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—_—— WEEK BY GRAYSON —_— Work Growing Heavier, With Roosevelt Geremonies Two Weeks Off. WHITE HOUSE STANDS' NEARING COMPLETION West Point Cadets Will Leave for Washington Night of Jan. 19 and Midshipmen Jan. 20. _— With little n‘wr$ than two weeks until President Rposevelt takes the oath of office agpin, Rear Admiral Cary T. Grayson,| chairman of the Inaugural Commitiee, indicated today that all workers ML ) will be put on | seven-day weex basis until after the ceremonies on January 20. | ; A!th?;lgh the genjeral plan has beea completed, hundreds of details re- main to be worked out, and requesis and inquires have greatly increased the work of the committee’s stafl. Chairman Grayson called on sub- committee chairm¢n to “throw your organizations into igh gear” to com- plete the necessar; preparations. Stands Near Completion. The two big stands between East and West Executije avenues are ex- pected to be completed by the end of the week, so decorations may be placed, seats insta’ led and numbered, and ushers may [be trained to see that every one getr the seat to which he is entitled. Because .the se{ung arrangement this year is the jame as that used four years ago, Grpyson said, a great deal of time and| expense has been saved in printing the inaugural tick- ets. The tickets | this year will be printed so only a|small stub will be torn off and the | main part of the ticke} may be kep} as a souvenir. It will bear pictures of Mr. Roosevelt and Vice President Girner, and, instead of the rising sun, |as used four years * ago, & full sun wijl be shown on the face of the ticket] and a motif em- blematic of the chovery the country has experienced will be used. The cadet corps of West Point. it was learned, will Jeave New York the night of January 19, arriving here just in time to take their place in the line of march of the parade. The cadets will return immediately to their special train for the return to the academy, so classes will be inter- rupted as little as|possible. The An- napolis midshipmen will not leave the academy until th¢ morning of A.un- uary 20, returning put afternoon. Booklet. Orders Beceived. J. Fred Essary, chairman of the Souvenir Program| Committee, today began receiving nniers for the booklet, which will sell for 50 cents for the regular edition, or|$2 for the de luxe edition bearing th¢ name of the pur- chaser in gold letjers. The program will contain no afverusing, but will cover the day's program fully, along with a number of |articles of historic interest. | Admiral Grayson| announced the fol- lowing members of| the Committee on Civic Decorations, elected by Ford E. Young, chairman: |William E. Russell, E. M. Graham, jr.; . J. Hasley, Gerald Grosner, Arthur J. Sundlun, Joseph R. Harris, Julius Lujley and Ford E. Young, jr. Bids were to be the cost of light Honor in front of ‘with soft flood ligh: by Waddy B. Wi designed the stands. Col. Dan I. Sultan, chairman of the Grandstand Committee, sald, however, that if the cost 18 excessive, | lighting probably would be left off the program. He estimated the cost to be in the neigh- borhood of $3,000. | 107 ON SHIP RESCUED opened today on ng the Court of the White House , as recommended _ MOSCOW, Jlnulty 4 (#)—Reports of the rescue on Chritsmas day of 107 passengers on the steamer Kamo who had lived in snow houses more than two weeks were received today from the steamer Sakhalip. The Kamo, off Karagin Island near Kamchatka, lost it rudder December 9 and drifted on the rocks in extremely cold weather, the réport said. Furs in the vessql's hold were sal- vaged by the ngers, who, after reaching shore, burrowed into snow- banks. A baby wis born to one of the passengers betrre the rescue on Christmas day. BAND CONCERTS. By the Army Band in the audi- torium at 6 pm. todpy. Capt. Thomas F.Darcy, leader. | Program. March, “The World's Progress,” Herbert “Andante Cantabile”.._Tschaikowsky “Let’s Put Our Hepds Together,” from the “Gold Diggers of 1937" “Manhatta: Novelty, “Nutty Noo) g’ “Menuet” (No. 2, Qriginal in G), March, “Men of O} “The Star S By the Marine um of the Marine his staff probably | ‘| lishment. architect, who | Washington News FOR GOVERNMENT Civil Service Commission Outlines 8-Point Legis- lative Program. SCORES HALF MERIT, HALF PATRONAGE PLAN TR Y . Recommendations