Evening Star Newspaper, June 24, 1933, Page 14

"A—14 wx THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, FEDERAL AGENCIES URGED TO FILL 10BS FROM CIVIL SERVICE Editorial in Organ of Em- ployes Asks Officials to Up- hold Merit System. ’CARTOON HITS DROPPING OF CLASSIFIED WORKERS | President’s Return Awaited for De- | cision on Appointments by Executive Order. Administrators of the new Federal | agencies today were called upon to up- | hold the merit system and staff their | organizations with Civil Service em- | ployes in an editorial in the Federal | News, organ of the National Federation | ©of Federal Employes. 1 An accompanying cartoon captioned “No Place for Carpet-Baggers,” by John M. Baer, former Republican member of | Congress from North Dakots, hit at| the principle of cutting off classified workers in the name of retrenchment | and employing others without regard to | Civil Service a2s the new emergency | organizations are built up. | “Two personnel courses are open to | the administrators of the new govern- | LIZARDS AND COBRAS JO! mental agencies,” the editorial says. “One is to fill positions with ‘politi- | cal’ appointees; the other is to employ | persons of experience in the Federal | ‘Government machine, who have me'.i the competitive requirements of Civil | rvice. i i Only One Proper Step. “These two courses are open, but there is only one proper step. That is | to re-employ the men and women with | civil service qualifications and tram»: ing and who, through absolutely no| fault of their own, have been the vic- | tims of curtailed operations elsewhere | in the Federal Government. i “There can be no questioning the wisdom of follewing such a policy. It | is a course which is dictated by every | consideration of sound and intelligent personnel practice as well as by the elements of justice and fair play. “The administration has set up the new emergency agencies not to provide jobs for so-called ‘deserving’ Dersons, | but to hasten the Nation's recovery. It| follows logically that the chief consid- | eration of administrators is to obtain | the most efficient and experienced | ‘workers to aid them in their monu- | mental task. “Such workers are to be found in | the men and women whose names are on the lists of the Civil Service Com- mission.” Awaits President’s Return. Meanwhile, the return of President | Roosevelt was awaited to bring to a head the demand of House Democrats | that Government workers covered into | civil service by executive orders since | 1921, be dropped. After a visit yester- day from a group which included Rep- | resentative Byrns of Tennessee, ma- Jjority leader, and Representative Mc- Clintic of Oklahoma, head of the newly- organized “Job-Hunting Committee,” at which this matter was discussed, Post- | master General Farley reiterated his | previous expression in favor of removing ‘ those brought under civil service “un- | fairly.” | Recalling the case of some 164 mount- | ed inspectors in the customs service, who had been given civil service status by President Coolidge, Farley said “a Democrat would look as good on a| horse as a Republican.” | It was made clear, however, that the | Postmaster General has no intention of mixing in the congressional move to make party label the test of fitness for posts in the Library of Congress. | If an effort is made to revoke the | orders which have brought groups into | civil service in the past 12 years, it will mean extensive study by the Civil Serv- ice Commission. There have been a total of 10,225 coverages in that time, | as follows: Harding, 1,368; Coolidge, | 6,894, including 2,083 wartime workers; | Hcover, 1,963, The case of each individual affected | would have to be scanned, as once a | post gets civil service status either by induction of the incumbent, or the place itself, it remains in that status, and fter the original incumbent goes, the | ssors must qualify by competitive | test. The result of this is that in many | instances the holders of positions | brought under civil service have been | succeeded by workers who earned their | places by merit, and consequently, are Dot subject to being tossed out peremp- orily. | manent blindness, and Zoo auendants‘ | now wear goggles whenever they ap- ' PERSONNEL BOARD Among New “Boarders” at Zoo IN EXHIBITION AT PARK. Upper—Close-up of two mastiguire lizards placed on exhibition at the Zoo yesterday. coiiection of reptiles. WO descendants of the snake which Cleopatra is reputed to have used to end her life were among a group of 12 new “boarders” at the Zoo today. The asps, more commonly known as horned vipers, arrived at the Zoo yes- terday, along with four spitting cobras, two Egyptian cobras, two mastiguire | lizards and two puff adders. The spitting cobras attracted consid- | erable attention when, they were placed | on exhibition. Their tempers appar- ently had got s little out of bounds as | a result of their journey from New York in a small wooden box, for they slithered around the glass-fronted ex- hibition cubicle in angry fashion, lash- ing their tails at nothing in particular | and darting their tongues at the crowd | of spectators outside. | Frantic Efforts to Escape. Dr. William H. Mann, director of the | Zoo, seemed a little concerned lest the | new additions to his collection of rep- tiles injure themselves in their frantic efforts to escape. Two of them in par- ticular appeared in danger of