Evening Star Newspaper, January 10, 1937, Page 17

POLICE INTRENCH FOR STRIKE MARCH OND.C. THIS WEEK Sailors and W. P. A. Workers Reported Forming in Many Cities. INCREASED RELIEF DEMAND OF LATTER Copeland Act Protest Aim of One Group—Capital and Metro- politan Forces Prepare. Reports that striking sailors ani members of the Workers' Alliance in Eastern cities would march on Wash- ington to demonstrate this week have prompted metropolitan and Capitol police to take precautionary measurs The force guarding the Capitol was strengthened, and metropolitan police sent wires last night to seven ports asking for information of possibie movements of demonstrators toward ‘Washington. Meanwhile, the Associated Press re- ported that Charles Spencer, secretary of the Workers' Alliance in Philade|- phia, announced last night that 300 W. P. A. workers there would march on Washington for a demonstration Friday. The workers, Spencer said, will de- mand an additional relief appropria- | tion of $1,040.000.000 for expendituis | beforg, June 30. President Roosevelt has indicated $650,000,000 would be sufficient for this period. Labor leaders were reported to be organizing striking sailors in Eastern | ports for marches on the Capital to| demonstrate against the Copeland act which goes into effect January 20. Continuous Discharge Books. The act provides for issuance of eontinuous discharge books to sailors, and union leaders claim this system will enable prospective employers to check upon whether sailors have par- Pripated in strikes and discriminate &gainst them. It was said the sailors would picket the Commerce Department Building and present petitions at the Capitol in an effort to prevent the act from | going into effect. The inquiries sent out by Metropoli- tan Police had brought in little or no information early today. delphia police reported striking sailors ‘were meeting there at a “secret” place last night to discuss the proposed march. No replies were received from tele- grams to New York, Baltimore, New | Orleans and Boston, while Norfolk police wired that a few sailors were‘} | planning to come here. Police at Charleston, S. C., reported they were unable to learn of such a movement among sailors there. Capitol police said they were in- | formed a delegation of about 600 was | forming in Philadelphia and Balti- | more for a demonstration here Friday. | Capitol Force ““Adequate.” | Capt. William S. Orthman of the Capitol Police said he was confident | the personnel and equipment of his force was adequate to enforce the regulations on Capitol Hill. These | prohibit parades on the Capitol grounds and prevent demonstrators from sending delegations of more | than five to lay petitions before mem- bers of Congress. A Inspector Bernard W. Thompson, chief of detectives, said steps had | been taken to insure advance in-| formation of the organization of any marches on Washington, and the force will be ready to prevent possible disorders here. DEMOCRATIC WOMEN GATHER JANUARY 18, Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Garner to Be Honor Guests at Na- tional Club Tea. The wives of the President and Vice president and feminine members of Congress will play prominent parts in joint meetings of the 87 affiliated | clubs of the Woman's National Dem- | ocratic Club, January 18 and 19. Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Garner will be honor guests at a tea at the club house January 19. Miss Mary Dewson, described as “the feminine Jim Farley of the Democratic party,” will take a leading part in the meet~ ings. Secretary of Labor Perkins and Benate Leader Robinson of Arkan- #as will be the speakers at a dinner meeting January 18. At a luncheon January 19 the speakers will be Sen- ator Hattie Caraway and Represent- atives Mary T. Norton, Virginia | Jenckes, Caroline O'Day and Nannie ‘Wood Honeyman. Sightseeing trips have been planned for the club representatives by the committee in charge, headed by Mrs. Bamuel Herrick and including Mrs. Edward B. Meigs, president of the club; Mrs. Charles Hamlin, Mrs. Ed- ward Keating, Ellis Meredith and Mrs. Emma Guffey Miller. BAND CONCERT. By the Navy Band in the sail loft at the navy yard at 2 pm. tomorrow. Lieut. Charles Benter, leader; Alex- ander Morris, assistant. Program. March, “The Footlifter”.....Fillmore “Funeral March From Siegfried” .. Bolo for cornet, Suite” __ - ----_..Grofe Hymn, “Jesus Savior Pilot Me”. Patrol, “The Canadians”. Two songs (a) “My Wild Irish Friedman . A. Gillett Arranged by. Characteristic, Phila- | Parents Reclaim 2 of 4 Boys on Forced Truck Ride Baltimore First Stop When Youngters Climbed in Back. Four little boys who apparently hoped for