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Wash A.A. A PATRONAGE PROVISO ASSAILED BY CIVIL SERVICE Commission Sees Blow to .Merit System in Gore Amendment. PROTEST IS SECOND AGAINST MEASURES Need of Senate Confirmation in Higher-Salaried Posts Hit as Destructive. BY J. A. FOX. ‘The Civil Service Commission today hit out at an amendment to the new Agricultural Adjustment Administra- tion legislation which would take thousands of higher grade positions © all through the Government out of civil service and put them on a patronage basis. ‘The bill is to go to conference Mon- day and a letter was addressed to members of the Senate and House Agriculture Committees, to whom the commission said that it cannot “urge too strongly that this provision be eliminated as wholly contrary to good business administration.” The amendment purports to be ap- plicable only to certain classes of non- civil service personnel: All employes, except attorneys, whose salary is $7,500 or more annually; those in Washington who receive $6,000 or more, and those in the field who have administrative powers and get $3,600 or more. As a matter of fact, however, the commission points out, civil service employes in the last two groups also would be affected, so broad is the amendment drawn. “Perils Merit System.” So far as concerns now appointive ington News Safe in France E. GRIFFITH DODSON, JR. VIRGINIA STUDENT 15 SHFEINFRANCE |E. Griffith Dodson, Travel- ling With Washington Youth, | | | | Was Believed Lost. A young University of Virginia stu- ;dent who disappeared Monday under@ what appeared to be mysterious cir- | cumstances while touring France on a | bicycle with the son of a Washington | business man, has been reported safe. | The youth who had been believed | lost in the Loire “Death Valley” is E. Griffith Dodson, jr., 23, son of the clerk of the Virginia House of Repre- | | sentatives, and his companion and | | classmate is Robert L. St. John, 22, a former Central High School athlete. | Two Are Separated. | An Associated Press dispatch from | they would carry banners “saying|in a telephone conversation with he Zpening Shar WASHINGTON, D. C., ., POLCE WA FOR PICKETERS OF UNON TAXS Hohensee Promises Squad Will Patrol District Building Today. UNIFORM ZONES ORDER TO BE FOUGHT IN COURT Official Twits Utilities Body for | Alleged Failure to His Drivers. Arrest Union taxicab drivers played hide-and-seek before the Dis- trict Building this morning, but there was more seeking than hiding. Adolphe Hohensee, business agent of the Taxicab Drivers’ Union, had announced late yesterday he would have the building picketed today in protest against the uniform zone rate order of the Public Utilities Commis- sion. At 9 am, a squad of headquarters detectives under direction of the Crime Prevention Bureau arrived at| the District Building to find it bare of picketers. At his Massachusetts ave- nue garage, Hohensee announced: “Let the police wait around awhile. We'll send the pickets when we get around to it.” To Seek Restraining Order. Meanwhile, the union officer said he | would file in District Supreme Court a petition for an order restraining en- forcement of the commission’s order setting a 20-30-50-70-cent schedule for tax charges. Later the union official arrived at the north front of the District Build- ing to promise a cordon of pickets would be thrown about the edifice “some time during the day” and that positions, it emphasizes that such as | Paris today said Dodson had tele- | plenty.” the secretarial force of the President graphed he was in Bourges after he and police | MAY BE INVOKED ' FOR ALEXANDRIA Mayor: Announces Plan if Shirt Plant Conference Fails. THREATENS TO CALL A PUBLIC INQUIRY Heads of Company and 100 Girls on Strike Would Be Asked to Explain Conditions. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 26.—Em- ployment of the new Wagner law to force officials of the Century Manu- facturing Co. to meet with a com- mittee of its striking employes will be resorted to if a proposed conference with Sidney Weinman, young oper- ator of the company’s plant here, does not materialize on Monday, Mayor E. C. Davidson said today after conter- ring with Labor Department officials. ‘The Wagner law, which went into effect July 5, guarantees employes the right of collective bargaining. Inquiry Threatened. Mayor Davison at the same time | today threatened to call a public in- vestigation of the plant unless some egreement is reached between the employes and their employer in a few days. The heads of the company and the | approximately 100 girls on strike over a 10 per cent wage cut would be called to explain conditions at the plant to | Alexandria citizens at