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Washington News PRECINCT COURTS BILL IS STUDIED ATHAZEN'S ORDER Prettyman Begins Prepara- tion of Measure to Provide Four Magistrates. SETTLEMENT IS SEEN OF MANY MINOR CASES Cost of System Believed to Be Repaid by Relief of Police Court Congestion. Preparation of a bill for establish- ment of a limited system of magis- | trates courts in the District, providing for the employment of four full-time peace justices, was started today by Corporation Counsel Prettyman at the direction of Commissioner Hazen. When the bill is completed, it will | be laid before the Commissioners and, if approved, will be forwarded to Con- gress. $4,000 Salary Suggested. Commissioner Hazen suggested a | salary of $4.000 per year for the peace justices. Each one would have three | of the District’s 12 police precincts under his jurisdiction and would travel | from one to another to hold court, after the fashion of circuit judges. Hazen believes the cost of such a system would be more than repaid by the reduction of congestion of cases at Police Court, reduction in the number of jury trials, and saving in the ume‘ of police officers who now must spend | hours each week at court waiting for | their cases to be heard. There would be an appeal to Police Court on all decisions of the magis- | trates. and the defendants would have | the right to demand a jury trial in Police Court. Prettyman has said he is convinced | a majority of the minor cases settled | by the magistrates would not be ap- pealed. To Solve Ticket Fixing. Amnesia Victim Identity of Woman Found Wandering in Street Still Mystery. ‘The identity of a fashionably dressed woman, a victim of amnesia, who was found wandering in the down- town section last night, remained a mystery today to police " and au- thorities at Gal- linger Hospital where she was taken for treat- ment. She was taken to Providence Hospital about 9 pm. from Four- teenth street and Pennsylvaniaave- nue by two young men whom she approached and told ske was ill. She was re- moved to Gallinger a short time later. The woman is described as about 45 years old, 5 feet and 2 inches tall and is said to weigh 101 pounds. She was dressed in a brown plaid coat, dark gloves and dark hat. In her purse she carried a pair of eyeglasses, a car token and small amount of change. Hospital authorities who tried to question her today said they received no response. HEARINGS SLATED O LIGUR BIL Norton Measure Would Strengthen Weakness in Control Act. With the Dirksen bill designed to abolish Washington's “hidden bars” on the House calendar, the Judiciary | Subcommittee of the House District Committee made preparations today to consider the Norton bill to strengthen weak links in the liquor | control act. Representative Palmisano, Democrat, of Maryland, chairman of this sub- committee, announced public hear- ings on the Norton bill probably would be held next week. He said every As a side issue, Commissioner Hazen believes creation of the magistrates’ ! courts would effectively solve the Dis- | trict’s problem arising over the con- | stant pleas to prosecution officials of the District to have traffic tickets “fixed.” If new courts were estab- lished, Hazen would have the corpo- ration counsel’s office and the Police Department get entirely out of the business of “fixing” traffic tickets and | would leave this to the discretion of | the magistrates. In other words, per- | sons who could give convineing reasons | Iqr parking overtime or in restricted | zones could be excused with a warn- ing by the magistrates. One argument for the magistrates’ courts system is that it would afford & means of almost immediate hearing on charges, and unless the defendant | appealed from the magistrate’'s deci- sion, the case could be settled within a few hours, whereas now minor cases sometimes drag for days and keep po- lice officers away from normal police | duty. SMOKE-BILL HEARING WILL OPEN TOMORROW | Chairman Jenckes Has Invited All Signers of Petitions to Be Present. Hearings are to start at 10:30 am. | tomorrow in the caucus room of the | old House Office Building on the two | smoke-control bills before the Sub- committee on Sanitation and Health of the House District Committee. Chairman Jenckes has invited all | signers of a petitica urging this legis- lation to be present at the hearing, | which she expects will continue for | two days. Two bills are under consideration. | One of these is the Commissioners’ | bill for creating a new division in the District Goverament for elimination of the smoke nuisance and inspection of boilers. The other bill was intro- duced at the request of People’s Counsel William A. Roberts. Meanwhile, acting on behalf of the Southeast