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ACT OF CONGRESS WILL BE REQUIRED FOR ART GALLERY Permissici Must Be Ob- tained for Mellon Collec- tion Structure. NEW SITES PROPOSED TO PARKS COMMISSION Henderson Castle and Dean Prop- erty Among Locations Which Will Be Studied. A special act of Congress will be necessary to grant permission for erec- tion of the art gallery to house the Andrew W. Mellon collection on Con- stitution avenue, between Twelfth and Fourteenth streets, the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission was advised today by its counsel, ‘Thomas S. Settle, who also is its sec- retary. Settle explained that an existing act of Congress prohibits erection of even a public building on park prop- | erty. Indications are the commission | Tavors the site along Constitution ave- nue, which is on property under juris- diction of the National Capital Parks and is part of the Mall. If the Gov- } ernment itself is barred from erecting | eriminal apprehension Attorney Gen- | one of its own buildings on the Mall, | eral Cummings addressed the class | Settle argued it will be necessary for | those sponsoring the new art gallery | to ask Congress for official permission the graduates told reporters they had | to erect the $10,000,000 building on the Mall. | An act of Congress vas necessary to enable the 2nd Division to erect its | World War memorial on the White | Lot on Constitution avenue between Sixteenth and Seventeenth streets, Settle pointed out. | Other Sites Proposed. | The commission has ben asked to | consider locations for the erection of | the art gallery on the site of Hen- | derson Castle, Sixteenth street and | Florida avenue, and the Dean prop- erty at Connecticut and Florida ave- | nues, and a citizens’ association wants | it placed on Sixteenth street near | Kennedy street at the abandoned | reservoir. | During the current discussion ‘16 commission has taken no official stand on the site, but those close to it say it is inclined to side with the old Public Buildings Commission which assigned a site in the Mall. Today’s session of the commission |and we speak theirs, and this makes| Boston Police Department; Clarence | was devoted to consideration of the height of the new Bureau of Engrav- sort of relationship I can see no need | ment; Ellis J. Wyatt, Prescott, Ariz., | ing and Printing Annex, to be con- structed on Fourteenth street at the Tear of the extensible building, near the central heating plant; the second | division memorial project; co-opera- | tion with Arlington County, Va., and possible settlement by compromise of conflicting property claims arising out of the D. C.-Va. boundary dispute. John Nolen, jr., the commissioner’s director of planning and Settle have been working as a special committee co-operating with Arlington County. Today the commission proposed to discuss various properties relating to the boundary dispute, some of whicia the Government itself is vitally con- cerned in, such as the Washington= Hoover Airport and Roaches Run on the Mount Vernon Memorial High- way. Housing Plan to Be Discussed. The Berwyn Heights, Md., housing | development, sponsored by the Re- | settlement Administration, will be | considered by the commission, inas- much as it borders on the projected | A NG_STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1935. nti-Crime Class Presented Diplomas by Federal Bureau Boston Police Chief, Among 23 Alumni, Lauds G-Men and Methods Taught in Fighting Gangsters. BY REX COLLIER. Presented with impressive diplomas making them the first alumni of the Government's novel “anti-crime col- lege,” 23 police officers today departed for as many cities with new-found crime-detection knowledge in their heads and a hearty admiration for the G-men in their hearts. “The G-men can have anything I've got,” declared Capt. James T. Sheehan, chief of the Boston police department’s Bureau of Identification and president of a newly organized “alumni” group, the Federal Bureau of Investigation Police Training School Association. “I had heard a lot about the F. B. I agents before I came here,” Capt. Sheehan said in an interview, “but I knew little about them or their work personally. After three months of intensive study with them, how- ever, I know why they are a success. That goes for all 23 of us, too.” Presented by Hoover. The diplomas were presented by J. Edgar Hoover, director of the F. B. I, in the presence