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CHAMBER T0 WEIGH SUBSTITUTE PLAN T0 CONTRDL TRADE Self - Regulation, Providing Maximum Pay and Mini- mum Hours, Proposed. PROPOSAL IS SPONSORED BY HENRY I. HARRIMAN 1.200 Delegates Here for Sessions of U. S. Organization, Start- ing Tomorrow. A concerted drive by business for “self-regulation” that ~would permit establishment of minimum wage scales and maximum hours of work, through agreement with labor under govern- mental supervision, was in prospect today on the eve of the twenty-first annual meeting of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. This plan, which is a broadening of the principle of the trade practice con- ference. would be a substitute both for the Black 30-hour bill and the proposal of Secretary of Labor Perkins to control wages, work and production; it would entail permissive legislation 1ather than a statutory rule. The idea was advanced last month before the House Labor Committee by Henry I Harriman, president of the chamber, and it was said today that it was a principal topic of discussion among the delegates, more than 1.200 of whom already are here for the open- ing session tomorrow. Harriman contended the pending r_n]ngrcssmnal proposals are too inflex- ile. Would Set Up Agreements. There are approximately 1,000 trade associations covering various lines of industry, in each of which these agree- ments would be set up, under the Har- riman plan. He would have their terms enforceable against all units within an industry, so as to hold in line any re- fusing to participate in the common in- terest The proposal would involve regulariza- tion of production along the lines ad- vocated a couple of years ago by Gerard Swope of New York, President of the General Electric Co., as an employment aid and to stabilize business. The issue will be projected into the Chamber’s deliberations right at the outset, as Mr. Swope is to speak at the opening session, while tomorrow after- noon at 3 o'clock at the Mayflower Hotcl, there will be a round-table dis- cussion on the same subject. The delegates here today constituted in large part the natioaal councilors, representing the 1,400 constituent bod- ies of the chamber. They are holding an all-day session in which half of the board of directors—17 members— are to be elected. Annual Dinner Tonight. ‘Tonight, at 7:30, at the Mayflower, the American section of the Interna- tional Chamber of Commerce will hold its annual dinner and hear ad- dresses by Secretary of State Hull and Eliot Wadsworth, Assistant Secretary of the Treasury in the past administra- tion. Both major broadcasting chains will carry Secretary Hull's speech at 9:30 The President will speak at the an- nual banquet of the chamber at the Auditorium Thursday night; other mem- bers of the official family who also are to address the busines men include: Secretaries Roper of Commerce, Wal- lace of Agriculture, Director of the Budget Douglas and Chairman Mor- genthau of the Farm Board. H. 1. Harriman Will Speak. ‘The annual meeting will get under way at the chamber building at 10 a.m. tomorrow with the keynote speech by President Harriman. At the opening session, too, reports will be received and committees ap- pointed. Rev. Dr. Ze Barney T. Phillips, rector of the Church of the Epiphany, and chaplain of the Senate, will give the invocation. At 1 o'clock there will be two luncheon meetings. At the Mayflower, Prancis H Sisson, vice president of the Guaranty Trust Co. of New York, will | speak on “The Task of the Federal Government,” and at the Willard Joseph V. McKee, president of the board of aldermen and formerly acting mayor of New York, will have as his topic “The Task of Municipal and State Gov- emments.” At 3 o'clock, the delegates will break up into smaller groups for round-table conferences. Will Outline Legislative Needs. To the fore of these will be the first of a series of discussions on the na- tional transportation problem. At the chamber, Chalrman Rayburn of the House Interstate Commerce Committee will outline legislative needs, while the views of shipper, railroads and their competitor, the motor vehicle industry, will be treated respectively by Col. C. O. Sherrill, former officer in charge of pub- lic buildings and public parks here, who now is a vice president of the Kroger Co. of Cincinnati; R. V. Fletcher, gen- eral counsel, Association of Railway Executives, and T. R. Dahl, vice presi- dent, White Co., Cleveland. : Of particular interest to Washington in view of the current renovizing move- ment,, will be a session devoted to property maintenance and repair, over which Walter J. Koehler, Wisconsin ndustrialist and former Governor of that State will preside. three speakers—Dr. Frank Parker of Philadelphia, president of the Phila- delphia Federation of the Construction Industry, on residential properties; Charles F. Palmer of Atlanta, president of Palmer, Inc.. on business properties, and Willlam