Evening Star Newspaper, August 22, 1935, Page 21

Wash TAXATION CHANGES IN 0. C. URGED AT BUDGET HEARING Diversion of Gasoline Levies Is Favored and Opposed Before Commissioners. PLEA MADE FOR SCHOOL AND HEALTH PROGRAMS \ $25.000 Fund for Subway Study Is Among Many Other Pro- posals Made. Revolutionary changes in the Dis- trict's tax system were espoused today by Harry N. Stull at the second and probably last session of the Commis- sioners hearings on 1937 budget pro- posals. Stull said he was in “complete sgreement” with Commissioner Allen, who has come out as an advocate of diversion of the District’s gasoline tax revenues to general expenses of the city instead of keeping them re- stricted to highway purposes. Stuid also championed a proposal to tura District water revenues into the gen- eral fund. Stull is chairman of the Schools Committee of the Federation of Cit- izens' Associations, but he explained after his appearance he was speaking on tax matters only as an individual and had no authority to speak for the federation. Tax Diversion Opposed. Opposition to diversion of gas taxes meanwhile developed from two other sources. Strong protest against the proposal reached the Commissioners today from George W. Offutt, chaii- man of the District’s unit of the Amer- ican Automobile Association. He de- clared gas taxes would be discrimina- tory unless used only for highway pur- poses. At yesterday's budget hearings A L. Carruthers, vice president of the federation and former chairman of its Committee on Fiscal Relations, voiced direct opposition to diversion of gasoline tax funds. Carruthers urged the Commissioners to continue to wage a campaign for an increase in the Federal payment toward the expenses of the National Capital. Stull today asked the Commission- ers to give favorable consideration to all budget proposals for the mainte- nance and extension of the public gchool system. In this he spoke for the Schools Committee of the federa- tion. He said he did not know yet what proposals had been”drafted by the Board of Education, but said the needs of the school system should be rather apparent. The discussion then turned to taxation. Questioned by Allen. Commisioner Allen, however, picked up his proposal for gas-tax diversion with the statement: “Mr. Stull, it is your tax philosophy | ington News Colored Man in Jail As Result of Query For ‘Invisible Friend’ s— 1 An “invisible friend” today landed Carroll Bell, colored, in jail for 10 days when he was ar- igned before Judge Isaac R. Hitt in Police Court on a charge of intoxication. Testimony was to the effect Bell approached Policeman R. N. Finch and inquired the direction to a certain address. “I want it for my friend,” he said. “Where is your friend?” the policeman asked. “Why, here he is right beside me,” answered Bell. The policeman looked There was no friend. GERMAN BOYCOT URGED BY 2000 Members of Congress Are Cheered—Utahan Visions Official Protest. Cheering enthusiastically at scath- | ing denunciations of Hitler, more than 2,000 Jews, Catholics and Protes- tants gathered at the Masonic audi- torium last night and approved reso- lutions demanding a boycott of Ger- many. A half dozen members of Con- gress addressed the meeting, pledging | | support for a crusade “to bring the | | tyrant of Germany before the bar of | American justice” by economic and | diplomatic pressure. “If the Hitler regime continues its paganistic course,” said Senator King of Utah, “the United States cannot officially remain silent. A public pro- | test will be expected Yrom the White | House and the Secretary of State, and | ‘thcre's plenty of precedent for it. | | “In dealing with Hitler soft words | | will fail,” he added, declaring himself |in favor of terminating commercial | treaties with Germany if religious | persecution there continues, | Describing Nazi activities as “bar- | barism,” Genator Tydings of Mary- | land exhorted the mass meeting to form a united front to check the spread of the Hitler influenc . | | “Unless you fight the mental dis- | ease of which Hitler is a victim,” he asserted, “you'll wake up with the| | disease in ycuar own country.” | Fenerty Recites Poem. Representative Fenerty of Pennsyl- vania was applauded after his attack | on Nazi-ism, which he concluded with | the recitation of a poem written by | | himself. A charge that Hitler agents have | | spent $50,000,000 to stir up inter- racial and inter-denominational hatred | in the United States was made by Rep- | | resentative Dickstein of New York | He exhorted his listeners to “pull to gether and put Germany in its place. Representative Celler of New York, who presided at the meeting, urged | the assemblage to avoid “pussyfooting” | programs and adopt a “good and effi- | cacious series of economic reprisals” which would culminate in a boycott. again. The