a short ride when they clambered into the back end of a truck in their neighborhood yesterday ended up in Baltimore because, police there said, they were afraid to ask the truck driver to stop. ‘The enforced journey of the youth- ful quartet came to an end with their discovery by the truck driver when he stopped his truck in Baltimore. Two of the boys, Kenneth Cheek, jr., 11, of 500 Third street, and John Latham, 12, of 310 E street, were brought back by their parents last night, police said. John Osborn, 14, and his brother, William, 12, of 225 H street, were being cared for pending the arrival of relatives. PROSPECT HAILED FOR CIVIL SERVICE |Ramspeck Expects Post- masterships Will Be Re- moved From Politics. Declaring prospects for civil service legislation are better than at any time | since he entered Congress seven years | ago, Chairman Ramspeck of the House | Civil Service Committee said yester- day he expected this session to see postmasterships taken out of poli- tics and made the reward of com- | petitive test. 3 Ramspeck spoke at the first annual luncheon of the School of Public Af- fairs of American University at the Hotel Mayflower. Need for extending the merit prin- ciples further also was emphasized by Charles L. West, Undersecretary |of the Interior; Harry B. Mitchell, | president of the Civil Service Com- mission, and Robert L. Johnson of New York, president of the National Civil -Service Reform League. All praised the program of the School of Public Affairs, which was chiracterized by its director, Arthur S. Fleming, who presided, as a “‘pro- | fessonal school for Government em- ployes.” Dr. Joseph M. M. Gray, chancellor of American University, expressed his “satisfaction” with the | program being carried forward by the J school. Outlines Plan. Chairman Ramspeck detailed his | plan to give the Civil*Service Commis- sion power to make interdepartmental transfer in the interest of efficiency and as an aid to employe advancement. On the bill for a board of appeals sponsored by Representative Jenckes, Democrat, of Indiana, Ramspeck said he believed a limit should be placed | on the nature of complaints to be heard. He suggested discharges and loss of salary and grade as matters proper -for consideration, and argued against a system that would allow “every petty difference between worker | and his boss to be brought up. Chairman Ramspeck again cautioned Federal employes against expecting liberalization of the retirement act that would call for additional Federal ap- propriation. He said he doesn’t know what Con- gress will do about proposals for a five-day week and other benefits, Training Program Praised. The in-service training program of the school of public affairs for Government employes, Ramspeck said, would prove to be not*only an advantage to the employes them- selves, but to the Government service, and hence to all the “people of the United States.” Undersecretary West likened the Government here to a steering wheel of an automobile, declaring modern life had developed to such a tre- mendous extent that greater leader- ship was needed to keep the powerful machine on the right road. The situation now he declared to be a “challenge to extend the prin- ciples of the merit system and train Federal people of responsibility and leadership so they will measure up to the requirements of the age.” CIVIL SERVICE ACT IN EFFECT 53 YEARS Anniversary Will Be Marked by Programs to Spread Merit System. With several organizations arrang- ing programs to create interest in the spread of the merit system in Govern- ment, the fifty-third anniversary of the passage of the civil service act will be observed this week. The principal event here will be a meeting Tuesday night at 8 o'clock in Departmental Auditorium, under the auspices of Labor Lodge 228, American Federation of Government Employes. ‘The speakers will be Harry B. Mitchell, president of the Civil Serve ice Commission; Representative Rams- peck, Democrat of Georgia, chairman of the House Civil Service Committee; Senator O’Mahoney, Democrat of ‘Wyoming, a member of the Senate Committee on Reorganization and sponsor of & bill to extend civil serv- ice in Federal employment; W. A. Calvin, _secretary-treasurer, Metal Trades Department, American Fed- eration of Labor, and James G. Yaden, president of the District Department, A.F.G. E. A radio discussion on the question, “Shall All Federal Employes Be Under Civil Service?” will be staged Thursday night in the town meeting of the air. It was planned by Robert L. John- son, president of the National Civil Service Reform League, the League for Political Education and the Na- tional Broadcasting Co. g Secretary