Evening Star Newspaper, December 27, 1936, Page 30

BRGE PROGES BUOYS SOUTHERS Organization Heads Hopeful on Eve of Fine Arts Com- mission Meeting. Efforts of civic and business organi- #ations in southeast to secure an item ‘of $650,000 in the 1938 District apprro- priation bill for the beginning of construction of the Pennsylvnia Avenue Bridge were buoyed today with the announcement that the Fine Arts ‘Commision will consider preliminary ‘plans for the southeast bridge along with the revised plans for the new $350,000 Chain Bridge, at a meeting in New York City Tuesday. At a recent meeting of the National Capital Park and Planning Commis- sion Col. Dan I. Sultan, Engineer Com- missioner of the District and an ex-officio member of the commission, along with H. C. Whitehurst, director of highways, submitted six plans for the bridge. Three were for steel and three for concrete and the commission A picked one of each. Sultan, it has been Jearned, will send these plans to the commision for action. R . Budget Inclusion Expected. With this information, coupled with the fact that $25,000 is already avail- able for study of plans for the new structure, the associations feel the $650,000 appropriation sought in the 1938 budget is almost a certainty. Speaking on this phase of the pro- posed span, Adelbert W. Lee, president of the Randle Highlands Citizens' Association and vice chairman of the Bridge Committee of the Board of ‘Trade, said: “It seems pretty well assured that Boutheast will get its bridge in the near future. Things are progressing very nicely and the appropriation asked for in the 1938 budget should be retained.” . Similar enthusiasm was voiced by William A. Maio, president of the Southeast Citizens’ Association and chairman of the Southeast Council. Maio Expresses Confidence. | “I feel confident that the District | Commissioners, the Fine Arts Com- mission and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission will act in the best interests of Southeast #nd the District as a whole in the ef- forts that are being made to secure @& new bridge across the Anacostia River,” he said. “It is evident, with the consideration to be given the plans this week in New York City by the Fine Arts Commission, that South- east is on its way toward sectiring the structure,” he added. Louis. F. Prick, secretary of the Boutheast Business Men's Association, declared that he was pleased with the progress that is being made, adding that the association’s principal desire was to have an adequate and safe bridge across the river, wide enough to permit four or even six lanes of traf- fic. < Favorable comment was also given by C. Dick English, vice president of the business men, and Vernis Absher, chairman of the Highway and Bridge Committee of both the council and citizens' association. English plans to attend the meeting in New York to see that the best interests of the busi- ness men are protected. | AVENUE EXTENSION IS UP TO MARYLAND| Project Long Sought by Chillum Heights in Hands of Roads Commissioner. ‘The proposed extension of New | Hampshire avenue into Maryland, a | matter long of interest to the members of the Chillum Heights Citizens’ As- | sociation, rests in the hands of Justice Prank PF. Luthardt of the Maryland | State Roads Commission, Dr. Llewellyn Jordan said yesterday. .. An appropriation has been made, taken from State gasoline tax proceeds, and, despite some haggling as to price, landowners of the right of way are prepared to sell the required options for the extension. All that is needed :mow, Dr. Jordan states, is a repre- sentative of the Roads Commission to contact the landowners and buy up the options with the appropriation. Until Judge Luthardt assigns a man to do this, plans are stalemated. Dr. Jordan has, for a number of | years, been actively interested in mak- ing the necessary arrangements for | the proposed construction. Money has | been appropriated before and then deleted, he says Again landowners had to be contacted and bids received from construction companies. He has ~done all he can; the matter rests with the Roads Commission, Judge Luthardt having promised to attend to the mmatter, he declares. The Roberts Paving Co. of Salis- bury, Md, made the lowest bid for the job. The extension is intended to carry New Hampshire avenue from its pres- ‘ent terminus at' the District line 2.4 miles to University lane, which, in turn, unites with the Baltimore pike &t College Park. —_— CAMPAIGN TO CORRECT FAULTY FEET PLANNED 'Woodrow Wilson P.