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Washington News TDGE CRTIED N COT APPEAL TOFREEPRSINER McMahon Declared Blocking Order of Magistrate for Occoquan Release. VETERAN HELD-NEEDING U. S. HOSPITAL’S CARE Action on Mattingly’s Recommen- dation Delayed—Chief Clerk Also Is Named. Charging that Presiding Judge John P. McMahon of Police Court “arbi- trarily disregarded” another magis- trate’s order freeing a prisoner from | the Occoquan work house, attorneys for the prisoner appealed to District Court today to compel McMahon to permit their client to go free. The suit accused the presiding judge of attempting to pass personally on all release orders, thereby acting “un- a good word or lend a helping hand. [ on each grive. Jjustifiably and without reason or cause, and against the custom and established practice of the Police Court.” ‘The action was brought through At- torneys George J. Bowden and James Shenns by Thomas O'Shea, 48, a World War veteran, said to be suffer- ing from tuberculosis. Unable to Raise Fine. Convicted of intoxication, O'Shea was sentenced October 31 by Judge Robert E. Mattingly to pay a fine of | $100 or serve 180 days in jail. able to raise the money, he was com- mitted to Occoquan. On November 4 Judge Mattingly | ordered O'Shea’s release, it was said, entering the following notation on the official information: “Due to the fact of this man’s phys- ical conditiop, I recommend his im- mediate release.” Bowden and Shinos said they had explained to Judge Mattingly that O’'Shea was badly in need of hospitali- zation and wanted to go to a Govern- ment hospital near Pittsburgh, where he had been a patient on two pre- vious occasions. They said he draws $30 monthly compensation- from the Gaovernment. District Court was told that the re- lease recommendation has lain on Judge McMahon's desk since it was made. Action Held Up. ‘When about to act on Judge Mat- tingly’s order and direct O'Shea’s re- lease, Deputy Clerk Charles H. Dris- coll was informed by Chief Clerk Frank Sebring that all releases would have to be passed upon by Judge Mc- Mahon, it was said. O'Shea’s attorneys contended that Judge McMahon and Sebring, both of whom were named defendants, were without authority to interfere with re- lease orders made by another meg- istrate in a case in which he was the committing judge. Judge McMahon was served by a deputy marshal with notice of the #uit while he was presiding in Traffic Court this morning. Sebring, who is 41, is expected to be served at his Tesidence, 5320 Colorado avenue. Justice Joseph W. Cox of District Court ordered the defendants to show cause mandamus should not be issued, VENDER QUITS CASE IN OFFICER “ATTACK” Does Not Wish to Prosecute Po- liceman He Accused of Hitting Him. A street vender who accused Police- man Richard O. Bankert of the Traf- fic Division of hitting him on the nose last night, while arresting him for #elling sheet music in a restricted area, appeared in Police Court today and signed a statement saying he did not ‘Wish to prosecute the officer. The vender, Harold L. Berg, 20, of the 800 block of East Capitol street, then was taken before Judge Isaac R. Hitt, who took his personal bond on the illegal sales charge. Following his arrest, Berg was taken to Emergency Hospital and treated for an injury to his nose. Bankert denied he struck the youth. He said Berg fled into an alley when he tried to arrest him, and that the fugitive, looking back to see if he was being followed, ran into a wall at a turn. Berg, however, made a state- ment to police officials saying Bankert hit him with his fist. - MORNING RUSH HOUR PARKING BANS EXTENDED Restrictions against parking of au- tomobiles along stretches of six streets during the morning rush hour will be applied as soon as signs can be posted, under an order adopted late yesterday by the Commissioners. Parking between 8 and 9:30 am. is forbidden under the new order on the south side of H street from Seven- teenth to Eighteenth street; south side of K street from Connecticut avenue to Thirteenth street; south side of Pennsylvania avenue from Washington Circle to Seventeenth street: west side of Thirteenth street from Massachusetts to New York ave- nues; west side of Fourteenth street {rom Thomas Circle to H street, and west side of West Fifteenth street, and Vermont avenue from Massa=~ chusetts avenue to H street.’ LEWIS ENDS VACATION BY the Associated Press. - Representative David J. Lewis, Democrat, of Cumberland, Md., has returned from a brief vacation at Bris- ben, Pa. Re-elected for his fourth consecu- tive term in the House, Lewis said he plans to spend most of his time in g.pim the next several weeks. Un- | November 20 why a writ of | Mrs. Lucy Campbell Aids Ex-Soldiers Who Ap- pear in Court. BY GEORGE W. HURD. A little old mother who made a promise in her prayers to give a helping hand to American soldiers in the World War if her own two sons | and a daughter returned safely today made her annual visit to Arlington Cemetery to place a flower on “as many graves as I can.” But before she went to Arlington Mrs. Lucy H. Campbell of 907 De- catur street performed another funce tion that she has made her daily chore for nearly 15 years. She made her daily visit to Police Court. Familiarly known as “Mother” to officials, court attaches and prisoners before the bar of justice, Mrs. Camp- bell is accorded the same courtesy given attorneys and other officers of the court. If the space inside the rail | is crowded, bailiffs soon make room for her up front. | Rain or shine, Mrs. Campbell has‘ | never been known to miss a day in court when a war veteran was iIn trouble. Whether it be for drunken- ness or some more serious offense, | “Mother” Campbell is there to say | During the almost 15 years she has | been coming to this court “Mother” estimates she has helped thousands | of ex-soldiers who were unable to | help themselves. Bailiffs, marshals | or clerks carry her the news that a | veteran is in trouble, and soon “Moth- | |er” Campbell can be seen button- holing a lawyer. They are willing to work for nothing to help “Mother” | | out. | | “After the war,” she aid, “I looked | around for a place where I could help | |the boys out best. Police Court | seemed like the best place, so I have been coming here ever since.” l “But why did you choose to do this | work; your sons and daughter were not killed?” she was asked. | “When they were in France and I| { was sc worried about them I prayed a lot, and in my prayers I made a promise that if their returned safely | to me I would spend my life trying | | to help others,” she replied. | | Mrs. Campbell is the mother of nine | children. Her sons, Andrew J. and Gary, both served in the Army dur- | ing the war, and her daughter Re- becca—now Mrs. Rebecca Benoit— was a yeomanette. All three are now | employed in Government service. Gary is chief of the field service of | the A. A. A, Andrew Joyner is in the | | Government service in the Panama | Canal Zone, and Mrs. Benoit is em- | ployed in the General Acccunting office. | It was Mrs. Campbell who went from grave to grave in Arlington | 'Cemebery as the “boys” were brought | The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 11, 1936. Mother Keeps Wartime Promise By Lending Hand to Veterans @ MRS. LUCY H. CAMPBELL. —Star Staff Photo. back from France and placed a flower Among those graves was that of a colored soldier who had been born in slavery to “Mother” Campbell’s father in North Carolina. Although she has lived in the Dis- trict for 43 years, Mrs. Campbell still refers to the Capital as “Washington City.” This kindly little old mother has | never missed an Armistice day serve ice at Arlington National Cemetery. But after the memorial services she has a little rite all her own. She seeks out the graves of the World War dead and places a flower on each. Her greatest good has been to the living, however. It has been her cheering smile in the Police Court that polstered up the spirits of men who had felt forgotten. If they had to go to jail, it was “Mother” Camp- bell who “followed through” with kindly advice and a helping hand. If they were released, it was the woman who has assumed the responsibility of mothering them who sought out ways for them to change their ways. There is no remuneration for the kindly deeds to these unfortunates who come into the lowest court. She ‘wants none. “I have to pay my own car fare, and it costs me a little to help them out, but my pay is in satisfaction in knowing that I am keeping my prom- ise,” she declared. Mrs. Campbell belongs to the Amer- ican War Mothers, the Daughters of the American Revolution and to the Eastern Star. All these organizations lend