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SENATE GETS PLEA FOR LARGER 1. 8. FUND FOR DISTRCT Garner Submits Petition of Citizens for Definite Ratio Plan. RESOLUTION TO REPEAL 60-40 LAW OPPOSED Joint Committee on Fiscal Rela- tions to Present Views to Sub- committee at Hearings. A plea that Congress return to a more equitable share in the anoual expenses of the National Capitai is contained in a petition from the Citizens' Joint Committee on Fiscal | Relations between the United States | and the District of Columbia, laid before the Senate today by Vice Presi- dent Garuer. It was referred to the Appropriations Committee where the 1936 District supply bill is under consideration. The petition urges that the definite ratio plan of substantive law be ad- hered to; or, that as long as the lump- sum plan of Federal contribution is followed as a temporary annual de- parture from the unrepealed 60-40 substantive law of 1922, the lump sum should be largely ‘ocreased. The petition also opposes the House reso- lution seeking to repeal the 60-40 law. Subcommittee hearings on the pend- ing appropriation bill will be resumed later in the week, at which time & special committee from the Citizens' Joint Committee will be heard on the fiscal relations issue. As the bill came from the House the Federal payment was held down to the present figure of $5.700,000 toward a total appropria- tion for next year of more than $39,- | 000.000. he Foening Star ASHINGTON, D. C, TUESDAY, MARCH 26, 1935. SENME DEBM[S District Inheritance Tax Bill | Approved by w 'Famous Steamer Goes on Sale ' After 45 Years Plying Potomac CAPT. JOHN HENRY TURNER, At the wharf where he began as a sailor 55 years ago. BY JOHN J. DALY. Capt. John Henry Turner dusted off his uniform, tilted his cap on the side of his head, and piloted the old steamer, Charles Macalester, on its farewell trip down the Potomac That was Monday, just two days be- fore the formal announcement that Text of Petition. The petition follows: ; To the Congress of the United States: Your petitioners, the Citizens' Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations be- tween the United States and the Dis- trict of Columbia and the presidents and other representatives of its con- stituent and co-operating organiza- tions, whose names are subscribed below, respectfully represent: The platform of principles laid down by the joint committee and ad- hered to in the committee’s brief in the hearings before the joint select the good ship Charlie Mac is going to be sold down the river. There was & tear in the captain’s eve as he mounted the bridge, but a smile on his hps as he recalled the many days gone now that he ran the old Charles Macalester from its moor- ings at the Seventh Street WEart to the picnic grounds at Marshall Hall. Man and Joy, Capt. Henry Turner has stood at che wheel of the Charles Macalester since 1907—28 years come this fourth of July. He took over the wheel from the first captain, Tom Ross, who started the boat on its maiden run down the Potomac, back committee in 1915, the House District | jn the Spring of 1890. Committee in December, 1919, and the Senate Appropriations Committee in April, 1920, is as follows: Famous in Its Day. In its long career on the Potomac, ‘We contend, first, that the United | 45 years, the old Charlie Mac has States should contribute largely to | brought joy to many Washingtonians. the expenses of the District; second, | Some ef them, grown men and women that this contribution should be a now, remember the days when as fixed and definite proportion: third, | youogsters their mothers and fathers that this proportion should be at least | packed up the family.lunch baskets, one-half. crammed with fried chicken and other This platform was modified by the | comestibles, and went traipsing down District’s new organic act of 1922, | the river aboard the pride of all the which reaffirmed the principle of | old excursion liners. definite proportionate contribution by | In its day, the Charles Macalster local community and Nation toward | was the last word in excursion steam- Capital upbuilding, but changed the | ers. the Mary and Un-le Jim and the gaog 50-50 ratio to 60-40. imposing Those were the times when Aunt 60 per cent burden upon .the local | turned out for the Knights of Py.hias taxpayer, Principles Quoted. ‘The committee’s platform of prin- ciples, thus modified, was announced by the Executive Committee of the Citizens’ Joint Committee October 31, | 1923, as follows: We contend, first, that the United | Btates should contribute largely to the maintenance and upbuilding of the | National Capital; second, that this | eontribution should be a fixed and definite proportion; third, that this | proportion should be 60-40—60 by | the District taxpayers and 40 by the United States. ‘While Congress has