Evening Star Newspaper, April 21, 1933, Page 15

AGTION TO AVERT River Lapping CThe WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL at Seawall POTOMAC FLOOD NEAR LEVEL OF POTOMAC PARK. RELIEF COLLAPSE | URGED BY.ROUPS Welfare. Board and Asso- ciated Charities Ask Com- missioners to Take Lead. DISASTER THREATENS IN LACK OF FUNDS Co-operation Offered in Laying Bituation Before Congress in Time to Save Suffering. Faced with the possibility of a com- plete breakdown of the machinery for sdministering unemployment relief, the Board of Public Welfare and the As- sociated Charities have appealed to the District Commissioners to take imme- diate leadership of the city's entire re- lief forces and evolve a program, by the co-ordination of private and public agencies, which will adequately conquer ' future distress. The action of the two organizations already has received strong support from prominent citizens and civic clubs interested in averting a collapse of the relief structure due to lack of funds. ‘A number of other organizations, in- eluding the District Department of the American Legion, have announced they would add the weight of their pleas to the Commissioners for prompt and Aecisive sction. The Executive Committee of the ‘Associated Charities, in petitioning the Commissioners “to take ijmmediate command of the situation by the study and preparation of plans by which, as far as possible, those in need will be provided with food and shelter during this_emergency period,” said: “We believe that public opinion is rapidly awakening to the seriousness of the present emergency and is looking for leadership and that leadership must come from the -official heads of -the Dis- trict of Columbia.” Commissioners Petitioned. The Commissioners were being peti- tioned, the committee’s letter said, “in view of the present serious situation confronting thousands of familles of the District of Columbia by reason of inadequate public and private funds.” “The average amount of money avail- able for unemployment relief, namely, approximately $4.50 per family per week, is clearly inadequate to provide shelter and food,” the letter continues. “The private family agencies are rapidly ex- hausting their limited resources. Not | only must the public aid private relief to the unemployed, but the time has come when, following the example of many other cities, emergency relief must be extended to all those in distress for Whom the private agencies can no long- | er care because of insufficient funds. “We beg to assure the Commissioners that, in common with other social agencies in touch with the present emergency, we shall be glad to co-oper- ate with the Board of Commissioners in supporting such an adequate relief program as they devise.” The letter was signed by Coleman Jennings, president; Dr. Frederick W. Perkins, chairman of the board; Dwight Clark, Franklin H. Ellis, Clarence Phelps Charles C. Glover, jr., and Arthur Hellen. The appeal of the Board of Public ‘Welfare was communicated to the Com- missioners by George S. Wilson, director, on behalf of Chairman W. W. Millan, who said he has always felt that the board, “as a subordinate part of the District government, must look to the Commissioners for leadership.” He added: “There seems to be an opinion, in some quarters, that the board itself ought to ask Congress for more money. This, of course, cannot be done except through the Commissioners. However, I agree that it is the duty of the board to place all of the facts before the Com- missioners and that will be done. Facts Being Given. “The board has endeavored, at all times, to keep the Commissioners fully informed and I shall endeavor to see that they are made definitely acquaint- ed with all recent developments and the exact situation as it now exists.” It was understood that the Welfare Board, in addition to appealing to the Commissioners, has advised the Senate District Committee of the situation in the Capital, pointing out that as mat, ters stand today the private relie! agencies will have to close their doors by August 1, while public funds, in- adequate to meet the demands prop- erly made upon public agencies, can- not, under current appropriations, be expected to pick up the added burden. Thousands of Washingtonians, the| committee has been informed, are in tragic need of aid and will become homeless and hungry and desperate, if | the emergency is not met promptly and | comprehensively. The committee was advised that the Board of Public Welfare is spending| at the rate of $42.000 a week, but is! providing only the “scantiest basis pos- sible to sustain life.” A plea was made ! to the committee, it was understood, ' to increase from $1,500,000 to $1,700,-, 000 the amount