of Hugh Clegg, “dean” of the school, and other officials. The brief ceremony was held in one of the modern class rooms where the police students have heard daily lectures by Federal and univer- sity specialists on crime detection and and congratulated them on their work. Describing the course as “no picnic,” derived from the school a huge fund of criminological data obtainable no place else in the world. Capt. Sheehan predicted the knowl- edge thus carried back to the respec- tive police departments represented will result in better co-ordination in law enforcement work and wider un- derstanding and co-operation between local police and the G-men. This should result in improved law enforce- ment throughout the Nation, he said. Hoover declared the course had been mutually beneficial, as the Fed- eral agents had learned much of value concerning special problems of the local police. “I wish I could blanket all of these graduates into my own service,” Hoo- ver said. “All of them passed their tests in good shape. When they go back to their own departments they wili be able to serve as sort of liaison officers between the police and the F. B. I. They speak our language for better co-operation. With this whatever for a national police force such as has been advocated from time to time.” During their 12 weeks of instruc- tion the officers have studied such subjects as fingerprinting, ballistics, moulage, microscopic analysis of evi- dence, poisons, explosives, handwrit- ing and typewriting identification, racketeering and kidnaping investi- gations, traffic control, road blocking and legal medicine. ‘They have learned how to disarm criminals by jiu-jitsu, how to raid a gang hideout in the most effective way and how to hit a running target with a machine gun or automatic rifle. Raids and gun battles have been simulated at the Quantico Ma- rine base. “It was a hard grind, but a mar- velous experience,” commented Lieut. Matthew J. Donohue of the Bergen County, N. J., police. Hoover announced that another school will be started shortly. More than 300, applications are on file from police departments wishing to send representatives, he said. Attending the commencement ex- ercises today were Andrew J. Cava- naugh, president of the International Association of Chiefs of Police, and a committee of the association, con- sisting of Chief of Police Peter Sic- cardi of Bergen County, N. J.; Chief of Police John L. Sullivan of Pitts- field, Mass, and Supt. Edward J. Kelly of the Rhode Island State Police. List of Graduates. The graduates are: William Adams, | Cincinnati Police Department; Ralph | W. Alvis, Ohio Highway Patrol; Charles R. Blake, Rhode Island State Police; Claude Broom, Detroit Police | Department; Matthew J. Donohue, | Bergen County, N. J., Police Depart- ment; James C. Downs, Baltimore Police Department; L. E. Goodrich, Florida official; Earl J. Henry, Penn- | sylvenia Highway Patrol; Nelson | Hughes, Tamaqua, Pa., Police Depart- | | ment; Francis X. Latulipe, San Fran- | cisco Police Department; Fred J. Man- | ! ning, Miami, Fla., Police Department; | | Camille Marcel, Pittsfleld, Mass,, | | Police Department; Leo Mulcahy, | | Connecticut State Police; Morgan J. | Naught, Elizabeth, N. J. Police De- | partment; Michael P. Naughton, Chi- | cago Police Department; James B. | Nolan, New York City Police Depart- | ment; Norman R. Purnell, Delaware | State Highway Patrol; C. W. Ray, | Riddell, Dallas, Tex., Police Depart- ment; E. W. Savory, Petersburg, Va., Police Department; James T, Sheehan, | Smith, Stamford, Conn., Police Depart- | ! Police Department. ACCUSED COUPLE RETURNING HERE Alleged “Blackface” Gang- ster and Girl to Be Ques- tioned in Robberies. An alleged “blackface gangster” and a girl believed to be a friend of the slain leader of a crew of thugs who preved on Washington merchants were en route here today following their arrest in Detroit. When Detective Sergt. Frank O. POLITICAL FUNDS HELD ‘BLACKJACK' {G. 0. P. Committee Assails Democratic Soliciting of U. S. Employes. Describing the action as a “political | blackjack,” the Republican National Committee, in a statement yesterday, assailed the local Democratic organi- zation for soliciting campaign funds from Government workers here. “Not content with a campaign fund made up of a large part of the $5.- Brass arrives early tomorrow with ‘Washington-to-Baltimore Parkway. 