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A—14 DRY AGENTS BEGIN NON-PAY DUTY AS GAMBLING CHANCE Dismissal Notice Rescinded by Morgenthau, Retaining 900 in Service. RELIEF BY CONGRESS NEXT MONTH IS HOPE| Attorney General in Harmony | ‘With Ansell and Bailey in Hold- ing Forces Can Be Kept. A good part of the burden of en-| forcing the Federal liquor laws was being carried on today a volun- teer force, “gambling” for their| wages. i Nearly 900 men in the alcohol tax unit went on duty throughout the country this morning on a non-pay basis, facing the prospect of remain-| ing in that status for more than a| month, | Hopes She Will See Story and Reclaim Him. Appeals to Police. Last Saw Her Five Years Ago on Street in Anacostia. A boy who thinks he is 35 and who believes his name is Lewis Edward Anderson was searching today for his mother, who left him in the Washing- ton Home for Foundlings when he was an_infant. Tearfully, he walked into the Elev- enth precinct station last night and sought the aid of police. It was five years ago that he last saw his mother, he recalled. It was on a street corner in Anacostia, and he said she told him: “Now, Lewis, I know you've got a good home and Mrs. Raban will take | good care of you.” “Then she gave me a kiss,” the boy broke down, sobbing, “and that's the last I ever saw of her.” Left at Foundling Home. Lewis told police and newspaper men that he had been told he was left at the foundling home when he was only 6 months old. He left there to go to a children's camp in Allen- town, Md. operated by Mrs. S. C. They were the victims of the “pagronage rider” which went into effect at midnight, cutting off funds for former employes of the Justice @ry unit, transferred to the Treasury, unless they passed a competitive test | to establish a civil service status they already had. | Raban, when he was 7 years old, he said. He stayed with Mrs. Raban until | last March, when he went to live in | the home of Harry Payne, an Allen- town ice dealer, for whom he is now | wool sweater, brown tweed trousers, a | {c]enn shirt and neat necktie. Fairly “Recently, I decided to try and find | well educated, he told a straight-for- working. Boy, 15, Searches for Mother Who Left Him Here as Infant THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1934, LEWIS E. ANDERSON. —Star Staff Photo. mother placed him in Mrs. Raban's camp. Doesn't Know Names. He doesn't know the names of his father or his mother and he's not sure that the name he bears actually is his own. - “All T know is that Mrs. Raban told me my name was Lewis Anderson,” he explained. “When I was christened she added the middle name of Edward. She says I am 15 years old, though others have said I look older.” The boy was well-dressed as he sat in the office of Capt. Sidney J. Marks, eleventh precinct commander, and told his story. He had on a brown| CITY HEADS PLAN PAROLE REVISION; HEARING TUESDAY Distinguished Citizens to Be Asked for Views on Overhauling. LACK OF NOTIFICATION OF REARRESTS BARED Brown O¥ers Committee List of 17 Jailed for Offenses—Bad Risks Also Named. A thorough overhauling of the Dis- trict parole system will be undertaken by the Commissioners after a public hearing next Tuesday at which a list of distinguished citizens will be asked to give their views as to the place of the parole system generally in present- day society. Commissioner George E. Allen’s Committee on Revision of the Parole System met yesterday afternoon and heard Supt. of Police Ernest W. Brown offer a list of 17 persons who have been arrested for fresh violations while on parole. He also submitted a second list containing names of | persons with long criminal records, | who are, in the opinion of the Police | Department, doubtful risks as parolees, Parole System Under Scrutiny COLLEGE ENGLISH A shake-up of the system of lm- roling prisoners in the District is expected after this committee fin- ishes its work of seeking out the loose joints in the present set-up. Wilbur La Roe, jr., a member of the Parole Board, is on the left. The other committee members, from left to right, are Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of po- lice; Corporation Counsel E. Bar- rett Prettyman and Commissioner George E. Allen. —Star Staff Photo. 4,500 Off by Rail To Witness Army: 20 SEEK POSITION VAN DUZER SEEKS T0REDUCE DEATHS BY NEW CAR RULES Traffic Head Urges Driv_er Permits Be Suspended Autematically. 