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B o THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1934 e T e e SINCLAIR 1S KILLED CHASING SPEEDER Yon Ammon, U. S. Auto Scientist, Dies of Christ- mas Crash Injuries. (Continued From First Page.) — Buburban District Building & Loan Association. He is survived by his widow, Mrs. clnne von Ammon; a daughter, Mrs. inona MacCalmont, of Philadelphia, ®nd a son, Bernhard von Ammon, of this city. Funeral servives for Mr. Von Am- non will be hela at the Friends Meet- Ing House of Washington tomorrow 8t 2 pm. Mrs. Lida 8. Hanson, also of 3840 Legation street, who was injured at the same tim> Mr. Von Ammon was hurt, was reported rapidly recovering. D. W. Johnson, 35, of 1016 D street mortheast, driver of the other auto- mobile involved in the collision, was arrested by police of No. 9 precinct today, (o be detained pending action of the coroner. Deatn Toll Mounts. The two deaths today brought the total to 15 for this month, within two of the ali-time local record for a one-month period. Meanwhile, Mrs. Camille De Forest, 47, injured Wednesday night when struck by a truck in front of her home, 3028 Porter street, is still in a seri- ous condition in Emergency Hos- pital. She several times has regained consciousness only to again lapse, for & long while, into unconsciousness. Up to late this morning she had not been told of the death of her husband. John S. De Forest, 52, as- sistant chief of the Division of Sta- tions and Accounts. United States ‘Weather Bureau. who was fatally stricken with a heart attack in the emergency room at the hospital while physicians were treating Mrs. De For- est. The husband had accompanied her to the hospital in the truck which hit her. Mrs. Lillian M. Kraus, 41, of the Champlain Apartments, was treated at George Washington Hospital last night for shock and bruises received When struck by an automobile on H Etreet, near Fourteenth street. Wil- liam J. Saylors, 25, of Takoma Park, Md., driver of the car, was charged with operating without a driver’s per- mit by police at No. 1 precinct and released under $300 bond for his ap- pearance later. Death Held Accident. A coroner’s jury yesterday held ac- cidental the death of David Ingalls, 87, 807 Eighteenth street, fatally in- jured when struck by an automobile on East Executive avenue December 14. Mr. Ingalls died in Emergency Hospital last Tuesday. The verdict exonerated Marion Harper, 43, col- ored, of Ballston, Va., driver of the striking car. Police today were continuing their campaign against speeders and reck- less drivers. A total of 101 cases was taken be- fore Judge John P. McMahon in Po- lice Court yesterday, which proved one of the court's busiest days. From the total, 85 drivers were con- victed and the remaining 16 cases continued. &ixty-two others forfeited their collateral and did not appear in court. The most severe penalty was given Louis C. Forsyth, who fined $100 on charges of reckiess driving and failing to exhibit a dri s license and committed to jail for 50 days, accord- ing to court records, in lieu of pay- ment. Four others were released on $500 bond pending jury trials on charges of reckless driving. The fourth man, ‘Thomas Cordle, a resident of Virginia, forfeited collateral, but McMahon issued a bench warrant for his arrest because the law makes a trial on reck- less driving charges mandatory. SPECIAL NOTICES. OFFICE OF THE FIREMEN'S INSURANCE Company of Washington and Georgetown, )3 Beventh street northwest, Washington, C. The stockholders of the Firemen's surance Company of Washington and eorgetown will meet at the office on MONDAY. January 7. 1935. for the purpose ©f electing th:rteen ‘directors for the en- suing year. Polls open from 11 am. to 12 noon. _ ALBERT W. HOWARD. Secretary. THE ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SHARE- holders of the Home Building Association or ‘the election of officers and directors #nd such other business as may properly gome, before the meel will_be held a i ML 30 “now 1o shares of ‘the Payments $1 per month per M. WOODWARD. Secretary. EGULAR ANNUAL MEETING OF the stockholders of the National City Dairy Company " (District of Columbia corpora- tion) w.ll be held Wednesday, January 9, 1935 at 11 oclock a.m. in the office of the Terminal Refrigerating and Warehous- ing Corporation. 4th and D sts, 8.W.. for 1he purpose of eiecting a board of directors for the ensuing year and for such other business as may be properly brought before meeting. 