the public in- | vestigation, the city head stated. Protection Demand. Morris Weinman, president of the | company, reiterated his threat to ap- ' peal to Gov. Peery of Virginia for pro- | tection to move goods from the plant | Davison last night, the mayor said. Several transfer trucks sent here FRIDAY, JULY NEWWAGNERLAW || Tree Surgeons 26, 1935. * ‘Tree surgeons are now at work of the National Capital Parks, giving attention to the trees near the picnic areas where the ground has been tramped hard. being resorted to and diseased parts dead limbs removed. The photos show (left) W. H. (right) trimming one of the trees. Inaugurate $1, Society and General PAGE B—1 POLCE ORDERED TOCRB SPEEDN INOUTLYING AR Brown Turns Campaign to Boulevards After Receiv- ing Complaints. 000,000 Plan ACCIDENTS SHOW GAIN AS ARRESTS DECREASE Eleven Injured, Four of Them Children, in Last 24 Hours. 27 Mishaps Occur. Police were ordered today by Supt. Ernest W. Brown to concentrate on arresting speeding motorists in out- lying sections in their campaign to reduce the number of traffic accidents. In an order to commanding offi- cers, Maj. Brown said he had received many complaints of driving at ex- cessive speed in the outlying districts. He expressed satisfaction at results of his daily special orders since the campaign got under way Saturday. ‘The order read: “From reports, personal observa- tion and communications from citi- zens, as well as from telephone calls, there is a decided improvement in our traffic conditions as a result of a strict enforcement and better ob- servances of our traffic regulations. Arrests Slump, Accidents Gain. “However, headquarters is in receipt | of complaints of excessive speeding on the part of some motorists, especially in the outlying sections, and you will instruct the members of your com- mand to give special attention to main thoroughfares, especially in the outly- | ing sections, for the purpose of a strict enforcement of the trafic laws and regulations, with special attention to excessive speed and the reckless opera- tion of motor vehicles.” Meanwhile, the number of arrests fell off for the 24 hours ending at 8 am. today and a slight increase in in Rock Creek Park under direction Artificial feeding is of the trees are being treated and Liming hoisting himself aloft and He twitted the commission over po- There are now some 30 tree surgeons at work in the park system. Secretary Ickes recently allocated $1,000,000 from the old P. W. A. fund for the betterment of Washington's parks. —Star Staff Photos. would be caught. The commission said: “The provision is dangerous to the accidents was shown. There was a total of 27 accidents, 8 more than on the previous day and the highest | had become separated from St. JohD. | yce refusa) to arrest his drivers charg- | from Baltimore to' move ‘merchandise | | The latter became alarmed when his | o o 5 90.40-60-80-cent basis, a |from the factory during the last two | friend did not return to the hotel at| giear viglation of the order, which set | days returned empty because the | | whole merit system. Basically, the Civil Service law rests on the proposi- tion that competition sifts out the best; that experience makes for pro- ficiency and that good service is en- couraged through hope of advance- ment. The proposal, if made effective, would, for example, require the con- | firmation by the Senate of the 13 district managers of the Civil Service Commission, each one of whom is a service employe promoted to his pres- ent position after years of employ- ment in the work of the commission. | ‘There are many other Stateorregional | administrators who also have given years to the Government and risen | by merit in the service who would be similarly affected.” “With such a provision in the law,” the commission continued, "prevent-‘ ing the possibility of careers in the | public service the benefit in the com- mission’s competitions would be lost because of the fact that the most able and best equipped would not com- pete if they knew in advance t.hat' they could never hope to reach super- | visory positions, paying a reasonably adequate salary.” Is Second Protest. ‘The commission’s protest in this instance is the second that it has made recently against legislnuon“ which would make higher grade posi- | tions subject to Senate confirmation. | In the Farmers’ Home Corp. bill, a | Senate Agriculture Committee amend- ment would make all positions paying | more than $4,000 subject to Senate | approval. The commission recommended to the House Agriculture Cor..nittee, where this legislation now is, that the proviso be stricken out. In the farm- ers’ home bill, however, the ar,lica- tion was confined to