1118 LIVES LOST HERE IN 11-MONTH PERIOD Director Remains Undecided on Violations Which Would In- volve Suspension. Alarmed over the number of traffic deaths here, Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer will ask the District | Commisisoners for new regulations to i make automatic the suspension of !nummobi]z operators’ permits for vio- { lation of regulations. The death total already has reached 118 for the 11 months of this year and has another month to go to tie the record of 123 deaths in 1932 Meanwhile, seven other persons werc injured here in the past 24 hours, three of them seriously. Mr. Van Duzer announced his in- tention after approving the action taken yesterday by Supt. of Polic Ernest W. Brown in placing four in spectors on the street, beginning tco day, to supervise handling of trafl Navy Struggle| —_— during rush hours. Rules Must Be Observed. AS HEALTH HEAD DOMINATION HIT {Eight Special Trains Put | The Treasury estimated during the | MY Mother: that's why I came to the | ward story, . sobbing occasionally as morning that fully - | rolice station,” he said. | he spoke of his mother. Aot S Ly b6 per et of the | "Ihe boy said he heard from his| A police check of the Washington although none of them has since | been arrested. No Rearrest Notification. pay Toll would contints 1o work . Die. | mother twice after the meeting in | Home for Foundlings revealed that a trict supervisors reported that nearly |Mae E. Anderson left a baby there all the agents were still on the job. Making a last-ditch stand to hold together the force which is vitally| needed, Secretary of the Treasury| Morgenthau yesterday obtained an| opinion from Attorney General Cum- ! mings that it was not necessary to drop the men, even though there is| no money now to reimburse them. He | thereupon rescinded the dismissal | notice which went out some time ago. | Wanted by Treasury. The employes—investigators—were told that they could remain on a duty status, if willing to take a chance that Congress would vote their pay next month. The Treasury wants them to stay at work, and felt sure| they would, but the alternative also| was offered of going on leave without pay, until the mix-up is cleared. | Only about 750 men who had passed | the new test would otherwise have been left on the job. Of these, half | 1 are experienced agents from the old | dry force. pointees. ‘The 900 are made up both of trans- ferred men who failed on the exami- nation and those who would not take it. The rest are new ap- Views in Conformity. In deciding dismissal was not re- quired under the rider, Attorney Gen- eral Cummings lined up with Gen. Samuel T. Ansell and Col. Edward S. Bailey, counsel for a large group of the men who have argued that they could be kept in service. Expressing pleasure at this turn of affairs, Ansell and Bailey issued a statement last night, declaring this meant justice for “faithful Govern- ment employes” and served notice that “civil service laws cannot be set at naught, offices abolished and the Gov- ernment service disrupted by such ‘riders.’ " “We will undertake to see that these men get their pay,” counsel concluded. It has been their contention that the rider victims would have redress through the Court of Claims, irrespec- tive of what Congress might do. EDWARD T. GIBBONS DIES HERE AT 74 Father of Newswriter and Radio Broadeaster Ill for Week. Edward Thomas Gibbons, 74, father of Floyd Gibbons, reporter and news broadcaster, died last night et Sibley Hospital. where he had been ill for a week. His son was with him short- ly before he died, but was forced to leave for New York to broadcast. Mr. Gibbons came from an old Georgetown family and spent his youth in this city. For a time he served in the Navy under; “Fighting Bob” Evans, but later went into busi- ness in the Middle West, chiefly as an oil field promoter. In 1915 he went to live with Floyd Gibbons in Paris, when the latter was head of the Chicago Tribune bureau there. When his wife died 10 years later, he returned to Washington to bury her in Mount Olivet Cemetery. He had lived here ever since, for the last eight or nine years at the Sacred Heart Home, near” the ceme- tery, where he is said to have gone often. He is survived by two other sons. Donald Gibbons of Minneapolis and Edward T. Gibbons, jr., with the Shipping Board here. He also leaves two daughters, Mrs. Zelda Mayer of Boston and Mrs. of Chicago, and two sisters. Mrs. Rossa F. Downing and Miss Julia Gibbons, both of Washington. Funeral services will be held at Holy Trinity Church in Georgetown Monday at 10:15 a.m. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. E. T. C. PAPE SERVICES ARE SET TOMORROW Native of ng"muny Had Resided in Arlington County for 25 Years. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. CLARENDON, Va. December 1.