2 Commission members were the | guests of C. Marshall Finnan, super- intendent of the National Capital Parks, at a picnic lunch yesterday in one of the newly developed areas in Fort Dupont. The members in- spected these areas; expressed them- selves as beng pleased with the grad- ing work on the Washington Monu- ment grounds as part of the flood | 000,000,000 works and relief money, ggrkggsmm“?hffl?'l S s Viyen New Dealers are seeking unlawful pas- o ple will be ques- |y o5 for more money to tuate tioned in an attempt to clear up more | [IES JOF ToTe MONEy to Perpelunte | than 20 robberies allegedly perpe- | e - | tatement said. trated by th during the last ® several n{onmes_ o = “That they are at odds with the law ! in their mad desire for campaign funds thf?‘l:&fesuspect"w.ss Senkineofibeny evidently makes little difference. etheart” of Morrls Beck, 8ang | ~Brazen admission is made that chief, shot to qnlh by Detective Earl | Federal employes are being impor- Baker as he tried to hold up the Blue | 04t help wipe out the Democratic control program to protect the new | Government buildings; inspected the Washington channel improvement proposal along Water street; looked at the Hoover playground at N and Canal streets southwest, as well as| the Cardozo playground at H and Canal streets, in addition to the re- | cent land transfer properties there | that will permit added recreational facilities. | The commission * ordered the com- pletion of acquisition of a number of small tracts of land necessary to round out Fort Dupont, which will be the second largest park in the city, extending some 400 acres. ALLEGED NUMBERS TRIO FAGES COURT Case May Be Continued by Police Judge to Allow Grand Jury Action. ‘Three alleged numbers operators will face Judge John P. McMahon in Police Court today, following their arrest vesterday by the police vice squad. The Government was expected to ask & continuance to permit presentation of the cases to the grand jury without further Police Court action. Those arrested were John Raymond ‘Walker, 42, of 440 Tenth street south- west; Perley Herbert, colored, 37, of 459 Stafford court southwest, and Car- dozo Burnett, colored, 1252 Union court southwest. According to Sergt. George C. De- yoe, all the men are henchmen of the city’s leading gambler, who has turned to the numbers game to bol- ster an income which was greatly lessened by the closing of his former gambling establishment. The three were arrested in different places in the southwest section after Policeman R. F. Eagan of the vice squad allegedly made numbers plays with the two colored men, who were seen to turn the slips over to Walker. ‘When arrested, Walker had in his possession, Deyoe said the marked money and slips used by the police- man in making his plays with the colored men. He also had a quantity Bell Cafe on Bladensburg road last Sunday. Beck Body Unclaimed. Although said to have a brother living here, Beck’s body is still un- claimed at the morgue. If relatives do not appear before Monday the gangster will be buried in a pauper’s grave. . Fitzpatrick and Miss Jenkins, in- dicted here with Beck in connection with the hold-up September 4 of ‘Thompson’s restaurant in the 1100 block of Pennsylvania avenue, were taken into custody by Detroit police yesterday after it was learned the car used in the Bladensburg hold-up had been stolen in the Michigan city. Detectives claim Fitzpatrick drove the car used in the attempted cafe robbery. After he was shot, Beck ran to the machine, but his body was thrown out a tew blocks away by the other occupants. The automobile later was found abandoned in Mary- land. Detectives Robert J. Barrett and Elmer Lewis traced Fitzpatrick and Miss Jenkins to Detroit. Four Held Here. Meanwhile, three girls and a night watchman in a Government depart~ ment were still being held in connec- tion with the gang’s activities. They are Lunsford L. Boas, 52; Bernice Heflin, 19; Elizabeth Martin, 20, and Myrtle Dodson, 22. Police would not reveal what part they are supposed to have taken in hold-ups. Y. M. C. A. MEMBERSHIP DRIVE NEARS 600 GOAL Total to Date Is 457—H. V. Por- ter Wins Individual Honors With 20 Recruits. ‘The Young Men’s Christian Asso- ciation is more than three-fourths of the way toward its goal of 600 new members, it was announced last night at a dinner of 150 membership cam- paigners in the Central Y. M. C. A. A total of 222 new members was re- ported by the three divisions and 15 teams, the