Evening Star Newspaper, October 11, 1936, Page 34

THE SUNDAY STAR WASHINGTON, D. C, OCTOBER 11,1936—PART TWO M NORTHEAST BODIES - MOULTON 10 TALK TOBOARD OF TRADE .Edgar Morris to Preside at First Fall Meeting Wed- nesday Night. Dr. Harold G. Moulton, well-known economist and president of Brookings Institution, will be the principal speaker at the first Fall meeting of the Washington Board of Trade, to be held ‘Wednesday night at the Willard Hotel. Dr.Moulton will discuss the world economic situation with particular stress on the role being played by the United States. He will explain the recent cur- rency readjusi- Dr-Moulten. rnents and the purpose of the $2,000,000,000 stabiliza- tion fund now being used by this coun- try in foreign exchange dealings. Addresses also will be made by Eugene Meyer, president, and James .M. Hepbron, acting director, of the ‘Washington Criminal Justice Associa- tion. Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the American Red Cross, will discuss that orgdnization’s annual soll call. A motion picture, showing actual traffic accidents, will be a feature of the entertainment program. It will be presented by Col. Lawrence C. Crawford, chairman of the board's Traffic Committee. There will be sev- eral other entertainment features and the meeting will close with a buffet supper. The meeting will be the first since the elevation of Edgar Morris to the presidency. He will preside. Press Takes New Post. William H. Press, who for the last year has served as executive secretary of the Washington Junior Board of Commerce and Washington represent- ative of the United States Junior | Chamber of Commerce, has resigned | to become an assistant to the executive sec- retary of the Board of Trade. He has already assumed his new duties and, in eddition, is con- tinuing his posi- tion with the Junior Board until his succes- -sor, Fred B. Lin- ton, jr., can as- sume the latter office on Novem- ber 1. Both are Washingtonians. Linton formerly was with R. H. Macy Co. in New York, but more recently has been with the New York Life Insurance Co. W. H. Press. Complaint Hours Fixed. For the convenience of the public, Joseph W. Marshall, director of the Better Business Bureau of Washing- ton, has fixed regular hours for re- ceiving complaints and inquiries. Consumer complaints are to be heard every day from 9 to 10 am., 12 to 1 pm. and 4 to 5 p.m. Financial inquicies and complaints are to be received from 9 to 10 a.m. | and from 3 to 5 pm. From 10 a.m. to noon and from 1 to 8 pm. will be devoted to necessary Investigations outside the office. Hazen to Speak. Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen will be the principal speaker at the weekly Juncheon meeting of the Junior Board :;t- Commerce at the Lee House Thurs- ay. Four other Junior Board meetings are scheduled for the week. Radio Committee will meet at 5 p.m. tomorrow at 400 Investment Building, Fifteenth and K streets. The Board of Directors will meet Tuesday at 8:15 p.m. at the May- flower Hotel. Subchairman of the Membership Committee will meet for luncheon et Childs’ Restaurant, on New York avenue, at 12:15 p.m. Tuesday. Lewis R. Barrett, co-ordinator of recreation in the District, will ad- dress the Recreation Committee Fri- day at luncheon at the Harrington Hotel. Hodges in Chicago. Curtis Hodges, executive director of the Greater National Capital Com- mittee of the Board of Trade, was in Chicago last week seeking addi- tional conventions for Washington. Mrs. Marie Rogers of the staff of the Board of Trade is ill with a| throat infection at Episcopal Hos- pital. ¢ Wood Differentiation Asked. Mrs. Sallie P. Muchmore, merchan- dise manager of the Better Business Bureau, has been conducting a cam- paign among furniture advertisers to educate them in giving woods their proper names, and her success so far “‘has led her to undertake a similar ° campaign among consumers, Advertisers, Mrs. Muchmore said, yespond readily to distinguishing be- tween mahogany, mahogany veneers and mahogany finish, and similar designation of other types of wood used in making furniture. She plans to use part of her radio time during . the next few weeks to tell the public how they can distinguish between the several types of materials and the manner of finishing household goods. PRIZE TO BE GIVEN FOR DAHLIA POSTER A silver loving cup for the most -'attractive poster on the Regional Dahlia Show concluded last week will be presented to Donn Leary of the Taft Junior High School Wednesday ‘night at the meeting of the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens’ Association. g Leary's poster was selected from = more than 70 such entries submitted i from schools throughout the city. Judging was by art superintendents in the public schools. The Rhode Island avenue associa- tion has for many years worked with the Woodridge Garden Club, since the efforts of the garden club also help ac- complish one of the main principles of the civic group—to beautify the community. In addition to the silver cup, which will be formally presented to Leary ‘Wednesday the association also has presented dahlia.roots for the two best posters submitted from each school. H. J. Clay, first vice president, is chairman of the Poster Contest Com- mittee of the kssociation. The | _Officers of Southéast Business Men