— Services will be held at Ives’ funeral heme here tomorrow at 2 p.m. for Edward C. T. Pape, 62, Arlington County resident for 25 years, who died :z his home in Highland Park Thurs- ay. Rev. Perry L. Mitchell of Clarendon Baptist Church will officiate, and serv- ices at the grave, in Columbia Gardens Cemetery, will be conducted by Ar- lington Lodge, I. O. O. F., for Colum- bia Lodge of the order in New York City, of which Mr. Pape was a mem- ber for 35 years. Born in Hamburg, Germany, Mr. Pape came to this country in 1899, residing in New York City before coming to this county. Besides his widow, he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. C. F. Reicker, Ballston, and Mrs. A. H. Reicker, Auburn, Mass., and a son, W. H. Pape, @lso of Ballston. Margaret Chapman | Anacostia. The first time was about | three months later, when she sent $3 |in 1922, but whether it was the same }ror his board with Mrs. Raban, and | boy who is now seeking his mother the second letter came six months after that, when she sent $6. Since then he has heard nothing. About his father, Lewis knew even less. He said, the last time he saw him was at the foundling home and shortly after the father's visit his could not be determined definitely pending a more thorough investiga- tion, it was said. Lewis appealed to the newspapers to aid him in the hope that if his| story is published his mother might communicate with him. KING SEEKS ACTION ON D. C. FINANCES Sen_ator Will Confer With President on Capital’s i Problems. Chairman King of the Senate Dis- trict Committee is planning to visit | President Roosevelt soon to discuss | District problems likely to arise in the | coming session of Congress, including | the question of fiscal relations between | the Federal and District Governments, | The Senate indicated he may make ia trip to Warm Springs, Ga., before | the President returns. | The Chief Executive already has | announced he will have a study made of taxation in the District in com- | parison with other cities in consider- !ing what the Federal Government's | financial obligation toward the Na- | tional Capital should be. King’s Views Unchanged. Senator King said today his own | view of the fiscal relations problem is the same as it has been in the past, namely: “That the residents of the District should pay a fair tax and the remainder that is nceded to meet the expenses of the city should ! be borne by the Federal Government whether it is much or little” The Utah Senator added that he is | willing to have studies made to de- i termine how Washington’s tax burden | compares with other cities. { _On the proposal to reorganize the District government, Senator King some time next week with People’s trict Auditor Daniel J. Donovan, who have been gathering basic information on this subject for the Senate com- mittee. Few Changes Expected. | Senator King said he does not fore- see any drastic change in the present | commission form of government, but expects the impending senatorial ;study to deal largely with proposed | consolidation or grouping of existing | agencies in the District government. Senator King went over the subject | of reorganization informally yesterday with Roberts. A subcommittee, headed by Senator Gore, Democrat, of Oklahoma, is in direct charge of the reorganization study and it is expected hearings will be held soon after the Christmas hol- idays. 2 Among the more important im- provements for the District to which Senator King will devote attention during the coming session are the Mu- nicipal Center development and the need for a municipal airport. 'HERO OF GILLMORE RELIEF EXPLOIT DIES Maj. Hugh Williams, Retired, Freed 22 Americans From Luzon Trap. Maj. Hugh Williams, U. S. £, re- tired, hero of the Gillmore Relief EX- pedition of 1899, died yesterday at Walter Reed Hospital after a brief illness. Two weeks of pursuit through Northern Luzon, Philippine Islands, in the rainy December of the tropics was necessary to free Lieut. Comdr. James C. Gillmore and the 21 American blue- jackets with him, captured and held by the insurgent Gen. Tinio. For gallantry in this action against su- perior forces and in unknown country Maj. Williams, then aide to Gen. Luther Hare, received the Silver Star citation and was recommended for the Congressional Medal of Honor. Born in New Orleans on January 31, 1867, Maj. Williams served first in the 2d Louisiana Infantry. During the World War he was in charge of transportation for the Quartermaster Corps at Norfolk, Va. When he re- tired in 1931 he was on duty as quartermaster at Fort Meade. His widow, Mrs. Lelia M. Williams, and his daughter, Mrs. Julian M. Archer, both of 2110 Massachusetts avenue, survive. Funeral services are tentatively set for Monday afternoon at Arlington National Cemgtery, said he will hold another conference | Counsel William A. Roberts and Dis- | ROAD BOND ISSUE TOPAYUP STUDIED 'Maryland Road Workers! Laid 0ff—May Penalize Overdrawn Areas. Spectal Dispatch to The Star. BALTIMORE, December 1.