Foening Har WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 1935. COLORED KNIGHTS TEMPLAR PREPARE FOR PARADE TODAY Procession Wil Move Through U Street Section This Afternoon. FIELD DAY EXERCISES T0 BE HELD AT STADIUM Women of Affiliated Organiza- tions Will Be in Line—O0f- ficers Are Elected. Undismayed by curtailment of their parade route, colored Knights Tem- plars banded today for a procession through the central northwest section scheduled to start from Eleventh and R streets at 1:30 p.m. The Knights promised a display, weather ‘permitting, which would compensate in part for the cancella- tion yesterday of the Negro Shriners’ parade. Rain forced abandonment of the Shrine’s biggest convention event. Women Will Join Parade. Arrayed in full fraternal finery— braided and epauletted blue uniforms, medal-decked and cocked-hatted— the Knights will form cear the col- ored Scottish Rite Cathedral, 1631 Eleventh street, about 1 pm. Women of affiliated organizations, garbed in white uniforms and military caps, will Jjoin the parade. Moving south on Eleventh street to the music of several bands, the Masonic marching units will turn east on Q street to Third street, north on Third street to R street, west to Seveneenth, north to U, east to Ver- mont avenue, north to V street, east to Georgia avenue and Griffith Sta- dium. Originally, the Knights were scheduled to follow the same route mapped for the disappointed Shriners and until arrangements were changed were planning to parade through much of downtown Washington, mov- ing along Constitution avenue and | circling the White House. Inspector Edward J. Kelly will direct police supervision of the parade. Re- viewing stands are at Tenth and U streets. Disbanding at Griffith Stadium, the Knights will conduct field day exercises in the ball park at 4:30 p.m Officers Elected. Prior to parade formation, the Knights Templar met at the colored Masonic Temple to elect officers for the coming year. Joseph A. Minor, grand master, has not completed his term in the organization’s highest office and will not be replaced for at least another year. A corollary elec- tion session of the International Grand Guild, Heroines cf Templar Crusaders, was held at the same place. Another affiliated woman’s order, the Interna- tional Court of Cyrene, met at 9 am. in the colored Scottish Rite Cathedral. Concluding the Knights' biennial | conclave, a testimonial banquet will oe | given at the Masonic Temple tonight to Grand Master Minor. | Religious and civic leaders praised | Conclave Concludes Tomorrow. that if there is a gas tax restricted 10 | resolutions askin i i n | g American with- highway purposes, then by the same | grawa) from the 1936 Olympic games token should not all of the revenues | jn Berlin care for Jewish refugees derived by the District from legaliza- | from Germany, avoidance of trade tion of the sale of liquor be used ex- | agreements with Germany, and termi- clusively by the Alcoholic Beverage | nation of exchanges of professors and Control Board for enforcement of the | students between American and Ger- | liquor law?” | man universities. The resolutions were Stull agreed. Further, he then ad- | vocated turning the District water | revenues into the general fund for | general District use. Col. Sultan at this point remarked that there was a difference between using gas taxes only for highway pur- poses and the proposition of using | liquor revenues only for liquor law enforcement. Stull said that from the standpoint of the taxpayer the man who pays| real estate taxes is the same who | pays the gas tax and argued that realty taxes go into the general fund. ‘The same should be true with gas taxes. | At the same time, however, he said he saw no need for any increase in| the gas tax. Answering queries by Commissioner Hazen, he said if the | social security program indicates the | need of increased revenues, he liked the idea of a District income tax, but would not make the exemption so low that such a tax would hit the man with a $1,200-a-year salary. Asks Health Program Funds. Appropriations for the benefit of children of school age were urged by Mrs. W. B. Fry, representing the Dis- trict of Columbia Congress of Parents and Teachers. She said her group was interested in funds for a more ade- quate health program, including items for immunization supplies and in- crease in the number of school medi- cal inspectors and more dental zlinics and more oral hygienists. She asked funds for better playground facililies in all sections of the city and as to education requested funds for a new Dennison Vocational School, a new crippled children’s school with mod- “ern equipment, transportation for crip- pled children and those attending sight saving classes and a new Wilson ‘Teachers’ College. Charles J. Benner, for the Congress