carried in the 1934/ District appropriation bill, with the Provision that expenditures can begin prior to the opening of the new fiscal| year, July 1, and that the weekly allot- ments be unlimited, governed only by need. | Action by the District Department, American Legion, will be taken at the Executive Committee’s next regular meeting. according to Norman B. Lan- dreau, department commander. Lan- dreau himself expressed “deep interest” in the welfare situation and said he was “greatly concerned as to what will happen to this very necessary public function after the meager funds which We have are used up.” Necessity of Relief. “As department commander of the| Legion and a citizen of Washington,” said Landreau, “I will do everything possible to impress upon the District Commissioners the necessity of having relief from public funds to carry this very necessary and essential chari- table work. I will immediately have a resolution adopted by our Executive Committee and presented to the Dis- trict Commissioners.” . The Washington Monarch Club be- came the first civic organization to adopt a formal resolution. At its meet- ing Wednesday afternoon, the club} passed unanimously a resolution de- claring that due to prospective early depletion of relief funds, aggravated by the separation of “large numbers of people from the Federal Service,” re- solved: “That it would be inhuman for Con- gress to adjourn without making ade- quate provision for the aid of the desti- o0 | the church, delivered a short address the Washington Channel was within a Scene at Hains Point, Potomac Park, this morning, where the water in foot of the top of the seawall, due to the Spring ‘tides and heavy rains in the upper valley, which have brought the Potomac to flood stages. The dock of the boat landing is entirely under water. —Star Staff Photo. MISTAKE BLAMED Wrong Location of Alarm Held Cause of Injuries to Six Firemen. A mistake in the location of the alarm to which they were responding on the part of the crew of the 21-ton ladder truck was blamed for its collision with the fire hose wagon at Fifteenth and C streets southeast late yesterday afte: noon in which six firemen were in- jured, by Battalion Chief T. B. Stan- ton, who is investigating the accident. Chief Stanton said he legrned Pvt. PFrank M. Dyer, driver, as well as other members of the crew of the huge truck from Company 7, understood that the local alarm came from 315 Seventeenth street southeast instead of the correct address at 315 Fifteenth street, home of Alexander S. Pope, where a minor blaze was subsequently extin- guished with chemicals, when %other companies were called. He said the misunderstanding came when the big truck, engines running, was about to be driven from the fire house. Condition Improved. ‘The condition of four of the six in- jured men was reported today to be improved. The other two. Capt. William L. McMahon, 49, 1302 Trinidad avenue northeast, and Pvt. Daniel J. Plass, 36, 323 E street southeast, both riding with the hose wagon from No. 8 Engine, were still in serious condition at Prov- idence Hospital. The captain received a severe laceration of the scalp that neces- sitated 14 stitches, possible fracture of the skull, and a possible fractured left wrist; while Plass is suffering from frac- tures of the right hand and leg. avenue southeast, of No. 7 Truck, re- ceived only minor injuries and was al- lowed to leave the hospital today. Capt. Eugene J. Tralnor, 45, 520 E street northeast, who occupied the front seat of the ladder truck, was also seriously injured when thrown nearly 20 feet. Casual examination at Casualty Hos- pital showed a broken shoulder. Later he was removed to Emergency, where it was feared that he received other in- juries. Pvt. Dyer's back was dislocated, and Pvt. David P. Grady, 38, 705 Six- teenth street southeast, received possible | concussion. cuts about the head and injury to the left ear. The hose wagon was headed south on | Fifteenth street and was preparing to halt at a hydrant near C street, when the truck, speeding east on C, smashed | into its rear. The impact was terrific | and turned the smaller piece of appa- | ratus completely around. The truck| turned just in time to avoid driving into a grocery store on the southeast corner | as the vehicles locked bumpers and| skidded over the curb and across the| sidewalk. The noise could be heard for blocks, witnesses- stated, and the back wheels of the front section of the truck | smashed through the sidewalk and tore out a hole nearly three feet deep. The | men riding on the engines were thrown | in all directions. Stopped by Hydrant. Hilton Gentry, 1716 Sixteently street| southeast, who was preparing to enter | his machine standing 2t the corner, was | nearly crushed, as the hose wagon stopped only about two feet from him, and was kept from turning over by the hydrant, which was driven half way through it. Capt. McMahon, he said, was thrown violently to the pavement at his feet. The corner mail box was| hurtled past his head and came to earth | nearly a hundred feet down the street. .