-T. A. Pushes Project in Conferences With School Health Officials. " Through the Parent-Teacher Asso- elation of the Woodrow Wilson High *8chool, plans are now under way for the correction of faulty foot conditions @mong District school children. ‘The plan was first suggested by Mrs. Preda Ostrow. She and Mrs. B. G. McIlwee of the Roosevelt association have taken the matter up with Dr. Joseph A. Murphy, chief public school medical and sanitary inspector, and Birch E. Bayh, head of the Depart- " Both officials have approved a “foot health” program and have indicated their willingness to assist in every pos- sible way. CHAIRMEN NAMED _Connecticut Avenue Group Heads Are Appointed. .. The following committee chairmen . have been appointed by Harry C. . Grove. president of the Connecticut Avenue Citizens’ Association: . W. H. Ross, zoning; F. F. Leith, police and fire; Mrs. J. M. Whittman, 4 8chools and playgrounds; Dr. B. R. “ Read, public health, and David Babp, laws and legislation. z ' : THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., DECEMBER 27, With the Associations Twenty-Six Groups Now Asking Retention of People’s Counsel Office—Oldest Inhabitants to Hold Annual New Year Program. HOW THEY STAND. ‘The attitude of District citi- zens’ associations on current city- wide problems, as registered through yesterday, follows: Retention of People’s Counsel’s Office. --26 -0 5 Weekly Review. NACOSTIA.—Asked Congress for funds for branch library in Ana- costia to serve Hillcrest, Randle High- lands, Congress Heights, Summit Park, North Randle community, Washington Highlands and Bradbury Heights; indorsed request of Maj. Ernest W. Brown, superintendent of- police, for 344 additional privates; in- dorsed Playground Department's re- quest for more funds in 1938 District budget. Glover Park—Indorsed action of special committee of federation oppos- ing use of the magazine Scholastic in public schools. Takoma Park.—Expressed dissatis- faction with present street car service, charging incorrect signs are placed on cars; indorsed plan of Commissioner Hazen for establishment of inebridte farm and also segregation of youthful prisoners from hardened offenders in District penal institutions. Interfederation Conference.—Asked Commissioners to investigate space conditions at District Receiving Home; named special committee to confer with Capital Transit Cu. to plan for improved transportation throughout Washington and nearby Maryland and Virginia; complained 6f insanitary and obsolete busses now in use; named special committee to study site for Jefferson Memorial. Lincoln Park.—Asked for funds in 1938 appropriation bill to provide for an armory, & convention hall, stadium and bridge over Anacostia River; in- dorsed Willlam McK. Clayton for post of peoples’ counsel. Sixteenth Street Heights.—Indorsed health program of Dr. George C. Ruh- land, health officer, and recommended constructidn of at least one health center next year. A special Christmas celebration was held by the Citizens’ Association of Takoma, D. C., and the Manor Park Citizens’ Association Monday night at the Takoma Playground. Christmas carols were sung, addresses by civic leaders and the lighting of a commu- nity Christmas tree were on the pro- gram. Civio Calendar. THI following citizens’ associations will meet this week: Monday, December 28. Georgetown, 8 pm.; St. John's Church parish hall. Conduit Road, 8 pm.; Palisades Park field house. Society of Natives, 8 p.m.; Wash- ington Club. . Tuesday, December 29. Benning, 8 p.m.; Odd Fellows’ Hall, 508 Minnesota avenue northeast. Logan-Thomas Circle, 8 p.m.; 1120 Rhode Island avenue. Friday, January 1. . Association of Oldest Inhabitants, 10:30 a.m.; Old Union Engine House. Saturday, January 2. Federation of Citizens’ Associations, 8 p.m.; board room, District Building. KALORAMA LISTS TS ANSFOR 1997 Vote for D. C., Red Rider Re- peal and School Are Main Projects. National representation, “red rider” repeal and a new junior high school are emphasized in the policy of the Kalorama Citizens’ Association for the coming year, according to Mrs. H. W. ‘Wiley, president. ‘The first is of paramount importance to Kalorama citizens, as it is to all residents of the District, Mrs. Wiley says. Wants Unbiased Instruction. The appropriation bill rider, which causes all school teachers and em- ployes of :schools—even a charwoman who cannot write and makes her X— to sign pay rolls, testifying they have not taught any communistic princi- ples, will be unanimously opposed. Kalorama, Mrs. Wiley states, believes impartial and unbiased views of com- munism, as well as any other form of government, should be provided for students. If the 5-year school plan is ap- proved by Congress and appropria- tions made, the association will seek to gain the much-wanted new Jefferson Junior High School, she declares. Other plans which Mrs. Wiley has in mind are: Opposition to diversion of gas and weight automobile taxes, further taxation of any sort and the | 40-hour week for women only; indorse- | ment of Dr. Ruhland’s fight on tuber= culosis and subterranean self-liquidat- ing garages, and support of the Crim-~ inal Justice Commission, The Evening Star safety campaign, the removal of the Homeopathic Hospital to Chevy Chase, proposed legislation on the lunacy laws, added appropriations for the Health Department and plans for a board of estimates. Plan Speaker Schedule. A tentative schedule for guest speak- ers has been made through March, al- though the actual persons to speak are not yet known. In January George W. Hodgkins, treasurer of the associa- tion, plans to introduce a speaker from the Board of Education; in