8. T. PRICE. open subscription 5ith Series, iy Secretary. * OTICE 1S _HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE American’ Security & Trust Co. has de- clared a regular dividend o per cent on its capi! k of $:3.400.000. payable January . to the stockholders of Tecord at the of business on Decem- ber 31 1934. The annual meeting of the &tockholders of said company. for the elec- tion of directors for the ensuing year. the Presentation of the annual report of the president and the transaction of cuch other usiness as may properiy come before them, will be held at the office of the company in the ecity of Washil day, January 15, . at 12 the polls_will be open o'clock pm. ~ The transfer books of the company_ will be closed from January 6th to the 15th, both days included. CORCO] THOM. AN dent, resident. FREDERICK P. H. SIDDONS. 5 #HER RS Secretary. AILY TRIPE MOVING LOADS Rart loads to and om Balto. Fhils ‘) ew York. 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Is one of the largest CHAMBERS undertakers in the Complete fuherals as low as welve parlors, seventeen mbulances, twenty-five undeértakers_a; ssistants ELECTRUYCAL REFAIRS AND wiring. Electric els. Inc.. have shops all over See vour Telephone Di- ranch nearest you or call No_job_too small or too ELY WARNING v roofs, fallifi@ plaster. ruined dec- tions ail follow the wake of big rms that are surely coming. pru- let_us repair that leaky roof NOW. PERIENCED COMMER- al artist wanted. Young man. Iegular position with large rganization. Must be accu- ate and speedy in detailed in- lividual item drawings and hand-lettering. ~ No ~ fashions. Give experience, references and salary expected, Address Box 223-R, Star Office. N t nd d_ This Changing World Nobody Mourns Scrap- ping of Versailles and Naval Treaties. BY CONSTANTINE BROWN, ‘Two treaties which were considered heretofore the mainstays of the pres- ent international structure have been buried this year; these are the Ver- sailles and -the Washington treaties. Versailles died of a slow, lingering death; Washington died unexpectedly and quickly. Nobody really mourns either of them. One by one the most obnoxious clauses of the Versailles treaty have been done away with either by coms mon agreement or by the unilateral action of the Germans. First of all the reparations pay- ments of the Reich to the former allies were cancelled; then the Hit- ler government started rearming Germany and building armaments, which were forbidden to her by that treaty, such as heavy guns, military airplanes, tanks and poison gas. Al- though France and the Little Entente still refuse to recognize them, the other nations are quite willing to accept the accomplished fact and be- lieve that the French government will do the same since it has no means of doing otherwise. Finally, the Saar is going to be returned to Germany within the next few weeks, after the January 13 ple- biscite. The only thing left of that once powerjul treaty is the territorial clause which gave Poland the Danzig Corridor. At one time that was considered an important ques- tion which might have led to a war. But since Poland has gone over to the German camp the Polish Corridor has ceased to worry the world statesmen. While the French government and its allies are lamenting the passing of the Versailles treaty, there is no doubt that its demise will help settle the differences between the various European countries. ‘When the Saar is returned to Ger- many and Germany has paid only one-third of the original sum asked by France—and that in kind—there will be no outstanding territorial question between the two countries. The recognition that Germany possesses arms which were pPro- hibited by the Versailles treaty might facilitate the task of peace- makers and the deceased Geneva Limitation of Arms Conference might be revived with Germany's participation. Certain diplomats foresee that pos- sibility of a Franco-German rap- prochement in a none too distant future. The claims for a territorial revision by the other nations like Hungary and Bulgaria will not be listened to yet; they are too weak to make trouble. Diplomats believe that in spite of the feverish rearmament of all the nations, the angel of peace might still descend upon the earth in 1935. * Kk x ‘The death of the Washington naval treaty is not lamented either. Here- tofore it did have a good effect. It prevented the five signatory nations from building battleships and spending money on useless fortifications in the Pacific. But outside the United States and, up to a certain point, in Great Britain, neither the Japanese nor the French nor the Italians liked it. Whether its scrapping will lead to a new naval race depends entirely on