Evening Star Newspaper, September 6, 1935, Page 21

Washington Newé EAPLOYES SND PESIENT PLEA FIRGVILSERVE System Being Undermined by Personnel Policy, Says Letter. SPOILSMEN’S SWAY HELD UNPARALLELED Closing Session at Yellowstone Park Re-elects Steward Presi- dent of Federation. BY J. A. FOX, Staff Correspondent of The Star. YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK, Wyo.. September 6.—In a blunt letter the National Federation of Federal Employes today called upon President Roosevelt to work a change in the Federal personnel policy “under which, during the past three years, the civil service system has been undermined and spoilsmen have attained a sway without parallel in modern times.” ‘The message went forward, over the signatures of the executive council, as the last act of the thirteenth con- vention, which ended late yesterday in ©Old Faithful Inn. It was the climax to a four-day ses- sion which saw attention centered on abuses of the merit system which have crept in during the tenure of the Democratic administration and whisth led the federation to vote to raise $100,000 for publicity and education to check this trend. Issue Held Important. ‘The text of the letter follows: “The Executive Council of the Na- tional Federation of Federal Employes respectfully directs your attention to the action taken by the thirteenth convention of our organization, held at Yellowstone National Park, Wyo- | ming, September 2 to 5, in adopting ! resolutions urging strongly the! strengthening and extension of the Federal civil service system. | ] The Foening Star Woman on Blind Flight Wins Battlein Fog Over Alleghenies Peril of Mrs. Savage Like That Costing Many Lives, Tonds Safely at College Park After Trip From Cleveland. Trapped in heavy fog over the Alle- gheny Mountains in her open-cockpit airplane, without radio or blind flying instruments, Mrs. Genevieve Moore Savage, wife of Capt. Charles M. Sav- age, adjutant at Bolling Field, fought a winning fight yesterday against odds which have spelled death for many pilots. For many miles Mrs. Savage flew completely blind through fog which cut off all sight of the ground, relying only on a magnetic compass, air speed indicator and bank and turn indicator to get through. The annals of avia- tion are full of stories of pilots who have lost control under similar cir- cumstances and have crashed to their deaths. Mrs. Savage, who was designated outstanding local aviation leader in 1934, winning the annual trophy of the Washington Air Derby Associa- tion, was on her way back to Wash- irgton from the national air races in Cleveland when she ran into bad weather. For three days she remained on the ground in Pittsburgh. Forced to Continue. Yesterday morning, when the weather at Pittsburgh began to lift a little, she took off, although weather reports showed dangerous weather over the mountains. Only 20 miles out of Pittsburgh she stuck the nose of her little plane into solid fog but continued, thinking is was only a| short fog bank and would soon break. | It continued unbroken, however, and she soon realized she was in so deeply she couldn’t get out. With her eyes glued on the mag- netic compass, air speed indicator and turn and bank indicator she fought against a stall or spin which | probably would have resulted in a | fatal crash. Only a few years ago, it | was generally conceded, that such | “It is our bellef that this issue is| g | flying was a virtual impossibility and ::xned’gh‘enam‘:::“ gyl:“’:‘: d":‘zithnt any pilot who could come out € n = 'pedp e Of such a situation alive was lucky. b ng, she crossed nearly the whole of X a gl pse. 0! e groi 3 e then fifiéflfiifimnfiv&"ifi;fi; a| picked T 8 “"';1 lflt; fcllov;;d 1t 1;1;0 sway without parallel in modern times. ! fifls:{:w;g'”xh;,: :r‘:p:r‘ v}l‘t’k‘: e: “Democratic _government cannot | caijing’ of only 300 feet. thrive when political considerations| ~gpe’ waited for seversl’ heurs at ;I':ngewd‘::‘:“;:;e::fz':“’c‘: "p&‘:“';flagerswwn for the weather to im- | maladministration, ineficiency and | fi;svemmw\:lg;nb;t &:fiy‘ngmml::l corryption inevitably follow when a ) di 50 ! spoils policy is substituted for a sound | Soaned e mz‘n; Sl wewe Sppowieg | civil service system under which men | F:;l" mihemti K o‘fl L;galn Sy and women attain their posmon.s)\md came ‘cl.r;ei“:: ot;n:;‘n:::; through competitive examination und‘“nd" a celling of only 300 to 400 Lack of Support. ] “While we have every confidence in[ your own firm belief in the merit