Citizens’' Association, C. T. Boswell, protested to Chairman No ton of the House District Committee that before action is taken on the smoke-elimination bills there should be an amendment covering smoke {rom locomotive engines. DE MOLAY CONVENTION OPENS HERE. TOMORROW Every State in Union and All TU. S. Possessions Will Be Rep- resented at Sessions. Delegates attending the annual con- venticn of the Grand Council of the Order of De Molay, which opens at the Mayflower Hotel tomorrow for a two-day session, will represent every State as well as all United States possessions. It is expected that more than 100 delegates will attend. De Molay was founded by Frank S. Land of Kansas City, Mo., who is now secretary general of the order, for the purpose of promoting good citizenship among young men. Secretary of War Dern and-Maj. Gen. M. W. Ireland are members of the council. Sessions will be held tomorrow and Baturday, with a banquet concluding the meeting Saturday night. A spe- cial entertainment program has been arranged for wives and daughters of members attending the meetings. BULLET VICTIM DIES Colored Man Succumbs—Another in Critical Condition. Alphonso Burwell, 29, colored, 1700 | block U street, who with Mathew High, 32, also colored, was shot in | the abdomen March 25 when they at- tempted to question a third colored man about some clothing, died in Freedmen’s Hospital last night. High, whose home is at 1109 O street, still is in a serious condition. Police broadcast a description of the third man who shot the two when they asked about some clothing he was carrying, believed to have been stolen from High's apartment, . effort will be made to get this measure before the House for early action. Backed b- A. B, C. Board. The Norton bill is sponsored by the District Commissioners and the Alco- holic Beverage Control Board. and its purpose primarily is to eliminate cer- tain undesirable conditions ihat have grown up since repeal of the prohibi- tion law. One of the principal provisions of the bill is aimed at the practice of some night clubs and other establish- ments having an on-sale license, in serving a large number of drinks just prior to the dead line on the sale of liquor for consumption later. The measure would prohibit this by for- bidding consumption of liquor on the premises after the legal hours of sale. Suspension Provided. Another provision is intended to give the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board the authority to suspend in- | stead of revoke a permit of a licensee. George W. Offutt, chairman of the board, explained there are certain vio- lations for which the proprietor of a liquor establishment is not directly responsible, but under existing law it is necessary to revoke a permit, where- | as a suspension of the license might serve as a sufficient penalty. ‘The bill also provides an increased penalty for second offense intoxica- tion and drinking in public by fixing the maximum fine at $200 or 60 days’ imprisonment or both. The Commissioners had hoped the Norton bill would be considered joint- ly with the Dirksen “open bar” meas- ure, but Palmisano said it was intro- duced too late for joint hearings. COL. MILTON L. M'GREW, U.S. A, RETIRED, EXPIRES Veteran of World War Drives Retired From Army at Own Request in 1921, Col. Milton Loomis McGrew, U. 8. A, retired, a native of Washington, died Monday at his home, in Atlanta, Ga. Entering the Military Academy from New Jersey in 1891, he served at various stations in the United States, the Philippines, Puerto Rico, with the Army of Occupation in Cube, and in the Panama Canal Zone. He grad- uated from the Army School of the Line in 1912. During the World War, Col. Mc- Grew served in the Toul sector, the Meuse-Argonne offensive, and in command of trains of the 77th Divi- sion. He retired at his own request, after 30 years' service, in 1921. His widow, Mrs. Jane C. McGrew, survives, HOUSING LUNCHEON TO ATTRACT NOTABLES Several Hundred Persons in Po- litical and Business Life to Hear Mrs. Roosevelt. Several hundred persons prominent in political, business and social affairs of the Capital will gather in the Mayflower Hotel at 12:30 pm. to- morrow to hear Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and other speakers during & luncheon sponsored by the women’s division of the Washington Better Housing Program. Mrs. Roosevelt's speech will be broadcast to 6,000 community better housing meetings held simultaneously throughout the country. In addition addresses will be made by James A. Moffett, Federal housing adminis- trator; Chairman Norton of the House District Committee, Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, president of the Na- tional Federation of Women's Clubs, and others. Reservations for the luncheon may be made