of the Interior Ickes, Mrs. Eugene Meyer, Luther C. Stew- ard, president of the National Fed- eration of Federal Employes and Prof. Thurman Stoner of the University of Buffalo will be the speakers. There are other observances else- where around the country. [ CHESTS HOSPTALS FEAR LU’ SPREAD {Figures Indicate Increase This Year in Cases Aided by Funds. With an increase in the number of grippe or influenza cases reported here, and in epidemics sweeping some other parts of the country, officials of the Community Chest and of the nine hospitals affiliated with the Chest will meet Friday afternoon to confer on the . health situation here, and what should be done to meet it. Figures submitted to the Chest by the Central Admitting Bureau for Hospitals, which certifies part-pay | patients to Chest hospitals, show 15,000 such certifications for the frst nine months of 1936, almost twice the number certified in the entire year of 1936. Hospital Increases Held Sure. Reports from the Instructive Visit- ing Nurse Society of large increases in the number of grippe or influenza cases in Washington at the present time, the possibility that epidemics of this disease in other sections may reach the Capital, and a constantly increasing population, are all grounds for belief that the number certified to hospitals this year will be further increased. The Chest faces the fact ithnt it has been able to appropriate | only $276,000 to hospitals this vear, the same amount allocated these institutions last year. The Chest does not contribute tients able to pay less than the full cost of hospitalization are given per- mits to a Chest hospital through the Central Admitting Bureau and the Chest pays the difference between the ward rate and what the patient can pay. Thus the Chest pays only for services rendered. In 1936 the Chest was unable to pay for all permits on which patients were cared for by the hospitals. Lack of funds compelled it to fall $90,000 short of meeting these service charges. In- dications, based on the amount of money available for 1937, are that the Chest again will be unable to meet the complete cost of caring fgr all patients certified by the Central Admitting Bureau. Nurses Fewer in Number. In the meantime the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society is meeting an increased demand for service with a staff of nurses nine less in number than that of last year. This is due not to any curtailment of funds by the Chest, but to the fact that a private donor, who provided for the additional nurses last year, is not making the same provision again this year. “The Chest regrets that it could not provide the extra $90,000 required by the hospitals,” Herbert L. Willett, jr., Chest director, said yesterday. “It also regrets that it cannot provide for additional nurses who would increase the extent of valuable service ren- dered by the Instructive Visiting Nurse Society. The fact remains that the Chest failed to reach its goal by more than $200,000 in the last campaign. To allocate more money to either hospitals ar nurses would mean taking it away from other member agencies of the Chest. We hope that the conference next Friday will help to clarify the en- tire situation.” TOWN HALL SPEAKER WILL BE DR. ADLER “Practice and Theory of Individ- ual Psychology” to Be Subject. Dr. Alfred Adler, noted Viennese peychologist, will be the principal speaker before the Town Hall of Wash- ington at 8 o'clock tonight at the Shoreham Hotel. His subject will be “The Practice and Theory of Indi- vidual Psychology.” At present professor of medical psy- chology at the Long Island College of Medicine, Dr. Adler has lectured in many of the leading universities and cities in , Austria, Holland, England and the United States. He is author of & number of books. The panel for the session will in- clude Dr. Stack Sullivan of New York, president of the Willlam Allanson White Psychoanalytical Sal- vation; Dr. Ernest E. Hadley, former secretary of the American Psychoana- Iytic Association; Dr. Joseph M. M. Gray, chancellor of American Uni- wversity, and Justin Miller, former As- sistant Attorney General and now s member of the Boasd of Tax Appeals. L] funds to its member hospitals. Pa- | HIT-RUN DRIVERS Truck—Man Standing in Safety Zone Hit. ‘Three persons were injured by hit- and-run drivers in the District last night. David Davison, 66, of 3032 N streef, a W. P. A. worker at Bolling Field, suffered, possibly, a fractured skull when knocked down by a truck as he was waiting for a bus at the Bolling Field post. Davison was treated at the field dispensary and later trans- ferred to Georgetown Hospital. Davi- son said he did not recognize