their influence to aid her work in the Police Court. JOIN RED CROSS, RODSEVELT URGES 'Roll Call of Organization Begins Today, Ends Thanksgiving. President Roosevelt today urged all American citizens to join the Ameri- can Red Cross during the roll call | which begins today and ends Thanks- giving day. The President issued the following statement: “The American Red Cross is close to the heart of every American. Its emblem symbolizes good will and neighborliness and brotherhood throughout our land. Its purposes | | spring from the deep-seated desires of the people themselves, desires for | restored orderly living and well-being wherever disaster and calamity strike. | “All of us are proud of the work { which the Red Cross did this year | after the Spring floods and tornadoes. | Urban dwellers and rural -dwellers alike felt its ministrations in the areas devastated by wind and water, as well as wherever disaster struck home in | 39 States. “The Red Cross program of service in disaster relief, in health work, in behalf of disabled ex-service men, in leading our children to good citizen= ship through the junior organization, and in all of its work for humanity, reflects the generosity and spirit of helpfulness of our citizens. The great- er the Red Cross grows in member- ship the better this Nation and the world will be. The return of pros- perity brings with it an added re- sponsibility of the part of all of us toward our neighbor in distress. We must give in proportion as we have received. When the havoc of storm, flood, accidental injury or war visits men, women or children this benefi- cent agency begins immediately its mission to heal, to mend, to replace. “Again, from Armistice day to Thanksgiving, our people everywhere will have an opportunity to join the Red Cross. By joining, every Ameri~ can has the privilege, through indi- vidual membership, of sharing in its great work, both local and national. Membership is an evidence of good citizenship. I urge that all who can do so respond promptly and gener- ously to the annual Red Cross mem- bership _roll call.” e MAN APPLIES FOR JOB 50 YEARS IN ADVANCE Pittsburgh, Pa., Resident Puts in Request to Work on Bicenten- nial of Columbia, 8. C. COLUMBIA, S. C. (/).—A man in Pittsburgh, Pa., may have to wait 50 years for the job he wants. Chairman James H. Hammond of the Columbia Sesqui-centennial Com- mittee said the man applied for work n connection with the 150th anni- versary celebration of the South Carolina capital last Spring. His letter arrived after the festival. Hammond wrote: “The next cele- bration of the founding of Columbia AVARDCONTRAT FORLANESTON 0B [P. W. A. Officials Act to Speed Low-Cost Housing for Colored People. Langston Terrace, one of the P. W. | As first housing projects, was on the last lap of its rocky, three and one- half-year road to completion today with the announcement by Secretary of the Interior Ickes that the contract | for construction has been awarded to Coath & Goss, Chicago firm. First conceived as a slum clearance pooject in 1934, Langston Terrace was little more than a hope of P. W. A. planners until the present site was acquired in August, 1935. time its original character as a slum clearance project had been abandoned because of difficulty in obtaining adequate space, and it became a low- cost housing project. The $82,950 spent for the land, how- ever, was the only portion of the $1,= 600,000 working capital expended up to February 29 of this yea:, when steam shovels and a construction gang started the foundations amid a blast of publicity. The foundations have been completed for two months, but since their completion Langston Ter- race has been Washington's “deserted village.” The delay was caused by rejection | by Secretary Ickes of the only two bids submitted last Summer for the re- mainder of the work, because they were “excessive.” The lowest bid, $1,- 523,000, exceeded by $250,000 the re- maining balance of the allotment. Bid Is $1,388,000. ‘The Chicago firm’s bid was $1,388,~ 000, still above the estimates, but eight firms participated in the bidding and evidently P. W. A. officials considered it the lowest obtainable. The foundations are covered with weeds, but since none of the buildings is to have a basement, P. W. A. archi- tects explain it does not matter how long they have been exposed. Crews of pick