until 6 p.m. today. B Claim $140 for Horse. Because revolutionists, who com- mandeered his farm in 1920, moved the oats in his barn so that his horse ate so much of the grain that it died, Joseph O'Farrell of ‘Bakkinalee, Irish Free State, is trying to collect $140, the price of - the -animal, from the county, L3 he WASHINGTON, EDUCATION BOARD FORBIDS ANTI-WAR ! STUDENTS' STRIKE Vigorous Debate on April 12 Demonstration Precedes Officials’ Action. ARRANGING OF ARMY DAY PARTICIPATION REFUSED Cadets to Determine for Selves Whether to March in Procession. The Board of Education turned | thumbs down late yesterday on the | | international student strike against | war and Fascism scheduled for 11| am. April 12, and also refused to arrange for student participation in Army day observances. Action on the strike was accom- panied by vigorous debate and op- posing contentions that the move- ment was “indoctrination” and “coun- ter indoctrination.” The vote of disapproval finally came when Clarence Gurewitz, sec- retary of the General Strike Com- mittee, stated that he had been in- structed to make no compromise from the original plan. This assertion was‘ | in reply to Charles H. Houston, board | member, who suggested that the dem- | onstration take the form of school assemblies where speakers would ex- | plain its purpose. | To stress its disapproval, the board | went on record as especially indorsing one paragraph of a report by Supt.| of Schools Frank W. Ballou, in which | he stated that “your officers are of | i the opinion that a student strike for |any cause whatsoever is a form of demonstration which should neither be countenanced nor approved by the school authorities at any time or for any purpose.” One Dissenting Vote. Mr. Houston, who is president of | the Howard University Law School, registered the only dissenting vote. He took the position that, although he, personally, does not oppose all | war, he felt that those who do should be given an opportunity to express their views. | Henry I Quinn, another board mem- | Iber, said he thought consideration of | | any such matter might lead to “bit- | | terness and discord.” | “We don't teach religion in our| schools, although it is a vital matter,” | he declared. | “But we do have military training | {in our high schools” Houston re- | sponded, “and mere membership in | a :military organization is calculated | to make a boy less antagonistic to War.” | When Quinn said the proposed | strike constitutes “indoctrination,” Houston replied that perhaps it was “counter indoctrination.” He said he was not at all sure the schools are free of indoctrination “when they have bands playing and students marching around every week.” Indication that the strike move- ment has made little progress among District public school pupils was in- dicated to the board by two of the local strike promoters. One Indorsement. David Carliner, former McKinley High School student, who was refused entrance to George Washington Uni- versity for his alleged radical activi- ties, said that only one local high school organization has indorsed the strike during the two weeks of in- tensive operation here by the Strike Committee. Gurewitz said many organizations have refused to participate for fear of Board of Education disapproval. According to the plan as disclosed by Gurewitz and Carliner, the strike leaders intend to apply for police per- mits to assemble in front of the va- rious school buildings for an hour, beginning at 11 a.m. April 12. Stu- dents of 31 nations are expected to take part simultaneously in the dem- monstration. Quinn asked Gurewitz why they could not hold their demnstration after school hours. “Give up the Saturday base ball game and hold it Saturday morning,” he suggested. “I should think, Mr. Quinn, you would be familiar enough with the student mind to know students will prefer base ball to thinking,” Gure- witz answered. Decision Against Action. Informed that Melvin C. Hazen, president of the Board of Commis- sioners, had written to the board stating that it would e desirable to have the high school cadets take part in the Army day parade, the board decided it could take no action, leav- ing the matter up to the individual cadets to participate or not as they please. A request from Maj. Edwin S. Bet- telheim, jr., prominent in local vet- eran affairs, that the board arrange for school assemblies Thursday or Friday, with talks on the significance of Army day, met with a similar fate. The board voted to take no action, but to allow Army day observance to remain optional with the principals of the various institutions. In a move to keep the board better informed of the progress of the char- acter education experiment than it has been in the past, Mrs. Philip Sidney