the driver or the truck. Sexton T. Young, 24, of 1738 P street, was crossing Sixteenth street north of Scott Circle when struck by an automobile which did not stop after the accident. He was treated at Emergency Hospital for possibly a brain concussion, scalp cuts and a bruised eve. The third victim was Harry Bon- ner, 36, colored, of 922 Twenty-fourth zone at Wisconsin avenue and Ingomar street when he was knocked to the street by a machine which did not stop. He was treated at Georgetown Hospital for cuts on the head. Two young bicyclists, Bernard Limerick, 6, of 2224 Pennsylvania avenue, and James Nally, 7, of the same address, were slightly injured when the vehicle they were both rid- ing bumped into an automobile at Pennsylvania and Fairlawn avenues southeast. Limerick was treated at Gallinger Hospital for a cut leg. His companion was treated for minor cuts by a private physician. In a second bicycle mishap, Edward Reeves, 16, of 1211 Thirty-fourth street, collided with an automobile at the corner of Wisconsin and Penn- sylvania avenues. He was taken to Georgetown Hospital and treated for minor_injuries. A 9-year-old colored boy, John Irving of 1660 Kramer street north- east, suffered concussion of the brain and leg bruises when he walked into the side of a moving car near the corner of Sixteenth and Isherwood streets northeast. The driver of the car did not stop, police said. Evelyn Christ, 57, of Atlantic City, N. J., suffered a brain concussion and cuts on the face and head when the car in which she was riding collided with another at the corner of Seventh street and Maryland avenue northeast. She was treated at Casualty Hospital. @ 'Hyde School Pupils Grounded | Gracious Living INJURE TRID HERE (W. P. A, iEmpon& Struck by street, who was standing in a safety | & ' In Routine of the Hyde School at 3217 O street are learning there is a way to conduct one's self—and they are acting ac- cordingly. Georgetown public school where, by unusual emphasis on etiquette, pupils are being grounded in the fundamental rules of gracious living—at work, at play, at mealtime. “To eat soup, one pushes the spoon in an outward motion.” “Be kind—take care of the little children.” “Po not disturb people at games.” These rules, while not officially on the curriculum of the first, second and third graders, have taken a prominent place in Hyde School life since the inauguration last Fall of a campaign to instill the principles of “good man- | ners” under the direction of Mrs. R. K. ‘Webb, the principal. ‘To show how it all works out, Mrs. Webb invited .the visitors into the basement lunch room where meals are served. Drawings Made by Pupils, Curtains hung at the windows, | flower pots were placed here and there on the tables, which were ar- ranged carefully to avoid crowding, vet to insure an interchange of table small talk among the young folk assembled together. On the walis were colorful drawings, executed by the pupils themselves to show, in one instance, a picture of a recent school tea, and in another, a series of scenes emphasizing the nutritive value of milk. As the noon hour arrived, the chil- dren entered quietly and took their places. Plates had been served be- fore they entered, but the young- sters waited patiently. When all had been seated, each boy and girl bowed her head and all re- cited in unison: “God is great, God is good, And we thank Him for our food.” “See, all of their hands were care- fully washed under the supervision of their teachers before they came down,” Mrs. Webb remarked as the clean hands began to manipulate soup spoons—in the outward motion. “Mrs. Webb taught us that,” one youngster explained. “And we break our bread right, we eat slowly and ‘we use our napkins,” another child volunteered with an air of triumph. As the meal proceeded quietly, Mrs. War De partmeht Division Head| Retires on 70th Birthday After nearly 39 years of govern- mental service, Miss Mary Nixon, chief of the Co-ordination and Record Di- vision of the Office of the Secretary of War, who yesterday celebrated her 70th fillnhdu, today returned to private . Her retirement at the close of busi- ness yesterday was observed with cere- monies at the War Department. She received two volumes of congratulatory messages from present and former as- sociates. Among them were tributes from Secretary of War Woodring, former Secretaries Newton D. Baker and Dwight . Davis, former Assistant Becretaries Crowell, Payne, Robbins and MacNider; Gen. Malin Craig, chief of staff, and Gen. Douglas Mac- Arthur, former chief of staff. In the absence of Secretary Woodring, the tirement .. - Anm"‘:‘::"_ Miss Mary Nizon. ington, Ky., Miss Nixon entered