and shovel men will be put to work clearing the ground for construc- tion, which will start as soon as formal contracts have been signed, it was an- nounced at P. W. A. Estimates are that the work will not be completed until the latter part of next year, perhaps not until early in 1938, all .depending upon unforseen delays bound to occur in even the best regulated construction projects. Option on Anacostia Site. Meanwhile the 1,500 or more appli- cants for the 247 apartments will know that at last Washington's low-rent project for colored families is at least'in the making. Funds for a similar project for white families are no longer available, although the P. W. A. still holds an option on a site in Anacostia: The apartments will be built in two- story flats, group houses and three- story apartments. The equipment will be the most modern, including electric lighting and mechanical refrigeration. Ample light and ventilation have been provided in the design, and the build- ings will occupy only about 25 per cent-6f the l4-acre. tract, the re- mainder being devoted to Park recreational space. o 1000 ARE READY 10 G0 “OVER TOP" IN CHESTS DRIVE By that| Official “Opening Gun” in Campaign for $1,969,000 Sounds Tomorrow. BUT MANY WORKERS ALREADY REPORT GIFTS $287,056 Collected by One Group. G-Man Addresses Meeting. With battle lines drawn, the Com- munity Chest sent 7,000 workers “over the top” this Armistice day in a cam- paign to collect $1,969,000 for the Dis- four public enemies, “hunger, disease, crime and despair.” The official “opening gun” of the 1936-7 Chest war will be fired at the first general report luncheon meeting at 12:30 p.m. tomorrow at the Willard | Hotel. But organization of the va- rious units has been completed, work- ers have been instructed and sent into the field. The Special Assignments Unit had raised already $297,056 up to this morning and was preparing for & substantial addition to this at the |noon luncheon meeting today. Tonight another Chest radio play | will be presented over Station WMAL in the series entitled “Other People's | Money.” Newbold Noyes to Speak. ‘Tomorrow night Newbold Noyes, former president of the Community | Chest, and former campaign mana- | ger, who has been active in the organ- ization since its inception, will speak | for the Chest over Stations WISV and | WMAL from 6:30 to 6:45 p.m. Outstanding among yesterday’s Chest activities was a dinner at the Willard | Hotel at which the Metropolitan Unit, | which covers the entire city, got off |to an enthusiastic start. | 750 workers heard stirring addresses from Chest leaders and from Hugh | H. Clegg of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Department of Justice, guest speaker of the evening. Clegg drew a parallel between the activities of the “G”-men in the bat- tle against crime and the “C”-men of the Community Chest in their war against the four designated public enemies. The speaker likened “hun. ger” to “heartless John Hamilton”, disease to “dread, death-dealing Dil- linger”; crime to ‘“cruel, criminal Harry Campbell,” and despair to “des- perate Dainard, the kidnaper of hope, the breeder of disorder.” Coleman Jennings, campalgn chair- man, called on the workers to “make this campaign a glorious adventure.” He declared a “great epidemic has broken out in the city—of Community- Chestitis—like measles the contagion is spreading.” Herbert L. Willett, jr, campaigh director, asked workers not to waste time of prospects with mere visiting, but to tell the story of the Chest and its work, and “don’t take money if you can possibly help it.” Emphasize, he said, that $5 in cash is not worth as much as $1 a month, and the latter is easier to pay. Bishop Freeman Speaks. At the Special Assignments Unit lancheon yesterday at the Willard, Rt. Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop of Washington, declared that Ameri- can life showed a curve that was definitely “up.” Despite economic indications for the betterment here in America, among which he mentioned the Gen- eral Motors and United States Steel “showing of greater generosity,” Bishop Freeman declared, “We are in a very serious and critical period.” He referred to the European situation, where he declared “the Russian shadow is over the whole world, Spain is threatening France and even threatening the stability of Great Britain.” He said a “reaffirmation of religious faith was necessary” to sta- bilize business, social and religious life. He praised the Community Chest for pringing together the whole com- munity into a “new unity and solidar- ity” to promote “kindness and toler- ance.” Chairman Joseph P. Tumulty of the Metropolitan Unit criticized the “cow- ard who always resorts to alibis” such as “We are facing inflation” in order to cut his gifts to the chest. Tumulty quoted President Woodrow Wilson, whom he served as secretary, as saying, “We gain more by audacity than we do by prudence.” Reports of 55 pledges amounting to $51,902 were made at yestérday’s meet- ing. This brings the total reported by the Special Assignments Unit to date up to 271 pledges for a total of $297,056. Harold N. Marsh reported the largest amount contributed yester- day. He brought in 12 pledges for $20,315. Hilleary Hoskinson was sec- ond with one pledge for $7,500. Philip O. Coffin announced three gifts for $2,800, Mrs. Fedora J. Lewis announced eight gifts for $3,550, Wil- son Compton’s team reported five gifts for $2,550, .F. Moran McConihe an- nounced two gifts for $500, Andrew Saul reported 15 gifts for $8,837, James E. Collifiower reported two contribu- tions amounting to $2,100 and Mrs. Sidney F. Taliaferro reported seven gifts amounting to $3,750. Among the gifts reported yesterday were: Potomac Electric Power Co., $15,000; Riggs National Bank, $7,500; Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, $2,500; Mr. and Mrs. Christian Heurich, sr., $2,000; Mr. and Mrs. Abram Lisner, $2,000; Mr. and Mrs. Dwight F. Davis, $2,000; B. F. Saul Co., $2,000; anon- ymous, $1,800; Mr. and Mrs. A Garrett, $1,250; Elite Laundry Co., $1,- 000; Mr. and Mrs. John S. Flannery, $1,000; anonymous, $1,000; Mrs. E. Newlands Johnston, $800; George D. Horning, $800; anonymous, $600; Mr. and Mrs. William McKee Dunn, $550; trict of Columbia war against the | More than | : | “Marche Heroique”. Excess Pounds F YOU'RE a woman, fancy yourself & a bit overweight, and have 25 cents and an hour and a half a ‘week to spare, there'’s a very good chance that you can lose a few waist- line inches—to say nothing of learning how to tap dance. Under a plan instituted October § by the Roosevelt-Macfarland Com- munity Center, 50 women and girls are giving the exercise-dancing form- ula a trial one night a week at the Roosevelt High School Gymnasium. The class—consisting principally of Government employes, mothers and teachers—met last night. Like vet- eran athletes, the matrons and misses start in slowly. To the uninitate, these preliminaries may resemble a protracted salaaming to the eastward, but they serve their purpose and when the strenuous dancing session comes muscles are & little more ready to obey. 4 In front of the bowing, swaying group stands Miss Adelaide Courtney, instructor, clad in the snappiest red silk gym suit in town. The clicking | taps of her shoes are the metronome and her body the baton that guides her grimly determined pupils. Half way through the dancing a number dropped out. “After all,” says Miss Courtney in explanation, “we've only been going a month. I bet you couldn’t stick it out either.” It's the pupil's privilege, however, to quit when she pleases with no questions asked. Miss Courtney has a few private opinions on the subject though. Any number of good intentions, she be- lieves, go by the board under the stimulus of an exercise-inspired appe- tite. 'Not for want of warning, though, do many undo with additoinal eating what the exercise has accom- plished. Pamphlets proclaiming “Diet Cures More Than Doctor,” “What, When and How to Eat,” and “Health, Happiness and Long Life” are dis- tributed at the entrance to the gym. In many cases, Miss Courtney says, the dancing has become a family | affair, with even father involved.. The children take dancing at school in the day time, mother once a week at | night, and intra-family rehearsals take place at odd moments, with father held in the background to apply the liniment. The exercise plan started informally about three years ago, but because |of increased interest and attendance, | it was decided to systematize the pro- | gram. Miss Courtney was sent to Chi- cago to pick up some new ideas last | Summer and at the beginning of the course every pupil was given & thorough physical examination and her