February Mrs. Julius Lansburgh, second vice| president, is commissioned to invite a speaker on public health, and in March Miss Irene M. Pistorio is responsible for a speaker on art and architecture. In other words, Mrs. Wiley plans to get speakers in various fields for the meet- ings through members of the associa- tion interested in those fields. IREL o i Queen’s Cup Found. From a stream in Natal, Africa, the long lost Cetewayo Cup has been re- covered and has been offered to the Voortrekker Museum, Maritzburg, by D. H. Bowden, who has written a number of works on Zulu history. The plece is a silver tankard which was presented to Chief Cetewayo by Queen Victoria. Natives found the tankard in a stream close to the Ulundi battle- fleld. Ulundi was the residence of the Zulu kings, where on July 4, 1874, the Zula impis were deafeated and the royal kraal burned. When recovered, the cup was black with stains, having been used for cooking. Cleaning brought the inscription to light and the tankard was identified by Bowden. SRR T Leper Expert Robbed. Dr. Raden Soetomo, a leading ex- pert on leprosy in Java, now touring the world on research for his govern- ment, was robbed of $1,800 in London by a confidence man. The doctor picked up a bunch of keys dropped in the street by a plausible visitor to the “You must give me some money for few minutes rich for ill omen to people of Johannesburg, South Africa, who have goldfish ponds. Many ponds have been denuded of fish by the feathered fishermen. Haunting small creeks, they feed on frogs. Re- a frog pond near his pools of goldfish. Both frogs and FIVE UNITS OPPOSE PASS PRICE BOOST Believe Move Should Be Held Up Until After Valu- ation Hearings. Announcement of an increase in price of its weekly pass by the Capital Transit Co. meets opposition by civic groups which, in most cases, believe this move should be delayed until after valuation hearings are held to de- termine a proper rate of fare. Through yesterday, five citizens’ associations have opposed the in- crease, which has been announced to become effective January 3, 1937. Several other groups are now con- sidering the problem and have their | Public Utilties Committees preparing | reports for meetings in the near future. Commission Powerless. | __The transit company gave the Public | Utilities Commission formal notice of | its abandonment of the $1 pass on December 5, and the commission ac- cepted the change as one over which it had no control, since the $1 pass had been instituted voluntarily by the company. The Brightwood Citizens’ Associa- | tion meeting December 11 opposed the | abolition of the $1 street car pass | and the lack of authority on the part of the utilities commission to pre- vent increases was deplored. Action | was recommended to give the com- mission greater powers in this respect. At the December meeting of the Pet~ worth Citizens’ Association, members | declared the use of the $1.25 pass for | all transportation would be discrimina- | tory to some users of the lines. In adopting a report by Washington Y. Boyd, chairman, Public Utilities Com- mittee, which opposed the change, the | association declared as its belief “the service of the street car with its schedules of slower time, crowded con- ditions and obsolete equipment is not worth the same price as that of the ex- press service; which has (heretofore) been given for the higher priced pass.” Cites Need of Hearings. The adoption of the $1.25 pass alone would tend to establish only one price for all classes of transporta- | tion, Boyd declared. The Petworth body further approved the continued use of the lower cost fare until the service rendered by the company can “justify an increase in price.” Action should be delayed at least until valua- tion hearings can be held on the company to determine if the higher rate is justified. In its resolution protesting the in- crease, the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association meeting December 1 re- quested that Congress “take over the street car system of the District and thereby give the Nation’s Capital the adequate, prompt and efficient serv- ice deserved.” The Washington Highlands Citizens’ Association has appealed to the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations in its fight against the projected move. The Trinidad Citizens’ Association also de- clared its opposition to the move soon after plans for the action were announced publicly. Sober Garb Decreed. Loud garments will be forbidden members of, the Japanese Diet so that they may appear with due dignity in the splendid new building recently completed for them in Tokio. The Diet regulations provide that mem- bers shall wear formal morning attire, but lately many have been wea: KUGEL EXPLAINS SMOKE PROBLEM Engineer Says Central Heat- ing Plants Would Elimi- nate Nuisance. ‘Washington, although not an in_ dustrial city, has a greater smoke problem than Cleveland because of its lack of central heating plants, H. H. Kugel, smoke regulation engineer brought here recently from Cleveland, is telling District civic organizations