grand total for of other slips and $45 1 cash, it was stated. Road Contract Awarded. yesterday by the Commissioners Corson & Gruman Co. for $31,801. The project is one of the group be- ing financed out of Federal grants for roadwork here under supervision of the Bureau of Pyplic Roads. bringing the drive to 457, according to John L. Vandegrift, general chairman, who Harry V. Porter won individual en- rollment honors with a report of 20 recruits. Bert Plers was awarded a be held Monday night and count will be made next W night at a closing dinner of the cam: paign the in Y.MCA National Committee's deficit. “The National Democratic Counmcil of the District of Columbia is back of the move. Subterfuge evidently has been resorted to in an effort to steer clear of violation of the corrupt prac- tices act. This is readily apparent in that the council, aiding and abetting the Democratic National Committee, included in its appeals for funds from Federal workers a plea of the Farley organization for subscriptions. It is a political blackjack.” The statement charged also that farmers who had received A. A. A. allotment checks “had been urged to donate to a fund to propagandize con- tinuance of the flow of A. A. A. money,” adding: “An official of the A. A. A. rushed into print to deny this solicitation. But that has been done before by New Deal officials while they winked their eye or turned the other way.” The campaign fund raising has been conducted by the Finance Com- mittee of the council which has been canvassing District residents, both Government employes and otherwise. Apparently there has been no conflict with Civil Service law in- volved, no Government officers being actively identified with the movement, and the solicitation not being extended into Federal offices. {DISMISSALS PROTESTED Labor Board Complaint Against Fruit Company. The National Labor Relations iBoard's second complaint since its creation was issued yesterday against the United Fruit Co. for alleged viola- tion of the Wagner act in discharging three bahana handlers who joined the International Longshoreman’s Asso- ciation. Hearing will be held in United States Customs Court House, New York City, October 31, with Dean Charles E. Clark of the Yale Law School as examiner, W.P.A. FINANCING BEGINS Projects in 28 States. ‘Treasury warrants totaling $77,186,~ 606, countersigned by Controller Gen- eral McCarl, were announced today to initiate W. P. A. projects in 28 States. All the projects for which the funds Virginia will receive $626,652, but no funds were announced for Mary- or the District of Columbia. Most SKULLS CRUSHED, 2 DIE IN NEARBY AUTO ACCIDENTS Four Children Maimed in Washington, Marked by Deathless Day. VICTIMS ARE ALTA VISTA AND ROCKVILLE MEN James K. Peak Killed When Car Overturns—C. B. Fetzer, Deaf, Stepped From Parking Line. Their skulls bashed in, bones crushed and flesh horribly torn, two residents of nearby communities were killed in automobile crashes on Mary- land highways last night. Although no fatalities were recorded in the District, four children suffered splintered limbs and internal ruptures as they were hurled to the streets by machines. ‘Two hours after a machine in which he was riding left the road and rolled over four times, James K. Peak, 52, who lived in the former home of Wal- ter Johnson at Alta Vista, Md., died in Georgetown Hospital. His head was cleaved and his knees and ankles ripped as the car, oper- ated by Paul F. Ryan, 3918 Kansas avenue, failed to make a curve on| the Old Georgetown road, a mile from | the Rockville pike, and plunged wildly. Two Escape Death. Ryan and Clarence Herman, 4004 Fourteenth street, Ryan's other pas- senger, received injuries not consid- ered serious. The other fatality is Charles B.| Fetzer, 65, of Rockville, M whose deafness was a contributing factor in the accident which took his life. He | stepped from between two parked cars on Montgomery avenue in Rockville and was run down by the machine of William F. Lee, 24, of 3515 O street. Fetzer failed to see or hear the auto- mobile approaching. | Rushed to Georgetown Hospital by | the Rockville Rescue Squad, Fetzer died five minutes after arrival from a split skull and two broken legs. In one Washington mishap Abra- ham Shapiro, 12, of 3285 M street, side of his chest and possible internal | injuries when struck near his home | by an automobile driven by Orin R. | Yost, 29, of Perry Point, Md. At