The officers of the Southeast Business Men’s Association. No. 1, Louis F. Frick, secretary am!. counsel; No. 2, Alex J. Berlin, Shafler, sergeant at arms, and treasurer; No, 3, Clarence F. Donohoe, president; No. 5, C. Dick English, vice president. <> INSOUTHEAST AREA Business Men and -Council Most Intent on Building New Bridge. Eighteen projects for the general Pimprovement of Southeast Washing- ton have the approval of the Southeast Business Men's Association and the Southeast Council of Citizens’ Asso- ciations as well as at least “consid- eration” by the District Commission- ers in submission of the 1938 budget to the Budget Bureau. The projects were read to the Com- missioners at the recent public hearing on the 1938 budget estimates by Will- iam A. Maio, chairman of the coun- cil and drafter of the proposed im- provements. Bridge Leading Project. Principal amorig the 18 projects is | an appropriation of $650.000 for the | beginning of construction of the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge and an | | inclusion in the 1938 budget for the | |Oxon Run sewer interceptor. It is | planned to name the new bridge the John Philip Sousa Memorial Bridge, in honor of the late “march king,” who was born and raised in southeast ! and is buried in Congressional Ceme- | tery, within sight of the bridge itself. | Then other improvements desired | by the associations include the widen= | ing of Independence avenue from Sec- ond street southeast to Fourth street southwest; a waiting room and com- fort station at Seventeenth street and Pennsylvania avenue southeast; wid- | ening of Minnesota avenue from Penn- | sylvania avenue southeast to Ben- ning road; construction of a stadium |at the foot of East Capitol street on | the west side of the Anacostia River; removal of the garbage disposal plant at New Jersey avenue and K street | southeast; adequate underground lighting system from the Pennsylvania | | Avenue Bridge to Branch avenue and a traffic light at Minnesota and Penn- | sylvania avenues; additional equip- ment for No. 11 and No. 5 police pre- cincts and the erection of a new pre- cinct in the northern half of No. 11; new fire apparatus for No. 19 Fire En- gine Company; extension of Virginia avenue southeast from Eleventh street east to a boulevard extending along the Anacostia River; supervised play- grounds for Congress Heights and Randle Highlands and more adequate equipment for the entire southeast section: development of park areas and the beautifying of the center parkway on Pennsylvania avenue from Second street to Seventeenth street southeast; improvement of Commo- dore Barney Circle; widening of Nay- lor road southeast from Fairlawn ave- nue to Good Hope road; paving of Alabama avenue southeast from Nich- | ols avenue to Naylor road; restore lights on Ridge road southeast from | Burns street to Anacostia road and the general improvement of the schools in the Southeast section. Organizations Determined. A few of the items listed are hold- overs from last year; a few have orig- inated from a civic organization or the business men and are recent ad- ditions, but the entire list has the support of the civic and business or- ganizations of Southeast Washington in an endeavor to improve that part of the city so that it will rank second to none in appearance. The business men and the civic leaders of the communities are un- daunted by the Commissioners’ pro- posal to cut the budget into two sep- arate parts, one for maintenance and the other for improvements. It is true that the business men opposed the plan, but it has made the organiza- tion more determined than ever to get the needed improvements for their section. e Miles Standish Arrested. SAN DIEGO, Calif. (#).—For once, Miles Standish will have to speak for himself. He was arrested by a game warden and accused of bringing down two valley quail out of season with his fowling piece. _—— Origin of “Sabotage.” Sabotage originally was the ma licious throwing of shoes, or “sabots’ by French workers into the machinery of their employers. Believing that the hand broken from one of the figures making up the memorial group in the center of Du- pont Circle was not done maliciously, but by -exuberant youths who were using the group as an informal gym- nasium because they had no other place to play, the Dupont Circle Cit- izens’ Association will conduct a sur- vey of available playgrounds in its area. with & view of getting them in- creased. Attempts made in the past to have a fence or a row of spikes placed about the memorial have not been successful. As far back as April the association took an interest in the matter after a finger had been broken, and a committee called on officials of the National Capital parks to ask forq the construction of safeguards. This request was refused—mainly because it"was feared that the Fine Arts Com- Seven Groups Opposed; Six Fight Proposed Auto Weight Tax. * This is the first of a series of articles to be published each Sun- day on this page giving the atti= tude of District citizens’ associa tions on questions of city-wide in- terest, as evidenced by formal action. This review covers all meet- ings held this Fall up until last Thursday. In the future the re- view will detail only action taken during the preceding week, with the resultant totals. ‘The most