Heights Citizens’ Association, asked funds for extension of the storm sewer system, playground equipment and roadwork for Congress Heights. Subway Study Urged. People’s Counsel William A. Rob- erts proposed appropriation of $25,- 000 for a study of a proposed subway system for mass" transportation, and Commissioners Sultan and Hazen promptly sald they favored it. A representative of the Southeast Business Men’s Association restated demands of that group for replace- ment of the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge and removal from the South- east of the garbage transfer station. YAt yesterday afternoon’s session, W. C. Magathan president of the Citizen’s Association of Takoma, D. C., urged & start of construction of the proposed Manor Park High School, declaring that by the time it -is finished there #* would be 1,000 pupils in the adjacent area. He also asked for completion of the Paul Junior High School and {repairs to the Takoma Elementary School and a number of highway :meeu. passed unanimously. | Frank Morrison, secretary of the American _Federation of Labor, de- clared thé® effectiveness of the boy- cott in combatting. the Nazi regime | already has been proved. He exhorted the crowd to use its full influence in applying economic pressure to Ger- many. Msgr. James A. Ryan of the Na- tional Catholic Welfare Conference protested not only against religious persecution in\ Germany, but also against “the gradual destruction of | civil liberties in America.” | Other speakers included Representa- | tive Citron of Connecticut, who pleaded with the Jews to “keep faith in their heritage”; Dr. Harry Spigel, president of the Washington Council of the American Jewish Congress, who reviewed the purpose of the demon- stration and described religious perse- cution in Germany, and Morris Freil- hoft, local lawyer. Rabbi J. T. Loeb of the Southeast Jewish Congregation pronounced the invocation. U. S. Organization Hit. Following the meeting, Representa- tive Dickstein said efforts are being made to deport 5,000 members of the Friends of New Germany organization who have taken the Hitler oath. The Friends of New Germany, he declared, are hand-in-glove with Nazi officials trying to promote religious antagonism and subversive propa- ganda in the United States. Ninety per cent of them are aliens, he added, and would be deported under terms of a bill recently reported by the Com- mittee on Immigration and Natural- ization. He described the organization, which came into prominence last year when it raised money for the Hauptman de- fense, as “a propaganda agency modelled after the National Socialist Party of Germany.” Dickstein is chairman of the Im- migration and Naturalization. Com- mittee and vice chairman of the Com- mittee on Un-American Activities. The latter group, he said, is making an investigation of Nazl propaganda in this country, MEMORIAL PROPOSED Senator Byrd Introduces Measure to Honor Madison. A permanent memorial to James Madison, fourth President, would be established here under a resolution introduced yesterday by Senator Byrd, Democrat, of Virginia. The resolution would establish a commission of nine members to plan for designing and constructing a per- manent memorial to the memory of the Virginian. Three members of the c on would be appointed at la] by the President, three mem- bers of the Senate by the Vice Presi- dent and three members of the House by the Speaker. ”~ Shriners’ convention activities were | subordinated today to their brother | organization's program and no formal events were scheduled. The Nobles will conclude their thirty-sixth annual con- | clave tomorrow with electich of the officers in the morning and a sight- | seeing tour in the afternoon. Yesterday | they elected John H. Murphy of Balti- more imperial potentate, but must | complete the selection of a new divan. A competitive drill among Shrine marching units was to have been held after the ill-fated parade yesterday, but was postponed until last night, when it was held preceding the con- vention ball at the Masonic Temple. Imperial Court Re-elected. At a meeting yesterday the Caugh- ters of Isis, an affiliate of the Shrin- | ers, re-elected its imperial court, com- posed of the following six officers: Sallie M. Stockton, commandress; Laura Henson, treasurer; Earlie Mus- son, recorder; Anna Hankerson, lec- turer; Irene Henry, outside spy; Mamie McCoy, chairman art-crafts. ‘The Shriners’ Grand Masters Coun- cil met last night and re-elected Fred W. Dabney, Kansas City, Mo., presi- dent. Other grand masters present in- cluded Willard W. Allen, Maryland; Leonidas Allen, Pennsylvania; Louis W. Roy, District of Columbia; J. W Dobbs, Georgia; H. Y. Harrison, New York, and John L. Hubert, Georgia. ECKMAN_RITES TO[;AY; BURIAL AT STONEHAM Widely Known Musician to Be Interred