Georgetown Hospital the boy's condi- | tion was described as critical, his lung | having been pierced by one of the | shattered ribs. Thigh Broken. A thigh bone of William Henderson, 12, colored, 160 Heckman street sou east, was broken in two and he suf- fered a deep gash over his eye as he ran across M street southwest into | the path of a car operated by Bette | S. Hartz, 17, of Bethesda, Md. Miss Hartz took the boy to Providence Hos- pital, where his condition was said to be undetermined today. | Running in front of the machine | of Joseph A. Berry, 29, colored, of 5814 Dix street northeast, Benjamin Hamlin, 7, colored, of 4913 Meade street northeast, received a broken leg, possibly rib fractures, and cuu} about the face and body. At Casualty | Hospital his condition was not believed serious. Berry’s handbrake was found defec- | ©f bus terminals. The commission | assignments or increases in salaries.| can function effectivel | The circular also calls attention to volume to a point where the staff in | the prohibition in Civil Service rules | tive, police said, and he was required to post collateral. The accident oc- curred in the 1100 block of Fifteenth street northeast. The other child hurt was Andrew Carter, 4, colored, of 40 Defrees street. His leg was cut when he was struck by the car of Carlos R. Darling, 18, ot 46 U street, while playing in the street near his home. The boy was treated at Sibley Hospital and later sent home. MISS LENROOT ASKS AID FOR CHILDREN | Appeals for “Partnership” Under Aecgis of Social Security Act. Miss Katherine F. Lenroot, chief of the Children’s Bureau of the Labor Department, appealed yesterday for a “partnership,” under the aegis of the social security act, of all governmental and private agencies concerned with child welfare. She said the problems produced by the needs of half a mil- lion “dependent, neglected and de- linquent children” could be met only by concerted action. Miss Lenroot spoke at a luncheon conference in New York of the Child Welfare League of America, of which the Division of Child Welfare, Dis- trict Board of Public Welfare, and the Juvenile Protective Association here are members. Mrs. W. A. Roberts, executive secretary of the ‘Washington Council of Social Agen- cles, is & member of a committee which the league is forming to assure care of needy children. Miss Lenroot said the success of the social security program will de- pend chiefly on the extent to which State co-operating agencies can be clothed with adequate legislative authority and equipped with qualified leadership and personnel. Prancis Biddle, former chairman Board: has' accepied the_chatrman: Board, has accepted - ship of the committee which will di- rect s $100,000 league membership drive, it was announced at the meet- R. H. HUMMER DIES Special Dispatch to The Star. HERNDON, Va., October 19.—Fu- neral services for Richard Henry Hummer, 59, who died at his home yesterday after an illness of several months, will be held tomorrow from the residence at 2 pm. Burial will son, Archie Hummer, of Herndon. His Ruth Denison Hummer, died wife, several years ago. ‘Waterproof Lime. A recent research Rockland, ican Chemical Society. product is & processed lime may be made a mortar mrfln& Pan-A Dr. R. D. W. Connor, national archivist, shown as he welcomed a group of Pan American delegates at the official opening of the Archives Building. Left to right: Fernando Sacasa, Dr. Roscoe R. Hill, chief of classi- fication, archives; Federico Sacasa, president of the Supreme Court of Nicaragua: Sanchez, director of the Pan-American Union Institute of Geography, and Dorsey W. Hyde, director of archi- val service. ARTS COMMISSION. TOSCANBUSPLAN Group to Consider Erection of Terminals at City’s | Gates. Both the Fine Arts Commission and | the National Capital Park and Plan- | ning Commission are considering the | question of bus terminals at the va- | rious entrances to the city. | The problem was projected into the limelight today by the fight of citizens West Virginia State Police; Harry T.