refused all propositions to amend the definite | proportionate contribution provision | of the law of 1922, and while the | €0-40 provision is the existing sub- | stantive law, Congress in 1924 pro- vided as a temporary provision on the eannual appropriation act for the fiscal year 1925 a lump-sum payment contribution, in lieu of the 40 per cent contribution provided by sub- stantive law in each annual appro- | priation act since that date. Urges Rejection. ‘The Citizens’ Joint Committee urges Tejection of H. R. 4245 and a return in appropriation practice to the 60-40 definite proportion appropriation plan, as provided by existing substantive law, for the reasons set forth in the argument appended to and made a . part of this petition. H. R. 4245 and several bills increas- ing the tax burden of the District and a cutting down or elimination of the annual lump-sum payment have been .proposed on the theory that District taxpayers are not bearing an adequate tax burden. The Citizens’ Joint Com- mittee contends that the District tax- payers are now reasonably, and, in view of their peculiar disabilities, even heavily, taxed, and that no increase of their tax burden should be con- sidered unless it is clearly demon- strated that such additional taxation s absolutely necessary to meet urgent municipal needs which cannot other- wise be satisfied. At congressional hearings, especially those on the Dis- triet of Columbia appropriations bill (H. R. 3973) for the fiscal year 1936, now pending before Congress, and that on H. R. 4245, the committee will ask the privilege of submitting the facts and reasoning upon which i8 based its contention that the Dis- trict is not undertaxed. Would Correct Injustices. Your petitioners further respect- fully represent that as long as a lump- sum payment is the appropriation practice temporarily on sannual ap- riation acts immediate correction should be made of some of its grosser and more obvious injustices. To prevent glaring inequity, your petitioners therefore urge, for reasons stated in the argument hereto at- tached as part of this petition, that Congress should (1) make a substan- tial increase in the basic lump-sum payment by the United States in the pending 1936 supply bill for the Dis- trict of Columbia; (2) that great na- tional or semi-national projects be excluded from the District bill and financed through some supply bill other than the District supply bill, 80 wording the items thus excluded as ‘to set forth the exact methods of financing I relation to the amounts of contribution by Nation and Cap- ital that is thought to be just, or (3) | picnic, or the annual excursion of St. Peter’s, or the Ladies’ Aid Society, the days when most of the civic, church, end fraternal organizations of Wash- ington rushed to get early bookings | o the river. The Steamer Charles Macalester, once resplendent with flags and | bunting, & band playing “The Good Old Summertime” on the forwar bow, top deck, was a contemporery {of the Samuel J. Pence, the Poca- | huntas, and the St. John on the Potomac. They were all boats of & size. The Charlle Mac measures 200 REGENTS T0 STUDY STUDENT CHARGES AGAINST PEARSON U. of M. Weekly’s Editorial Hits President’s Policies as “Disastrous.” HEAD OF UNIVERSITY DEFENDS H1S ACTIONS Depreciation of Teaching Staff in Standing and Morale Is Alleged. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. COLLEGE PARK, Md., March 26.— Charges that Dr. Raymond A. Pear- son's “administrative _policies” are having “disastrous effects” on the academic standing of the University of Maryland, as voiced in the Dia- montback, weekly student publication, yesterday, will be aired before the next meeting of the university's Board of Regents. Representative William P. Cole, jr., a member of the Board of Regents, said he thought the matter should be sifted by the regents at the first op- portunity. Taking an active interest in the charges, he ordered a copy of the student paper that he might learn the students’ attitude as accurately as | possible. Pearson Replies. Responding promptly to the facts set forth in a front page editorial of the student publication, Dr. Pearson said “every possible effort is being made to retain the best teachers. We | should have a mutually helpful spirit | if we would secure the best results.” He also disclosed that, in the face of the dilemma caused by reduced State appropriations end increased | enrollment, officials of the institution are studying a suggestion that the feet over all, with a beam of 50 feet, and e passenger capacity of 1550 It draws 6 feet of water. Nowadays, excursionists want large steamers—and the owners of the Charles Macalester, the Mount Vernon and Marshall Hall Steamship Co., | stepped eside two years ago to let the newcomers into the ficld. Now It's For Sale. 8o, the old stopping place