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Wash ington News he Zn WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION DG WEDNESDAY, ening Star MARCH 13, 1935. FH¥ STRONG PETITION FOR MORE POLIGE GIVEN SENATORS Subcommittee Also Hears Needs of Health Depart- ment and Library. ADDITION OF 141 TO FORCE RECOMMENDED Statistics Show Traffic Increases, With Only 23 Men on Duty in Precinct. In His Cage Backed by a strong petition from officials today explained to the Sen- ate subcommittee holding hearings on the 1936 District appropriations bill the necessity for 141 additional po- licemen. The subcommittee also heard testi- mony from other officials on the needs of the free Public Library system, Fire Department, Health Department, highways, electrical division and sev- eral smaller municipal services. The Police Department was repre- sented by Maj. Ernest W. Brown, su- perintendent; the libraries, by Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian. Other witnesses included the newly ap- pointed health officer, Dr. George C. Ruhland; Capt. Herbert C. White- hurst, engineer of highways, and Fire Chief Charles E. Schrom. Book Fund Needed. Subcommittee members obtained in- formation on the growing demand on the public libraries for service since the depression started. There was discussion of several items. not pro- vided for in the House bill, but which are urgently needed. These include addition of $10.000 to the fund of books and periodicals; $2625 for maintenance of the new Georgetown Branch Library, which is expected to open in October: a small increase for personal services to avoid furlougbs, and a small increase for the music division. Although the House bill contains £60,000 for books and periodicals, half of this amount will be required to stock the new Georgetown branch, leaving only $30.000 for the main library and nine other agencies. With regard to highway improve- ments. the Senate Subcommittee has been advised that the House bill would leave a surplus of $500.000 lying idle | in the Treasury in the gas tax fund, which can only be used for highway work. The Senate could add about $350,000 for highways. leaving the balance in the gas tax fund for work- ing capital. Groups Urge Policemen. i Spokesmen for & joint committee representing Washington civic and This is the time of year when in to use his outdoor runway. “Stone walls do not a prison make, { Nor iron bars a cage.” ’ But try and convince Soko of that. | especially in the Spring of the year. | The first robin and the first crocus | arrive at the Zoo along with Soko's | annual complaint—a tap. tap, tap on | the confining walls of his cage. Soko wants out He knows his old friend, Headkeeper William H. Blackburne, will lend a sympathetic ear. Blackburne will bring him words cf consolation. if not a measure of liberty, for early Spring days are treacherous, and pneumonia | can work havoc in a chimpanzee's huge chest. But Soko can't wait. In a sense he has been in “solitary” all Winter. His arters in the old-fashioned lion house, which Zoo officials hope to re- place soon, are oo dark, too confining. The iron bars of Soko's cage are sur- rounded by an outer glass partition. Life in the lion house goes on without him. Runway His Only Liberty. Soko’s little outdoor runway which beckons in the Spring is the only freedom he has known in 19 years. From the runway he can look up | into a grove of trees, which may re- mind him of the lush green jungles | of Africa. He was captured in the jungle at the age of 2, while other | members of his arboreal family swung off through the tree tops. Soko, Zoo Chimpanzee, Frets captivity. begs Zoo Headkeeper William H. Blackburne for permission But Soko is always early. The voung chimp' was to become BUESts at a dinner tonight at the Wil- | VA'.UE D|SPUIED as Spring Calls Soko, one of the oldest chimpanzces | —Star Staff Photo. | | one of the best-known citizens of the | Zoo. In his early days he used to| take Blackburne’s hand and go for a stroll about the park. Occasion- ally he enjoyed a runaway spree in the tree tops. He presented such a ludicrous picture, walking about with his hand in Blackburn’s, that children began to gather around and laugh at him. This en- raged Soko. When he grew strong enough to defend his dignity, he was locked in his cage never to emerge again. Blind Rage Seizes Him. { Soko is anxious now to get out of doors. He will be more <o when he sees the lions turned into their Spring and Summer runw Then he will begin to stemp his feet. shake the bars and howl s disappointment Sometimes Soko goes off into a blind | rage. Dr. Willlam M. Mann, director of the Zoo. once thought this was due | to a blood clot on the brain v | he thinks that tantrums are fairly general among captive monkeys, chimpanzees and gorillas. Among prisoners