that agency it- self, while the A. A. A. amendment | applies to all governmental operations. The A. A. A. amendment was spon- sored by Senator Gore, Demo~rat, of Oklahoma, who was defeated in a pre- vious effort to get through an omnibus | < amendment of this kind. When the new national recovery law was before the Senate, the Gore amendment, | which would have made all salaries of $4,000 or more subject to Senate confirmation, was adopted, but later was reconsidered and defeated. . Among the principal field agencies which would be affected by the $3,600 " provision would be Internal Revenue, | Department of Commerce and Vet-| erans’ Administration. ‘ Fan Dancer Center - Of Cotton Club | Liquor Hearing, Charges of Disorder Made in Move to Revoke License. A deseription of a fan dance, per- formed at the place by one “Sepia ' Sally,” was the high light of a hearing today before the Alcoholic Beverage * Control Board on revocation of the liquor license held by the Cotton Club, near Tenth and U streets, on charges that disorder had been per- mitted there. * Testimony about the dance came . from Beatrice Ball, a member of the . Woman’s Bureau, who said the girl . dancer wore clothing measuring not - more than 4 inches square and ;, carried two fans which didn't conceal much. The board was told the - dancer was arrested and fined $25 for * indecent exposure. 3 . Counsel for L. Hurwitz, manager, . asked the policewoman if she had ~ ever seen a dance performed by Sally Rand. The officer said she had not. . Lieut.C. J. P. Weber, second precinct, was asked if he believed sale of drink at the club had been followed by any increase in disorder in the neighbor- hood. The officer replied he was sure the club did not make sales after % hours, but the difficulty was that drinking continued. He blamed this . on orders placed before closing time | which they were stopping in Blere and notified the American consulate and French authorities. Charles H. St. John, vice president lives at Fort Richardson, Va., had gone to the State Department and the French Embassy this morning to ask for help in locating Dodson. He said Dodson’s father had recently wired of bandits. Well-Known Athletes. Both Dodson and St. John are well known here as athletes, having com- peted in foot ball games and track meets in the Capital while at high school and college. Dodson attended Episcopal High School in Alexandria prior to entering the University of Vir- ginia three years ago. The youths left Norfolk June 7 and sailed for England. After spending some time in the British Isles they crossed over to France July 10 with | the intention of making an extensive | bicycle tour of Europe and returning to the United States early in Sep- tember. Lt L R, LOWERTEMPERATURE ! FORECAST TONIGHT Duration of Relief Remains Un- certain as Tropical Air Clings Over U. §. Although Washington weather is expected to be slightly cooler tonight, the temperature falling pretty close to normal, there is no indication of any movement of the great mass of trop- ical air which still continues to blan- ket the United States and now is ex- tending far into the polar regions, the Weather Bureau reported today. Until there is a change in the whole weather line-up over the Western Hemisphere, there is little hope for any real relief. There was a probability of more showers here today, with a maximum temperature of 85 or 86 degrees. The minimum temperature tonight is expected to be about 70 degrees. The temperature here has not fallen below the 70-degree mark, day or night, for many days, although the normal minimum for this time of year is well below the 70 mark. MAN FIGHTS BURGLARS AND RETAINS WALLET Finds Pair in Room, but Forces Them to Flee Without Money. To retain possesison of his wallet containing $60, Elwood Roberts, 63, a contractor of 937 K street, successfully fought off two would-be burglars who attacked him i his home last night when he returned from buying a paper at a corner newsstand. Roberts suffered severe scalp wounds in the scuffie and was treated at Emer- gency Hospital. His assailants escaped —without the money. Roberts said the two men were sit- ting in the room waiting when he switched on the light. In the ensuing fight, Roberts said he succeeding in injuring one of the men, after which they both fled. SCOUTS LOOK TO CAMP Courses in Water Arts Will Be Taught D. C. Youths. Boating, canoeing, sailing seaman- ship, life saving, swimming, diving and rescue methods will be among the subjects to be taught Boy Scouts at the Roosevelt Camp beginning Monday and lasting through August 3. A special feature will be an ex- hibition to be staged by the Coast Guard cutter Apache. The will begin each day