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+ [omenivew ] The Sunday Shaw . FACES CAPITAL'S RELIEF AGENGIES +4,500 Cases Still Being Han- dled, With Winter Com- plications Due. MONTHLY TURNOVER APPROXIMATELY 350 1 No Additions Can Be Made to Rolls Without Serious Pay- ment Curtailment. Despite generally improved business ! conditions and increased private em- | ployment, Washington approaches a ! new Winter with the demands upon | public and private relief agencies | showing no diminution. i In brief, the picture is as follows: | The Public Assistance Division since | July 1, has been carrying & virtually | static load of about 4500 cases, rep- resenting nearly 6.500 individuals. Under the present tentative budget, no increase in the case load is possible without cutting the relief granted to & point considered completely inade- quate. There is a monthly turnover of about 350 cases but in September some 1600 opplications were investi- gated and 2,000 more were rejected without investigation. 11,135 Under W. P. A. The Works Progress Administration had 11,175 District residents on its rolls on October 1 as compared to 10,- 780 on September 1. Of these totals, 6,564 were on local projects last month and 6,210 on similar jobs in the pre- ceding month! these figures are close to maximum quotas aliowable to the District, Private agencies for relief, such as those of the Community Chest, the churches and fraternsl orders, report themselves taxed to capacity already with increased demands expected with colder weather. In most cases, re- sources of these agencies have been curtailed or badly strained in recent Yyears and each succeeding year of ex- cessive demand creates an increasing-s difficult problem. In contrast to these factors of need are the more encouraging develop- ments such as increasing placements through the Public Employment Center. - 2,635 Get Jobs. Yesterday, for instance, C. E. Lam- son, director, announced that 2,635 placements were made during Sep- tember, with 2,254 of these being in private employment. These figures are in favorable contrast jo those of August, when 2415 placements were recorded, with 1,759 being in private employment. The September recapitulation shows, also, that of the 2,254 receiving pri- vate jobs, 1,120 were classified as of indefinite duration, with 1,134 being terhporary. Going back to September, 1935, it is found that the Employment Serv- jce made only 1,955 placements, with 1,560 being in private industry. Even with the increased placements of this year, however, the agency reports that September applications exceeded placements by about 20 per cent, with 3,189 registering during| that period. Retail Trade Rises. Also entitled to mention as a fac- tor of encouragement was the re- cently revealed survey of the Come merce Department showing & 36 per | cent pick-up in retail trade in the | District from 1933 to 1935, inclusive. During this period, retail pay rolls | moved up 29 per cent and employ- | ment gained 26 per cent. | That improvements such as this are | not appreciably reflected in relief rolls may be partly explained in sev- eral ways. In the first place, indi- | viduals now on the rolls of the Public | Assistance Division are unemploy- | ables; theoretically none of them are | abie to work even if opportunity were | available. As injury, sickness, old age and other factors add to this classifi- cation, it becomes evident that the public relief list will be the last place | to reflect any improvement in eco- | nomic circumstances of the com- munity. . Furthermere, employment gains are recorded principally in lines requiring certain degrees of skill, whereas the W. P. A. rolls are filled principally by unskilled labor. Demand for labor is particularly strong in domestic service and in construction work, but ekill is necessary in both. S 518 Leave W. P. A, Evidence that re-employment does figure in the picture, however, is found n the fact that 518 left the W. P. A. during the year ended Seplember 1 to take private employment. In ad- dition, 1,261 left for reasons unknown and 792 failed to report for work; both of these groups undoubtedly included individuals who had received offers ©of private employment. Helping materially in the problem facing the P. A. D. are the monthly reimbursements being received from the Social Security Board for assist- ance to, the needy blind, the needy aged and dependent children. Fed- eral contributions for these programs locally are amounting to about $15,000 per month