of a higher order there is another word for | crazy.” But Soko's rages are of brief dura- tion. The Zoc now is the onily life he knows and the keepers his only friends. Perhaps it's the Spring which gets into his blood now and |peen paid. Construction of the build- | then. man Thomas of the Senate Subcom- mittee on District Appropriations a strong appeal for more policemen. Later in the week this joint com- mittee will appear before the Senate subcommittee to explain their request in detail. The statement filed with Senator ‘Thomas by Sylvan King, chairman of the joint citizens’ group, indorsed the original recommendation of the Police Department for 141 additional police- men. This request would mean restoring 35 positions in the department elim- inated by the econcmy provisions of | 1933, and 106 new positions ‘The citizens’ petition cited the grow- ing toll of traffic deaths and the daily reports of murders, robberies and les ers crimes as demonstrating the ne- | cessity for greater protection. Special Details Cited. The letter, also addressed to chair- man King of the Senate District Com- mittee and to Chairman Norton of the House District Committee, quoted fig- ures on special details last year. During the year 832 men were used to attend the President when he ap- peared at public functions; 99 attend- ed White House functions; 54 at- tended embassies here; 61 attended dedications of new Government build- ings; 21 attended cabinet receptions: 396 were detailed for parades, and 592 ‘were required to attend strikes, dem- onstrations and meetings of agitators of various classes. It was also poitned out that while | there has been no increase in the per- sonnel of the department, the motor vehicle registrations have increased 24,805 in the past three years. Wash- ington traffic requires 59 policemene to be stationed at strategic intersections during the rush hours and 121 patrol- men are stationed morning and after- noon at public schools to protect chil- dren. In spite of these details, 135 men, women and children were killed in traffic last year. 1,080 on Duty Daily. The total authorized force at pres- ent is 1,306 men. By act of Con- gress, one-seventh of 186 men are off daily. On an average there are 40 more off daily, either on leave or because of illness. At best 1,080 men are on duty daily. Of these 180 han- dle traffic alone, leaving 900 to be divided among the 13 precincts, if none is assigned to a special detail; an average of 69 on the three shifts at each precinct. or 23 officers and men for each precinct at any one time. From this 23 must be sub- tracted the detective forces at head- quarters and the precincts and all the administrative officers, it was ponited t. Wme petition was adopted several weeks ago at & joint meeting of rep- resentatives of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ jation, Board of Trade, Federation of Citizens’ Associa- tions, Federation of Civic Associations, Federation of Business Men’s Associa- tions, Federation of Civic Clubs, Fed- eration of Women’s Clubs, Congress of Parent-Teacher Associations, Dis- trict of Columbia Public School Asso- ciation, American Automobile Associa- tion and the Keystone Motor Club. o Play to Be Presented. Neighborhood House will present “The Bashful Mr. Bobs” Saturday st 8 p.m. at the settlement, 470 N streel southwest, to raise funds for the pur- chase of a bus top for the automobile chassis given the settlement last Sum- mer. A dress rehearsal will be held temorrow evening. » WHEN HIT BY CAR 24th Victim of Traffic Mishaps in 1935. | jured when struck by an automebile { while on her way to mass at Holy | Trinity Church in Georgetown today The accident preceded by a few of another traffic victim, the twenty- fourth person to die this year from automobile mishaps. The girl is Louise Darcey, 1659 Thirty-fourth street, daughter of Maurice A. Darcey, a mechanic for the Gichnor Iron Works Co. She is in Georgetown Hospital, with both legs skull fracture. The girl, a student at Trinity High 1600 block of Thirty-fifth street. Charles E. O'Roark, 27, Arli | Va.. who police said was the of the car which struck her, is being held at WNo. 7 precinct pending the outcome of the girl's injuries. The latest fatality is George Hil- ton, 52, of 2110 I street, who died from a fractured skull and other in- juries received last night when knccked down by an automobile at Eighth and M streets southeast. The driver of the car, Clarence Peterson, 35, of 4320 Eighth street, is being held for an inquest. PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC CONTROL IS URGED Chairman Norton Says Bill May Be Needed to Aid Police in Plan. Police control of pedestrian traffic at street intersections was urged te- day by Chairman Norton of the House District Committee, who offered to introduce a bill for