pressing subject in civic affairs since the opening of the active Fall season is the question of one-man street cars, with every citizens associa- tion that has acted registering op- position, a review of their meetings reveals. The principal other questions that are being debated and acted upon are the proposed weight tax for automo- biles, the proposed increase in the gasoline tax and the suggested di- version of gasoline tax funds into use for projects other than highway sys- tem improvement. ‘The score on the proposed diversion of the gas tax is: Opposed to the tax. [} In favor of the tax. ‘The survey reveals that without ex- ception each group that considered | the question decided in opposition. The groups are Washington Highlands, Southeast, Southeast Business Men, | Friendship, the Federation and Inter- | federation Conference. Weight Tax Opposed. A proposed weight tax on automo- biles reveals these figures. Opposed to this tax In favor of this tax question are Washington Highlan | eration. The largest number of asso- one-man cars. Seven are opposed, with none favoring. ‘Three groups have acted this civie season. They are Conduit Road, Southeast and the federation. How- ever, the four other groups sent rep- resentatives before the Commissioners during the hearings in July to oppose the measure. They are Burroughs, Rhode Island Avenue, Kenilworth and Southwest. Thé Friendship Citizens' | Association voted in favor of reopening the hearings so that more civic groups | may be heard on the question. Division on Gas Tax Boost. A more divided figure results in the | survey on a proposed increase in the gasoline tax, the figure being Opposed Approved 2 While the Washington Highlands flatly opposed this increase, the fed- eration on October 3 opposed the in- crease unless made absolutely neces- sary by the highway plan for the District. The North Randle Commu- nity Citizens' Association favored an increase of 1 cent and the Forest Hills body approved an increase if more money is needed for street repairs. Other problems affecting the entire city, and which have already been acted upon so far since the Fall open- ings, are opposition to the proposed parking meter by Manor Park, ap- proval of ban on loud auto horns by ‘West End, opening schools at 9:30 a.m. instead of 9 o'clock to avoid rush hours is favored by Midcity, opposition to incremse in property or real estate taxes by Friendship and the federation, in- creased Federal contribution to Dis- trict expenses by Friendship and the federation, restoration of the old No. 2 precinct by Midcity, which inaugu- rated this move last year, and Logan Thomas Circle Citizens’ Association: approval of Dr. George C. Ruhland's health program calling for two new health centers by Brookland. Henry P.-T. A. Holds Meeting. The Parent-Teachers' Association of ‘the Henry School held its first meeting of the new semester last week. Various committees were appointed and grade mothers selected. Funds ‘were appropriated for athletic equip- ment. After a short program of en- tertainment by the children the meet- ing was adjourned. Broken Dupont Circle Statue Launches Drive for Playground now a whole hand and wrist is missing. Col. Edward Goring Bliss, & past président of the association, stated at the last meeting that he believed children would not play there if there was a playground or recreational cen= ter in the vicinity to which they could 80. A committee has been formed to conduct a'survey of recreational fa- cilities near the circle and as soon as this study is completed a report and recommendations for additional play- grounds will be filed with the Com- mlu:unen and Playground Depart- ment. Members of the association have branded the memorial as a health menace to the children who play there because the water is not pumped \fresh from the city mains, but is used over and over again. They also claim that injuries may result if children are allowed to climb and’ play there Groups which have considered this | | Forest Hills, Southeast and the fed-| ciations have suggested a stand on | Yo. 4, Arthur 18 PROJECTS ASKED (One-Man Cars Revealed.to Be Most Pressing Civic Problem Civic Calendar 17 Meetings Scheduled on Program for Com- ing Week. MONDAY, OCTOBER 12. Congress Heights Citizens' Associa- tion, 8 p.m., Congress Heights School. Hillcrest Citizens’ Association, 8 pm., East Washington Heights Baptist Church. Kalorama Citizens’ Association, 8 p.m., John Quincy Adams School. Northeast Citizens' Association, 8 p.m,, Ludlow School. Park View Citizens’ Association, -8 pm., Park View Platoon School. Piney Branch Citizens’ Association, 8 p.m., Roosevelt High School. Stanton Park Citizens’ Association, 8 p.m. Peabody School. ‘TUESDAY, OCTOBER 13. Burleith Citizens’ Association, p.m., Gordon Junior High School. Cathedral Heights-Cleveland Park Citizens' Association, 8 p.m. St. Alban's Church Parish Hall. North Randle Community Citizens’ Association, 8 pm. Free Methodist Church. g Randle Highlands Citizens' Associa- tion, 8 pm., 2407 Minnesota avenue southeast. Summit Park Citizens’ Association, 8 p.m., East Washington Heights Bap- tist Church. WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 14. American University Park Citizens’ Association, 8 p.m., Hurst Hall, Amer- ican University. Benning Citizens' Association, 8 