the employ -of the War Department as a secretary to John C. Scofield, for many years assistant and chief clerk of the department. In 1918 the busi- ness of this office grew to such an ex- tent that Secretary Baker formed the Co-ordination and Record Division and placed Miss Nixon in charge. As chief of the division, Miss Nixon had charge of many important and confidential records and documents, “the loss or unauthorized use of which would be extremely unfortunate,” the ‘War Department explained. She served the Secretary of War in a confidential capacity. “All incumbents of the Office of Secretary of War for nearly 39 years have regarded Miss Nixon not only as & most valuable chief of an important office division, but as a trusted friend and adviser,” the *War Department explained. Miss Nixon said she expects to con- tinue her residence here. She lives at 2308 Ashmead place. LEGIONNAIRES TO DANCE vIort Stevens Post to Give Fete at Country Club Saturday. Fort Stevens Post No. 32, American Legion, will hold a dance at Indian Spring Country Club Saturday night from 10 to 1 o'clock. Reservations made be made with Mike Lyons, chairman of the Enter- tainment Committee, Unusual Em phasis on Courtesy Results in Proper Etiquette From Soup to Marbles. From soup to marbles, youngsters of | Webb took time from a story-reading | Arthur Clarendon Smith, president, Every day is courtesy day at the | period—which comes usually with des- | | sert—to explain how the lunch houri was just one chapter of the l'hole‘ etiquette story being enacted this| year at Hyde. | “We have tried to show the pu- | live and work together when they | think of others as well as themselves,” | | she said, as she climbed the stairs to | lead the visitor into the teachers’ | lunch room, which was recently equipped with attractive furnishings, planned and, in some instances, de- signed by the older children of the | adjoining Curtis School, of which she | also is principal. | As the visitor passed a group on the | stairs there was a momentary confu- | sion and one child remarked to the | | other: “Why didn't you say, ‘Excuse | | me? “Oh, I forgot!"” exclaimed the other, | chagrinned at the incident. | “That,” said Mrs. Webb, “is another example of how we are trying to have our courtesy lesson brought into ! every-day practice.” General Assemblies Held. At the opening of school, she eon- | tinued, children were inducted into the etiquette program through a series of general assemblies held in the lob- by to work out rules for playground | conduct. At the suggestions of the children, slogans such as “Be fair,” “Be pleasant, “Take turns at the swing,” and “Set a good example” were adopted and discussed more thor- oughly as the assemblies continued. Pictures illustrating these rules were designed and will be bound for a library table which is to be set up on the second floor hallway which Mrs. ‘Webb is planning to convert soon into a sort of “living room” where the children and visitors may relax. Courtesy rules are applied carefully to playground activities and are be- ginning to bear fruit. For instance, marble games, which youngsters some- times are inclined to make a free-for- | all scramble, are beginning to be well-ordered contests with the players | encouraged, but not impeded, by spec- tators. A similar program is carried out at the Curtis School where older chil- dren are enrolled and the pupils of both institutions co-operate in nu- merous activities. “Our idea is to effect a home-like atmosphere, with all of our children behaving as they would in a well- ordered home,” Mrs. Webb said. FATAL FALL RULED ACCIDENT RESULT Foreman on Viaduct Job Loses Balance While Dismantling Elevater. The death yesterday of James A. Richmond, 38, who fell 42 feet from & cement elevator he was dismant at Michigan avenue and Ninth street northeast, was termed accidental by Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald last night. Richmond, -father of three small children, was foreman of construc- tion on the viaduct being erected over the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad tracks at Michigan avenue. He lost his balance while working atop the elevator and attempted to avert & 1all by seizing a section of pipe. The pipe gave way under his weight, and the foreman was hurled against the side of a tracior before reach- ing the ground. He died in Casualty Hospital & short while after the acci- dent. Richmond, who lived in Cottage City, Md., is survived by hig widow, Mrs. Ruth Orr Richmond, and the children, James, jr, 3; Dorothy, 7, and Billy, 11. He had been in the employ of the Capital Materials Co., Inc., for the past several years and was made a Joreman last July. Previously, he had worked for the Roberts Paving Co. for about five years. A certificate of accidental death was lssued. 