Evening Star Newspaper, December 4, 1934, Page 23

THE EVENING RECREATION LAWS HELD PATCHWORK Weir's Report Says Basis| of Confusion Began in 1890. This is the third of a serics of articles on the report of L. H. Weir, erpert of the National Recreation Association, who has suggested four plans for reorganization of the Dis- RUSH OF ALIENS SEEN TO OBTAIN CITIZENSHIP Bargain Prices and Hopes of old- Age Pensions Held Rea- son for Increase. By the Assocated Press. Bargain prices for citizenship papers have brought a rush of applications from aliens. Last Spring fees were cut 50 per cent. Now Labor Department figures, though still incomplete, show there were 13,886 more applications for “first papers” from May through September than in the corresponding period of 1933. “First pappers” are officially called | “declaration of intention” to become a citizen. The increase in “second papers” ap- trict’s recreation system, | Washington's present confused rec- | reational set-up has its roots in leg- | jslation enacted nearly half a cen- tury ago, L. H. Weir, recreation ex- pert, pointed out in his report to the National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission, and present-day | agencies are reaching out to extend their powers. In 1890, the report recites, the Of- fice of Public Buildings and Grounds first received authority from Congress to permit certain of its properties to | be utilized as children’s playgrounds. | This was later extended to other grounds, and embraced adults, as well By congressional edict the District Commissioners received jurisdiction through appropriation acts to equip and maintain certain properties and funds to buy certain lands, and finally, in 1912, provision was made for supervision and the present Play- ground Department came into being, said the report. Community Centers Launched. Out of an act of Congress of 1915 grew the Community Center Depart- ment, for the Board of Education was clothed with authority to use school or supplementary educa- poses, civic meetings . . . social centers, centers of recreation, playgrounds.” The report declares that in 1924 the National Capital Park Planning Commission was created. and two years later was granted larger pow- ers and the name altered to the pres- ent National Capital Park and Plan- ning Commission. This group lacks administrative powers, but does pur- chase land and is charged with “plan- | ning a comprehensive systematic de- | velopment of a park, playground and | parkway system for the National Cap- ital and its environs.” ! The Welfare and Recreational As- sociation of Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc.. a quasi-public agency, came into being in 1 tive agency of seve lifferent types of recreation areas and facilities under the jurisdiction of the former Office of Public Buildings and Public ks, the duties of this latter body now ! being_exercised by the National Cap- ital Parl under President Roose- velt's reorganization of the Govern- | ment. | Services Outlined. | Weir delineates the ‘“original lines of division of these principal admin- istrative agencies: The Plavground Department, providing a service chiefly for children, largely outdoors; the Community Center Department, providing a recreation service largely for adults and chiefly indoors. and the National Capital Parks, providing 8 service of an un °d type for all ages and bott a service for self-organized self-directed groups largely ad and entireiy out- doors. and a e for all ages through the Vv e and Recreational Association an various concession- aires Shi: by Wei “In recent years the trend of de- velopment of the Playground Depart- ment has been toward an extension of its service to adults, and of the Com- munity Center Department toward an extension of its service to children and young people including an ex- pressed desire to take over the ope- ration of playerounds on school prop- erties now conducted bv the Play- ground Department. It has also ex- tended its services outdoors in co- ng aims are thus picturized Get Rid of Those Old, Smooth Tires Now! Replace Them With Kelly-Springfield Standar —They're guaranteed for 12 months against all road hazards, theyre six times fortified against blow- outs—good reasons for changing to Kellys! | Parks Office, plications was even greater, 15983, “Second papers,” when granted, con- fer citizenship. Besides the cut in fees, reports from the West Coast indicate that aliens’ desire to be eligible for State old- age pensions accounted for part of the jump. | Nowadays, provided there are no | undue complications, it costs only $10 for an alien to become an American citizen, Actress and Singer to Wed. RENO, Nev., December 4 (#).—| Margaret Perry French, titian haired | New York actress, announced last night she plans to marry Charles James “Bobby” Burns, singer and! actor, as soon as she obtains a divorce from Winsor French, Cleveland social registerite and newspaper man. Burns divorced Le Cray Blocker Burns of Hollywood here last Wednesday. operation with the National Capital Parks Office in presenting public en- tertainments in the Sylvan Theater during the Summer months. | “The acquisition of new areas invl tended for active recreation by the National Capital Park and Planning | Commission, and the development of | these areas by the National Capital | together with a con- | stant increase of active recreation facilities in properties already owned by this office have brought the Na-! tional Parks Office face to face with the problem of organization and di- rection of recreational activities. With the additional acquisitions called for by the plans for the Na- tional Capital, this problem will be- come increasingly urgent.” IT'S NO SECRET ~—you buy for Cash and Pay Less at bbby s JEWELRY SHOPS 615 -15% SLNW. - 617- 705 NW PAINS CALLOUSES HERE? Pains, cramps or callouses at the ball of the foot are sure signs of weak or fall- en arches. 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