p.m., Odd Fellows Hall, 508 Minnesota ave- nue northeast. Rhode Island Avenue Citizens' As- sociation, 8 p.m., Woodridge Sub- branch Library. FRIDAY, OCTOBER 16. Gover Park Citizens’ Association, 8 p.m., Industrial Home School. Takoma Park Citizens' Association, 8 p.m., Takoma Park Branch, Public Library, e CHILLUM CITIZENS HAVE FIVE PROJECTS | President Dixon Maps Program Including School and Street Developments. Featuring five major objectives, the program for the coming year was an- nounced yesterday by its president, M. E. Dixon, of the Chilum Heights Citizens' Association. Asking for co-operation, Dixon said: “Our views and our program must be | broad and deal with basic long-time as well as current needs. It is the long-time changes in a community property values. | provements such as Eastern and South | Dakota avenues and the main artery sewerage and water lines for the whole area are not made &vailable in the near future, a large propor- tion of this area will continue dor- mant or develop adversely to the best interests of this area.” Principal among the association’s high’ school within the Manor Park area. The site for this school has been selected and it is hoped that funds to build the school will be pro- vided in the District appropriation next year. Other points included on the pro- gram are: Development of the Fort Totten Park area; completion of East- tern avenue, Takoma Park to Brook- land; continuation of South Dakota avenue, Brookland to Blair road, and restricted zoning, to assure develop- ment of Chillum Heights as & resi- dential section. CONDUIT ROAD GROUP MEETS IN NEW HOUSE Expanded Recreation Plans in Making for Palisades Park Recreation Center. With completion of the Palisades Park field house, one of the major projects sponsored by the Conduit Road Citizens’ Association, officers and members are planning to utilize fully this newest addition to their recrea- tional facilities. The field house, a one-story brick structure overlooking the Potomac River from the park at Edmunds street and Sherrier place, was used by the association for its first Fall meeting, and plans have been made to meet there hereafter. At the meeting re- freshments were served and an infor- mal celebration held in honor of the new house. The association formerly met at the Community Church, Con- duit road and Cathedral avenue, and at St. David’s Parish Hall, Conduit road and Chain Bridge road. e::ll“ .]ude card poolbag year, which incl dances and community nthmm been put in the hands of the Enter- tainment Committee. Plans also are being made to form an orchestra under sponsorship-of the association to give periodic concerts. Bicyclist Blown Off Bridge. * SAN ANTONIO, Tex. (#).—A Negro 'was blown from his bicycle last night and into the San Antonio River. He was crossing the bridge at the height of a windstorm pierced with lightning. Pulled out of the water by George Lewis, the Negro streaked down the street, leaving his bicycle behind him. | that most_affect living conditions and | If certain basic im- | objectives is the erection of a senior | lffl NUIABI.ES GH Civic Problems, FETE INVITATIONS Mrs. Roosevelt Heads Guests of Honor for Hal- loween Celebration. Headed by Mrs. Franklin D. Roose- velt, guest of honor, invitations are being sent to a list of more than 150 prominent people in the District and Federal Government here, to mayors of nearby towns and to the entire diplomatic corps asking them to be guests at the 1936 Halloween celebra- tion on Saturday night, October 31. ‘The invitations are being extended by the Halloween Committee of the Greater National Capital Committee of the Board of Trade, which is headed . by Col. E. Goring Bliss. Marcy L. Sperry heads the distin- guished Guest Committee, Robert E. Graham is his assistant. Those invited are as follows: Mrs. Roosevelt Heads List. Mrs. Roosevelt, E. C. Davison, mayor, Alexandria; L. P. Daniel, mayor, Falls Church: Frank C. Han- rahan, county manager, Arlington County; Edward Saunders, mayor, Kensington; D. M. Blandford, mayor, Rockville; Dr. H. T. Willls, mayor, Hyattsville; R. R. Parr, mayor, Pair- fax; Col. Everard E. Hatch, mayor, Laurel; W. E. Steele, mayor, Capitol Heights; Harry Morris, Marlboro; Robert D. Hagner, county commis- sioner, Bethesda; Paul Coughlin, county commissioner, Silver Spring. Civic Leaders on List. W. I Cleveland, president, Mont- gomery County Civic Federation; Thomas E. Lodge, president, Federa- tion of Citizens' Associations; Arno B. Cammerer, director, National Parks, Buildings and Reservations; Homer S. Cummings, Attorney Gen- eral; Stephen Early, secretary to the President; C. Marshall Finnan, super- intendent National Capital parks; William W. Howes, Acting Postmaster General; Cordell Hull, Secretary of State; Harold L. Ickes, Secretary of the Interior; Senator -William H. King, chairman, Senate District Com= mittee; Marvin H. McIntyre, secre- tary to the President; V. C. Burke, postmaster; Henry Morgenthau, jr., Secretary of the Treasury; Mrs. Mary T. Norton, chairman, House District Committee; Daniel C. Roper, Secre- tary of Commerce; Claude A. Swan- son, Secretary of the Navy; Henry A. Wallace, Secretary of Agriculture; Harry H. Woodring. Secretary of War; Justice Jesse C. Adkins, Commissioner George E. Allen, Justice Jennings Bailey, City Officials