of the Charles Macalester down the river, Marshall Hall, was rented to a younger | and more formidable rival—a company with a bigger boat. With the Charles Macalester tied up at its dock here until last Mon- day, the directors of the steamship | company got their heads together and | decided to sell the historic steamer. Anybody who wants to buy a boat now has a chance to get one with a record equalied by few excursion steamers in existence. Aboard that boat, the Charlie Mac, have trod the feet of most of the old-line Wash- ingtonians, and some of the great and near great from the world around; for it made regular stops at Mount Vernon almost every day in the year, aside from its excursion trips, and in that capacity took im- portant visitors to the Nation's shrine. entitled to make landings at Mount Vernon. Today. piloted there by its old friend and captain, the Macalester lies abaft the wharf of the old ship building yards in Alexandria near the light- house. Not & man of the old crew is aboard. HARRIS AGAIN REPRIEVED Doomed Man Is Granted Third Stay by Roosevelt. Charles Harris, twice granted re- prieves from execution for the murder of “Milsie” Henry, gambler, again has received a stay of sentence from the White House. Due to die April 11 at the District Jail, Harris has been notified that President Roosevelt yesterday granted a request of Attorney General Cum- mings for a 60-day postponement of the execution, pending an investiga- tion of the evidence on which Harris was convicted. The date for electrocution of the convicted man now has been changed to June 10. provide for a local as well as & na- tional maximum of contribution, on the assumption that it is the impotent partner (the District of Columbia) who alone needs this protection, or (4) by referendum or otherwise, the local taxpayers be permitted to have some effective say in regard to the amount of local taxes and the pur- poses for which the tax money is to be expended. The petition bore the following sig- natures: Theodore W. Noyes, chairman Ex- evutive Committee, Citizens' _"Joint Committee on District of Columbia Fiscal Relations, also president of Association of Oldest Inhabitants; Robert V. Fleming, president Wash- ington Board of Trade; John Locher, president Central Labor Union; Anna Kelton Wiley, president District of Columbia Federation of Women's Clubs; H. Winship Wheatley, presi- dent District of Columbia Bar Asso- ciation; F. P. H. Siddons, president District of Columbia Bankers’ Asso- ciation; Chester D. Swope, president Rotary Club; Francis G. Addison, jr., chairman Law and Legislation Com- mittee, District of Columbia Bankers' Association; Edward F. Colladay, chairman Citizens' Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations and vice chairman of its Executive Committee; slso chairman Committee on District Fi- nance, Board of Trade; James G. Yaden, president Federation of Cit- izens’ Associations; James E. Colli- flower, president Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association; CaroMne Hougue, president Voteless District of Columbia League of Women Vot- ers; Evan H. Tucker, president Northeast ~ Washington Citizens' Association; Harold E. Doyle, presi- dent Washington Real Estate Board; Harold N. Marsh, president Ki- wanis Club; L. A. Carruthers, chair- man Committee on Fiscal Relations, Federation of Citizens' Associations; Edith L. Phelps, chairman Depart- ment of Legislation, District of Co- Jumbia Federation of Women's Clubs; Henry Harding Burroughs, president Society of Natives of the District of Columbia. LUSK O GPOSE FREELUKGH LA | Will Be Heard Tomorrow or Thursday by Senate Subcommittee. Opposition to the ear-marking of District relief funds for free lunches for school children will be voiced to the Senate Subcommittee handling the appropriation bill when Rufus S. Lusk appears as spokesman for the Washington Taxpayers’ Protective Association tomorrow or the next day. Lusk had expected to testify today, but the committee decided to hear him Wednesday or Thursday. Mean- while, the association issued a state- | ment opposing the pian sponsored by the Washington Consumers’ Council. The request that funds be designated for school lunches was presented by Mrs. John ‘Boyle, jr., chairman of the council. “It is well known that the object of ‘those who . sponsor these free lunches is ultimately to provide such additional service to every child in the public schools,” the statement said. “It is said to be necessary to do this so that the child who is in peed of charity will not feel ashamed before his more fortunate fellows. “Emergency relle{ funds can and are taking care of the present situa- tion. But once the furnishing of free school lunches is a law in the Dis- trict, it will become as much a part of the school system as free text books or stationery and cost five