—A $3,- 000,000 bond issue to “straighten out” the finances of the State Roads Commission—now $1,362,990 “in the red”—was being considered here to- | day. | As State authorities studied the bord-issue plen and other possible | ways of getting the commission's ac- counts balanced, Maj. H. D. Williar, | jr., chief engineer, announced that | about one-third of the road force | throughout the State would be fur- loughed and the remainder placed on a part-time basis. It was esti- | mated that about 1,000 men would be severed from the pay rolls, at least temporarily. These drastic steps are essential economy moves designed to help the commission get “back on ts feet| financially” by saving $187,000 & month, it was explained. Counties May Be Hit. Under the bond issue plan of put- | ting the commission's house in order, $641,539 would be used to meet out- standing “bills, $726,081 used to | liquidate county overdrafts, a similar | amount distributed as a “fair share” to counties which were not over- drawn, and Baltimore City allowed its | usual 30 per cent share, or about | $897,000. As an alternative to the bond issue | proposal, it has been suggested that the State completely withdraw from | participation in road work in the over- drawn counties until the allotments | they normally would receive are suffi- | cient to take care of the overdrafts. This would shift the task of financing the debt service and maintenance of their roads back to those counties. It also has been suggested that the overdrawn counties be given the in- | stallment payment privilege. Baltimore city and the counties that are not overdrawn are watching the situation closely to make sure that whatever scheme is adopted by the authorities does not discriminate in favor of the , overdrawn counties. There appeared to be widespread sentiment in favor of penalizing the 2verdrawn counties by curtailment of highway activities. Although he said he was unable to place the blame for the Roads Com- mission’s plight at the door of any in- | dividual, Gov. Ritchie noted that | budgetary allotments to the counties hac been virtually ignored by the com- | mission, and that it had failed to | abide by an agreement to have all fu- ture commitments given prior approval by its chief auditor. These two fac- tors were believed principally respon- sible for the shortage. Bruce's Warning Recalled. In connection with the current diffi- culties of the commission it was re- called today that Howard Bruce, who resigned from the commission in May, 1931, issued a warning at that time that “unless continuous pressure is kept upon the organization to improve efficiency, I think that eventually it will drop back into a rut.” The “rut” to which he referred was the 1928 roads commission scandal | Mr. Bruce and John K. Shaw were |named members of the commission |after an investigation of the depart- | ment. They made a substantial re- | organization and invited an investiga- tion when they stepped out in 1931. E. Brooke Lee and Robert Lacey were appointed to succeed them. Except for Kent and Montgomery, every county’s account had been brought into balance when Mr. Bruce and Mr. Shaw retired. By September, 1933, however, 16 counties were in the red to the extent of more than $500,000. On September 30, 1934, this number had been reduced to nine, but the total overdrafts had increased to $726,081. In commenting on the overdrafts, Gov. Ritchie said there is no State | officer to keep track of the expendi- | tures of the various <epartments. RS Bishop to Visit Churek. BLADENSBURG, Md., December 1 (Special) —Right Rev. James E. Free- man, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of ‘Washington, will make a special vis- itation to St. Luke’s Church here De- | cember 9 at 7:30 p.m. | i Board knows nothing about it. M. It developed that there is no sys- tem of notifying the Parole Board when a parolee is arrested for any new violation of the law. The only time the Parole Board hears about it is if the parolee actually is sent to jail. If he puts up collateral or gives bond or pays a fine, the Parole Wwil- bur La Roe, jr., of the Parole Board, and Maj. Brown for the Police De- partment, said they would arrange a system of notifying the Parole Board in the case of all arrests of parolees in the future. Mr. La Roe brought out that un- doubtedly some of the persons men- tioned by Maj. Brown were those who had completed their minimum terms and had been released auto- | matically without any action of the Parole Board. These persons are listed as parolees and are subjected to the jurisdiction of the Parole Board, although the board has nothing to do with letting them out. The witnesses who will be asked to give their views Tuesday are: Bishop James E. Freeman, Father John O'Grady, Chief Justice Alfred A. ‘Wheat, District Supreme Court; Judge Gus A. Schuldt, Police Court; Judge Fay Bentley, Juvenile Court; Sanford Bates, Department of Justice; Capt. M. Barnard, superintendent of penal institutions; Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, James G Yaden, president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions; F. Rezis Noel, president, Dis- trict Bar Association, William Bease- ley, Federation ot Civic Associations; United States