giving | themselves severe headaches, at least, by jamming their heads against the plate-glass fronts. | It was recalled that several years ago three attendants at the Zoo were | injured by spitting cobras, which have the knack of squirting poison into the eyes of all who come t0o close to them. | The employes were blinded only tempo- rarily, although large “shots” from cobras have been known to cause per- Lower—One of the four spitting cobras added to the Zoo's —Star Staff Photo. proach the cubicle in which this par- ticuiar type of snake is kept. The Egyptian cobras lack the expec- torating talents of their brethren, but the asps are considered highly danger- ous. Shakespeare had it that Cleo- patra, before finally deciding on the | horned viper as a means of self-de- struction, experimented with _various | kinds of snakes, letting them bite her ‘attendm’lts, When the asp proved his | ability to deal death more quickly than | | the other reptiles, the Bard of Avon | said, the enchantress of the Nile per- | mitted him to bite her. Have Wiggling Crawl. 1 The asps, both of which are still| mere babies, crawl with a peculiar wig- gling motion, like that of the ‘“side- winder,” or American rattlesnake, which also has horns. They were placed in a cubicle occupied by a legless lizard, commonly known as the “joint,” or “glass” snake. The larger of lhe‘ two immediately proceeded to bury himself in the sand, leaving only his head above the surface. The lizards, called “al dab” by the Arabs, were put into & cubicle con- taining an ameiva-like otenosaur liz- | ard, an Inague Island curl-tail lizard and a San Diegan alligator lizard—all of which scurried for cover when they | saw the larger reptiles coming. The lizards and snakes, turned over to Dr. Mann by George Bistany of San | Prancisco, a professional collector of | such things, give the Zoo the most complete reptilian collection in the| world. All were captured in Northern | Africa. STUDIES ECONOMY { District Dismissals to Be| Avoided Where Possible With Furloughs. The District Personnel Board today is | passing judgment on what steps must | be taken to reduce expenses of each District government department for hire of employes, as a resuit of the reduction in appropriations for the fiscal year beginning July 1. One by one, heads of the various bu- reaus and departments are appearing | before the board to state just what their | problems will be during the new year. | 1t is expected the session will last late | into the afternoon Every effort is being made to prevent dismissals of employes by adoption of | the furlough system, abolition of po- MILK PRICE PROBE SEEN NEXT MONTH Data Being Compiled Now in Preparation for Public Hearings to Come. Hearings on the price of milk and| other dairy products in the District will start sometime next month, it was in- dicated following another executive | conference today between members of | \the Senate subcommittee and officials assigned to aid them In conducting the | inquiry. Senatcr King, Democrat of Utah, who presided, said the conference was de- | voted to going over the information be- ing collected by Assistant Corporation | Counsel Elwood H. Seal and W. B. Wat- |Order, Originally Effective To- | D. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 24, 1933. NAVY DELAYS PLAN FOR 3-DAY WEEK IN YARDS OF SERVICE morrow, Postponed to In- definite Date. 3,700 CIVILIAN WORKERS HERE TO WORK SATURDAY | Present Schedule of 514 Days to| Continue Pending Opening of Bids July 26. Instead of going on a fivg-day week | starting tomorrow, the 3,700 civilian workers at the Washingtcn Navy Yard will continue on the present five-and-a- half-day week until further orders. ‘This developed today at the Navy De- | partment when Assistant Secretary Roosevelt dispatched a message to the entire naval service directing that the | present navy yard work-week status be | continued. The message said: “Pending the settlement general ques- tion of hours of work now being con- sidered by several Government agencies, | including the Industrial Recovery | Board, instructions contained in de- | partment’s circular letter of 1 June, 1933, establishing five-day work week will be held in abeyance and navy yards | continue present work week until fur ther orders.” An unofficial explanation at the de- partment was that the Government is waiting until it opens bids on July 26 for some of the warships under the 32-ship emergency relief program to determine if private shipyards are will- ing to have their employes work on a five-day week before the Government itself launches on this program as fixed policy. In submitting estimates for ship construction, officials pointed out, it would be obviously unfair to tie the Government yards down to a five-day week while permitting private ship- builders to work their employes for a greater” period and thus speed up con- | THREE HURT AT FIRE CAUSED BY GASOLINE| Mrs. Sue Fleming Leaps From Window After Aiding Neigh- bor and Child. ‘Two women sustained bruises early this afternoon in escaping from a fire started by ignited gasoline at 227 Third street, and a man a skinned elbow when he fell down a flight of steps while running to summon aid. Mrs. Sue Fleming, 33, received a badly bruised arm when she jumped from a window of a first floor sleeping porch, adjoining the room where the fire started. Before going to the win- dow Mrs. Fleming helped Mrs. Edith