at the present time. Benefiting from these programs on October 1 were 65 needy blind persons, 981 needy aged, 1,100 relief families with dependent children. “With about 3,400 applications for old-age assist- ance :still to be cleared, the P. A. D, expécts to add some 2,000 to this clas- sification. Of this eligible number, it 1s estimated that about 1,500 will come from present relief rolls. View 1,200 Colorful hibits, the fourth rose show opened yesterday at the | New National Museum. Varieties of | American snd European roses never before shown are on display. l} STAB —_— BING INVESTIGATED B & Staff Correspondent of The Star. Showing mew and beautiful blooms, the Potomac Rose Society opened its annual show at the Smithsonian Institution yesterday with Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, wife of the Secretary of Agriculture, as chief patroness. Mrs. Wallace is shown receiving a basket of roses from Betty Gamble, 11-year-old daughter of Dr, J. A. Gamble, president of the society. —Underwood & Underwood Photo. WASHINGTON, D. C, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 11, 1936. LARGER QUARTERS AND STAFF URGED FOR D. . LBRARY Central Building Declared Inadequate in Report of Trustees. HOME CIRCULATION UP 134,226 VOLUMES Near 3,000,000 Mark—126,837 Persons Are Registered Members. Substantial increases in staff and enlarged quarters for the central building of the Public Library are two grave problems facing the Board of Library Trustees, according to the report of the board and the librarian, submitted to the District Commission- ers yesterday by Theodore W. Noyes, president of the board. “The trustees, in considering broad- ly the events of the fiscal year 1936, express their gratification at the com- pletion of the new branch library opened in Georgetown in October, 1935, and the assurance of a branch in the Petworth section through ap- propriation in 1937 and suthorization for 1938, the report says. The in- crease in the book fund from $40,000 to $60,000 is most encouraging, also. “The board appreciated greatly the action of the trustees of the Peabody the new Georgetown branch. Such transfer '+ in line with the best thought waich advocates the consol- idation of resources into single units of service. 126,837 Registered Members. Mrs. Phyllis Jaeger, 5235 New Hampshire avenue, with The Evening Star Trophy, to be presented for the most meritorious ezhibit at the two-day show. THOUSANDS VISIT ROSE SHOW HERE Ex- hibits—Many Awards to Be Made Today. ‘With more than 1,200 colorful ex- annual Potomac Several thousand visitors were on Of the exhibits, more than 800 are non-commercial, ahd about half that number commercial. In the initial awards Richard L. Ruffner won first and third prizes for the best rose of the show with his Crimson- Glory and President Hoover. The second best was displayed by Mrs. Lomax Tayloe of Vienna, Va., one of the two Virginia State directors of the Potomac Rose Society. It was of the Betty Uprichard variety. Awards to Be Made. The Evening Star silver rose vase, for the garden club having the most meritorious exhibit; the Washington Herald Trophy, grower having the most meritorious display; several medals by the Ameri- can Rose Society and other awards by Dumbarton Hall are to Ye awarded for the amateur today. Exhibits by amateur growers in sweepstakes ranked along with those of the commercial firms. . ‘The best rose of the show in the commercial class was of the .Joanna Hill variety, displayed by Gude Bros. of Washington. T. C. Stevenson of Towson, Md., exhibited one of the better times variety. His was chosen as the next best rose in this class, with third prize going to Fenry A. Dreer for his display of the Queen Mary. Sponsoring the exhibit, in addiion to the Potomac Rose Society, are the Mary Rose Society, the Virginia Garden Clubs and the Garden Clubs of the District of Columbia:. Dr. J. A. Gambie, president of the Potomac group, explained ‘hat the exhibit was of Summer and Fall roses. One of the purposes of the show, he said, was to determine for the benefit of Washingtonians which varieties of roses and colors were best suitable to be grown in this section. One of the features of the. show, arranged by B. W. Roberts, secretary SEAT PLEASANT, Md,, October 10, [ of the Washington Fiorist Club, in «Prince Georges County police to- co-operation with the Potomac Rose night were investigating the stabbing of Melvin Palmer, about 35, who was | the importance of vase color and found with a chest wound