Attorney Leslie C. Gar- nett, former United States Attorney | Leo A. Rover and Elwood Street, di- rector of public welfare. Quiz Proposed. Mr. La Ro2 proposed that the wit- nesses be asked the following ques- tions: 1. Is a parole system, properly ad- ministered, desirable if its objectives are as follows: (a) To protect society by retaining in prison those men who are a menace to society, including hardened crimi- nals. While the parole system is some- times looked upon as primarily for the benefit of the prisoner, the truth is that it is primarily for the benefit of society. (b) The rchabilitation of prisoners (without any coddling whatever) along the following lines: (I) Physical, medical and psycho- logical analysis to determine causes of criminal tendency. (II) Intelligent and persistent éffort to eliminate the cause of the trouble. Conditions of Release, (c) The release of prisoners from the institution upon the following conditions: (I) Serving of an adequate mini- mum sentence as punishment for the crime. (II) Clear proof that prisoner has responded favorably to efforts to im- prove him, and that he has been sufficiently improved to justify his release. (ITI) An adequate parole plan, in- cluding good home, suitable job, sat- isfactory environment, and satisfac- tory parole adviser. 2. (a) Is a parole law adequate which makes all prisoners eligible for parole at the end of one-fifth of the maximum sentence? (b) Would you favor graded mini- mum terms, varying according to the gravity of the offense? 3. Length of sentences. Do you think that judges of criminal courts should impose longer sentences under a parole system than otherwise? 4. Do you favor parole hearings similar to court proceedings? 5. Do you favor opening to public inspection the records of the Parole Board? 6. Should the institutional officials be required in each case to submit an adequate report and recommendation concerning each prisoner? Independence of Board. 7. Should the Parole Board be deemed a branch or part of the re- formatory or should it be independent? 8. Where should the principal office and the perament records of the Parole Board be located? 9. Should publicity be given to: (a) Names of those eligible for parole? (b) Names of those granted parole? (c) Names of those denied parole? (d) Conditions attached to parole? (¢) Name of parole adviser? (f) Names of those sponsoring the parole of a prisoner and those opposing the parole? 10. (a) Are the facilities of the present board adequate to enable it to carry out the purposes of the law? (b) Are the present members com- petent? (c) Would it be desirable to pay the members salaries? The hearing will take place at 2 o'clock in the office of Commissioner Allen, 503 District Building. Monologue Planned. OLARENDON, Va, December 1 (Special) —Rev. Elmer U. Hoenshel of Waynesboro, Va., will present a dramatic monologue recital of the Book of Job tomorrow night at Clar- endon Methodist Episcopal Church South, as one of a series of special Sunday evening services. | but only Stuart Chase, Henry Pratt | ers’ college group was Prof. Robert E. | Vanderbilt Professor Scores | New York Influence in Text Books. The “New York influence” in the | teaching of English in schools and | colleges was attacked before the Na- | tional Council of Teachers of Eng- lish today by Prof. Donald Davidson, Vanderbilt University. Disclaiming any intention of re- awakening sectional quarrels, Prof.| Davidson directed his criticism at the | informal orientation courses con- ducted by many colleges as freshman English. Examination of the text| books used in most of the courses, he continued, discloses the shocking con- dition “that they orient the fresh- man in only one direction—they turn his face obediently toward New York City. Of the life and thought of the South and West the books rarely give a hint. “The freshman from the mountains, the plantations and the prairies will meet in them none of his own pédple, Fairchild, Lewis Mumford, Walter Lippman—only the professional ex- horters and skyscraper prophets of the one American city that takes the least trouble to understand regional America. The proposition of Eastern contributiops in these texts is start- lingly high, one brand-new text con- tains 28 Eastern and 3 non-Eastern contributors.” Asks Regional Consideration. As a remedy, Prof. Davidson pro- posed a pronounced emphasis on regional literature and thought. “We have had enough of one-way trafic in ideas; we need a two-way | system, by which ideas not only come | in from afar but go out afar. That is the regional conception of a good | American system of education,” he concluded. Franklyn B. Snyder, dean of the Graduate School at Northwestern University, suggested that the practice | of writing theses for master's degrees be abandoned and that students spend the time doing some up-to-date read- ing. “Most of the