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- 'on’7 the amount manufattured herz and N BEER SALES BARRED IND. C. HOME AREAS BY COMMISSIONERS Firms Already Established Before 1920 Zoning Act Are Included. BRIDE URGES CHANGE, BUT PLEA IS REFUSED, Work of Issuing Licenses Con- tinues, With 926 From 1,444 Total Granted So Far. New Envoy’s DE LA BOULAYES JOIN DIPLOMATIC CIRCLE. The District Commissioners announced foday there would be no change in the Tegulation forbidding sale of beer in residential zones, even in commercial, establishments which have been allowed to remain in residential zones because they were there before the zoning act ook effect in 1920. There have been many protests inst this regulation, one of them :o‘::llx‘:l from Representative Mary T. Norton of New Jersey, chairman of ‘House District Committee. ‘h::orponuon Counsel Willlam W. Bride said he personally favored allow- such commercial establishments to ’Sfi beer and had recommended the change to the Commissioners, but they turned down the proposal. 926 Licenses Issued. Meanwhile, the business of grantin Jicenses to sell beer went forward. a plications uj 8 licants hng paid $107,000 in license &u up to the close of business yesterday. ‘The rd today called attention to the nt of lecumh-xllllo ‘l)l‘b::!' beer act that no licensee sl sel T BB s ey s 7 unless that brewery eelved“‘; certificate from the District Commissioners’ attesting the fact that its officers had ‘agreed to make returns on the 10th day of cach month, under oath, of the quantity of beer sold in the District in the previous calendar month. At present, only two brewerles, \xfl.h’ R e o i and receive req - - is bel shipped B;. There is no penalty for violation of the 2ct, but if it appears the local deal- ‘ers are ,celling beer from unlice breweries they will be subject to revo- cation of their licenses. Since there was no sale of legal beer ng ‘Mareh, the first accurate sta- tistics of consumption of the fluld in the District will not be available until Mey 10, when the returns will show not brought in from other cities, but also the amount actually sold to consumers in the District. BARRINGER NAMED NAVY YARD AIDE Tieutenant Commander Will Take Place of Comdr. Kingman, As- signed to Office of Operations. Navy orders made public yesterday ghow Lieut. Comdr. Victor C. Barringer, 3r.. will be the new aide to the com- mandant of the Washington Navy Yard, Rear Admiral Henry V. Butler. The present aide, Comdr. Howard F. King- man, e ts to leave about May 1 to go| on duty in the office of naval cperations | at the Navy Department. He has been | serving at the navy yard since last July. Lieut. Comdr, Barringer’s orders have been changed, as the commander in chief of the Asiatic Fleet originally had di- yected him to go on duty in the Bureau of Navigation in the department. e is & native of Louisiana, where he was born March 18, 1897. He entered the Naval Academy in 1914, and was commissioned an ensign in June, 1917, due to the pressure of war necessity. Recently he served aboard the U. S. 8. Rochester and in the Asiatic F:lm MURPHY APPROVED Senate Committee Unanimous on Philippines Selection. The nomination of Frank Murphy, former mayor of Detroit, to be Gover- | nor General of the Philippines, was approved unanimously today by the Senate Territories Committee and or- dered reported to the Senate. Chairman Tydings told newspaper gnen there was no suggestion of oppo- sition to Murphy in the committee, and the members devoted most of their| brief session to talking with the former mayor, who was there. T CHARGES FALSEiATRREST Ernest 0. Hammersla Sues William W. Stewart for Damages. Charging that he had been arrested without cause, Ernest O. Hammersla, $100 Kansas avenue, a jewelry sales- man, fildd suit in District Supreme Court yesterday, asking $50,000 damages from William W. Stewart, 452 D street. Hammersla says Stewart maliciously caused his arrest last March 30, and that aithough he was released after being held by police for several hours, | ME. DE LA BOULAYE, wife of the new French Ambassador, Andre Lefebvre de la Boulaye, is shown as she arrived at Union Station last night with her daughters, Mile. REPORT ON BANKS SENT T0 CUMMINGS Treasury Aide Seeks More Facts Before