of Past Re- peated and Need of Extending Merit System Emphasized. Outlining an eight-point program, the Civil Service Commission today announced intention to press vigore ously for the establishment of career service in Government. The commission called for wider | application of civil service and de- clared that “the public service can- not thrive on a half-merit, half- patronage basis. whether in national, State or municipal administration.” ‘The commission plan was given in the annual report which repeated legislative recommendations of past he Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORMNING EDITION g Sfar : WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 19217. years, and emphasized the necessity for extending the merit principle as far as possible over the Federal estab- “During the next fiscal year,” the report said, on the career-service phase, “it will be the policy of the commission to improve procedures with special reference to the follow- ing matters: “Improvement of the selective qual- ity of non-assembled examinations, especially in such fields as law, eco- nomics and administration. Arrearage in Records. | sonnel records to be kept by a me- chanical system. “To encourage, - wherever possible, programs of training for Government employes. “To develop more adequate facil- “To bring up to date the serinus‘ arrearage in service records and to| | study plans for more extensive per- | ities for transfer of employes from one agency to another. “To encourage better placement and supervision methods in Govern- ment agencies. “To conduct personal investigation in examinations for first and second class post offices, and in examinations: [lor other responsible administrative | positions. | “To examine the possibility of closer contact with professional and technical | associations in connectiop with the examining and certification procedures of the commission. 5 “To encourdge, so far as practicable, and especially in the ways indicated above, the establishment of a career system in the Government service.” “Present trends in Government as applied to the social structure of the United States emphasize anew the basic importance of the extension of the merit system,” the report contin- ued. “Originally proposed chiefly to protect democracy as a form of gov- | ernment against the influence of pat- | ronage, and later recognized as im- proving the efficiency of administra- tion, the merit system has become | essential to the program of social se- | curity to which the National Govern- | ment is committed in co-operation ' with the States. This program is re- | flected not only in the social security ract and in grants to the States for , handicapped and underprivileged, but | also in such legislation as the bank | deposit insurance act, the securities and exchange act, the relief acts and the various laws authorizing the ex- tension of the credit of the National Government. The risks of failure in this new type of legislation represent hazards of a new order in American { life. The use of the merit system in the administration of this and other legislation, where the question of per- sonnel is involved, is an obvious safe- guard for its success. Merit System Increase. “The number of positions under the merit system on June 30, 1936, was 498,725, an increase of 43,496 since June 30, 1935. This is the largest num- ber of positions ever included in the Federal classified service in time of peace. On the same date, however, there were 325,534 positions in the unclassified. service, the proportion being 60.5 per cent classified to 39.5 per cent unclassified. These figures point directly to one of the major as- pects in the reconstruction of the fed- eral service. Many important agencies of a presumably permanent character are still entirely outside the operation of the merit system. While the stand- ards of personnel administration of these agencies may seem satisfactory, they lack the advantages of stability and protection from outside interfer- ence which are secured through the application of the civil service law. Many positions in the older estab- lished agencies are also exempt from the principle of open competition and should likewise be brought ®into the classified service.” The commission said . the revision by President Roosevelt of the regu- lations