at Birthplace in Massachusetts. Funeral services for Mrs. Helen B. Eckman, prominent musician, who died Tuesday at her home, 2801 Four- teenth street, were to be held today at 4:45 p.m. at Hines’ funeral home. Burial will be at Stoneham, Mass., her birthplace. Mrs. Eckman, a residént of Wash- ington for the past 18 years, was & widow. Widely known as a harpist, she had played frequently in recitals at the Foundry Methodist Episcopal Church, and at the Esther Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. At the time of her death, she was an auditor at the Bureau of Internal Revenue, Surviving is her mother, Mrs. Harriet Burnham. e, CIVIL SERVICE TO HOLD TESTS IN THREE GROUPS The Civil Service Commission today announced a group of examinations for which applications will be Teceived at headquarters, Seventh and P streets, until September 9. They are: Sheet metal worker, departmental service, $1,680 annually. Refuse superintendent, $3,800; as- sociate refuse manager, $3,200; as- sistant refuse manager, $2,300, Bio- logical ‘Survey. Bacteriologist, $3,200 - to $4,600; cytologist, $3,200 to $4,600; epidemio- logist, $3,200 to $4,600; mycologist, $2,600 to $4,600; senior pathologist, $4,600, in Public Health Service. o / Curve and bridge make it difficult for motorists to see at this dangerous section of the Defense Highway near <« FEP o Showing how the accidents occur—a motorist trying to get baek on the concrete after slipping off to the earth shoulder. ~—Star Staff Photos. AIRPORT ACCORD EXPECTED TODAY House and Senate Con- ferees Scheduled to Take Final Action on Bill. House and Senate conferees are ex- pected to meet sometime today to reach a final agreement on the District airport bill. The House bill provided for two commissions, one to select a site and the other to proceed to ac- quire it with authority to spend $2.-| 500,000 of District funds for the pur- pose. Senate Rewrote Bill. The Senate rewrote the bill to allow the President to appoint a commission | of seven members, but without author- ity to actually acquire a site. This commission would be limited to study- ing all sites and submitting a recom- mendation to Congress for decision at the next session. It is believed the conferees will ac- cept the main feature of the Sena bill, namely of limiting the commis- sion to the making of a recommenda- tion. There will be an amendment allowing the commission to study sites outside of as well as within the Dis- trict. The conferees are still debating the question of tiie agencies from which the personnel of the commission should be chosen. Letter Put in Record. Meanwhile, Senator Gibson, Repub- lican, of Vermont, a strong advocate of Gravelly Point as the airport site, placed in the Congressional Record a letter from Frederic A. Delano, chair- man of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, restating the position of the Planning Com- mission in favor of the Gibson bill for the development of Gravelly Point. Delano told the Senator the Planning Commission at its June meeting voted unanimBusly to support the Gibson bill, believing Gravelly Point to be the logical location. Senator Gibson also placed in the Record a copy of a letter the Park and Planning Com- mission chairman wrote to a House subcommittee several months ago, set~ ting forth in detail the arguments in favor of Gravelly Point. Senator Gibson believes the Federal Government should share in the cost of developing the airport in the Na- tional Capital, and under his bill the funds to develop Gravelly Point would be advanced by the Federal Govern- ment with provision for the District to pay back half of the cost later. —_—— DUTIES ARE EXTENDED Virgin Islands Order by President to Facilitate Work. ' President Roosevelt today issued an executive order prescribing additional functions and duties of the temporary government of the Virgin Islands for the, purpose of administering relief, work relief and the advancement of useful projects for the Virgin Islands. Besides presctibing these funttions the President’s order transferred all the assets and records of the Virgin Islands'™ Subsistence Homesteads Au- thority and the Islands Resettlement Administration to the temporary gov- ernment of the Virgin Islands. MAN BURNED BY WIRE Lewis Palmer, 39, an employe of the Otis Elevator Co. was severely burned today when he accidentally gral s live wire during. electrical on work on t-e new Inter- nal Revenue Building addition at Tenth and C streets. He lives at 908 Madison street. At Emergency Hospital Palmer's condition was said to be serious. | Hindu Boy Scout Endeavors in Vain Gives Up When Sour Notes Greet Efforts to Lead Singfest. An unsuccessful Far East singfest joined in by 35 Oregon and 15 Chinese | Boy Scouts under a tent at head- | quarters of the canceled jamboree | yesterday