|suffered five broken ribs on the left | in the Chevy Chase, Md., area against | allegedly poor bus service north of | Chevy Chase Circle, the use of the | circle as an outdoor bus terminal and | the plan of the Capital Transit Co. | to construct a temporary shelter near the circle. H. P. Caemmerer, executive secre- tary of the Pine Arts Commission, said his organization will convene here No- | vember 8 to consider this and other | problems. John Hanna, president of the Capital Transit Co., is expected to lay architectural plans for the struc- | ture near Chevy Chase Circle before the commission. The Citizens’ Com- | mittee of Section 2, Chevy Chase, Md., in which half of the circle is located, yesterday expressed the opinion they would fight any proposition to build a | terminal or shelter at the circle. They | want the company to use its property at Chevy Chase Lake for that pur- | 1 Offers Services. Caemmerer telephoned Hanna and suggested the commission could offer | valuable service free on the question also is anxious to look at the Capital Transit Co. plan for a waiting room near the juncture of Wisconsin and Western avenues. Any structure to be erected now, merican Delegates at Archives Opening ‘The shrine in which will be plas Dr. Connor, Pedro C. ~—Star Staff Photo. ALLAN ROWE, OHID, 5 CANDIDATE FOR 0. €. POSTNASTER House Member Lamneck Boosts His Democratic Campaign Manager. MOONEY NOT EXPECTED TO GET REAPPOINTMENT Associates of President Tnsist $9,000-Per-Annum Plum Go to Party Man. Allan Rowe, Columbus insurance man, who is active in Democratic politics in Ohio, is a candidate for post- master of Washington, it was disclcsed * today. William Mooney, the incum- bent, who was appointed in 1923 by President Harding. is not expected to be reappointed when his term expiras in February. | Rowe is being boosted for the pust | by Representative Lamneck. Democ:a., of Ohio, who has sought the assistance cf Postmaster General Farjey and slso has taken up the matter with the White House. Several days ago h~ | brought Rowe to the White House Executive Office to meet Marvin H. Mclntyre of the White House secre- tariat. Postmaster Mooney, looked on as ced the priceless documents of Amer- ican history, the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution, in the Archives Building. —Underwood & Underwood Photo. Ickes Warns Workers Seeking Promotion With Political Aid Secretary of Interior Ickes is bear- ing down on employes who seek to fur- ther their personal fortunes by po- litical backing. In a circular letter making the rounds today, the Secretary says: “Many employes are attempting to use political pressure to secure other These special requests have grown in my office is unable to handle them. “Notice is hereby given to all em- ployes that requests of this nature will | tent to stand on his record of perform- ance for advancement “It is the constant effort of super- visors and the personnel office to fit people into positions where they more | properly belong. This is a continuing | process and has resulted in benefit o numerous employes. It is the only method by which a | against backing of this nature. | In the present instance, the Secre- | tary’s warning is directed to the In- at the District line and Wisconsin | be ignored and will not enhance their | terior Department, but it is a repeti- avenue and on Connecticut avenue north of Chevy Chase Circle, will, in Caemmerer’s opinion, set the future fashion for all similar structures at all the entrances to the National Capital. For that reason the com- mission is insistent that bus waiting rooms will be not only of a fitting architectural character, but in har- mony with the surroundings and meeting the wishes of the residents in the sections served. Bus Bunching Deplored. Prominent Chevy Chase, Md., citi- zens say the bus terminal on Con- necticut avenue should be at Chevy Chase Lake, not only giving better service to residents living in nearby | Maryland, but in wiping out the pres- ent unsightly conditions around Chevy Chase Circle, where busses are bunched while waiting to start on their next trip. The understanding of the Chevy Chase residents is that the Capital Transit Co. is projecting a temporary shelter for bus passen- gers in a triangular plot of ground Jjust north of Chevy Chase Circle on Connecticut avenue. To this plan the residents are strenuously object- ing. ‘The Fine Arts Commission will not only consider the problem of bus transfer points at the entrances to the city, but the question of an ade- quate downtown bus terminal, said Caemmerer. Washington, he de- clared, should have a union bus ter- minal comparable to that in Los Angeles. " Confuses Tourists. As the situation exists here now, Caemmerer pointed out, there are a number of bus terminals maintained by the different