in a series of addresses. While there is a central heating plant in the District, it serves only the downtown Government offices. “Washington, back before the war, was what is known as an “anthracite town,” Kugel says, “and since the city’s heating systems are comprised mainly of furnaces originally built to burn coal of that type, the present use of bituminous coal results in a smoke problem greater than the aver- age industrial town which has central heating. Replacement Required. “The only real remedy is the re- placement of these antiquated fur- naces with either a central heating plant or with new, mechanical fuel equipment—a process which will take & long time before results are notice- able. A really efficlent smoke elimi- nation program takes almost as long as an educational program.” Contrary to general opinion, Kugel says, railroads really do not create much of a problem. Their regula- tions for violation of smoke ordi- nances while passing through cities are usually much more strict than the city laws, the engineer on some occasions being known to lose his job when too many complaints are filed against him. Progress Necessarily Slow. “I've only been here since October 15,” he concluded, “and I only have two assistants. Since we have to an- swer complaints and work on specific areas of the city at the same time, it will be some time before improve- ments are noticed. “And it won't help much for you to call up the Engineer Department and complain that your neighbor's smoke is ruining your curtains. We've found through long experience that the average complaint is gener- ally a manifestation of ill-feeling on the part of the complainant, engen- dered by causes far removed from the smoke problem.” PROGRAM DRAWN BY DUPONT CIRCLE Will Oppose Commercialization of ‘ Area and Seek Higher Federal Share. In announcing his policy for the coming year, Demarest Lloyd, presi- dent of the Dupont Circle Citizens' | Association, yesterday stated that the | association will “fight to the best of our ability against any further com- mercialization in our area, except where special circumstances make the proposed change reasonable or un- important.” 1 The full force of the citizens’ asso- | ciation influence also will be thrown | in support of adequate police protec- tion for the city, he added, stating: “We shall join with other citizens’ associations and other who recognize | the injustice of the small contribution of the Federal Government and de- mand that it be inereased. We shall | oppose any increase in the tax rate. “We shall also lend all possible sup- | port to the carrying out of Dr. Ruh- land’s health program. “Traffic, that acute and intriguing | problem, will receive much attention | from the Trafic Committee and all members. There is a method of mak- ing a serious dent in the parking nuisance known to Mr. Van Duzer and others, but not yet used because of | the expectation of popular protest. ‘We shall, however, attempt to educate the public on this subject because parking the full length of both sides | of streets in the residential area is| not only a nuisance, it is a danger, responsible for a high percentage of accidents, about which there is so much righteous indignation but too little clear thinking. “It is said there are too many taxi- cabs cruising on the streets. If so, we shall give the problem our atten- tion. “Noise, smoke and other annoy- ances will come in for consideration during the year.” President Lloyd has appointed Har- ral Mulliken to serve as the contact man between the association and Wil- liam A. Van Duzer, director of vehicles and traffic. GET 16 MEMBERS Petworth Membership of 1,199 | Includes 165 Women. Sixteen new members were ad- mitted at the last meeting of the Pet- worth Citziens’ Association, bringing the total membership to 1,199. The new members are Carl W. Gordner, Paul Lindsey, Miss Gladys ‘Weaver, George A. Robinson, Fred J. Thomas, Bernard Menkoff, Cyrus Morris, Arthur Reederman, Malcolm L. Nicholson, Frank E. Springman, John L..Moring, E. Clarence Postore, Frank L. Garrison, Miss Anna A. Burns, Robert L. Lowery and Edward L. Mifflin, jr. Of the 1,199 members, 165 are women, W. M. Barrett, financial sec- retary, announced. The devastation of land near and Citizens’ Association in announcing support for the Potomac Valley Au- OXON RUN SEWER PROJECT PUSHED Committee Representing 4 Groups to State Needs Before Congress. Plans for inclusion in the 1938 Dis- trict appropriation, bill of an item for construction of the Oxon Run inter- ceptor are now being made by a committee representing four citizens’ associations vitally affected by the sewer project. At a meeting last week of the presi- dents and chairmen of the Bridge Committees of Hillcrest, Washington Highlands and Summit Park, it was decided to send out printed forms re- questing property owners in the sec- tions involved to sign, asking con- gressional aid in an effort to secure this badly needed project. Council Action Arranged. Previously, Ernest J. Read, chair- man, representing the Congress Heights' Association, the