this purpose if necessary. Mrs. Norton reminded Commission- er Hazen that “the number of fatal- ities in the District from automobile accidents is appalling.” She said that “from information available to me the number of these fatalities has increased from 85 in 1933 to 135 in 1934. “I am informed,” she said, “that no small proportion of these tragic occurrences result from a lack of pedestrain control; that is, a tendency on the part of pedestrians to cross the street intersections against a red light. “If & law is necessary providing for penalties when pedestrians cross street intersections in the face of & red light, I shall be pleased to sponsor such a law.” - | Accident Precedes Death of | A 16-year-old girl was critically in- | hours the death in Casualty Hospital | fractured, a brcken arm and a possible | School, was injured when struck by | | an automobile while crossing 1 the DEALERS MAYBID ON 18700 TRUCKS Forest Service Program Asks Purchase of Motors for C. C. C. Work. Local automobile dealers today awaited Department of Agriculture action on recently submitted truck | bids that may brings them $12,693,- | 799 worth of business. The Forest Service's purchase pro- gram for Civilian Conservation Corps camps now includes 900 trucks and calls for 18,700 more if the $4,800,- 000,000 relief bill becomes law. Estimates on the allotment of 900, cost of which is placed around $585 419, were submitted by 10 bidders, includ- ing the Northwest Motor Co, Bethesda | Ford agency; Auto Car Sales & Serv- jce, 1053 Thirty-first street, and the Steuart Motor Co., Sixth street and New York avenue. Other Bids Received. Other bids for this group purchase came from Detroit and other manu- facturing centers. The allotment of 900 is divided into three classes—200 half-ton pick-up trucks, 500 one-and-a-half-ton stake- body trucks and 200 two-ton dump trucks. They are used by the Forest Service to carry C. C. C. men from their camps to their working places, and for the necessary transportation of materia] that goes with the C. C. C. work. Largest Allotment. Thre prospective purchase of 18,700 is the largest single allotment ever | planned by the department. The vast increase in number of C. C. C. camps and personnel carried in the works relief bill will make this $12,108,380 purchase necessary. Bidders on the §00-lot at the same time made tentative bids on the larger allotment. The 18,700 trucks would include 2,400 half-ton pick-ups, 11,500 one and a half-ton stake trucks and 4,800 two-ton dump trucks. G. W. U. TRUSTEES PLAN JOHN JOY EDSON HONOR Luncheon Will Be Held Tomorrow Afternoon for One of City's Most Distinguished Citizens. John Joy Edson will be honored tomorrow by fellow members of the Board of Trustees of George Washing- ton University at a luncheon to be given at 1:30 o'clock in the board room, preceding the regular meeting of the trustees. Mr. Edson, one of Washington’s most distinguished citizens, will com- plete 29 years of service as a trustee of the university tomorrow. Despite his years—he was born March 17, 1846—Mr. Edson continues his active participation in the business and civic life of the Capital and takes an active ton Universilg. lington Universilg. 3 HOWARD U. BOARD T0 WEGH CHARGES OVERP.W. . FUND Trustees to Get Report of Alleged Irregularities in Expenditures. ICKES DINES TONIGHT WITH DR. JOHNSON Faction Opposed to Head of Uni- versity Said to Be Forcing Issue Involving Technicalities. A special meeting of Howard Uni- | versity trustees will be held in New | York City Monday to consider charges |of alleged irregularities in the use of | P. W. A. funds by the Howard admin- istration growing out of a recent Inte- rior Department ‘investigation. A report will be rendered by a com- mittee of six board members appointed by George W. Crawford of New Haven Conn,, acting chairman of the How- ard trustees. The committee was | named some six weeks ago after the announcement by Secretary Ickes that Howard officials had expended P. W. A. funds in numerous cases for purposes other than allotments provided. Secretary Ickes will be one of the lard Hotel, which Oscar L. Chapman, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, is giving in honor of Dr. Mordecai W, Johnson, president of Howard Uni- versity. At the time his report was rendered, Secretary Ickes made it clear the vio- Charges Technical. lations of P. W. A. regulations were of a technical nature and involved no grounds for criminal action. Funds which had been allotted for repairs on certain college buildings had been used in part to defray incidental ex- | penses of the university. Interior Department officials sald a faction in Howard University opposed to the administration of President Johnson is forcing the issue. Since the Interior Department has no control over the administration of the univer- sity. any action as a result of the al- leged misuse of P. W. A. funds will have to be taken by the Howard trustees. Although it has no connection with funds by the university. it was learned for a new library was impounded when President Roosevelt held up $275.000.