H. Meese of Baltimore, Western Electric executive, on indus- trial properties. There will also be a session at the ‘Willard on foreign commercial policy, where the participants will have before them a report from the Foreign Com- merce Department Committee, headed by James A. Farrell of New York, dis- approving of “Buy American” move- ments. Urges Vigorous Trade Policy. Another special committee studying the tariff situation, particularly in re- Jlation to most favored nation treat- ment and bargaining tariffs, has rec- ommended that the chamber “impress upon the State Department the im- portance of a vigorous foreign commer- cial policy for the safeguarding &nd advancement of our foreign trade and ®the desirability of systematic review of our trade position on our leading foreign markets.” Distribution problems will be studied at a session to be held at the Mayflow- er, as will problems of natural resource industries. A round table at the Chamber build- ing will take up reductions in state and local expenditures. Two diners are scheduled tomorrow night. xgl"he American Trade Association Ex- ecutives will hold forth at the May- flower, where Secretary Roper will be #mong the guests. Right Rev. James E. T rceman, Bishop of Washington, will ‘There will be ! | The Herring Run Is On THRONGS SNAGGING FISH AT CHAIN BRIDGE. ging” fishermen. comprise the equipment. The moving up toward the falls to seldom fails to pull out one or two. HE annual herring run up the Potomac is under way and both banks of the narrows just below Little Falls at Chain Bridge are lined with the “snag- Several barbed hooks on lines fixed to long cane poles fisherman casts into the mass of fish the fresh-water spawning grounds and An occasional shad is caught. —Star Staff Photo. NEW BONLS AR REPRTS SELUTED Survey of Principal Cities of Country Fails to Reveal Indications. ‘With reports available from all the principal cities of the country, Wash- ington police today could find no apparent movement of bonus seekers toward Washington. When the first word went out that |a new horde of bonus marchers was | preparing to descend upon the city, | Maj. E. W. Brown, superintendent of | police, sent wires to police chiefs throughout the East, Middle West and West, seeking for detailed information on any movement of bonus seekers. The only report so far received of any movement is an unconfirmed one from Chicago, which said 500 members of the Workers' Ex-Service Men's League, i® Communist organization. were pre- | paring to leave for the Capital. “I cannot say, of course,” Maj. Brown said this morning, “what developments will come of the agitation of radical leaders to build up another bonus march on Washington. Present indi- cations are that no such movement is contemplated in any of the places { where bodies of such men are formed.” Meanwhile, he said, local police will continue to keep in touch with the situation throughout the country and will make, when and if necessary, such (plans as may be worked out, for deal- |ing with them. For more than two hours today Col. | Louis M. Howe, one of the President's | secretaries, talked with George Brady of the Veterans’ National Liaison Com- mittee and three of his associates in an effort to prevent the proposed in- | vasion of Washington by another bonus !march. After this conference Brady and his assoclates left with instruc- i tions not to discuss what when on. It “Is understood that no agreement was ireached, but it is expected that some- thing definite will develop when the conference is resumed in Col. Howe's office tomorrow. POTOMAG SAVINGS AFFAIRS DISCUSSE |Offutt Silent on Result of Talk With Cummings, Treasury Aide. George W. Offutt, president and con- servator of the Potomac Savings Bank, conferred this morning at the Treas- ury Department with Walter J. Cum- mings, executive assistant to the Sec- retary of the Treasury, concerning the Potomac Bank, which is one of 13 financial mstitutions in the hands of conservators since March 14. On_emerging from his conference. Mr. Offutt had no statement to make concerning the results of the meeting. He did say, however, that in his opin- ion Mr. Cummings and his organiza- tion were working hard on the District of Columbia situation. He said real efforts were being made by them to solve the problems presented by the 13 banks. Asked about the progress of his plan to convert the Potomac Savings Bank into a national bank through the sale of stock, Mr. Offutt would not comment on the plan to reorganize his own bank and reopen it as an independent insti- tution, but declared he was co-operat- ing with Mr. Cummings in the Treas- ury Department’s plan. The Potomac Savings Bank, which is organized as a Virginia corporation, launched a campaign to sell stock reopen as the Potomac National Bank and this plan was approved by the stockholders at a specidl meeting in Alexandria. Substantial sales of this s:gcolé have been made, it was under- E 5 ~ £5 