other body affected, had requested that each or- ganization present a formal resolu- tion to the Southeast Council, which in turn would reindorse the meas- ure. inasmuch as it was voted upon favorably last year. The next step would be to solicit the aid of the Federation of Citizens' Associations. Appearances of the committee before Congress in the near future seems im- minent. An effort was made by Read last year to have the item restored by the Senate District Committee, but to no avail. However, in talking with Sena- tors Thomas and Copeland at that time, Read revealed the latter had shown surprise that such a large area was without proper sewerage. In reference to the size and con- templated cost of the interceptor, a letter addressed last year to David Babp, secretary of the federation, by the chief clerk of the Engineer De- partment of the District, was read by Read to the delegates at last week's meeting of the council. The letter said in part that: Cost Set at $76,000. “The Oxon Run sewer, due to the unusually large cost for construction, will be laid in sections. The first section, consisting of approximately 3,000 linear feet of 3-foot diameter sewer, will be constructed from the Sewage Disposal Plant, southeasterly across the grounds of the Home for the Aged and Infirm to Southern and Nichols avenues southeast, extended, at an estimated cost of $76,000. This section will consist of one-third of the sewer necessary to provide an outlet for existing sewers in the vicinity of Pirst and Atlantic streets, It is pro- posed to divide equally the remaining two-thirds for inclusion in future es- timates. The three sections will cost approximately $169,000. “An additional estimated expendi- ture of $90.000, making & total of $259,000, will be required to extend the proposed interceptor to its Dis- trict terminus at Valley and Southern | avenues. Upon reaching this point, | approximately 76 per cent of the Oxon | Run drainage area within the District will have been opened to the pro- gressive extension of service sewers. From this point, the Waskington Suburban Sanitary Commission pro- posed to extend the interceptor along the thread of the Oxon Run Valley. | to the upper end of the drainage ared.” CAUSED BY HOLIDAYS Six Organizations Announce Shifts—Some to Omit Decem- ber Gatherings Entirely. Several shifts in association meet- ing dates because of the holiday sea- son are announced by officers of asso- ciations scheduled to meet this week. Chillum Heights, the meeting date of which falls on New Year Day, will postpone one week until January 8, Harrison M. Dixon, president, an- nounced. The annual election of offi- cers will be held at this time. The Southeast Citizens’ Association, scheduled for Tuesday, will not meet until January 5, President William A. Maio declared. ‘The North Capitol Citizens’ Associa- tion was to have met tomorrow night at McKinley High School, but will omit the December meeting entirely, Secretary J. A. Crooks declared. Other groups to omit this month are Mid- city and Trinidad, both of which will not meet until January 25. ‘The Conduit Road Citizens’ Associa- tion, instead of meeting on New Year eve, as scheduled, will meet tomorrow night at the Palisades Park Field House, President Charles E. 8. Rich declared. Egg-White Helps Cure. British scientists have found a new means of combatting hemophilia, or excessive bleeding, the disease from which the Count of Covadonga, the former Prince of the Asturias, is a sufferer. Even minor operations or tooth extractions are apt to be fatal, they say. The new antidote is the result of an accidental discovery by Dr. W. A. Timperley of Sheffield, Eng- land, that a substance derived from egg-white will make blood clot more easily. The Regret Unique. HULL England (#).—Sir Kingsley ‘Wood, minister of health, disclosed a woman, complaining of delay in get- ting her widow’s pension, wrote him: “If I have to wait much longer I shall begin to wish my husband hadn't died at all.” =i Conduit Road Body Supports Potomac Valley Authority 7ikel 1936—PART TWO. Civic Problems, Civic Bodies Growing Interest Apparent in Un-American Condition of the District as 1936 Draws to Its Close, BY JESSE C. SUTER. EARTBREAKING disap- pointments, betierment planning, watchful wait- ing and hope deferred mingle with a few achievements and notable events in making up the civic story of 1936. Tyranny continues as the form of govern- ment under which the voteless and unrepresented residents of the Dis- trict of Columbia live. There is, however, growing interest apparent for the relief of this un-American condition. The civic hopes of organized civic Washington on the threshold of 1936 have fallen far short of realization. A fairly accurate list of the most important would re- quire far more space than is here available. Some of these are almost forgot= ten as, for instance, the proposed domestic relations commission out- lined by the Bar Association. The disputed boundary between the District and Virginia was to be settled for all time and the plan of Chairman Norton for a co- ordination of