Taking Any Action Here. Reports on the condition of several of the 13 Washington banks in- the | hands of conservators today reached | ‘Walter J. Cummings, executive assistant | to the Secretary of the Treasury, but | there was no immediate indication as| to_what action is to be taken. It was explained that Mr. Cummings does not yet have the complete picture of the situztion here concerning the 13 closed banks and he will await further reports before making any definite an- nouncement. Plans Are Indefinite. According to well informed sources, indicaticns are that depositors in these | 13 banks will have to wait indefinitely | before learning anything regarding future plans. It is known that the re- opening of any of the banks would require careful consideration even after completé reports on their condition have been received frcm the controller of the currency. If any of the banks are to open at their same locations and under their resent names, this group would per-| ps be the first to learn of their pros- | pects. In the second place, banks which | will have to be reorganized may require | a very long time, and if mergers are | necessary, tl might require an indef- | inite period. | In the case of any banks which may | have to be liquidated and not reopened, the date when depositors may get their money at so much on the dollar is in the quite distant future. Seek to Solve Problem. Meantime, however, conservators in all 13 banks are understood to be work- | ing earnestly toward a solution of their | problems, some of them 'having pros- pects for reopening. Distinct progress in a reopening plan was reported today at the Northeast Savings Bank, which will hold another of a serics of gatherings for depositors | 2t the bank tonight. The series wi'l be interrupted over the Easter week end, it was explained by L. P. Steuart, but will be resumed some time next week. At one of the meetings last night, about 250 depositors heard the posi- tion of the bank explained by Georgz F. Hoover, vice president and conserva- | tor. After his explanation, it was re- ported that more than half of the de- positors signed ug for stock in the bank before leaving the building. The de- positors, under this plan, apply 25 per | cent of their deposits toward the pur- chase of stock at $25 a share, $10 of which is par value and $15 of which is directed toward wiping out deprecia- tion in the bank portfolio and in build- ing up a new reserve. APPEAL MADE An appeal for three baby carriages, to be used by familles of destitute vet- erans in the District, was issued today by the District Chapter of the Amer- ican Red Cross. The carriages, which, it was an- nounced, “are urgently needed,” may be ‘his reputation was ruined. He is repre- sented by Attorney Richard L. Merrick. SUNRISE SERVICE The annual sunrise service at Walter Reed Hospital will be held again this| year on Easter morning at 7:30 o'clock. Chaplain Frank L. Miller will conduct E street, or will be called for if the sent to the chapter headquarters, 1730 | Baptist Church, North Capitol and L The Foeni WITH SUNDAX MORNING EDITION n Sfar WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1933. | Family Here POWER T0 CONTROL UTILMES SOUGHT AT SESSION HERE Several State Commissions Agnes and Mlle. Marie Terese. . —Underwood Photo. STORE 1S ROBBED BY LONE BANDIT $400 Stolen in Hold-up. Three Arrested in Series of Thefts. While police were investigating a $400 robbery at'a delicatessen at 1782 Co- lumbia road, by a lone bandit early today, they announced the arest of three youths in connection with a series of recent chain store robberies. ‘The bandit walked into the Columbia road establishment and showing a pistol held one of the owners, a clerk and a customer at bay while he rifled the ash register. Jack Rozansky, an owner, and Phillip Gimbel, clerk, were forced | to kneel behind the counter while he made his get-away. Threatens Customer. As he started from the store he was confronted by Willlam H. Jordan, 1300 block of Euclid street, who had stepped outside while a sandwich was being made for him. Jordan said the bandit poked the gun menacingly in his direc- tion and said “do you want some of this?” He put up his hands and the robber dashed from the place. Police werz