times as much. “Free school lunches at first were furnished -on & voluntary basis and cost about $5,000 the first year. At the present time it is costing some $700 a day or around $125,000 of F. E. R. A. money & school year. Lunches for all. pupils would cost well over a million and a half & year. “If free school lunches should be furnished, why not clothes, shoes?” e LIQUOR STORE HELD UP Two armed bandits last night in- vaded s liquor store at Georgia avenue and Lamont street and es- caped with $94 which they took from the operator, William B. Wilcox, of 617 Newtor street. Wilcox was alone in the store when the bandits alighted from an autemobile parked in front. They fled after erdering Wileox to lie on the ficor and keep quiet. It was the only boat, for many years, | student body be decreased. It was learned that the suggestion came rom a member of the Board of Re- | gents. This might make possible a | reduction in the teaching force and 'an increase ‘@ the salaries of those | | retained. it was noted. | The editorial brings into the open dissatisfaction with, the university's administration which has been | smouldering for months. Laxity Charged. | Those critical of President Pearson | have charged him with failing to, exert efforts to avert additional uni- | | versity budget cuts in his conferences | with Gov. Nice early this year. On ' this point the editorial says: | “When on top of this glaring neglect | of the teaching staff, additional salary cuts are proposed and the president. of the university, in his private con- ferences with the Governor, is unable to avert such reductions, the time in ‘their own behalf.” The editorial concludes that “other impending resignations among the professors of higher academic stand- ing and a deplorably low faculty| morale magnify the importance of these already significant facts, boding no good for the future of this institution.” | “In the eight years since Dr. Pear- PAY [SSUE FOR | ¥¥ Measure Changed Society and General PAGE B—1 Commissioners| to Provide Levies ],zm EMPI_UYES on Portions of Estates Exceeding Graded Brackets. Treasury and Post Office Appropriation Bill in Committee. | COMPROMISE IS SEEN LIKELY TO RESULT Salaries to May 15 May Be Al- lowed, With Some 300 Due to Be Dropped. BULLETIN. The Senate today adopted an amendment to the Treasury-Post Office supply bill to pay the 1,200 Treasury employes who have been working without salary since De- cember 1, and to give those who face dismissal May 15 another chance to pass a civil service test. BY J. A. O'LEARY. The Senate began work today on the $905,321,542 appropriation bill for | the Treasury and Post Office Depart- | ment, with interest centering on the amendment to pay the 1,200 Treasury employes who have been performing | their regular services without compen- | sation since December 1. The Appropriations Committee has | J this is proposed, it The odds appear to favor Rider to Bill Planned. ‘The payless situation of these work- ers grew out of a rider Senator Mc- Kellar, Democrat, of Tennessee had ' attached io a deficiency bill last Sum- mer. The Tenncsseean had challenged the civil service status of about 700 former agents of the abolished Pro- | hibition Bureau, who were re-emuioyed in the Treasurv when repeal increased the volume cf work. McKellar has contended in the hearings that those picked for re- employment were Republicans. rider sought to have them dropped from the pay roll on December 1 un- less they had passed a new civil service test prior to that date. A consider- able number declined to take the new = test, contending they already had civil | the P. W. A.” which stated a $10 : service status, and others faile has come for the students to speak |, ¢ sicd o The Treasury, fearing a sudden turnover in the force of the Alcohol Tax Unit, told the men they could continue to perform their duties with- out pay until Congress settled the question. Some to Be Dropped. After Congress had adjourned last His | recommended a compromise provision | *hat would pay all of them from De- | cember to May 15, after which date | about 300 of them, agents in the Al- cohol Tax Unit, would be dropped. As the Senate convened, there were reports a movement might be started | on the floor to go further than the committee compromise by seeking to; avoid any dismissals. Tumors that would pe met by a counter-proposal to make the committee provision less liberal. adoption of the committee compro- mise. There also were | son fell into the presidency of the| University of Maryland, of full vrofessers actually has de- | creased from 50 to 49, at the very best figure,” the student paper says. “This is true despite the fact that| the enrollment has grovn from 1238 in 1926-27 to 1934 at present. mittedly the instruction staff has been increased, out this increase has been in those groups