at 9 am. and end at 5 pm. Two divers from the navy yard will stage £ and on persons who brought their own #supplies. [ ] s demonstration with shallow-water diving equipment. | & 20-30-50-70 uniform schedule. Chairman Riley E. Elgen of the commission said he and other mem- | of the Griffith-Consumers Co., who | Ders of the body were going under the assumption that all cab drivers were following the uniform order. | “I have no evidence all drivers are | not following the regulation,” Elgen | declared. “We will take no action | him some money and for a time it was | Until complaint is filed with the com- | feared he may have been the victim | Mission concerning violation of the order. If we receive such & complaint, the proper enforcement authorities will be notified and then future action will be up to them.” Scratch Off Rate Chart. A few union cabs drove up to the District Building this morning and pasted new 20-30-50-70 signs on their windows after scratching off an- nouncements of the high rates. “They're just doing that so they can | get new fiscal year licenses,” explained Hohensee. “While those licenses carry the stipulation the drivers will accept the commission’s order, they really don't | mean a thing, because the drivers idldn't sign an agreement and so they can't be bound by the order.” Hohensee wrote the commission a letter stating his brother Benjamin had left the ranks of the Union Taxi- | cab Association to start a cab associa- tion of his own. Adolphe insisted there was no breach in the ranks of the union dsivers. NORTHEAST BOYS’ CLUB GIFTS ARE ANNOUNCED Rotary Club Gives $230 and Op- timist Club $100 to Support Youths in Camp. Gifts of $230 from the Rotary Club and $100 from the Optimist Club to | worthy youngsters to Camp Reeder for two weeks each were announced today by Charles M. Fyfe, director of the boys' club and also director of the camp. Fyfe pointed out that these two gifts, with others in prospect, would enable the clubs to operate Camp Reeder for an extra two-week period, giving an eight-week session instead of the six originally contemplated. The final two-week session, he said, will start August 12 and this will enable a number of boys who have been at- tending Summer school to go to camp for the final two weeks before school. Fyfe also announced the Optimist Club has appropriated $400 for the Williams Memorial Library for the club house at the Boys’ Club of Wash- |ington. This money will be used to tional books for the library, which is a memorial to the late “Pop” Wil- liams, for many years secretary of the Optimist Club. e North Carolina Artist Dead. TRYON, N. C., July 26 (#).—Homer Ellison, 42, artist, died at his home here yesterday after a heart attack. Ellison was a native of River Falls, Wis., but had lived here for 16 years. the Northeast Boys' Club to send | pay & librarian and to purchase addi- | | drivers, all union operators, refused to | | handle the goods when told by girls on picket duty that a strike was in | progress. | | Working in shifts, the girl employes | today started on their eighth day of | picket duty. Guards have been main- | tained at the plant both day and night. S DISTRICT DIVORCE BILL MAY AVOID CONFERENCE Senate Committee May Accept House Changes—Copeland and King Study Question. Members of the Senate District Committee have not definitely de- cided to send the divorce bill to con- | ference, and may conclude to have the Senate agree to the House amend-| ment, which would complete congres- sional action. Chairman King of the Senate Com- | mittee and Senator Copeland are con- | sidering the question and will make | their decision Monday. | The principal changes made by the | House were the elimination of habit- ual drunkenness and insanity for a five-year period as grounds for divorce. VBOYS’ CLUB PENNIES SWELL SWIM FUND Mrs. Randall's Check for $85 Also Received as Total Reaches $932. A collection of pennies, nickels and dimes totaling $4.16 from the young | members of the Boys' Club, 230 C | street, and a check for $85 from Mrs. Charlotte Randall, 3707 Ingomar street, today boosted to $932.48 The Star’s fund for neighborhood swim- ming facilities for Central Washing- ton children. The fund now is $182.48 above its original goal and additional contributions were promised. ‘The Y. W. C. A. pool at 614 E street, which was reopened yesterday as the result of The Star's fund, was visited today by a group, of about 20 girls who enjoyed a long-awaited splash. Other groups of girls will swim this afternoon and tonight. Boys get an- other chance at the tank tomorrow. Physical examinations of prospective { pool users were continued this morn- | ing at the Children’s Clinic, 304 In- | diana