Smith, board member, re- quested Dr. Ballou to give the board & detailed statement, as soon as pos- sible, on the work being done. She also asked that he render fre- quent reports in the future, if Con- gress authorizes the experiment’s con- tinuance. Dr, Ballou replied that he would be “very happy” to prepare such a :lb;lumant as expeditiously as pos- e. Asserting that the board should fix a date shortly for a conference with representatives of citizens’ associa- tions on the school estimates for 1937, Dr. Ballou suggested that it be held early in May. Vigorous Course Needed. “The situation of greatly increased enrollment demands that we take as vigorous & position as possible for an increase in teacher personnel as well as for additional building facilities,” the superintendent declared. | Near the end of the meeting Hous- | ing. ton, who earlier had championed the anti-war degionstrators, to | White High School Battal- suggested the board the desirability of the es- <al this Summer of & Citi~ D. C, Spring Unfolds Her Beauty in Meridian Hill Park e WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION APRIL 4, CADETS COMPETE. FOR TTLE TODAY ions to Meet at Central, Barring Rain. Barring heavy rain, the 10 battalions | of Washington's white High Schoo\; Cadet Corps will parade across the field of the Central Stadium this after- | noon in their annual battalion com- | petitive drill. Five regimental bands, representing the five senior white high schools, will | play. At the end of the day the best band, as well as the best battalion, will be designated by the judges. The 2d Battalion, 1st Regiment, of Central High School, was to march on to the field promptly at 2:30 p.m., ac companied by the music of its regi- mental band. The drill will consti- tute the regulation infantry battalion parade. Fifteen minutes will be al- lowed for each battalion, and Col. Wal- lace M. Craigie, professor of military science and tactics in the local high schools, has stated that the program will be run strictly according to a time schedule. The judges of the battalion drill are all Regular Army officers. They are Capt. Carleton Smith, Infantry; First Lieut. John G. Hill, Infantry, and First Lieut. Harold E. Smyser, Infantry. Each band will play for its respec- tive regiment. ‘The band judges are Lieut. Charles Benter, leader of the Navy Band; ‘Warrant Officer Lewis S. Yassel, lead- er of the 3d Cavalry Band, Fort Myer, Va., and Chief Marine Gun- ner Harold Talbot, United States Ma- rine Corps. ‘Weather permitting, & regimental competition will be held April 11 at the Central Stadium. AMARYLLIS SHOW ENDS TOMORROW AT 9 P.M. 32,187 Have Attended Exhibition. Crown of Thorns Plants Increase Interest. The amaryllis show will clo® to- morrow at 9 pm. in_the exhibition greenhouses of the Department of Agriculture a® Fourteenth street and Constitution avenue, ‘There has been a daily record- breaking attendance during the past week. The total attendance up to 9 o'clock last night was 32,187. To give an added Lenten attraction, there has been placed in the show one of the beautiful and appropriately trained Crown of Thorns plants. This is the plant from which the Crown of Thorns placed on Christ’s head was twisted. It bears a salmon-colored flower. Another unusual plant in whifh visitors are interested is the Pelican flower, which is in bud, showing the form of a pelican, and some of these buds are expected to open before !,he close of the show. .. MURDER TRIAL DELAYED Special Dispatch to The Star. LEONARDTOWN, Md., April 4— Because two important witnesses were not able to attend court, Charles Henry Morgan, 22, confessed slayer of John Thomas, 48, colored farmer of Love- ville, will not be tried until the week of April 22. The two witnesses are the alienists, Dr. Esther Richards and Dr. George H. Preston of Baltimore. The case was scheduled for April 2, ——————————————————— zens' Military Training Camp for Washington high school boys. He pointed out -that funds for such a project are available this year for the first time. Dr. Ballou was instructed to find out how many high school students are interested and whether the War Department considers the plan favorably. Rescinding its previous action nam- ing the new institution in Anacostia the Calvin Coolidge ~Senior-Junior High School, the board voted to call it the Anacostia Senior-Junior High School. This move was recommended last week by citizens of the section, who testified at a special board hear- May 13, 14 and 15 were set as the dates for this. year's competitive drill for white high school cadets, and }May 9 and 10 for the eolored schoolsy . o Star THURSDAY, o= 0. 