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- [Comenivew | The Sty Shar D.C. ELEVATOR CODE BEING REWRITTEN T00. . STANDARD Proposed Changes to Retain | Same Degree of Safety as Present Rules. CONTRACT ON 13 LIFTS READY FOR APPROVAL Installation to go Forward in Vet- erans’ Administration Plant at Cost of $329,819. While the Federal Government | moved to install new elevators in the Veterans' Administration Building at & cost of $320,819, it was learned yes- terday that the District elevator code 1s being rewritten to conform to the | national code. Charles A. Peters, jr., assistant di- | rector of the National Park Service, in charge of public buildings, said ! Becretary Ickes will be asked this week to indorse the award of the $329,819 contract to the Otis Elevator | Co. for 13 new elevators in the Veter- ans’ Administration. The company al- | ready has furnished bond and signed | the contract, which is agreeable to the park office. Installation of the new elevators is part of a program made possible by funds given by Congress 1o scrap obsolete elevators in the Fed- eral buildings here and furnish up-to- date equipment, Assistant Engineer Commissioner H. S. Bishop gave assurances the pro=- posed changes in the District code would not mean any lessening of safety standards now in the municipal regulations. He said this phase of re- vision was contemplated by the Com- missioners months ago and was not nspired by recent'disclosures that the District is withholding certificates from Federal agencies for 178 ele- vators which, according to a report made Priday by Chief Elevator In- spector Joseph Brown, do not meet District requirements, though they may comply with Federal rules. Congress May Take Action. The question of whether Congress should give the District government | power to require that Federal eleva- tors comply with the District code has been raised by some officials, although the District is expected to make no move, leaving the initiative to Federal The death of Harvey Crowell, 13, in an automatic elevator accident in a Georgia avenue apartment house | prompted revision of the code by the Commissioners last April. They named a committee to study the sub- ject and this group is headed by Capt. Bishop, with John A. Dickinson, | elevator expert of the Bureau of | Standards; Assistant _ Corporation | Counsel Edward W. Thomas and | Building Inspector John W. Oeh- | mann as members. Actual work at the Veterans’ Ad- | mjnistration will not start for about | 60 days, Peters explained, as the fabricating of the new material and preparation of shop drawings and other arrangements will consume that much time. The Government pro- vides that the existing elevators shall be out of operation & minimum length of time and sp will not per- mit the contractor to go ahead with the new installation until he is ready to proceed on the ground, Peters de- clared. ‘The new cars will be self-leveling | eand will have a signal control, under an automatic system, the buildings chief explained. They will be “fully automatic in e way,” although they will have elevator operators in attendance. The new cars will be of metal and the latest design. Work on More Specifications. The park engineers are now work- ing on specifications for two other installations. Five new elevators are to be set in the Government build- ing at 1300 E street and this job will be out for bids in the next 10 days, Peters declared. These, too, will em- body new safety devices. In the old Patent Office Build- ing at Ninth and F streets, which now houses the Civil Service Commission, two existing elevators are to be re- placed and & new one installed adja- cent to the newly-created main en- trances on F street. Bids for these are expected to be out within three 'weeks. Just in the preliminary stage are plans for installation of two new ele- vators in the old Land Office Building and two in the General Accounting Office Building in Judiciary Square. 1In some of the buildings here, where the Government rents only part of the space, Peters said his office has no more to do with the operation of the elevators than has any other ten- ant. Where the Government has rented a whole building, he said, his office does take care of the elevators and sees to it that the owners keep the building in the shape the District suthorities require. YOUTH KILLED AS CAR OVERTURNS IN VIRGINIA John Shaffer Dies im Crash on Berryville-Winchester Highway. Erecial Dispatch to The Star. BERRYVILLE, Va, October 17.