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" o] @he Sundy Star . . el BABCOCK ASSALS A.F.G. E. LEADERS; SEEKS SHOWDOWN But Reiterates Desire for .. Convention to Accept - His Resignation. SAYS OTHERS ATTEMPT TO MAKE HIM “GOAT” Bessions to Begin Tomorrow—3- Cornered Fight for Presi- dency Looms. BY J. A. FOX, Staff Correspondent of The Star. DETROIT, September 12.—Assert- {ng that an “illegal oligarchy” has as- sumed control of the American Federa- tion of Government Employes and is attempting to make him the “goat” for mis- takes of their own, E. Claude Babcock tonight declared his in- tention of seeking a showdown at the convention opening here Monday. Babcock reiter- ated his desire that the federa- tion accept his resignation from the presidency. | This was submitted several weeks ago ‘when he went on leave after the Execu- tive Council started recall proceedings against him for attacking the “spoils” policy of the Roosevelt administration in a pamphlet circulated by the Re- Ppublican National Committee. | He said he would make no effort to | preside at the convention, even though | his leave is up as the gathering as- | sembles and his tenure of office lasts | until the delegates actually pass on the resignation. He emphasized, how- ever, he intended to stay at the con- vention for its duration, and might take the floor in his own defense. Babcock made it clear his remarks were directed principally at three or | four Washington members of the | Executive Council—Cecil E. Custer, treasurer, and two vice presidents, Michael D. Schaefer and Ira Y. Bain. He mentioned “possibly” G. Carroll Diamond, another vice president. Erstwhile supporters of Babcock in other factional fights, these four led the recall movement. Won’t Be “Goat.” “I feel that they have hidden their own errors behind me to my detri- ment,” he said. “I ‘want,them to stop it and propose 4o see t they do. I'm not going to be the goat.” A specific complaint made by Bab- cock is that minutes of the recall hearing were denied to lodges by the council on the ground that he had 80 asked. This, he said, is not the case, as he has “nothing to hide.” He also charged the Washington mem- bers of the council with violating the “gentlemen’s agreemeént” to terminate the cross-fire of recriminations that marked the first breach between him- self and his former associates. Babceock insisted also that he could control enough votes to block the election of Charles I. Stengle, who | is being boomed for the presidency by the conservative faction of the | District Department, which includes | four council members in its leader- ship. He declined, however, to say what position he will take in the election, which seems likely to de- velop into a three-cornered race among Stengle, John R. W. Smith, head of War Department Lodge of New York, and Dr. Thomas Larkin, Justice Department economist, of Elreno, Okla. Members Under Fire. The council members attacked by Babeock already are under fire by the *liberals” in the District Department, who are seeking their recall, charg- ing them with dictatorial tactics. Onme of the lodges in this fight is Justice 21, against which suspension proceedings are pending in the council. ‘There was still no word from that body tonight as to what would be done, bul the opinion prevailed that the suspension order that was lifted yesterday when the lodge go a hear- ing here would be reinvoked. | The council also was confronted | with another problem today when rep- resentatives of the American Federa- tion of State, County and Municipal | Bmployes split on a plan for affiliation that is to be voted on at the conven- tion. In a brief Arnold Zander of Madi- son, Wis,, provisional president of the State-county-municipal organization, proposed that the contemplated plan for affiliating with the A. F. G. E. be abandoned, and that his group, over which the A, F. G. E. has been granted Jurisdiction by the American Federa- tion of Labor, be chartered directly by the A. F. of L. To the contrary, Abram Flexer of New York, representing a majority faction in the State-county-municipal group, recommended that the original plan for charter through the A. F. G. E. be gone through with. Delegates Due Today. ‘The council must recommend one of the two courses to the convention. Few of the delegates had arrived here tonight, but the majority were expected E.. C. Babeock. ing will hear a talk by Representative Ramspeck, Democrat, of Georgia, chairman of the House Civil Service Committee, and be acquainted with the legislative program for Federal ‘workers to be urged on the next ses- sion of Congress, in the report of the acting president, Mrs. Bernice B. Heftner. SRR JOHN DALY DIES Girl, 12, Gets B W WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 13, 1936. Valor Medal Roosevelt Also Presents Toy Mickey URLY-HAIRED KATHRYN VAN HORN now is the proud possessor of a medal of valor and a toy Mickey Mouse, whose residence for the past several months has been atop the desk of the | President of the United States. The 12-year-old White Cottage, | Ohio, lass, whose quick action saved the lives of two playmates, received | the medal and the toy from President | Roosevelt yesterday. The medal was the first youth award of the Army and Navy Legion of Valor for the “‘most heroic act during the year.” It went to Kathryn for saving Gerald Nixon and Raymond Kelly last February 5 by throwing herself in their path and overturning their sled as they coasted down an icy hill toward an approach- ing train. The Mickey Mouse was a present President Roosevelt presenting the gold medal of the Army and Navy Legion of Valor to 12-year-old Kathryn Van Horn. —Wide World Photo. given to the President months ago and kept since then on his desk. After the presentation in the Chief Executive’s private office, with a num- | ber of war heroes and Congressional Medal winners looking on, the young heroine smiled a “thank you, Mr. President,” and he laughed and said: “Well, it wasn't such a scary party after all, was it>” Capt. Ralph W. Robart of Boston, | past national commander of the Le- | glon of Valor, introduced Katheryn. | She took the President’s outstretched hand with little apparent shyness and replied “Fine” to his welcoming “Well, how are you?” ‘The President said he felt highly honored in presenting the medal to the plucky little girl, “because you are the first person to win it in the United States.” RED CROSS CALL OPENS SEPT. 21 Membership of at Least 65,000 Sought—Wilson Drive Chairman. Seeking a membership of at least 65,000, the District Chapter of the American Red Cross will hold its twentieth annual roll call September 27 to October 16, Brig. Gen. F. R. Keefer, chairman, announced today. Gen. John J. Pershing has been named honorary chairman and Lloyd B. Wilson, president of the Chesa- peake & Poto- mac Telephone Co., chairman of the drive, Wil- son will be as- sisted in active direction of the roll call by an imposing number of prominent Washing- tonians, whose assignments will beannounced from time to time during the next two weeks. The goal of the membership campaign is substantially higher than last vear, when, under the direction of the late Mrs. Zella M. Johnson, the chapter attained an enrollment of 43,654, largest since the World War. Chapter officials pointed out that due to increasing demands for Red Cross service the national membership goal had been set at 5,000,000, the District accepting & quota in proportion to its increased population and ability to give. ' To avold conflict with the annual Community Chest campaign, the roll call date was advanced this year more than a month. The national roll call will be from Ar- mistice day to Thanksgiving. Cha pter offi- cials emphasized that the roll call goal was in terms of numbers of members rather than amount of donations. Most of. the member- ships will be $1, although larger contributions are acceptable. In addition to Moater.. & house-to-house drive, solicitation in all Government departments and a thorough canvass of financial and business establish- ments, organizers of the roll call plan booths, store window displays, poster distribution and an assortment of ex- hibits to call attention to Red Cross needs. Twenty-eight store window ex- hibits, including two with “living mod- els,” already have been arranged. Objectives Outlined. In a statement announcing the ap- pointment of Gen. Pershing and Wil- son, and outlining the activities of the Red Cross, Gen. Keefer said: - - “During the last year the District of Columbia Chapter has had a very busy program. In the new activity of ‘accident prevention,’ both on the highway and in the home, the chap- ter has participated in a campaign conducted in 225 schools and many welfare and business organizations. During this campaign more than 10,000 pieces of literature were dis- tributed throughout the city. More than 1,200 people were trained in first ‘Wilson. John Daly, 69, who for 40 years operated a blacksmith shop at Twen- tieth and L streets, died early today at his home, 2321 Pennsylvania avenue. He was a native of Washington. Surviving are his son, Joseph J. Daly, and two daughters, Mary T. Daly and Mrs. Nell P. S8an Fellipo. Funeral arrangements have not been aid methods and have taken part in giving assistance in many accidents. More than 2,700 students have been trained in water safety and swimming. “Scores of volunteers have served in the preparation of 269 Braille books for the blind. More than 1,400 ex- service men have been given help by our chapter. Our volunteer motor FIDELITY OFFICIAL SOUGHT BY G-MEN William S. Herndon, Missing Since June 29, Linked to Shortage. ‘The mysterious disappeararnice June 29 of William S. Herndon. George- town branch manager of the closed Fidelity Building and Loan Associa- tion, at first listed by police as an ordinary “missing persons” case, yes- terday assumed significance with dis- closure that G-men are hunting him for alleged misappropriation of funds of the association. Herndon, it was