system, and are aware of your life- long sponsorship of it, the legislative | and administrative record of the last three years with respect to the merit | system leads to the inescapable con- | clusion that the civil service has lacked for that decisive support in many high quarters which is essential to its preservation. “With all the sincerity at its com- mand, the Executive Council of the National Federation of Federal Em- ployes urges you to exert every pos- sible influence to the end that the merit system may be saved in the interest of the Government and of the American people as a whole.” The final session of the convention saw the re-election of Luther - C. Steward, president, and Miss Gertrude McNally, secretary - treasurer, who long have guided the destinies of the federation. At the same time, it was voted to hold the biennial convention of 1937 in Springfield, IIl. The decision to conduct a vigorous counter offensive against the under- mining of the merit system was the high spot of the convention, but the federation also mapped out a compre- hensive program of legislation which will be sought in the interest of Gov- ernment workers. A better wage scale and an improved promotion policy were among the items advocated. e Shipworm Threatens Holland. ‘The dreaded shipworm has been recorded as the cause of grave dam- age to wooden ships since the dawn of history, and has even threatened, | by its attack on the dykes, the very existence of Holland. —_— Dummy Watchman Loses Grip as Tools Are Lost to Thieves Live Guardian Also Evaded in Robbery of Apartments. By a Staff Correspondent of he Star. ALEXANDRIA, Va., September 6./ ~—The famed dummy watchman of the former Express Spark Plug Co. plant here lost his first trick in years last night when thieves stole $300 worth of tools and radiators from right under his waxen nose. His ineffectiveness, however, Is not to be judged too severely, because another watchman, a flesh-and-blood specimen, also was present during the robbery, which was reported to police today by L. D. Claville, car- penter foreman for a construction company that is remodeling the old plant into an apartment house. Until last night the plant’s dummy watchman had kept successful guard over a large quantity of machinery ‘n the building for more than 15 years, having been placed in a second-story window when operations &t the fac- tory were abandoned. His' effective- ness had been attributed by some residents of Alexandria to the large number of weird tales woven around & legendary notorious past. Last night’s loot included plumber’s and electrician’s tools, radiators, stocks and dyes, all being used by .workmen in remodeling the plant, which will soon be known as the Belle -q-vm Apartments. INBOUNDARY FIGHT {D. C. Contention in Lands/| | Case Supported by Spe- ‘ cial Attorney. | An imposing array of court decisions | . was turned over to the Virginia-Dis-| | trict Boundary Commission today by | ‘Judge G. A. Iverson, special assist- | ant attorney general, to support the | contention that the District of Co- | lumbia line runs to the high water { mark on the Virginia shore. | The records, from Justice Depart- ment library files, were presented | when former Gov. Charles H. Brough of Arkansas, chairman of the com- mission, asked if there were any court decisions in addition to two mentioned by Federal counsel. Judge Iverson in presenting the records emphasized that all higher courts had upheld the contention that | the District line runs to high water | mark on the Virginia shore. He in- sisted that court decisions in cases elsewhere, where no tides flowed, could not be made applicable to the present dispute. Tides and the high water mark make this matter distinc- | tive here, Federal counsel insisted. Chairman Brough asked Govern- ment counsel if there were any de- cisions in which defendants won ac- quittal, or where the District lost jurisdiction because cases were locat- ed in the area between low water mark | and high water mark on the Virginia | shore. Henry H. Glassie, special Assistant Attorney General, said there were no such cases. One defendant attempt- | ed to appeal on such grounds, Glassie said, but lost. Insisting that Federal counsel had proved the marsh beteen Alexanders Island and the Virginia shore was bed of the Potomac River and thus District of Columbia. land, Judge Iverson said that if there had been any change in the boundary since it was marsh, either by filling in or by any other program, then that