able to trace him only as far as the 2500 block of Fourteenth street. The young wife of one of the youths picked up for investigation, with a 17- day-old baby in her arms, was left without food or money and is being cared for at the House of Detention. A policewoman reported the.wife, who is 18, told her she and her husband came from Bedford, Va: They had been living here in the 600 block of H street. Native of Alabama. Another of the young men, police said, is from Alabama, while the third was arrested in Summitt Hill, Pa, on information obtained from one. of his comrades, who admitted taking part in the robberies. The two arrested here gave their ages as 19 and 24 years. Police yesterday also arrested a 15- year-cld colcred girl in connection with the assault and robbery of Kate Gal- lagher, 200 block of E street, while she was in the 800 block of Fourth street northeast. Miss Gallagher was treated at Casualty Hospital for head injuries and bruises. NAMED POSTAL OFFICIAL K. P. Aldrich Appointed Chief In- spector of Department. K. P. Aldrich of Illinois, who worked bis way up through the ranks from a| railway postal clerk, today was appoint- | ed chief inspector of the Post Office Department. He immediately took the oath to suc- ceed Thomas M. Milligan, who became inspector in charge of the Washington | division, comprising the District of Co- lumbia, Maryland, North Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Willlam J. Satterfleld, who has been filling this position, became an inspector under Milligan. Good Friday Services. Services in observance of Good Fri- day will be conducted at the Mount Airy stregts, from 12 to 3 pm. Friday by donor will telephone the headquarters, National 1910, branch 243. the Woman's Convention, auxiliary to the Baptist Convention of the District. BY LAST NIGHT’ the exercises, which will be followed by 8 solemn mass in the Memorial Chapel. Chaplain Joseph R. Koch will officiate. Music of the sunrise service will be ‘supplied by the United States Army Band and a male double quantet. At he mass the Catholic Chapel Choir will —_— BITTEN BY DOG Beven-year-old Patrick Smith, 1500 block of Penmsylvania avenue south- . was bitten on his back and left hip yesterday By the German police dog of hile in the rear yard 1 the animal’s owner. The after receiv- consen! o have the dog taken in charge by the| Health Department for examination. Display on Ragged Edge, Gartside Says—Called One of | Shortest on Record. | { The Japanese cherry bicssom display around the Tidal Basin is now on the ragged edge, due to last night's storm. Frank T. Gartside, chief of the park division of the Office of Public Build- ings and Public Parks, said today the blooms “got a good beating in that rain. “An examination by the horticul- !turists showed the trees are rather frowsy looking and the psta’s, whipped off by last night's heavy rain and strong ‘wind, litter the ground, . 'CHERRY BLOSSOMS DAMAGED S RAIN AND WIND ‘The full bloom carnival this year was one of the shortest on record, according to the officials. As the recent mild weather brought the trees out in full bloom, they explained, the flowers were more easily damaged than usual. ‘The silver lining to the cherry blossom clouds wes seen in the announcement that the cold weather and rain are hold- ing back the development of the double Join With District for Plea to I. C. C. WIDER LEEWAY WANTED ON DEPRECIATION ISSUE Spokesmen Plan Unified Petition Tomorrow When U. 8. Officials Take Up Accounting. Representatives of several of the lead- ing Public Utility Commissions of the country went into conference today with the District Public Utilities Com- mission on plans to seek from the In- terstate Commerce Commission & clear recognition of the rights of local com- missions to regulate local aspects of accounts for depreciation of utility properties. The question of depreciation account- ing, it is explained, has a vital relation ; to the ultimate charges made by utility corporations to their consumers. Spokesmen for the commissions rep- Yesented here today have planned to present a unified petition to the Inter- state Commerce Commission in regard to depreciation accounting tomorrow. Hearing Due Tomorrow. The interstate commission will hold | & hearing