revealed, dropped out of sight on the eve of a scheduled visit to the Georgetown branch by Treasury bank examiners. Investiga- | tion of his accounts disclosed an al- | leged shortage of about $7,500. A week after Herndon's disappear- ance agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation appeared secretly before United States Commissioner Needham C. Turnage and secured a warrant charging the branch manager with misappropriation of $2,500. Other Irregularities Revealed. ‘The sum named in the indictment is said to represent cash allegedly re- moved from the safe of the branch on the day prior to the bank exami- ners’ visit. Careful investigation of books and other records of the branch are said to have disclosed & number of irregu- larities, including altered deposit slips and unrecorded deposits, due to ab- sence of deposit slips. Eleven days after issuance of the warrant for Herndon, F. B. I. agents reappeared before Turnage and se- cured a warrant for the arrest of Fred B. Rhodes, former president of the Fidelity Building and Loan Associa- tion, charging him with larceny of $13,000. Coincident with the arrest of Rhodes, Treasury officials closed the institution, headquarters of which were on Thirteenth street, between G and F streets. It was explained there were “apparent irregularities and losses” which rendered the association insolvent. Wife Asked Assistance. Herndon resided in Alexandria, Va., with his wife and baby. Mrs. Hern- don appealed to police to hunt for her husband shortly after his disappear- ance, and the police posted a “miss- ing person lookout” for him. Herndon is said to have lived in the West some years ago, and F. B. 1. agents are believed to be looking for him there. It was recalled yesterday that while Herndon was manager of the South- west branch of the association in 1934 he reported to police a $538 robbery. Herndon told detectives he was held up at pistol point by a man who had asked him fo change & $20 bill and who then proceeded to rob the till. The robbery never was solved. NAMED PEACE SPEAKER Miss Dorothy Detzer Given Post in Fall Drive. Miss Dorothy Detzer of Washington, national secretary of the Women’s In- ternational League of Peace and Free- dom, has been appointed one of the 300 key speakers in the Nation-wide Fall drive of the emergency peace campaign. Organized last April, the campaign is now being carried on in 278 cities throughout the country, according to officials. : is accomplished chiefly through already existing clubs, societies and organizations, Barter Increases. S & deiins o imports . nesMMR' (8¢ RED CROBS, Page B-2) ' tobacco é 4 A COURSE IN SAFE DRIVING 1S URGED FOR HIGH SCHOOLS Motor Club Letter Tells Mrs, Doyle, Board Head, of Benefits. RESULTS GRATIFYING IN OTHER PLACES Books at Cost and Autos for In- struction Would Be Free Under Plan. A proposal to establish & course in safe automobile driving in senior high schools here was made to the Board of Education yesterday by the District Motor Club, branch of the American Automobile Association. In a letter to Mrs. Marion Wade Doyle, board president, Richard M. Ham, safety director of the motor club, cited the growing recognition in many States and cities of the value of safety education, especially among drivers and prospective drivers in the high school age group. The course outlined by Ham would include several hours of classroom in- struction in safety needs, rules of the road and city regulations and other theoretical work, and wind up with actual driving instruction, the student at the wheel of a car under the guid- ance of & trained instructor. It has been promised “serious consideration” by Mrs. Doyle. The course of study already is be- ing used in many cities, and during the past Summer was tried out in a special class at Pennsylvania State College under the direction of Amos E. Neyhart, professor of industrial engineering. He has specialized in driver-training work and is now in Washington on leave from the col- lege to perfect and establish the course in high schools throughout the country. Special Cars Available. For the “field” work, which con- cludes the course, special cars with dual sets of clutches and brakes have been made available to all schools establishing the - approved A. A. A. course by the Pontiac Motor Co., of Pontiac, Mich. Seven of these cars have been assigned to cities in this section, courses are now under way, and would be available for the Washington high to install the course in the schools here, Ham said. In his letter to Mrs. Doyle, copies of which were furnished other, mem- bers of the board and Dr. Frank Balloy, . superintendent of schools, Ham expressed the hope that the course “could well be adopted on the basis of a ‘major’ subject, for which a full unit of credit would be given.” “We might mention,” Ham wrote, “that the senjor high achool is the logical place for such a course be- cause, first, from the record of traffic accidents, it is clearly indicated that there is a very serious need