Invited. Miss Sibyl Baker, supervisor, play- grounds department; Dr. Frank W. Ballou, superintendent of schools; Maj. E. W. Brown, superintendent of police; Justice Joseph W. Cox, Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor; Riley E. Elgen, chairman, Public Utilities Com- | mission; Justice Peyton Gordon, Com- F. Dickinson Letts, Justice Oscar R. Luhring, David Lynn, architect of the | Capitol: Justice Daniel W, O'Dona- | ghue, Miss Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor; Commissioner Dan I. Sul- tan, W. A. Van Duzer, director of vehicles and traffic; <Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat. Prominent Newspaper Men. Clifford K. Berryman, Robert V. Fleming, Bishop James E. Freeman, Gilbert Grosvenor, Mrs. Helen Ray Hagner, John H. Hanna, Oliver Owen Kuhn, John Oliver La Gorce, Dr. Cloyd H. Marvin, Lowell Mellett, Edgar Morris, Eugene Meyer, Theo- dore W. Noyes, Mrs. Eleanor M. Pat- terson, John A. Remon, C. A. Robin- son, Sidney F. Taliaferro, Merle 5Thorpe. Lloyd B. Wilson. Albanian Minister. Faik Konitza, Minister of Albania; Senor Don Felipe A. Espil, Ambassa- |dor of Argentine; Edgar L. G. Prochnik, Minister of Austria; Count Robert van der Straten-Ponthoz, Am- bassador of Belgium; Senor Dr. Don | Enrique, Ambassador of Brazil; Dimitri Naoumoff, Minister of Bulgaria: Wii- liam Duncan Herridge, Minister of Canada; Senor Don Manual Trucco, Ambassador of Chile; Sao-Ke Alfred Sze, Ambassador of China; Senor Don Miguel Lopez Pumarejo, Minister of Columbia; Otto Wadsted, Minister of Denmark; Senor Dr. Guillermo Pat- terson y de Jauregui, Ambassador of Cuba; Senor Don Ricardo Castro Beeche, Minister of Costa Rica; Dr. Ferdinand Veverka, Minister of Czechoslovakia; Senor Don Andres Pastoriza, Minister of the Dominican Republic; Senor Capitan Colon Eloy Alfaro, Minister of Ecuador; Mohamed Amine Youssef, Minister of Egypt; Senor Dr. Don Hector David Castro, Minister of El Salvador. Finnish Envoy Invited. Eero Jarnefelt, Minister of Finland: Andre de Laboulaye, Ambassador of France; Hans Luther, Ambassador of Germany; Sir Ronald Lindsay, Am- bassador of Great Britain; Demetrios Sicilianos, Minister of Greece; Senor Dr. Don Adrian Recinos, Minister of Guatemala; Albert Blanchet, Minister of Haiti; Senor Don Julio Lozano, Minjister of Honduras; John Pelenyi, Minister of Hungary; Hossein Ghods, Charge d’Affaires, Iranian Legation; Michael MacWhite, Minister of the Irish Free State; Augusto Rosso, Ambassador of Italy; Hirosi Saito, Ambassador of Japan; Dr. Alfred Bil- manis, Minister of Latvia: Zadeikis, Minister of Lithuani Don Francisco Castillo Najera, Ambas- sador of Mexico; Jonkheer H. M. van Haersma de With, Minister of the Netherlands; Senor Dr. Don Menri de Bayle, Charge d'Affaires, Nicaraguan Legation! Norwegian Minister, Wilhelm Munthe de Morgenstierne, Minister of Norway; Senor Don Juan B. Chevalier, Charge d'Affaires of Panama; Senor Dr. Don Alfredo Busk Codas, Minister .of Pardguay; Senor Don Manuel de Freyre y Santander, Ambassador of Peru; Count Jersy Potoki, Ambassador of Poland; Dr. Joao Antonio de Bianchi, Minister of Portugal; Charles A. Davilla, Minister of Rumania; Phya Abhibal Rajamai- tri, Minister of Siam; Senor Don Enrique Carlos de la Casa y Garcia Calamarte, Charge d’Affaires, Span- ish Embassy; W. Bostrom, Minister of Sweden; Marc Peter, Minister of Switzerland; Mehmet Munir Ertegun, Ambassador of Tufkey; Ralph Wil- liam Close, Minister of the Union of South Africa; Alexander Antonovich Troyanovsky, Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics; J. Richling, Minister of Uruguay; Senor Dr. Don Jacinto - Fombona Pachano, Charge d’Affaires, Venezu- elan Legation, and Constantine Fo- titch, w of Yugoslavia. Delegates Named. Samuel J. Flickinger and C. D. Franks have been named delegates to the federation from the ‘Priendship Citisens’ Associstion. | missioner Melvin C. Hazen, Justice | Civic Bodies Voteless Women Voters to Teach Citizenship to Girls—W hat Kind of D. C. Suffrage?~—Jail Crowding Beyond Description. BY JESSE C. SUTER. NIVIC news has been scarce at the District Building during the week. The au- ditor has been working hard on his financial report, which is released for publication today. ‘This report is of vital interest to all who take any interest whate ever in District affairs, The Zoning Commission held an extended hearing on nunierous requests for changes in the zoning of specific pieces of property. The case of chief interest was the hotly contested petition to rezone prop- erty on upper Massachusetts ave- nue to erect an apartment house in the midst of some of Washing- ton's palatial homes. Other at- tempts to invade detached home sections with apartment houses and business establishments met with stern resistance and protest from the adjacent property own- ers. One of these changes to business in a residential neigh- borhood was for the purpose of establishing a place for the sale of alcoholic beverages. This brought out a strong protest from the citizens’ association of the neigh- borhood. The work of the director of the inquiry into the fiscal relations between the United States and the District has invited organizations to file statements which they wish considered not less than 10 days before the dates set for the hear- ing. Organizations are asked to submit their