weight, height, etc., recorded. The examination and measurements will | be taken again in February and later | in May. U5, CONTROL HELD AIR TRAFFIC NEED Authority Over All Planes on Civil Airways in Bad Weather Advised. Necessity for complete Federal control of all airplane traffic along civil airways, military as well as civil, especially in conditions of low visibility and low ceiling, and for uni- form airport traffic control through- out the country was discussed at a meeting of Army Air Corps Reserve officers last nightein the Air Corps projection room, Munitions Building. With the development of radio aids to navigation and the resulting eman- cipation of trained aviators from most of the weather obstacles, rigid con- trol is becoming constantly more es- sential as a measure of preventing collisions in bad weather, it was pointed out. Sees Two-Way Radio Needed. It was predicted by Maj. R. W. Schroeder, Air Reserve and chief of the airline inspection service, Bureau of Air Commerce, that the time is not far distant when every aircraft operat- ing along Federal airways under mini- mum conditions of visibility and ceil- ing will be required to carry two-way radio and that eventually landings at busy airports may be controlled entirely by radio. He said that installation of Federal airways control stations at key air- ports now is in progress and that a complete control system soon will be installed at Washington Airport. When this installation is completed every air transport plane approach- ing and leaving Washington will be under rigid Federal control, he said. Outlines New Regulations. Capt. Joseph T. Shumate, jr., Air Reserve, in charge of regulation of itinerant and miscellaneous aircraft operations along the airways, outlined the effect of new regulations for the control of non-airline operatians. It was pointed out by both speakers and by Capt. Jack C. Hodgson, Army Alr Corps, m charge of the meeting, that Army, Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard pilots are under official orders requiring them to comply strictly with Commerce Department rules while flying the Federal airways. CONCERT. By the Marine Band Symphony Orchestra in the auditorium of the Marine Barracks at 8 p.m. today. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; Wil- liam F. Santelmann, second leader. Program. Grand march, “The President,” (b) “Roses of Picardy,” Haydn Wood . Harold Bayes. Song, “The Old R0&d"....eee..Scott Cornet solos: (a) “There Is No Death”..--O'Hara (b) “The Rosary”. ‘Winfred Kemp. “Largo,” “Xerx Choral, “Fervent Is My Longing,” Bacl Fantasy, “A Victory Ball”...Schelling (After the poem by Alfred Noyes.) “The Marines’ Hymn.* ‘Tapped’ AwayinNewClass Matrons and Misses Start in Slo_vlvly, Like Veteran Athletes, but Work Harder Later. Mrs. Flora Slover (right) being weighed by Miss Adelaide Courtney, reducing class danc Macfarland Community Center. Finances Improved, Relief Beneficiary Repays Treasury $15 By the Associated Press,, The Treasury received $15 to- day from a former relief re- cipient who is back on his feet again. The man, whose name was withheld, sent this letter along with his $15 check: “During February and March, 1934, I received Federal relief in the form of groceries and meat to the approximate value of $15 through the Los Angeles County ‘Welfare Department. * * * Since I am in somewhat better circum- stances I think I should refund said amount.” LB.C BUARDATS LQUORDEALERS Virginia Body’s Aide Cancels Speech at Meeting to Com- bat Dry Sentiment. BY the Assoclated Press. RICHMOND, November 11.—G. Stanley Clarke, assistant attorney gen- eral attached to the Virginia A. B. C. Board, invited to address a meeting of the Virginia Malt Beverage Associa- tion here last night, declined to ap- pear after circulars were distributed describing the purpose of the meeting as that of combating public senti- ment “against the liquor traffic.” The board also informed the as- sociation by letter that Clarke would not attend and declared that the board “deserts and repudiates any ef- fort to link this, an agency of the State Government, interested only in the administration of the existing law, with & movement intended to assist in perpetuating the existing system of alcoholic beverage control in this State.” The letter, addressed to Elmo Roundtree, secretary of the associa- tion, said