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A—4 *** THE EVENING STAR, ' WASHINGTON, CENTER INDORSED FOR GORDON HIGH Georgetown Citizens Back Plan After Hearing Mrs. D. 0. Reed. ‘The formation of a new commu- nity center at the Gordon Junior High School was indorsed last night by the Georgetown Progressive Citi- zens' Association after a talk on plans for the new development by Mrs. Douglas O. Reed, a resident of Bur- leith, who has been active as a vol- unteer worker in developing the idea. Two classes have been arranged as | a nucleus for further development, Mrs. Reed said, one in contract bridge and one in ball room dancing. ‘The new center must be self-sup- porting. she said, and in order to do this classes must be subscribed to in | advance. After the meeting at the school December 11, further en- tertainments can be arranged by any residents of the District west of Rock Creek Park to Conduit road who de- sire them. In her plan Mrs. Reed has secured the support of Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peeples, director of the Community Center Department; Mrs, A. L. Irving, secretary of the department; Henry W. Draper, supervising principle of | the Curtis School; Frank A. Wood- | ward, principal of Gordon Junior High: Dr. Elmer S. Newton, principal of Western High School; Daniel F.| Ahern, althletic director of Western High, and the Parent-Teacher asso- | ciations of the community. | The association unanimously in- dorsed the tax report of the Feder- ation of Citizens' Associations which proposes that public utilities, in ad- dition to the present net profits tax, | be subjected to an ad valorem tax on their properties in the District and a further franchise assessment ‘The association’s representatives will | vote for the continuance of the Wis- consin avenue street cars to Dumb: ton avenue, instead of turning down- town at M street, at a meeting to be | held soon to discuss the situation. JOHNSON TO SPEAK Former Representative to Address Reserve Officers. | Former Representative Royal, C Johnson of South Dakota, World War veteran and former member of the | House Military Affairs Committee, will speak at a conference of local Air Corps Reserve officers December 11 in the Air Corps projection room, Muni- tions Building. | smart shops. | and Democrats alike, that if we take | Standing thus, he brings luck to the | Homer Cummings. | whizzes at speech-making. | seen and not heard. Capt. W. V. Andrews, Air Corps, local Air Reserve instructor, will be in | charge of the meeting. Tailored for $2.50 & $2.95 Special! SHIRTS 51.85 Compare Them With In Capital Letters Elephant Finds a Way to Crash Into Washington. It’s Through the Gift Shop Counter. BY GENEVIEVE FORBES HERRICK, AYBE it's merely the Christ-| way, the elephant, sturdy | symbol of the G. O. P, is stampeding gift counters in local Beneath their stomachs 1s the word “Ceylon.” In their eyes is the ever-remembering glint of re- flection. 1In the toss of their tusks is high hope. Mrs. Ellis Yost, comely chairman of | women'’s activities for the nanonnl\ G. O. P. reminds us, Republicans an elephant into our home we must be sure to have him face the door. house. A Frank Note. ‘Washington, ringed round with a an outsider. Pompous statesmen Virginia. en’s Democratic Club. hand. And can jaunt over to mas spirit. Maybe it's subtle | Washington every other day or so. Republican propaganda. Any- | He spoke the other night at the Wom- Got a big You may agree with Jim Farley that “that man Holt's likely to be a little wild.” But in any event yowll think his sister, young Pi Beta Phi college sorority girl, is one of the prettiest ladies you've ever seen. being a bachelor. Watch This Ring. She will be his hostess, he D. TUESDAY, DECEMBER 1934, UTILITY CHIEF HITS U.S. POWER POLICY National Industrial Council Hears Paul Clapp Criti- cize Trend. By the Associated Press. NEW YORK, December 4 —The Na- tional Industrial Council, meeting to | chart a fair weather course for | American business. heard today a se- | vere arraignment of ment’s entrance into power business. Paul Clapp, vice president of the | Columbia Gas & Electric Co., told the the Govern- | the electric | Watch for the name—James Ring— | council that “the very opposit=” of on dinner lists of embassies and lega- tions this season. Mr. vestigator Commission. for Ring is special housing in-| the Public Utilities | And just the other day | circle of smug self-satisfaction, rare- | he reported that, careless as some | |1y heeds, or even hears, the voice of | of our local gentry are about get- | ting their houses painted and keeping | sound off at committees in the fore- | their back yards clean, the 50-odd . Mo0h. shout. speeches.in Gongress. in | forelgn. embassics and " legations in |BY commitees of industrialists over & day | N. R. A. objectives “is being followed | i by the Federal Government in its present policy affecting electric power.” The council, made up of 20¢ repre- sentatives of national, State and local industrial and trade associations, is meeting to consider industry's pro- posed platform for recovery, drafted the afternoon, talk their way through | Washington had a 100 per cent record | Period of several months. dinner and strut their oratory on the for neatness, cleanliness and repair platform or over the radio at night. | Talking, never listening. | So it is a pretty good thing for us, | this new town hall series which start- | ed with a brisk challenge from Glenn Frank, youngish president of the Uni- of Wisconsin. After the lec- attended by the first-page crowd | of celebrities, Mr. Frank was guest of honor at a