governing appointment of first, second and third-class postmasters, giving appointments when examina- tions are held, to the highest ranking candidate, constituted a step forward, but that the postmastership situation would not be cleared up until these positions were taken entirely out of the fleld of political preferment. - The Iegislative recommendations, tomorrow. Capt. leader; William F. sistant. Marines’ Hymn, Overture, “In Taylor Branson, Santelmann, as- Kemp March, “Cabarrus” | Patterson *“Andante and Rondp Capriccioso,” Mendelssohn “Tne¥sleigh Ride” Mozart, With obligato of five sets of tuned sleigh bells. | Charles Owen and Oliver Zinsmelster. “On the Trail,” from “Grand m-ml I Grofe all of which have been made before, include, in addftion to those for ex- tending civil service to all non-policy- heads of agencies to take disciplinary action propesed by the commission in cases of political activity. § 3 Retirement law changes to provide retirement at 60 after 30 years' serv- ice, or at 62, after 15 years, with option to be exercised either by Gov- ernment or employe; compulsory re- tirement at 70; annuities to cover two lives, and annuity for employes who, retired because of physical disability, recover before reaching the retirement The Madonna and Child, a Florentine by Sandro Botticelli, 1444-1510. The Vestal Claudia Quinta, Sienese work of art of the 15th century by Neroccio dei Landi. It is 41 by 18 inches. —Photos courtesy of Andrew Mellon. The Madonna and Child With St. John the Baptist and St. Anthony, a Venetian work of art of the late 15th century by Giovanni Battista da Congeliano, known as Cima da Cone- gliano. This painting is on a panel 41 by 572 inches. < Panel painting, The Madonna and Child, done in 15th century by Antonella da Messina, Venetian artist. i3 23 by 16 inches. The panel 'PARKWAY OPENED gaintlrip on panel The panel is 29 by 22 inches. (Story on Page A-1.) BACK PAY DENIED UNDER DENT ACT Hope - of 4,000 Wartime Mechanics to Collect $1,- 000,000 Hit by Ruling. Hopes of some 4,000 war-time me- chanics to collect $1,000,000 from the Federal Government in back wages met wilh a sethack today when. the United States Court of Appeals refused to order the Secretary of the Treas- ury to pay one of the claims, which admittedly was typical of the others. The claims arose under the Dent act, which was passed to secure to workers payment of wage increases ordered -by the War Laber Board dur- ing the World War, but not at once'put into effect by the private employers. E. N. Cloutier, plaintiff in the case here, was a machinist for the Minne- apolis Steel Co., which refused to pay him at the increased rate ordered by the Labor Board while hearings and negotiations on the matter were in progress. The difference amounted ta .96, ‘The Dent ‘act authorized the Secre- tary of War to pay such claims and counsel for Cloutier maintsined that there was a pre-emptory duty upon the Secretary of the Treasury to make such disbursements out of the general funds of the Government. - United States Attorney Leslie C. Garnett and his assistant, Cecil R. Heflin, argued on the other hand, that the Treasury head was not under any stich mandatory duty and that claims ungder the Dent act must be paid by special appropriation. Adopting this view, the appelate court said that in no ‘case could the Secretary of the * Treasury - disburse funds without & congressional appro-. priatioms DEATH GUN FOUND IN HANCOCK CASE Tests Show Rifle Seized in Virginia Was Used for ' Killing. - Ballistics tests made with a .22-cali- ber rifie seized in Cherryville, Va., proved the gun to be the weapon used in the slaying of Eugene Hancock, 86- year-old Washington steamfitter, Lieut.. John H. Fowler, ballistics expert of the Metropolitan Police Department, an: nounced today. = ‘The parlor rifle-was found in the Virginia town, s few miles from the North Carolina lin®, by a Washington detective and a Prince Georges County policeman who missed the arrest of the suspect in the slaying by an hour. ‘whom, police say, they hold a warrant charging murder, led to Lincoln, N. C., on Friday. Turner and Detective Sergt. Aubrey Tolson of the local force, went to nearby Cherryville on Satur- day morning, but thgir quarry had left an hour before their arrival. ' Hancock’s body was found on a lonely, -wooded hill near