~ B. Gotsharr, 341 Seventeenth street southeast, another eyewitness, de- clared the wheels of the truck were locked some distance before it reached the intersection. ‘Three-year-old Marvin Geller, son of the corner groceryman, was standing on the corner licking a lollypop and es- caped injury by the narrowest of mar- gins, as one of the vehicles halted with- in a yard of him. Witnesses said the child’s eyes widened, but the candy- licking was uninterrupted. Chief Stanton said that while he would continue investigation of the ac- cident he believed it was unavoidable and in no way due to negligence. He termed the mistake in address “just one of those things,” due to the noise of the motor drowning out the sound of the announcement. ' MISSION GROUP MEETS Special Dispatch to The Star. HERNDON, Va. April 21.—The Baptist Missionary Soclety met at the home of the president, Mrs. Lutie Ish. Rev. Chancellor N. Brown, pastor of on the work in home and foreign mis- sion fields. Short articles were read on missionary work in China by Mrs. Ish, Mrs. Russell A. Lynn, Mrs. Walter Car- ter, Mrs. E. M. Armfield, Mrs. Walter Farr, Mrs. Herman Tanner, Mrs. Albert Bates and Mrs. Clarence Florance. in meeting the situation and that they should forthwith set in motion the ;amper measures to provide necessary funds and to awaken Congress to the necessity of co-operation by suitable Federal appropriation, before the ad- journment of that body.” The board of directors of the Busi- ness and Professional Women's Club, at tute either by the direct appropriation of necessary funds or the vesting in the Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia of nrproprhte power to take ef- fective action in the premises; and “Be it further resolved, that it is the duty of the Commissioners of the Dis- trict of Columbia to take the initiative a meeting Monday, also adopted a reso- lution urging “that immediate steps be taken by the Commissioners for the formulation and consummation of & program to obtain additional funds FOR TRUCK MISHAP the | Willlam V. James, 27, 3103 Alabama | GEORGE P. HARDING, Charged with murder in the fatal shoot- ing of Harry (Doc) Davis, brother of Police Inspector Ogden T. Davis. SHOEMAKER CASE |Continuance Gfanted Be- cause Representative Is Busy at Capitol. ‘The assault and battery case against | Representative Francis H. Shoemaker, | Farmer-Laborite, of Minnesota was postponed until 9:30 o'cleck Monday | by United States Attorney Leo A. Rover today when the Representative pleaded that the press of legislation necessitated his presence at Capitol Hill today. Shoemaker is charged by Theodore H. Cchen of the Chastleton | Hotel with punching Cohen in the eye Tuesday night during an argument over radio noise. ‘While Shoemaker’s attorney asked for the continuance, the Representative himself today said he had not made up his mind whether he would submit to the jurisdiction of Police Court. He said that several of his colleagues had advised him not to submit, and that he would discuss the matter with his at- torney. He refused to reveal the name of his legal adviser, because, he said, the latter was volunteerinfg his services. Cohen and his witnesses arrived at Police Court this morning ready to go on with the case, but they were told by Assistant United States _Attorney Michael F. Keogh to return Monday at 9:30. Mr. Rover said that if the Rep- resentative did not show up Monday he would take appropriate action. Yester- day Shoemaker had agreed to come to court without a warrant. PLAN TO SHORTEN ROAD DISTANCES R. F. C. Director and Virginia Of- ficials to Discuss Proposed Bridges. By the Associated Press. A proposal to shorten by 30 miles the distance between Richmond and Balti- more by construction of new highway bridges over the Rappahannock and Potomac Rivers will be discussed this afternoon with Harvey C. Couch, Re- constrruction Finance Corporation di- rector, by Gov.-Pollard of Virginia. Pollard, Commissioner H. G. Shirley of the Virginia highway department and Dr. Hugh Young of Baltimore will urge self-liquidating _ Reconstruction Corporation loans for the two bridges. Building of the bridges has been agi- tated in Virginia and Maryland for sev- eral years and has been under consid- eration by a Joint Committee of the two States' Legislatures for the last two years, BANKRUPTCY REFEREE’S WIFE SUCCUMBS HERE Mrs. Fred J. Eden, Ill Two Days, Dies in George Washington U. Hospital. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va., April 21 —Follow- ing an illness of only two days, Mrs. Fred J. Eden, wife of the referee in bankruptcy of the District of Columbia, died last night in George Washington University Hospital, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Eden and their two children, James, 9, and Allan, 2, have resided at 214 West Pershing drive, iton Heights, for several years. In addition to her husband and chil- dren, Mrs. Eden is survived by her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Harmel, and two sisters, Misses A. L. Harmel and Huldah Harmel, all of Pekin, IIl. Mrs. Eden was active in civic work in the community in which she re- its which will be adequate to meet this| sid crisis.” [ 3 RESET FOR MONDAY , Will send the west-bound busses south- THONEN AREHELD IN SLAYING OF KIN OF POLIGE OFFICIAL Harry (Doc) Davis Wounded Yesterday in Trying to Break Up Brawl. INQUEST IS TOMORROW BY ORDER OF CORONER Accused Surrenders, but Insists Shooting Was Accidental. Witnesses Deny Story. ‘Two men were under arrest on mur- of Harry (Doc) Davis, 46, brother of Police Inspector Ogden T. Davis. Davis, described as a “betting com- missioner” by the police, died in Sibley Hospital yesterday afternoon, a little more than 12 hours after he had been shot while-trying to break up a brawl in front of a restaurant in the 900 block of Ninth street. Shortly after Davis’ death. George P. Harding, 23, of the 1100 block of Tenth street, whom witnesses had named as the slayer, walked into police head- quarters and surrendered. With him were Harry Whelan. his attorney, and Bennie Olewack, 23, of the 300 block of Second street northeast. with whom E,e had been in hiding since the shoot- g. Inquest Tomorrow. Following an announcement by De- tective Sergt. John C. Dalglish that statements had been obtained from Harding. Olewack and other witnesses, Acting Coroner A. Magruder MacDon- ald ordered an inquest at noon tomor- Tow. Harding, according to Dalglish, in- sisted he had shot Davis accidentally., Other witnesses asserted. however, the | detective reported, that Harding leveled his pistol at Davis before pulling the | trigger. | Davis, in a death-bed statement, told ' the police, they said, that the shooting | was accidental. Olewack, under ques- | tioning by Dalglish, made a similar statement. | After hearing the stories of the va-, rious witnesses, the detective recon- | structed the killing as follows: l Davis, Harding. Olewack and several other men. including Gus Lewis, 800 block of K street, .were standing in front of the lunchroom, engaged in con- | versation. Harding and Lewis became involved in a heated argument, and the former slapped the latter’s face. A fight ! followed. and Davis stepped between the combatants. Harding drew his gun | and fired, the bullet piercing the left side of Davis’ chest. H Hid Until Yesterday. | While the wounded man was being placed in a taxicab, Harding and Ole- wack fled. They remained in hiding | until yesterday afterncon, when they | conferred with Whelan, who advised Harding to surrender. Davis, meanwhile, had been treated by a physician in the neighborhood, who ordered him transferred to Sibley. He died while surgeons were preparing to resort to blood transfusions in an effort to save his life. The police search for Harding, be- gun immediately after the shooting, was intensified following Davis' death. Dalglish and the other detectives as- signed to the case were aided by the wives of both Harding and Olewack, who took them to several places which they thought the pair might be using as hideaways. If the coroner’s jury should hold both men for grand jury action, it was indicated, an effort will be made to presecute Olewack as an accessory after the fact. Meantime, police were continuing their search for the pistol used in the slaying. Harding, who insisted he dropped it when it was discharged, declared he bought it a few minutes before the shooting. Davis lent him $5 | with which to make the purchase, he | sald, after its owner had aroused his sympathy with “a hard-luck story.” Davis’ funeral will be held at 9:30 am. Monday from his.late residence, 423 Ingraham street, with a requiem high mass in 8t. Aloysius Church half an hour later. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. | Aledaide McKenzie Davis; two sons, Harry and Paul, and a daughter, Mrs. Sally Fillah. SHUTTLE BUS LINE REROUTING APPROVED Utilities Commission Acts on Peti- tion of Fifteenth and Allison Streets Group. In response to a petition from resi- dents in the vicinity of Fifteenth and Allison streets, the Public Utilities Commission today approved a re- routing of the shuttle bus line of the Washington Rapid Transit Co., which operates between the vicinity of Sher- man Circle apd Sixteenth street. The commission at its next meet- ing, Monday, is expected to order into effect a change in the route, which west along Arkansas avenue from Bu- chanan street to Sixteenth, in order der charges today in the fatal shooting | to lighten the traffic now existing on Buchanan street west of Arkansas ave- nue and on Fifteenth and Allison streets. The east-bound busses are to travel the same route as at present. ‘The change was agreed to today by the commission, representatives of the bus compeny and residents near Fif- teenth and Allison streets. Under the new plan the busses will travel west from Illinois avenue and Allison street along Buchanan street, after making the eastern loop of the line, turning southwest along Ar- kansas avenue to Sixteenth street, then north to Buchanan street, where the return trip eastward will started. BOY HELD AFTER FIRE By 8 Staff Correspondent of The Star. TAKOMA PARK, April 21.—A 16- year-old colored youth was being held on a charge of arson at the county jail' y following a fire that slightly| damaged an unoccupled house on Lincoln avenue here yesterday after- noon The boy, Chester Reddix, of Ridge avenue, was arrested by \Town Police- man Earl Thomas while firemen were extinguishing the flames, after a neigh- bor had informed the officer that Reddix | had left the building a short time before the fire was discovered. Police say the boy admitted '.hrv;ll:s matches in a pile of but des which is owned trash, hzinmdedwfiflnr'l:the ‘, ‘Washington, D. C. l Foening Star 21, 1933. Yelps and Barks Launch Fourth Dog Show CHAMPIONS FROM ALL PARTS OF WORLD ENTERED FOR JUDGING HERE. Upper: Mrs. J. R. Currey is shown posing with Old English sheep dog puppies belonging to Mrs. Lewis Roesler Center left: Heather Reveller of Sporran and | Sporran Sparkler, two Scotties entered by 8. S. Van Dine, author. Center right: Miss Bonnie Tubbs with her one-pound Chihuahua, Impudence of Ama Terra, photographed in a small handbag. Lower left: Mrs. Florrnay's Blue Boy II, property of Mr. R. M. Terhune, shown with Terhune. —Star Staff Photos. GEORGETOWN TOUR TAKES IN4 HOUSES Historic Places in Annual Schedule Include Scene of Lafayette’s Visit in 1824. Four historic Georgetown houses are being opened to the public this after- noon for the annual tour of George- town conducted by the Historic Tour Committee of St. John's Church, Georgetown. The houses are 3337 N street, famed for being the home here for two days of Gen. Lafayette in 1824; 3255 N street, built by Col. James Smith in 1790; the famous Riley House at 3038 N street, and the house at Twenty- eighth and Q streets, bullt by Robert Dodge in 1850. These four houses are included in the tours this afternoon and tomorrow aft- ernoon, which will start at Twenty- eighth and M streets with busses leav- | ing from 1 until 4 o'clock. The price is $1, and the trip will include visits to the Georgetown water front with expe- rienced guides in the busses. For 25 cents extra, the tour will include Dum- barton House, called until recently Bellevue. ' The present occupants of these houses have opened them to the public especially for the occasion, and the tour presents a rare opportunity to inspect these homes which are steeped in the history of old Georgetown. L Cn Plan Dance at Woodside. SILVER SPRING, Md., April 21 (Special).—Under the auspices of the Woman’s Guild of Grace Episco Woodside, a dance will be given in the parish hall tomorrow it from 9 to 12 o'clock. committee in charge of arrange- is comj of Miss Rebecca Barber Keys, Jack , Charles and Mrs. J. Russell McQueen. 1,360 U. S. Workers Rush Out Into Rain For False Alarm Excited Clerk PullsWrong Box When Automobile ' Catches Fire. Fire bells clanged and the 1,360 Gov- ernment workers in Temporary Build- ing C, at 16 Seventh street southwest, poured pellmell out into the rain yes- terday afternoon only to find an ex- cited clerk had pulled the wrong box {0 call fire engines to a burning auto- mobile on Sixth street. Instead of calling the District fire alarm headquarters the box pulled set the gongs in the building ringing, and every one was out on the street in less than 10 minutes. As they shivered in the cold drizsle, the claxon, which calls them back from fire drill, sounded and they trooped back to their desks well dampened. The disturbance came when a clerk saw the flames shooting up from the automobile of J. B. Irvine, 707 Mount Vernon place, on Sixth street, opposite the building. He rushed out into the hall, pulled open a fire box and yanked the hook. Meanwhile, some one else pulled the city fire box at Sixth and B