afternoon drew the scorn of | Hindu Scout James R. Mody, who ex- claimed: “Aw, you can't sing.” Mody, a Parsee from Bombay who has traveled 10,000 miles to various | corners of the world since May, 1934, tried to lead his 50 fellow scours in | the lilting strains of an Indian sung which sounds like: “Pegee oyah baba, | “Lasidakotora, “Pegee baba, pegee baba.” Oregonians, who had just finished the and I'm Leader of the Band.” Mody repeated the words of his song several times and finally 51 voices boomed out the words. Mody | said the song meant, “Our chief has | drunk sour milk.” Walter W. Head, president of the | Boy Scouts of America, and James E. | West, chief scout executive, looked | on as the miniature jamboree pro- gressed. As well as singing, there was Benny P. L. Sung. END OF D. . RELIEF NOT YET IN SIGHT Lusk’s Demands Bring Prompt Replies That Aboli- tion Would Cause Hardships Demands by Rufus S. Lusk of the Washington Taxpayers’ Protective As- sociation for abolition of relief here by the end of June 30, next, brought prompt replies today from District officials. Commissioner Allen, administrator of relief and works, said: “I think Rufus is exactly right. Re- lief ought to be stopped. Further- more, I think this hot weather ought to be stopped, t00.” Elwood Street, director of the Board of Public Welfare, stated: “Mr. Lusk is not a whit more anx- ious to end relief than are the District officials charged with administration of the relief and work relief pro- grams. But how can we do it? “If the mew works progress plan is completely successful in bringing an end to direct relief by the Federal Government, there still will remain the community problem: of caring for the 4,500 cases of those who are in the unemployable, class. How about these unfortunates? “The plain facts today are that 17,000 families, or a total of more than 50,000 individuals, have no other support than relief operations. This is a community responsibility that must be met. Mr. Lusk says we do not need relief because conditions are improved. Unfortunately, these thou- sands on relief have not shared in returning prosperity.” Meanwhile District officials contin- ued to plan continuation of relief. The Commissioners today forwarded to Federal relief officials & request for & Federal grant of $784,000 for Sep- tember. This compares' with about . 'The ac- SEVEN AREHURT . To Teach His Song‘ | The strange words confused the | | lilting tune of “My Name is McNamara | some sword play by Chinese Scout | IN TRAFFIC CRASH Bus Strikes Two Automo. biles, Knocking One Into Street Car. Seven persons, several of them in hospitals, weve recovering today from injuries received late yesterday when a bus of the Great Eastern System ran 'into two automobiles at North Capitol street and Rhode Island ave- | nue, knocking one of them into a street car traveling along North Capi- tol street. Police made no arrests in connection with the quadruple crash. Four of the injured were in an automobile operated by Mrs. Kather- ine Rupp, 27, of Takoma Park, Md, which had stopped for a red traffic light when it was struck by the bus end knocked into the street car trav- | eling along North Capitol street. The other three injured were passengers on the bus, Four in Car Injured. The injured in the Rupp automo- bile were: Mrs. Rupp, the driver, who is under treatment at Sibley Hospital for a sprained back and possibly rib frac- tures; her sister, Miss Annabelle Cowles, 17, of Towana, Va.; Mrs. Rose Loewe, 25, northeast, and the latter's son, Albert Loewe, 7, all of whom were treated at Sibley Hospital for bruises and shock. Mrs. Loewe said today one eye of | her young son is practically closed from bruises received in the crash. ‘The others injured, all bus passen- gers, are Mrs. Julia Corbin, 59, of 1026 Fifteenth street, who is under treat- ment in Casualty Hospital for bruises and possible rib fractures; Samuel McQuaide, 22, colored, of Durham, N. C, treated at Freedmen's Hospital for shock, and Mildred Carter, 38, colored, of Philadelphia, treated at Casualty Hospital for cuts and bruises. Mrs. Corbin was returning to her home here from Baltimore at the time of the crash. Driver of Car Escapes. The Rupp automobile and the bus were traveling west on Rhode Island avenue. After striking the Rupp ma- chine the bus collided with the auto- mobile operated by Francis H. On- trich, 31, of 1349 Kenyon street, who was uninjured. The bus driver, police said. is Charles F. Nolte, 43, of 1725 L street. The street car was being operated by Motorman James S. Smith of the Eckington car barn, Facts in the case, in regular rou- tine, will be presented at the corpora- tion counsel's office, Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, acting superintendent of police in the absence from office of Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown, said