of lower lcndemci standing. “But Ad- Hit Replacements. the real and incriminating Summer it was tound the wording of the McKellar rider required stopping the number | the pay of several hundred other em- | ployes who were not involved in the | original dispute. Under the pend- | | Ing compromise, these groups go back | on the pay roll permanently. Of the approximately 700 former prohibition agents, the compromise provides that those who did not pass the new civil service test last Fall must go off the pay roll May 15. It has been esti- mated there are about 300 who would have to leave the service and be re- placed by new appointees. Of the $905,321,542 in the bill for evidence of the disastrous effects of Dr. Pearson's policy on the academic standing of this institution is in the all $728,157,569 is for the postal serv- fact that these mer of higher pro-| fessional standing who have left the institution nave been replaced hyi lesser qualified instructors, with the | resultant wrecking of many of the departments. | “We do not argue that these lesser | qualified instructors may not develop | into valuaole tachers, but we do ob- Jject to nlaying the insignificant role tof guinea pig for those inexperienced | educators to make WOMAN ACQUITTED their mistakes expenses of both departments, jce and $177,163,773 for the Treasury Department. amendments would allow the Post Of- fice Department $500,000 for equip- ping and operating new buildings. RAIL SHOP MEN SEEK TO COMPEL VOTE ACTION Atlantic Coast Line Hearing on One of Certification Started in D. C. High Court. Hearing on an application by the Shop Men's Association of the At- | the Senate a jury trial 1ifting squad. Police Court Jury Removes Shop- lifting Charge. Mrs. Lida Noonan, 54, of 5102 Sher- rier place, has been acquitted by & Police Court jury on a charge of petty larceny growing out of alleged shop- ! lifting during the pre-Christmas rush at a department store. Mrs. Noonan pleaded not guilty De- cember 16 and was liberated on $300 bond by Judge Ralph Given pending She was arrested by a | member of a special holiday shop- lantic Coast Line Railroad to compel the National Mediation Board to certify the results of an election held last September was begun in District Supreme Court today before Justice Oscar R. Luhring. The association, through Attorney Vernon B. Lowery, contends the board has refused to certify the election re- sults there because the American Fed- eration of Labor did not win. The court also is requested to prevent the board from holding another election among the employes. Representative Henry Ellenbogen, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, a swimmer who makes an effort to get a daily dip, today urged a widespread program of municipal pool construction to af- ford free swims to children and aduits in the District. The Pittsburgh young legislator, & member of the House District Co! mittee, has found swimming more generally beneficial than any other % sort of exercise and advocates its practice by every- body, young and old, “I have swum all my life,” he says, “and I've discov- ered the best place to swim is in a If they are properly run, they are clean, healthy, hygienic and safe. Far-sighted mu- & !;lclplnfi‘u should v rovide well- Rer. EUERbOES. guarded tanks where the boys and girls and grown- e S e Free Swims for D. C. Residents Aim of Ellenbogen Measure “Swimming is refreshing and mus- cle building. It calls all parts of the body into action. I try to get into a pool just as often as I can. It is a decided advantage for the city to run pools. It will raise the standards of health of the community and go & long way toward curbing delinquency.” _— STRIKE CALL DENOUNCED United Mine Workers Officer Says Ryan Unauthorized. By the Associated Press. A strike called in the Western Pennsylvania soft coal mines by Mar- tin Ryan was denounced as unau- thorized today by leaders of the United Mine Workers of America. “Ryan doesn't represent any one,” Philip Murray, vice president of the United Mine Workers, said. defying the laws and policies of the United Mine Workers.” “He is Ryan, a leader at odds with the union chiefs, but with a following in the steel company-owned mines of Fayette County, has called the strike for April 1. ”~ In & modified form, the Harlan bill to set up an inheritance tax for the District was approved today by the Commissioners after a lengthy study of the matter. The principal change is the pro- posal of a supplementary scale of in- heritance taxes to provide a more gradual step-up in collections on estates as between the originally pro- posed graded -brackets. In other words. an estate which runs in excess | of a certain tax bracket would be as- sessed an additional percentage for the value of the estate over that | hracket and below the next higher bracket. The