rural routes, elimina- Teduc. storage cars rather than' distributing mail en route are some of the avenues for re- trenchment that have been used and offer further possibilities. On the other side of the picture is the fact that proposed reductions in personnel or services has always met with strong o] tion. in congressional circles yes- terday were that the President has or- dered a $200,000,000 reduction in Army and Navy expenditures for 1934. It is understood this would include the $60,- 000,000 to be saved through application of the 15 per cent pay cut. ‘The War Department’s ation for next year of nearly §: 0 is to be pared to a little over $200,000,000, it was nldi Thh( would ?u for uh.lr- ther reduction of rgonnel as well as Army supplies and fisem The Navy Department, under the re- duction, would turn back to the Trea- ury approximately $56,000,000 of next year's appropriation of $308,000,000. This saving would include the 15 per cent pay cut, it is assumed. The Navy hopes to do its bit by re- ducing fleet operations, closing up cer- tain stations, including the le base at Lakehurst, and laying up on a rotation 1?.’:" The fleet will kept in the ific again next year largely for economy reasons. Loss of the Akron has facilitated plans already under consideration for abandoning the Lakehurst station, it is reported, By holding ships in port on a part-time ‘crew basis for specified periods there will be a saving in personnel and oper- ating expenses. New Ships Under “Public Works.” ‘The $230,000,000 ship construction program advocated in Congress and welcomed by Secretary of the Navy Swanson, will be charged against emergency appropriations for “public works” and consequently will not be recorded as offsetting thrift plans. Elimination of a number of services heretofore rendered by the Department of Agriculture and consolidation of sev- eral of the technical bureaus of that de- partment are forecast. The Weather Bureau is slated to go to the Depart- ment of Commerce for the reason that most of its services now are rendered aviation and commercial interests, in- stesd of farmers, as was originally the case. Possible mergers in the Department of Agriculture are said to include the Bureaus of Animal Industry and Dairy Industry, the Forest Service and the Blological Survey, Bureau of Entomol- and Bureau of Plant Quarantine and the shifting of the Bureau of Pub- lic Roads to the projected public works agency. Agencies expected to be af- fected by the retrenchment plans in- clude the Office of Experiment Sta- tions, the Extension Service, Bureau of Plant Industry, Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, Bureau of Home Economics and Bureau of Agricultural Economics. Commerce Department officials, in estimating that their 1934 expenditures would be curtailed approximately $10,- 000,000, said this would be done de- spit the amount of improvement now going on in construction of light houses | in various sections of this country’s lake and seacoast sections and which will not be completed until next year. It was pointed out that work appro- priated for and started during one fiscal year and completed during the follow- ing is charged up in & way of expendi- tures to the latter. Probable Commerce Set-up. Officials were on re- organization activities, but it was learned authoritatively that the depart- ment under plans now under final draft call for a five-bureau depart- ment. At present there are 10 bureaus. The new Commerce Department set- up will probably be the Bureaus of Cen- sus, Foreign and Domestic Commerce, Fisheries, Patents and Standards. Hav- ing completed its 1930 count of this country’s population, the Census Bu- is alread; skeletonized basis. skeletonized, it has been stated au- thoritatively. At present this bureau is operating on approximately $3,900,000. But under the ewnot:& plan more than $2,000,000 of this will be saved by jone by al commodity divisions and foreign district of Only one phase of this economy move is yet to be completed. Conferences are now going on between State and Commerce Department offi- clals on how this country's trade in- terests will be represented abroad. It is understood the Commerce De- partment is seeking to recall all of its commercial attaches, trade commission- ers and assistants from all sections of lobe and turn trade promotion ac- tifities over to the consuls of the State Dej ent. Offictals are understood to be hopeful of an agreement during this week. Funds to Be Curtailed. Despite reports in circulation that it would be