Evening Star Newspaper, July 19, 1935, Page 17

DEFANT WONE KEPTON PEKET ~ DUTYBYNAYOR Alexandria Executive Re- fuses Factory Manager’s | Plea for Intercession. WOULD CLOSE PLANT | IN CASE OF DISORDER| Labor Department Asked to Send | Conciliator as Strike Troubles Increase. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 19.—After | Morris Weinman, shirt factory oper- | ator, called police to chase away giri| strikers on picket duty at the plant| this morning, Mayor Emmett C. Davi- son arrived on the strike scene to in- struct the women to continue their picketing. One policeman arrived, but did not interfere with the picket guards. Personally taking a hand in the strike, which has been in progress; since Monday, Mayor Davison said he will have the city close the plant if a “disturbing situation” is created and requested the Department of Labor to send a representative to the strike scene. The Conciliation Service of the Labor Department announced late this morning that it had Mayor Davi- | son’s request under consideration, but had reached no decision. If sent, the representative would attempt to bring about an agreement betwzen the com- Fany and the strikers, an official of the Labor Department said. Question of Legality. Asked if there was a law to permit closing of the plant, Alexandria’s chief magistrate, who is secretary of the ' International Machinists’ Union, said, “We will find that out afterward.” Davison sald he came to the plant teday because he had been informed the company would attempt to bring in outside interferers. None appeared. | He informed the strikers they had | rights as citizens to congregate at | the plant, and assured them that police would not interfere with their pickets. Weinman, who lives in Baltimore, was jeered by the strikers as he came out of the plant to his automobile. He drove off in a hurry after stating that | he would not attempt to operate the plant today. Seven woman operators, who went to work at the plant yesterday after- noon after strike guards had aban- doned their picket duty in the hot sun, were outside the plant at 7:30 | am. today, but made no attempt to! force their way through the picket lines. which had already been organ- ized by 30 of the girl strikers. Statement Is Denied. Davison denied a statement made yesterday by J. T. Ballard, plant for- | man, to the effect that competition with prison labor had caused the company’s wage cuts. The mayor said the State is prohibited by law from making commercial contracts for prison labor products. Davison today reiterated his offer of giving the strikers recourse to the city’s relief rolls. rather than have them go back te “starvation wages.” “The situation is that you can get practically the same pay on relief rolls that you can make by working at the plant,” the city head told a group of the strikers this morning. Miss Virginia Lowry, second strike | organizer sent here from Baltimore by | the Amalgamated Clothing Workers' | Union, took charge of the strike today | and instructed the picket guards o | keep all workers out of the plant. | “We will keep picket guards on duty all day today.” she said. Operator Is Reticent, Weinman refused to discuss the causes for the strike by repeating. “I have no statement to make” to prac- tically every question. | The strikers cite a reduction in Dlecework wages from 45 cents to 35 | cents per 100 pieces as the cause of their walkout Monday. They had pre- | viously been changed from an N. R.| A. schedule of 30 cents an hour to| the piecework arrangement, they said. | Approximately 50 woman operators | on the strike had joined the earlier | picket guards at a late hour this| morning. They are planning to con- tinue the picketing in shifts. — OPENING OF INTERIOR BUILDING BIDS DELAYED| | Awarding of Contract for New Structure. Is Postponed Until July 26. Bids for construction of the new | Interior Department Building, between | Eighteenth. Nineteenth, C and E! streets, which were to have been opened today, have been postponed unti¥ July 26, according to the public works branch, procurement division of the Treasury Department. The job has been placed for the most part into one prospective con- tract, to include demolition of old buildings, excavation, foundation and eonstruction. The oniy separate bids will be for elevators and for two escalators. More than $11,000,000 has been allotted for the job. » — SECRETARY IS ELECTED Democratic National Names Miss Katherine Nicholas. Miss Katherine Nicholas has been elected recording secretary of the Democratic National Council, formerly | the Women's Democratic Edcational Council. She succeeds Mrs. Alice Deasy, who resigned. Mrs. Robert Kirkpatrick Noble has been appointed chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. A