4 {DINNER IS SCHEDULED Pupils of Hyde School, who are being taught funda- mentals of etiquette in a unique project, demonstrate a Jew courtesy rules. 1—Young- sters caution silence during a marble game on the play- ground. 2—Heads are bowed Jor grace at the beginning of the lunch period. 3—Three pupils apply three rules of table conduct: Break bread before eating, use napkin, and, in eating soup, push spoon in an outward motion. —Star Staff Photos. | SITH FORECASTS SUFFRACEFORD.C. Head of Democratic League| Optimistic Over National | Representation. Confidence that the District would get national representation within four years was voiced yesterday by as the Democratic League of the Dis- trict of Columbia resumed weekly | luncheons. | “We are bound to have national representation because it is just and you cannot defeat justice,” Smith pils how much pleasanter it is to said, adding: “I believe we will get it gor Friday in the next four years." Paul Lesh, another speaker, also! urged the cause of national suffrage, emphasizing _this is something to | which the District’ is entitled. Declares 400,000 Disenfranchised. About 400,000 citizens here are de- | prived of voting rights under the| present system, Lesh asserted, ampli- {fying that on a population basis of | 610,000 there are approximately 440,- 000 persons of voting age, and that no more than 40,000 of these retain voting residence elsewhere. The speaker pointed to the mis- conception he explained obtained in | some quarters that in seeking na- tional representation, the District peo- ple want to ‘“control” the seat of government. “That is not true,” he emphasized. “What we want is that the Capital | shall be considered a part of the Na- | tion.” Raps Jacobs Report. Lesh rapped the Jacobs committee report, commenting ironically that some satisfaction might be taken in | the fact “that we are being treated | as a community that is able to wke{‘ care of itself without any help from the Government.” Some good may flow from it at that, | he added, “as it illustrates a tendency | to raise taxes to the point where the District people will take more interest | in what sort of government they | have.” | Edward F. Colladay, Republican | national committeeman for the Dis- trict of Columbia, the guest of honor, pledged continued support to .th move for representation. The meeting was held at the Bur- | lington. BY LAYMEN’S LEAGUE Pennsylvanian to Discuss “Faith” | ‘With St. John's and Epiph- any Groups. The Laymen’s League of St. John's Episcopal Church and Epiphany Church will meet at a dinner at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday to hear John I. Hart- man af Lancaster, Pa., in a discus- | sion of “The Faith of a Layman.” | Approximstely 250 men are expected | to attend the affair, which will be held | in Epiphany Parish Hall, 1317 G street. Members of the St. John's group | will gather under the leadership of | Associate Justice Owen J. Roberts | of the Supreme Court, as guests of the Epiphany membership. Dr. Harry Hurtt, president of the league, will be toastmaster. WOMAN VISITOR ROBBED | OF $500 JEWELED PIN Sixteenth Street Dining Room Theft and Hold-Up of Bakery Driver Reported. Randolph - Sisk, 26, bakery truck driver, last night was robbed of $55 collection money by a colored man who threatened him with a gun while in the rear of the 3500 block of Con- necticut avenue. Sisk lives at 2520 L street. . Miss Catherine Nolan, of Reading, Pa., registered at the Mayflower Ho- tel, was robbed of her pocketbook containing a $500 diamond and sap- phire bar pin and $38 while in a dining room in the 900 block of Six- teenth street, according to a police report. A young man struck Mrs. Lillian A. Metzger, 55, 1604 Q "mitihilll: the eye yesterday and made off with her purse containing $2. The robbery occurred as she got off the elevator at the above address, [} PAGE B—1 RESENTMENT RISES AS FISCAL REPORT 1S STUDIED HERE More Equitable Adjustment Held Certain to Be Asked of Congress. COLLADAY BELIEVES FINDINGS “UNFAIR” Grants Sincerity, but Questions Conclusions Reached by Jacobs’ Committee. A mounting tide of resentment swept the Capital yesterday as the full im- port of the Jacobs Fiscal Committee report began to sink in. Vigorous criticism of the fiscal re- lationship proposed to be established between the District and Federal Gov- ernments came from many quarters, and it was apparent that strong repre- sentations will be made to Congress for a more equitable adjustment. Edward F. Colladay, chairman of the