at his home | shape for decoration. here this afternoon. James Dougherty of * Wi —Star Staff Photo. & TRAFFIG FATALITY RATECUT SHARPLY Three Killed in September, Compared to 13 Year Ago. | 1In spite of an increase in number | of automobiles in Washington and in the number of traffic accidents, fewer people have been injured or killed by | motor cars here in the first nine months of the year than during the comparable period of 1935, according hand for thé opening, and an even | to Willlam A. Van Duser, director of heavier attendance is expected today— the last day of -the show, which will run, from 1 o'clock this afternoon until 10 tonight. | vehicles and traffic. Van Duzer pointed out that during September there were only three traffic | fatalities, compared to 13 in Septem- | ber a year ago. From January 1 to | fatal accidents was 61; during the same period last year there were 81. As for injuries in traffic accidents | the total through September 30 this | year was 2,937 and last year was 3,185. “These figures indicate,” Van Duzer | said, “that there has been a substan- | tial reduction both in injuries and | traffic deaths during the past nine | months, “However, the records indicate that accidents resulting in property damage increased during this same period from 4,118 in 1935 to 4,931 during the same i perfod this year. The total accidents | have increased from 6,960 to 7,589. “The net registrations of motor ve- hicles during this period has increased about 11,000. This is not a bad show- ng for the District, in view of the fact that we have more cars in proportion than perhaps any other city in the world, but there is plenty of room for | improvement. “If all drivers would make up their’ minds to obey the rules of the road and - drive carefully and cautiously, and i all pedestrians would look be- fore crossing the street, accidents in Washington could be still further reduced.” . D. C. Students Promoted. Two Washington boys, sons of Regular Army officers, have been Soclety, was an exhibit illustrating | Tay! Tom Thumb Rose. A novel exhibit was that of the told police he found the victim on the | Tom Thumb rose. This flower, which floor about 3 p.m. today. Palmer was | originated in Holland, is the smallest | Frank B. Noyes, Mrs. Henry A. taken to Casualty Hospital, where | red rose in the world, and produceslace, Mrs. Charles G. Abbot, termed his condition as|blooms all season. “undetermined.” Although police sald they thought his injury was suffered | Agriculture Department was among’ in an altercation, no arrests had been | the exhibitors. maqe tonight. * Judcelwmnr.umnmlnrm; Patronesses included Mrs. Whitman Mrs. | September 30 the total number of | that 126,837 persons, or around one- fourth of the population of the Dis- trict, are registered users of the M- brary, and the home circulation ap- proaches the 3,000,000 mark. i “But more significant even than these figures is the serious use of the books as indicated by the demands for technical and vocational material, books and pamphlets on current civic, economic and political subjects, and works in cultural fields.” The home circulation of books was 2,857,849 volumes, Dr. George F. Bow- erman, the librarian, reports—“which Tepresents a gain of 134,226 volumes for a year in which libraries through- out the country were losing circula- tion, and an increase of 70 per cent over the figures of 1930." “The requests from individuals and groups of citizens’ organizations for reading matter on all questions of pub- lic or personal importance as recorded in the report of the librarian are im- pressive,” the trustees’ report con- tinues. meet these demands. It is impossible to turn people away or to refuse the personal assistance the citizens right- fully expect to receive, but the de- mands have long passed the point where it is possible for the c'aff to | cope with them adequately. Status of Personnel. “In the face of these demands no adgitional personnel has been added to the library staff in the fiscal years 1933 to 1937, apart from the staff for the new Georgetown branch and one position for the new music division. The work increases in the meantime at every point—in the number of bor- rowers served, in the books loaned for home use, in importance and complex- ity of questions asked and material sought, In the necessary records. and in administration. Substantial addi- tions to the personnel are, therefore, urgent. “It has been recognized for some time that the present central library is not large