— John W. Shaffer, 20, of near Winches- ter was killed tonight when the car in which he was riding skidded on the wet Berryville-Winchester high- way and turned over twice. - Edward Shaffer, brother of the vic- ¢im escaped serious injury, but was reported by Dr. C. H. Iden, county coroner, who was called to the scene, to be in a dazed condition. Dr. Iden said that the dazed boy could not re- member whether he or his brother ‘was the driver of the car. Admiral Reeves to Speak. With Rear Admiral Joseph M. Reeves of the general board as guest speaker, the Washington Kiwanis Club will hold its eighth annual Navy day meeting at the Mayflower Hotel Thursday at 12:30 pm. A talking movie, “Wings Over the Fleet,” will §e shown. A WASHINGTON, D. .C., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 18, 1936. Use of Federal Funds to Teach Rabble-Rousing Laid to W.P.A. Republicans Charg e Over $40,000,000 Spentin Educational Program In- cluding Agitation Instruction. Use of Federal funds by the W. P. A. to teach relief clients the arts of rab- ble rousing was charged yesterday by the Republican National Committee. “More than $40,000,000 of taxpayers’ money have been poured into educa- tional schemes of the New Deal, in- cluding the emergency education pro- gram of W. P. A, which features in- struction in agitation,” the committee sald. “The fine art of ‘rousing our audiences to do something’ is a major subject in the curriculum of W. P. A’s Emergency Education Division.” A W. P. A, public speaking course taught relief clients in Seattle and by the committee to support its charge. The Seattle course is offered by J. C. Kennedy, in charge of operation of programs and design of courses in the Workers' Education Department there, it explained. Dr. friend of the late Eugene V. Debs, So- cialist candidate for the presidency, taught some of the other agitation courses, adding that he now is writing projects.” The Seattle course is headed: “Short Course on Parliamentary Law and Public Speaking, Conduct of Meet- ings.” Quoting from it, the Repub- lican committee cited these instrucs tions: standing of any situation by (a) nar- ration, just telling the story and (b) NAME OF ACCUSER OF BENNETT ASKED Makes Demands to Block Ouster. Disclosure of the identity of the per- son or persons who preferred the charges on which Charles A. Bennett was discharged Friday as chief of the mechanical division of the municipal architect's office was demanded last night by his counsel, W. Gwynn Gar- diner. This was outlined as a part of the counter moves being planned by Gar- diner in the hope of upsetting the ac- tion of the Commissioners should they decline to grant a public hearing on all 18 charges lodged against Bennett. Gardiner declared he believed he had learned who it was that presented written complaints to the Commission- ers, but was seeking “some additional proof.” The complaints alleged that Bennett, in drafting specifications for mechanical equipment, and in inspec- tion of installations, had favored cer- tain manufacturers or products. Ben- nett has denied all accusations. District offictals yesterday again referred to Engineer Commissioner Dan I Sultan. who was out of the city over the week end. ‘Walter L. Fowler, assistant corpo- ration counsel, who headed a com- mittee which considered the charges, revealed, however, that the com- plaints were filed by an attorney, who represented a client or clients whose names were not announced. Fowler declined to state the name of the ‘Washington resident. One of Gardiner's complairlg against the action of the Fowler committee is that it did not give Bennett an opportunity to face his accusers. Fowler explained yester- day his committee was not a “trial board” and did not have power to subpoena witnesses. —_— NEW CIVIC GROUP FORMS THURSDAY Residents of Communities East of Sligo Creek Will Or- ganize. By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. SILVER SPRING, Md.. October 17.—A new citizens’ association, formed by residents of Seven Oaks, Branwill Park, Highland View, North Hills of Sligo and other communities east of Sligo Creek, will be organized Thurs- day night at a meeting to be held in the Parkside School at 8 o'clock. Plans for the new body were begun this week, but permanent officers are not to be selected until the organi- zation is completed and its members have a chance to become acquainted. ‘The choice of a name for the asso- ciation likewise will be deferred. E. N. Marsteller was named tempo- rary chairman of the association at a conference of interested residents held at the home of Mr. and Mrs, Granville Stagg, and other tempo- rary officers are Phillip J. Austensen, secretary, and Mr. Stagg, treasurer. Daniel Scheinman was appointed chairman of a committee to draft a tentative constitution and by-laws and is