avenue. —— PAY VOTED CHARWOMEN The House decided yesterday that the charwomen who clean up the huge Government office buildings ought to be paid for official ‘holidays just as other Government employes. So it passed and sent to the Sen- ate a bill by Representative McCor- mack, Democrat, of Massachusetts, that would give them pay for holi- days equivalent to that for ordinary | | Gang Flag and Pive Washington youths were under arrest here today as burglar suspects after they invited police suspicion by raising & gang flag and throwing up- roarious parties at “Lovers’ Retreat,” a cottage which they occupied at Herald Harbor, Md. Capt. Joseph Morgan, fifth precinct, who has a cottage at the beach resort, investigated when he heard of the noisy parties and noticed a flag bear- ing the numeral “13” flying before the cottage. A well known gang in the Southeast section called “No. 13.” He founl an empty whisky bottle bearing the serial number of a dealer whose store at Eleventh and Penn- sylvania avenue southeast was robbed recently. Pingerprints on the bottle proved a further clue. The youths arrested gave thelr names as Richard Sudduth, 23, of the Police to Haven of Five Y ouths working days. Lead Revelry 100 block of Pennsylvania avenue southeast; Edward Long, 18, of the 300 block of Tenth street southeast; Joseph Rodgers, 22, of the 600 block of Massachusetts avenue northeast; William Holtzman, 18, of the 1400 block of Chapin street, and Patrick Libby, 19, of the 200 block of Elev- enth street southeast. ‘The first four are held for investiga- tion in the liquor store robbery and Libby in connection with thefts at the Maryland resort. Capt. Morgan, who was assisted in his investigation by Detectives Watson Salkeld and F. L. Arrington, sald the cottage was elaborately furnished with articles stolen from half a er cottages burglarized the absence of the owners. three of the boys confe quor store robbery, R RN MALS EPLOYE INDICTED BY JURY Marvin H. Cave Is Charged With Detaining Letter Containing Money. Charged with detaining a letter from the mails, Marvin H. Cave, for- mer secretary to George H. Tait, sup- erintendent of Benjamin Franklin Post Office Station, was indicted today by the District grand jury. Cave was arrested by postal in- spectors June 28. They allegedly saw him remove a test lette? containing five one dollar bills from the mails and take it to a lavatory. Cave, it was said, was not required to assist in distributing mail, but did so of his own accord at times. Charles B. Ward was charged with stealing a neighbor's dog. The in- dictment, which accused him of grand larceny, said the dog belonged to Rhua J. Rose, 216 Twelfth place northeast, and was valued at $100. Neighbors, according to Mrs. Rose, said they saw the dog in Ward's car. He denied taking the animal, which has not been found. Robbery Is Charged. Arthur J. Council, jr, a taxicab driver, was indicted on a robbery charge after he allegedly jumped from his cab and snatched a pocketbook from a woman walking along the street. The complaint was fled by Margaret Brown, who said he snatch- ed her purse at Sixteenth and O streets, July 13. The pocketbook con- tained $2.50. Barkley C. Pinkind, alleged to have held up a motorist with a toy pistol, was charged with assault with intent to commit robbery. The motorist, Charles S. Tappy, said he had stopped for a red light at Seventh and E streets, when Pinkind got in his car and threatened him with the toy weapon. The defendant was cap- tured by Sergt. J. D. Harrington of the Traffic Bureau. The grand jury reported a total of 66 indictments and ignored charges in 20 cases. Those Indicted. ‘The following were indicted on the charges indicated: Albert Roberts, grand larceny: John T. Landon and John H. Strickland, joy riding and grand larceny; Melvin 8. Quigley, Charles M. Coates, Archie Nash, Leonard E. Hall, Perry O. Minor and Robert Lee Burton, joy riding; Robert Lee Burton, James Clark, Sam- uel L. Edwards, George G. Lee, Arthur ‘Washington, Jackson and Robert Lee Morris, as- sault with a dangerous Wweapon; Myrtelo Bell, Marshall V. Huddlestun and Howard Allman, assault with a dangerous weapon; -Arthur J. Huff- man, James H. Ford, Percy Brown, Alphonse Monroe, Wayman E. Con- ner, Samuel H. Hunter, Talbert Lee McCarthy, Robert Fuller, Horace W. Bennett, Nina L. Bond, Larry Mec- Clain, Oliver Hensen, Joseph Jackson, Frank White, Tennessee Burch, Al- bert Thomas, “William P. Burton, Horace G. Willlams, Charlie Williams and James Dudley, housebreaking and larceny; Joseph J. Lydon and William Henry Brown, housebreaking; George Brown, Floyd W. La More, Lawrence Stevens, Clyde Ellis, Robert Matthews, Marjorle Briges, Robert