supper party at the home of Attorney General and Mrs. Nobody pulled punches, either, | Does Frank one day vision him- self another prexy, not of a college but of a country? His friends vow he's headed for the headship of a@ liberalized Republican party. | ful college president, Bob Hutchins | of Chicago, swear his path leads—not right now, but one day—up to the front door of the White House, and | = in. Particularly prophetic are some friends out in Iowa who bombard him with letters of political persifiage. To which Mr. Hutchins replies in kind, gay and bantering. How serious a substructure there is, nobody knows, not even the friends in Iowa. Both men are young, academic, And both | are darkly handsome. Holt Uses Energy. Rush Holt, the baby Senator-elect from West Virginia, doesn't believe in that adage about children being He's all over the lot. 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For over 50 years we have been ying old gold, and paying Licensed by the . S. Govt. to buy old gold. 1934 by the North American | SELINGER'S 818 F STREET N.W. Free Monograms on White Shirts Great Gifts for Your Friends—and Yourself! This personal touch costs nothing extra, but it adds greatly to the value and style of these splendid shirts. Choose just as many fine white broadcloth shirts as you want, collar-attached or neckband styles, all Sanforized Shrunk, all full-cut and well tailored. We’ll embroider any three initials on each shirt, in your choice of several colors. The Right TIES To Give Any Man! C to 85 Men’s Ideals of Style and Value! ! i ! ! ! J ! ! ! ! : ! i : ! ! ! : i ! ! ! Made to our strict speci- fications — no wonder they are so fine! New patterns and colorings. Figures and stripes on white grounds, dark grounds and mono- grammed without charge. You’re taking no chances here. We know tie styles and men’s tastes. We know tie values, too— which makes us able to offer GOOD ties at such a variety of prices! Espe- cially smart are the new richly colored Rabbit’s Hair, Silks, Persians, Moires, Boucles. MENS SHOP 1331 F STREET OPEN A MEYERS CHARGE ACCOUNT [ 0| 0D 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 060 00 060 00 00 00 060 00 00 0O 0O 0O Huge Expenditures Charged. “The Federal Government has gone | into the electric power business on a ! stupendous scale,” Clapp told the council. “Plans have been made and | legislation will be urged at the nex Congress for further large extensiol The speaker listed the total appro- | priation of Federal funds for Federal electric power projects and for Fed- eral aid to State and county projects, up to September 1, 1934, as $255,199,- 700. In addition, he cited an allot- ment of $1,000,000 to the | home and farm authority and 000 to the Tennessee Valley Asso- ciated Co-operative, Inc., making a total amount of about $280,000,000. Tax Bill Is Cited. Clapp set forth that privately oper- ated utility companies would pay Couch. and let us point features. An _attractive chair holsteries. Coffee Table, $1 movable glass tray. Seventh Street This is a finely made Grand Rapids Coffee Table with 21-inch top. Solid mahog- any or walnut legs. $250,000,000 in taxes this year, add- ing: “If these companies were made tax exempt, as is true in large part of publicly operated utilities, and if this tax saving could be applied to reduc- tion of domestic electric rates, the domestic electric bill of the Nation could at once be reduced by 40 per cent. From C. L. Bardo, president of the National Association of Manufac- turers, came what he termed the “platform of industry” and in pre- senting it to the National Industrial Council he warned: “Industry stands on the threshnel; of public opinion. We will be praiséd or condemned as we measure up to a sound program of industrial recovery, based upon the precepts and experi- ences of our established economic e i “platform” advocates a bal- anced budget “by adoption of policies | which will stimulate business, restore employment, increase national income and permit cutting public expenses to fit reasonable taxes.” It opposes pay- ment of the soldier bonus until due, and suggests withdrawal of Federal aid from every State “which does not reduce expenditures (excluding relief and bond obligations) to at least the 1926 level.” The program also advocates an early return to the gold standard and asks a “thoroughly competent and non-partisan” study of the bank- ing system. The program may be amended to- and will be presented for rati- fication to the American Congress of Industry, which opens & two-day ses- sion tomorrow. REMEMBER TRIBBY'S 2 STORES —where you buy for Cash—and Pay Less! 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INDIAN SPRINGS PARK, Md., De- cember 4.—Seeking to establish a | definite name for the old Bladensburg | road, known by a number of other | appellations, the Indian Spring Citi- zens’ Association has adopted a reso~ lution directing its Committee on Roads to make a study and report two names ¢o the association. & selection and recommendations will be sentt to the Maryland-National |Capital Park and Planning Commis- | sion that the highway be designated | s _such for its entire length from the Goed on specified trains only-for details see flyers—consult agents Saturday, December 8 $11.00 Detroit $10.25 Toledo Sunday, December 9 $3.50 New York Every Saturday - Sunday $1.25 Baltimo $ 1.50 Daily—Goed for 3 daw $5.65 New York Daily one way, couches only. Lv. 12.25 e.m. CHRISTMAS and NEW YEAR'S ROUND-TRIP FARES REDUCED 13 Leave anytime Dec 20 up to noon Dec. 25 leave anytime Dec. 28 up to noon Jen. 1. 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