McNabb, 39, through the window, and then handed her 4-year-old Daphne Fleming. Mrs. McNabb received minor bruises, it was said at the home. Jimmie O'Dennell, 24, was hurt when | he fell down the steps. Miss Mary Mulling, 23, who was fill- ing a gasoline spray in the kitchen when the fluid ignited, was uninjured. Miss Mulling said the fumes ignited from the stove, which, she said, she did not know was lighted. The large can of gascline also ignited and fire- men were summoned to extinguish the blaze. But slight damage was done to the room, although the force of the explosisn shattered several panes of glass, it was said. THRIFT BOOKS GET ROVER’S APPROVAL | Revision So as to Eliminate Cou- pons Which Would Not Be Honored, Planned. | [ | United States Attorney Leo A. Rover announced today he had withdrawn his objections to the sale of so-called “thrift books” as the result of an agree- ment reached with the promotors of the books. Mr. Rover said he had been informed the books would be revised so as to eliminate coupons which, he said, would nat be honored. The books contain | strips of tickets which entitle the holder | to reduced rates at various places of | | Dr. Briggs said yesterday. | surgeon; Walter P. Boehm, Front Line son Snyder, special assistant to the At- | Another angle that would have to be | sitions now vacant so that appropria- | considered by the administration is the | tions in such cases may be available | torney General. amusement and entertainment. treatment to be accorded in those in- stances in which persons have been | brought into classified jobs without ref- erence to the civil service laws, for the | simple reason that they needed work, and it was felt they had some claim on the Government. Widows, generally with children, have made up the largest | number of this group, and the appoint- | ments have en made without any Teference to politics. The beneficiaries | have ranged even into congressional circles. CHINA SELECTS TEXAN | FOR BIG COTTON DEAL | | 900.000 Bales of American Staple to Be Purchased by Charles L. Tarver of Dallas L. Tarver of in the hase of 90 S rican was announced here yesterday | se legation | will be made with a ) advanced to China by Finance Corpora- | ated that four-fifths | to be used in buying remainder in buying d vester- designated Tarver will ur Young, pur cottor s st been a Artl he Chinese govern- . who is now in this country but | the cotton Tarver & Steele i n Dallas, Galveston and New York City. UNDERGOES "‘CHECK up” Senator Borah Goes to Baltimore Before Taking Vacation. Senator William E. Borah of Idaho, today went to Baltimore to undergo his annual physical “check up” before Jeaving for a vacation At the Senatcr's office, it was sald his vacation plans are not known, but that he anticipates going to Idaho and probably will not return to the Capital until Fall. Borah annually undergoes a thorough physical examination. Last year he went to Rochester, Minn, and this year's check-up will be at Johns Hop- kins Hospital, for employment purposes after July 1 and other expedients possible under the | economy measures. Wheh the Personnel Board, which is headed by Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor, has completed its analysis, it | will forward its report to the Com- missioners for action. Dismissal of employes will be neces- | sary in the case of seyeral departments, according to information released dur- ing the week. | MEN DENY BEATING AGENT | STRUCK BY AUTOMOBILE Two men who are accused of knock- ing down a Justice Department agent in an automobile and returning to beat him were arraigned before Police Court Judge John P. McMahon today on a charge of assault Fred Hackett, 29, 3500 block of Eleventh street, and George Cokley, 25, 1700 block Twenty-first street, Who police say occupied the machine which struck Joseph T. Cantwell, Justice agent, as he was crossing the street near his home, in the 1200 block of New Hamp- shire avenue, last night, pleaded not guilty to the charge. They were held under $200 bond for a jury trial Cantwell told Assistant United States Attorney Milford Schwartz he was knocked down by the machine, which | at first failed to stop. He shouted to the driver as he lay on the pavement. | Then. he said, the car was halted and the two men came back and struck | him several times. ‘DEMOCRATIC.PLUMS FOUND HARD TO REACH By the Associated Press Representative Darden of Norfolk not only has been unable to get any jcbs for his constituents under the ad- ministration patronage set-up, but pemocratic naticnal headquarters has said yesterday. spent the more than a week since ad- journment endeavoring to get a few small jobs for perscns in the District, ithout one bit of success.” “I couldn't even find ocut whether several applications in which I was said he had called at the office of Rich- ard F. Roper, executive secretary to National Chairman Farley, in person and by telephone and was unable to reach him, ignored his requests for information, he | Obviously irked, Darden said he has interested were on file,” Darden said. He | in Project| Mrs. Caroline Suydam Duer Mc- Lanahan Died in Geneva. Burial services for Mrs. Caroline Suydam Duer McLanahan, widow of | George Xavier McLanahan, who died | May 18 in Geneva, Switzerland, will be held in Rock Creek Cemetery Monday |at 10 am. Funeral services were held in the American Church in Geneva | May 20. Mrs. McLanahan