Evening Star Newspaper, April 18, 1935, Page 35

RECREATION BODY PUSHES TS PLANS Group to Co-ordinate U. S. and D. C. Activities Is Approved by King. The committee created recently to eo-ordinate Federal and District rec- reational activities is ready to go for- ward with its plans again _today, Chairman King of the Senate District Committee having given his consent late yesterday to such procedure until the next session of Congress. The recreation group, composed of representatives of the District gov- ernment, the public schools and the National Park Service, has been mark- ing time for two weeks, after Sen- ator King asked that the proposed plan of co-ordination be held in abey- ance until he could consider it further. The Co-ordinating Committee is composed of Henry I. Quinn, repre: senting the Board of Education; Com: missioner George E. Allen, for the Dis trict government, and C. Marshall Finnan, of the Office of National Capital Parks, with Frederic A. De- 1ano as non-voting chairman. Plan Approved for Present. After going over the whole problem for more than an hour at the Capitol | yesterday with these and other in-| trested officials, Senator King coi cluded: “I am not quite saitsfied with this arrangement, but in view of the fact that Mr. Allen and Mr. Quinn have assented to it I am inclined to be- lieve the best thing to do now is not to depart from this plan for the pres- ent, but to continue to study the prob- | lem and consider a more permanent plan at the next session of Cangress.” One of the first steps of the recrea- tion group will be to appoint a paid executive officer to direct the co- People’s Counsel William A. Rol for a larger group, along the unu recommended by the Commissioners’ Advisory Council, Mr. Delano said he would not object to that, except that the more people the co-ordinator has to consult the harder it will be to get the co-ordinating movement going. Cammerer Opposes Merger. Arno B. Cammerer, director of the National Park Service, turned mo- mentarily from the recreation problem to oppose merging of the United States Park Police with the Metropo- litan Police Department here. People’s Counsel Roberts, who several weeks ago challenged the legality of the new recreation group in advance of legisiation to authovize the plan, said that as & result of recent studies there is more information available now than ever before on the recrea- tion problems of the District, and that he did not see why a permanent legislative plan could not be worked out now instead of a year from now. | Discussing the jurisdiction the Fed- eral Government exercises over some |of the park and recreation areas of | the city, Roberts said the park de- velopment program was based orig- inally on the theory of appropriating for that purpose at the rate of 1 cent per inhabit of the United States. That gave the program a Federal aspect. But later, Roberts | pointed out, Congress passed the Capper-Cramton park purchase act, which requires the District to reim- | burse the Federal Government for {park land ncqunmons If Your Dentist Hurts You Try OR. FIELD Plate Expert Double <G Suction 1 Guarantee a Perfect Ticht Fit in Any Mouth or I Refund Your Money 1 Give Violet Ray Treatments for Pyorrhea Extraction sl and ’2 Alse Gas Ext. Plates $10 to THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C. unes| 30-DAY LEAVE ASKED FOR D. C. EMPLOYES City Heads Recommend Changes for Liberalization of Pres- ent Orders. Granting of 30 days’ annual leave with pay to both regular and per diem employes of the District, as well as the Federal Government, was rec- ommended to Congress yosterday by the Commissioners. The presen: rule is 15 days. Approval of this and other liberal- ization of the present orders was voiced in a report on the two bills of Representative Ramspeck of the House Civil Service Committee. Nu- merous changes in the bills were pro- poaed howeur ndments proposed by the Com- mhnnnen would restrict lck leave for all workers to 15 days per year, but would make this cumulative over & period of 12 years, s0 an employe who had not used any could have as much a8 six months in case of extended dis- ability. Annual employes now have 30 days annual sick leave, but it is not cumulative, Per diem employes alo would be given 15 days’ cumulative sick leave under the Commissioners’ plan. Policemen and firemen, now having 15 days’ vacation and 30 days’ sick leave, and District school teachers, on a 10 months’ work schedule, would be exempted by the Commissioners from terms of the sick leave bill. Sends Trade Mission. Egypt has sent a trade mission to Britain, THURSDAY, STAGGERED HOURS HELD LITTLE RELIEF Congestion Peak Only Advanced 30 Minutes, U. 8. Workers Told by Chairman. The stagger-hour system has ad- vanced the traffic congestion peak & half hour and afforded little relief, Edgar C. Graham, cheirman of the Legislative Committee, last night told the District Federation of Federal Employes’ Unions. Graham said the Capital Transit Co. had not arranged facilities to meet the change, and that workers themselves are rem: APRIL 18, 1935. ing downtown for an extrs half hour, causing & new period of congestion. William 8. Kinney, the Rent and Housing Committee of the National Federation of Federal Employes, who earlier yesterday made public critical results of a question- naire on housing, said additionsl in- formation was expected next week from War Department and Federal Housing employes. In the discussion of this matter, it was declared that many workers have been forced to rent expensive apartments and sublet parts of them to get satisfactory accommodations. Progress was