Plan Play to Aid Hospital. LEONARDTOWN, Md., May 2 (Spe- cial). —“The Heart of a Hero,” a four- act play, will be presented here, under the auspices of the St. Mary's Council of the Knights of Columbus, for the benefit of the St. Mary’s Hospital on May 8, and at Ridge on May 11. A call for partners to go with him into the mountains of British Columbia on a gold mining expedition has been issued by Merrill K. Riddick, World |War aviator and airmail fiyer, who in the past few years has forsaken the airways for the paths of the prospec- tors in the Northwest. Riddick has just returned to the United States after three years of prospecting in Alaska, during which, he said, he managed to make a living. He has gathered together machinery, including trucks and a tractor, witl which he intends to work the claims of | Darwin Harbicht of in the Caribou district of British lumbia, about 400 miles Spokane, Wash. He said he wants four or five men in good physical shape, who are willing to pay theli own expenses to get into the gold country. The Harbicht claims, he says, from | first workings ealready done there have shown evidences of yleldk‘comflenhly WORLD WAR AVIATOR INVITES PARTNERS FOR GOLD SEARCH i Merrill Riddick Returns From Prospecting to Prepare for British Columbia Adventure. more than a living when worked with the proper kind of machinery. “Of course,” he declares, “it is all a gamble, this gold mining. A man might lose his shirt in such an under- taking as I am embarking on, or he may manage to get a good, comfortable living by working hard. There are indications there is gold in bonanza proportions where I intend to put up machinery.” Riddick is living at Riva, Md. The machinery, which will include either one or two five-ton trucks and ma- and, with his Riddick is well known in Washing- ton. He was a pioneer fiyer, first for the Army and later as a civilian on the airmail route between New York and Washington. He stopped flying, he said, “when the depression came.” Che WASHINGTON, D. C, f | ANNUAL BEVERAGE PERMITS'ISSUANCE BEGINS THIS WEEK Careful Re-examination of Applicants’ Eligibility Will Be Made. ADDITIONAL ASSISTANCE IS REQUIRED BY BOARD Supplemental Questionnaire on Cit- izenship to Be Sent All Corporation Members. ‘The Beverage Permits Board planned today to gnake a start this week on the huge job of issuing annual beer licenses to replace the temporary permits under which legal beer has been sold here since April 7. This will involve a care- ful re-examinatian of the details of the eligibility of the applicants, now numbering more than 1,600, before the temporary permits are recalled and J annual licenses issued. Additional help must be provided, however, before the work can be pushed effectively ahead, it was declared today by Vernon E. West, chairman of the beverage board. Several times the board has planned to begin work on the permanent licenses, but other duties of the mem- bers of the board, which now has but one part-time assistant, and a con- tinuation of calls for temporary per- mits has caused postponements. Mr. West plans to ask the District Com- missioners tomorrow to provide addi- tional workers. Thorough Check Needed. During the past three weeks mem- {bers of the board have become aware of the need for a very thorough check of the scores of questions regarding annual licenses which must be made to assure obedience to the numerous restrictions in the law and regulations. One is a check on regulations per- mitting sale of beverage beer for con- sumption at bars or counters and an- other is the question of permitting drug stores to sell beer for consumption on their premises. Drug stores, the board ruled, may have “on sale” li- censes provided they have separate rooms used primarily for the service of food. The Hotel and Restaurant Employes’ Alliance, Local 781, recently filed with the Commissioners a protest against sale of beverage beer at counters or bars and also questioned the right of drug stores to sell beer for consumption at their places. Mr. West said these and other places would be subjected to careful inspection during consideration of annual permits. Before annual permits are issued to holders of “on sale” permits, members of the board plan to make personal inspections to make sure both the law and the regulations are being followed. 