- ments for relief. Plans Being Drawn. ‘The university was allotted $800.000 for the new library and $300.000 has ing has not vet begun, but plans and specifications are being drawn and the work is expected to get under way in the near future. The impounded half million dollars is to be paid when and if the pending works-relief bill is passed by Congress. Secretary Ickes and Assistant Sec- retary Chapman have expressed their faith in President Johnson's super- vision of P. W. A. expenditures de- spite the alleged irregularities. These expenditures. it was explained, un- coubtedly were made as a result of misunderstanding At tonight's dinner the guests will include Dr. Abram Flexmer of Colum- bia University, who recently resigned as chairman of the Board of Howard Trustees. Members of the Howard faculty and others influential in col- ored education and welfare also will attend the dinner. PLAN ABANDONED Tllness of Hazen Is Factor in Fail- ing to Revive Cherry Tree Fete. Washington will not have a Cherry Blossom Festival this year in spite of the success of the first one a year ago and the plan announced then i to make it an annual event. Iliness of Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen was given as the principal reason for abandoning the celebra- tion originally scheduled for next month. Hazen named the commit- tee in charge last year and took an active part in the pageant and the series of social events that accom- panied the appeatance of the Jap- anese blossoms. Claude W. Owens, who served as general chairman last year, said he was asked about a month ago to| serve again, but was forced be- cause of pressure of business to de- cline. Since them, he said, he has heard nothing of any plans to re- peat the performance. TRAFFIC HALTS AT FIRE $200 Damage Results From Blaze at Burchell Building. Noonday traffic in the vicinity of Fourteenth and H streets was blocked for nearly half an hour today when a two-alarm fire broke out between the second and third floors of the Burchell Building, 817 Fourteenth street. The fire, of unknown origin, neces- sitated the breaking through of the floors in the front end of the building, :;axofing a damage of approximately Between 400 and 500 persons gath- ered in nearby streets to watch. POLICEMAN SUSPENDED Henry Matney Said to Have Been Under Influence of Liquor. Alleged to have been under the in- fluence of liquor when involved in a traffic accident early last night, Po- liceman Henry A. Matney, Traffic Bu- reau, today was suspended by Lieut. W. T. Storm. Lieut. Storm said he found Matney asleep at his home after a report that he had been involved in the accident. Matney was traced through the license plates of his automobile. The suspen- interest in all affairs of George Wash- | <ion was based on the report of a po- | Krogh and Dr. Rath; flowers cast in dee swgeol, 2 | ' Left to right: Society and General PAGE B-—1 Catholic University Freshman Honored Exemplary of high'scholastic standing. the Phi Eta Sigma honor plaque yesterday was awarded to kaward O. Ramler, first-year student at Catholic University. Ramler, his father, Dr. O. J. Ramler, dean of freshmen at the university, and Dr. Leo Behrendt, professor of German and donor of the plague. —Star Staff Photo. LIABILITY BILL [Hull of Wisconsin Shifts Po- | | sition Openly to Oppose i | Measure. Opposition to the automobile lia- | bility bill on the ground that, in his opinion, it will not correct the traffic | situation in the District, but give spe- ! cial privilege to the rich, was ex- pressed today by Representative Hull, Progressive, of Wisconsin at a meet- ing of the House District Committee Hull previously had delayed action on the bill on the ground certain taxicab interests had not been granted hearing and he had announced he | the investigation of the use of P. W. A. | Was prepared to offer an amendment | to meet the wishes of the taxicab | today that $500.000 allotted to Howard | people. Today he shifted his position so as to stand directly against the #—"SUr | 900 in P. W. A. funds to meet pay- | bill, which is on the House calendar. | Hull argued that if a rich man killed | or injured a person in an automobile | accident by reckless driving he could pay the damages and his permit would not be taken from him. whereas a poor | | man would be forced to surrender his | registration card and driver’s permit. | Chairman Norton urged Representa- tive Jenckes, Democrat, of Indiana, | who is chairman of the subcommittee | considering the old-age pension bill, | | to make a report to the