today. Treated at Hospital. A T4-year-old man and’another 55 were being treated in Emergency Hos- pital today for injuries received late yesterday when struck by automobiles. George Watt, the oider, of 637 Maryland avenue southwest, suffered cuts and possibly rib fractures when hit- by an automobile near his home. ‘The machine was driven by Lawrence J. Auth, 30, of the East Clifton Ter- race Apartments, police said. The other men, Harry M. Griffin, 5301 Georgia avenue, suftered a rib fracture and cuts when hit by an autombile operated by George F. Simons, 32, of 3633 Thirty-first street northeast, while at Georgia avenue and Ingraham street. Seven Others Injured. Seven others were injured in a tota) of 25 accidents in the 24-hour period ending at 8 a.m. today. Of these, none was thought to be seriously hurt. Police arrested a total of 180 persons for traffic-law violal in the 24 hours, including 24 for , 2 for driving driving and "l for passing red lights. P of 321 Channing street | Collington. DRIVE LAUNCHED ON “DEATH' ROUTE Officials Press for Imme- diate Action to Improve Defense Highway. Terming the scene of Tuesday's | auto-bus crash, which took five lives, | a “death trap,” State and county offi- cials, spurred by public sentiment, moved today to have the Defense Highway widened at once. The worst accident on the road, so notorious for fatalities it became known as “Death Highway"” soon after it was opened. caused aroused citizens to demand it be made safer through widening. Although already widened from 15 | to 20 feet, continuance of the fatali- | ties and an ever-increasing volume of | traffic speeding around its too-short curves has convinced the State Roads | Commission it should be converted into a three-lane boulevard Will Press for Funds. ‘Tuesday's tragedy caused the com- mission to decide to press-for immedi- ate action on its application for P. W. A. funds, which will be used for the widening, Dr. H. E. Tabler, chairman, said. Jaining the chorus of those clamor- | ing for action today was the Keystone | Automobile Club which proposed a dual highway, accommodating four | lanes of traffic be built to eliminate accident hazzard. Many badly laid-out curves and earth shoulders, in addition to the in- sufficient width of the road caused the | State Planning Commision to cite the | highway as one for which widening | is imperative. | Jammed on Week End. Although able to accommodate the average week-day traffic of 3,500 cars | without crowding, the slippery surface of the road, its narrowness and bad | curves, result in as many accidents during the week as on Suncay, when its capacity of 10,000 cars is taxed to the limit and traffic is slowed to a | | snail's place, police records show. | Prince Georges County officials, in | whose territory most of the congestion occurs, today said they would renew their demands for relief through widening of the road and construction of cut-offs. Mayor Fred W. Gast of Cheverly, and W. R. Beattie, ehairman of the Bladensburg town commissioners are in the forefront of the movement for modernizing the highway. ©Of all the dangerous places on the Defense Highway, the spot where i\:esdly'l collision occurred has the | Worst “police record,” according to | Sergt. A. W. Hepburn of the Prince Georges County force. Ten Killed on Curve. Ten persons, including & Washing- ton couple whose car left a curve during a rainstorm two years ago, have been killed there, police said. A short straight-away between two curves, neither sufficiently banked and both made slippery by oil surfaces and doubly hazardous by improperly main- tained earth shoulders which drop four inches below the concrete, the spot combines all the bad features of the highway to create one of the worst “death traps” in the State. {38 COMPLETE COURSE IN PUBLIC AFFAIRS Serve Interneships With Various Divisions and Bureaus of Government. Thirty-eight young men and women have just completed “interneships” with various divisions and bureaus of the Government in the first classes offered by the National Institution of Public Affairs, which was founded here last Winter. The “internes” represented 19 States and their average age was 23 years. They came to Washington to learn first-hand about the actual operation of the Government. Their course of instruction included round-table dis- cussions with cabinet officers, ‘heads of independent agencies, chiefs of New Deal agencies and educators in the field of political science and public administra! tion. The institution is the outgrowth of a suggestion made about a year ago by Secretary of Commerce Roper, who said_civil service should have its own training school, comparable to ‘West Point and Annapolis. SCOUTS TO ARRIVE The Boy Scout detachment from the Philippines which was to have represented the