the general international situation. If the present overcast political sky clears up, there is no real danger of such & race. * k k% Japan’s newest incursion in the industrial field as a serious competitor to Great Britain and the United States is in the line of automobile manufacture. Japan has started to export midget automobiles at a low price and of excellent quality; they sell 50 per cent below the British and the American prices. The Japanese car is built to compete mainly with the British Austin automobile and is re- tailed in Germany and in Holland at $450 apiece. So far, only 500 auto- mobiles have been sent to Germany and 400 to Holland. An assembly plant. has been built in Melbourne, Australia, and the Tokio government hopes that within the next three vears the Japanese automobiles will be seen everywhere where the cost of gas is high. These midget cars are supposed to do 60 miles to the gallon. The Germans have a good system of gathering money for their com- S | munity chest. The campaign lasted in Berlin a whole week and started with the military bands playing in the important public places. The air minister, Goering, dressed in one of his most showy uniforms, and Publicity Minister Goebbels walked the main thoroughfares so- liciting funds fjor the poor. It appears that Goebbels is more pop~ ular than -his military colleague, despite Goering’s splendid uniform. The Berliners were so anxious to see the propaganda minister and take a momento off him that within an hour Goebbels clothes were torn and he had to go to the Adlon Hotel to put on a new suit. Famous and popular actors and especially actresses, tennis players and singers rattled their collection boxes under the nose of the popula- tion. The inhabitants of Berlin gave gladly every cent they could spare, but also took from the collectors all they could get. At the end of the day the handsome actors and the pretty actresses were actually in rags. Storm troopers had to protect a par- ticularly popular actress from being ;omplewly disrobed by the mob of ans. e Socialite Divorces Nobleman. RENO, Nev., December 28 (#).—The Marchesa Carignani, formerly Mary Denman Clark, St. Louis social regis- terite, divorced Marchese Giovanni Carignani, Italian nobleman, yester- da; She charged extreme cruelty. Married June 16, 1926, in Naples, they have two children, ‘ ‘ Should Contribute to Capital’s T0 NAME COUNGL Maintenance:and Upbuilding With Supervisor Seeking | Tax-Exempt Realty Holdings Not the Only| power tg Order or Veto Advisory Board to Work Changes for District. Establishment of an advisory coun- cil for the District Playground De- partment was voted today by a group of representatives of 3¢ Washington organisations interested in recreation. The council is to be appointed by the Commissioners with the advice of Miss 8ibyl Baker, supervisor of Dis- trict playgrounds. The group then will make a study of a recent report prepared for the National Park and Planning Commission and recommend whatever changes they may find nec- essary to set up a unified recreation system. Miss Baker explained the provisions of the report and outlined four plans of administration which it recom- mended. The conference did not go into detail in discussing the report, but indicated a sentiment in favor of a single recreation system better than the four separate departments that now exist. To Consider Financing. ‘The Advisory Council also will take up the problem of financing and ad- ministering whatever unified system they choose to recommend. At present the system is divided among the District Playground De- partment, the Community Center De- partment, the National Park System and the playgrounds of the public scnools. A new unified plan suggests four types of organizations: A recreation commission appointed by the Com- missioner, a recreation commission appointed by the President, a recrea- tion department under the Commis- sioners or a recreation department under joint control of the National Capital Parks Office and the Board of Education. D. C. Control Favored. ‘The Commissioners and Miss Baker repeated their often expressed desire to have the District government in full control of whatever system is selected, Miss Baker pointing out that under Federal control present em- ployes not under civil service would lose their jobs since the District civil service quota is filled. The department now employes a%out 110 playground directors and assist- ants. In the Summer nearly 350 are employed. No time limit was set as to when the new council should be named, but Commissioner Hazen indicated he would appoint the 34 