tomorrow morning on a first | revised order relating to uniform sys- tem of accounts for telephone com- panies, the case arising on claims of some experts that the orders are de- fective in some points. State and District utility commission leaders hope the depreciation question may be considered at the same time by the interstate commission since, they; say, depreciation is one item in a sys- tem of uniform accounts. The intersjate body, however, in an- nouncing the hearing, to be conducted by Commissioner Eastman, pointed out that the order of the commission re- laiing to depreciation charges had not been reopened. Attending the conference today at the District Building were, Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick, chairman; Riley E. Elgen, vice chairman; William A. Rob- erts, counsel, and James Martin, secre- tgry of the District commission. ‘The delegation of out-of-town ex- perts was headed by Dr. Milo R. Malt- bie, chairman of the New York State Public Service Commission, who was a witness here before a congressional committee during consideration of the measure for the merger of the local street car companies. Included in Session. Others in the conference were Charles G.,Blekeslee, §: commissioner, and M. F. Orton of the Bureau of Investigation and Valuation of the New York Com- mission; Mayland H. Morse, chairman, and H. Styles Bridges, .a member of the New Hampshire Public Service Commission; David E. Lilienthal, a member, and G. C. Mathews, and J. H. Bickley of the staff of the Wisconsin Public’ Service Commission; Frederick P. Gruenberg, a _member, and B. F. Morgal of the staff of the Pennsylvania Public Service Commission, and P. R. Reed, auditor of the Oklahoma Com: mission. PROTEST PROPOSED SLASH FOR SCHOOLS Forest Glen and Rockville Clubs Send Resolution to Mont- gomery Heads. i By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., April 12—Two resolutions protesting against proposed retrenchments in the county school pro- gram were recelved by the Board of Montgomery County Commissioners yesterday from the Home Interest Club of Forest Glen and the Woman’s Club. ‘The measures oppose any reductions in teachers’ salaries or any curtailment in the school departments and are similar to the one adopted by the mass meeting of citizens at Bethesda a month ago and submitted to the commissione; Members of the board accepted invitation to take part in the celebra- tion of the seventh anniversary of the establishment of the Methodist Home for the Aged and Orphans at Gaithers- burg Saturday afternoon and will at- tend the fete in a body. " An invitation received from the County Commissioners’ Association ot Eastern Shore, Md,, to attend the semi- annual meeting of that organization at Elkton next Monday was received and tabled. It probably will be passed upon at tomorrow’s session of the board. TWO CHURCHES PLAN HOLY WEEK SERVICES| St. Martin’s and St. Aloysius to Mark Occasion by Chanting Tenebrae. | Two Catholic churches made special ! anncuncements today of services to be held at 7:30 o'clock tonight in mrv-} ance of Holy week. St. Martin's, 1908 North Capitol street, and St. Aloysius, at North Capitol and I streets, will mark the occasion by the chanting of the tenebrae. In commemoration of Holy Thursday tomorrow, St. Martin’s will celebrate holy communion at 7 a.m., solemn high mass at 8 a.m., procession to repository after mass, and the tenebrae and ser- mon at 7:30 p.m. From 11 o'clock to midnight, & special one-hour service will be held, ushering in Good Friday. At St. Aloysius, solemn high mass will | be celebrated at 8 am, and at 7:30 pm., Rev. Francis E. Garner will de- liver a sermon on the “Holy Eucharist.” —_— Plan Course in First Aid. BLADENSBURG, Md., April 12 (Spe- c1al).