home fireside party, to raise funds for the Democratic National Committes, will be an early activity of the club. Courses in parliamentary law will be organized in September, Council & | the car with dead tags. - ‘The model of a floating airport, ly Point, is demonstrated by E. Leroy Pelletier, left, its author, to Repre- sentative Jennings Randolph of West Virginia, project to the House District Committee vesterday afternoon. comprise a circular water basin 3,000 feet in diameter, in which would float a runway 3,000 by 600 feel, composed of hollow concrete cells joined together. The whole runway would turn into the wind. INJURY 1S FATAL IN TRAFFIC CRASH HELP IN 193535 Taxi Driver and Motorist Held in Man’s Death. l Year’s Toll Is 62. John J. Gallagher. 40, of 512 G street northeast died early today from injuries received when struck by an automobile yesterday. raising the number of District tiaffic fatalities for this year to 62. Meanwhile, 3 of some 10 others injured in traffic accidents in the past 24 hours were in serious condition today in local hospitals. Five drivers were arrested on charges of reckless driving and another on a charge of operating with dead tags in connection with the several accidents. ? Gallagher, detectives of the homi- cide squad said today, was struck by the automobile of Sol Hindler, 22. of Baltimore. Md.. at Fourteenth street and Rhode Island avenue after the machine had been sideswiped by a taxicab. Gallagher died in Emer- gency Hospital at 2:50 z.m. Hindler and Paul F. Brown. 26, colored, of the 900 block of T street, operator of the taxicab, were arrested on charges of reckless driving. Hindler later was released under $1,000 bond. Both | are to appear at an inquest to be held later. A man identified some time after being taken to Casualty Hospital as James P. Colbert. 40, of no fixed address, is in a critical condition from injuries received late last night when struck by an automobile in the 960 | block of Bladensburg road non.heust." Joseph A. Godbout, 24, of Capital Heights, Md., driver of the car, was | charged with reckless driving. | Gerald F. Thompson, 22, of 1230 ! Seventeenth street suffered serious head injuries, received. according to police, when he ran into the side of an automobile while near his home. Wallace A. Russell, 28. of 2900 Ben- ton street was charged with driving One Dead, 3 Hurt. By the Associated Press. SALISBURY, July 19.—One man was fatally hurt and three others, in- cluding Corpl. Minnick of the State police, are in a hospital as the result | of a collision between an automobile and a truck early today near Eden. Marion Dryden. 17. of Marion Sta- tion, Somerset County, died two hours | after admittance to Peninsula General Hospital. The extent of injuries sus- tained by Carl Marshall, jr.. and Ed- ward Lee Miles, also of Marion Station, | could not be determined. | Corpl. Minnick was injured about | the head when he swerved his motor | cycle off the highway to avoid becom- | ing involved in the accident of the | car and truck. Miles was said to have been driving | the car which piled into the parked W. G. Distlgr, Class of 1912, Is truck. | State’s Attorney Rex A. Taylor said | he was awaitfng further investigation | by State police before deciding upon | an inquest. g | The accident occurred about 1 mile north of Eden on the Salisbury-Prin- cess Anne road, which gives Wicomico Ceunty authorities jurisdiction. Boat Ride.Is Tonight. The Porty and Eight Society is Psponsoring a boat ride down the Po- tomac River tonight at 8:45 o'clock on the steamer Potomac. | eligible for work under the program. | of courses. | ticipated in last year's program to the limit of their individual quotas. The WASHINGTON, D. C, proposed for construction at Gravele Pelletier explained the It would be pivoted in the center and free to —Star Staff Photo. WITH SUNDAT . ARLINGTON PARLEY ON ROADS CALLED T0 SVE AIRPORT Civic Groups Will Confer on System of Highway Ap- proaches to D. C. ROTARY-TRAFFIC CIRCLE AMONG NEW PROPOSALS By-Pass Will Be Studied—Colum- bia Pike to Be Put in Pri- * mary Class. Representatives of all Arlington | County civic organizations wjll be called together early next week to| agree on details of a system of high- way approaches to Washington, one of the important features of which will | make possible the preservation of Washington Airport. | The meeting will be preliminary to | a public hearing before the Arlington County Board, which will be re- quested as soon as details of the pro- | posed road program are worked out. The essential features of the new | program were announced yesterday by a group of representatives of three Arlington County eivic bodies. Traffic Circle Proposed. | Further details of the plan were | worked