19: F¥P s, o iy A general view of the cascades and pool which adorn the southern end of Meridian Hill Park. Below: Jane youngsters who frequent this beauty spot. OWNTOWN, men worry about the relief bill, social security, D unemployment, the future of N. R. A. and the effects of A. A. A. policies upon the Nation's agriculture, but in Meridian Hill Park, at Sixteenth and W streets, Spring is smoothing away the wrinkles of Winter. The sun tilts in the after- noons over Henderson Castle, stately, across the street and laughs down upon merry children, playing in the sand boxes in the lower garden. For | the park is a rendezvous for nurse- maids and children. Eight fountains are spurting with zest, up out of the azure water of the pool, on which sail tiny sailboats. Sedate in bronze, flanked by the blanched memorial, pensively, looking on the calm scene. The evergreens are majestic, fringing the cascades, for here is a bit of the good green earth, set down near Em- bassy Row, in one of the city's con- gested districts, bounded by countless apartment houses. The hillsides are verdant from the March and April rains and there is & freshness for body and spirit amid | the blooming forsythias and mag- sits Buchanan, | Barnett and Finley Rush, two of the ~—Star Staff Photos. nolias. Here the meridian of Wash- ington passes through, for the Na- | tional Capital is 38 degrees 53 minutes 17 seconds north latitude and 77 de- | grees 1 minute 34 seconds west longi- |tude. In 1910 Congress authorized | 490,000 for the purchase of the park, but now it is said that a mil- lion dollars couldn't buy it. There are about a dozen acres in the area, which is being developed by the park |authorities. with an Italian garden as the model. The Upper Garden is a contrast | to that below. Joan of Arc, with sword upraised, rides over southward on her horse, on the fringe of the cascades. There is Kkite-flying here, too, on the wide panel of verdure. Rows of green-painted park benches face each other, where nursemaids, in their spick-white uniforms, watch over their wards. The Washington Monument is directly south. The Statue of Serenity is found on | the westward side. The park au- thorities are getting ready for another | busy season of croquet. New wickets | have been secured and the ground has been rolled, for this is a popular game at the park. Virginians Want Their “Cawn” Labeled ““Corn,” Not Bourbon By the Associated Press. Virginians not only want their “cawn” whisky, but they want it la- beled ‘“c-o-r-n.” Stanley Clarke, attorney for the Virginia Alcohol Beverage Control Board, protested yesterday to the Federal Alcohol Control Administra- tion against a regulation that makes corn whisky, under certain conditions, “bourbon.” F. A. C. A. label regulations decree bourbon as any whisky of more than 51 per cent corn content that has been aged in new charred casks. Corn, aged in old casks or uncharred casks, is corn. Some pure corn, Clarke told Joseph H. Choate, jr., alcohol administrator, is aged In new charred casks and there's a demand for it in Virginia— as_corn, and not bourbon. It was indicated at F. A. C. A. that nothing would be done about Clarke’s protest, since the labeling regulations were drawn after hearings at which various experts gave their opinions of “what is corn” and “what is bourbon.” The Bourbon experts were from Kentucky. Some months ago the Virginia board joined with the Old Dixie Dis- tilling Co. of Richmond in asserting the demand in Virginia for Virginia “cawn.” The company got a permit to make pure corn with the under- standing the board would buy its output. MANY ARE INVITED TO SILVER PARLEY Governors of All States Among| Those on List Here Tomor- row and Saturday. Governors of each of the 48 States, all State and local chambers of com- merce, all interested universities and colleges and individuals have been in- vited to send representatives here to- morrow and Saturday for a national conference on silver to be held at the Chamber of Commerce of the United States. ‘The meeting is sponsored by the National Silver Association, whose headquarters are in Washington. A tentative program was announced today by W. R. Allen, president. Scheduled for addresses are Senators ‘Wheeler of Montana, Borah of Idaho, Thomas of Utah and Adams of Colo- rado, Representatives Dies of Texas, Martin of Colorado and Pierce of Oregon; Wayne C. Willlams of Colo- rado; John E. Edgerton, president of the Southern Industrial Council, and J. F. Collbreath, secretary of the American Mining Congress. Each State Governor has been in- 0 have 10 delegates, RUHLAND ACCEPTS PUPIL TEST FUND Tuberculosis Association Gives $2,500 to Aid Survey in Schools of Capital. Dr. George C. Ruhland, health officer, yesterday accepted the offer of 8 $2,500 cash contribution from the District of Columbia Tuberculosis As- sociation to assist the Health