operating lines com- ing inté the city. This is not only very inconvenient, but very confusing to tourists who have to go from one terminal to another to make their trips, according to the Fine Arts Com- mission secretary. He contends the Capital’s union bus adequate facilities for public conven- ience, as this would remove busses now oc streets areas and causing much traffic confusion, Caemmerer said. John Nolen, jr. director of plan- ning of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, proposes to lay the whole bus terminal problem before his -organization probably at its next meeting. He has been ad- Chase Circle. Much study will be needed before Nolen will be able to present a complete report, in which members of the standing for future advancement. An | office cannot operate on a theory that employes can regulate the assignment litical influence. Once an applicant has been employed, he should be con- of duties either directly or through po- | tion of a previous declaration made with regard to public works employes. The circular, however, is being dis- seminated throughout the Govern- ment, presumably as a matter of general information. ALL BIDS REFUSED ON PATENT OFFICE New Plans and Specifica- tions for F Street Work Being Drawn. Secretary Ickes today rejected all bids, opened some months ago, for remodeling the south end of the old Patent Offize Building, preparatory to widening F street between Seventh and Ninth streets. The previous bids were considered too high, and new plans and specifications are being drawn to bring the program within the public works allotment for this Job. John L. Nable, National Park Serv- ice engineer, announced new bids would be called for, probably next week. A definite date for the bid opening has not yet been decided on. The new plans for remodeling the south entrance of the building will eliminate the steps that now stand in the way of the street widening, but the mew program will omit the old plans for creating a principal en- trance to the structure at F street, with an adequate lobby in keeping with the architecture of the building. The columns will not be interfcred with in the alterations, officials said. BABY BOY ABANDONED; FOUND ON HOME STEPS St. Ann’s Sisters Take in Child. No Clues to Identity Have Been Found. Less than a day old, a baby boy, abandoned last night at St. Ann’s Infant Home, New Hampshire avenue and Washington Circle, was healthy, pink and crying today. The infant was found wrapped in a faded blanket and lying in & small basket on the steps when Catholic sisters at the home answered a knock on the door. Physicians said it had been born only two or three hours earlier. No clues to the identity of its parents have been discovered. Hoover Arrives Home. PALO ALTO, Calif, October 19 (#).—Former President Herbert Hoo- ver arrived home yesterday, accom- panied by his son Allan, after a trip to V York City. % COMMUNISM VIEW OF BOARD HIT i Legion and Gen. Fries Op- pose Allowing Teachers to Identify Principles. Protest against the decision of the | District School Board to allow teach- | | ers in Washington public schools to | identify principles of Communism to | pupils was made yesterday from two | sources. The American Legion, militant foe of Communism, speaking through Dis- trict Dept. Comdr. Joseph J. Malloy, bitterly assailed the decision and warned that some parents might with- | draw their children from the schools because of it. The Legion's attitude was made known in a letter to the School Board from Dept. Comdr. Mal- loy. The second attack on the board's finding was made by Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries, active patriot and retired Army officer, who described the deci- sion as “rotten.” Gen. Fries indi- cated he would bring the matter be- fore some of the eivic and patriotic organizations with which he is affi- liated. The board's decision was made a few Jays ago by a vote of 6 to 2 after sub-comimttee study had been made of a ruling by Corporation Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman that Communist doctrines might be explained, but not advocated to children in the public schools. The ruling was made as an inter- pretation of an amendment to the which Congress directed payment of salaries was to be withheld from teachers who advocated Communism. WEST VIRGINIAN HELD Arrest Is Second in Drive to Con- trol Coal Vendors. ‘The second arrest in the drive by the