0. K.'d Use of Bar. The Districc Commissioners shortly after beer was legalized here decided the beverage could be sold over the old-fashioned bars or counters, as well as at tables, provided such bars or 1 counters were equipped with stools or chairs and provided such places were used primarily for serving of food. At the same time they declared they in- tended to prevent a return of old saloon conditions and that if the privilege were abused they would issue new and more drastic regulations. The Commissioners and officials of the Beverage Board sald today they had received no complaints of abuse of the privilege at any specified place. Officials do not know how many licenses have been issued to places where bars or counters are used, since no ccunt was made as temporary per- mits were issued. It is estimated there are scores of them. There has been no special police investigation of these places as yet. This is to be done prior to issuance of annual per- mits, when other “on sale” places are inspected. To date but & small number of beer- vending places have been closely in- spected by police, acting for the board. Inspection Decided Upon. Determination to have inspections made of all such estal ents has been reached since it was found that in at least a number of cases there is reason to believe licenses have been issued to persons not eligible, principal- ly due to incorrect answers made to license questionnaires. It was found yesterday also that one question had been omitted from the lengthey questionnaire. That was ‘whether members of a corporation ap- plying for license were all citizens of the United States. To correct this matter before annual permits are con- sidered, the board will send a supple- mental questionnaire to such corpora- tion members for their statements. Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, member of the Beverage Board, said the license applications would be turned over to the captains of each police precinct for investigation by men under their command. It was believed this would expedite the inspection work, but no estimate could be given as to the time needed to complete the investigations. $9,500 NOW NEEDED TO SAVE ORCHESTRA Amount Reduced as Solicitations Continue From Business Leaders Here. The sum needed to avert the threat- disbanding of the National Sym- phony Orclestra was reduced yester- day from $10,200 to $9,500 as & com- mittee headed by Mrs. James Clement Dunn continued to solicit business lead- ers for subscriptions. Frank R. Jelleff and Julius Garfinckel already have given substantial subscrip- e ions. Any sum, no matter how modest, will be appreciated and should be sent to the National Symphony Orchestra, in care of C. C. Cappel, manager, in the ‘Woodward Building. DEWEY WREATHS PLACED Services at Cathedral Commem- orate Battle of Manila Bay. Services commemorating the Battle of Manila Bay were held yesterday at the tomb of Admiral George Dewey in Bethlehem Chapel, Washington Dewey. TUESDAY, .| Hess; rhythms, Mrs. Hilder; WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION Foening Star 92 =y MAY 1933. CANPBELLS PLAE ON VL SERVICE GOES TO HONTANAN Harry B. Mitchell and Mrs. Lucille McMillin Named Commissioners. G. R. WALES, REPUBLICAN, WILL REMAIN ON BOARD Woman Appointee Is Widow of Former Governor and Diplomat. Harry B. Mitchell, Montana stockman, and Mrs. Lucille McMillin, widow of a ‘Tennessee political leader, will be the new Democratic members of the Civil Service Commission. They were named late yesterday by President Roosevelt. Mitchell succeeds ‘Thomas E. Campbell, Republican, presi- dent of the commission, and Mrs. Mc- Millin gets the post now held by Miss jessie Dell, Democrat, appointed to the commission by President Coolidge. George R. Wales, a Republican, who is a graduate of the ranks, will continue in office. ! Native of Scotland. Mitchell’s home is in Great Falls. He was born in Scotland on April 7, 1867, coming to this country with his parents when a boy. He has been in Montana since 1890. He engaged at first in news- paper work in Great Falls and in the mining. camps ol‘n Neihart and nurk‘ !;x; For many years he was manager of Great P'i.l!ly Leader, but since 1918 has handled live stock and land interests. Mitchell always has been active in Montana politics. He served three terms as mayor of Great Falls and was first lent of the State Tax As- Knight Templar, Mrs. Mitchell is the Montara State ‘Women’s Clubs. Husband Was Diplomat. Mrs. McMillin is the widow of Benton McMillin, who died recently. He served in Congress from 1879 to 1899; was Governor of Tennessee four years, and then, from 1913 to 1919, was Min- ister to Peru and for the next three years Minister to Guatemala. Mr. McMillin, as a Democratic na- tional committeeman, Roosevelt man. President Campbell is leaving the commission after three years' service. A former Governor of Arizcna, he was appointed by President Hoover, a friend of long standing. Miss Dell, a Georgian, came to the commission in 1925. Mr. Wales has been cn the commis- sion 38 years. A native of Vermont, YL&( started out as a clerk and, while chit examiner in 1919, was promoted by President Wilson. ALLEGED BANDITS ARRAIGNED IN COURT | Carl W. Hanson and Thomas Boyle Held Under Bonds of $25,000 Each. Federation of was an early Carl W. Hanson, 26, and Thomas Boyle, 29, arrested last week while al- legedly concluded plans to hold up the Washington Savings Bank, were held under $25,000 bond each upon arraign- ment in Police Court today. The case upon which the men were held was the robbery April 17 of a