matter in five copies, 50 that a copy may go to each member of the committee, the di- rector and the fifth copy for the stafl. Hearings before the Advie sory Committee will be held on Oce tober 23 and 24 of representatives of civic groups which have filed such statements or briefs. Among the organizations prepared to pre- sent briefs and later appear by representatives are the Washington Board of Trade, by its Committee on Municipal Finance, and the Executive Committee of the Citi~ zens’ Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations. This joint citizens’ committee represents most of the civic groups of the District. It was formed at the time of the ine quiry by the Joint Select Con- gressional Committee in 1915 and, with changing personnel as of- ficers in its constituent bodies have changed, has continued to repre- sent the community as each re- curring fiscal emergency has arisen, Opposition to the one-man car action of the Public Utilities Com- mission has occupied much space in the press during the week. The Federation of Citizens' Associations is demanding a rehearing of the case by the commission and threat- ens court action. Roberts, people's coungel, has offered to represent the federation before the court. ‘The Central Labor Union, through its Public Utility Committee, is de- manding that the President request the resignation of the members of the commission for their decision permitting the addition of more one-man cars. Voteless Women as Instructors In Active Citizenship. THE Voteless District of Colum- bia League of Women Voters has acceded to the request of the Mount Vernon Seminary to under- take a new and interesting work. Apart from the seven study groups conducted by the league they are to conduct for the juniors and seniors of the seminary a course in “Active Citizenship” for one hour each week. Each department shares in providing this program for one hour a week throughout the year. The 60 students in this course are expected to have at the end of the year a considerable knowledge of what the average woman can do and is doing as & good citizen of her community, be it large or small. This list of the several depart- ments of the league will give a fair idea of the scope of the course these young women are to get. The departments follow: 1, Governe ment and Its Operation; 2, Gov- ernment and Education; 3, Gov- ernment and Child Welfare; 4, Government and Economic Wel- fare; 5, Government and Foreign Policy. and 6, Government and the Legal Status of Women. It will be recalled that the de- partment of government and its operation & couple of years ago made an exhaustive study of the local taxation and fiscal situation in the District of Columbia and produced a most illuminating re- port. It is understood that this report is to have a new edition brought up-to-date. This depart- ment is also charged with the re- sponsibility of working for national representation for the District of Columbia. In this it is having the full support of the National League of Women Voters and the several State leagues. What Kind of Suffrage For the District of Columbia?® ONSIDERABLE amusement at the last meeting of the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations was caused by the premature re- port by the Committee on Local Suffrage on a resolution introe duced in the Petworth association. , Through some kind of -an error & copy of this pending resolution had gone to the federation and been regularly referred to the commit- tec. The committee met, considered the matter and formulated its re- port which it presented to the meeting. Much to the embarass- ment of the committee & mem- ber of the Petworth association stated that the matter had not yet been acted on by that body, but was due for consideration to- gether with s committee report thereon at the next meeting. Upon this showing the federation com= mittee withdrew its report. » The Petworth resolution, in ques= tion, proposes the election of the two civilian commissioners, a city council with certain legislative powers and the appointment of all our local citizen boards by the Commissioners and confirmation by posal is adverse based on the fol- lowing conclusions: 1. That the unanimity of the organized de- [ 4 the ‘opinien of the committee any elected city council in the District could not have the requisite powers to function successfully. Finally the committee recommends re- newal of the support of the move- ment to obtain veting representa- tion for the District in the House, Senate and electoral college. Proponents of the local suffrage proposal are in some measure prompted by suggestions made from time to time by some members of Congress that suffrage should begin with local affairs and then pro- gress upward. There is nothing new in this suggestion as the same ides has regularly cropped out in the hearings on the National Rep- resentation constitutional amend- ment before the House Committee on the Judiciary. Such a question was invariably raised by a mem- ber whose opposition was clearly apparent. The fact remains that the Con- gress is in full possession of requisite power to grant an elective form of local government as ex- isted in several divisions of the District for more than 70 years. It is also & fact that none of the gentlemen on the Hill who peren- nially raise