Evening Star Newspaper, September 16, 1935, Page 5

W.. A OPENS 0B SAFET CANPAT Quick Compensation for In- juries Is Promised by Hopkins. W. P. A. administrators in all States were under instructions today from Harry L. Hopkins to take all precau- tions to make “W. P. A. jobs safe Jobs.” More than 250,000 posters were distributed warning workers to use | precautions in their duties were sent into the field. : Meanwhile, Administrator Hopkins | snnounced that accident compensation | claims of W. P. A, employes injured | in the performance of duty will be quickly and efficiently settled. | During the 4!2 months of, the old etvil works activity, approximately 160,000 reports of injury were sub- | mitted to the United States Employes’ Compensation Commission. Among‘ these were 350 fatal cases and 600 cases of permanent partial disability. It is estimated the cost of all claims to their full maturity will be about $7,000,000. W. P. A. has earmarked $28,000,000 | to pay accident compensations under the present program, which expects to have eventually 3,500,000 workers on its pay roll. An’ accident compensation officer | will be responsible in each State for | the entire conduct of the compensa- | tion program. The United States Em- | ployes' Compensation Commission, by a liberal interpretation of its powers, | has extended to W. P. A. the power of | authorizing for payment locally a pe- riod of disability not to exceed the first month’s compensation in unques- tioned cases of accident, This will permit prompt payment. o Roosevelt (Continued Prom First Page.) as being hopeful of announcing his | coal board sometime today or w-i morrow. | There is still more planning work | to be done by the President in con- | nection with the works-relief pro- gram. This has been made necessary | by the decisions reached during his conference here last week with works- relief administrators. It stood that Harry L. Hopkins, works progress administrator, to whom has been” assigned by the reshaping works- relief plans the task of finding or creating work to employ about 2.400,- 000 men during the four months’ pe. riod between December and March, is | to The Evening and Sunday Star, expected at Hyde Park late today or tomorrow for another conference on this subject. The impression is that Mr. Hopkins will bring with him preliminary re- ports on plans concerning the han- dling of the new task just given nim. In making this drive to rush employ- ment on a large scale during the four months mentioned, the President is counting on the public works program | being sufficiently advanced by Spring to be providing enough employment #0 as to permit a slowing down on the part of the work being done by Administrator Hopkins. Ickes to Make Report. Also during the week Mr. Roose- welt expects to receive from Secretary of Interior Ickes, as public works administrator, a report on the volume of projects of & permanent character which can be started by December 15, and which will come within the re- quirements laid down during the work- relief program conference held here last week. The President’s engagements today include one with Frank Duffy, Dem- ocratic national commiteeman from Vermont; Walter Lippman, newspaper syndicate writer; William Hurth, Mis- souri farm editor, and Irving Steingut, one of the leaders of the New York | Assembly. Mre. Norman Davis accompanied her husband gn the visit to the Presi- dent's Hyde Park home and with Mr. Davis was a luncheon guest. Meets Church Officials. President Roosevelt yesterday at- tended services at the Episcopal Church in Hyde Park Village, of which he is a senior warden, and in the afternoon met the vestrymen and wardens at his home for the annual discussion of church business. After- wards he had a long talk with Fer- dinand Pecora, justice of the New York Supreme Court. It is known that the President for a long time has been anxious to obtain Mr. Pecora as a prosecutor in the forthcoming investigation by the Federal Com- munication Commission of the Amer- fcan Telephone & Telegraph Co. It 15 understood that this conference dealt with that subject. Mr. Pecora would not discuss the interview after- wards to newspaper men, but he did make it plain that he was seeking election in November to the judiciary office he now holds by appointment. $5,860 FOR MEMORIAL BUFFALO, N. Y., Sepember 16 (#). =Contributions of $5860 have been reported in the drive for $50,000 to establish a Theodore Roosevelt me- morial in the Ansley Wilcox mansion, where he took the oath of office as President 34 years ago today. The drive is sponsored by the Theo- dore Roosevelt-Spanish War Veter- ans’ Association. butions are included. All furniture has been removed from the home except that used by Roosevelt. This will be part of the memorial when the fund is obtained. THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, Auto Dealers Back Safety Campaign The Washington Automotive Trade Association, through its officials, heartily indorsed The Evening Star Safety