effort between the House and Senate committees deal- ing with District matters, particu- larly as to appropriations, was to introduce a new regime. Local people were to be appointed to local offices and a new anti- gambling law, with teeth in it, was to be enacted. The old No. 2 police precinct was to be re-established and No. 11 was to be divided into two precincts. Rock Creek and the Anacostia River were to be freed from pollu- tion so as not to mar, with of- fensiveness and danger to health, the beautiful parkways through which they pass. A survey was to be made for a transportation subway and a real solution for the mass transporta- tion problem was to be discovered. A practical use was to be found for the abandoned Sixteenth street reservoir and the fixing of traffic tickets was to be abolished. The Health Department was to be pro- vided with adequate funds to make both the health rate and its per capita expenditure comparable with other communities. Our streets were to be made more safe, the liquor law was to be tightened up and the Hazen farm for the treatment of the inebriates and drug addicts was to become a realization. The five- year school building program was to be provided and a modern Juve- nile Court law enacted. The long- delayed waterfront improvement was to materialize and a location secured for the Washington Mu- nicipal Airport. The blare of auto- mobile horns, the screeching of radios, the banging of flat car wheels and other nerve-racking noises were to be banished through the noise-abatement campaign and the District government was at last to be reorganized along many lines to eliminate duplication and in- crease efficiency. The “little red rider,” that great instigator of civic discord, was to be repealed and the atmosphere thus cleared for concentrated ef- fort for school betterment. These are all carried over to 1937 as unfinished business. Notable Causes For Rejoicing. OP‘ first rank among the causes for rejoicing is the involuntary retiremment from the House of Representatives by a vote of his constituents of probably the most notable unfriend the District has ever had. While we have been threatened with tax increases, as yet we can continue to rejoice in not dhaving been thus aficted. We can rejoice that the Michigan avenue grade crossing is in process of elimination. that plans and funds are available for the new Chain Bridge and that the plans for the Pennsylvania Avenue Bridge have been approved by the Fine Arts Commissione This bridge, it is hoped by many, will be desig- nated by Congress as the John Philip Sousa Memorial Bridge. At last the District is to have & new Police Court building, now being constructed in Judiciary Square and the traffic bottle-neck on F street between Seventh and Ninth has been wiped out by the widening of this portion -of F street, made possible through an alteration to the old Patent Office Building. The Washington Criminal Jus- tice Association, an immediate out- come of the congressional crime investigation, has been completely organized and functioning for more than a half of a year. The Community Chest plan has been extended to the adjacent suburban areas of Maryland and Virginia and a program for the beautification of the grounds of public schools has gotten well under way. The sewage plant is practically ready for oper- ation and race track gambling has not yet been legalized. Notable Events Of Civic Interest in 1936. ’I'H!' Legislature of California adopted a memorial to Con- gress asking that the District na- tional representation constitutional amendment be passed and submit- ted to the States for ratification. Commissioner Allen took a com- pany of American Indians over to the Democratic National Conven- tion at Philadelphia and put on a modern “tea party” as a propa- ganda stunt for District national representation. The convention adopted a resolution directing the national committee to request of Congress an_investigation into the question of suffrage for the District. The character education program in the schools was abolished by elimination from the appropriation bill of the required funds for its continuance. - Two notable discoveries occurred bus,” meaning justice for all. This was adopted many years ago and recognition as honor guests at its seventy-first annual dinner. Two of the local courts had their names changed during the year in recognition of the fact that the bulk of their business was for the United States. The Court of Ap= peals of the District of Columbia was changed to the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia and the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia was changed to that of United States District Court for the District of Columbia. In the realm of public utilities there was almost a complete re- routing of street cars and busses, the Utilities Commission authorized an increase in the number of one- man cars and at last the Wash- ington and the Georgetown Gas Light companies have been merged into one corporation. Some of the rights of the pedes- trian have been recognized in pro- viding “walk