was at one time | socially prcminent in the Capital, and Indications were that for the next | week or two this process &rfassemb%?s’MAR'NE CORPS ORDERS data would contirrue, ore public hearings are held to chtain testimony RECRUITING RESUMED of producers and distributors. Senator King was accompanied at the confer- 4 ¥ J ence by Senator McCarran, Democrat, | Holiday Recently Enforced Be. of Nevada | cause of Economy Restric- A suggestion that the inquiry should | include a study of the cream Sonwf’nz tions Ended. f ice cream was advanced today by | " Senater MLCardn. | The Marine Corps today resumed re- | Just before he and Senator King | Cruiting, after its recent enforced holi- went into executive session to map | day. because of economy restrictions. out a plan of procedure for the in- | Maj. Gen. Ben Fuller, com- vestigation, Senator McCarron said he | mandant of the Marine Corps, today had received preliminary information | crdered resumption of recruiting as a to the effect that ice cream here | Step toward unemplcyment relief. Under “is a mix, a sort of conglomerate.” | today’s program 150 recruits will come Senator McCarran said ice cream has| from the West Coast and 150 will be become a food, rather than a luxury, from the Eastern section of the country. and that “if it is not cream, it ought| Marine Corps headquarters an- 1ot o he called ioe ‘cream.” | nounced that former Marines with | The subcommittee, presided over by Creditable records are to be accepted ator King, is in conference with As- | for re-enlistment. The minimum age | sistant Corporation Counsel Elwood H, | Will be 18 years and the minimum height | Seal and W. B. Watson Snyder, special | 62 inches. Officials said high school assistant to the Attorney General. These | graduates are preferred. cfficials are outlining to the subcom- | The strength of the Marine Corps has | mittee a suggested plan of procedure to | been set at 15,343, and the recruiting of | be followed in carrying on the inquiry. | 300 new Marines is made necessary, of- Entirely aside from this local dairy | ficials explained, by the deaths, retire- product inquiry, Senator King an-| Ments and other losses to the service. nounced today that he intends to con- ————— fer with Attorney General Cummings | regarding what e termed ~unwar- | [ AIRFAX BIBLE SCHOOL ranted increases” in scme commodity prices recently. This did not have ref-| ~ WILL OPEN TOMORROW erence to milk and dairy prices, nor to | i conditions locally, but to prices of some | commodities throughout the country. | Three Churches Unite Senatcr King conferred in this con- | irecti Hiection Sy Sii Gbx Bhis & Bin. | Tednsiex Tnfer Divection son, administrator of the national re- of Rev. 8. Y. Craig. covery act, and said he would commu- | nicate later with the Attorney General. | Special Dispatch to The Star. | He d-‘fl;:i‘ dfl‘l}flmubfl" léfl’sl and mbb('é( FAIRFAX, Va, June 24—Plans are s p;)ctg T a0 mentioned | 4, reqginess for opening of the Fairfax 25 ! Daily Vacation Bible Schooi in the INTERMENT MONDAY Methodist Church here tomorrow morn- ing at 9:30, according to Rev. S. Y. 2P = | Craig, who is directing the project. The | | school is being conducted by the three churches in town, and the local minis- | ters will alternate in handling the wor- ship period each day. Work in Bible study will be stressed, with a period each day devoted to hand- | work and music. Rev. R. A. Rice and Miss Roma Cupp will handle the boys’ and girls' handwork, respectively. Su- perintendents of the various depart-| ments include: Primary, Mrs. L. M. | | Coyner; juniors, Mrs. S.'Y. Cralg, and intermediate, Miss Warwick Rust. In the | was a member of a well- known family. | primary department Mrs. Coyner will | Her home, at 2031 Q street, has been |be assisted by Misses Coda Kincheloe | occupied for some years by the Minister | and Evelyn Coyner. Mrs. R. A. Rice ot Bwitzerland and Mme, Marc-Peter, will have charge of musia, _ Bureau of Standards Family Facing Smash ECONOMY DISMISSALS HIT MARRIED WOMAN WORKERS PENDING BY THOMAS R. HENRY. ) HE happy family of the Federal Government is on the verge of | the “big smash.” | Already 48 married women em- | ployed at the Bureau of Stand- | ards have been -notified of their separa- | tion from the service and dismissal | letters were being drawn up yesterday | for more than 200 other employes, while neart-sick officials of the big scientific establishment were mutely | praying for some last minute miracle that would erable them to tear up at least a few of the notices. Already approximately 50 men and women em- ployed by private industries on special research problems in the bureau labo- ratories have gone or are ready to go. The Bureau of Standards has been an institution apart, little concerned with the most pressing personnel prob- lems that have efflicted other Govern- | ment establishments in the past. The ! great majority of its employes are | either scientists or highly-trained tech- | nicians. They have had common in- terest. Most of them have been neigh- bors in the immediate environment of the bureau itself—small home owners with commcn economic as well as tech- | nical problems. They have constituted | largely a self-contained community. | Scene of Romances. | Within the community itself many romances have developed. Young men and women have come to the bureau fresh from the universities and have werked together in