Piscataway, Md., 15 miles from W The discovery made|. TOMOTOR TRAFFI |Repairs Completed on Rock Creek and Potomac « Thoroughfare. The National Capital Parks started 1937 off with a bang today, opening the Rock Creek and Potomac Park- way, between P street and Calvert street, which has been closed for two months due to road construciion and raising of the grade. Provision also was made for elevat- ing some 500 Japanese cherry trees in East Potomac Park, and arrangements were made for an earthen fill at the end of East Capitol streets on the banks of the Anacostia River—the site of the projected stadium. C. Marshall Pinnan, superintendent of the National Capital Parks, today made & tour of inspection with Frank T. Gartside, his assistant; Robert Horne, engineer,. and Malcolm Kirk- patrick, landscape architect, who heads the local group of the Branch of Plans and Design of the National Park Service. ‘The Rock Creek and Potomac Park- ‘way .section was opened at noon. Fin- nan explained that retaining wall work remains to be done, but that traffic will not be interrupted. A landslide occured in the valley some time ago and it was necessary to raise the grade. The park chief declared the road will be closed again later for two days, to permit the placing of bi- tuminous surfacing. For the present, traffic will use the concrete surfacing. In East Potomac Park, Finnan said, 10,000 cubic yards of fill are being secured from the foundation of the Apex building. Part of this earth is being used in section one of the Rock siderable headway,. Finnan said, on the :new . golf course. ' Poland Buys Materials. Poland i making heavy purchases “Jof raw. ma T0 JUVENILE COURT Youths Held in Robbery of Envoy’s Son Found to Be Under 16. Two of three youths under arrest on charges of robbing the 15-year-old son of the Ecuadorean Minister were turned over to juvenile authorities today when detectives learned they were only 16 years old. Headquarters detectives arrested the three Thursday and Friday. They were George H. Molloy, 18, 600 block of G street southeast; James L. Jen- kins, 16, of the 600 block of East Cap- itol street, and William Travis, 16, of the 600 block of East Capitol street. Detectives said Jenkins and Travis, when arrested, said they were 18. With Molloy, they were charged with robbing Almedo Alfaro, son of Minis- ter Colon Eloy Alfaro, of $20 on Christmas night. : Alfaro said three youths forced him into an automobile and took the $20, Christmas present from his father. He said he was threatened and kept in | the automobile for three hours be- fore he was ordered from the car. He then made his way back to his home at the Mayflower Hotel. Molloy was held for the grand jury in Police Court this morning on a rob- bery charge. Assistant United States Attorney David A. Hart was informed by a spokesman at the State Department this morning that young Alfaro would appear as a witness when needed, either before the grand jury or in Police Court. FRED HARPER DIES; LYNCHBURG LEADER Was Mayor of Virginia City and Former Secretary to Sen- ator Daniel. Fred Harper, 62, prominent Lynch- burg (Va.) attorney and to his father-in-law, former Senator John W. Daniel of Virginia, more than 25 years ago, died today at his home in Lynchburg, saccording: to word recefved here by friends. Mr. Harper, Mayor of the Virginia city for several terms, was a past grand exalted ruler of the Order of Elks and served as a member of the ‘War-time Commission of the organ- ization during the World War. In the latter capacity, he worked with President Wilson and others, helping to establish base hospitals in France, and, after the war, the first recon- struction hospital in Boston, * THREE DEAD HERE OF AUTO INJURIES Two Involved in Virginia Ac- | cidents—One Was Hurt ACCUSED PAIR SENT in D. C. ‘Three traffic victims, two of them injured in Virginia and the other here, died in Washington hospitals yesterday. The death of Julius C. Cooper, 75, colored, 1609 Eighth street, was the second caused by traffic here so far this year. Cooper was injured last Tuesday when, police said, he either fell or stepped into the side of an automo- bile at Fourteenth and P streets. He died in Emergency Hospital of a skull fracture. The other victims were Buddy Tyars, 23, of Vienna, Va, and Fred Moller, 32, of Brooklyn, N. Y. both of whom died in