theses written for a master's degree might as well never have been written as far as their significance as contributions to learn- ing is concerned,” Dr. Snyder said. “It would have done most of the candidates far more good to have given them a good stiff course in Eng- | lish history or even a semester's work in advanted English composition. | “Once upon a time the pages of Wycherly, Congreve and Farquahar | may have made some slight contribu- tion to human happiness: but today, well, I would rather hear the patter | of rain on & tin roof than listen to them.” Group Meetings Held. Four group meetings were held this morning, Profs. Davidson and Snyder each speaking before the group con- sidering college teaching. Other groups considered the problem in junior high schools, senior high schools and teachers’ colieges. Alice J. Du Breuil of Central High School here was among the speakers at the junior high session, her subject being “Character Education in the Teaching | of English.” Among those addressing the teach- Rogers of Massachusetts Institute of | ‘Technology. Prof. Rogers, who be- came famous by advising young men to marry their boss’ daughters, dis- cussed what should be read by both teachers and students. The convention closed this after- noon at a luncheon, the principal speakers being Secretary of Agricul- ture Wallace, Dr. Esther Brunauer, in- ternational relations secretary of the American Association of University ‘Women, and Robert Frost, New Eng- land poet, farmer and professor. Dr. Brunauer presented a depressing vision of cultural and intellectual con- ditions in countries now living by the “iron hand,” taking Germany as an outstanding exargple. Urges Original Work. Calls for increased incentives for original work English literature were voiced before the convention at the annual banquet last night by Rev. Francis P. Donnelly, 8. J., of Fordham University, and Dean Marjorie Nichol- son of Smith College. The former proposed that a. college degree be made available for original literary work in writing novels, plays, editor- ials or any other literary form. Dean Nicholson deplored the imitative course of study sponsored by most schools and colleges. At the-business session yesterday Dr. Charles S. Thomas of the Gradaute School of Education at Harvard Uni- versity was elected president of the council. Other officers are Dr. Dora V. Smith, University of Minnesota, and Holland D. Roberts of Stanford Uni- versity, vice presidents; W. Wilbur Hatfield of Chicago Normal College, -treasurer, and Dr. Stella | J. Campbell of New York City, mem- * bers of the Executive Committee, On by Pennsy—Air- planes Filled. Approximately 4.500 foot ball fans left Union Station for Philadelphia this morning by eight special trains put on by the Pennsylvania Railroad and the regular trains of that rail- | road and the Baltimore & Ohio. ‘The big station was thronged with one of the largest crowds in years. Between 8 and 9:30 am. trains were leaving for Philadelphia at 5-min- ute intervals. The traffic to other points was unusually heavy, due to the Thanksgiving holiday. The Pennsylvania Railroad trans- | ported about 3.000 foot ball fans to Philadelphia and the Baltimore & Ohio about 1.500 Despite the rain and fog_which | blanketed the coastal airway, Eastern | Air Lines ran extra service today to | handle foot ball traffic between Wash- | ington and Philadelphia. In addition to the regular planes, all of which were filled to capacity, the line flew a 30-passenger service. BUDGET RECEVED FROM PRESIDENT 11936 District Finance Bill Is Returned After Per- sonal Study. ‘The 1936 District budget today was returned to the Budget Bureau by President Roosevelt, who had gigen it personal study while at Warm Springs. Ga. The details of the bill are to be withheld until it is submitted to Congress by the President at the opening of the next session. As the bill was prepared by the Dis- trict Commissioners, it calls for ap- propriations totaling $44,039,356. This is about $6,000,000 more than the total of the current appropriation act, District department executives. Apparently, the fate of the District as to the Federal payment toward ex- penses of the National Capital for the next fiscal year has not yet been determined. President Roosevelt an- nounced this week he planned to call upon experts to study “evaluated” tax rates of the District as compared with that of a number of other large Amer- ican cities. The Commissioners proposed that the Federal payment for next fiscal year be raised to $8,317,500, or the average of the Federal payments made during the past 10 years. They argued that a slash made in the Federal pay- ment last year was recommended by the Budget Bureau and that therefore the Budget Bureau could and should recommend an increase for next year. The Commissioners have been in- formed confidentially of what de- cisions have been reached by the Budget Bureau, but are forbidden to announce them. They were informed so they could prepare justifications for the expenditures proposed in the bill for the information of members of the House and Senate Appropriations Committee, which will consider the budget in _executive session before | W. F. Draper, Dr. Numa P. G. Adams, | Congress officially takes up the subject. 