the same laboratories on common problems. Dr. Lyman G. Briggs, newly-appointed director, is himself a veteran in the bureau service and has watched the antics of Cupid in this strange environment of test tubes and ponderous instruments of physical research as they led to mar- riage, home buying and families. At least eight of the women dis- missed were married at the bureau, Scme of sicists or In one them were distinguished pl chemists in their own right. | case the wife had been, until quite re- cently her own husband’s boss in charge | of one of the services. “Anywhere else it might have led to some difficulties,” she said sadly yes- terday. “But we had sense enough, I| hope, to realize that there was a tim and a place for all things. We had | learned how to work together and Iive‘ together. Sometimes the question was DR. LYMAN G. BRIGGS. than any government could poessibly be. Uncle Sam has been just a part—and not altogether a significant part—of the machinery of scientific research. His job was to provide a minimum living. ‘The bureau worker attended to his or her job, and never questioned but that Uncle Sam would attend to his. Perhaps as nearly as any place on earth the Bureau of Standards has fit- ted Kipling’s picture of heaven as a place: “Where no one will work for money and no one will werk for fame, “But each for the love of working and each in his separate sta “Will paint the thing as he sees it, for the God of things as they are.” The sole aim of nearly every Bureau of Standar scientist has been “to paint the thing as he sees it.” It has never occurred to him that this is not the most significant work on earth— that there could be anywhere such | moral perverts as would distort painting of nature. There has n been any idea of utility orprofit. e bureau has had its life force in the basic philosophy of lence that the tons, electrons and nuclear forces, of | CORONER LAUNCHES SRR TENVEARLD BOY | speculation based on the facts. eir | ; Have No Place to Go. | Now, faced with the loss of th | fobs, they have no place to go. They | have had no time for self-seeking or for g 4 | toe practical aftatrs of Lfe. Politics, YOuth Killed and Girl, 10, Is Teir | | has been far more remote from the | world than the fourth dimensicn. The | 'njured When Pal‘ked Truck Is Struck. reason is that they were not that kind | { of men and women, and if they had| | | | been they would have been that much | the less able scientists. For one of the | first demands of science s forgetfulness | of self and of the outside world. | Within the ranks of this bureau com- | CHILDREN WERE BUYING munity there have been, of course, all | the sorrows and perplexities of the| 3 |ine sorons, and perplesites of 1he | uSNOWBALLS” WHEN HIT | been sicknesses and sudden deaths. But | |the men and women have stuck to- | gether. They have had their own relief | organization, their own social organi- | zation. There are bureau dances, bureau | | picnics, bureau bridge clubs, bureau | | scientific symposiums | | ""On the whole it has probably knewn | a happiness unknown to most cim- | | munities because there has been a | | striking absence of jealousies, social | distinctions, “pull” and the like. ‘Nobody was seeking to displace the boss bedause | girl of the sa i = he happened to know the first cousin | e g remaeai fooney stood be- of the wife of Senator Winterbotom. | & “snowball” truck parked at There was intense research rh';‘lry——‘ Maine avenue and Third street south- but such. rivalry is on an etheral plane. | west was under investigation today by Of all persons it is the hardest f0r |5 coroner's jury. Ation foda 1y | the extreme specialist to find a job. = . . He has deliberately disqualified him-| The victims of the accident were self for most profitable work by intensive | Joseph Borsallino, who was crushed to concentration in a narrow fleld. He | death when a District National Guara finds it difficult to act and think out | truck hit the ice cream vehicle, and Rider on Tail-Gate Hurt as Car Crashes Into Vehicle and Strikes His Legs. A crash that resulted in the death of a 10-year-old boy and injuries to a of this field. As one of the dismissed married women said: “What can T do? I suppose I might pick up something later on as a clerk with one of the new bureaus. Ther2 is nowhere I can go and do my own work. But they tell me that even if I do this somebody will make an issue of it and I will be endangering my husband’s job here. It doesn't seem right that a woman should have to pay like this for | being married.” Hoover Offices Hit. | The dismissals are to fall hardest, it | was admitted yesterday, on the divisions raised as to the crippling of the office | only worth-while objecfive is objectivity | which are not strictly technical—the when we took our vacations at the | and that researches conducted with a | divisions of housing, of trade standards same time. That wasn't a problem be- | cause we never had a vacation. But | we used to worry sometimes about what | would happen if the whole family was quarantined.” Actually there has hardly been any such thing as a “boss” at the Bureau of Standards, except for purposes of record. Heads of the departments have | not been disciplinary officials and their | personnel worries have been, for the | most part, exactly the opposite of those of most other departments. The chief | concern has been not to see that there was no shirking