reported in the feder- ation’s membership drive. Motor Race Postponed. Limerick, Irish Free State, has de- cided not to hold its round-the-houses motor race on the 13th of the month, and the event has been postponed from July to August 5. MEETING HERE DROPPED Edison Electrical Institute Plans Atlantic City Convention. Word was received here yesterday that the Edison Electrical Institute, at the request of members, has can- celed its engagement to hold its 1935 convention here. The meeting orig- inally had been scheduled for June 3to6 ‘The institute met in Atlantic City [ 2 CRACK-SHOT 5245 last year and arrangements have been | made to return there again this Summer, according to the announces ment from New York. Skin-ltch Torture Ends Millions Praise Zemo Zemo quickly relieves the torture of Itching Rashes and Ringworm— soothes the irritation of Eczema, Pimples and similar skin troubles. For 25 years Zemo has been used and praised by millions as » clean, safe, dependable remedy for family use to relieve skin irritations. A trial will 1 convince you of its great merit. Insist ‘ on genuine Zemo; it's worth the price because you get relief. Approved by Good Housekeeping Bureau, No. 4874. 35¢, 60c, $1. All druggists. ux PALAIS ROYAL Eastes Values Minute Shoppers — For Last WEASTER BAGS Why not Washable Doeskins for "EASTER GLOVES Lady Washington T.A.G. CHIFFON SILK HOSE ordinating work. Senator King said he $35 ‘\ An unusual and important group A lovely quality for dress They’re smart and practical did not like the idea of employing a | man at $6,000 a year for that pur-| pose, urging instead that some one al- | ready in the service of one of the | recreational agencies be assigned. Members of the Recreation Commit- tee thought some one not connected with any of the existing agencies could accomplish more in obtaining greater co-ordination, eliminating overlapping and getting greater use out of available facilities. Federal Authority Hit. Senator King began by explaining he called the conference because he felt the proposed co-ordinating plan . conferred too much authority on the Federal agency, the Interior Depart- | ment. He emphasized he #& for giving the Commissioners as much as possible of the authority over the District of Columbia. | Declaring the law puts administra- | tion of District affairs under the Com- | missicners, Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen added: “The only determine is whether play & municipal activity. We think they are.” Commissioner Allen said that. fun- damentally, he agreed with Hazen, but that President Roosevelt had written to the Commissioners, the School Board and the Interior De- partment, calling attention to the need | for co-ordinated effort in recreation, ‘“and we got together.” Allen said he knew rnene “of the agencies would ! be willing to give up any of its func- | tions, and that under the co-ordi- nating plan agreed upon each ugency! retains control of its own. Quinn advocated placing under the &chool system all recreational activity for children of school age, pointing out that there are 260 acres of school playgrounds, as.compared with about 20 acres of municipal playgrounds. Washington, he said, never has had an adequate program of physical edu- cation for school children. He added that the school system has just estab- lished & physical education depart- ment. Work Subject to Approval, “Why should the Federal Govern- ment have anything to do with school playgrounds?” interrupted Senator King. “It should not, and that is not contemplated by this temporary one- year plan of co-ordination,” Quinn replied. “Any recommendation of the new commission is subject to approval by the agency whose facilities would be affected by a proposed change. We do not give up any of our preroga= tives, but we can co-operate to pre- vent overlapping and to work together to get better facilities.” | “How did you happen to bring the Federal Government into it?” Senator King inquired. Quinn said it was because the Fed- | eral Government has been successful | in saving areas for recreational pur- | poses which the District might not otherwise have obtained. Commissioner | Hazen interrupted to point out these Federal areas have been bought with District funds. Quinn said that was | true, but he thought the Federal agency had been able to get through a park program that District agencies Would not have been able to get. “I am frank to,say, I couldn’t see why the set-up was made of develop- ing so much of this recreation under | the Federal Government, but it has been done and the District is getting the advantage of it,” he added. Mr. Delano, chairman of the Na- tional Capital Park and Planning | Commission, told Senator King thal for 8 or 10 years he has been trying | to co-ordinate the interests of the dif- | ferent agencies. About a year ago, he | explained, the park and _planning | group offered to have the Recreation Association of America make a survey of the city’s needs. He said the re- port did not please everybody and that in some respects it did not plezse him, but a copy of it went to the President, who wrote the letter pre- viously referred to, suggesting that the different groups co-ordinate their recreational efforts. He said he agreed to serve as non-voting chair- man of the co-ordinating group which was formed. He declared it is not a commission, but only an informal | committee of three, not giving up any | {WASHINGTON May 5; June 5| UNITED STATES LINES of their respective functions. Referring to the suggestlcn of The PALAIS === POWNSTAIRS Plates $1.50 Repaired DR. 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