the A. B. C. Board would have no part in any organization which sought to influence sentiment against local option. Clarke said he had accepted the invitation to address the association, which has a membership of about 1,200 wine and beer licensees of the A, B. C. Board, on sections of the law applicable to their business and the need of law enforcement. -The assistant af general said he learned of the “nature” of the meet- ing through the circulars. Members of the organization de- clared the board misinterpreted the purpose of the group and quoted other portions of the circulars calling for members’ “assistance in putting the malt beverage and wine business.in the State on a clean and respectable basis and make it a better paying proposition for every one in it.” Discusses Social Security. SILVER SPRING, Md., November 11 (Special).—Miss Lavinia Engle of h | the Public Relations Bureau of the Social Security Board discussed the nehl:curlty mm;%vig benefits at_a meeting 3 Spring Business Men's Association last night. e instructor at the Roosevelt- -Star Staff Photo RAIL OVERPASS WORK AUTHORIZED Road Crossing and Bla- densburg Underpass. Elimination of the Bates road grade crossing and widening of the Bladens- burg road underpass are planned by the District Commissioners under a Federal grant of $100,000 expected to | be made in the near future. Construction of an overpass on Bates road between Varnum street and Brookland avenue over the Met- ropolitan branch of the Baltimore & Ohio would remove the last main line railroad crossing in the District. It was among several considered in the past two years under earlier Federal grants for the purpose, but the East- ern avenue and the Michigan avenue tion. While the new fund has not yet been allotted, the Commissioners ordered preliminary planning started at a meeting late yesterday, anticipating money. The work is to be planned and executed under the supervision of the United States Bureau of Public Roads. the Bladensburg road underpass at the tracks of the Pennsylvania Rail- road between New York avenue and Queens Chapel road northeast from 40 to 60 feet, to make its width cor- | respond to the width of the road on either side of the underpass. |ASK PARTICIPATION IN CALENDAR CHANGE Statistical Board Requests State Department to Send Repre- sentative to Meeting. By the Assoclated Press. United States participation in any international effort to reform the cal- endar has been recommended by the Central Statistical Board, a Federal agency for co-ordinating statistics. Stuart A. Rice, chairman of the board, said yesterday it had urged the State Department to send representa- tives to any meeting called by the League of Nations on this subject and to support any proposals for an inter- national conference. The recommendation was made, he said, after a year-long study of sug- gestions for revising the calendar, most of which were designed to simplify the compilation of business reports, salary payments and statistics. 0’CONNOR INDORSED Judge L. E. Birdzell, general counsel of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp., entertained at a birthday luncheon in honor of J. F. T. O'Con- nor, controller of the currency, at the Raleigh Hotel yesterday. Among those present were Marshall K. Diggs, assistant controller of cur- rency; Charles Merriman, director of the Reconstruction Pinance Corp.; Robert Jackson, Assistant Attorney General, and Willlam Prentiss, Jjr., director of currency. 1 | Commissioners Act on Bates crossings were ranked for first atten- | early receipt of the order for the | ‘The Commissioners decided to widen | Society and General PAGE B—1 THRD CONSTABLE INPRNCEGEORES RELIEVED G UTY Independent Inquiry of Police Actions. NICE TO HEAR OF PROBE AT AUTO CLUB MEETING D. C. Motorist’s Testimony Re- sults in Suspension of Frank Bell. Rapid-fire developments in the Prince Georges County, Md., police investigation yesterday brought the Board of Commissioners’ suspension of a third constable, repeated refusal to conduct an independent inquiry |and assurance that the group would not “whitewash” the affair. The inquiry is slated to be brought to the attention of Gov. Nice and other State officials here on December 8, when the Maryland executive, together with Attorney General Herbert R. O’Conor and Speaker Emmanuel Gor- fine of the House