to be assisted by Wayne Pond, Mr. Stagg and Austensen. The outlining of boundaries for the territory to be covered by the asso- ciation and the inauguration of a membership drive was assigned to a committee formed by N. C. Sibley, chairman; Barney Ferguson, Mrs. K. Blatzheim, Mr. Stagg, Pond, Schein- man, J. J. Rudigier, Marsteller and Austensen. The mew association is expected to affiliate with the Montgomery County Civic Federation. P ——— MRS. J. C. HUNTER DIES Alexandria Woman Expires at Daughter’s Home. ALEXANDRIA, Va. October 17— Mrs. Mary E. Hunter, 70 years old, died here late this afternoon at the home of her daughter, Mrs. T. Mark Cragg, 527 North Columbus street. Funeral services for Mrs. Hunter, who was the widow of John C. Hunter, had not been completed tonight. ‘ other sections of the country was cited | | e Harlan Glazier, | ., ion of W. P. A. had 46,000 teachers propaganda plays for W. P. A. theater | “Give our hearers a clearer under- | Counsel of Architects -Aide | declined to make public any of their | records in the case, inquiries being | | District Commissioners, or both bodies attorney, but he said he was not 8 | bers of the commission, by explanaiton, showing how one event is hooked up with another. “Move our hearers to action: If we want to persuade a group to join a union; to unite for political action; to support the co-operative move- ment; to go on strike; to give money for relief; to resist injunction abuses or to oppose propaganda of munition makers for war, we must rouse our audiences so they will actually do something.” The course, the committee said, also instructs the student to “fire the imagination of the workers” so they may feel “their unity with their fellow workers of every industry, race and country, so they will have the courage and determination to work, to fight to build in the face of all obstacles. Through March of this year, the committee said, the emergency edu- on its pay rolls who had conducted classes for 1,853,601 persons, and esti- mated the cost of the program from December, 1935, to April, 1936, as $9,830,633. The emergency education program of W. P. A, it pointed out, supplemented similar instruction con- ducted by the Federal Emergency Relief Administration at a cost of $34,333,160 in less than two years of operation, exclusive of $21,585,266 in grants of relief appropriations for the continuance of rural schools. (Copyright, 1936. by New York Herald- Tribune.) DISPUTE EVOKED BY SAFETY ZONES Question Raised as to Who Should Pass on “Stream- line” Style. Plans of traffic officials to give a streamlined shape to street car load- ing zones generally throughout the District, revealed last night, immedi- ately raised the question of just what municipal authorities shall pass judg- ment on them. Several conflicting views were ex- pressed, but Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer appeared to have a momentary advantage since a number of the new type of zones already have been established and work was in progress yesterday on others. The old-fashioned 2ones were marked off in a rectangular pattern. In the new style, the end nearest to approaching traffic is cut down by a sweeping curve. It is along this curved line that the $5 traffic buttons are being placed, instead of at either end of the old-style rectangle. There is a friendly dispute in prog- ress, it was revealed, as to whether the Public Utilities Commission, the acting as the District Joint Board, or merely the office of traffic director has the power to say in what shape loading zones shall be painted. This type of zone has been estab- lished on Seventh street between Pennsylvania avenue and K street. M. O. Eldridge, assistant traffic di- rector, said he was under the impres- sion the Utilities Commission had ap- proved the program there. Two mem- expressing surprise, said the commission had passed no order on the subject. Traffic officials also are having all the loading zones on Wisconsin ave- nue from the District line to M street reshaped in this fashion. Utilities Commission Chairman Riley E. Elgen said he didn’t know who had approved that program. A plan for general use of the new- type zones throughout the city, Elgen said, was filed with the commission Friday. He said it had been referred to the commission’s counsel for study as to the possible legal angles involving accidents. He declined to give any personal view of the new scheme, pro or con. The idea was developed some weeks ago when a group of District officials made an inspection of traffic control plans at Milwaukee, which has an enviably low traffic accident record. e B EMPLOYMENT GAIN TOLD Federal Service