Council drive against reckless driving. The Star pledge as other members look on. president, and to the left Oscar Coolican, second vice president. Joseph B. Trew, president of the association, is seen signing Standing to the right of Mr. Trew is Chet H. Warrington, vice is under- | Two $1,000 contri- | Safety (Continued From First Page.) to every automotive merchant in the District of Columbia—first, as a cm-l zen; second, as a material benefit in| increasing the use of automotives— therefore be it “Resolved, That the Washington Automotive Trade Association in spe- cial meeting assembled on this the 12th day of September, 1935, here- by commends The Evening Star and Sunday Star for the public spirited- ness of its movement to increase traffic safety and unanimously indorse the Safe Driving Pledge. “Be it further resolved, That there is hereby formed the Washington Automotive Trade Association Safety | Council under the jurisdiction of the officers of the association and it is | recommended that each and every | member and all of his or its em- ployes join same by signing the Safe | Driving Pledge (which will be fur-| | nished gratis by The Star in a quan- | | tity sufficient for the requirements | of each member, which will be deliv- | ered to them by the association), for- | ward them as directed and adhere |to all of the 12 principles of safe | driving enumerated upon the pledge “Be it further resolved, That a copy | of this resolution be spread upon the minutes of this meeting and mailed | Washington, D. C., and to each mem- ber of the association.” 30,000 Stickers Issued. | More than 30,000 safety stickers | have been distributed today and addi- tional ones have been ordered. It is| | to be hoped that those who have signed their pledges will not delay in af- | fixing them to their automobiles. 1t is by doing this that drivers will | be mindful of the fact that they must | drive carefully at all times. It also | will enable the campaign to spread.| | Be proud of your sticker; it s an| emblem of honor. Possesgors of them can show to every one that they have dedicated their driving to safety and | good citizenship. 4 | Several persons have asked whether | there is an official manner prescribed | for affixing these signs. There is only | one rule—place them on your wind- shield or rear window so that they | will in no way obstruct the vision of | the operator of the car. The stickers are gummed on the | lettered side, so they must be placed |on the inside of the car, with the | gummed surface, of course, to the win- dow. The stickers are so gummed that rain will not wash them off the car. Put your sticker on pow! ‘Tire Official Writes. { Many letters continue to be re- ceived by the Safety Council. Most | of them have helpful advice. Charles | J. Croker, president of General Tire | Co. of Washington, writes in as fol- lows: | “We have noticed, with a great deal | | of admiration, your efforts to promote | driving safely in the District. “For some time, because of the na- | ture of our business and our efforts to provide safe motoring in our own small way, we have been acutely aware | | of the terrific toll taken by automobile | | accidents. | “We are inclosing a reprint which | we have used for some time. While | it is rather ghastly reading, we don't | think the subject can be treated too lightly. | “We thought you might be inter- ested in reading it.” It is interesting to note that The | Star’s Council had this reprint, “And | Sudden Death,” published in yester- | | day's paper. | | Special Lights Urged. | Special traffic lights for controlling pedestrians are advocated in a letter | to The Star Safety Council from a Washington woman who has been driving on Washington streets for more than 25 years. | “I congratulate The Star on this effort,” she said, “but I would be —_— e Added Enjoyment Every visit to New York is doubly enjoyable for patrons of theBiltmore. All otherpleasures areheightened bytherestfulness, the understanding service and the distinguished comfort for which the Biltmorc is famous. 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Council Of happy to see an attempt to obtain a ‘pedestrian light,’ for I think it might | save many lives. | “The red light for stop, the green for go, but yellow, marked ‘walk’, as a signal for all traffic to cease in all | directions—somewhat as it is managed at Dupont Circle. Fines should be im- posed on pedestrians who cross except | on the ‘walk’ light, just as they are imposed on motorists, Neither the pedestrian nor the motorist will be able to make time, but should our sl Fruhauf Clcthes {nn not be, ‘A life saved and less speed?’ | “Mr. Van Duzer objected to the scheme because it is not done else- where. I believe something like it is done in Evanston, Ill,, which some one on the radio said recently was the scene of the fewest accidents and had the best traffic regulations in the country. | *“Could not Washington be the first to say: ‘Absolute safety for the pedes- D. C, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 1935. MAJ. BROWN WEIGHS MORE SAFETY PLANS Will Meet With Police Command- ers and Auto Officials Today. Aroused at the number of traffic accidents recently, Police Superinten- dent Ernest W. Brown was planning to discuss at a meeting this afternoon with his commanding officers, repre- | sentatives of the Public Utilities Com- mission and the American Automobile Association additional plans for pro- moting safety. The group was meeting with Maj. | Brown in his office to discuss blans | for the Constitution day parade to-| morrow evening. Maj. Brown said at | the same time he will bring up the | | question of traffic safety to see what | steps may be taken to further redute | the number of trafic fatalities and | accidents here, Nazi (Continued Prom First Page.) not only the national, bu. also (h!' commercial flag. That some spadework must still be done with the army seemed apparent from the fact that the question of a Reich war flag was left open. ‘The army has maintained the black, white and red flag with a black iron cross in the center as the war flag throughout republican days. Both Hitler and Goering, however, were firm on the point that the days are over when a difference may be made in foreign ports between Nazis and the rest of Germany. | The legislation concerning citizen- | ship for Jews was considered by ob- | servers to go beyond anything that any nation has attempted in modern times. With these acts, Hitler made it clear in his address that he hoped to deal a blow to communism and Jewry. The essence of what had been upper- most in all addresses to the current Nazi convention was thus put into| legal form. Although Hitler intended originally to touch only on domestic issues in his Reichstag address, he deemed it expedient to view developments in the Memel territory and to warn the Lithuanian government that justice must be done Germans in Memel “be- fore events take forms that one day may only be regretted.” | The Comintern (Communist Inter- | nationale) session recently at Moscow | and the flag incident at New York furnished further occasions for briet digressions to foreign policy in his 12-minute address. | “Unfortunately, we see that despite the fact an understanding between nations is needed more than ever, the Bolshevik Internationale from Mos- | cow is willfully and openly spreadmz“ hatred among peoples,” he asserted. “The farce of the recent Comintern Congress at Moscow is effective in underscoring the correctness of the | “non-meddling” policy demanded by the same power. “As we, taught by our own expe- | rience and as we can ascertain through the experiences of other states, do not | expect anything to result from pro- tests and representations to Moscow, | we are determined to meet come | munism in Germany with more ef- ++ . and thousands suffering from High | Blood Pressure | have found relief in Mounuin Valley | Mineral Waser direct from famous Hot i i= Mildlyaikaline. health resort. 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They appear as agitalors among and sep- arators of people. “The insult to the German flag in the United States for which the United States apologized in dignified form shows how far the international Jewish | agitation has progressed.” Hitler asserted defiantly that Ger- many has shaped iis foreign policy ac- | cording to no other country’s will, but according to its own, and reasserted this policy was solely one of peace. “The purpose of the reconstruction of the German army was not to threaten or take liberty from any Eu- ropean nation, but solely to preserve | the freedom of the German people,” he said. “This viewpoint determines the for- eign political position of the German ! Reich government. Therefore, we take | no position in occurrences or in any question which does not directly af- fect us.” Sixteen thousand German soldiers, | armed with complete modern eqmp-} ment, began maneuvers today on the Zeppelin Meadows. Gen,. Werner von Blomberg was in | command as motorized sections of new | armored cars and anti-aircraft guns wheeled about annihiiating a sham | village. An infantry company bore 120 his- | torical regimental flags, a symbolic | Enk between Germany's old and new | army. The maneuvers, described as evolu- | tions, included breaking through an | imaginary enemy barrier with the | armored cars and a big artillery dis- play, together with an aerial raid. The entire program was re-enacted in the afternoon for the benefit of | Reichsfuehrer Hitler. POWERS SATISFIED. LONDON, 8eptember 16 (#).—In- 3 A-5° formed quarters said today Lithuanis had replied in a manner generally satisfactory to joimt representations made last week by Italy, France and Great Britain regarding the Memel elections to be held September 29. The Lithuanian reply, which was taken to mean that country would guarantee a fair and impartial elec- tion, was received before Reichse fuehrer Hitler had made his Nurne berg speech. 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