for such instruction among students of this age and, second, it is during the high school years that students have a very keen interest in learning how to drive and are approaching the age at which permits can be issued under the law.” Mrs. Doyle said she would not care to comment on the motor club’s plan until it had been taken up by the board at its next meeting Wednesday, but believed the time has come for driving instruction to be considered “most seriously.” “We are living in & machine age and our children should be taught by competent teachers how to handle such machines as they are likely to come in contact with,” she explained. Driving & Privilege, “I believe young men and.women should be impressed with the fact that driving on the public highways is a privilege, not a right, and should not be permitted to operate a car unless they can do so properly. Sec- ondly, I believe they should be taught how to drive in the same way they are taught anything else, not by a brother or father riding around the block with them a few times, but by an instructor specially qualified to perform the task. It is & question of saving lives.” ‘The teaching of safety in schools has been made obligatory in the States of New Jersey and Missouri, and n Indiana 40 hours of driving instruc- tion is a prerequisite to high school graduation, Ham pointed out. The full course of class room in- struction has been drawn up in mimeo- graph form for examination by the ‘board members, but will be published as a class room text by next month, it was explained. In writing the text, consideration was given to its devel- opment by competent traffic special- ists, ‘textbook writers and educators, so the material would be of the highest quality from the standpoint of student interest, safety material and pedogogic presentation. H While the class room work is con- sidered necessary as a foundation, and even i\cludes instruction in the mechanics of an automobile, stress would be laid chiefly on the actual driving instruction. This instruction was developed by Prof. Neyhart among high school students at State College, Pa., during his spare hours. The Neyhart “system” is based on safe driving habits. After conducting extensive research in industrial plants, as well as drivers of fleets of trucks, he determined that safety habits can be inculcated with thorough instruction. One truck com- pany, which adopted the policy of the ‘“repeaters,” drivers who had accidents with greater than usual frequency, decreased accidents 30 per cent while getting rid of only S per cent of its drivers. Another company operating buses, experimenting with the same policy, replaced the men discharged with others who had nmever driven a motor vehicle before. After an intensive schooling in safe-driving habits, the New men established a record for no accidents among a large number of experienced drivers, Result of Education. ‘Turning to the question of accidents among private-car operators, Neyhart found that while the nstional desth where driver-training | school students if the board decides | ¢ficiency of Resettlement's efforts to Berwyn Housing Preject Nears Completion Néarby Resettlement Experiment Watched as 1,000 Families Prepare to Move in. & Some of the homes soon to Greenbelt, the Resettlement Ad- ministration’s low-rent housing project at Berwyn, Md., is nearing completion.. Within siz months 1,000 families will move into the new homes there. This is the first of flve articles discussing the va- rious phases of the New Deal's experiment. BY GORDON EAMES BROWN. TTHIN the next six months, probably in February, some 3,500 persons will become tenants of Uncle Sam when they move into small, comfortable homes at Greenbelt, on the wooded slopes of nearby Berwyn district, Md. Planned and built by Rexford Guy Tugwell's Resettlement Administra- tion, the “model” community will be- come a town of 1,000 families over- night. Thanks to about $7,500,000 of Fed- eral funds, taken from the huge re- lief appropriation of 1935, these Greenbelt residents will live in the New Deal's conception of an ideal town. 0 They will be part of the Tug- wellian scheme of a new design for living. They will demonstrate the promote the more abundant life. Much has been written about the Resettlement Administration, espe- cially about the Suburban Resettle- ment Division, charged with the plan- ning and construction which have transformed a 2,100-acre submarginal land area into a modern Utopia. But writers, limited to administration promises and forecasts by the very incompleteness of the project and the immaturity of the plans, have not been truly able to evaluate Green- belt in terms of society, local gov- ernment and finances. Problems Still to Be Solved. Even now, with actual tenancy of the town only a few months away, Resettlement's planning for these im- portant phases of its work are still unfinished. Despite the almost em- bryonic status of many of these | plans, however, study of them in the formulative period reveals what