Department of Weights snd Measures to tighten its control over coal venders resulted in the forfeiture of $10 by Sloan R. Hott of Keyser, W. Va. Hott, a coal vender, was in Police Court with failing to have his name and address displayed on both sides of the vehicle in which he was coal. ”~ organization | District school appropriation bill, by | one of the most efficient postmasters Washington has had in many years has served under Presidents Hard: Coolidge and Hoover, and has been permittec by the Roosevelt adminis- tration tc finish out his term. Democrats Want Job. While he is highly regarded by the { Post Office Department and White House, it is understood there is little iikelihood of his being given another term, inasmuch as he has been rated as a Republican. Political associates of the President are insistent that this $9,000 job go to a Democrat. There is reason to feel President Roosevelt will be influenced by the demands. Although Rowe's name is the first to be mentioned as a candidate. it is believed he will have plenty of rival * candidates before long. Mooney Here in 1893. Postmaster Mooney, a native of Steubenville, Ohio, came to Wash- ington in 1893 to start to work for | the Government as a clerk in the Post Office Department at $900 a year. He has ramained here since, working up through various grades until he became chief clerk of the Post Office Department during the Wilson administration. He held ths post at the time President Harding made him postmaster. Rowe managed Representative Lam- ’neck's last campaign for re-election to Congress. It has been pointed out that Rowe,. besides being an experienced business man, had some post office experience a number of years ago when he was postmaster in a small town in Ohio before taking up his | residence in Columbus. JOINT CONFERENCE ON HOUSING ASKED | Session Passes Resolution on Plan for Co-operation at Close of Session Here. The Joint National Conference on ousing in its closing session here yes- erday passed a resolution recommend- | ing that representatives from the pri- vate and public housing agencies meet | with the Central Housing Committee, | under. Frederic A. Delano, whenever | the need for co-operation arises. | Another resolution was passed call- | ing for a second joint conference on | housing a year from now, presumably | in Washington, to include the same groups attendipg the conference just ended. Addressing the final meeting. Hor- ace Russell, general counsel of the " Federal Home Loan Bank Board, dis- cussed achievements of the board and | its agencies, including the Home Own- | ers’ Loan Corp., Federal Savings and Loan and the Federal Savings and Loan Insurance Corps. Predicting nearly a million homes will be saved from foreclosure by the H. O. L. C, he declared “millions of children will be reared in their own | homes instead of the houses of ten- | ants, and a skeptical world will be shown that a soundly designed home mortgage loan, made to an honest American citizen, can and will be paid back.” H DEANS END SESSION IN CAPITAL TODAY Sightseeing Final Feature of Summer Session’s 18th An- nual Program. The eighteenth annual conference of the Association of Deans and Direc- tors of Summer Sessions was sched- uled to close with a sight-seeing trip this afternoon, after morning busi- ness sessions and a luncheon at the Shoreham Hotel. Forty colleges and universities in the United States are representd at the meetings, devoted chiefly to dise cussion of professional school prob= lems and improvement of present systems. Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of George Washington University, host institution to the conferees, addressed the group yesterday. Last night the group saw the George Washingtone ‘West Virginia foot ball game at Grif- fith Stadium. Dr. R. W. Bolwell, secretary of the association and dean of the George Washington University Summer ses sions, was in charge of convention a: rangements. P. C. Weaver, head of the Pennsylvania State College Sume mer School, is president of the organ- ization. LIBRARIAN HONORED Vance Named to American Bar Committee. John T. Vance, librarian of the law section of the Library of Con- gress, has been appointed to an Amer- ican Bar Association committee which deals with duplication of legal pub- lications, the association announced yesterday. Vance became a member of the bar in 1921, and has prom- inently associated with its activities .