out at an informal meeting last night at the home of Horace L. Woodward, Arlington Ridge delegate |and member of the 10-Year Plan | | Committee. At this meeting it was decided to include a rotary traffic STUDENTS T0 GET D. C. Schools’ Heads to Be Consulted on Projects to | Expand Program. College and university officials in Washington will be consulted this Summer by the National Youth Ad- ministration in working out employ- | ment plans for young men and women desiring Federal aid to help put them | through school during the 1935-36 | academic year. A total of 1,955 educational institu- tions in the country provided work of , Washington Airport. various kinds for 104,673 students tifoughout the country during the | past year. Details of the forthcoming program will be directed by Dr. Lewis t Alderman, director of education in the newly organized relief agency, and C. F. Klinefelter, assistant, who had charge of this activity last year. D. C. Program to Expand. While officials can only hazard a guess at the number of students which i may be aided in Washington, they ex- pect it greatly to exceed the approxi- mately 1,000 beneficiaries during ihe last semester. George Washington, Georgetown, Howard, Catholic and Maryland Universities were the prin- | ! cipal participants, although other in- stitutions lent their efforts to the for- mer program. The quota for each institution has been fixed at 12 per cent of the en- rollment of the school as of October | 5,,1934. A student will be permtted to'earn as much as $20 a month, but each college will be allotted funds on the basis of $15 a month for each of | 12 per cent of its enrollment of full- | time students. 1 Presidents Responsible. Each college president will be held | responsible for the program in his institution and, work may be provided on or off the campus. The qualifica- | tion is that the work be socially de- | sirable. | Only needy students. of course, are | ‘They must also carry at least three- fourths of a normal student program None of the local universities par- Officials of the Federal Office of Edu- cation who have helped perfect vlans, believe, however, more students than ever will participate this Fall. By getting an earlier start this Summer, it will be possible for colleges to have their programs worked out in time for the opening of the new semester. CORIJELL CLUB ELECTS Chosen by D. C. Alumni. W. G. Distler of the George A. Fuller Co. was ewcled president of the Cornell Alumni C'ub of Washing- ton yesterday 2t the group’s annual meeting in the Uuiversity Club. He is a member of the 1%12 class. Other officers cHoser included Au- gust H. Moran, firs! vice presiaent; John L. McElfresh, second vice pres- ident; Fred W. Ke.iey. jr., secretary, and Robert A. Philipcon, treasurer. Guest of honor at tns meeting was Dr. Sao Ke Alfred Sze Chinese Am- bassador, who is a Cornell alumaus. i). C Credit Men Report Best Conditions Si o Last year was the best in the history of the Associated Retail Credit Men of Washington so far as collec- tions and credit conditions are con- cerned. This statement was made at the annual meeting of the association last night by Adolph Wey), treasurer of Lansburgh & Bros. Weyl declared that business conditions here have improved greatly in the past 12 months and that credit conditions are the best since the credit managers organized several years ago. E. Emerson Snyder of Raleigh! Haberdasher was elected president for the new year. Other officers chosen were A, Coonin of Willlam Hahn & [ nce Organizing Co., vice president; S. H. Talkes, secretary-treasurer, and Charles W. Prettyman, assistant seefetary-treas- urer, The new board of directors will be composed of Leo Baum, Goldenberg’s; Benjamin Blanken, Charles Schwartz & Son; W. C. Bullock, Philipsborn’s; A. Coonin, Hahn's; Charles M. Keefer, Kann's Department Store; Sylvan King, King's Palace; Elsie Lee, Jel- lefi’s;’ Harry V. Ostermayer, Wood- ward & Lothrop; Herbert J. Rich, B. Rich's Sons; Ben Stein, Grosner’s; J. W. Tallentine, Hecht’s, and Martin ‘W. Watson, Dulin & Martin. The annual meeting and dinner was beld at the Mands Cluby | sons of the year, he said. Washington circle at the intersection of three pro- | posed new roads near the present | intersection of Military road and Columbia pike. The three new roads meeting at this circle would provide | a Washington Airport bypass to United States Route No. 1, a connection with the Arlington Memorial Bridge and a connection with U. 8. No. 1 at Virginia | Highlands and an extension to the Mount Vernon Memorial Boulevard | near that point. At next week's meeting efforts will be made to work out difficulties in ihe path of an allotment of Federal aid | road funds for the widening of Colum- | | bia Pike and