'DEATH CLAIMS WIFE OF FRANK KEY GREEN Native of Capital Was Daughter of Late Amos Nathan William- son and Mrs. Williamson. Mrs. Elizabeth Williamson Green, 2934 Newark street, wife of Frank Key Green, marshal of the Supreme Court of the United States, died in Emergency Hospital last night after a week’s illness. A native of this city, she was the daughter of the late Amos Nathan ‘Williamson and Virginia Grifin Wil- liamson. She is survived by her husband, a son and daughter by a former mar- riage, Richard Williamson Ellis and ;11: Virginia Margaret Craighead The funeral will be private. HUSBAND SUES Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., December 1.— Henry C. Hough of Sellman has in- stituted suit in the Circuit Court here for an absolute divorce from Mrs. Marjorie M. L. Hough of Chevy Chase, charging he was deserted more than three years ago. | cessor to Dr. “foot ball spegial” | Committee Named to Fill Post Drafts Rules to Make Selection. ‘The committee appointed by the Commissioners to nominate a suc- William C. Fowler as health officer for the District, will hold its second meeting at 10 a.m. to- | morrow in the office of Dr. William Gerry Morgan. At its organization meeting yester- day the committee received a list of more than 50 applicants for the $7.000-a-year post, and outlined the qualifications on which the applicants will be graded. The committee de- cided that the new appointee must: 1. Have had charge of a large city health department. 2. Have taken that department over under similar existing conditions of | health status as now exist in Wash- | ington. 3. Have directed a survey of those existing conditions. 4. Have forthwith instituted a long- time plan to correct them. | 5. Have succeeded in reorganizing his department. thority and responsibility to division | dividual successful part of the whole department. Must Have Reduced Deaths. tuberculosis, infant, diphtheria and typhoid fever death rates. 8. Have successfully established a sound system of vital statistics and record keeping. 9. Have successfully developed a program for control of tuberculosis. 10. Have successfully effected a com. pact and co-ordinated program of ma- ternal and infant hygiene. 11. Have successfully effected a co- ordinated health program for children in public and parochial schools. 12. Have successfully effected a pro- gram for immunization of school chil- dren and pre-school children against | diphtheria. | 13. Have successfully demonstrated | & program of popular health instruc- | tions, | 14. Have demonstrated his ability to | co-operate with and use the services | but some $8,000,000 less than esti- | and facilities of the medical and dental | mates submitted to the city heads by | professions and co-ordinated the serv- | ices and facilities of his department | with those privately existing for inter- relating purposes. 15. Have worked his problems and | | successes out in a community having a colored or comparable type of popula- | tion. Four Major Objectives. The committee decided that the | four major objectives of the new | health officer and his department | should be to: 1. Cut the tuberculosis death rate, 2. Cut the infant mortality rate, 3. Cut the diphtheria rate, and 4. Reorganize the department so as to effect proper inspection of school children. Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson, named by the Commissioners as chairman of the committee, withdrew because of the pressure of private af- and the committee elected Dr. Morgan to succeed him. Other mem- bers of the committee are Dr. C. Wil- lard Camalier, District Dental So- ciety; Dr. William E. Hough, District Medical Society; Dr. Earl B. McKin- ley, George Washington University Medical School; Assistant Surg. Gen. Howard University Medical School, and Dr. E. C. Wiggins, Medico- Chirurgical Society. Dr. Morgan rep- resents Georgetown University Med- ical School. - RITES FOR DR. WILLARD TO BE HELD MONDAY Services Will Be Conducted in Foundry Methodist Church at 2 P.M. Funeral services for Dr. Dudley ‘Wilson Willard, head of the sociology department of George Washington University, will be held in Foundry Methodist Church, 1500 Sixteenth street, Monday at 2 pm. Dr. Willard died Tuesday at the university hos- pital of burns received on November 17 when the oil furnace in his home at 4430 Q street exploded. Rev. Frederick Brown Harris will officiate at the service. The pallbearers will include Dean John R. Lapham, Sanford Bates, Earl