Hinton, =Ramey ' Fergusion, Irving Chapman, George Jones, Wal- ter Massey, James E. Austin, Ernest Duncan, James F. Cole, jr.; John B. P Gilbért Payne, Henry|the | Coleman, Charles Burke, Walter Lee, Robert A. Cook and James Smith, rob- bery. James Bruce, carnal knowledge; John Jones and Homer Cunningham, | assault with intent to commit carnal | knowledge; Prank B. McCrobie, forg- ery and uttering; Bertrand M. Turner | and Mansfield Roberts, tion of | national meotor vehicle theft act; Chester Simms, violating liquor tax- | ing act, and Ruth Brown,- William Waldon and Harold W. Moore, violat- ing Section 73, Title 18, United States Code. Many Cleared by Jury. ‘The grand jury cleared the follow- ing of the charges indicated: James Willis and Samuel Green, assault with a dangerous weapon; Sam C. Hicks, false pretenses; George | Hall, receiving stolen property; Clar- | ence B. Dandridge, Frank Lipscomb, | Percy Butler, Richard Turner, Eugene | J. Lewis and Dale Richards, house- | breaking and larceny; John R. Dum- | ford, Thomas Winston, James Nash | and Elmer Barr, joyriding: John For- | tune, joyriding and grand larceny; Louise Gadsden and Ernest McClain, | grand larceny; Samuel Dixon and | Daniel Bowen, violating Section 851-b, | District of Columbia Code; Eugenia | G. Black, forgery; Albert Smith and Emmett L. Dodson, robbery; Luther Simms, violating liguor taxing act: William Saviour and Frank Kelley, carnal knowledge. — LEGION GIVES 300 FOR HEALTH AID Donation Turned Over to| Help Diphtheria Fight in D. C. ‘The District Health Office has re- celved a donation of $300 from the District Department of the American Legion for use in a more adequate anti-diphtheria campaign. The fund was needed to fill out available District appropriations for department efforts against preventable diseases. The money will be spent in buying materials for giving medical tests to children in cases where their | parents are unable to have the exami- | nations made by private physicians. Legion officials are continuing to raise funds from Legion posts in the District with a view to donating an additional $300. Announcement of the gift was made today by Department Comdr. James O’Connor Roberts, who said the action on the part of the Legion “is in keep- ing with the policy of the Legion to assist in child welfare work whenever possible.” The Commissioners have granted Health Officer George C. Ruhland au- thority to accept the donations. A similar donation of $300 was given anonymously several months ago, when the District fund for purchase of anti-diphtheria materials was ex- hausted. That gift avoided a halt in program. Dr. Ruhland today voiced appre- ciation for the donation by the Legion and praised its willingness to come to the aid of the health office. WHISKY IS SEIZED 114 Gallons Taken From House in Southeast. Shortly after its delivery for alleged bootleg trade, police early today seized 114 gallons of corn whisky from a house in Navy place southeast. Seeing a number of packages in the front room when they stopped to make an inquiry, Sergt. G. R. Wallrodt and Pyts. H. L. Pearson and C. R. Burr, Fifth Precinct, became suspicious. Opening one of the packages, they dis- covered the liquor, 19 cases, and had it removed to the precinct. | District. RELIEF PROIECTS | MAY USE D . FUND Ruling by McCarl Will Re- sult in Better Quality of Work. ‘Work-relief projects of more worth- while character have been made pos- sible by a ruling of Controller Gen- eral McCarl that the District may use some of itssown money for buying| materials for the Federal works pro- gram here, Commissioner George E. Allen said today. The controller general, replying to & question propounded by Auditor Daniel J. Donovan, told the Com- missioners there was no legal objection to such a use of District appropria- tions so long as the District complied with the basic District law of 1878 requiring competitive bidding for con- tracts for supplying materials to the Donovan said the ruling did not mean the works program itself must be let out under contract after com- petitive bidding. Persons now on the relief list are to be employed in the program. Amount Not Determined. District officials said they did not yet know how much of the District's own money would be used in connec- tion with the Federal work plan. The question was put up to McCarl when Federal rules for the new works program set $900 as the limit which could be spent per man per year in| the conduct of the program. It was figured this would mean that but little of the Federal money would be available for material purchase. Since the District has some funds appropriated for similar pur- | pose, it was decided to seek author- ity to use