Depart- ment’s proposed survey and examina- tion of high school pupils. This allocation of funds was unani- mously approved by the Executive Committee of the Tuberculosis Asso- ciation at its last meeting and the offer was trandmitted in a letter from Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, managing direc- tor of the organization. It is expected that the District Medical Society, the Medico-Chirur- gical Society and the Board of Educa- tion will unite in supporting the pro- posed plan to examine all high school pupils whose parents give their con- sent. The health officer proposes an effective follow-up program for the pupils thus examined before the clos- ing of the schools for the Summer vacation. A similar study of the entire body of students in the Randall Junior High School is already in progress, spon- |0t the Southwest Civie > | | | sored by the Public Health Committee | he coached for the track and field ‘Association, 401 3 ISKILED: STRUCKBY TRLCK D. C. Death Toll Swells to; 32—Wedel Accident Driver Held. Raymond Hartnett, 3-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Hartnett, 612 M street southwest, was killed late vesterday when hit by a truck in front of his home while his parents believed he was at play in a front room. The father had just gone upstairs, leaving Raymond in the front room, and the mother was in the kitchen | when they heard the screeching of | brakes, Looking out the window, Mr. | Hartnett saw the boy lying in the | street and rushed out. Mrs. Hartnett | also ran out, neither realizing it was their own son who had been Kkilled. | The little boy was their only child, | a small daughter having died a few months ago. The death was the thirty-second District traffic fatality ! t._h_u year. Death Held Accident. A voroner's jury, in an inquest at ' the District Morgue today, held the death of the boy accidental. The ver- dict exonerated Ira N. Richey, 23. of ‘Woodbridge, Va., driver of the truck which struck the child. Dr. Joseph M. Becker of Emergency Hospital testified at the inquest to- day that a policeman refused to allow‘ him to remove a sheet from over the | child when he was summoned to the | scene. After the inquest, Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald announced he was going to report the matter to Supt. of Police Ernest W. Brown. It was not learned at the inquest who the officer was. The child’s skull was badly crushed by the truck. No doc- tor viewed the body, it was said, until it was taken to the District Morgue a short time afterward. There an autopsy was performed. At an inquest yesterday afternoon, Russell T. Wood, 45, of 2123 I street, Veterans’ Administration employe, was held for the grand jury in connection with the traffic death of Miss Theresa Wedel, 25, of 1004 Independence ave- | nue southwest, a Treasury Depart-| ment clerk. Victim Was in Cab. Miss Wedel was fatally injured when a taxicab in which she was riding was | struck at Twelfth street and Constitu- | tion avenue early Tuesday by an auto- mobile operated by Wood. She died | a short while afterwards in Emergency | Hospital from a crushed chest and internal injuries. The verdict exonerated Alvin C. Boxwell, 32, 730 Sixth street, driver of the taxicab in which Miss Wedel was 8 passenger. In another inquest yesterday a coroner’s jury held accidental the fatal injuries late Monday of Harold Bell, 18, and Joseph Brown, 15, both col- ored, of Cedar Heights, Md. The auto- mobile in which they were riding, with Bell driving, caught fire after colliding with a truck at Forty-fourth street and Gault place northeast. FUNERAL RITES HELD FOR MRS. E. L. SPRINGER Wife of Internal Revenue Attor- ney Died Monday—Was Native of Washington. Mrs. Bessie Adele Springer, wife of Edward B. Springer, attorney for the Bureau of Internal Revenue, died Monday at her home, 2957 Upton street. A native of Washington, Mrs. Springer was the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. Clarence Reid. Be- sides her husband, she is survived by a daughter, Miss Elizabeth V. Springer, and a sister, Mrs. Ralph S. Dawson of Chicago. Funeral services were conducted yesterday afternoon at the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church by Dr. Frederick Brown Harris, pastor, and Rev. J. R. Sizoo, pastor of the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church. Burial was in Glenwood Cemetery. Attends Despite Injuries. Suffering from six fractured ribs and other injuries received in an auto- mobile accident, Rev. Samuel Stagg, known as the fighting preacher of Manila, P, I, insisted that he be carried on a stretcher to Rizal Sta- dium so he could root for athletes | propriations Society and General PAGE B—1 AGTION BY SENATE OND.C. FUND BILL TODAY 15 POSSIBLE Chance of