the question have ever made any serious attempt to put through such a proposal. As to giving the District residents national citizenship, that is beyond the present power of, Congress, an amendment to the Federal Consti- tution is needed to give to Con- gress the power to clothe these voteless and unrepresented Amer- icans with their fundamental rights. As pointed out last Sunday, there is great unanimity of organization support of the proposal for national representation which has assumed the proportions of a well- organized movement supported by numerous national and State or- ganizations. As to the local suf- frage question, there exists the greatest diversity of opinion re- garding what should be the form of the local government, what officers should be elected and other factors. Among the organizations supporting the national proposal there are both those who favor and those who oppose local suf- frage. Overcrowded Penal Institutions Present Urgent Civie Problem. REC!NTLY The Star published an informative and accurate series of articles describing the disgusting overcrowding of the District Jail, the Work House at Occoquan and the Reformatory at Lorton. While these articles are regarded by Capt. Barnard, gen- eral superintendent of these in- stitutions, as specially illuminating. this observer believes it to beyond the power of descriptive journalism to give an adequate picture of con- ditions at the jail. On last Wednesday the Correc- tions Committee of the Council of Social Agencies met at the jail and at the conclusion of the meet- ing made a tour of inspection. That any such conditions should obtain in this city, boasted as the most beautiful in the world, was s shock to all who made their first visit to this outmoded, in- human and detestable relic of another age. It was simply un- believable that human beings in this twentieth century should thus be herded together in such retricted quarters. One could not help comparing the palatial quarters provided for animals in the National Zoo, from the local tax money, with the cages and dens for these humans. Some of these men and women await trial and others are serving sen- tences imposed by the courts. ‘These people are withdrawn from society for its protection. Those convicted and serving terms, according to modern ideas. are subjects for reconstruction and rehabilitation. Such modern cor- rective ideas are only possible of attainment where modern facilities are available. Thus the real ends of justice are defeated through the return of these men and women to society from an existence well cal- culated to dehumanize and embitter them and increase their anti-social tendencies. The jail with a paper maximum capacity of 669 was on the day of this visit housing 809 with more to come. Cells which would have afforded very restricted quarters for two men contained in some instances as many as seven, and on the day of The Star reporter's visit as many as nine. Large num- bers sleep on the concrete floors and some in hammocks. The dormitories for women pre- sent a crowded appearance. It is difficult to pass through the nar- row spaces between the cots. Similar conditions obtain in the dormitories for men, constituting the prisoner working units. Heat, light, ventilation, freedom from drafts and proper bathing facili- ties are lacking. This is our most acute and pressing civic problem and its so- lution, as far as that may be had through modern and ample quar- ters, should be provided at the com= ing session of Congress. Civic groups are urged to study that series of of Star articles and have commit- tees visit these institutions and get first-hand information as a guide to intelligent and speedy a tion. There is no present problem which for the sake of civilization and common: decency is more de- serving of the united attention and effort of organized civic Washing- ton. This discussion and appeal is prompted by no maudlin senti- ment, but from the conviction that no humans, no matter what they have done, are deserving of such inhuman treatment. Then, too, we should think of these fine men and women who are at the head of these institutions. They are at their wit's end as to caring for this increasing load of inmates. ‘These officials need help to relieve the impossible conditions under which they labor. Council of Social Agencies Resumes Regular Meetings. Tfllflfltmuflulu&'] season of the Washington Council of Social Agencies will be heid at luncheon in Barker Hall, Y. W. C. A. tomorrow at 12:30 pm. Delinquency and crime will be the principal matters to be con= sidered. The guest speaker will be James M. Hepbron of Baltimore, acting director of the Washington Criminal Justice Association. Mr. Hepbron has appeared recently be- PROUD OF SUCCESS Seven Major Improvements Sought Last Year Obtained This Summer. The Joint Conference of Northeast Citizens’ Associations begins its Fall session with its member groups elated over seven major improvements which they feel are the result of their com= bined action. Chairman A. F. E. Scheer of the conference feels that it is rare, in- deed, when a ci group can, durinz one Summer vacation period, count seven civic improvements of such mag- nitude as the projects now being con- structed in the Northeast quarter of ‘Washington. Excavation work has recently start- ed on