enough to take care of the demands made upon it. During the major part of the day the main lobby of the present building is so congested tRat it is almost impossible to accommodate the throngs who come for books; the reading rooms are over- crowded and inadequate in number. Shelf and stock space for books is entirely outgrown. “Built more than 30 years ago for & city of less than 300,000 (popula- tion 1900, 278,818), the building is inadequate for a central unit of a growing city of over half a million population. “From the administrative side the present building is most ineficient. “Every available spot is now utilized, even stairways and halls are con- verted into offices; quarters for ‘the ever-growing work with schools are overcongested; the acquisitions, cata- logue and binding divisions occupy 17,000 square feet in temporary quar- ters & mile away in & District build- ing which will within & few years be required for the municipal center or be sold. There is no adequate provi- sion for the .building force or ‘for building supplies. Situation Called Acute. “During the past year the situa- tion has become acute and the trus- tees have given much thought to the problem, seeking to find the way to adequate space and administrative ef- ficiency at the least cost to District taxpayers. “When the time for final action by 10,000 to 15000) mentary 3 plls who Library in transferring that library to | “The report of the librarian shows | “The library is created to | ©0-0p- | Jection to the Georgetown branch. reared in captivity. TWO FOUND DEAD OF ASPHYXIATION Death Declared Accidental by Coroner—Discovered - by Neighbor. A man and woman identified at the | District Morgue last night as Thomas | R, Fidler, 44, and Erma Lutz, 35, were | found dead of asphyxiation in a third- | floor apartment at 609 New Jersey | avenue yesterday afternoon. Dr. A. Magruder MacDonald, cor- oner, who ordered the bodies removed to the Morgue, said b inquest will be necessary. He expressed the opinion their death was accidental. ‘The couple, known to other roomers in the house as “Mr. and Mrs. Moore,” | had been living there only since last ‘Wednesday. Coroner MacDonald said they had apparently been dead since early in the morning, although their bodies were not discovered until yesterday afternocn. Mrs Clyde Burner, 20, & resident of the third floor of the building, said she had smelled gas | throughout the Saturday forenoon. She discovered the trageay. A pumber of empty whisky bottles were found in the room, police said. Furniture had been tcppled over and | the room was badly disarranged. ‘The coroner suid the couple had apparently baked some bread Friday night, and a pa:t of it had been eaten. | ‘The jet in the over was open when | the bodies were found. They left n papers or other effects by which they coula be identified. They were ident:fied several hours later by Marcus Cooley, 530 Third street, and Sam Craddock, 510 Sec-} | ond street. Fidler was said to have | been unemployed. SHENANDOAH PARK MOST FREQUENTED | Had 694,098 Visitors During Year—Great Smokies Is Second. Shenandoah National Park has an | undisputed claim this year as the Nation's most-frequented scenic area. With 694,098 visitors during the year, twice as many as any of the great national parks of the Rockies, the Shenandoah ranked first in the number of tourists, followed in sec- ond place by the Great Smoky Moun- | tains National Park, which had & record of 602,222 visitors. | ‘Thus the supremacy held so many | years by the scenic areas in the far West has passed, the National Park Service pointed out yesterday. to the more recently established areas east of the Mississippl. One-fourteenth of the total popu- lation of the United States, or 9.929,- 432 persons, visited the 134 national parks and monuments this year, a | gain of more than 4,000,000, or & 70 | per cent increase over 1935. e e 849 volumes, 167,114 mounted pictures should be added, making a total cir- culation of 3,024,963 pieces,” Dr. Bow- erman observed. The percentage of fiction in the whole circulation showed & further drop from 47.6 to 47.1. Book Collection. The book collection was increased to 518,914 volumes. Gross additions numbered 69,539 volumes, but the net increase, after deducting 23,792 books worn out and withdrawn, was 45,747 volumes. A large part of the net gain consisted of the original stock of the Georgetown branch library, including more than 5,000 volumes acquired by transfer of the Peabody Library col- ‘Phe appropriation