at Highest Point in 27 Months. The Labor Department yesterday announced that private placements during September by the United States Employment Service reached the highest point in 27 months. ‘Total number for the month Wwas 167,790, it was mnnounced. There were 434,374 placements of all kinds during the month, of whith 389,616 were reported as being nor- mal, non-relief employment. There were 44,758 placements on security wage relief work, smallest volume of this type of placement since the first months of the W. P. A. program. HHH MARYLAND| [ Tennessee Taylors Resume “War of Roses” DISTRICT 15 SCENE OF DRIVEBY G.0.P. Republicans Put Hopes in Roscoe Rowe in Race for Congress. DEMOCRATS EXPECTING UNPRECEDENTED MARGIN Both Parties Are Well Organized in Section Covering Six Counties in State. This is the fourth in a series of articles on Maryland politics. BY WILL P. KENNEDY, Staff Correspondent of ‘the Star. ANNAPOLIS, Md., October 17.— The campaign is active in the fifth Maryland district, with the Republic- ans hoping they can win a majority for Landon and reclaim this district 50 long held Republican in Congress by the Sydney Mudds, father and son, by electing Roscoe C. Rowe, State's attorney for Anne Arundel County. But the Democratic leaders are much more confident that they will roll up an unprecedented majority for Roose- velt and that Representative Stephen C. Gambrill, now completing 12 years in Congress, will be returned with an even better vote than that given the head of the ticket. This district comprises six counties: Anne Arundel, Calvert, Charles, How=- ard, Prince Georges and St. Marys, be- sides three wards and six precincts in each of two other wards in Baltimore city. It has been overwhelmingly Democratic, two years ago gave Gam- brill a complimentary vote of nearly 25,000 majority, and is not likely to make any big change this year. Noted Orators Brought In. ‘Both parties are well organized in all counties, with prominent office- holders and other party leaders active, the Democrats even more so than the Republicans. Nationally known ora- tors are being sent into this district. Senator Alben W. Barkley of Ken- tucky, keynote speaker at the last two Democratic National Conventions, ad- dressed the largest political meeting ever held in Ellicott City. Senator Tom Connally. of Texas spoke to about 4,000 in Upper Marlboro. Representative Carl Vinson of Georgia, chairman of the House Naval Affairs Committee, is to be the prin- cipal speaker at a rally in Annapolis on October 22. Other gatherings have been at Eastport and Glenburnie. In- cluding Annapolis, there are three big rallies scheduled for next week, at La Plata on the 21st and on November 1, and at Prince Frederick on the 24th, Gov. Harry W. Nice, the Republi- cans’ most effective campaigner, has been traveling all over the fifth dis- trict with Congressional Candidate Rowe—they had a successful rally in Hyattsville the other night. They have scheduled a rally at La Plata for the afternoon of the 24th and at Loveville that evening. Their biggest rally is to be in Annapolis on the night of November 2, closing the cam- paign in Rowe's home town, the State capital. Among active Democratic workers in Anne Arundel are Frank Revell, Glenburnie, commissioner of immiga- tion, Port of Baltimore, county leader; Mayor Louis Phipps, Annapolis; Ex- Senator George T. Cromwell, Ferndale, county Board of Education and super- visor of assessments; County Chair- man William B. McCready, Annapolis. ‘The Republican organization includes H. M. Sandrock, manager of Mr. Rowe's campaign; Harry Mertz, Se- verna Park, county leader, who is State purchasing agent; Joseph W. Armstrong, former postmaster and political leader; Walter E. Quenstedt, former mayor of Annapolis, now war- den of the house of correction; Mrs. Edna Payne, president of the Federa- tion of Women's Clubs, and Mrs. Arthur Kearsey. Younger Chairman in Calvert, In Calvert County the Democratic county chairman is Thomas J. Youn- ger of Prince Frederick. Other active Democrats are George D. Turner, Prince Frederick; Ex-Senator Cook Webster, Solomons Island, and Michael J. Lane, mayor of North Beach. Active among Republicans in this campaign are Senator Tom Per- ran, State's Attorney Arthur W. Dowell, Maurice T. Lusby, jr., Prince Prederick, notary public, and Charles Everett Hall, Barstow, a member of the House of Delegates. In Charles County Thomas P. Mc- Donagh, La Plata, is Democratic county chairman; Willlam Mattingly, Indian Head, is another party stalwart. The Republican county workets in- clude Sayles Mudd, La Plata, and ‘Thomas B. R. Mudd, La Plata, chair- man of the Maryland