amended bill will be forwarded to Representative Harlan with a re- quest that he consider making the| proposed changes. They were de- cided upon after a joint study of the | matter by Corporation Counsel Pretty- man, Auditor Daniel J. Donovan and | officials of the general counsel’s office | of the Internal Revenue Bureau. Revenue Estimated at $600,000. It has been estimated adoption of a District inheritance tax would produce revenues totaling between $450,000 and | of $2,000,000, with an additional tax | $600,000. When a local jurisdiction | has its own inheritance tax the Fed- | eral Government allows the locality a credit of 80 per cent of the tax revenues. ‘The proposed changes in the in- heritance tax schedule are as follows: A tax of $500 on a net estate of $50,000 and a tax of 2 per cent on the amount of the estate in excess of $50,000, but less than $100,000. A tax of $1,500 on net estate of £100,000, with 3 per cent to be added on any value of between $100,000 and £200,000. An assessment of $4,500 on an estate of $200,000, any excess between $200,000. and $300,000 to be taxed an additional 4 per cent. A tax of $8.500 on a net estate of $300,000, with an additional tax of 5 per cent on any excess between $300,000 and $500,000. $18,500 on $500,000 Estate. A tax of $18,500 on a net estate of $500,000, with an additional tax of 6 per cent on any excess between $500,000 and $750,000. A tax of $33,500 on a net estate of $750,000, with an additional tax of 7 per cent on any excess between $750,000 and $1,250,000. A tax of $68,500 on a net estate of $1,250,000, and an additional tax of 8 per cent on any excess over $1,250,000 up to $2,000,000. A tax of $128,500 on a net estate of 10 per cent on any excess over $2,000000 up to the $5,000,000 bracket. A tax of $428.500 on a net estate of $5.000,000, with an additional tax of 15 per cent on any excess values above $5,000,000. THOFORMERP WA, Fraud of Obtaining $3,900, Government Investi- gators Charged. An alleged scheme of extracting rub- | ber from poinsettia plants and the so- liciting of money to finance the proj- ect resulted today in the indictment of Herman E. Pitman and Prederick B. Woodcock, former public works em- ploye, by the District grand jury. Thev are charged specifically with obtaining $3.900 from Irvin and Abe Spasser of St. Louis. Government in vestigators alleged, however, that they also obtained money from other per- | sons. The indictment charges that GIDDINGS SCHOOL WORKERS INDITED NEEDS GHMNASUN $40,000 Project Pressed, Although Other Facilities Are Also Required. Erection of a $40,000 gymnasium- assembly hall at the Joshua R. Gid- | dings School, on G street between Third and Fourth streets southeast, kas been asked by the Board of Edu- cation, although such an addition #ill by no means meet the needs of the school and the community for additional facilities. An appropriation for the sum has been requested from the Public Pitman, in soliciting funds, exhibited | works Administration as one of the 8 letter signed by Woodcock as 000,000 loan to finance the poinsett . plantations had been authorized by the Federal agency. Patent Claimed. Pitman, it is alleged. told his pros- | pects he had patented a method of | obtaining rubber from the plants and intended to grow them on a large | scale in several Southern States. | Woodcock had been employed as a P. 1934, The grand jury exonerated William H. Waters, jr., in the traffic death of Mrs. Mary E. Fleshman. 18, of Ber- wyn, Md., who was killed March 8 when an automobile in which she was riding was struck by Waters' car at Nevada avenue and Rittenhouse street. Witnesses testified that Waters ran past a stop sign which was rusty and turned in such a position that it was difficult to see. Others Indicted. Others indicted, with the charges against them, are: William Barber, housebreaking and larceny; Fred E. Bennett and Willlam S. McCauley, grand larceny and joy- riding; Raymond Holden Ball and ‘Thomas Frank O'Hara, grand larceny; Sylvester W. Holmes and Edward L. Stewart, robbery; William H. Waldron, violating the liquer taxing act: Lee| Bradley, forging and uttering; Hamp- | ton L. Thompson, false pretenses; James Barnes, stealing and cashing postal certificates, and Armanda J. Leavy and Elsa R. Lanham, abortion. | The grand jury also cleared the following of the charges indicated: James Williams and Walter Brown, housebreaking and larceny; Percy Parmes and William Beatty, assault with a dangerous weapon: Mollie Parker and George Carter, receiving | stolen prcperty, and Melvin Butler, | violating the liquor taxing act. | FUNERAL SERVICES HELD 'FOR WARREN B. HADLEY Electrical Engineer Formerly Was Associated With Edison. Lived Here 35 Years. Funeral servcies for Warren B. Had- ley, 75, electrical engineer for the Dis- trict 18 years, former associate of Thomas