chain grocery in the 1400 block of ‘Twelfth street, in which clerks and cus- tomers were held up at pistol point and $30 stolen from two cash registers. A check-up of the records of the two men, police said, showed both had served terms in Kansas, Boyle for grand larceny and Hanson for robbery. In- spector Frank S. W. Burke, chief of detectives, said they were wanted in Kansas City, Kans, for holding up a post office station. CAPT. WILLIAM A. KING BURIED IN ARLINGTON War Department Telegrapher's Funeral Held at Immaculate Conception Church. Funeral services for Capt. William A. King, U. S. A, chief telegrapher at the War Department for many years, were held this morning at the Church of the Immaculate Conception, followed by military burial in Arlington National Cemetery. Capt. King, who was 67 and had lived for more than 40 years in Prince Georges County, Md., and in Washing- ton, died Sunday morning. He was appointed a telegraph operator at the War Department in 1898 and served continuously until 1913, at which time he was promoted to be chief telegrapher. He was commissioned a captain in the Signal Corps in 1918 during the ‘World War and was made chief of the telegraph division. A year later he was discharged from the Signal Corps and reinstated as chief telegrapher in 1919. Capt. King is survived by his widow Mrs. Ada O. King, and two sons. Their home is at 4000 Cathedral avenue. WEST SCHOOL CHILDREN HOLD MAY DAY EXERCISES Pupils of All Grades Participate in Celebration Under Di- rection of Teachers. Atter scores of little children whose nts plan for them to enter the pub- ic schools next September were ex- amined by a corps of physicians and dentists to ascertain whether they had any defects which should be corrected prior to the entrance time, the chil- dren of the several grades of the Jcseph Rodman West School yesterday held elaborate May day exercises in the auditorium, with the parents of many of them as guuu‘ The exhibitions of the various grades and the teachers in charge were: Creative May day dance, Mrs. Fisch- er; rhythms, Miss Jacobs; dance, Miss Varian Fry, classmate at Harvard of —Underwood Photo. { Mrs. Lucille F. McMillin and Harry B. Mitchell. CITIZENS ANSWER PATRICK'S CHARGES Takoma Group Denies Chair- man Acted Withou} 0Ob- taining Facts. Charges by Maj. Gen. Mason M. Pat- rick, chairman of the Public Utilities Commishion, that the Takoma Citizens’ Association had adopted resolutions concerning utilities questions without ascertaining the true facts, resulted 1ast night in the association going on record unanimously in support of the committee chairman who drafted the resolutions. ‘The action, a direct denial of Pat- rick's charges, was a vote of confidence in George E. Sullivan, chairman of the association’s Public Utilities Committee. Conferred With Counsel In connection with Patrick’s ecriti- cism, it was brought out that the day before the commission chairman made the charges in writing to the associa- tion, Sullivan had a conference wita the commission’s counsel. In his letter Patrick said Sullivan had made sev- eral appointments with the counsel, but never kept them. This the association characterized as “utterly without basis in fact.” One of the resolutions at issue charged the Utilitles Commission de- faulted in the case providing for a 10 per cent cut in telephone rates. ‘The association report stated the charge that the necessary answer of the commission required by law to put the case at issue and thereby enabling & court hearing “was filed with the court within eight days after the suit was brought,” is “absolutely unqualified and untrue. No answer to the bill of com- plaint in the matter of the appeal has ever been filed. The commission filed & reply merely to the rule to show cause as to the temporary injunction, follow- ing which the injunction was granted. The case has been. in abeyance ever since, awaiting the commission’s answer to the bill of complaint filed by the telephone company.” The report then deals with a statement made by the commission’s counsel before thé Senate District Committee at the hearing on April 8. Facts Are Set Forth. In connection with the charge in an- other letter from Gen. Patrick, which relates to limiting court review to judi- clal questions and making future valua- tion and rate-making cases before the Public Utilitles Commission effective within' a reasonable time, that the framers of the resolution should have ascertained the facts, the report set forth in detail all the facts and condi- tions as they existed at that time. In ad the it was set forth that the lflocllfionp‘k:io'! of | d no reason for cl any of its original resolution as u‘lfid at the April maeting of the organization. lavoring extension of ashington Rapid Transit bus line northward from Fifth and Gallatin streets along Fifth street to or beyond Cedar street in Ta- koma Park desirable and necessary in the publicgiaterest. . | Above are shown leacers of