streets southwest, bringing the fire engines. FRATERNITY INSTALLS Officers of Hyattsville High School Group Take Posts. Special Dispatck. to The Star. COTTAGE CITY, Md. April 21— National officers of Phi Delta Zeta High School Fraternity, last night installed officers of Mu Chapter, composed of students from the Hyattsville High Schmlio:fi s meeting in the home pal | C. A. 3 e. Officers installed were Harvey Smith, president; W. R. Bobb, vice president; ‘William Thompson, secretary, and Ray- mond W. Locke, treasurer. The annual convention of the fra- ternity will be held at Hotel, E XACTLY 588 bass and treble voices swelled a canine chorus at the Washington Auditorium today as the largest dog show ‘Washington ever saw or heard got under way with four White House entries in the running. Mrs. Roosevelt was to show two of these latter aristocrats—Meggie, & Scot- tish terrier, and Major, a German po- lice dog. The other pair, Cragmore Seamrog, Irish wolf hound, and Bell- haven, a collie, were left with friends here by former President and Mrs. Hoover. The dogs entered include some of the world’s most colorful champions, while among the exhibitors are such well known sauthorities as Albert Payson Terhune, celebrated writer of dog sto- ries, and 8. S. Van Dine of Baltimore, author of mystery stories, whose hobby is raising Scottish terriers. Largest in Club’s History. ‘The show is the fourth annual event put on by the National Capital Kennel Club and the largest in the history of that organization. The judging was to begin late this morning and continue through 8 o'clock tonight. Sergt. Jiggs, 2d, the bulldog mascot of the Marines at Quantico, was on hand with his military escort, survey- ing the crowd with good-natured tol- erance from a bench beside Tiny Tre, an Ofd English sheephound, recently presented to Mrs. Roosevelt and des- tined to go to Warm Springs soon to make friends with the crippled children at_the health colony there. . ‘The wolfhound left by Mr. and Mrs. Hoover was entered by Col. Wrisley Brown, and the collie by Mrs. Walter Newton, wife of the former secretary to President Hoover. Scrubbed and brushed and groomed to perfection, the dogs vented their ex- citement over this morning’s opener in a highly audible manner. Tiny peging- ese, pomeranians, toy poodles and Chi- huahuas peered at the spectators from snug havens in glass walled, silk and even embroidery-lined cages, with little knitted sweaters about their bodles. On this side, a midget Chihuahua. weighing scarcely & pound, voiced shrill defiance to the biggest dog in the show, a giant St. Bernard being led by to the exercise ring. This 250 pounds of dog paused at the end of his leash to eye the Chicuakua with evident aston- ishment: “What is it?” he seemed to say, and with all four feet sprang playfully into the air, “— an insect?” ‘When the St. Bernard's master led him on, the tiny Chihuahua ran yap- ping at his heeis, and returned in triumph to his mistress, quite satis- ge':mmt he had put the monster to ‘There were 75 Boston terriers entered at the show, the largest group in any breed. Next in numbers came the wire-haired fox terriers—37 of them— then Scottish terriers and English set- ters, with 33 each. Other large classes were cocker spaniels, Pekingese, bull- dogs, chow chows and collies. ‘The show will continue through to- morrow, and officials hope that Mrs. Roosevelt will attend tomorrow night as a climax to the annual affair. R X R, D. C. BEVERAGE BOARD REVOKES BEER PERMIT The District Commissioners today took first steps to compel compliance with their regulations for the of beer in the District by revoking the temporary rmit of & vendor who was alleged to ve falsified statements in his applica- tion for license. The Commissioners ordered that the temporary license issued to Myer D. Rosenbloth be withdrawn. Investigation of | Rosenblott. It was further charged that in mak- PAGE B—1 STUDY OF DISTRICT NEEDS IS ASKED IN HOUSE RESOLUTION Would Aid Citizens Through Better Understanding of Affairs. REPRESENTATION URGED BY CHAIRMAN NORTON More Commodious Room to Conduct Hearings Is Sought by Committee. Pollowing instructions adopted by the House District Committee at & special meeting today, Chairman Nor- ton introduced a resolution providing for a comprehensive study of District offairs. The committee also author- ized the chairman to invite the Senate District Committee to join in this study. It was tentatively agreed to ask for an appropriation of $2,500 to cover the expenses of the investigaticn. Chairman Norton emphasized that the utmost economy will be practiced in making this survey, the real purpose of which is to find out what the people of the District desire and need in the way of