A. Edison and pioneer in the development of electrical utility, were held at the home, 2332 First street, today at 2:30 p.m. A native of Providence, R. I, Mr. Hadley, who had lived in the District since 1900, died Sunday at his home. He came to the city to do work at the War College and the Government Printing Office, remained to be chief engineer at Soldiers’ Home, where he built the elaborate electrical power plant, and entered the District serv- ice as assistant electrical. engineer in 1913. Later, he was put in charge. He retired in 1931. His widow, Mrs. Flora M. Hadley, and a stepson, Harry E. Edwards, sur- vive. WASHINGTONIANS SERVE A group of Washingtonians are serving on a national honorary com- mittee for the golden jubilee per- formance to be given at the New York Metropolitan Opera House, April 12, in celebration of Walter Damrosch's fiftieth year as a conductor of opera and concerts. The local persons on the committee include Leland Harrison, president of the National Symphony Orchestra As- sociation; Dr. Hans Kindler, director of the National Symphony; W. Oliver W. A. loan examiner until October 6, | the new work-relief program. ‘The Giddings School, already much larger than the average elementary school in the city, has as an adjunct the old Abraham Lincoln School at Second and C streets southeast. These two schools have an enrollment of 1060 pupils. Of these 137 are housed in the ancient Lincoln Build- ing. Two regular classes, two un- graded classes and an atypical class depend for quarters on the antiquated three-story Abraham Lincoln Build- ing. It was erected in 1871 and was recommended for abandonment in 1908, yet it has never been replaced |and still is sorely needed. | age elementary school. | the old Lincoln Building, which was “Safe” Limit Exceeded. The original Giddings School was &n eight-room structure built in 1887 to which a 13-room annex was added in 1932. In the 21 rooms there are 20 classes above the “safe” maximum limit. The other room is occupied by kindergarten children. Garnet C. Wilkinson, first assistant superintendent of schools, describes the problem at the Giddings Schwol as three-fold. First, an addition of at least eight rooms is needed to take care of the extra load the Giddings School i{s now carrying with an en- rollment of 923 pupils and to house the 137 now in the old Lincoln School. Second, to erect the assembly hall as requested by the School Board, since the land is available and the enroll- | ment is almost twice that of the aver- Third. raze | condemned 27 years ago. Would Serve Community. In connection with the need for the assembly hall, Wilkinson cited the in- timate relation that exists now be- tween the school and the Southeast Settlement House, a member of the Community Chest and the Council of Social Agencies. The Settlement House, at Third and G streets, adjoins the Giddings School and Mrs. S. E Gray, principal of the school, is a director of the Settlement House. For the past 10 years the two institutions have virtually operated as separate branches of the same organ- jzation and the assembly hall greatly needed, not only for the use of the pupils, but also for the use of the surrounding community. It is because of the community needs as well as the school needs that the assembly hall has been placed ahead of additional class rooms for immediate consideration. CITY HEADS ASK $54,000 FOR SHRINE CONVENTION Seek Appropriation From Con- gress for Revenue to Handle City's Problems. ‘The Commissioners today forwarded to Congress a proposed joint resolu= tion_for appropriation of $54,000 out of District revenues to handle city problems in connection with the Shrine convention to be held here in June. Of the total $50,000 is intended for employment of personnel, hiring of transportation, traveling expenses and other costs incident to the main- tenance of public order and protection of life and property. A sum of $4,000 is asked for first aid and convenience stations and information booths. The appropriation is sought be- cause of the great throngs of visitors expected here at the time of the con- vention. Democratic Club to Meet. FAIRFAX, Va., March 26 (Special). Strunk, head of the Music Division, Library of Congress; Mrs. Lawrence Townsend and Mrs. Mary Howe. —The Young Democratic Club of Fairfax County will meet in the court house tonight at 8 o'clock. ~ is | P.W.A. TOSECURE IITLE FOR WHITE HOUSING PROJECT Second Low-Rental Plant to Be Located Soon in North- east D.C. |BOTH SET-UPS TO USE MORE THAN 4 MILLION Impounded Relief Funds to Be Made Good by Cash From Works Bill. | With work still progressing on a | $2,0000000 low-reni housing develop- ‘i ment for colored families in Southwest | Washington, it was learned definitely today that the Public Works Adminis- " tration is about to gain title to addi- tional land for