—A course in first-ald work will pe conducted in the fire house here.by President H. L. Leonard of the Prince Georges County Rescue Squad, starting Saturday night. Those wl&hln{ to take the course are asked to get in touch with Mr. Leonard or Chief Andrew Gasch at Bladensburg fire house. = =y Holy Thursday Sermon. Holy Thursday will be observed to- morrow evening at the Pirst Congrega- blossoms, which were o ap- pear on Sunday, April 23. Semi-Winter weather struck a blow at the magnolias also, the officials as the blossoms are curled up, . vested choir 384 fimdcm tional Church, Tenth and G streets, with a sermon by Dr. Allan A. Stock- dale on “The Midnight Christ.” The of 60 voices, under direg- by Smith Stahl, will sing. Inmates of Home Visit Cherry Blossoms KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS OFFICIAL CONDUCTS TOUR FOR LITTLE SISTERS OF POOR. WOMAN DRYS SEE VIGTORY ON REPEAL Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson Urges Convention to Carry Battle Into States. Predicting victory for dry forces in 26 States, Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson, president of the National Woman's Democratic Law Enforcement League, exhorted members of her group, at their annual convention today, to go out into the States and figh) repeal of the eight- eenth amendment. “The time has come,” she said, “when: we must speak out in no uncertain terms. We must leave this convention with the determination of going back into the States and there putting up the fight of our lives, for it takes only 13 States to prevent repeal and already we have a guarantee of 26 States.” The league adopted a resolution to boycott all stores selling beer. Mrs. Nicholson was chosen this morn- ing to serve another term as president. All officers and members of the Execu- tive Committee also were re-elected. ‘They were Mrs. Clement L. Shaver, West Virginia, first vice president; Mrs. Catherine W. McCulloch, Illinois, sec- ond vice president; Miss Harriet H. z:gwick, lew York, third vice presi- Allen Craig, Maryland, fifth vice presi- dent; Miss Maude Saunders, Virginia, secretary; Mrs. Bdward Thurman Smith, Missouri, treasurer; Mrs. J. O. Ross, Texas, chaplain, and Miss Jeanette O. Campbell, California; Mrs. J. T. Blod- worth, Texas; Mrs. J. Walter Barnes, West Virginia; Miss Estie Dupre, Louisiana; Miss Amy Gardner, Wash- ington State; Mrs. Marvin Williams, ; Mrs. Bernie Babcock, Arkan. sas; Mrs. J. M. Hankims, Alabama Miss F. Belle Conrow, South Dakota; Mrs. Larry Mills, Texas; State Senat Belle Kearney, Mississippl, and John McEachern, Georgia, all members of the Executive Col ttee. Sees New Party. Mrs, Nicholson predicted a new po- litical party would be formed, and called for the defeat of members of Congress “who vo..d against the eight- eenth amendment and for beer instead of trying to end the depression.” She said: “In the very nature of things this unquestionably will become an estab- lished fact, for the constitutional-loving men and women will never aga themselves to be disfranchised at other election, as they were in 1932. “After all that has taken place, if the decent womanhood in the Demo- cratic party ever expect to have their wishes carried out, they have got to be independent of scheming politicians, who have betrayed them into the hands of their enemies.” While the league met, other women drys gathered here from all sections of the country for the annual meeting of the Woman's National Committee for Law Enforcement, of which the Demo- cratic League is a constituent part. Session Tonight. ‘The committee’s first session will be tonight. Senator Arthur Capper of | Kansas will be the principal speaker. He will discuss the “Stop Alien Repre- lex;zGWI‘l; bill. s. Henry W. Peabody, chairman, will direct formation of plans by the ‘women to fight repeal and seek methods of wiping out the new beer law. Re- ports will be submitted by State dele- gations on recent organization within their political units to prevent the re- peal of the eighteenth amendment. Senator Morris Sheppard of Texas, author of the eighteenth amendment, will speak tomorrow night. His address will be broadcast. Friday the delegates will march to the Lincoln Memorial and commemorate there Good Friday and the anniversary of Lincoln’s death. oy T son day luncheon s) members of the tion. ks mg:h-r Speakers. . Besil nator Capper, those to speak tonight include Mrs. William L. Darby of the National Council of Fed- erated Church Women; Mrs. PF. I Johnson, Federation of Women’s Boards of Foreign Missions of North America; Mrs. Willlam T. Bannerman, legislative chairman of the National Congress of nts and Teachers; Mrs. Morris president of the International Order of King's Daughters; Ms. Wil- lam_Tilton, president of the Society or Education Alcohol; Mrs. mmrye W. meyn‘wuw ident %lfi- Dis- eraf omen's and Mrs. Nicholson. s Mrs. John C. Urquhart, Cali-| fornia, fourth vice president; Mrs. E.