islands the Scout jamboree here will arrive at the Union Station today at 4 p.m. to visit Wash- ington. Commissioner F. A. Delgado will welcome the Scouts on arrival. The local chapter of the Esperanto Asso- ciation of North America is planning while dyunk, $ for reckless|s concert at Central High School Au- [ feet and gust 27 for the youths. PAGE B—1 POLICE AND FIRE PROMOTION TEST CHANGE APPROVED Civil Service Commission and District Heads Accept Plan. PRACTICAL EFFICIENCY OPPORTUNITY GREATER Technical Proposal of Commis- sioners Not Adopted, but Re- sults Would Be Same. Revision of the type of examina- tions given for promotions in the Pc- lice and Fire Departments, designed to give greater opportunity to the man with practical efficiency as op- posed to those capable merely of an- swering intelligence tests, has been approved by the Civil Service Com- mission and the Commissioners, it was announced today. The development is a result of pro- tests by the House Crime Committee against the type of examinations given in the past and the action of the Commissioners in proposing changes in the examination system. Result Is Expected. The eommission did not adopt the technical plan offered by the Com- missioners, but it is said the desired result will be accomplished by revision agreed to by the civil service agency. Under the new set-up physical ex- aminations will be deferred until the applicant has been certified by the Civil Service Commission and is ac- tually under consideration for pro- motion. Form B type of examination, used in the past, will be dropped There will be substituted the type of test which the commission’s research division prepared for police entrance, which has been used by police chiefs throughout the country in co-opera- tion with the International Police Chiefs’ Association. Other Methods Remain. ‘The weights and other methods of arriving at the final score will re- main as at present. The agreement , however, that in the future the entrace examinktion requirements will be high enough, so far as genera adaptability is concerned, to insure that all men appointed have the necessary adaptability for promotion, the commission said. Officials explained the general ef- fect would be use of a generalized examination rather than to have toc much emphasis on specific questions of knowledge. The Civil Service Commission will take no responsibility for the rating on “experience and fitness” which will be left in the hands of the Po- lice and Fire Departments. This will constitute 50 per cent of the weight of examinatiens. TREASURY AGENTS FACING CHARGES Two Accused of Failure to Re- port Customs Broker Who Diverted U. S. Funds. | By the Associated Press. Secretary Morgenthau announced today that charges had been filed | against two Treasury agents in Cleve- land for failure to report a customs | broker there who had diverted Gov- | ernment funds to his own use. Clifford W. Pollock, deputy collector of internal revenue at Cleveland, and | Edward W. Barbour, a customs agent | there, were the officers against whom | the charges were filed. The men have not been suspended and have been given until September 1 to answer the charges, Morgenthau said. The Secretary said the customs broker failed to make proper return to the Government of certain “draw- back” funds, and that Pollock and Barbour knew of this fact. Scout Executive to Speak. Linn C. Drake, Boy Scout executive, will address a round table meeting at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow, at the University Club, on “Interesting Sidelights on the Cancellation of the Boy Scout Jar:- boree. Horse Is Rescued From Rail Trestle W hile Trains W ait Rockville Firemen Save Animal After Legs Are Caught in Ties. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., August 22.—TWo Baltimore & Ohio passenger trains— an eastbound express and a west- bound local—marked time for more than 20 minutes just before dark here last night while members of the local Volunteer Fire Department removed a horse from a trestle. ‘The chestnut mount, property ‘of a colored man who lives a short distance east of the Rockville station, wandered from his pasture onto the nearby trestle and found tie-walking too complicated for four legs. One leg slipped through an opening and then another. The engineer of the local saw the animal and stopped his train before reaching the trestle. Spectators and members of the train érew ran up the track and flagged the speeding express. Others phoned the Fire De- partment. Under the direction of Clarence E. Anders, chief engineer of the depart- ment, the horse was roped, fore and aft, lifted and laid on' his side. His legs were then hobbled and by means of sliding planks he was hauled across the ties. Unbound, the horse struggled to his walked away with no more linfp. than a slight