prob* lems must be solved by Resettle- ment if its avowed hopes for Greenbelt would be realized. These next few months, then, con- stitute a critical period in this experi- | ment. Greenbelt's founders term it a | demonstration project. They believe | its success would make it the forerun- be occupied at Greenbelt. ner of many similar planned com- munities. They hope the town will serve as a yardstick of cost and values. Resettlement has three other dem- onstration projects, located at Cincin- nati, Milwaukee and Bound Brook, N.J. Excepting the New Jersey proj- ect, defunct since a recent adverse court decision, all are under con- struction. All are experiments. This series is concerned only with | Greenbelt, largest of the towns and | | most nearly completed. Greenbelt's | problems are paralieled in the other communities. Resettlement officials continually emphasize this “experiment” charac- ter of the project. One executive de- clared: “I almost hope we make as many mistakes as possible so our suc- cessors may profit from the errors.” His wish is an exaggeration of the entire philosphy of Greenbelt’s plan- ners, devoted to the yardstick ideal. Attractive Settlement. Greenbelt—or Tugwelltown, a collo- quialism not blessed with approval of the administrator—will probably be a delightful place to inhabit from the standpoint of physical equipment. | Houses will be comfortable, recreation- | al facilities ample and the town site attractive. Its success as a practical, low-rent housing project, however, depends upon the planners’ ability cerrectly to solve certain vital, attendant prob- lems: Will renty actually fall within the low-income brackets? Can a spirit of community co-operation, through town ownership, be developed? Will the New Deal’s promises of seif-liqui- dation of the project materialize? Will petty politics, local and State, distort the administration’s = picture of serene town life? Will full utiliza- tion of recreational facilities be gus anteed by a specific program of ac- tivities? | Still in the realm of conjecture, | these questions must be answered by | Resettlement. The answers will de- cide the future of Tugwelltown. —Star Staff Photo. country’s ubiquitous relief load, its start was hurried. Within five and a half months after the site was chosen 500 transients from Washington began wielding axes to clear the 22-acre, artificial lake bottom. That was on Columbus day, October 12, 1935. ‘The start of the project, which soon absorbed 1,000 Washington tran- | sients, was welcomed by Capital police | and welfare workers, When the Gov- | ernment discontinued its transient camps in the Fall of 1935, the city faced the care of hundreds of home- less, penniless wanderers. Authori- ties envisioned conditions of crime and disease akin to the situation,gen- erated by the ill-fated bonus army encampment here, Possible Crisis Averted. ‘Then Resettlement stepped in. The dole receivers became workers. A pos- sible crisis had been averted. ‘Throughout the construction period, all unskilled labor on the project has come from relief roles. But private industry, enjoying a building boom in Washington and nearby Maryland, has | absorbed about half this transient group formerly employed at Greenbelt. As the project’s structures reached the plumbing, wiring and roofing stages, the pay roll mounted with the addition of artisans, not limited to re- lief cliency as a hiring qualification. Now there are nearly 5,000 workmen at the town; some 1,600 of these are from Washington and Baltimore is Tepresented by about 1,800. The bal- ance resides in Maryland rural areas. ‘When labor passes the peak next month men must be dropped. Their future has not been planned by Re- settlement, which hopes private in- dustry will continue its absorption. The emergency character of the work has had unfortunate financial effects on Greenbelt. How it has increased the project’s cost will be seen later in this series. The employ- ment of transients also prompted much of the early criticism by Prince Greenbelt is the Government's at- tempt to obtain a better adjustmen of land and population to achieve bet- | ter economic and social conditions. It was conceived by Tugwell, popu- | larly called the President's No. 1| Brain Truster, and became a virtual | reality by a White House decree of April 30, 1935. Because Mr. Roosevelt saw in Greenbelt construction an opportunity to lighten the local burden of the Georges County governmental and civic leaders who complained against “undesirables” residing in their dis- trict. Since the workers are daily | transported by railway, at the Fed- | eral Government's expense, to and from their Washington and Baltimore | homes, these specific objections were unfounded, soon ceased. (Tomorrow: The Government chooses the tenants, the corporation takes over.) FISGAL RELATIONS STUDY 15 PUSHED First Conference Lasts All| Day—Jacobs to Seek Extensive Data. J. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency engi- neer and tax expert, appointed by President Roosevelt to direct a study for determination of an equitable fiscal relations policy between the Federal and District governments, an- nounced last night every source of factual data bearing on the subject would be tapped before any recom- mendations are made to Congress. The announcement followed an all- day conference between Jacobs and the special committee which the President named to constitute an ad- visory group for the period of the fiscal relations survey. The meeting was the first that Jacobs has held with the Advisory Committee since its appointment nearly a month ago. ‘The conference was called primarily to work out a program of procedure for the study, but the result was not dis- closed. In fact, Jacobs reiterated a former statement that the activities of the committee would be surrounded with secrecy because the nature of the investigation is such that premature reau of Efficigney, which made an ex- haustive study of fiscal refations in 1928, and numerous reports on the District income from various sources over a long period of years. A num- ber of District government depart- ment heads are now at work on other material requested by Jacobs at a conference with them last week. Jacobs pointed out that he and the Advisory Committee are interested in procuring all possible factual infor- mation on the fiscal relations question so the recommendations to go to Con- gress in January will call for a fair and equitable contribution to the expenses of the District. ‘The Advisory Committee is composed of George McAneny, president of the Title Guaranty Trust Co., of New York: James W. Martin, chairman of the Kentucky State Tax Commission, and Clarence A. Dykstra, city manager of Cincinnati. Further meetings between Jacobs and-the committee are planned as the inguiry progresses. JURORS OPEN PROBE OF BRIDGE COLLAPSE THREE ARE HURT IN TRIPLE CRASH Mother, 2-Year-0ld Girl and Man Victims of Accident Near Falls Church. Three persons were injured early today in a triple collision on the Lee Highway near Falls Church, Va. A young Arlington County mother and her 2-year-old daughter, riding in one of the cars, were unhurt, Charles F. Crump, 54, driver of the car in which Mrs. Willlam West, 24, and her daughter, Shirley Ann, were riding, suffered a broken shoulder. Erwin Small, 20, driver of one of the other machines, and Donald Cramer, 21, who was riding with him, were cut and bruised. The three, all from Ar- lington County, were brought to Georgetown Hospital for treatment. The third machine was driven by James B. Briggs, 814 Massachusetts 4 of 8 May Bring in Indictment on Manslaughter Count, Judge Tells Men. By the Associated Press. CHESTERFIELD COURT HOUSE, Va, September 12—Circuit Judge Edwin P. Cox today said in his in- structions to s six-man special grand publication of any phase of the work might jeopardize the effect of the concly Independent Data Welcomed. Jacobs pointed out, however, that every organization in Washington, in- terested in the fiscal relations ques- tion, would be given an opportunity to submit any data it may have that will aid him and the committee in reaching & .decision as to the fair Federal share of District expenses. Representatives of these groups are to be invited to a conference as soon as Jacobs gathers information from other sources. A mass of statistical information al- ready has been collected by Jacobs, and much of this was sent to the Ad- visory Committee before it came to ‘Washington for the conference. Ja- cobs said it was his intention to keep the committee informed as rapidly as jury investigating the deaths of four relief workers in a bridge collapse in Chesterfield County, September 1, that four of the jurymen could bring an indictment for manslaughter if they thought the circumstances justified that course. He said such an indictment could lapse of the bridge was due to “reck- less disregard of human life on the part of any person now living.” ‘The jurors were expected to visit the scene of the accident at Falling Creek, near U. 8. Highway No. 1, this afternoon. Indications were that the investigation might last until Monday. avenue southeast, who was unhurt. Four Others Treated. Four other persons, including a 2- year-old boy, were treated at hospitais here yesterday for injuries received n accidents in the Washington area. In the case of the boy, Charles L. Black, 2, of 1126 Eighth street, who was struck near his home, the driver, Cronje Helm, 36, colored, 2035 Gales street northeast, was charged with reckless driving. His bond was fixed at $500. After treatment at Emer- gency Hospital for body cuts the boy was released in care of a private physician. Woman in Accident. Mrs. Alice V. White, 48, of 5408 Galena place was brought to Casualty from an accident on Largo pike, near Largo, Md., and is suffering concussion and cuts. Miss Fanny Carpenter, 35, of Brook- lyn, N. Y., and Alfred Creal, also of Brooklyn, were brought to Georgetown Hospital from Centerville, Va., where the car they