legislation or changes in ad- ministration, Mrs. Norton said. Full Jurisdiction Desired. At the meeting Representative Pat- man, Democrat, of Texas, raised a question that the District Legislative Committee is not being given the full Jurisdiction it should have over the municipal affairs of the Capital and suggested that the appropriations also should be handled by this committee. Mrs. Norton disclosed that she had sug- gested to the chairman of the Appro- priations Committee that the Legisla- tive Committee should be given repre- sentation in the consideration of District appropriation bills and that the two committees should co-operate, but was told that such a procedure would establish a bad precedent. Representative Whitley, Republican, of New York, proposed that the com- mittee should seek a better committee room, pointing out that at hearings large numbers of District residents de- siring to participate in the only way they can in legislation under which they live, eould not be accommodated Again Mrs. Norton notified the commit- tee that she had endeavored to secur? a large committee room more in keep- ing with the importance of the Dis. trict Committee and which would take care of the unusually large attendances at committee meetings. The members of the committee agreed that they would support Chairman Norton in » petition to the House Office Building Commission for more adequate quarters. Representation Stressed. National representation in both House and Senate and in the electora! college was emphasized as an importani right which should be given to the Dis- trict residents by Chairman Norton, who pointed out that the question of fran- chise for the people of the District ir one of the major subjects to be studied by the special subcommittee which is to make a study of District affairs. On this subcommittee she named Representatives Palmisano, Maryland. Patman, Texas; Kennedy, Marylan O'Brien, Illinois; Randolph, West Vir- ginia, and Mrs. Jenckes, Indiana, all Democrats; Stalker, New York; Whitley, New York, and Burnham, California, Republicans. Text of Resolution. ‘The resolution introduced by Mrs. Norton provides “authority to make a study of the government of the Dis- trict of Columbia and its different agencies for the purpose of ascertain- ing any needed changes in the District laws or matters of administration there- of and to report its findings to the full committee, with such recommenda- tions as it deems necessary for the improvement of the municipal man- agement of the District at some date to be fixed prior to the expiration of the Seventy-third Congress.” The resolution directs that the offi- cers and employes of all administrative and judicial services of the District shall furnish to the subcommittee such information as it may require and the subcommittee shall have access to and the right to examine any books, doc! ments, papers or records of the admii istrative or judicial services for the pur- pose of securingtthe information needed in the prosecution of its work. The sub- committee is givén full authority to sub- poena witnesses, compel attendance and call for documents. Plan to Divide Work. Chairman Norton suggested that when the subcommittee organizes it might dllvlg: the! ]'}'g:k 80 various members might special on particular phases of the investigation. b 7 Representative Palmisano said one of the main questions to be studied is what is the properFederal contribution and whether the District should be allowed to determine its own appropriations and expenditures without Budget Bureau supervision. Chairman Norton emphasized the im- portance of giving the people of the District whatever form of self-govern- ment they prefer. She said she intends to introduce a resolution granting Dis- trict residents a voice and vote in the House and Senate and in the electoral college. There is a great demand for this from the responsible organizations l&lhe D‘l;:r‘lc;,"lhe' said, pointing out ngress n trea the Distri “like & step-child.” S > D. C. EXTENDING AID T0 10,183 FAMILIES Total Tacreased by Additions in Last Week, But 9,826 Appeals Have Been Rejected. ‘The number of destitute families on the District relief pay roll was raised to m,l:s by additions approved during Board of Public Welfare was informed at _its session late yesterday. During the last week 174 new ap- plications were approved and 49 old cases were reopened, it was reported by Leroy A. Halbert, supervisor of the ing out his application for license he|lief totaled stated he had not been convicted of a crime. The Commissioners were in- formed a check of police records shows Rosenblott had been convicted on & the Mayflower May 5, 6 and 7. court 11 number of charges after being taken to times.