Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1935, Page 13

PROGRESS HOTED N CES REPORT Four Big Accomplishments Cited by Interior Head in Statement. By the Associated Press. Listing four “major accomplish- ments,” the annual report of Secre- tary of Interior Ickes was released today for publication. Ickes, in a foreword, said he would not attempt to interpret or summar- ize details of the reports of various divisions and bureaus included in the 440-page volume covering the year ended last June 30. The major accomplishments cited were: “Marked progress on the largest construction program in the history of the Bureau of Reclamation, in- cluding completion of Boulder Dam. Grazing Unit Established. “Establishment, under act of Con- gress, of a Division of Grazing; the creation of grazing districts and the undertaking of a variety of conserva- tion measures with a view to protect- ing the grazing lands and stabilizing the live stock industry dependent upon the range. “Expansion, increasing use and ap- preciation of the national parks, es- pecially in Winter. During the year 6,337,206 persons visited the parks, monuments and other areas under the jurisdiction of the National Park Service, an increase of 22 per cent over the previous year, establishing a Tecord. “A New Deal for the Indians, under the Wheeler-Howard act, and the im- portant contribution of the Indians to the emergency conservation pro- gram.” The report of Louis R. Glavis, head of the department’s Division of In- vestigation, said its activities had saved the Public Works Administra- tion $64,450,000 which otherwise would have been lost by “frauds and irregularities.” Glavis' investigators were listed as spending $1,337.350 in making in- quiries leading to “cancellations or rescission of bids and awards where fraud or collusion was found, rescis- sion of allotments due to irregular- fties or <raudulent representation; lack of economic soundness in proj- €cts, poor financial standing of pro- spective borrowers, and the use of in- sufficient or inferior material in con- struction.” “Kick-Back” Eliminated. In addition, the report said, con- ployes “kick-back” part of their P. W. A.-scale wages were forced to return nearly $260,000. The Division of Investigation was credited with returning $30,000 to the ‘Treasury, and restoring 224,215 acres to the public domain because of | fraudulent entries, while another | $12,800 and 1480 acres were taken | back in civil suits. Of the 21 cases tried, 18 were won by the Govern- ment, the report said. In discussing the $175,000,000 recla- mation program, of which $75,000,000 came from P. W. A. and $100,000,000 from the work relief fund, the report said the drought of 1934 showed the Benefits of such projec The “greatest undertaking,” Boulder Dam, was completed May 29 and the report said it already had prevented what might have been a serious flood in the Imperial Valley in California. Activities of the departmen numerous other bureaus included: Geological Survey—Completed large: scale maps of 46,000 square miles, including some in Puerto Rico; sur- veyed 1,900 miles of streams capable of producing power; recommended | that it receive larger appropriations | to carry out topographic mapping. Education Office Report. Office of Education — Noted that | States ought to pay a large share of | educational expenses, advocated part- | time jobs for 2,000,000 young peopie to | permit continuance of high school, college and vocational studies at a maximum cost of $40,000,000 a month | to the Federal Government. | Bureau of Mines—Reminded that helium used in the Army-National Geographic Society stratosphere flight ‘was manufactured at its plant at Ama- rillo, Tex.; said the number of min- ing accidents declined; said it needed enlarged laboratory facllities at Salt Lake City, College Park, Md. d Tus- caloosa, Ala.; modernized buildings at| the petroleum experiment stations ot | Bartlesville, Okla,, and Laramie, Wyo., and facilities for a study of explosives | at Pittsburgh, | Iceland Storm Creates Havoc. REYKJAVIK, Iceland, December 16 (®)—Two or three Icelandic fishing boats were feared lost in a terrific blizzard along the coast last night. ‘Thousands of sheep have been killed inland as a result of the storm. HAVANA * NASSAU - SOUTH LOW FARES FAST SERVICE Convenient Schedules | near tractors who had been making em- | Jenckes of Indiana and William Tyler | THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. O, MONDAY, DECEMBER 16, 1935. Washington Wayside Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. LUCKY DAY, OU would have a hard time convincing one Chevy Chase ‘woman that this isn’t a pretty good world, after all. She is the wife of a man whose success, like that of many others, turned scur during the height of the depression. They lived in & rather large house, a house that prosperity built, but the day came when there was ne money in it to buy the next meal. Both husband and wife had too much pride to turn to their re- spective families for help. They de- cided to get through somehow. On this worst day of all, with “For Sale” signs dotting the front lawn, the wife decided to forget for a ment by working in her flower As she knelt to her task her eyes fell upon two crisp one-dollar bills. She needed them desperately, but before using them she made a check-up among the neighbors. None of them had lost the money. There will never be another two dollars like those two in the lives of the ~ouple in question. From that | time on their financial condition grew rapidly and progressively better. * % ¥ X OVERHEARD. An open ear along the Wayside picks up quite a bit of interesting conversation. For instance: He—I} you don’t mind waiting here a couple of minutes, I'd like to step down the street for a beer. She—You know how nasty you get when you drink. You'd better give me that gun. The mneatly wrapped package changed hands, and the man left to get his beer. THAT waiter in the little sandwich shop on the House side of the Capitol is still up to his old tricks. About a week ago Wayside operative 21,007 reported how he upset a plate containing a hot pork sandwich and gravy in the lap of a guest sitting Representative Virginia E. Page, minority clerk of the House. The other day, however, he spilled a small jug of cream in the lap of ‘Wayside operative 21,007 while he was engrossed in conversation with Chair- man O'Connor of the House Rules Committee. Ve Unconsciously, the waiter got re- venge for the unwanted publicity. * ¥ ¥ ¥ TIME FLIES. Truth in advertising is carried out by a downtown hotel to the nth degree. For years the mow old New Houston Hotel ggoudly Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday boasted a name {in huge letters on itg side. low, however, the New has been over anc it becomes just the Houston Hotel. RlSle of Cottage City, Md., go in for bicycle riding in a big way. Richard Newman, who has lived in the Maryland suburb for years, rode his “bike” to and from the Govern- ment department in which he was employed every day, rain or shine, until shortly before his recent re- tirement. Toward the last, however, an automobile struck his “wheel” so hard that—well, he finished his career in the Federal service as a bus rider. More recently, Mrs. Mae Middleton, mother of eight children, all but two of them grown, has been doing & bit of pedaling nearly every night, usual- ly in company with an army of bike- riding TS. ‘Tops in the matter of bicycle en- thusiasm, however, is the case of an- other Cottage City resident, an elder- | ly Government worker, who prefers not to have his name Waysided. He has gone to the expense of having a narrow concrete driveway laid across his lawn, leading from the street to his backyard garage, in which he and his son keep their wheels. * %% % YO HEABE HO. 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