the possible diversion of | part of these funds for the grading | and paving of a substitute road around Washington Airport to per- | | mit the closing of Military road. The | Military road substitute also would | serve as a substitute road for passen- | ger car traffic now using the section of Columbia Pike through the industrial | arez adjacent to U. S. No. 1 and Road Complicates Issve. | It was pointed out today that the Columbia Pike widening program, | which it is hoped may hold the key to solution of the Washington Airport problem_ is complicated by the fact | that Columbia Pike in Arlington County is a primary road, but is only | a secondary route in Fairfax County and for this reason not eligible for Federal aid. Arrangements will be made to have | Columbia Pike put into the primary | class and made eligible for Federal | | aid and efforts also will be made to push the fight at Richmond for a | Pederal aid program for this highway. | Legal difficulties also must be over- come before the transfer of a part of the Columbia pike fund for de- velopment of the new Washington FRIDAY,. JULY Pool Assured Children For Two Months pening Star Drive for Fund Goes Over Half Total Needed to Assure Swimming All Season. 19, 1985. LR 2 2 Soéiety and General PAGE B—1 DISTRICT REVAMPS ROAD PLANS FOR GRANT OF $3434% 409 of High-Grade Paving Eliminated by Relief Pay Curb. D. C. HIGHWAY FUND OF $142,406 DRAWN ON | 100 to 200 Men to Be Taken From Relief Rolls—Grade Crossing Program to Be Drafted. BY DON S. WARREN. A frolic under a fire hose is a rare pleasure for children in downtown Washington who have no place to swim. Hosing just for fun is against Pire Department rules and the party would have been impossible if it hadn't been necessary 1o test a hose. A neighborhood swimming pool will be ready next week for children like thess. EIGHBORHOOD swimming fa- ! ] cilities for at least two months 1 were assured 1500 children in central Washington today when The Star'’s fund for reopening the Y. W. C. A. tank at 614 E street went over the half-way mark to totel nearly $500. Liberal contributions vesterday and today raised the fund to $493.82. About $256 more is needed to operate the tank for four or five months. Work began today on cleaning the peol and its premises, and Miss M Edith Coulson, secretary of the Central Neighborhood Council of the Council ot Social Agencies. sponsors of the movement, promised swimming would begin next week. The opening date will depend on the progress of repair and cleaning work. The Star's initial contribution of $100 was matched yesterday by the District of Columbia Congress of Par- ents and Teachers. The money was secured from the Phoebe Hearst Foun- dation Fund through Mrs. Louis B. Castel, Congress president. At the same time The Star received $25 from SPONSORS MEET ONLINGOLN ROUTE Intensive Drive Planned for Montgomery Section of Boulevard. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., July 19.—Spon- sors of the move to hove a section of the proposed Lincoin boulevara from ‘Washington to Ge:{v:burg constructed | along the route of wne present high- way between the Natcral Capital and Frederick were to orgunize here today. | Civic leaders firm the communities bordering the suggust-.i route were to meet in the fire house at 4 o'clock E. H. Parkins and $5 from Iola B. Bryan, 410 Sixth street, while Miss Coulson reported the receipt of four contributions totaling $21.82. An en- velope was left on Miss Coulson’s desk containing $1.82 in pennies, nickels and dimes anonymously donated. Mrs. Charles Goldsmith, Westches- ter Apartments, Thirty-ninth street and Cathedral avenue, told Miss Coul- son she had raised $30 for the pool fund from friends and would be glad to receive other donations. Mrs. Gold- smith formerly was president of the Jewish Social Service Agency. Three gifts totaling $5 were re- ceived at The Star today and Lerch- Mazo Co., Inc., wholesale grocers, at Fourth and D streets southwest, of- fered to supply at least $10 worth of soap and powder needed for the scrubbings which the pool will re- ceive daily. Dr. Margaret Nicholson of the Chil- dren’s Clinic has agreed to furnish medical inspection of all boys and girls who will use the pool. * Boys living in the area bounded by the Mall, North Capitol street and Eleventh and O streets can register King of Alley Cats In Hospital After Fight Over Honor “Gen. Pershing” Meets Trouble on Excursion to Back Fence. ‘Washington®s “rags-to-riches” king of the alley cats, “Gen. Pershing.” slipped away from it all for a night's yowl on the old back fence some time ago. Now he is convalescing in a veterinary hospital because what'’s left of the alley cat in him strongly re- sented the remark of “sissy” purred by one of the cld