Bellman, Paul Benjamin, Rev. Russell J. Clinchy, William John Cooper, Rev. William Darby, Ray H. Everett, J. Blair Gwin, Dr. Earl Baldwin McKinley, James Pixlee, Stuart Rice, Elwood Street, Walter 8. Ufford, Warren Reed West and William A. White. Socialist Speaks Tonight. Emil F. Teichert, recent candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York on the Socialist Labor party ticket, 6. Have successfully delegated au- | heads and made each division an in- | 7. Have succeeded in reducing the | While expressing the view that po lice will be able to help in reducin the number of accidents, the trafi director declared that “only througi the observance of traffic regulations can it be hoped to reduce materiall: the number of traffic deaths and in- Juries here. “Invariably in a fatal accident som- one has done something wrong,” h said. Mr. Van Duzer said he is undecidea as to the violations for which ther ‘should be automatic suspension of permits, but said he has even beey | considering the advisability of autc matic suspension of a permit of an motorist in an accident. Details o the whole idea, however, will hav ‘to be worked out, he said.e Under the present system, perm:: are suspended or revoked usually afte a number of the more serious viola- tions of traffic regulations. The of- | fenders are taken before the Boar- | of Revocation and Review, which h: Jurisdiction in the cases. Revocation Possible Now. Through a present act “the Con missioners or their designated age: may with or without a prior hearir Tevoke or suspend an operator’s perm for any cause which they or the agent may deem sufficient.” The regulations to be sought by M Van Duzer would vary from th through providing for automatic su- pension of permits for certain spec fied violations. Those seriously hurt last night we all pedestrians, one a 15-year-old gir another a 11-year-old colored boy an the third an 81-year-old man. The girl, Mildred Moss, 329 Rhod Island avenue northeast, suffered seri ous head injuries when knocked dow: | by an automobile near her home. A | colored man driving the car was no | held. At Sibley Hospital X-rays arc | to be taken to determine whether sh: | has a skull fracture. Automobile Skidded. The colored boy, Frank Hood, cf the 1200 block of Kenyon street, we | hurt when an automobile operate | by a 15-year-old colored boy skidde- | and ran up on the sidewalk sever: i blocks from his home. The colore:! youth driving the machine, Carl T Jones. was being held for investiga tion. Daniel J. McCarthy, 81, of 52 Sea- ton place, said to be blind in one eye. was injured when he reportedly walked into the side of an automobilc near his home. At Sibley Hospital hr | was reported suffering from & lez fracture and shock. David L. Crawley, 48, no addre: | was cut and bruised when struck by = street car at Sixth street and Pennsyl- vania avenue southeast. Three othe: persons received cuts and bruises in - collision at Sixteenth and Irvin- | streets, 'DEATH TAKES SISTE! \OF DR. W. M. SMITK Miss Augusta Louisa Smith Di- in New York—Burial Will Be in Alexandria. Miss Augusta Louisa Smith, sistc of the late Dr. Wiliam Morgan Smit.. of Alexandria, Richmond and Berry- ville, Va., former president of the Virginia State Board of Health, died Thursday in New York City at the home of her sister, Mrs. Elon St. Clair Hobbs. Miss Smith was the daughter of the late Elizabeth Bedniger Morgan and Augustine Jacquelin Smith. Two other brothers, Rev. Augustine Jac- quelin Smith and Charles Magill Smith, died several years ago. Besides Mrs. Hobbs, she is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Everard Robin- son Todd of Washington and Mrs. R. Bowen Daniel of Jacksonville, Fla. Funeral services will be held in St. Paul's Church, Alexandria, tomorrow at 3:30 pm. Burial will be in the Alexandria Cemetery. — CITY NEWS IN BRIEF. TODAY. Dance, Kappa Delta Phi Sorority, Thomas Circle Club, 9 p.m. Card party, benefit Angle Club of Master Masons, Masonic Temple, Eighth and F streets northeast, 8 pm. Card and bingo party, benefit Board of Directors of Women’s Benefit As- sociation of Washington, 2523 Thir- teenth street, 8:30 p.m. Card party, Saturday Night Club, 9 Q street northeast, 8:30 p.m. Dance, Gamma Delta Phi Sorority, Shoreham Hotel, 9 p.m. Dance and card party, Junior League, Hamilton Hotel, 10 p.m. ‘TOMORROW. Outing, Red Triangle Club, meet Fiftenth street and Constitution ave nue, 2 p.m. Dance, Jewish War Veterans, La The _couple, according to the peti- [ will speak tonight at the Musicians’| payette Hotel, 8:30 pm. secretary: Center, Dr. Walter Barnes and Oscar | tion, were married at Adamstown, Md., | Hall, October 31, 1931, and have no chil- dren. 1105 Sixteenth street, under auspices of the Washington section of the Soclalist Dance, Phi Delta Sorority, Chastige ton Hotel, § pm. ~ .

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