committee as soon as possible. Mrs. Jenckes said | that she expects to bring this bill be- fore the committee at its meeting next week. | Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman called the attention of the | committee to the fact that those who | have sponsored the legislation author- ! izing pensions for the needy blind in the District desire to have an amend- | ment written into the old age security | | bill to take care of blind persons over | 50 years of age. He explained they are fearful that | the bill authorizing pensions for the blind, which has already passed the House, may not be favorably acted | upou in the Senate and in that event they desire that the blind should be definitely provided for in the general old age security measure. | | Do s o 'SECOND PLACE WON BY 6. W. U. GLEE CLUB, Singers of D. C. College Partici- pate in Eastern Music Super- visors' Conference. George Washington University's Glee Club was awarded second place | in the Eastern Division Intercollegiate | Glee Club contest last night at Pitts- burgh, according to an Associated | Press dispatch. i The competition, held as the open- | ing event of the Eastern Music Su- pervisors, Conference, was won by Penn State College Glee Club. | Other entrants were Denison, Union | | College and Wesleyan University. Twice in former years the George Washington Glee Club has won honors | in the competition. Entering the con- | {test for the first time in 1930, it | was awarded first place, and in 1931 | received third honors. For the past 11 years, the Glee Club has been directed by Dr. Robert Howe Harmon, an alumnus of George Washington, with Mrs. Harmon as co-director. | The music conference, with more | than 1,200 delegates in attendance, | will continue until Friday. Ten East- | and the provinces of Ontario and| Quebec, Canada, are represented. | 10 Policemen Face Attorney Charged With Overparking Warrants Finally Catch Up With Lawyer in Traffic Court. Too many policemen resulted in the “downfall” in Traffic Court today of Attorney 1. H. Minovitz. 1331 G street He was fined by Judge Gus A. Schuldt a total of $33 on 11 parking warrants The offenses, according to testi- mony, ocurred over a period of nearly a year and until recently the police had been unable to serve him with a warrant. Last week service was made in five cases and he was notified to appear in court the following day. In the mean- | time. however. the notice had been p'aced at the Trafic Bureau informing policemen that Minovitz would be in court the following morning and that any othér officers having warrants for him should appear. Consequently, when his case was called. 10 police- men stood up instead of five. BAKERS CONVICTED IN DISTRICT DRVE Four Penalized in Campaign to Enforce Weights and Measures Law. A drive by George M. Roberts, Dis- trict superintendent of weights, meas- ures and markets. to insure the deliv- ery to consumers of sanitary bread of proper weight resulted in the convic- tion in Police Court yesterday of four bakers, two of whom were fined. the other two being given suspended sen- tences. Those fined were Angelo Chipouras, Riverdale, Md., $100, and Peter Theo- dor, operator of a bakery in the 400 block of N street, $10. Jacob Taitel- baum and Louis MiHler. both having stores in the 1000 block of First street, were sentenced to pay $25 each, with the fine suspended. Chipouras was convicted of violat- ing the weights and measures law by | selling bread to District merchants | which neither bore a label showing the weight of the loaves nor the name and address of the bakery. Theodor was convicted of failing to show the weight of the loaves on his | wrappers, while Taitelbaum and Miller were charged with failing to label the bread with the name of the baker and the weight of the loaves. In a statement issued after the con- victions, Roberts declared that unless bread is labeled with the name and (to & veranda and gained entrance | address of the baker consumers do not know whether it has been produced | Port’s room which opens on the porch. | under sanitary conditions, and unless the weight is stated they do not know whether they are receiving full-weight loaves. STAMP ISSUE TO HONOR JUSTICE HOLMES ASKED SCHOOLHEADS AP BULDINGPROGRAN Plans to Be Drawn Today at Special Meeting of Finance Committee. A definite school building program for the District. to be financed either through the pending District appro- priation bill or the contemplated new public works program, was to be drafted this afternoon at a special meeting of the Finance Committee of the Board of Education and Dr. Frank W. Ballou. superintendent A tentative list of 22 building projects and a half-dozen purchases of new building sites already has been compiled by Dr. Ballou and was included in a national list recently presented to