of work, but that the | staff did not break down from volun: tary overwork. Problems Are Bosses. The Bureau of Standards scientist | has hardly considered himself as “work: ing for the Government.” His “boss” has always been the problem o moment—a far stricter and sterner boss | utilitarian end in view invariably are barren. Acting on this philosophy, the workers at the bureau have contributed some of the basic facts on which rests | the mechanical civilization of the day. They have enabled the deaf to hear and | not at liberty to divulge the extent of | the blind to see. They have brought t the cancer sufferer the boon of stan ardized radium dosage. They have contributed materially to the motor age and to the age of the airplane and radio. They have saved the Govern- ment inestimable sums. ‘Others in- variably have reaped the reward. It has been a community of plain living and high thinking. Salaries have been low and the scientists have had | neither the time nor the energy for ac- tivities which required much money. Their minds have wandered in strange vorlds. The conversation of a grcup of Bureau of Standards people often is in to others. hensible They talk of pro- and of simplified practice. All these offices were special proteges of former Fresident Hoover. But every division is to feel the slash severcly. Dr. Briggs said yesterday that he is | the reduction necessary on July 15, since it may be possible to find funds | to save some of the doomed places be- fore then. So the dismissals are held | up.” But most of the people slated to go | know about it. They have been warnéd | by their immediate superiors to expect bad news. | "Few of them have saved for a rainy | day. They haven't been able to, and they haven't had “business minds.” If they had had they would have been almost worthless to the Government. Meanwhile, mortgages are falling due and they are mad at Uncle Sam for falling Gown on his end of the job f the a language which is almest incompre- | while they were trustfully keeping up | their ends. FLECT CAMPBELL | DEPARTMENT HEAD Veterans of Foreign Wars_ Choose Walter Reed Post | Man Commander. Daniel E. Campbell, past commander | of Equality-Walter Reed Post, No. 284, | Veterans of Foreign Wars, was elected | department commander of the District | of Columbia Department of the organi- | zation at the closing session of the | fourteenth annual encampment of the department last night in the Stuart | Junior High School. Mr. Campbell, an attorney, lives at 3800 Benton avenue. He succeeds | Oscar W. Hollingsworth as department | head. Campbell was opposed by Wallace A. McCathran of Columbia | Post, No. 833, but was elected by a vote of 165 to 24. | Other officers elected are Nathan D. Golden, Clarence R. Edwards Post, senior vice commander; Herbert Bor- chardt, Advance Post, junior vice com- mander; J. L. Powler, Defense Post, judge advocate; Dr. Don S. Knowlton, | Equality-Walter Reed Post, department | | Post, department quartermaster, and Rev. V. O. Anderson, Federal Post, de- partment chaplain. In a sharp departure from past policies of the Veterans of Foreig: ‘Wars, delegates to the department con- vention last night adopted a resolution calling upon the national organization at its annual encampment in Milwaukee next August to strike from the organi- zation’s constitution the ban on par. ticipation of the body in political | activities. | The delegates also adopted a resolu- tion recommending that Maj. Harvey L. Miller, editor of the United States Coast Guard magazine, be made editor of Foreign Service, the official publi- cation of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Maj. Miller is a member of Front Line Post of this city. A report submitted by H. C. Davis, senior deputy vice commander of the department, showed that in the last | “buddy poppy” sale, approXimately 31,000 poppies were sold, with a revenue of $3,329.46. RAILROADS ALLOWED T0 POOL EARNINGS | Four Lines in Wisconsin Given Au- thority to Avoid Service Duplication. By the Associated Press. Four railroads operating in Wiscon- sin, Minnesota and Illinois today were authorized by the Interstate Commerce Commission to pool passenger traffic | and earnings between Duluth, Minn., | Supericr, Wis., and Lake region points | on one hand and Chicago and Mil- waukee on the other. The pooling arrangement was made to avoid duplication of service between the Chicago & Northwestern and the Minneapelis, St. Paul & Sault Ste. | Marie. Due to the fact trains over the lines | of other companies, the Northwestern | and the Soo line were joined in the application by the Wisconsin Central | Railway Co. and the Chicago, St. Paul, | Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Co. The agreement will not result in any | reducticn of passenger train facilities in operation at present, but the com- mission said it will do away with the necessity of establishing at least one other daily train by the Northwestern to meet possible competition by the Soo line. Under the arrangement, passenger | ticket offices will be ccnsolidated and | tickets of the two roads will be inter- changeable. It was estimated that sav- ings of more than $100,000 a year will be made without reducing competition or-train service, / ABIEA Retained EXECUTIVE ORDER EXEMPTS DR. TAYLOR AT 7 DR. WILLIAM A. TAYLOR, Chief of the Bureau of Plant Industry, | today, on his 70th birthday anniversary, was