school. Dr. Joseph Miller, the seven-times- blue-ribbon winner's special physi- cian, reports a healing, but still sore w. At first it was not thought the Airport by-pass can be undertaken, it &nd discuss olans for an intensive Generg] would survive his injuries. was pointed out. Figures Presented. | At last night's meeting G. A | Collier, president of the Arlington | Citizens’ Association and also presi- | dent of the Columbia Pike Improve- | ment Association, both of which are | behind the new highway plan, pre- | sented traffic count figures which showed an average of 4,000 passenger | | cars and 1,000 trucks using Columbia | pike daily throughout the year at the Arlington National Cemetery in- tersection. This average is greater by as much as 125 per cent at sea- Boulevard has almost as much traffic, he said, and the Arlington Ridge road has about half this volume. All these totals have been increased consid- erably since the count was made nearly two years ago, he said, and are continuing to increase rapidly. NEW BOLLING FIELD BARRACKS SOUGHT $200,000 Improvement Asked From Works Funds—31 Other Projects Proposed. Bolling Pield would benefit to the | extent of $200,000 for improvements if the President approves a request made today by the War Department for an allotment from works funds. Carrying forward plans for the greatest building program in the his- tory of the Army. the War Depart- ment requested $12,721,098 for work on 32 proposed projects in the Dis- trict, Maryland and 12 other States. The project proposed at Bolling Feld, which may share in other allot- ments previously requested, is for the construction of a new barracks for 200 men. In Maryland it is proposed to spend $8,325 for repairs and paint- ing of harbor boats at Aberdeen, Fort ' Howard and Edgewood Arsenal. MISS DEGNAN DENIES PLAN TO WED SIMPSON Knows Nothing About Marriage License Issued Wednesday, She Declares. “I know nothing about a marriage license, and I am not planning to be married!” Miss Elizabeth Degnan, 28, of 3620 Sixteenth street was most emphatic my wheri asked about the license n out at District Supreme Court Wednesday in her name and tbat of John Augustus Simpson, 32, of 4617 Twenty-eighth street, dairy executive The license named Rev. Joseph M. Moran as the officiating minister. Simpson could not be reachec! “tor | cBmpaign in bena.f of their proposal. The meeting was aranged lasi night by members of 2 eral Committee | organized in Fredericz to carry on a | drive to have inz memorial rosdw:y‘ built through that citv, but civic offi- cials from Gaithersburg, Rockville and Bethesda are to atlenc. Mayor Lloyd Culler of Prederizk was to preside, according to Charles Mathias, former president of the Prederick Chamber of Commerce, who called the confercnce. Mayor Culler is chairman of .a= Fr+Cerick Zroup. It is said that the commission ap- pointed by President Roosevelt to | study the highway proposal advocated The General. however, would have you believe that instead of an ordi- nary “gash,” the wound is a mark of honor—and his honor was saved. with top honors at cat shows not only here, but in Philadelphia and. last year. Atlantic City. His owner Js Rex- ford L. Holmes. $13,900,000 PAID D. C. LIFE BENEFICIARIES for swimming, Miss Coulson an- nounced. by applying at the Boys' Club, 230 C street, or at the Salva- tion Army, 426 Sixth street. Other registration agencies, including those for girls, will be announced later. About 75 children will be accom- modated daily, Miss Coulson said Boys and girls will swim separately and will go in groups of 25. accompanied by supervisors from the Boys' Club, Salvation Army or other social or welfare agency. The supervisors will be responsible for health conditions. A list of contributors follows: Previously reported ... . $307.00 D. C. Congress of Parents and Teachers = - 100.00 Mrs. Charles Goldsmith and friends E. H. Parkine _.__._. Clarence Phelps Dodge. Iola B. Bryan.... . William Savin ... - — Herbert, Jean and Carol Willett Elmer H. Gathman Anonymous 30.00 25.00 10.00 5.00 5.00 5.00 2.00 4.82 Total _._ TAYIRATE STUDIED - BY COMMISSON Verdict on Uniform Charge | May Be Reached by Tomorrow. Striving to arrive at a conclusion as to what shall be the uniform rates | and zones for all of Washington's taxicabs, the Public Utilities, Com- mission met again in a long session $493 82 today, but did not anticipate a final | 1flndng befere tomorrow. or possidly | later. ‘The commission planned to spend the entire afternoon going over the mass of evidence as to the present rates in seeking for the best schedule | and zone boundaries which all cab operators must follow after the order | is put into effect. The commission has before it strong | “Gen. Pershing” has walked away | arguments for continuation of cne of | two rate schedules followed by most cabs. One is the 20-30-50-70-cent | scale and the other is the 20-40-60-80. | It has been expected that the com- | mission’s rate orders would not vary greatly from one of these, but either | system wouid be affected if there is | any considerable change in the boundaries of the several zones. | The commission has set next Mon- | day as the deadline for cab operation in a joint resolution adopted by Con- Capital Is Ranked 38th in 1034 | under the 1935 fiscal year licenses. gress is to hold its first meeting in ‘Washington next Wednesday. | Mathias stated today that it is the | hope of the Frederick committee l.hlb" it can co-ordinate its efforts with those | of Bethesda, Rockville and Gaithers- | burg citizens and prepare within a| short time definite recommendations | to present to the commission. | Efforts are being made by sesidents | in the vicinity of Silver Spring to have | the proposed highway built as an ex-| tension of Sixteenth street. The route | near Silver Spring would go through | undeveloped territory in virtually a direct line to Gettysburg. MAN FIRES SHOTGUN CHARGE INTO BODY Suicide Certificate Issued for R. B. Meiklejohn, 64, Father of Five Children. A certificate of suicide has been issued in the case of R. B. Meiklejohn, 64-year-old father of five children, who fired a shotgun charge into his chest at his home, 6337 Georgia avenue, late yesterday by springing the trigger with a stick containing a nail in one end Mrs. Jennie L. Day of the same address heard the shot and called Emergency Hospital. but Meiklejohn was dead before the ambulance arrived. ‘The elderly man laid a heavy-gauge single-barrel shotgun across a wheel- barrow, sat on the ground facing it, placed the muzzle against his heart and fired the gun with a stick. Although he had been in poor health recently, Mrs. Day said Meiklejohn ap- peared in excellent spirits yesterday. He is survived by his brother, John Meiklejohn, president of a local fuel company, and the five children, William, Andrew. Virginia, Irene and Jean Meiklejohn. Meiklejohn had lived at the Georgia avenue address since the World War. Funeral Payments, Although 41st in Population. Life insurance companies paid bene- ficiaries of policy holders in the Dis- trict $13,900,000 during 1934, accord- ing to an announcement today by the National Underwriter, weekly insur- ance newspaper, which has just com- pleted a compilation of all such pay- ments by States. ‘The District ranked thirty-eighth among the States although in popula~ tion it ranked forty-first. The per capita payment in 1934 was $27.85 compared with $31.60 the year before. The largest single payment made during the year was $126.000 to the esctate of an unnamed Washington business executive. The second larg- est policy holder, also unidentified, held $71,500. There were several pay- ments above $30,000. Total payments in the United States | and Canada in 1934 were $3,101,525,~ 930. | Beginning July 1 the commission | started issuance of new licenses, giv- | ing the stipulation that the operators | would abide by the uniform zone and | rate order. More than 2,500 of the cabs have tgken out these conditional licenses, and officials say none has refused so far to accept the stipulation. Under a rider on the District appro- | commission cannot license cabs except | for operation under uniform rates and zones. This means the few cabs now using meters must turn to uni- form zone rates. Units to Go on Excursion. Three locals of the National Feder- ation of Federal Employes, Depart- mental, Standards and Treasury, to- morrow will go to Atlantic City for a week-end excursion. The District Department will hold i§s annual ex- | cursion on the Potomac the night of July 29. By Ban in By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md. July 19.—A strict ban on Sunday dancing i Prince Georges County may be ordered soon. In response to requests from road house license holders, State’s Attorney Alan Bowie has ruled that dancing on Sunday is not permitted in the county, and waroed that’ operators who keep their places open after midnight Sat- urday do so at their own risk. State Ruling Requested. Seeking confirmation of his inter- pretation of the law, however, the services will be conducted | close in the chapel of the Thomas S. Ser- geon’s undertaking establishment, 1011 Seventh street, tomorrow at 2 p.m. Interment will be in, Rock Creek . LBut the: amendment &ays - X Sunday Dancing Threatened ' Prince Georges | shall ‘be permitted until that hour “each and every day.” State’s Attor- ney Bowie holds that Sunday is not, legally. a “day.” 