act for the fiscal year 1937, carries $75,000 for begin- ning the Petworth branch, together with an authorization for s second $75,000 in the 1938 appropriation. The municipsl architect has schieduled this the library is com- pelled 1o go on year after year elos- | Pe ing its central library every Priday and its major branches every Saturday aftermoon. At least two of the minor branches (Chevy Chase and Woodridge), by their records of nearly 100,000 volumes each of cire culation every year, should have their hours extended from 32 to 72 weekly. “Correction of .these shortcomings AWaits increases of staff to sufficient personnel to cover lengthened hours and the 26-day vacation period. * ; Tni:u, Pokodiak and Fridgee, the three hybrid bear cubs born recently to Ramona, a brown Kodiak bear, are proving one of the prize attractions to visitors to the Zoo. ) baby bears with their mother, this is the first known ezample of hybrid bears being born and Photo shows the —Underwood & Underwood Photo. Discharged Jurors Defend Freeing of Traffic Defendant Majority Say They Followed Evidence and Instructions of Court—One Reticent. How do the “discharged” jurors feel | about it? ‘To find out, The Star canvassed the individual members of the panel dis- | missed from further duty last week | by Police Court Judge Edward M. | Curran, who disapproved of their ver- dict of not guilty in a negligent homicide case. ‘The jury had acquitted Morgan | Glaze, 27-year-old colored driver, whose car was alieged to have fatally injured Mrs. Mary Hausenfluck, 79, more than a year ago. The magis- trate rebuked the jurors and said | their discharge was “out of regard for the community."” ‘The attitude of a number was force- | fully expressed by one of the woman jurors, who remarked that “We were not all dumbbells, you know." Seven still thought their verdict was fair considering the evidence | presented. Two, who held out for conviction through several ballots, were more inclined than ever toward a guilty verdict, although one of the two said he-thought his attitude was because he learned after the trial that Glaze had several traffic convictions | against his record and was driving on | a revoked permit at the time of the accident. Two could not be reached | for comment, and one declined to make any statement. Several of the jurors expressed the opinion that the court had spoken | hastily in the rebuke, and declared | that if they had the case to try over 2gain, and the same evidence were presented, they would vote not guilty a second time. Two of the jurors said | they had gone to the judge after their | dismissal and expressed themselves to that effect. Evidence Held Lacking. P. C. Schneider, 44. of 3814 Yuma street, part owner of an electrical store, explained his position as fol- lows: “The law, which is new. requires that there be evidence of reckless driving before a driver should be con- victed of negligent homicide, and in my opinion no evidence was brought in court to show the defendant was driving recklessly. One witness festi- fed his car stopped within 8 or 10 feet. “He bad a right to pass the safety island on the car tracks, as he was doing, with a green light to go on. As long as there was reasonable doubt that he was driving recklessly, I thought he should be given the bene- fit of it. “Like the others, T had no knowl- edge of his previous record of con- victions, or that he was driving cn & revoked permit, but as I understand it, we wouldn't have been permitted to take that into consideration eve§ if we had known it.” Ruth de Zevallos, 30, of 2307 Fifteenth street, said she had on com- ment. R. J. Rothstein, 48, of 1432 Mon- tague street, declared: “If T had it all to do over again, and the same evidence was presented, I would vote for the same verdict. I tried to be impartial and give a ver- dict in accordance with the evidence presented. There. was reasonable doubt that the defendant was driv- ing recklessly, and no direct evidence to that effect.” One of the woman jurors, who asked that her name not be used, asserted she was not sorry she had voted for a not guilty verdict and would do the same again under similar circum- stances. Glad of Her Vote. “I would have stayed until dooms- day if I thought beyond a doubt that the driver was guilty, but I'm glad I voted the way I did after hearing the evidence,” she said. “I thought the judge was a little hasty, in his statement in dismissing us, and I'm getting tired of explaining about the e.ue. what do they have a jury for? “If