persons present. Some objection was raised to appoint- ing the individuals as representatives of their organizations since they were without authority to commit their or- ganizations. Most of them, however, sald they would serve as individuals, List of Delegates. Delegates present and their organi- zations follow: Mrs. Jesse C. Adkins, chairman of the Child Welfare Committee of the District of Columbia League of Wom- en Voters: Sanford Bates, president, Washington Council of Social Agen- cies; George Beasley, president, Fed- eration of Civic Associations; Mrs. Frederick H. Brooke, District of Co- lumbia Girl Scouts; Dr. Russell J. Clinchy, chairman, Recreation Com- mittee, Council of Social Agencies: Karl W. Corby, chairman, Parks and Reservations Committee, Board of Trade. E. C. Graham. member of the Com- mittee on Co-ordination of Recrea- tion of 1931 and 1933; Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Junior League; Lieut. Col. West A. Hamilton, member, Commit- tee on Co-ordination of Recreation; Mark Lansburgh, former president, Merchants and Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation: Thomas P. Littlepage, chair- man, Better Housing Committee of the District; Leifur Magnusson, act- ing chairman, Recreation Committee, Monday Evening Club; E. J. Murphy, president, National Capital Civic Fund. Dr. Reichelderfer on List. . Ernest F. Parkinson, Civic Committee, Woman's City Club; Mrs Henry S. Parsons, chairman, Com- mittee on Recreation, . Congress of Parents and Teachers; Dr. Luther H. Reichelderfer, former president, Board of District Commissioners; John A. Remon, president, President’s Cup Re- gatta; Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, District Tuberculosis Association; Mrs. Mary Church Terrell, Self Help Unit; A. H. Gregory, delegate, Federation of Citi- zens’ Associations; Mrs. D. F. Hewett, Juvenile Protective Association. Frank R. Jelleff, Boys' Club; Wil- liam E. Russell, president, Amateur Athletic Association; Mrs. E. T. Sul- livan, vice president, Federation of Citizens® Associations; Mrs. Harvey W. Wiley, president, Federation of Wom- en’s Clubs; People’s Counsel William A. Roberts; Mrs. H. J. Steimer, Wel- fare Committee, Federation of Citi- zens’ Associations; Ben Lindus, South- west Playground Council. Dr. Willilam M. Deviny, Northeast Suburban Playground Council; Mrs. Clinton Ward, Georgetown Playground Council; J. 8. Cole, Park View Play- ground Council; James F. Splain, North Central Playground Council Maj. Earl Landreth, Washington Heights Playground Council, and Mrs, Gabrielle Pelham, Banneker Recrea- tion Playground Council. HECHT CO. EXECUTIVES TO HEAR ROBERT NATHAN Economic Forecast for 1935 Will Be Made at Breakfast for Buy- ers and Other Officials. About 150 buyers, assistant buyers and other executives of the Baltimore and Washington branches of the Hecht Co. will hear Robert Nathan, until recently a consultant on unem- ployment statistics for the National Committee on Economic Security, make an economic forecast for the ensuing year at a breakfast in the Willard Hotel tomorrow at 8 a.m. Other guests of honor will be Eu- gene Meyer, publisher of the Wash- ington Post; George P. Marshall of the Times, Ernest Johnston, adver- tising manager of the Herald; Low- ell Mellett, managing editor of the Daily mmmd b‘in‘:::l H. Kauff- mann, it Tanager The Star. o WOMAN GIVEN UP D. C. Burrenders Ethel Nash to Montgomery County Officials. Ethel Nash, 1100 block of Twelfth street, waived preliminary hearing on & charge of forgery when arraigned before Judge Ralph Given in Police Court today and was turned over to Montgomery County authorities. She was arrested here several weeks 8g0 as a fugitive from that jurisdic- P | Consideration in Determining Federal Obligation—Other Factors Enumerated. THEODORE This is the first of a series of articles which will present, with a few omissions and substan- tial additions, the address of Theodore W. Noyes on “Fiscal Equity for Washington” at the recent Oldest Inhabitants’ dinner. Our District Commissioners have in fine public spirit taken the initiative in opening up the question of the adequacy of the national contribution for Capital upbuilding. ‘Through their initiative the question became a live issue in the Budget Bureau. It then went up automati- cally as a question of administrative policy to the President and, notwith- standing the pressure upon him of national and international issues, it received and will receive his interested personal attention. He plans expert study of the comparative tax burdens of Washington and other cities ap- proximating