Georgetown Hospital. Tyars was injured early yesterday when a truck he was driving crashed into a telephone pole on the Alex- andria-Leesburg Pike, near Tysons Crossroads. Moller was hurt New Year eve when his automobile collided head-on with a freight truck on the Lee Highway, about a mile east of Fairfax. ‘Two other traffic deaths will be in- vestigated today by a coroner's jury. ‘They are the cases of Ferdinand Dorr, 60, of 1252 Florida avenue northeast, the first person to be killed by an auto- mobile here in 1937, and Philip Michaelscn, 60, of 1335 Randolph street, who died December 24 of in- juries received several days earlier. In other District and nearby | crashes yesterday and early today several persons were injured. one critically and two perhaps seriously. Willie Childs, 23, who lives on Co- lumbia pike, was critically injured last night when struck by a car near the West Bros.’ Brick Co. plant on the pike. The Arlington County rescue squad took him to Emergency Hospital with head injuries and cuts on the right arm. He was later re- moved to Gallinger Hospital, where it was reported his skull may be frac- Harry B. Obold, 52, of 1800 Kenil- worth avenue northeast, was struck at Seventh and H streets by a car op- erated by Thomas J. Courtney, 19, of 419 H street. At Emergency, it was said he may have a skull fracture and internal injuries. Walter A. Dempsey, 43, of Colmar Manor, Md,, was in Casualty Hospital with severe leg injuries and possible internal hurts. He was knocked down near his home by the machine of Henry Montgomery of Lanham, Md. Struck by a street car as it was leav- ing the barn at Fifteenth street and Benning road northeast, Montgomery P. Autrey, 55, of 1707 M street north- east, required treatment at Casualty. Although he suffered scalp cuts and perhaps concussion, physicians said he insisted on returning home after treat- ment. A fall from the rumble seat of a moving machine sent Francis Thomp- son, 16, of 1220 Oates street northeast, to Providence Hospital, where she was treated for multiple cuts and bruises. The accident occurred on Alabama avenue southeast. D. C. TAX QUESTION DELAY SUGGESTED Copeland Urges Discussion Be Postponed Until Lump Sum Is Determined. Discussion of new taxes for the Dis- trict should be put off until Congress has settled the basic question of what the Federal payment is going to be in the future toward upkeep of the Capital, Senator Copeland, Democrat, of New York, said today. “We had better leave the tax ques- tion alone until we see how the main issue comes out,” Copeland stated. “Whenever additional taxes to be im- posed on the District are suggested, it merely opens the way for a smaller lump sum as the Federal share.” Copeland, who returned today for the convening of Congress, is an active member of both the District Legisla- tive Committee and the Subcommittee on District Appropriations. On the subcommittee he has consistently ad- vocated a more equitable apportion- ment of District expenses between the Federal and local governments. The New York Senator also an- nounced he would support the move- ment to be started in the House for repeal of the Red Rider which pro- hibits District teachers from teaching communism. MURDER CHARGED 10 LANDLORD IN DEATH OF TENANT 66 Other True Bills Also Are Returned by Grand Jury in Last Report. | THREE ARE INDICTED FOR MANSLAUGHTER Criminal Assault Laid to Man in in Attack on 14-Year-0ld High School Girl, Donald K. Stanton, jr., the land- lord who allegedly shot his tenant, Ray E. Childress, 35, October 2 during & dispute over repairs-to Childress’ basement apartment at 69 New York avenue northeast, was indicted today on a charge of first-degree murder. Sixty-six other true bills also were returned by the grand jury, which made its last report. Its term will expire tomorrow and a new panel will be selected. Childress was fatally wounded about 7:30 pm. as he attempted to smash his way into his apartment, which was being boarded up by Stanton in re- taliation for Childres$’ refusal to pay back rent. Childress, a taxicab driver, had explained to police beforehand that he was withholding $4.50 rent money in an effort to compel his land- lord to put a rug on the floor and provide a screen for the window. Both Childress and Stanton had visited police for advice before the tragedy, the tenant