'Dly Specifically Designated. He points out that when the Legis- lature clarified the law regardiog sale of beer, it specifically mentioned Sun- day rather than using the words He believes this tech- | priation act for the new year, the District officials today made exten- | sive revisions in the road-improvement program planned under a Federal | grant of $949.496 and also revamped the District roads program for this | vear in order to meet the requirement | that not maore than $1,400 per man per year be spent on the Federal work-relief program involving road funds. Final adjustment of the tentative | District and Federal road programs | was made today by District officials as to principles involved, and this will be submitted to the District office of the United States Burean of Public Roads. Specific plans for each item of work to be done will be forwarded later. In order to bring the District within Federal requirements for the road program it was found necessary t draw upon a total of $142,406 of the District’s own appropriation for high- way work and to guarantee the em- plovment from the relief rolls, for in- clusion in the road program, of a number estimated at between 10¢ and 200 men Much Paving Eliminated. It could not proceed with the tenta- tive list of work planned for the program here because of per man costs limitation. The revised program therefore provides for the elimina- tion of about 40 per cent of the high-grade type of paving work and the substitution of projects of much lower cost. This means the District could not follow the regular Federa) roads set-up and had to adopt an alternate. District officials say nothing will be lost by the city by reason of using some of its own funds in connectior with the Federal program. since work of the same general type would be done out of District appropriations fo maintenance. repairs. grading anc other, miscellaneous work. In fact they say, the District is gaining, since by revision of the two programs the District is able to make use of the $949.060 grant. 40 Per Cert Direct to Labor. Under the revised program it estimated that 40 per cent of the will go directly to labor, whereas | normal road program here shows about 25 per cent going directly to labor on the job. It was figured that the District must employ 678 men for a year, or the equivalent thereof. 1If 200 of these men, drawn from the relief rolls, must be paid out of District finances, it is planned to put 100 of them into regu- lar District forces and to employ the other 100 in day-labor work when the program starts District officials also are preparing plans for use of a Federal grant of $410408 for grade-crossing elimina- tion. U. S. WORKERS’ LEAVE MEASURE SPEEDED Be Brought Before Next Week—Pas- sage Seen. Favorable action by the House on the bill restoring full annual and sick leave to Government empioves Wwas forecast today by Miss Esther Penn. national secretary of the American Federation of Government Employes. She based her prediction on the issuance of a rule yesterday by the House Rules Committee bringing the bill before the House next week. She said: “There is every reason to believe that the success of Chairman Ramspeck of the«Civil Service Com- mittee in obtaining a rule from the House Rules Committee permitting consideration of these measures next | week will insure favorable action by the House. It must be pointed out, however, that the bill must go before the Senate before final action is taken. “In view of the tremendous pressure of other -~islation, I feel that the House Civil Service Committee—and Chafrman Ramspeck in particular— deserves thanks from all Government employes for their perseverance in the face of most discouraging conditions as related to civil service legislation. 1 have every confidence in the fair- ness and integrity of Mr. Ramspeck and his colleagues and feel they will leave no stone unturned in their ef- fort to give Government employes a square deal.” Thmle— BILL ASKS U. S. DEPORT ALL CRIMINAL ALIENS Smith Offers Substitute Measure Bill Wwill House for Kerr Proposal—Claims It “Clears Issue.” By the Associated Press | Mandatory deportation of all crim- | inal aliens was proposed in the House yesterday by Representative Smith, Democrat, of Virginia. His bill was of- fered as a substitute for the Kerr measure to give an interdepartmental committee discretionary authority to handle alien deportations. Smith is a member of the House | Rules Committee. which yesterday de- ferred action on the Kerr bill, advo- cated by Daniel W. MacCormack, im- migration commissioner. Smith said he was opposed to the latter bill because it “confused the issue.” His bill provides that all aliens convicted of felonies, smuggling aliens, narcotic addictions or of carrying con- cealed weapons, whether or not sen- tenced to prisqn, should be deported. >