transferred to the Interior wfimmt. the Bureau of FPisheries continue to fly the banner of the erce t for many years to come, it was said. However, it will operate in u:‘!l under heavily curtailed Bureau of Standards' activities have already been reduced to a mini- mum and it is ble, according to i s ol app! ly slightly under. funds available, ‘The Patent Office, the only self-sup- mfiu unit under the new set-up, has n showing a ht deficit during the last two years. It is probable that 1ta expent would be reduced next year to overcome this rising deficit. In 1934, the Bureau of Mines' ap- the | propriation will be included in the new set-up of the Interior Department. Un- officially, it was learned that this bu- reau would be transferred under the forthcoming economy shake-up back to the Interior Department from where it was drawn by Secretary of Commerce Hoover in 1923. The Bureaus of Light Houses, Navi- gation and Steamboat Inspection, Geo- detic Survey and Aeronautics branch of the department will be transferred to the Tgmpmed jportation Bu- Teau. is agency, it is now reliably understood, will not be a ‘part of the Commerce Department. Cummings Plans Large Saving. Uni the original plans the Trans- pol n unit was to be under direct The Morris Plan offers the INDIVIDUAL the facill ofs SAVINGS It is not Deces- sary to have had :nklncrm borrow. 1031, where he has engaged in activi- ties directly linked with housing, traf- fic conditions, transportation and land use. He is a member of the Interna- tional Pederation for Housing and Town Planning and other organizations. Born in Washington, Mr. Bangs has been in the real estate business here for 36 years, specializing during the past 15 years in brokerage and leasing activity. _ Elected chairman of the Brokers' Division of the National As- sociation of Real Estate Boards, he was inducted into that office at the January session of the national group held here. Representing the architectural profes- sion on the committee, Mr. Rodier is & widely known local architect, having been practicing here since 1906. graduate of the Corcoran Art School and of George Washington University School of Architecture, he began his career as a draftsman, brgnching out later in highly specialized fields of de- signing. He collaborated, as a member of the Allled Architects, in the design- ing of the new House Office Building. ‘The builéing industry will be repre- sented by Mr. Tompkins, who has been engaged in the engineering and con- struction business in the Capital for more than 27 years. A native of Balti- more, Mr. Tompkins came to Washing- ton at an early age and attended the public schools here. He is a gradu- University in Bethlehem, Pa., and al- ways has evinced a keen interest in home development. He was the builder of Garfinckel's de- greater Wi supervision of the Secretary of Com- merce. It Te, le absolutely an independent with a director of tnmpomunn“;:m sums through a gene: ing” aimed at dismissal of in personnel. This cleaning-out process already has begun, with a hundred minor officials as the initial victims. Assistants on the staffs of United States | attorneys will be radically reduced in number, the corps of special assistants to the Attorney General will be cut and many other legal officers and cleri- cal employes are to go. The Prohibition Bureau, under Maj. A. V. Dalrymple, has felt first effects of a general shake-up planned by the new director. This bureau, if tentative policies are carried out, eventually absorb the Bureau of Narcotics and the Bureau of Industrial Alcohol and be transferred from the Department of Justice to the Tre: , in view of in- creasing importance of revenue collec- tion work. Another plan involving the Narcotics Bureau, said to have been suggested Budget Director Douglas, is the con- solidation of such revenue-collectin, agencies as the Bureau of Inf Revenue, the Narcotics Bureau and tne Customs Service into a new “Bureau of Revenue” under the Treasury. Still another drastic merger pro- zgul understood to have been presented Douglas calls for unification of all Federal policing activities, such as those of the customs patrol, immigration in- spection work, United States marshal’s office and Coast Guard. This plan also would call for inclusion of fingerprint work of the rtment of Justice, en- forcement of the Mann act and act and certain other work of nature. ‘The Interior Department will seek economies in the Indian Bureau, Office of Education and other services. BOYS ROB 9-YEAR-OLD Pclice were seeking four small col- ored boys last night after George Hur- ley, 9, of the first block of New York | avenue, had become one of Washing- tof’s youngest hold-up victims. The bcy was held up by the colored boys yesterday at North Capitol and I streets and robbed of 85 cents. 