exempted by an executive order from compulsory retirement from Gov- ermnent service for age. He entered the Department of Agri- culture in 1891 and became chief of the bureau in 1913 under Secretary Houston. He is credited with being a leading authority on the growing, ship- pihg and storage of fruit. CONTINUANCE AGREED | ON GAS BILLS CUT Company Tells Commission 81/, Per Cent Discount Is Burden, but Litigation Is Undesired. The Washington Gas Light Co. to- day agreed to continue the temporary 812 per cent reduction on gas bills based on meter readings taken up to and including September 30. The reduction under a previous order of the Public Utilities Commission would have expired June 30. The com- mission last week asked the company to agree to a further three-month extension by which time the gas valua- tion proceedings may be completed. The gas company told the commis- sion that while the operation of the discount proved to be a severe burden and has not been satisfactorily pro- motional as was expected, it would continue the reduction to avoid costly litigation. The company also declared it agreed to the extension on condition that it would not jeopardize the valuation claim in the pending valuation case or in any other proceeding, or be con- sidered as a recognition on the part of the company that its rates are at present unreasonable. WATER BILLS TO BE CUT | 10 Per Cent Discount Effective if Paid Within 15 Days. All District water bills issued after July 1 will carry a discount of 10 per cent, as provided in the 1934 District appropriation act. The reduction will apply to bills paid within 15 days after they are rendered. ‘Water Department officials estimate roughly this will result in a saving of between $170,000 and $180,000 for water users of the District, depending on how many pay their bills promptly. N CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Dance, National Federation of Federal Employes, Indian Spring Golf Club, 9 pm. Dance, Western High School, Hamil- ton Hotel, 9 p.m. Benefit card party, 602 Kennedy batroet, 8 pm, 3 ] OPTMISS ELEE * FRLDS RESIENT :Boys’ Welfare Work Discus- sions Are Held at Convention. Electing V. Ernest Field of India- | napolis president and choosing Toronto, Canada, as the convention city for 934, | the Optimist International concluded | its final business session of its sixteenth | international convention at the May- | flower Hotel at noon today. Other officers chosen with Mr. Field | included the four vice presidents who | were his associates on the Nominating Committee’s slate, which, in turn, was elected by acclamation. They are | George Dane of Toronto; William Wag- | mer of Louisville, Ky.; James Booth of | St. Petersburg, Fla, and Theodore | Pierce of Los Angeles. The new officers | were inducted immediately by David | Onan of Minneapolis, the retiring pres- ident. Club Dues Upheld. Just before election the club voted | down a proposal to reduce the club dues to Optimist International after many delegates had argued that present is no time for retrenchment. | ‘This morning’s session of the con- venticn followed a conference given | over entirely to welfare work among | boys at the concluding sessions yes- terday. Speakers from various cities urged character education on the part of schools, a more sympathetic attitude | by adults toward the emotional side of adolescent boys, and more personal | service, rather than mere financial aid, | to boys’ clubs, as important factors in reducing juvenile delinquency. John G. Swope, presiaent of the San Antonio Boys’ Work Council, urged | more co-operation between the various | service clubs in the interest of boy. welfare. An example of this, he sai is the annual base ball game between the Optimist and Rotary Clubs in his city, which gives its entire proceeds to the welfare of underprivileged children. John Dolph, member of the Board of | Governors of the Boys’ Club of Wash- ington, charged that the home, church and school were failing in their res- | ponstbility toward character education of youth. The schools, he said, should assume as part of their regular job the development of character education. In his address on “The Cause of Ju- venile Delinquency” Judge Thomas J.S. Waxter of the Baltimore Juvenile Court pointed to his city’s system combatting boys’ “crimes.” 1In Baltimore, he said, the Juvenile Court deals chiefly with the correction of the cause for boys’ cffenses rather than seeking mefely to punish_the boys for their wrongdoing. In each case of juvenile dslinquency, Judge Waxter explained, a corps of investigators studies the heredity and environment of the young offenders. Blames Divorces. A. B. Cope, Evansville, Ind., contended divorces are responsible for half the juvenile delinquency cases. Poverty and heredity, he said, are responsible for the other 50 per cent. Frank M. Liddle of Baltimore said every boys’ work program should not only interest the boys, but should meet the needs of boys through the interests they show. H. S. Morgan, director of boys’ work at Milwaukee, said there is a greater need among boys clubs for personal service from their adult spon- sors than there is for financial aid. ‘The Washington Optimist Club was cited as being second best in attendance for the past year. The Kansas City Club was first. Following the election there was to be | a luncheon adjournment prior to a meeting of the Board of Governors of Optimist