change threw the burden of proof on the Virginians to show that they could so fill- in the bed of the Potomac and make it Virginia soil. MRS. JULIA G. EVANS, NATIVE OF D. C., DIES Two Sons, Sister and Brother Sur- vive Resident of Thirteenth Street Northeast. Mrs. Julia G. Evans, 64, a native of the District, died yesterday at her home, 4001 Thirteenth street north- east. She was the widow of Charles H. Evans and the mother of John R. and Charles H. Evans of Washington. | Funeral services will be held at the residence at 8:30 a.m. tomorrow, followed by requiem mass at St. Anthony's Church, Twelfth and Mon- roe streets northeast. Burial will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Besides her sons, she is survived by sister, Mrs. Josephine Shine, and s orother, John Walsh. | MRS. GENEVIEVE SAVAGkL. feet. She landed at College Park Airport yesterday afternoon.. While Mrs. Savage was making her flight through the fog, airliners on the Washington-Pittsburgh line were going through blind, on radio com- pass courses. All flights made by the airliners during the period when Mrs. Savage was in the air were made on special clearances, required by the Commerce Department when blind flying is necessary. Brig. Gen. Oscar Westover, assist- ant chief of the Army Air Corps, also came through the fog yesterday after- | noon in an Army observation airplane equipped with radio compass and: other aids to blind flight. He mar- veled that Mrs. Savage was able to get through at all and warmly com- mended her courage and skill. While at the Cleveland races, Mrs. Savage flew in the Amelia Earhart Trophy race and finished “in the money” against a field of nine entries. The race was protested, however, and final positions have not yet been an- nounced by the judges. Mrs. Savage is president of the Washington Woman Pilots’ Associa- tion, which she was instrumental in organizing last year, and also is gov- ernor of the Central Eastern district of the 99rs, national organization of woman flyers. Under her direction the first all-women’s air meet in the Eastern United States was held at Col- lege Park Airport last October. She has taken a leading part for several years in local and national flying competitions. WIDOW ASKS $25,000 IN AUTOMOBILE DEATH Imirie-Rowe Chevrolet Co. of Be-! thesda and Call Carl, Inc., Are Named by Mrs. Crawford. Suit for $25.000 damages was filed in District Supreme Court today by Mrs. Hazel G. Crawford, widow of Harry Crawford, 201 St. Elmo avenue, Bethesda, Md., who was killed in an automobile accident on the Rock- ville Pike, February 10. The Imirie- Rowe Chevrolet Co. of Bethesda and Call Carl, Inc., 614 H street, are named as defendants. Through Attorney Alvin Newmyer, Mrs. Crawford contends her husband was killed through the negligence of both defendants. He was said to have been a passenger in a car operated by an agent of the Imirie-Rowe Co., when it struck a parked Call Carl wrecking truck. Deserted by DEFENSE HIGHWAY DRIVE IS INDORSED BY 3MORE GROUPS Two Town Councils and Club Score Road for Perils to Motorists. EPPING FOREST BODY JOINS IN CAMPAIGN Mount Rainier and Riverdale Press Action—Bad Engi. neering Is Attacked. Three more groups today were aligned with those fighting for the abolition of “Death Highway.” Reflecting the universal sentiment in favor of improvement of the road, the town authorities of Mount Rainier and Riverdale and the Epping Ferest Club adopted® resolutions urging prompt action by the Maryland State Roads Commission. | The club not only asked that a| four-lane road be built in place of the present inadequate and dangerous two-lane Defense Highway, but also requested at least one State patrolman on it at ell times, with not less than three on Sundays and holidays. Cites Recent Accidents. “Recent tragic accidents on the highway have demonstrated its un- fitness and inadequacy for traffic,” the resolution, presented by Eliot H. lfiomwn, publicity. manager of the | Washingion Loan & Trust Co., said. “Members of this club are compelled | to use the highway going to «nd from | Epping Forest, and in so doing jeop- ardize their own and the lives of their families,” the resolution continued. “The known danger of the highway is hindering the public from using it | to reach this section, thereby 1etard- | ing its development.” | Commendation of The Star's ef- { forts to have the road made safe also was contained in the resolution which referred to the “alleged Defense Hizh- way” as being “very properly desig~ nated ‘Death’-or ‘Indefensible’ High- way.” Need of Safety Stressed. After the Town Council had unani- mously passed a resolution in favor of the widening and straightening of the road, Mayor Norman A. Pruitt of Mount Rainier expressed the opinion that the State should regard public safety and convenience as the para- mount factors in constructing roads. “I think it is about time something should be done to keep from killing | our people,” he said. “Roads like the Defense Highway, built according to the whims of influential property own- ers and politicians, are not as straight as a tow path. “As & result the traveling public is constantly menaced by death traps. It should be straightened as much as possible and the errors of its engi- | neering never repeated in future con- | struction.” Drive Indorsed. | the drive for improving Defense High- | way last night. Mayor W. A. Carson said all members of the town’s gov- | erning bedy were thoroughly familiar with the “intolerable conditions” on the road. The Council’s resolution also urged elimination of the flood hazard at Bladensburg as part of the correetive measures needed to provide adequate traffic facilities there. e Roosevelt as Mediator. President Theodore Roosevelt suc- cessfully mediated between Japan and Russia in 1905. Less known but not | less meritorious was his endeavor to harmonize French and German claims in Morocco before and during the con- ference of Algeciras. His Mother i Riverdale'’s Council also indorsed ! o Flood Waters Again Hit Bladensburg Looking down the Defense Highway from the Bladensburg Peace Cross presented this view today. Northeast Branch, swollen by rains of the past five days, also covered the Baltimore Boulevard at the cross, causing traffic to be detoured. RUHLAND SEEKING ADDED PERSONNEL Appropriations of $605,250 Requested for 1937 by Health Officer. Enlargement of the Health Depart- ment personnel to make possible & more concerted drive next year for improvement of public health con- ditions, particularly as to communica- ble diseases, is proposed by Health Officer George C. Ruhland in asking appropriations totaling $605,250 for 1937, The estimate represents an increase of $131,000 over present funds, or about 36 per cent, but still would leave the District below standards of per capita costs fixed by the American Public Health Association, Dr. Ruhland said. The present per capita cost of health work here now is 91 cents. The proposed budget would raise this to $1.13, but national medical leaders hold a budget of from $2 to $2.50 per capita is standard. It is significant, Dr. Ruhland said, that cities having budgets approxi- mating that standard ‘“consistently had stood in the front rank in Seeks to Expand Bureau. Dr. Ruhland asks funds for ex- pansion of the Public Health Nursing Bureau. There now are 32 nurses in specialized service, who are to be transferred to a generalized program. Ten additional nurses are provided for this year under a $45000 de- ficlency appropriation. Dr. Ruhland seeks employment of 10 more for next year. According to accepted standards, the District needs 200 in all, he said. He proposes to start development of a new health education, with the employment of a director at $3,200, and also requests a statistician. This is part of his plan to launch health- promotion programs on a public basis. Strengthening of the public school medical inspection also is urged through reorganization of the present staff. While the total of employes in this division would remain at 54 he would enlarge some units and cut others. He seeks as new aides to Dr. Joseph Murphy, chief school medical inspector, an assistant chief, a dental superviser, an assistant dental super- viser, eight new medical inspectors to aid the 14 regular men now engaged, two additional dental operators, one additional physiotherapy aide and one additional dental prophylactic opera- tor. $93,000 for Staff Additions. A director for tuberculosis control is to be employed under the $45,000 deficiency. Dr. Ruhland proposes to make this permanent. Another feature of his plan is employment of a direc- tor and assistant director for the Nursing Bureau. In all, $93,000 of the increase would be for staff additions and $41,000 for replacement of an ambulance and other motor equip- ment, for medical equipment and sup- lies. E Dr. Ruhland also pleaded for more suitable and larger quarters for the department staff, but left determina- tion to later date. He asked an in- crease from $1,800 