Washington in population and surrounding conditions. The Sen- ate subcommittee, considering propo- sitions for reorganizing the District government, will probably give thought in this connection to pleas-for more equitable fiscal relations. This issue will, we hope, receive full and fair con- sideration by the House and Senate in acting upon the District appropriations bill for 1936. We are, in effect, promised a re- newed reweighing of the respective obligations of Capital and Nation to maintain and develop the Nation's city like that conducted by the Congres- sional Joint Committee in 1915. What, then, is the national obliga- | tion toward the maintenance and upbuilding of the Nation's city and | how adequately is that obligation being | met? 1. Obligation based on extensive real estate ownership of United States in District. (a) Estimates of amount of hy- pothetical tax Nation would Pay on national property if assessed and taxed as an individual or corporate tax-, payer. Equitable payment in lieu of taxes suggested, not actual taxation of na- tional property. Estimates of amount of ob- ligation equitably payable | in consideration of vast area and great value of national property stricken from tax roll and held ex- empt from taxation. 2. Obligation based upon absolute con- trol of city. Obligation fol- lows power, including obligation springing from conditions sur- rounding founding of city. | 3. Obligation springing from demands of patriotic pride in Capital When Nation shirked its obliga- tion, Capital was national shame. When Nation met its obligation, | Capital became object of national | pride. | 4. Obligation based upon payments made from local taxes, solely because Washington is the Capi- | tal, in excess of what would be | paid if Washington were the| ordinary commercial self-sustain- ing community. Also items which are national or semi-national and impose an obligation upon | the Nation to pay all or half or | 40 per cent of expenditures, and thus render inadequate the na- | tional payment of approximately | 17 per cent under current lump | sum appropriations. 5. Obligation based upon heavy na- tional (internal revenue) taxes paid by people of Capital, com- pared with corresponding pay- ments by the States. 6. Equitable obligation to pay heavily for Capital upbuilding in lieu of hundreds of millions of grants, bounties, subsidies paid by Na- tion to States from national taxes to which District contributes more than half of the States, in a distribution from which the Capital has been barred. Obligation as Untaxed Property Owner. 1. The obligation first thought of by the average American is based upon the large percentage of District area with improvements held by the Na- tional Government exempt from tax- ation, to the cost of the expensive maintenance of which District tax- payers contribute both in national and in local taxes. (a) Some measure this obligation by calculating the hypothetical tax which would be paid upon the National Gov- ernment property if it were assessed and taxed like privately owned real estate. The proposition is not actually to tax national property, but to sug- gest an equitable payment in lieu of such taxation. (b) Others use the same figures of national ownership to demonsl.r_a'.e a national obligation to make equitable and substantial payment in consid- eration solely of the extensive area and great value of national property stricken from the tax roll and held exempt from taxation. In this connection consider a few rtinent figures. peA.lleuor afiuph;m (1934) shows that the total exempt property in Wash- ington ($720,000,000) is slightly less than 40 per cent of the total of tax- able and exemp: property ($1,850,- 000,000), whereas similar exemptions in other cities average less than 20 per cent of that total. United States property exempt ($550,000,000) is about 50 per cent of taxable real estate ($1,130,000,000) in Washington. If the assessed $550,000,000 of Federal-owned real estate in the Dis- trict were imagined to be taxed like privately-owned property at the $1.50 rate, that item alone of national obligation would suggest in equity & lump sum of $8,250,000. The House (Mapes) Committee re- port (1931) calculates the value of Federal-owned property in 26 typical citles as follows: Federal-owned property in 26 cities under control of Treasury Depart- ment—cost $95,229,464. Federal-owned property in 17 of these cities not under control of Treasury Department — saporaised value $100,529,919. Total, 8195.75;.