the Association of Unemployed College Alumni, here for a “cap and gown” gathering of unemployed to ask relief of the Gov- ernment for the educational and social service agencies of the country. are, left to right: Miss Dorothy Shoemaker, Swarthmore College graduate and the Washington contact of the organization; Jcseph P. Lash of the College of the City of New York and Columbia University, president of the association, and ‘They James Roosevelt, son of the President. —Star Staff Photos. Appointees |0 EGC ) NP HIT U. 5. CHAMBER Activities of Commerce Body Scored in Address at Y. W.C.A. | | | There is no place in the present scheme of things for the activities of | the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, in the opinicn of delegates to the gathering here today of the Asso- ciation of Unemployed College Alumni, and the “educated unemployed” plan | to tell the leaders of what they chcose | to call “erstwhile big business” just that | with placards. They were exhorted to do so at this morning’s opening session at the Y. W. C. A. by their president, Joseph P. Lash, holder of a bachelor's degree from the College of the City of New York and a rx;a.ster's degree from Columbia Univer- sity. “I hope,” he said, opening the meet- ing of the “white-collar unemployed.” “that we will find time to put on our caps and gowns and go a couple of blocks in & procession, with placards, to express our disapproval of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States.” Lash attacked the Chamber of Com- { merce of the United States as the “chief leader in the campaign during the de- pression to retrench in education and | social service.” | The jobless group is made up almost | entirely of young men and women just out of college, who are victims of the depression and have as their chief stock in trade expensive educations which do not now open to them their chosen fields of endeavor. Their meeting will last two days, They plan to go tomorrow afternoon to the White House, to lay their pro- gram for betterment of their lot par- ticularly, and the country generally, be- fore the President. They will wear caps and gowns. Among the reasons for their gather- ing in Washington at this time, they stated, is the deplorable state of educa- tion in this country. | Varian Fry, a Harvard graduate, who | was a classmate of James Roosevelt, | son of the President, was one of the spokesmen for the group. He said the program tentatively calls for a recom- | mendation that the United States Gov- | ernment undertake to appropriate money to bolster tottering State edu- cational systems. “It is obvious,” he said, “that if the present situation continues to grow worse, as it will unless the Federal Government steps in, those children who are not going to school in various sections of the country, will miss more years of schooling, and in time, lose all interest in education and become illiter- ates. In Alabama, through lack of system has been terribly crippled, and only about 20 per cent of the schools are operating.” Fry and Lash also declared sgainst curtailment of the social service activi- ties of the Government. ” This morning’s session, after the opening talk of Lash, was devoted to the organization of the body, the ap- pointment of committees and the wc:E- ing out of a program, which is expected to_consume the rest of the day. Tonight the “white collar unem- ployed” will hear talks by Louis Lorwin of Brookings Institution; M. H. Hedges of “The Electrical Worker,” and Dr. A. C. C. Hill, formerly of Brookings In- stitution and now in'the office of Sen- ator Hiram Johnson of California. . IMPROVED CROSSING PROTECTION SOUGHT Kenilworth Citizens Reiterate De- mands on Quarles Street Intersection. Demands for better protection at the Quarles street railroad crossing were reiterated by members of the Kenilworth Citizens’ Associatioy, meeting last night in the Kenilworth Presbyterian Church. F. V. Shipley, president, appointed John S. Driggers, Samuel K. Murphy and Walter A. Barnes to take up the matter with District officials to see what provisions might be ordered by the Dis- trict government. They will consult with Corporation Counsel W. W. Bride and Traffic Director Willlam A. Van Duzer, The Pennsylvania Rallroad, it was reported by Willard A. ., 8850~ ciation secretary, has declined the re- quest of the body to have flashing lights operated there at night. He pointed out that at night now the only protec- tion is a warning bell. Mr. Barnes, chairman of the Streets and Alleys Committee, reported the need of a clean-up by the city of the gutters in the Kenilworth section. DEATH HEl:D ACCIDENT Gallinger Patient Succumbs Several ‘Weeks After Traffic Mishap. A coroner’s jury today held acciden- tal the death of George W. Revere, 70, inj struck by a taxicab at Ninth and E streets January 25. Fred C. Butts, 59, the driver of the taxi. Revere, who lived at Gregory's Boat House, Sixth and Water streets south- west, was