3| 5 | lative MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision U. S. Treasury 1408 H Street N. W.; Washington, D. C. , it was said un- be #Chovacter snd Barning Power Are the Basis of Credie” will | and it was thought his skull may have €| been fractured. 1| ties covered two-score will close possible avenues for employ- ment,” the resolution stated. Called Inconsistent. In protesting ai the proposed cut in the Federal c?ntrl umprw District "W' the resolution said: It 1§ pertinent to point to the in- consistency of this action in the cur- {ling of local expenditures only to increase the surplus of the taxpayers' money now impounded in the xdenl Treasury. This inconsistency is fur- ther emphasized when as it appears, in our judgment, that this curtailment e ally recommended by the Commissioners for the 1934 budget. We further very earnestly petition the Congress to increase the Federal con- tribution to a more nearly just and fair proportion of the expenses of this Fed. eral city.” . Grant Commended. ‘The association adopted another resolution congratulating Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, for the “splendid work” he has done as head of the Office of Pub- lic Buildings and Public Parks. Col. association, announced tha! be elected at the May meeting, the last of the season. The meeting closed with an illustrat- ed lecture on the Hoover Dam by George O. Sanford, chief engineer of the Rec- lamation Service of the Interior De- partment. # PR GARNER’S BACKING SEEN FOR 3.2 BEER IN TEXAS “Implied Indorsement” Given by Vice President, Says State Democratic Head. By the Associated Press. AUSTIN, Tex., A&f‘fl Hughes, chairman of 8. Sta ate in civil engineering of the Lehigh | cratic Executive Committee, said day Vice President John N. Garner had given “implied indorsement” to & bill to legalize manufacture and sale of 3.2 beer in Texas. H nical assure. its X “As you knmow, I am in sympathy with the platform ident Rooseve! was reported in refiable | ner quarters yesterday that it would be of the Tuberculosis Hospital. And compariscn with their roster of lz berculous patients of April 6, the death rate is 12 times as great Gallinger Hospital, from tuberculosis, as at the Tuberculosis Hospital. More Advanced Cases “It is apparent from these statistics that those in authority assigning to these hospitals send the more advanced cases to Gallinger and these patients f;:fil’;l]{y ‘dle ?e{o:;u there is oppor- 0 transfer them to th o culosis Hospital. S T “It was unusual during the 14 months y | that I was head of the department of medicine of Gallinger Hospital in 1930 and 1931 to be able to transfer an great number of bed patients from lhn{ hospital to the Tuberculosis ital. The transfers consisted of ambulant cases, Who of themselves would have had more chance to recover under less favorable conditions. The patients proper attention. of placing the more advanced tubercu- lous patients in a non-tuberculosis hospital is bad and is a self-confession on the part of those dealing with the assignment of patients that they be- lieve that n icy’ was institu many foreign countries follo CHEST CLINIC PLANNED IN ARLINGTON COUNTY action tou —_—————— CHILD HURT BY FALL ~ Dr. H. A. Latane Will Be in Charge of Tests at Clarendon Health Center Wednesday. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, m!h ent 1is a,, Vi made by the Hospital Treatment Given 5-Year- | Dot Old Accident Victim. William Goodman, 5, of 38 I street, was treated at Casualty Hospital late yesterday for head injuries after he fell down a flight of steps while play- ing several docrs from his home. He suffered severe bruises and cuts, Louis Dean, Stage Veterap, Dies. HONOLULU, April 8 (#)—Louis Dean, 57, veteran director and stock company actor, whose theatrical activi- ars, died today of 3 heart attack. e was born in m b ael- and is survived by given the children. will be the clinician. Dr. Blanche Tabor will be heard the third of a series of lectures by Fieies .M hi. t the Clargndon Health Al 2. to should communicate with Mrs. Davies, Clarendon -~ GudeBros.Co. Invites you to attend its ~eAnnual o/pring, FLOWER JHOW Greenhouses-Bladensbu Road ..and Mount Olivet Ce ry TODAY—Palm Sunday APRIL 9% M. 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