‘3‘;’3. Appraised value (Assessor - :rdsw)pot Federal real estate holdings of that date in Washington—$499,- 960,928. Tax-exempt Federal property in Washington is thus more than two and a half times the value of all the Federal-owned real estate (ex- empt) in these 26 cities combined. These figures indicate, significantly, the value of Government-owned tax- exempt in Washington as compared with sucl other cities. Exocessive Street Area. . area of the original City of wfl'm'::wn the Nation retained in streets, reservations and donated lots -sevenths. " the donated lots, tmpliedly promising to purchasers in its adver- | W. NOYES. tising some relief from expense of municipal improvements, such as street opening and improvement, etc. Not half of the original city (within old Boundary street) re- mained taxable. What an excessively large area of streets and avenues withheld from taxation and to be opened and im- proved meant to the taxpayers who owned the remaining taxed fraction of the city's area is strikingly pic- tured by imagining Washington's streets straightened into a highway 100 feet wide which would extend from Washington to New York, to be graded, asphalted and supplied with gutters, curbstones, sidewalks, drains, sewers, lamp-posts and shade trees. As the Senate District Committee (Southard, chairman) said in its re- | port of 1835: “The olan of the city was formed by the public authorities; the dimen- sions of the streets determined without interference by the inhab- itants or regard to their particular interest or convenience. It is a plan calculated for the magnificent Capital of a great Nation, but oppressive from its very dimensions and arrangements to the inhabitants if its execution to any considerable extent is to be thrown upon them. No people who anticipated the execution and the subsequent support of it out of their own funds would ever have dreamed of forming such a plan. At that pe- riod neither the Government nor the proprietors contemplated that the whole or even a large proportion of the burden should be thrown upon the inhabitants of the city.” “The streets were not only oppres- sive from their size and extent in their original formation, but they will from the same cause continue to be an un- ending source of expense in their re- pair. They must annually cost nearly double the amount of streets of the same length of moderate dimensions. The Government which created this condition of things ought not be very deaf to the complaints of those upon whom such burden has fallen.” Inability to Annex Maryland and Vir- ginia Suburbs. Consider also the effect of the in- ability of Washinglon to extend its | in | ‘trol and responsibility should be cen- area over surrounding suburbs Maryland and Virginia, by annexing these suburbs as other cities do. The last decennial census showed the steady trend of population toward the suburbs, not in Washington alone, it is true, but throughout the Nation. The difference is, however, that Wash- ington is a city with non-extensible boundaries. Its borders are fixed by the Constitution itself. Of all the cities of the Nation, it is unique in its lack of power to extend at will its boun- daries to take jn—as Atlanta, Los An- geles, Detroit, Cleveland or Baltimore takes in—the suburbs, thus enlarging the taxable area as the city population enlarges. During the ten years, 1920- 1930, the movement of local population brought the results described in the Board of Trade Survey of Washington, as follows: “It is ro doubt surprising to some that the population growth of the city f Washington during the last ten vears has been only 48.145, or an in- crease of 11 per cent. During the past ten years there has been a growing tendency for Washington residents to move out into the adjoining suburban areas. These sections for the most part_are outside of the boundaries of the District. As a result many persons enumerated in the Washington census of 1920 were, in 1930, counted among the residents of the several counties immediately surrounding Washington City. The fact that Arlington County's growth has been 62.5 per cent in the last ten years; Montgomery County, 40 per cent; Prince Georges County, 38.6 per cent; Alexandria City, 33.9 per cent; Fairfax Ccunty, 16.5 per cent, and the entire metropolitan region 17 per cent, very definitely indicates the flow of population from the city of Washington into the surrounding areas.” As far as Washington itself is con- cerned the non-taxpaying census pop- ulation is at & maximum while the taxable resources are at a minimum, these factors reducing the nominal per capita tax levy with resulting disad- vantage to the District in per capita comparisons. If one can