lights” at two F street intersections. A number of public parks of the city have been made over and, in some places, the re- freshing greensward has been re- placed with extensive concrete or brick paving and ornamental iron fences. One of the chain store companies of the District has di- rected its store managers to join their neighborhood citizens' asso- ciations, and the privileged peanut vender of East Executive avenue has been made immune from the operation of the law through in- fluential intervention. Interest was revived in the re- quired study in the public schools of the nature and effects of alco- holic drinks and narcotics on the human system. This revival of in- terest is attributed, in large meas- ure, to a celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the enactment of this lJaw on May 20, 1886. ‘The question of fiscal relations between the United States and the District, like the poor, we have with us always. A new interest was centered in this complex and vital question through the publica- tion last Spring by the Washing- ton Board of Trade of the so- called Parker report. which was timed to be of assistance to the District in getting fair treatment before the Appropriations Commit- tees, which did not happen. Of far greater interest in the matter of fiscal relations was the appointment by the President of a director and Advisory Committee under authority carried in the cur- rent appropriation act. This set in motion machinery for an ex- haustive study of the entire prob- lem of relations between the Fed- eral and District Governments and the entire community is anxiously awaiting the expected findings. ‘The organized civic forces of the District were represented before this President’s committee by a subcommittee of the Citizens' Joint Committee on FPiscal Relations, headed by Theodore W. Noyes, chairman. Exhaustive printed arguments, illustrated with statis- tical charts and extensive histori- cal data, were submitted for con- sideration. Some Items for 1937 Legislative Program. IVIC leaders and District officials can only industriously formulate legislative programs, but they are immediately faced with a hopeless situation. Any proposed legislation can only be favored by the Commissioners after being ex- amined and approved by the Budget Bureau. In the same man- ner, legislation suggested by civic groups and introduced in Con- gress at their request is referred to the Commissioners in regular course for report. Before they can make such report to a congres- sional committee, approval by the Budget Bureau must precede such action. There follows a list of some of the more important items which would make up a logical legislative program for the District: 1. National representation. 2. Financial equity. 3. Repeal of “red rider.” 4. School building program. 5. Library building program. 6. Receiving home. 7. Adequate jail and penal insti- tutions. 8. Modern, humane lunacy law. 9. Effective anti-gambling law. 10. Small loan law. - 11. Juvenile court law. 12. Prevention of blindness in in- fants. 13. Regulation of sale of nar- cotics. 14, Amendment to pharmacy act and regulation of sale of poison. 15. Authorization to furnish steam from central heating plant to District buildings in Judiciary Square, new Municipal Center and the main Public Library in Mount Vernon Square. ¥ Numerous other items might be added to this list. Those men- tioned are recognized generally as needed legislation. In any normal community comparatively little de- lay would be encountered in enact- ment of the entire program. Just what Congress, our local legislature, will do regarding this—or any other program of District legislation—is anybody’s guess. DUHAMEL TO RECALL D. C.OF ‘GAYER’ DAYS Will Remind Natives of Congress Adjourning to See Popu- lar Race Horses. ‘There was once a time when Con- gress adjourned on occasions so that its members could see popular race horses brought to the Nation's Capital, James F. Duhamel, historian of the Soclety of Natives, reveals. Duhamel will discuss this and other “gay life” in Washington's early days in an address on “Horse and Buggy Days” at tomorrow night's meeting of the Society of Natives in the Wash- ington Club. This period was one when the horse was king and was a useful adjunct for Ject yesterday. The race course af- forded the most entertainment during these times, he said, and Congress ad- journed early some days because a popular favorite was brought to town. “Many of the people of Washington were employed in carriage manufac- turing,” Duhamel declared. “Harness and saddle making, horse trading, livery stable keeping and hack and cab driving commanded the most flourishing trades in the city.” é 8 200 CONVENTIONS SCHEDULED IN1%37 Inaugural Housing Bureau Opened—Store Hours That Day Checked., Nine additional 1937 conventions have been scheduled through thwe Greater National Capital Committes of the Washington Board of Trade so far this month, making the total number announced during 1936 close to the 200 mark. ‘The conventions announced during December, all of which will