to $8,563 in appro- priations for laboratory operation and supplies. $56,000 BORROWED FOR RELIEF PAY ROLL Commissioners Draw on $2,- 000,000 Appropriation to Meet Situation. The Commissioners today found it necessary to dip into the District’s own $2,000,000 relief appropriation to meet tomorrow’s pay roll for work relief. They “borrowed” '$56,000 for the purpose, this to be reimbursed later out of grants to the District from the Federal Emergency Rellef Ad- ministration. It was said they previ- ously had advanced $75,000 out of the District appropriation. The F. E. R. A. has made a par- tial grant of $256,000 to the District for the first two weeks of September, but this money has not been re- ceived. District officials have in- sisted there is no cause for worry, that a later grant will be forthcom- ing to cover the last half of the <| month. —_— MISS CADEL BURIED Miss Fannie Cadel, 85, who died Monday at Priendly, Md., was buried yesterday in St. Mary’s Church Ceme- tery, Piscataway, Md., following serv- ices at that church. Miss Cadel lived most of her life in this city and was convalescing from a leg injury at the home of friends when she died. Miss Cadel was a retired employe of ‘The —Star Staff Photo. Youth Pulls Gun To Get Arrested In Order to Eat Police Accommodate Wayfarer, Three Days Without Food. Quinn D. Slocum, 20, of Brockton, Mass., was being held for investiga- tion today at No. 9 precinct after voluntarily bringing about his own arrest last night by showing a gun to Policeman Earl D. Alber, whom he approached at New Jersey ave- | mue and D street. Stopping the officer, Slocum asked, according to Alber: _ “How much time does a fellow get for carrying a gun?” The youth told the officer he had not had anything to eat for three days and had thought of robbery, but TRAFFIC PRESSURE. ORDERED BY HAZEN Police Superintendent Told to Continue Vigilance to Curb Deaths. Encouraged by the reduction in traffic toll that has been accomplished since the police campaign against reckless drivers was started, Commis- sioner Melvin C. Hazen today urged Police Superintendent Ernest W. | Brown to “keep up the pressure” | against offenders. | Only two minor traffic accidents last night and this morning were noted in police records after Mrs. Mary Hausenfluck, 79, widow of Rev. John | Hausenfluck of 1303 Euclid street, could not go through with anything | yesterday became the seventieth vic- criminal. He then showed the gun | tim of the year. and asked to be locked up. | The elderly woman was pronounced Alber and other officers at No. 9 dead on arrival at Garfield Hospital station house bought the youth food. | after she was struck at the intersec- He said he had come here from St.| tion of Fourteenth and Euclid streets | Paul, Minn,, and had spent all hu‘ by a car driven by Aaron Cash, col- | money for bus fare, while planning | ored, of the 1700 block of Willard to return to Brockton. street. Cash is held pending an in- Policemen are checking numbers | quest tomorrow. on the pistol in an effort to trace it. i i The gun was loaded when slocun:! o onths In Capalan showed it to Alber. | 'WIFE OF SUSPECT IN SLAYING HELD Mrs. Hummer Arrested as Material Witness in Duzer has informed Hazen there were but four traffic deaths here in the six weeks of the safety campaign. In the six weeks prior to the campaign there were 14 fatalities. During the six weeks ending August 31 there avere 427 injuries, as against 562 in the preceding six weeks, and 962 accidents, as against 1,219 in the earlier period. . “This indicates rather clearly that strict enforcement and stiff penalties are the answer to the problem of law obedience,” said Commissioner Hazen. “The Commissioners previously had sponsored educational campaigns and Traffic Director William A. Van | Brush Murder. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. FAIRFAX, Va., September 6.