these in connection with the Federal program, in a move to get a better quality of projects which would have a more permanent value. Benefit to District. Maj. Donovan said the McCarl ruling makes this possible and that the result will be a benefit to the District. There was some confusion yester- day as to whether the McCarl ruling meant the work projects themselves all must be subject to competitive bidding and formal award of con- tract, but Maj. was not the case. He quoted from | McCarl’s ruling the satement, “there | would appear to be no legal objec- tion to the adoption of a procedure whereby the materials, supplies and equipment may be charged to ap- plicable appropriations of the Dis- trict of Columbia and labor to the allotted funds.” NOLAN FACES CONTEMPT CHARGE OVER ALIMONY Automobile Dealer Haled Into Court Over Failure to Pay $450 Installment. William J. Nolan, local automobile dealer, today was ordered to show cause why he should not be adjudged in contempt of the District Supreme Court for failing to pay alimony to his divorced wife, Mrs. Alice M. Nolan. The order, signed by Justice Oscar R. Luhring, said Nolan had failed to pay a $450 alimony installment due July 15. Hearing on the contempt citation has been set for August 5. Mrs. Nolan was awarded a limited divorce last month and given custody of their two children. The husband was required to pay $4,000 to her at- torneys in addition to the $450 a month for the support of Mrs. Nolan and the children. Justice Joseph W. Cox, who heard { | Donovan said this | number since last Saturday, when there were 28. The arrests totaled 300 for the 24- hour period, 43 less than the day be- fore. Of these, 67 were for speeding, 12 for passing red lights and 1 for reckless driving. Eleven persons, four of them chil- dren, have been injured since yester- day morning, but only one of these was admitted to a hospital. Maj. Dairymple Injured. Maj. Alfred V. Dalrymple, 52, of 3726 Connecticut avenue, was in Emergency Hospital for examination to determine whether he has a frac- tured knee cap. The injury was re- ceived earlf tocay when an automobile in which he was riding ran into a retaining wali at Thirty-sixth and Yuma streets. A total of 102 traffic offenders—who had put up collateral—were to face Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Traffic Court | today. An additional 176 elected to forfeit collateral at the time of their | arrests and 23 others, who were not required to put up collateral, went into court and paid fines. There were | four second-offense speeders to be ar- raignea. Policeman Jchn O. Hite of the Traf- fic Bureau established something of a record when 37 speeders he had ar- rested all entered pleas of guilty and paid fines. A recapitulation of statistics since the traffic campaign got under way Saturday shcwed a grand total of 1,908 arrests up to 8 am. today; & total of 147 accidents and 51 persons injured during the six days. /INSPECTION CASE CHARGES DRAFTED Allen Maps Plans for Public Hearings After “Loan” Complaint. Commissioner George E. Allen to- day mapped plans for his investiga- tion of charges preferred against un- named employes of the District Build- ing inspector’s office by officers of the local 102, International Union of Operating Engineers. He directed Elwood Seal and Ches- ter H. Gray of the corporation coun- sel's office to draft the charges and a statement of evidence. This is to | be submitted to Col. John W. Oeh- mann, building inspector, and mem- bers of his staff for their advice. Previously Col. Ochmann had made the point he had not been confronted with any charges of wrong doing by any member of his staff. The charges allege a variety of violations of the building and zoning regulations and the claim that one inspector accept- ed a “loan” of $50 from a builder while his application for a permit was up for consideration. Allen plans to hold public hearings on the charges after the building in- spector’s office has had time to study the complaints. Killed by Grindstone. SCHENECTADY, N. Y, July 26 (#).—Charles E. Goldman, 33, was killed yesterday when a grindstone broke. Flying pieces fractured his neck. He was working on a school reconditioning project. Motorist Fined $5 For Failing to Wear Glasses in Driving Failure to wear his glasses while driving cost George L. Davis $5 when arraigned before Judge Gus A. Schuldt in Traffic Court today. He also paid a fine of $10 for speeding. ‘The conviction on a charge of operating without his glasses was the first of its kind in the Dis- trict, Judge Schuldt said. It fol- lowed the notation on his permit that his vision was such as to re- quire the use of glasses while operating his automobile.