be held after January 1, are as follows: National Conference on Palestine, January 17 (tentative), with an es- timated attendance of 1,000 delegates. ' Highway Research Board, December 1 to 3 (also tentative, with an es- timated attendance of 300, meetings to be held at the National Academy of Science. Longi Grotto Tour, February 20 to 22, with an estimated attendance of 300, at the Mayflower Hotel. Council for Industrial Progress, De- cember 10 and 11, with an estimated attendance of 2,000, meating in the Federal Auditorium, Constitution ave- nue. Conference of State and Provincial | Health Authorities of North America, April 5 and 6, with an estimated at- tendance of 75, Harrington Hotel. American Numismatic Association, August, 1937, with an estimated at- tendance of 200. American Federation of Hosiery { Workers, January 25 to 31, with an | estimated attendance of 250, Wash- | ington Hotel. | American Legion Child Welfare | Conference, January 29 and 30, witn |an estimated attendance of between 400@nd 500, Wardman Park Hotel. | National Woman's Party Regional Conference, January 6 and 7, with an ‘!stimaled attendance of 150, Wash- ington Hotel. Inauguration Day Hours. Edward D. Shaw, secretary of the Merchants and Manufacturers Associa- tion, has begun a check of the mem- | bership of his organization to ascer- { tain just what hours will be observed | by stores on Inauguration day. Most of the stores four years ago closed during the ceremony at the Capitol |and did not open until after the | parade. | Shaw also announced that, begin- | ning next week, the various trade | groups composing the M. & M. As- | sociation will be called for their | annual meetings, when new members | of the Board of Governors will be chosen. There are about 25 groups | in the organization. The Board of Trade and its Greater | National Capital Committee has set | up its convention housing unit and has already begun making reserva- | tions in hotels, boarding houses and homes for visitors coming to the in- augural. The committee has maintained the bureau for several years, particularly |for service in handling convention crowds. It got its first taste of an | Inauguration day crowd four years ago and is prapared, from that ex- perience, to handle a record number of visitors. Photo Warning Issued. Although the Christmas rush is over and Yuletide giving can no longer | be used as a sales appeal, the Better | Business Bureau has issued another ;w-ming against “coupon high pres- sure” canvassers offering “introductory advertising offers” of special prices for | photographs. One such organization, according to Mrs. Sallie P. Muchmore, merchandise manager, offered $1.50 coupons for which an 8 by 10 photograph could be obtained, along with a miniature if an additional $1 was paid at the studio. There, she said, high pres- sure sales methods were used on per- | sons who agreed to the terms of the coupon and those who persisted in | buying nothing more were forced to wait until after Christmas, or for some reason were delayed in getting de- livery of their pictures. The Greater National Capital Com- mittee and the Board of Trade ob- served their annual Christmas cele- bration with & tree in the board’s li- brary last Thursday. Because of the holiday, the Junior Board of Commerce made its luncheon last Thursday at the Lee House thor- oughly informal without any speakers. The same plan will be followed next ‘Thursday. Medical Plan Vast. Plans have been drawn for a vast medical center ca the outskirts of Moscow, Russia, and construction will starf, in the Spring. It will house the Institute of Experimental Medicine, | the Second Moscow Medical University, | institutes for the state health inspec- tion department and an institute for the study of wounds and injuries. The buildings will occupy 1,000 acres. - President of Body Urging ‘Dog Drive’ Finds His Is Lost W. J. Smith Confesses That Tippy Has Wan- derlust, However. The “dog drive” of the Summit Park | Citizens’ Association fo rid the ares of stray dogs has proved to be somee what of a “boomerang” to its presie dent, William J. Smith—his dog, Tippy, is among the missing. President Smith has reported to the association that his dog, which is part police, part collie and seven other varieties, has been missing from his home for several days. Although Smith admits his pooch has a wander- lust, he said that it is loved by most of the children of the community and is harmless. The citizens’ association started s drive several weeks ago to rid the neighborhood of the stray dogs, which the residents claimed disturb their slumber in the early hours of the morning by overturning garbage cans. They proposed that a bounty be placed . on each of the stray canine heads, but this proposal still awaits action of the body. At the request of the association, the poundmaster gave instructions to his men to pay strict attention to the area on their cruises in southeast. He also promised to send a man to the community to return stray dogs to the pound when the citizens called . and informed him that they had been caught.