—Mrs. Hugh Hummer, wife of the suspect ,held here on a charge of murdering | Truman Brush, 76-year-old farmer of night by Sheriff E. P. Kirby and lodged in jail with her husband. She is being held for investigation and as a material witness. She was taken into custody at a friend’s house, where she had been staying since Hummer’s arrest last week. Both Deny Connection. Mrs. Hummer, 50, and her husband both have denied any knowledge of the slaying of Brush, whose body Hummer reported finding two weeks ago today on the wooded pathway be- tween his and Brush's houses. Kirby would not reveal the informa- tion which led him to arrest Mrs. Hummer. She was questioned but | briefly last night, but is due to be grilled at greater length later today. In the meantime, the sheriff is awaiting results of an analysis which Federal agents are making of a pair of blood-stained overalls which Kirby said he found in a closet of Hummer's home the day after his arrest. Hearing Delayed. He indicated yesterday he was doubtful if the blood would corre- spond with that found on the rock with which Brush’s head was crushed. Prospects for an early preliminary hearing for Hummer were wiped out with the arrest of his wife. It had been expected that he would be brought into County Court this week, but the earliest he will face Judge Paul E. Brown is some time next week, it was said. Sought American Customs. One of the main things the Chinese wanted in their republican revolution of 1911 was to become Westernized, and to introduce American and European institutions in a day. They thought it could be done by wearing the caps of the Western world! | near Falls Church, was arrested last| the net result was an increase in the traffic toll, as compared with the same periods of the preceding year. I congratulate the police and traffic officials on their campaign and want them to keep up the good work.” Meadows Accident Fatal. Another automobile accident fatal- ity yesterday was William Cannon, 69, of 1355 Massachusetts avenue south- east, injured at Meadows, Md., on the Marlboro Pike, August 31. Can- non died in Casualty Hospital. Cannon, who ‘was custodian of the Pierce School, was en route to his Summer home at Idlewild, Md., with his wife, Mrs. Annie S. Cannon, and daughter, Mrs. Edith F. Hebbard, when the accident occurred. { He is survived alsc by another | daughter, Mrs. Elvie E. Lampen. Funeral services will be held tomor- row at 3 p.m. at the residence. Burial will be in Congressional Cemetery. Harry Norton, 29, of Alexandria, was in Emergency Hospital this morn- ing after being struck last night by an automobile on the outskirts of Alexandria. He suffered possible frac- ture of the skull. Phillip Conant, 1800 California street, suffered abrasions of the face last night when an automobile he at Mount Pleasant and Kenyon streets. MESSENGER IS HELD Youth to Be Questioned About Missing Funds. ‘Walter Doorman, 18, messenger for a New York wholesale produce com- pany, is being held here pending addftional word from New York au- thorities in connection with allegedly disappearing from that city Monday with $500 in cash and $4,000 in checks. said the youth told him he had spent all but $80 of the cash while visiting ‘Washington night clubs. The boy had been given the money to deposit, Brass said. Using only the entertainment pro- grams broadcast from commercial radio stations to guide him, Ray W. Brown, veteran Army, test and com- Eastern cities, including Washington. tion and to brostcast a running description of the progress of the fiight, which is intended to demon- strate the use of the new air naviga- tion principle of utilizing any radio station as & “homing” guide. His fast monoplane, Miss Stream- line, is to leave New York between 7 and 7:30 a.m. tomorrow and, after visiting cities in the New York and Great Lakes region, s to fly to Wash- ington from Pittsburgh, landing at ‘Washington Airport at 5:45 p.m. for & half-hour stop. Hé'will utilise station Commercial Radio Will Guide Pilot on Trip to .Washington mercial pilot, tomorrow will visit 10| WJSV to guide him to Washington and this station will broadcast a description of the flight, including Brown's own comments on his progress across- the Alleghanies. Taking off from Washington, Brown | is to pick up Station WCAO to guide | pm. | Miss Streamline will broadcast on | | & frequency of 2,830 kilocycles during | | the flight by special permission of the Federal Communications Commission. | Throughout the flight Brown will use only his radio directional compass | for navigation purposes. The use of | this recently developed aid to air navi- gation now is making possible the establishment of trans-Pacific air was driving was struck by a street car | Detective Sergt. Frank O. Brass Society and General PAGE B—1 CAPITAL BEGINS SMOKE CAMPAIG UNDER NEW LAW Commissioners Draw on Health Department for $15,000. CONTROL ENGINEER NOW TO BE SOUGHT Contract Let for Sewage Plant for Children's and Adults’ Tuberculosis Hospitals. The Commisisoners determined to- day to make an immediate start in enforeement of the strict new smoke- | control