imagine De- troit, or Los Angeles, or Minneapolis, or other great cities with their largest industries exempt from taxation, and with the cities unable to extend their corporate limits to embrace taxable assets in growing suburban communi- ties, one obtains a clearer idea of the unique situation that is peculiar to Washington, differentiating it from all the other cities in the country. Meanwhile the taxable area within the city limits is steadily and in some years largely decreased by condemna- tions or purchases of privately owned land and improvements for public tax- exempt purposes. When a steadily decreasing fraction of a city's area must bear the burden of a steadily increasing tax levy to meet the fast mounting expenses of a great and growing modern Capital an excessive tax burden is inevitable. Tomorrow’s article will discuss the national obligation based on absolute control of capital and in response to demands of American patriotic prid, How to Home a (RECREATION UNITS| Some Reasons Why the Nation B| GENTRALIZES RULE OF DISTRICT Would Give Commissioners Acts of Boards. (Continued From First Page.) to powers of municipalities, particu- larly the statutes of Utah and Illinois. “The bill deals specifically with finances, taxes, highways, traffic, licensing of businesses, etc. The pres- ent draft then contains a general clause providing that the Commis- sioners may direct or prohibit action by any officlal committee, commis- sion, board or other agency financed in whole or in part from District revenues, whenever in their judgment such direction or prohibition is ad- visable in the public interest. Would Preserve Boards. “The bill does not effect any re- organization of the District govern- ment, but relates directly and solely to the powers of the Commissioners. It would leave the existing boards such as the School Board, Board of Public Welfare, Parole Board, etc., as the active administrative agencies in control in their respective fields just as at present, but with a reserve emergency power lodged in the Com- missioners for exercise whenever in their judgment such action is advis- able. As a matter of practice, such power might be seldom exercised: as a matter of responsibility it would always be present. It would not be available as a matter of appeal by the agencies involved or by outside per- sons affected; it would be exercised only upon the initiative and judg- ment of the Commissioners them- selves. “While the Commissioners have considered and tentatively agreed upon the basic principles, they have not yet passed upon the proposed draft.” The move coincides with the thought recently voiced by the Com- missioners in connection with pro- posals for a co-ordination of the recreational and playground facilities of the District as proposed in a report by an agent of the National Recre- ational Association. There were sug- gestions at that conference that con- trol of playground activities here be placed in the hands of a joint com- mission. One of these would have the director or commission named by the Commissioners, but others suggested Federal agency control or influence. Commissioners Hazen and Allen de- | clared at the time they felt recre- ation activities were a municipal function and therefore that the con- ‘red on the District Commissioners. Hazen also has suggested in the past that the Park Police should be combined with the Metropolitan Police force. Other District officials have suggested also that the Commission- ers should be given power to appoint members of the Board of Education. Suggestions for centralizing power in the hands of the District Com- missioners are expected to be sub- mitted to the Senate District Com- mittee by the committee named last year to study reorganization of the District government. Members of this committee are Maj. Daniel J. Donovan. District auditor and budget officer; Willlam A. Roberts, people’s counsel, and a representative of the director of the Budget Bureau. The committee as yet has not submitted a formal report containing recom- mendations as to the changes in the administration. Numerous volumes of statistics on the present methods of operation were submitted months ago. There has been some disagree- ment between Maj. Donovan and Roberts as to suggested changes in the form of government, but both have indicated they believe there should be a greater centralization of power in the heads of District government. When Congress meets next week, the Senate Listrict Committee will be ready to Legin work immediately on a dozen or more measures as the result of a long conference yesterday afternoon