the projected fire house on Rhode Island avenue northeast be- tween Twelfth and Thirteenth streets. Long aware of insufficient fire protece tion for s large section in Northeast along Rhode Island avenue, the cone- ference and its constituent associa- tions has fought for a fire station for five or six years. Underpass Work Progresses. Work on the underpass under the railroad tracks on Seventeenth street northeast is now well under way. Agi- tation for this bridge was started in 1925, when the various groups cited the terminal act of 1903, in which three bridges were to be built by the Washington Terminal Co. when the need for them arose. Declaring the need for them existed, the conference was last year successful in having plans started for this bridge. An- other bridge near Ninth and Tenth streets northeast is to be constructed soon. The piers for the Franklin street bridge have been completed on the west side of the tracks, work on this project having started since the last meeting of the Spring. This project should be finished by Spring, Scheer declared. The Michigan avenue viaduct has all its piers completed, and when the bridge is finished it will eliminate a major sore spot in the area. This has long been held by the associa- tions as the most dangerous type of grade-crossing. Trafic Improved. Deploring the congested traffic, con- ditions existing at Eckington place at Florida avenue northeast, members early this year discussed various plans for alleviating this state. With maps opened on tables, plans were drawn providing for cutting away the | northeast curb line to make a more rounded curve and to provide for right-hand turns for west-bound traf- fic on Florida avenue on a red traffic signal. This suggestion has been com- plied with by Districs traffic officials, and whereas five policemen were necessary during rush hours previous- | 1y, only one is required at this intere section now. The relief of overcrowded Eastern High School was also sought by the conference. The present plans pro- gressing toward that end are in line with the views of the conference. The final project mentioned by Scheer at last week's conference meeting is the completion of work on Tenth street northeast by cutting through and paving the street to Rhode Island avenue. CHEVY CHASE NEWS ENLARGEMENT SLATED Beginning with the next issue, the Chevy Chase News, which has long been the official organ of the Chevy Chase Citizens' Association, will be the organ of the Connecticut Avenue Citi- zens' Association as well. The News, now an eight-page monthly, will be doubled in size by the addition of an insert to take care | of the additional association. and will be mailed to members of both groups. The paper was founded about five years ago by Fred S. Lincoln, secre- tary of the Chevy Chase Citizens' Asso- ciation, and was edited and published by him until his death last Winter. Since then it has been published by the Elman Printing Service. fore many groups in Washington and his clear exposition of the purpose and plans of the Criminal Justice Association have uniformly produced pledges of organization and individual support. There are assurances that the information resulting from the in- vestigation and study by this new agency for analyzing crime condi- tions will be helpful in the improv- ing of local conditions. The Council of Social Agencies is particularly interested in the problems on which Mr. Hepbron is a recognized expert. Mutual un- derstanding and co-operation is looked for as a result of his ap- pearance at tomorrow’s meeting. Speed the Cars and Busses! Have Your Fare Ready! RmRENCE has heretofore been made to the part the riding public. may play in speeding up the mass transportation system. It is recognized as the time-hon- ored right of the citizen to damn the transit company, the Public Utilities Commission and even the Commissioners, but there are some citizens who claim to see that the public is not always without blame. Observation of the loading of street cars, of both the one and the two man variety and also of the busses, supplies convincing evie dence that many passengers fail to do their bit to provide a more rapid transit. Some of the riders on the express busses are showing marked improvement in having the exact fare or their pass ready. Some pas- sengers on all of these vehicles, and their name is legion, appear wholly oblivious as to the necessity of pay« ing the fare or showing the pass until they mount the car or bus. ‘Then they start to search through pocket or pocket book in attempt to locate the elusive fare or pass. ‘The passengers who seek to follow some times, especially if it is raine ing, are heard to mutter something under their breath that sounds nothing like a prayer. Then there is the passenger who presents a bill to be changed out of which to take a single fare. A little thoughtfulness and consideration on the part of the riders would cost them only a little effort and it is believed would put them down to business and back home with an appreciable saving of time. We citizens may not be able to speed up the traffic by faster cars, by elevated railway or subway but we can each make it a rule to have the exact fare or pass in our hand ‘when we board the car. Why not & new alphabetical organization— H. Y. F. R. (Have Your Fare Ready)?