a project for white persons on an even larger scale. | This second project is to be located in the outskirts of the Northeast sec- tion, but a series of complications, now | about to be unravelled, has held up any official announcement by Secre- tary Ickes. The Housing Division of P. W. / is prepared to spend considera.. more than $4,000,000 in Washingto . to carry out its plans to provic modern, comfortable and low-pricc homes for about 1,200 families. Ma of these now are on the relief rol and others are definitely in the undc privileged class. $4,300,000 First Earmarked. When the Housing Division was - ganized $4,300,000 was earmarked for white and colored projects in Wash- ington. These funds, with other un- obligated P. W. A. funds, were im- pounded by President Roosevelt for relief purposes. Secretary Ickes, how - ever, expects to be completely reim- bursed when the $4,880.000,000 work- relief fund is appropriated. 5o money will be available for the Washington projects long before payments a:> necessary. Housing division officials are main- taining close secrecy over the exact i site of the projects in both sections ol the city. The project in the South- | west, located near the water front, hes | more of the aspects of slum clearance | than the site chosen for the new ex- periment in housing in the Northeast. After more than a year of negotia- tions, bargaining and revision of plans, | work is expected to begin on both housing projects during the Summer. | The plans for the white project in t “su- | urgent construction projects which | ¢ 1] it are rably m pervisor of the Finance Division of |the board hopes will be included in | .%:,.:?:dhfh“m the c:;?,:l:e e the While the colored project has been the subject of much public speculation in recent months, few persons were aware plans had recently culminated for a similar | project for white persons. | Options to Be Closed Soon. | Unless unforeseen difficulties arise. housing officials may be in a position this week or next week to close the options the Government holds on the Northeast site. The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad owns an easement which runs through the selected site. While the easement dates back many years the railroad company had apparently forgotten about it until plans for the housing project were proposed. This has been only one of a number of complications that has held up progress, but it is | understood the railroad has now con- | sented to sell its rights. ‘When work develops on these two projects, Washington's model low-rent housing program will rival in size and in cost the initial projects of the Gov- ernment in such cities as Atlanta, Cleveland and Indianapolis. The Washington projects will differ from those, however, since it is ex- pected that they will consist of model family dwellings instead of apart- ment buildings. $5 a Room Rent Low. | While no details of the project for white families could be learned def- initely, present plans call for small sized detached houses with small plots of ground. As in all the Federal housing projects, the rents would b2 as low as $5 a room. Title to the houses would remain with the Gov- | ernment until the prospective owners | make the last payment, the amortiza- | tion period usually extending 36 to 40 years. | As in the case of the Northeast | project, difficulties have surmounted the colored development in the lSouthv&'t‘.fl. Several or more sites have been chosen and abandoned | during the past year owing to the rocketing of prices. A final choice | has been made, however, and the work of obtaining options is progress- ing satisfactorily. This project has been estimated from $2.000,000 to about $2,700,000, according to the various sites with | which the Government had been in negotiation. It will provide living units for some 600 persons. | S SCARLET FEVER CASES 27 Reported Today, Bringing Total Up to 627. ‘Twenty-seven additional cases of scarlet fever were reported today to the District Health Department, bringing the total aumber since Janu- ary 1 to 627. This figure is greatly in excess of the total for the corre- sponding period of last year. Two additional cases of spinal men- ingitis also were reported today. This brings the total since January 1 to 68. There have been 20 deaths since the first of the year. FISH VOTE IN ERROR New York Republican Declares He Opposes Bonus. Representative Fish, Republican, of New York said last night he had been erroneously recorded in the pair voting on the House action on the bonus bill has favoring the measure. Fish, absent at the time of the vote, said upon his return here that he was “opposed to the inflationary feature of the bill, which would in- crease the cost of living of the Amer- ican people and sanction a dangerous precedent of paying the veteran by the printing press method.”