to find out what could be done to force Stanton to make the desired -improvements, and the landlord to present his side of the case and to find out whether he might 'lf‘zep a gun in his home for self protec- n. Police Called by Stanton. It was Stanton who called police after the shooting. Another first-degree murder indict- ment charged Prank H. Acton, 35, with the death of Donald E. Mursch, 1500 block of Rhode Island avenue, who was shot on the night of October 4 at Eleventh and E streets_southwest. Police said there was bad blood be- tween the two men as a result of & debt Mursch allegedly owed Acton. Acton allegedly attempted forcibly to collect and during a later altercation Mursch was shot, police declared. In three other homicide cases two women and a man were indicted for manslaughter and a woman was charged with second degree murder Anna Marie Sanford and Edna Weaver were named in a menslaugh- ter indictment in connection with the stabbing September 4 of William G. Jenhins, 49, at a rooming house in the 500 block of Tenth street southeast, where all three lived. The weapon used never was found. The other manslaughter indictment was against Carroll V. Henkel, 20, first block of I street, who allegedly caused the death October 4 of Ernest Mce Crory, 38. Henkel said he found Mc- Crory intoxicated under a bed in his home. Dragging him out, he took the man to the street. An alterca- tion occurred there, Henkel reputedly told police, and McCrory was knocked down, his head striking the side- walk. The impact of the fall frac- tured his skull. Elizabeth Buchanan, colored, 36, was charged with second-degree mur- | der. Police said she clubbed William Rawls. colored, 39, on the head with a shotgun October 29 at a house in the 300 block of South Capitol street. An indictment charging criminal assualt was returned against Edward J. McGee, 22, of the first block of I street, who allegedly attacked a 14- year-old Langley Junior High School pupil while she was returning home from the school on the night of De- cember 18 in company of another girl. . The child said McGee dragged her up an alley off the 100 block of K street and finally was frightened away by persons attracted by her screams. He was arrested nearby. Embesziement Charged. Robert L. Seymour, an employe of the N. E. Ryon Co,, a real estate firm, was indicted on an embezzlement charge which contained 10 seperate counts. Officials of the firm said an audit showed a $30,000 shortage from 1929 to the present date, but the ine dictment alleged defalcations totaling only $465 from April 25, 1934, to October 4, 1935. Seymour was a bookkeeper for the concern and entered its services in 1921. Others indicted were: Ford Ware and James Oliver Young, nonsupport of minor child; John Hopkins, Benja- min J. Inabinett, Joseph Smith, Willie White, Sylvester Malloy, Albert Bale lenger, William Jones and Ernest Hall, Jjoyriding; Raymond Redgraves, house= breaking; Frank J. Parker, jr.; Law= rence F. Scott, George Henderson, John Jones, Carl Pollard, Robert Cobb, jr.; Hilton Moore, Aubrey Moore, Albert R. Marshall, Paul Larry and Phillip Smith, housebreaking and lare ceny; Bill Leach, Charles J. Coleman, Jesse T. Murray, Thomas Anderson, Russell Combs, Claude E. Randall and George W. Brown, grand larceny: Stanley C. Creswell, petit larceny; Fred Melton and Clifton Wright, ase sault with intent to commit robbery; John Gill, attempt to commit robbery; Joseph Harris, Thomas Brown. Tom Marsh, Condee Watts, Semper Raday, Joseph Jones, Gus Morris, Charlie Johnson, Maurice Mitchell, Charlie Davis, Joshua Hawkins, James E. Matthews and Monroe Agee, rob- bery; John C. Yeldell, larceny from the District of Columbia; George Haynes, assault with a dangerous ‘weapon and with intent to kill; James ©O. Lewis and Marion G. Rogers, em- bezzlement; Arthur K. Brown, false pretenses; John Ferguson, Russell R. Riddell, Stanley Grady and Howard T. Conn, forgery and uttering; Dom-= inick Mimi Cassetta and James N. Ostrander, violation of the white slave traffic act; Frank M. Rowley and Corliss H. Bowen, abortion; John S. McCauley and Ione A. Alger, larceny after trust and grand larceny, and Carnell L. Thomas, altering Federal currency. The following cases were ignored: Clarence Moore, Preston Russ and Dorsey Ayers, robbery, and Joseph E. Thomas, larceny after trust, 4