first treated at Emergency Hospital for his injuries and returned home. Subsequently, about six weeks 2go, he was admitted to Gallinger. | | funds, for instance, the State school | PAGE B—1 DSTRT WL GET S50 10 SN0 ON NEEDY FAMILES Lewis-Wagner National Re- lief Bill to Make Funds Available. WASHINGTON HAS SPENT $400,000 IN 3 MONTHS 1Enactment of Legislation Prevents Virtual Collapse of Work Here. — Under the Lewis-Wagner national re- lief bill passed yesterday by the Senate, approximately $133,000 would be made immediately available to the District of Columbia for emergency care of its des- titute families, it was estimated today by George S. Wilson, director of public welfare, Since present available funds of both public and private relief agencies here iare running low, while calls for assist- ance continue to increase, enactment of the national relief bill will serve to pre- vent a virtual collapse of relief work here in the near future, Mr. Wilson said. The welfare director estimates the District expended approximately $400,- 000 during the first three months of this year, so it would be eligible for & grant of about $133,000 under the Lewis- Wagner bill, which provides that States and the District may receive at once one-third of the amount of public funds used for relief during the first quarter of this year. Since last August, when the District began emergency relief on an_organ- ized scale, the Welfare Board has re- ceived about 20,000 calls for aid, of which 10.183 had been granted at the time of the last meeting. During last week, 174 new applications were filed. Mr. Wilson anticipates additional calls jfor aid from District funds during the next month or two, since available funds of the major private relief agencies are running low and, from week to week, some of their cases are transferred to the District rolls. |BANDI T TAKES $200 Armed Man Loots Register After Forcing Proprietor to Lie on Floor. Police today were searching for a bandit who held up a del\ca!‘r&en in the 3300 block of Fourteenth street last night, forced the proprietor to lie on the floor and robbed the cash reg- ister of $200. The man, believed by police to be the same one who “held up a Columbia road delicatessen last week, entered the store of Harry Piver, asked for a box of matches, then pressed & revolver | against Piver's ribs. He rifled the cash 1 Tegister and escaped. Among other robberies last night were the hold-up of Merle H. Webster, taxi driver, from whom $5 was taken by two colored men; the snatching of $5 from the pocketbook of Ethel Wil- ley, Highlands, Va. in the 800 block Seventh street, and the theft of $500 in clothing from the automobile of Harry Wilkinson, New Albany, Ind., while it was parked in the 1400 block Pennsylvania avenue, and $66 worth of pajamas from the sidewalk in front of Lansburgh’s department store. Charles W. Clayton, 400 block C street, reported to police a pickpocket took between $30 and $50 from him in RK GROUP ASKS ZONING NOTICE MANOR PAR Citizens Would Require Owners to Post Signs on Sites 30 Days Prior to Hearing. ‘The Manor Park Citizens’ Association last night voted to ask the Zoning Com- mission to require owners seeking re- zoning for property to place signs on the sites for which the change is sought, at least 30 days before hearing, in order to give the proposal fullest publicity, This would be of great bene- fit to surrounding property owners af- fected by the change, it was pointed out. ‘The association also decided to write to Lieut. Col. U. S. Grant, 3d. director of Public Buildings and Public Parks, urging that the recreation center be- tween Third and Fifth and Sheridan and Tuckerman streets be completed by July 1. Letters were received from former Senator Bingham of Connecticut and former Representatives Simmons ot Nebraska and Arentz of Nevada, ac- knowledging the thanks of the asso- ciation for their interest in District affairs, The association, which meets in ‘Whittier School, journed until the second Monday in September. S PER DIEM WORKERS GET 15 DAYS’ LEAVE WITH PAY Controller General M'Carl Rules 3,300 Are Entitled to ‘Vacations. Per diem employes of the District Government, under a new ruling by Controller General McCarl, may be given 15 days’ leave with pay each year, it was reported today by Roland M. Brennan, chief clerk of the District Engineer Department. For the first time, the per diem men also are given the Tight, already held by statutory or annual employes of the District, to save days of vacation from onne year for use the next, if they de- ire. The 15 days of annual leave with pay may be taken by per diem em- ployes who previously have had 10 months of t service. The rule is effective from April 1. The District has approximately 3,300 per diem em- es. of the 1400 biock of Spring road, was | Ploy Club to Hold Card Party. CLINTON, Md.. May 2 (Special).— The Good Will Club of Christ Church will lwn & card party tomorrow eve- ning. b