law by drawing on the Health Department appropriation to the ex- tent of $15,000 for necessary expenses. An item for $15,000 for a smoke- zontrol staff was on the third deficiency bill which failed of passage at the close of the past session of Congress. This bill is to be taken up as the first order of business in January and the Commissioners plan to reimburse the Health Department out of that appro- priation. Engineer Is Sought. The Commissioners plan to make an immediate search for a smoke-con- trol engineer to head up enforcement of the new law ‘and to draft detailed regulations. To meet the present emergency, smoke-control inspectors will use the No. 3 Ringleman chart, established by Government experts, to measure density of smoke. The Com- missioners adopted a general state- ment of regulations to govern the pres- ent enforcement. At today's session, the city heads also awarded contract for comstruc- tion of a sewage disposal plant to serve the Children's and Adults’ Tu- berculosis Hospitals at Glenn Dale, | Md. The award went to the North- western Construction Co., for $57,425. Plans for remodeling stairways and exits at Eastern High School were ap- proved and bids will be asked from contractors. The cost is estimated not to exceed $5,000. DEMOCRATS TO ACT ON OUSTING OF BEST Executive Committee of Local | Clubs' Division Will Meet Tuesday Night. Action of the Executive Committee of the District of Columbia Division of the Young Democratic Clubs of America in voting to remove Presi- dent Paul A. Best from office will be considered at a meeting of the organ- 1 ization Tuesday night at the Willard Hotel. The Executive Committee last night | voted to oust Best and decreed that he no longer is a member of the | Young Democrats. Best, who was elected president of the club at a turbulent session last May, will have the right of appeal- ing from the committee's decisio when the case is placed before the assembled membership, | Howard Stafford, vice president, will | occupy the chair until final decision is made on the presidency. Discussing the matter today, Best said: “All T know is what I read in the morning papers. The regular meeting of our club will be held Tuesday night | at the Willard Hotel at 8:30 o'clock. | After that time we will know more about what's going on.” "TAXICAB RATE CASE SHOWDOWN NEARS 'Head of Protective Union Cited to Appear Before License Committee. District officials are scheduled to come to grips Monday with Bernard | L. Henning, president of the Cab Drivers’ Protective Union, in a test of his refusal to obey the uniform zone rates order of the Public Utilities | Commission. Assistant Corporation Counsel Ed- ward W. Thomas has cited Henning | to appear before the District License Committee to show cause why his business license should not be revoked. Henning, in published statements, has “challenged” the commission to attempt to proceed against him at Police Court. He has declared he will continue to operate under a 20-40- 60-80 rate plan instead of the ordered 20-30-50-70 schedule, insisting the lat- ter violates his constitutional rights. Instead of adopting a court action the commission sent the case to the District License Committee, which Henning has called a “kangaroo court.” Six drivers recently were called be- | fore this committee and officials agreed to withhold revocation actions pend- ing decision by District Supreme Court on an appeal from the commission order, with the six drivers agreeing to abide by the commission rule in the meantime. Henning has held out for a Police Court test. MAN FOUND I.NSENSIBLE IS MYSTERY TO POLICE Hospital Authorities Also Are Puzzled in Identifying Un< injured Patient. Police and Casualty Hospital au- Brown will use the same stations to | him to Baltimore. He is to conclude ! thorities today were seeking to un- maintain constant ground communica- | his flight in New York at about 8:45 ravel the mystery of an unconscious and unidentified man found yesterday at North Capitol and G streets. Hospital authorities said they had been unable to find any injury and police were equally as puzzled as to his identity. He is described as being about 50 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing about 135 pounds. He has light brown hair, turning gray, and has upper and lower dental plates. transport service and is expected greatly to increase the safety of air transport and privete fiying. He wore a black suit with a cloth Army belt and had on shell-rimmed glasses. 3