International at 2 o'clock. Final adjournment comes tonight. AWARDS BOND ISSUE ‘The War Department announced to- day it had awarded to Kidder, Peabody & Co. of New York City a $150,000 Puerto Rican bond issue, bearing in- terest at 5 per cent and maturing in 40 years. ermclpal and issued to | | | | | | Murcella Gosch, who escaped With bruises about the legs and body. The children, together with several other youngsters, were purchasing “snow- balls™ from the parked truck late yes- terday when the crash occurred. | Bumpers Entangled. The National Guard truck, with an- other in tow, was making a left turn | into Maine avenue from Third street, | according to witnesses. As the vehicles swung around the corner, it was said, their bumpers became entangled, and the driver of the lead truck was un- able to complete the turn. Both children were taken to Provi- dence Hospital, where the boy, wno lived at 525 Virginia avenue southeast, was pronounced dead about half an hour later. The girl, who is said to | make her home in a tourist truck, was | to be X-rayed today to determine whether her foot was fractured. The lead truck, according to fourth precinct police, was operated by Sidney R. Dulin, 28. of the 1600 block of Massachusetts avenue southeast, while William Wells, 800 block of Anacostia road southeast, was at the wheel of the towed vehicle. Legs Are Injured. Another unusual accident late yes- terday resulted in injuries to Pepe Balinovic, 27, of the 200 block of P street. Balinovic, who works for the District Committee on Employment, was ri on the tail-gate of a truck when an au- tomobile crashed into the rear, injur- { ing his legs. He was treated at Emer- gency Hospital. The driver of the car that hit the truck failed to stop, police reported. LONG ILLNESS FATAL | T0 JAMES F. PARKER 91-Year-0ld Retired Employe of Treasury Was Fifty Years in Service. James F. Parker, 91, Civil War vet- eran, and a retired employe of the Treasury Department, died early today at his home, 2110 Pennsylvania avenue, after a long illness. He served about 50_years in the Department. Born in Litchfield, N. H., on March 4, 1842, Mr. Parker was the son of George S. and Eliza A. Parker. He en- listed in Company E, 75th New Hamp- shire Volunters, and became a first leutenant before the close of the war. After the war, he came to Washing- ten to bring a sick comrade back to his home and. obtaining a position in the | Government, remained here. He had resided here since, retiring from service about 20 years ago. He was a member of Burnside Post, G. A. R. He is survived by a son, Percy S. Parker of this city. Funeral services will be held Tuesday at 2:15 p.m. at Gawler’s funeral home, 1754 Pennsylvania avenue. Burial with military honors will be in Arlington Na- tional Cemetery at 3 p.m. MRS. BURTON DIES Sister-in-Law of Late Senator Suc- cumbs in Illinois. Mrs. Edward Burton, sister-in-law of | the late Senator Burton of Ohio and mother of Miss Grace C. Burton, 2101 Connecticut avenue, died Thursday at her home, in Lincoln, Ill., according to word received here. Mrs. Burton had been here with her daughter for the past two years and motored West early in May. Marriage Licenses. Elcany Isaacs, 25. Neva, Tenn. and Eliza- beth E. Kirklane B E William E Wood. 1, Va.; Rev. and Pauline Brooking, 6th st; Rev. Oliver Bi 15 *both et 1140 Tyl a2 yier. Norman Foster, 21 26491 Sheridan rd. nd 232610 Stan- d. ev. H. N. Cole: inkle, jr.’ 2%, 1321 ave. ne. and Rebecca E. Simi Rockville’ Md.; Rey. J. P. Hand. Walter C. Anderson. 21,1420 S st. s.e. and Christine L. Coliins,” 16, Cheverly, Md.; Rev. E. Gabl 3 T Barney M. Robbin. 28, 1627 Webster st., and Lillian Kolker. 25, 1601 Argonne pL: Rev. Solomon H. Metz. Walter A. Weber, 37, 3606 Park pl, and Eva C. Stagner, 4 Shepherd st.; Rev. P. C. Gavan James’ A" Gibson. Cora B. Sanford, 4 ave.; Rev Lucian'.Y. Bean, M. Hales Perdinand and aryland ms, 19, C st se. and 4 New Hampshire Sith, 1919 G st and He! ake City, Utah; Rev. 1308 D st. se., Mery E. Granger, 50, 137 11th st. s.e.; Rev. J. Nestor. Asher L. Clagville, 23, Catonsville, Md., and Mildred. H. Gast Brooklyn, Md.; Rev. John Weidley John F. McGowan. 33. Bridgeport. Conn. and Mary A. McGlynn, 28, 907 F st. ne. v ams. William . E. Harper. and | Gertrude S. Spence! . Rivers. Harold K. Phillips, Ruib E. Sullivan, Joseph R. Sizco. Births Reported. George and Marguerite Higgins, boy. Francis G. and Virginia Caton, boy. George W. and Ethel C. Goodwin, boy. John C. and Marie Donehoo. eirl. Wilbur C. and Lillian E. Pielder, Jim and Josephine Alexander, rl. Wilbur A. and Ruth F. Smith. girl. varre C. and Gertrude Campbell, girl. Harold T. and Fannie L. Postman, boy. Deaths el Reported. Anne O. lCl:rk, 82, National Homeopathie 2l . Keck. 1, 4017 Kansas ave. B Alion! George Wasaington lene W. Diegelmann. 60 and Rev. 05 51 N st., 1 19 3 26, 921 19th st} . Kearney. sr., 68, 77 K st. Benjamin L. Minor, 65. 295 8th st. n.e. Ward Kirby. 62, Georgetown_Hospital Cora Blummers,’ 60, Sibley Hosp Edward Lewis, 47, Garfleld Hospit: Tnfant of Lester ‘and Ele ‘Worch, Co- Georae Patieron, 86, 220 B st. ree . 86, . ne. Jane Robb. 68, 1125 Hol .. Allte VOMcBeli. 61, 1308 B gk, torees B Henrietta Starks, 61, L st e . 40, Gal Ea i 1 Tt B 58 n. 3 A izal X Efizaveih T Adams. 45, Frecdme ‘The bonds are to pay the interest of" reviots’ bonds- lasted "o pital. - g Ellis Kelly. 37, 8t. Elizabeth’ ital. B R e , Providence