were riding in left the road. Miss Carpenter was treated for the data is accumulated so the mem- | ously bers may keep abreast of the n-otl‘tbom." = Dats gathered acobs the zeport of the dafunct Fedgral . police expressed the opinion that the broke & steel a broken arm and Creal for shoulder injuries. Coal Discovered. ‘Two rich coal veins has been dis- covered at Slieve Ardagh, County Tip- ‘perary, Iriah: Free State. Sports—Pages 6 to 11 B PAGE B—1 HOUSING PROJECT AT SILVER SPRING GIVEN APPROVAL F. H. A. Insures $840,000 First Mortgage on $1,100,- 000 Development, 178 FAMILY UNITS ON EIGHT-ACRE SITE Rents Will Range From $43.50 for Three Rooms to $77 for Six Rooms. ‘The Federal Housing Administration paved the way yesterday for consttuc- tion work to start on the proposed $1,100,000 housing project at Silver Spring, Md., known as Falkland Properties, Inc. A contract was signed by the sponsors by which the P. H. A. insured an $840,000 first mortgage on the property. Final plans for the project, where an average rental of $14.50 per room will be maintained, were approved by the’ Housing Administration, and the financing was arranged through the R. F. C. Mortgage Co. PFalkland Properties, Inc., is the second large scale housing operation developed under the Housing Ade ministration program in the metro- politan area of Washington. The first project of this kind was Colonial Vile lage near Clarendon, Va. On the 10-acre site, just across the District Line in Silver Spring, will be built 178 family units in two and three story semi-fireproof structures, They will have garages for 28 cars. The site extends east from Sixteentn street along the Colesville pike, Buildings will occupy 2 acres of the site, the remaining 8 acres being reserved for gardens, playgrounds and wooded park areas. A gentle roll of land lends Itself to an informal arrangement of the buildings and landscaping. Apartments at the Falkland de- velopment, located in one of the fastest-growing suburban sections, will vary from three to six rooms. Rents will range from $43.50 per month for the three-room units ta $77 a month for six rooms. Falkland Properties is a subsidiary of the Blair Management Corp., of which Montgomery Blair is the prin- | cipal stockholder. The land, in- herited by Blair and transferred by | him to the corporation, has been held | by his family for over a century. Louis Justement is the architect in charge of the housing development | and E. Cortlandt Parker was the at- torney representing the sponsons in negotiations with F. H. A. —_— CAR LINE CHANGES WILL BE APPROVED Utilities Body to Pass on Routes With Few Minor Alter- ations. The Public Utilities Commission meets tomorrow to approve, with per= haps a few minor alterations, the six changes in routes of street cars pro- posed by the Capital Transit Co. as its “final routing plan.” In considering the changes, Acting Chairman Richmond B. Keech said yesterday the commission would keep | in mind the most direct routes and | & minimum number of changes in the regular riding habits of street ear patrons. Since the final plan was drafted, after a series of conferences with commission experts, Keech indi~ cated it would be approved in substan= tially the same form as filed last Fri~ day. The plan, which has been under study many months, was proposed be- cause of the disruption of routing ar- rangements a year ago by the substi- tution of busses for street cars on the Connecticut avenue and Anacostia services. KIWANIS GROUP INVITES CLUBS OF TWO STATES Constitution Day Meeting to Be Held Thursday at 12:30. Cummings to Speak. Clubs from nearby Maryland and Virginia have been invited by the Washington Kiwanis Club to attend its Constitution day meeting at 12:30 pm. Thursday in the Mayflower Hotel. Attorney General Homer 8. Cummings will speak on “A Nation Was Brought Into Being.” President Bynum E. Hinton has invited the Arlington County, Alex- andria, Fredericksburg and Manassas, Virginia, Clubs and the Frederick, Hagerstown, Prince Georges County, Annapolis, Baltimore and Towson Clubs of Maryland. Miss Dorothy Reddish will solos. 4 The clubs at Fredericksburg and Manassas will observe the Constitution day anniversary by dedicating trees to George Washington and James Madison. The Fredericksburg meet« ing will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday and the Manassas meeting at 5 p.m, Friday. RESIDENTS OF 2 STATES TO HAVE REUNION TODAY A reunion of residents of Virginia and West Virginia who are living in and near the District will be held today at the Miller cabin in Rock Creek Park. About 250 persons are expected to attend. , The program will last from 10 a.m. to 8 pm. and will include a picnig lunch, with speaking commencing at 2 pm. Representative Randolph, Democrat, of West Virginia, has been invited ta speak on behalf of the people of his State, while Thomas §. Settle, sec- retary of the National Capital Fark and Planning Commission, will rep- resent the Virginians and tell of the mmam\owmm A sing two