Veterans’ Com- mission, who formerly managed the campaigns of the late Representative Sydney Mudd for Congress; State Senator Robert J. Cooksey, Mount Victoria, and James B. Monroe, Wal- dorf, s member of the House of Delegates. In Howard County the Democratic county chairman is Melton 'W. Baxley, e (See G. O. P. DRIVE, Page B-2.) Drill Tests Planned to Aid Police Military Appearance for “rhe snappiest and most military- S s Sz L ¢t § § 3§ b E ¥ it 3 i § 1 g : i i : g ¥ 8 L Widow of Alf tics, Mrs. W. J. Miller, left, sister of the late Senator Bob Taylor, Democrat of Tennessee, and widow of Bob Taylor’s famous Republican brother, visit Washington for the the traditional parties—Star Staff Photo. Mrs. Alf Taylor, first time together and announce their allegiance to and Sister of Famous Brothers Split Family Poli- but in Quiet, Friendly Discussion Only. For example, there's Aunt| widow of Alf, and| sister of Alf and the HE Tennessee Taylors are still | I in politics, pro and con. Jennie, Aunt Sanna, late Bob. The brothers, Alf and Bob Taylor, battled each other for the governor- ship of Tennessee, Alf as a Republi- can and Bob as a Democrat. Just 50 years ago their furious cam- paign was dubbed “the bloodless war of the roses,” and today Aunt Jennie and Aunt Sanna carry on the tradi- tion. Aunt Jennie wears a sunflower along with the hallowed red rose of the Re- publican Taylors, although she has a large respect for Mr. Roosevelt be- cause “he’s my President!” Aunt Sanna sports the white rose of the Democratic Taylors and plans | to cancel Aune Jennie's vote in Ten- | nessee. Like her brother Bob, who had been a Senator for five years| when he died here in 1912, Aunt S8anna | votes the Democratic ticket straight. Visit Capital Together. Aunt Sanna, or Mrs. W, J. Miller of Johnson City, Tenn, is T4 years old, and Aunt Jennie (Mrs. Alfred Alexander Taylor), also of Johnson City, is four years her junior. The two representatives of the famous Taylor family are visiting Washing- ton together for the first time. They arrived here yesterday for & 10-day stay with Mrs. Jay Hayden of 2324 Twentieth street, daughter of the late Bob Taylor. The two elderly ladies are great friends, de- spite their political rivalry, for if some of Aunt Jennie’s 15 grandchil- dren vote for Landon there will be enough good Democrats among Aunt Sanna’s even dozen to square the score. Mrs. Miller and Mrs. Taylor, un- der the stimulus of an election year, were moved to recall yesterday the | battle of wits and oratory which. thrust the Taylor brothers to the | front in State and national politics. | It was the youngest brother Bob who won the election for Governor in 1886. “Goodness knows they told enough stories on Bob and Alf,” chuckled Aunt Sanna. “The boys campaigned on the same platform, and they put on quite & show. I can tell you I was careful how I expressed myself about my politics in those days, with one | brother a Democrat and the other a | Republican! Refuses Sunflower. “But I can say I'm a Democrat now without fear of contradiction. ‘When I left home for Washington one of my grandsons came to tell me good- by. The child had Landon sunflow- ers pinned all over his coat. He asked me to wear one to Washing- ton. I had tell him, ‘No, sonny! " “And - my grandson said, ‘Well, grandmother, if you won’t wear a Lan- don button for me, will you please go to the White House to see Mr. Roose- velt, and tell me if you still like him when you get home?’ " Mrs. Taylor smiled a trifile grimly while Mrs, Miller was talking. She said: “Mr. Roosevelt is my President, and I have the greatest respect for him, but I'm voting the Republican ticket next month because I am con- vinced we need a change of admin- istration * * * I hope my grandchil- dren will agree with me!” Each of the Taylor brothers served in the House of Representatives, Bob for -two terms, beginning in 1879, and Alf for three terms, starting in 1889. Their father, Nathaniel Green Tay- tory of Memphis. Within a few feet of each other sat the two brothers, Bob wearing a white rose and Alf a| red rose in his buttonhole.” An enthusiastic throng of 15,000 gathered on the bluffs overlooking the Mississippi River to hear the brothers. Both Aunt Jennie and Aunt Sanna were confident they puf on a fine show. | Aunt Jennie, years later, when the brothers had forgotten their political | rivalry, and appeared on lecture plat- forms together, heard her hus-| band say: “Well, we played the fiddle. and | were fond of dogs, and loved our| fellow men.” | And, to prove his philosophy, Alf | entered the campaign for Governor of Tennessee again in 1921, Bob had been dead then for years and Alf won