Vote Rests on Progress in Disposing of Food-Drug Act. MEASURE MORE LIBERAL IN IMPORTANT DETAILS Retention of Larger Lump Sum and Other Items Rests Upon Conferees. BY J. A. O'LEARY. The chances of taking up the im- | proved 1936 District appropriation bill in the Senate today hinge on what progress is made early in the after- | noon on the pending food and drug measure. Senator Thomas, Democrat, of Oklahoma, head of the District Ap- Subcommittee. wants to get Senate action at the first oppor- tunity, but he was not certain it would be possible today. In any event, it will be taken up within a few days. In raising the total of the bill from $39,308.404 to $42,760.619. and the | Federal cbligation from $5,700,000 to $8,317,500, the Senate Appropriations Committee made provision for most of the facilities and maintenance items that District officials and civic or- ganizations felt were essential. Schools Granted Boost. After the Senate has acted on the bill, the fate of these amendments will rest with the conferees repre- senting both branches of Congress. The greater part of the Senate in- crease is for schools, police protection and public welfare, such as hospital maintenance, and for public health. In addition to these general fund in- creases, the Senate bill allows the District to spend for improvements, additional amounts from the separate gasoline tax and water-rent funds In recent years the school building program has lagged, and in the pend- ing bill the House had provided for only $635,000 for this purpose. The Senate Committee has added $1,615.- 500 for a group of building projects. Police Increase Asked. Another important ure of the Senate bill is the $309.387 allowed the Police Department to add 141 men to the force; to repair the old second precinct station, so that it can be put back into service; and to rent other quarters for the house of detention. few vears ago the second precinct was consolidated with an adjoining precinct, and the old building since has been used as the house of deten- n. Included in the increases granted for welfare activities is an allowance to carry out the recommendation dis- cussed during the hearings of ap- pointing a general superintendent of hospitals under the Board of Public Welfare to direct and co-ordinate the various municipal hospital services. District officials recommended at the hearings that Dr. Edgar A. Bocock. head of Gallinger Hospital, be given the post of general superintendent, and a new superintendent appointed for Gallinger. ROBERTS PROTESTS RAILROAD CHANGE Objects to Track Rearrangement by P. R. R. After Civic Groups Demur. A protest against a bill to permit the Pennsylvania Railroad to re- arrange its tracks in the vicinity of New York and West Virginia avenues northeast, was filed with the House District Committee today by William A. Roberts, people’s counsel. Roberts explained he acted at the request of the Lincoln and Michigan | Park Citizens’ Associations and the Northeast Conference of Citizens' Associations. Enactment of the bill, Roberts said, “may lead to the establishment of an industrial center within a few blocks of the Capitol and at the same time it might have the effect of relieving certain railroads of their present obli- gation established in the Union Sta- tion in 1903.” In additien he de- | clared the measure would permit new | crossings at grade, “at a time when | the entire Nation is alert to the neces- | sity for the elimination of such grade | crossings.” 'LANG TO SPEAK HERE ' ON OBERAMMERGAU Illustrated Lecture Before Geo- graphic Society Audience To- morrow Night. ‘l “Oberammergau and the Passion Play” is the subject of an illustrated lecture to be given by Anton Lang, jr., before a National Geographic So- ciety audience tomorrow night at Con- stitution Hall. Dr. Lang, who re- cently married Klara Mayr, the “Mary Magdalene” of the 1934 Passion Play, cast, is an instructor at Georgetown University. The lecturer has acted in several minor roles of the world-famous drama, and his father has played the part of the “Christus” more times than any other man. Dr. Lang will describe the ancient town, the life of the people—with par- ticular reference to their renowned wood carving; the players and how they are appointed, preparations for the play and his historical background and presentation. His story will be illustrated by colored slides and mo- tion pictures, the latter including many “shots” that have never before been projected in this country. YO R Democratic Party Tonight. EAST FALLS CHURCH, Va., April 4 (Special). —The Young Democratic Club of East Falls Church will give a bingo party tonight in the Town Council Hall at Falls Church at 8 meet, o'clock for the benefit of the F Church Volunteer Fire Depaztment, hr