of Delegates, meet with the Keystone Automobile Club’s Board of Directors. George Keneipp, manager of the auto club, said the trio had “tenta- tively” accepted an invitation to at- | tend the meeting, when the question of relieving congestion on the Defense Highway at Bladensburg and the ex- tension of New Hampshire avenue, as well as the Prince Georges police probe, will be discussed. Although the county’s governing agency had previously outlawed a metion to suspend Frank Bell, Hyatts- ville station clerk, in its morning session, testimony of a Washington motorist, charging false arrest and assault, finally resulted in the order | during the afternoon meeting. For the third time, the board re- fused to Initiate its own study of |graft charges. A strong plea from the Hyattsville mayor and Common | Council, presented in letter-form by | H. Winship Wheatley, jr., sought a | separate investigation by the group. Amid vehement denials of “white~ wash” by Commissioner Joseph Bland« ford, who opposed the independent investigation, a motion for the board's | inquiry by Commissioner Vinton D. Cockey was defeated, 3 to 1, in the morning session. Chairman Perry Boswell was absent. Records to Be Furnished. One of the most important steps in the investigation was consume mated yesterday when State’s Attore ney Alan Béwie officially notified the | commissioners that photostatic copies of court records, for checking against | District motorists’ afidavits, would be | furnished the board. ‘The commissioners’ action in Bell's suspension duplicated last Thursday's move when they temporarily expelled Policemen Warren E. Peake and Claude A. Reese. In removing Bell from duty, the board fulfilled its avowed intention “to suspend any officers against whom sufficiently substantiated charges may be made.” | Complainant against Bell was Ed- ward K. Eolton, 21-year-old Governe | ment employe, of 1860 Mintwood | place. He testified that the officer ar- | rested him for traffic violations on the | Defense Highway last August, took | him before a justice of the peace, who placed him under $1,100 bond, and | Incarcerated him in the Hyattsville | jail when he refused to meet the bond. Bolton charged that Bell struck him during an crgument following the ar- rest. Says Collateral Posted. After several hours in Hyattsville lock-up, the complainant said, Bell offered to release him on collateral of | $11.70. Bolton declared that he paid | that sum and left the station house. Bell's suspension was based on Com= | missioner Cockey’s contention that the | officer, as a desk clerk, had no au- | thority to make a misdemeanor are | rest. In their morning session the come | missioners overruled Cockey’s mo- tion for Bell's suspension by an amendment tc the order which would have submitted the case to the grand jury, recently recessed, but sched- uled for recall next month to in- vestigate widespread charges of police corruption. Boiton’s affidavit, given to the commissioners, is one of 100 taken by the Keystone Automobile Club from Washington motorists during the last two months. When State's Attorney Bowie pre- sents copies of the court records, im- pounded by the grand jury, to the board, the Keystone-collected state- ments will be submitted for a fol- low-up of each case cited by the Capital drivers. More Suspensions Indicated. When these records have been ob- tained, the commissioners intend to suspend every officer involved in ire regularities, it was learned last night, If the board gets the court records | and afidavits next Tuesday, at least | two more suspensions are expected. | Commissioner Cockey, who has un- successfully led the struggle for an independent board injuiry, yesterday characterized current police procedure as “open banditry on the road.” Since the investigation was opened by the grand jury Cockey has attempted to initiate a separate study by the boara on grounds that the commissionery must determine “whether its police. men are suitable to hold office.” Opposing Cockey have been cole leagues who believe that the whole matter must be handl s et e led nclllli'flyv The commissioners appointed Karl Krauss of Riverdale to fill the Vae cancy created by Officer Bell's suspen- sion. No policemen have been named to substitute for Peake and Reege, Another Washington Crawford De Wees, Navy Yard ploye, of 18 R street north