by a comfortable majority. CONMITEE SFS DATADND.G FUD Tax Experts Analyze Figures | Seeking Increased Federal Expense Share. A mass of data submitted by civie and business organizations to show | the justification of increased partici- pation by the United States in the expenses of the District were an- alyzed yesterday by the special com- mittee of tax experts appointed by President Roosevelt to work out a solution to the troublesome fiscal re- lations problem. The information had been turned over to J. L. Jacobs, Chicago efficiency engineer and tax authority, who is directing the study, by organizations invited to send rjoresentatives to the hearings the committee will hold Fri- day and Saturday. Jacobs and the Advisory Committee the President named to aid him de- sired to go over the date in advance of the hearings so they would be in a position to expedite the proceedings. The Advisory Committee is composed of George McAneny, president of the Title Guaranty Trust Co. of New York City; James W. Martin, chair- man of the Kentucky State Tax Com- mission, and Clarence A. Dykstra, city manager of Cincinnati. Organizations expected to send rep- resentatives to the hearings include the Citizens' Joint Committee on Fiscal Relations, the Washington Board of Trade, the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, the Central Labor Union and the Washington Taxpayers' Protective Association. Jacobs also has invited People's Coun- sel William A. Roberts. Property Owners At North Beach Register Here Unusual Charter Spec- ifies Facilities Be Provided. Some Washington citizens at least can register in person for voting with- out leaving the city. They are property owners at North Beach, Md., a Summer resort 40 miles from Washington on the Chesapeake Bay. Any one who owns “at least 1,000 square feet of land” at North Beach is qualified to vote there, ac- cording to the town’s charter. A few Washington residents, who vote in the States, register by mail. Most of them, however, must go to the places where they will later cast their ballots, by mail. The foal chance to regisier Wi ven yesterday from 1 pm. B ihian Temple, 1012 Ninth street. STREETCARKILLS MAN; TOLL 1S 10 Accident on Benning Road | Occurs Near Regular Stop for Carrier. An unidentified white man about | 60 years old was fatally injured yes- terday afternoon beneath the wheels | of a street car in the 3300 block of | Benning road northeast. It was the seventieth traffic death in Washing- ton this year. Police were told the man appar- ently had been fishing in the Ana- costia River nearby and went to the car stop on his way home when the | accident occurred. He was taken to Casualty Hospital and died there shortly after arrival The street car was operated by James Schmel, 23 T street. It was | said that the car was brought to a | stop while the wheels were still rest- ing on the man's body. The acci- dent occurred a short distance from the regular stop. Later in the day, police completed the identification of a colored man who was killed when struck by an automobile during Friday night’s rain. The victim, George W. Smith, 65, was found to have lived at 30 F street. An inquest into Smith’s death will be held Tuesday. MARYLAND FLOODS SUBJECT OF STUDY Troublesome Condition in Bladens- burg Area Will Be Studied. The troublesome flood condition at Bladensburg, Md., where the North- west Branch and the Indian Creek join to form the Anacostia River, will be the subject of a special inquiry of the United States Engineer Office here, when the flood control hearings in the upper Potomac River basin are shifted to Washington, shortly. ‘A hearing at Laurel, Md., relating to the Patuxent River, is likewise being planned, but no dates have yet been set. Meanwhile, Lieut. William J. Mat- teson, acting district engineer for the War Department for the Wash- ington area, and E. A. Schmitt, senior engineer, are continuing public hear- ings up the Potomac Valley, giving various communities an opportunity to be heard. Tomorrow, at 3 pm, in the City Hall auditorium at Cumberland, Md., Lieut. Matteson and his aides will Sports—Pages 6 to 11 B PAGE B-1 RED CROSS DRUE, ALREADY OVERTOP, MAY ENROLL 75,00 Membership Late Yesterday 67,867, With More Re- * turns Coming In. WILSON EXTENDS THANKS TO AIDES IN CAMPAIGN Government Workers Shown to Be Backbone of Strength in Current Roll Call. Well past the 65,000 goal already, the Red Cross membership drive, which officially closed at midnight Friday, may boost the membership as high as 75,000 before enrollments stop coming in. Late yesterday the membership fig- ure was 67,867, the largest peace-time enroliment in history here. Elated with the outcome of the campaign, Lloyd B. Wilson, president of the Chesapeake & Potomac Tele= phone Co. chairman of the drive, praised members of his Executive Committee and the thousands of vole unteers who made the campaign & success. Many Returns Outstanding. 