| w1 Birds Are One Up Over Squirrels in Setting Off Alarm Police of No. 6 precinct never pect a squirrel, bird or burglar when, they hurry out in response to_a certain burglar alarm. Early today, for the fifth time over a period of months, they went to an unoccupled house at 4817 Blagden avenue in response to an alarm set off either by a squirrel or bird. Until today it was a tie be- tween the two, but a starling this morning made the score 1 up in favor of tHe birds. PLEADS GUILTY - TO EMBEZZLEMENT |Charles D. Boyer’s Case Re- ferred to Probation Offi- cer by Court. Charles D. Boyer, former cashier of the Federal-American National Bank, jed guilty today in District Supreme to an indictment charging him with the embezzlement of $26,299.05 of the bank’s funds. At the request of Boyer's attorney, Lucian H. Vandoren, the case was re- ferred to the probation officer by Justice Daniel W. O’Donoghue. Sentence will be imposed after the report of the vro- bation officer has been considered by the court. The indictment against Boyer was re- iurned by the grand jury March 322. He was arraigned and pleaded not guilty on March 24. Today he with- drew the not guilty plea and entered a plea of guilty to the six even counts in the indictment. The other six counts charged substantially the same offenses. ‘The alleged embezzlements occurred from November 16, 1831, to December 31, 1932. The Government was repre- sented by United States Attorney Leo A. CONCERT WILL BENEFIT 100 UNEMPLOYED WOMEN Proceeds From Paderewski Enter- tainment Amount to $6,847.50, Red Cross States. Proceeds from the Paderewski con- cert, amounting to $58,847.50, will be used to give about 100 unemployed women 10 weeks' work in the District Chapter production rooms of the Amer- ican Red Cross, Chairman John Barton Payne announced today. This is in lne with the request of Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt that the fund be used in unemployment relief here. The women, divided between white and colored, ‘make ents from Government cotton cl , given to Washington’s needy. The un- employment division of the Board of Public Welfare has been asked to cer- tify unemployed seamstresses for the work and they will be given two or three days’ work per week, unless there uen;ed for & longer period of employ- men The women will make women’s and girls’ dresses and slips, men’s and boys’ shirts, boys’ suits, underwear and sl ing garments. The garments will distributed through city’s 15 wel- fare agencies. be | A. Cooper, former Governor of South ESIDENTS of the Home for the Aged conducted by the Little Sisters of the Poor, ‘at 200 H street northeast, visited the cherry blossom display around the Tidal Basin yesterday on a tour conducted by Arthur B. J. Willlamson, master of the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus of Maryland and the District of Columbia.—Star Staff Photo. 68 IN REPAIR SHOP 12 to Be Put on 13 Days of Administ.rative Furlough, Says Baker. After closely checking available funds of the District Repair Shop for the fiscal year, Harold place remainder on 13 days of ad< ministrative furl uly 1. Mr. Baker said y he thought the adoption of a’ part-time system of cmployment for the 267 per diem em- 80 “employes during the and a half months furloughing remaining two i fes, including school build- definitely seasonal in HALED i heating plan the Morgan, Towers, Cooke and Cleveland Schools, which Maj. Gotwals has found to be neces- DENTAL COST HELD HIGH Only 20 Per Cent Can Afford Care, Says Dr. Brown. Less than 20 per cent of the American population can afford full dental care under present economic conditions, Dr. Brown of the . University of Mic! told a meeting of the District dbfilnu Society last night. A small ad- lonal entage obtains emergency trutmenrm £ Stressing the need for less expensive filling: substances and advocating sci- entific dental care in childhood, Dr. Brown said both these factors ht re- duce the cost of dentistry to in- dividual. ~ —_— HOLD RALLY TONIGHT _ ‘The local branch of the Young Dem- ocratic Clubs of America will stage a