we had known of the driver’s “Purthermore, the library cann 80 on adding mare new agencies with- out relief in the form of substantial sdditions to its central administrative and technical staff. ‘This is the pres- ent outstanding need.” to comment on the case, but “had no | apologies to make.” Mrs. Marie Gibson, 28, of 4929 Blaine street, stated she would give the same verdict again on the same evidence and would not change her vote even if she had known of the record of previous convictions because the jury was empaneled to try®only the case in question. Followed the Evidence. Mrs. Mae Kingsbury, 53. of 1109 Rhode 1Island avenue northeast, explained, “I rendered a verdict as 1 saw it.” One of the jurors, who was “inclined” toward a verdict of guilty, said he had been convinced by the others that there was reasonable doubt that Glaze was driving reck- lessly and changed his mind to give him the benefit of the doubt. He stated that in view of the record of previous convictions, he might not change his mind again, although, theoretically, that should not affect his opinion in rendering a verdict. ‘The other juror said he was for conviction in the first place and still was of the opinion that the verdict should have been guilty, but had agreed with the majority because he “might be wrong.” Meanwhile, warrants charging Glaze with bad brakes, failure to change address and driving without a permit were still unserved late yesterda | The warrants were issued immedi- | ately after the trial. INDUSTRIAL GROUP COMING TO CAPITAL Traffic League Will Make Head-! quarters Here—Conven- tions Are Listed. Headquarters of the National In- dustrial Traffic League will be moved from Chicago to Washington within the next few weeks, according to word received by the Greater Na- tional Capital Committee of the Board of Trade, from its executive director, | Curtis Hodges, who is now in Chicago. Hodges said that offices have al- ready been leased in the Munsey Building. He also informed the committee that the eastern regional meeting of the National Restaurant Association, which will attract about 1,000 dele- gates, will be held here December 10 and 11. The decision was made at the national convention in Chicago, which was attended by Hodges and a large local delegation from the ‘Washington Restaurant Association, headed by Julius Lulley. The American Association of Su- perintendents of Dining Cars will hold its 1937 convention here, the com- mittee announced. W. F. Kusch of the Southern. Rail- way extended the invitation at the Toronto convention, which was held last week. The committee also said the Amer- ican Folklore Society will meet at the riton Hotel December 27 to 29. Father John Cooper of Catholic Uni- versity is making arrangements for the convention. CITIZENS INSTALL BEAL AS PRESIDENT Other Officers of Mount Pleasant Association Also Take Posts. Walter H. Beal was installed as president of the Mount Pleasant Citi- zens’ Association last night at the first meeting of the organization since last May. Other officers, elected last May, and installed last night were: George H. Markward, vice president; Daniel Fo- ley, treasurer; John de la Mater, sec- retary, and Arthur A. Chenay and Henry H. Burrough as delegates to the Federation of Citizens’ Associations. ‘The following were appointed by Beal ds standing committee chairmen: Charles B. Campbell, public health; Frederick G. Hunt, streets and alleys; Robert J. Werner, police and fire pro- tection; William C. Lee, parks and reservations; Arthur A. Chenay, pub- lic utilities; Mrs. Horace L. Richard- son, schools; George H. Markward; or- | ganization and membership; Raymond J. Bowen, zoning; Mrs. Elizabeth Byers, entertainment; David J. Cald- well, restrictive covénents, and M. W. Lewis, history oxxom Pleasant. B PAGE.B—1 CITIZENS T0 CARRY ). C. FSCAL FIGHT TO TAX COMMITTEE b i Appeal for Fair Formula Be Made Through Federation. 2 REPRESENTATIVES BI TO HEARINGS OCT. 23-24 T. 0. Lodge and L. A. Carruthfrs to Attend—Latter Plans to} File Report. } BY JAMES E. CHINN, Organized citizenship of the Dm&ct virtually completed arrangements Rst night to carry the fight for fair ahd equitable treatment of the District fby the Pederal Government directly -to the committee of tax experts appointed by President Roosevelt to solve the long troublesome fiscal relations problem, Through the Federation of Citizehs’ Associations, Wagshington's clearing house of civic thought, the orgafiged citizens plan to appeal to the com- mittee to adopt a formula for 4 | the amount of the annual Federal cqn= tribution toward District expenses that will include all elements that congtie tute a financial burden on Washington because it is the seat of the Natiogal Government. J. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency én~ gineer and tax authority, who is direct- ing the President’s exhaustive fisérs relations survey, has invited two feder- ation representatives to appear at the public hearings hé has scheduled for October 23 and 24. One will be Thomas | E. Lodge, federation president, and the | other, L. A. Carruthers, chairman of | the organization'’s Fiscal Relations | Committee, Carruthers to File Report. Prior to the public hearing Carruth- ers said he could file a report with the committee outlining his views as to what constitutes a fair basis for de- | termining the - Federal share of ex- | penses toward the operation and main- tenance of the municipal government. Carruthers will place emphasis on one factor the mow defunct United States Bureau of Efficiency took into consideration eight years ago when it made a comprehensive fiscal reiations study—the value of tax exempt Federal | holdings in the District. The efficiency bureau found at that time that the Federal obligation exceeded $10,000.- 000, or more than double the $5,000,000 appropriated for the current fiscal year. . The latest repart of Pred Allen, Dis- triet tix assessor, disclosed that the tax exempt Federal property in Wash- ington amounts to $649,728,158, or | nearly 62 per cent greater than it was | six years ago when the Federal lump sum contribution was $9,500,000 Would Eliminate Shrines. Allen’s figures include all Govern= | ment-owned property, the Capitol, Washington Monument and other structures regarded as national shrines. | Carruthers, however, believes such shrines should be eliminated and the amount of the Government property figured entirely on the basis of its utilitarian character. In other words, he thinks Government buildings used and useful in the public service, which could be placed in the category of privately owned office buildings, should | be the only property listed in arriving at the value of Federal holdings for the purpose of determ'ning the sav- ings in taxation to the United States, Carruthers also will urge the come | mittee to give serious consideration to | the added cost of operating the mue | nicipal government due to the stand« | ard wage scale of its employes which | has been made to conform with thas of the Federal Government, in ace cordance with the reclassification sct. | In this connection he will stress other | factors that have proved costly to the District because of the movement;to make Washington the most henut{!ul | capital city in the world. ! Other Organizations Invited, ' Besides the federation, Jacobs Bas | invited & number of other organifa- tions vitally interested in the fiseal relations problem to appear at the hearing. These include the Citizehs' Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations, the Washington Board of Trade, the Central Labor Union, the Washington Real Estate Board and the Washing- | ton Taxpayers' Association. 3 Prior to the hearing Jacobs plgns to complete an analysis of 48 reports submitted by department heads of ghe municipal government showing bege- fits reaped by the Federal Govem- ment at District expense. Each re) discloses in dollars and cents hpw much the United States Governmgnt would have had to pay for services it received from the District in the Mst 12 years if it could have been taded as an ordinary taxpayer. H Details of these reports have been made public, but it is understgod the services listed by the departmgnt heads would cost the Federal Govegn- ment nearly double each year $5,000,000 lump sum payment year toward District expenses. U . MT. PLEASANT CARS BACK ON F STREET G Street Alternate Routing lil- continued to Prevent ® Confusion. : Beginning . today all cars of the Mount Pleasant lines will be through downtown P street. For than two months the line to Thire teenth and D streets northeast Nas traversed G street. § | PFinding that F street could carry the traffic, officials of the Capital Transit Co. decided to e cars which have been using G ta P s0_as to avoid any possible lusion among riders not familiar 3 the operation. The other units of tha., Mount Pleasant lines, going to Lincoln Park and to Third street wnd Indiana avenue, will eontinue along their oid routes, through’ H, Fourtetiti™ and P streets. ‘