betweer. Chairman King of the Senate group and Mr. Prettyman. Senator King told Prettyman he will introduce ali the bills the Com- missioners hay. placed on their pro- gram, and will call a committee meet- ing as soon as possible. Law Measure Asked. In addition to the bills the Com- missioners sent up, Senator King asked Prettyman to prepare a meas- ure calling for a revision and codifi- cation of the code of laws of the Dis- trict. Every session of Congress amends or adds to various District laws, and Senator King believes there should be a restudy of the code, ‘While the motorists’ safety responsi- bility bill was being discussed with the corporation counsel, Senator King said the traffic situation has reached sn acute stage in Washington, particu- larly in regard to parking and jay- walking. The Senator said he did not know just what should be done to improve conditions, but indicated he believes packing is a serious phase of the problem. He said in his home city the authorities are taking steps to prevent pedestrians from crossing streets in the middle of a block, and he expressed belief such a rule should be applied here. Other Bills Planned. In addition to the gambling and motorists’ respensibility biils, other measures the Senator told Pretty- man he would introduce included: Establishing court procedure in foreclosing mortgages, a new small loans bill, limiting jurisdiction of the courts in public utility appeal cases, so that appeals would hinge on ques- tions of law rather than on the facts; a measure to create a lunacy commis- n, and several smaller bills. Give Your New Deal in 1935 Resolve that your home will be the most attractive in your neighborhood. Start with your windows and equip them with the WASHABLE, Sun-proof, Wrinkle-proof du Pont TONTINE Window Shades. Ask for estimates and samples of the newest designs. I District 3324-3325 I W. STOKES SAMMONS ANNE LINDBERGH WILL TAKE STAND AGAINST HAUPTMANN —_(Continued Prom Pirst Page) tis to testify in behalf of the German carpenter. ‘The State will declare at Haupt- mann’s trial, a prosecuting official disclosed today, that the Lindbergh kidnap-slaying suspect has had in his possession in the last two years $49,600 more than all his avowed sources of income provided. ‘The money will be identified by the State, this offiicial said, as the bulk of the $50,000 ransom which Dr. John P. Condon, Lindbergh intermediary, r;;g in a Bronx cemetery April 2, The State is reported to have ob- tained evidence linking all but a few hundred dollars to Hauptmann. Money Checkers to Testify. Scores of the auditors, accountants, Federal investigators and detectives who ran down the money and checked it are reputedly on the State'’s wit- ness list. Clerks and one or two executives of the New York banking house of J. P. Morgan & Co., where the packet of ransom bills was made up and the serial numbers noted, are also ex- pected to testify. The new evidence will be used by the State, a member of the prosecu- tion staff said, in its efforts to prove that Hauptmann alone abducted Charles A. Lindbergh, jr., collected the ransom and disposed of it himself. Defense attorneys hold that a “gang” committed the crime. Haupt- mann told New York police that the ransom money, about $15,000, found in his garage, was given to him by ldl;ldor Fisch, a friend who has since ed. New witnesses have been found, it was reported by a State source, to support the State's claim that Haupt- mann disposed of some of the money long before the time he said Fisch entrusted it to his care. In this way Old friends friend who h the States hopes to strengthen testie mony of a New York theater ticket seller who says she recognized Haupt- mann as & man who passed a ransom bill at her window in November, 1933, CURTIS OFFERS TO AID STATE. Says Hauptmann Showed Him Some of Ransom Money. NORFOLK, Va., December 28 () — John Hughes Curtis of Norfolk has notified the New Jersey police that he is prepared to testify that Bruno Hauptmann showed him some of the Lindbergh ransom money on one of his meetings with Hauptmann and others between the time the money had been paid by Dr. John F. Condon and the finding of the Lindbergh baby's body, counsel for Curtis an- nounced today. Nicagarua's 1934-5 coffee crop is expected to weight over 80,000,000 ‘pounds. LAWYERS® BRIEFS RUSH PRINTING BYRON S. ADAMS Turn your old trinkets, jewelry into MONEY at and watches A.Kahn Jnc. Arthur J. Sundlun, Pres. 142 YEARS at 935 F STREET are the best s. Ask your neighbors ave been using Colonial Anthracite for years. 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