Public Works Admin- istrator Ickes by Dr. John W. Stude- baker. United States commissioner of education. | Some of the items, however, have teen included in the pending ap- propriation bill and a subsequent smaller list has been submitted to District officials for inclusion either {in the current budget or in a de- ficiency request to be made to the Bureau of the Budget. The meeting today was called to undertake to eliminate any possible overlapping of items. The committee hopes to have all needed construc- tion items included either in the new public works list, the deficiency ap- propriation or the regular appropria- tion bill, George M. Whitwell is chairman of the Finance Committee and as- sociated with him are Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith and Dr. J. Hayden Johnson 3 WOMAN ATTACKED AND ROBBED IN ROOM ‘Intruder.Takes $90 From U. S. Worker—Screams Arouse Occupants of House. _ Attacked early today while aslecp in her fifth-floor room at 1215 Six- teenth street, Miss Iona Davenport Internal Revenue Bureau employe, told police she might have thought she had a bad dream, except for her Ciscovery that $90 had been taken by the intruder. Her mouth and cheek were reported to bear bruises where the person grab- bed her Miss Davenport told police she did not get a good view of the | | intruder because of darkness and that he ran from the room as screamed. The robber is thought to have gone | through a hallway and a bath room | through French doors to Miss Daven- A young woman rooming next door to Miss Davenport said she heard the | latter scream and also the noise of a scuffie in the adjoining room. A man living across the hall was | aroused and summoned police. | — U. S. WORKERS INDORSE | BILLS RESTORING LEAVE A campaign for a commemorative | stamp in tribute to the late Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes is being launched in Washington. The plan calls for a design showing | the jurist's portrait with that of his | Dr. Oliver Wendell Holmes, | father, physician, poet and philosopher. Massachusetts members of the House will be asked to sponsor a reso- lution of recommendation to the Post Office Department. The project is scheduled to be. dis- ern States, the District of Columbh!cumd tonight at a meeting of the | Washington Philatelic Society at the Hotel Carlton. A “hobbby show” with exhibits ranging from oil paintings to hand- made skiis will be a feature of the Five-State Post Graduate Dental Clinic to open a four-day session at Wardman ‘Park Hotel Sunday. Local dentists are arranging the hobby show which will be set up in the National Museum witn other exhibits of historical and scientific interest to dentists. Exhibits will include pairtings and sketches by Drs. D. D. Beekman, L. M. Lucas, R. E. Motley, W. A. Rath, C. N. Rodlun and E. R. Stone; photo- graphs by Drs. M. E. Brushart, H. W. gold by Dr. W. Chll‘lclflmllfl “Hobby Show” Is Planned Here By Five-State Dental Clinic Dr. J. P. Bell of Baltimore, and several of the latter’s inventions. > A display of woodwork will include hand-carved furniture and a 20-horse- power auxiliary sloop made by Dr. Beekman, a reproduction of a colonjal dower chest made by Dr. Rath, and a pair of home-made skiis fashioned by Dr. R. K. Thompson. A number of early dental instru- ments will be shown, along with the first diploma issued by a dental school to a student. Dr. Rath is chairman of the com- mittee in charge of the exhibit. He is assisted by Drs. C. T. Bassett, Ed- ward R. Cook, Krogh, Lucas, Motley, Stone and Thompson. The public has been invited to view he exmmt | Other Labor Organizations Join in Supporting Measures at House Hearing. Representatives of associations of government employes and other labor organizations today indorsed the two Ramspeck bills for restoring 30 days’ annual leave and 15 days’ sick leave uniformly and cumulatively through- out the Government service. They ap- peared at a hearing before the House Civil Service Committee. Those indorsing the bills included E. ‘Chude Babcock, representing the American Federation of Government Employes; James Cook, the Customs Service Association; James A. Murray, the mechanical branches of the Gov- ernment Printing Office; Joseph F. O’Lone, Typographical Union No. 101; Charles Wahl, employes of the Canal Zone; C. L. Rosemund, architects and draftsmen in the Government service; N. P. Alifas, the machinists’ unions; Frank Coleman, Central Labor Union; Mrs. Margaret Hopkins Worrell, re- tired, the League of Civil Service; Arthur Lovell, railroad firemen and engineers; W. B. Johnson, railway conductors. and H. Moore, represent- ing employes of the Alaskan Railway Commission. Homemakers Club Elects. LEONARDTOWN, Md., March 13 (Special).