Jefferson day rally tonight at the May- flower Hotel at 8 o'clock, with Robert Carolina, as princi speaker. Mr. Cooper's address wtllp‘ble brom:n over WMAL af national ance. A. C. Smith- Indorsed. The Silver Spring Lions Club unani- mously indorsed the candidacy of Ar- thur Clarendon Smith for the t of Jefferson’s birthday observ- District T at & me night. APRIL 20 IS SET AS April 20 will be moving day for mem- bers of the House. On that date they will start their exodus from the old House Office Building to the new struc- ture, which probably will be fully oc- cupied by the 1st of May. After conferences with the contractor, Office Building Commission, of which Speaker Rainey is chairman, that by April 20 all of the major mechanical work on the AT NEW HOUSE OFFICE BUILDING Elevators Ready to Start and Plumbing and Electrical MOVING DAY 10 BE DISMISSED t 9:30. The celebration will be a part of the' ROOSEVELT LIKELY 10 FILL D. C. POSTS WITHIN TWO WEEKS Reichelderfer and Crosby Successors Not Yet Dis- cussed at White House. REORGANIZATION PLAN STILL FAR IN FUTURE President Studies Roper’s Proposal for Commerce Department Changes. President Roosevelt hopes to be in & position to appoint successors to Com- missioners Reichelderfer and Crosby within the next two weeks, it was learned today. He has been so busy with other Gov- ernment matters he has been unable to give attention to the District ap- pointments, but it is his purpose to do 80 kl;wr'.li. possibly in less than two weel nce has been given by to those with whom he thin the past day or so. He held a conference yesterday with John F. Costello, Democratic national com- these posts was were mentioned. Both stated they did not make any recommendations to the President or even make known any preferences they might have. Farley Expects Action. Postmaster General Farley, who is handling the President’s patronage problems, including that in the Dis- trict, said today he has had little time to study carefully the matter of local appointments. He said he would give more thot to it in the near future, It was his opinion that the two new Commissioners will be a ted in | about a week. He mhade it plain, how- ever, that no particular individual has been recommended by him. y him. Costello and Colpoys, who were active in the interests of Mr. Roosevelt in the pre-convention c¢ampaign and after- ward, are naturally expected to have some influence in the choice of those to be appointed to the several Federal in the city. Both said today, owever, the local p has not yet made any slate of appointments. ployes would avoid any necessity for | Mr, Wi of the t. held brief discussions of the latter sub- ‘Douglas, director 6f the economy program. Secretary Roper’'s plan, calling for & ition of his own de- President discussed the matter briefly with Roper, hlx.tnhnnotnthndumnmnndym plan. The understanding is, however, that Mr. Roosevelt is definitely aware of virtually all that is contemplated in the Roper plan, inasmuch as its proposals for a six-bureau structure were dis- cussed from time to time before being worked out in detail by the Commerce head. Therefore, it is natural to as- sume that Mr. Roper’s plan, especially inasmuch as it is expected to effect & $19,000,000 savin the President’s Five-Day Week Studied. Reports are current that the ministration is considering establ a five-day week for the entire Fed service and that the legal features of |such a movement are being studied by lthe Attorney The 9 :ouflmprmfl ted mu;“x‘:gt h.vv.‘:‘fi h-dmm ive serious it to proj The intimation was, however, that Sec- of Labor, Perkins, is exploring and :,'m lay her ideas ad- the gove: ers in the hands of one official. While ideas of this kind have been advanced to the President in an informal man- ner, it was said at the White House that he has not yet given it any thought. Before any such change in the loc;x government could be affected, W CIVITAN CLUB ELECTS CONVENTION DELEGATES Shelton T. Cameron and Maurice L. Townsend Chosen for Gath- ering in Memphis. Shelton T. Cameron, president, and Maurice L. Townsend, last night wers elected delegates of the Washington Civitan Club to the national conven- tion of Civitan Clubs June 12, 13 and 14 at Memphis, Tenn. ‘The election marked the