1 In predicting a possible members ship total of 75,000, Wilson pointed out that returns frgm a number of large business firms and several Gove ernment units are still outstanding. Campaign headquarters at 1416 H street will remain open throughout this week to allow workers to clear up final detaails and complete reports. A hasty analysis last night re- vealed Government workers as the “backbone” contributors to the drive. Under leadership of Maj. Gen. Fred W. Boschen, chief of Finance, United States Army, the Government units enrolled fully three-fourths of the total membership, and at the same time exceeded its quota. The only other unit to accomplish this so far is the financial group, headed by Robe ert V. Fleming. Federal Total 44,450. Government membership now totals 44,450, more than 4,000 above the goal set for it by campaign officials, and Gen. Boschen said he expected to make an even better return when all divisions of the Government come plete solicitation. Among those who assisted the Gove ernment chairman in the drive were: Capt. H. A. Gardyne, U. S. A, execue tive assistant, and the following ase sistant chairmen: Col. Edwin M. Wate son, military aide to President Rooses 1t; Col. Daniel I. Sultan, Engineer Commissioner of the District; E. W. Libbey, chief clerk, Commerce De= partment, and Miss Jessie G. Allison and Mrs. J. H. Waldo, executive sece retaries. In addition, hundreds of Governe ment workers were designated as key men solicitors in various Government divisions. The heads of each of the 68 Government departments, agencies and commissions in the District ap- pointed a department chairman for their respective units. This chaire man in turn selected division chaire men, who appointed key men to work with them. Three months were required to come plete this campaign organization in the Government alone, Gen. Boschen said. Leaders of the drive set a quota of 40,000 members in this division, necessitating enroliment of 34 per cent of the 119,000 Government employes in Washington. Yesterday's figures showed that 38 per cent of all workers in the Government have joined to date. Gen. Boschen pointed to this as an increase of more than 17,000 mem« bers over last year's Red Cross drive. Biggest Year Was 1918, Brig. Gen. F. R. Keefer, chairman of the District Chapter, said yesterday the largest Red Cross enrollment in Washington came in 1918, when the pressing needs of the war days rock- eted the membership to 81,000. This year's enrollment is the highest since then. Total membership in other units are financial, 3,062; utilities, D. A. Skine ner, chairman, 2,380; professional, Dr. A. C. Christle, 3377; business, John Saul, 6,353; residential, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, 2,388; booths, Miss Mabel T. Boardman, 2,066, and miscellaneous, 1,202, A sharp membership increase on Priday, the last day of the drive, sent the total from 53,054 to 63,591, thus making it possible for workers to put the campaign “over the top” yestere day. With all divisions of the organi- zation working smoothly, Wilson said last night & meeting of the Executive Committee called for tomorrow would be postponed until later in the week. O0ld Breastworks To Be Preserved In Skyline Area Survey Changed to Avoid Building Drive Through hold a hearing concerning flood con- ditions on the North Branch of the Potomac River and related water- ways. On Tuesday, at Luke, Md, at 10 a.m., at the Devon Club, the Army engineers will listen to a recital of and recommendations Civil War.Trenches. LURAY, Va, October 17 (Special). —Old Confederate trenches, used by soldiers during Stonewall Jackson's Valley campaign will be preserved by the Bureau of Public Roads and the Shenandoah National Park, it was 9 | learned here today. or south of the West Virginia boun- IM' tributaries and all towns When the bridle path was located on the southern end through Port Republic, near Black Rock and Browns Gap, the path was found to run in and oyt over this historic battlefleld, where some of the original breaste works still are in a fine state of pres- ervation. Recently in constructing the Sky- line Drive the original survey was changed, the road being relocated in order ts presgrve these trenches. A part of the battlefleld park now being planned in the Valley will join the section of the Shenandoah Nae tional Park where the trenches of the Confederate y are.