—New officers have been elected in the Homemakers’ Club of Plum Point as follows: President, Mrs. Robert Trott; vice president, M Victor PFreeland, and secretary-treas- | urer, Mis. Pl‘ Hance. she | ENERGENGY UNTS LINTING 083 T ONE PER FAMILY Roosevelt "Explains That U. S. Sets Example in Spreading Work. {CIVIL SERVICE AGENCIES UNAFFECTED BY PGOLICY | President Favors Plan, Worker Out in Conference With Na- tional Emergency Council. ‘The administration has adopted the practice generally of parceling out “political jobs” in the emergency agen- | cles on the basis of one to a family |in an effort to spread employment, it | became known today. | Exceptions however, may be made | in “unusual cases,” it was said | The policy has been in vogue for | some time. ~ President Roosevelt and his advisers constituting the National Emergency Council, feel, it was ex- plained, that as long as the Govern- | ment was calling upon industry to | spread work, it should set an ex- ample Since it was instituted, em- ploving offices have souzht to estab- lish if job applicants had other mem- bers of their family—that is. living under the same roof—already in serve ice before hiring them. Civil Service Unaffected. The plan is not being carried out in the regular agencies, for civil serv- ice law permits two members of the same family to have Government em- ployment. Any change in this direc- | tion naturally would need the sanc- tion of Congress, and there is no idea of seeking this sort of legislation, it is understood authoritatively Discussing the subject at his press conference today, President Roosevelt said the matter was brought up for consideration at a meeting of the Ex- ecutive Council in the White House three or four months ago. The Presi- dent, in mentioning this. did not take credit to himself for originating the idea. but made it very plain that he was in favor of such a policy Preferred System. The President said at that meeting the consensus was that something of the kind should be done to spread employment in taking on new Gov- ernment employes. He added that with everything else being equal, those applicants who do not have relatives in the Government should be given preference. Mr. Roosevelt said the matter pre- sents something of a problem because it probably will be difficult to set a hard and fast rule on just what con- stitutes a domestic relationship. He said. however, this detail would b> worked out — ROBBERS GET $100 AT LIQUOR STORE Clothing Store Collector Reports Loss of $300 and Describes | | Assailants. | e Two armed men, believed by pohc: to be the same ones who recently hel up a Fourteenth street liquor dealer | last night robbed Jack Seigel. a liquo* | dealer at 703 Seventh street southwest of $100. Seigel told police the men took $6t | from "his pocket and $40 from th | store cash register. then forced him tc |lie on the floor behind the counter while they made their getaway. Two other robberies reported to po- lice netted thieves more than $300 While in the basement of an I street apartment house yesterday afternoon, Michael Steinberg, 37, of 431 Kennedy street, a collector for a clothing es- | tablishment, was beaten by two col- |ored men and robbed of more than $300, he told police. Police were fur- nished with the names of the two men and a description of one Winfred Lucas. Chattroy, W. Va., told police of being robbed of about $15 last night by two men in a Twelfth street hotel. He accepted an ‘m\ua(mn to their room, Lucas re- ported, and was robbed when he | changed a bill for one of the men. The | names under which the men were reg- ‘uumd and their descriptions were furished police. Women's Bar to Meet. The Women's Bar Association of the District will hold its monthly meeting tonight at 7 o'clock at the Parrott, 1701 Twentieth street. Dr. William A. White, superintendent of | St. Elizabeth’s Hospital, will discuss | the lunacy bill proposed for the Dis- | trict. iAmeiia Earhart ' Employed by U.S. At $1 a Year Pay Radio Direction Finder Equipment Tests to Be Made Soon. Amelia Earhart Putnam has been employed by the Department of Com- merce as an aeronautical expert at $1 a year. She is expected to go to work making test flights with a new radio direction finder equipment as soon as overhaul work on her veteran airplane is completed. Miss Earhart already is on the Government pay roll and is assigned to the Bureau of Air Commerce. She will be associated with Chester A. Snow, jr. of Washington, the only other dollar-a-year aeronautical ex- pert in Government service, Miss Earhart, now at her home In New York, has sent her airplane, vet- eran of two solo flights which have made aviation history, to California for a general overhaul following her recent flight from the Hawaiian Is- lands to California. When this work is completed, the .| plane will be flown to New York for installation of special Department of Commerce xn;w equipment,