Citizens’ Joint Committee on Fis- cal Relations and of the Municipal Finance Committee of the Board of Trade, said he would not attempt to speak for these groups in advance of a meeting, but that “for myself alone and in a preliminary way, I consider the report distinctly unfair to the tax- paying residents of the District of Columbia.” “While we do not question the good faith of the committee, we do ques- tion its conclusions,” said Thomas E. lodge, president of the Federation of Sitizens’ Associations. Suffrage Recommendations Hit. Lodge said the recommendations on suffrage were “inconsistent,” and that the suggested plan “places a penalty on economical operation of govern= ment.” “We may find ourselves without any contribution whatever; it may even end with the Federal Governe ment contending we owe it,” ne ase serted. William A. Maio, president of the Southeast Washington Citizens' Ase Sociation and also of the Southeast Council, said he had talked to a num- ber of heads of citizens' organiza- tions, and that all are “bitter.” “It seems to me,” he said, “that they are trying to push the citizens of the District out of the District and into Marvland and Virginia.” Maio has called a special meeting ofthe Southeast Citizens' Association night at the fifth precinct to formulate a protest. Ordinarily, the association would not meet until the end of the month, but it was desired to speed action. The council will take up the report at its meeting at the eleventh precinct on January 19, Calls Report Complicated. Edgar Morris, president of the Board of Trade, said he was reserve Ing comment until he had had an opportunity thoroughly to study the eport, which he characterized as Ty complicated.” Colladay made a brief. but critical, analysis of it. “It lays down a three-point prograt, or set of three rules, which purport to be all comprehensive, but are not,” he said. “The gross unfairness of the formula as it is presented in the report rests not only in the rules themselves, but especially in the manner in which those rules are applied. “For instance, the second rule con= templates that a Federal-controlled agency shall determine how much is the Federal Government's share in capital outlays. “Again, in applying the third rule to the budget for the fiscal year 1938, the Special Advisory Committee made the amount of taxes paid by the house holder of a $7,000 house in the District of Columbia and in cities chosen by the committee as fair comparatives the test for determining the sufficiency or insufficiency of the amount of taxes paid by the people of the District of. Columbia. This totally ignores many | other factors which should be taken | into consideration. For example, in the other cities, not only the residence of the worker is taxed, but also the fac- tory, shop or business building in which he works. In contrast to this, the Special Advisory Committee has ex= pressly stated that the Governmens buildings and other Government prop= | erty shall not be taxed, apparently meaning that no sum shall be paid by the Government in lieu of taxation of these great properties. They are the equivalent of the factories, shops and places of business in the other cities and should be taxed either actually or constructively, and no comparison which omits this element can be fair or correct. “There are many other elements in the relations between the Federal Government and the property owners and taxpayers of the District of Co- lumbia which have been overlooked or ignored by the Special Advisory.Com- mittee. “The report will be carefully studied with the end in view that its merits, demerits and omissions shall be clearly brought out. This will involve meet- ings of the committees representing the citizens and taxpayers of the Dis- trict which will be held in due course, and study of the report made in an orderly manner. * i “Later, when opportunity is af- forded, the results of these studies will be presented to the proper committees of Congress. We have no doubt that fair and full hearings and careful consideration will be accorded us as in the past. DE PAUW ALUMNI GROUP TO MARK ANNIVERSARY ‘The De Pauw University Alumni Chapter of Washington will observe the 100th anniversary of the found- ing of the institution at a dinner at 8 p.m. tomorrow at Wesley Hall, 1703 K street. A coast-to-coast broadcast, originating at the university, in Green- castle, Ind., will feature the affair. Dr. Ernest F. Griffith, dean of the graduate school of American Uni- versity, will discuss the place of the small liberal arts college. Noted alumni expected to attend include Senator Thomas of Oklahoma and Justice Fenton W. Booth of the Court of Claims.