Evening Star Newspaper, January 14, 1937, Page 2

A—2 ¥x» CUMMINGS' PLAN FOR JAIL STUDIED $750,000 Prison at Blue Plains to End Crowding Is Advised. Proposals by Attorney General Cum- mings for erection of a new $750,000 jail unit at Blue Plains, D. C, and for improvement of the present Dis- trict Jail were being studied, appar- ently with favor, by the District Com- missioners today. In & letter to Commissioner Melvin Hazen late yesterday Cummings sug- gested the new jail unit as a means of relieving “intolerable” congestion at the old jail and at other local penal institutions. The new institution would be pat- terned after the model Federal jail &t Milan, Mich, if recommendations of Cummings and of Sanford Bates, Federal prison director, are adopted. ‘The unit would accommodate at least 600 prisoners in modern, well-venti- lated buildings arranged in a quad- rangle. Suggests Improvements. Instead of abandoning the present 4ail, which was erected in 1876, Cum- mings suggested it be improved by erection of a wall or fence at the rear, where prisoners could exercise out of doors; by providing more adequate in- firmary facilities for men, by affording visitors better accommodations and by “absolute abandonment of the din- ing hall as an execution chamber.” By transferring at least 150 prison- ers from the old jail to the new unit, congestion would be relieved at the present jail and room would still re- main in the new institution for 450 short-term inmates and other prison- ers who otherwise might add to the congestion at Occoquan or Lorton, it was pointed out. Cummings Letters. Cummings’ letter follows: “My dear Mr. Commissioner: “You were recently kind enough to invite me, in behalf of the Board of Commissioners of the District of Co- lumbia, to inspect the District Jail. On December 7, 1936, accompanied by Hon. Sanford Bates, director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, and other members of my staff, I availed myself of the courtesy you so gra- ciously extended. Although I am without jurisdiction in the premises, I am glad, if it will be of help, to state my views respecting the penal institutions in the District of Colum- bia, an expression of which you have solicited. “On the occasion of our visit Supt. Thomas M. Rives accompanied us on an extensive tour of the building. Visits were made to the infirmary, cell blocks, death ochamber, dining room and kitchen, women’s depart- ment, laundry, receiving room, power plant, etc. The institution was clean, free from odor, and gave evidence of better ventilation than might have been expected from a casual view of the structure. Dating from 1876 it cannot be classed as a modern jail building. Its facilities do not reflect modern penological ideas and the in- stitution is not one in which we can take any special pride. “Notwithstanding the fact that prompt shipments of men are made, as fast as they are sentenced, to Oc- coquan and Lorton, there still remains a serious problem of overcrowding. When three or four men of different ages, different standards of life and | varied case histories are thrust into a single cell while awaiting trial, an intolerable series of circumstances is created. On the evening of our visit, after all commitments had been re- ceived from the courts, the actual pop- | ulation was 583, in an institution that, | at best, should not accommodate more than 480. I understand that the average population, on an annual basis, runs to over 600. “While, on the night of our visit, it was only necessary to place one | inmate on a cot on the floor outside | the cell block, in the months when commitments are the highest there have been as many as 173 quartered in this manner. Supt. Rives said that on September 21 there were 152 men | “‘on the floor.” Any considerable num- ber over 480 means that some spot in the institution is badly overcrowded. On the night of December 7 there ‘were 104 inmates in the women’s section, which has a normal capacity of 78. “The problem, as I view it, is larger than merely a jail problem. It in- volves the other penal institutions of the District, at Lorton and Occoquan, both of which are badly overcrowded. Capt. Barnard stated at the time of our visit that they were overcrowded at Lorton by over 600 and that Occo- quan, which could comfortably house 800, had 1,200 inmates. “While the jail itself is old and has many features that are inconvenient, it is not in such a bad condition as to justify its abandonment. Its aver- age population should be reduced by for a substantial number of its in- providing suitable quarters elsewhere mates. The investment in this insti- tution is too large and its structure too substantial, to warrant scrapping. “There are certain obvious improve- Washington Wayside Tales Random Observations of Interesting Events and Things. GADGETS. ILL KLENKE, who has been sporting one of the few new cars of a certain make avail- able in town these days, was very much disappointed the other day when he found he could not have his complete collection of gadgets changed from his old car to the new one. It is Klenke's way to collect various dis- carded aeronautical contrivances and, being by nature mechanically minded, has amused himself by installing them on the dashboards of his various cars. He left the old and the new car at a garage in town with explicit instruc- tions as to just how to move the various contraptions which make the dashboard look like the control-board of a super-cruiser. When he returned later in the day, the mechanic pointed to his job proudly, and added: “There wasn't any room left, Mr. Klenke, for the radio and the heater.” x ox % % PITFALL. Writers stumble sometimes over their own proud wisdom. A dig~ ger-outer of such mishaps in the writing world, bobbed up with one yesterday extracted from a learned manuscript. “Jackson (Andrew) probabdly never heard of the word ‘eco- nomics.’ If he had, undoubtedly he could not have spelled it,” so the article ran. The funny thing about it was that the author of the piece had misspelled economics; @ typo- graphical error mayhap but one sent by Providence to humble the haughty in an editor’s eyes. * x x % STEEPLECHASE. APT. AND MRS. STERLING LAR- RABEE of Warrenton are exceed- ingly proud of their Russian wolf- | hound, which has been schooled in| are wondering about the wisdom of | demonstrating the trick at home. They | have taught the huge pooch to jump & course of sofas, overstuffed chairs, tables, etc., laid out a la Belmont Park in the rooms and halls of their spa- cious Virginia home. The other night when some friends | called the Larrabees brought out the | | | dog. set up the course and put him | through his paces. Then they sat| THE EVENING NEW D. C. REVENUE SOURCES SOUGHT Hazen Admits More Income Is Needed to Meet 1938 Budget. Acknowledging that the District will have to collect more taxes to meet the proposed 1938 budget, Commis- sloner Hazen today announced that advice will be sought by the Commis- sloners on new sources of revenue. He said that within the next few days Robert V. Fleming, president of the Riggs National Bank, and Edward F. Colladay, Washington attorney, will be called in as the first of the ad- visers to tell the Commissioners the future course to pursue, “We don't know exactly where we stand,” Hazen sald. “Until we can learn the attitude of Congress toward the Jacobs report and a Federal con- tribution, we can't tell how much new taxes we will have to collect.” Hazen also said District officials real- ize that even with a “break” prop- erty owners will have to be called upon for larger contributions to the ex- penses of the government. Hazen was optimistic as to the titude of Congress, expressing the be- lief that the subcommittees handling the annual appropriation bill will con- tinue the lump sum process of have ing the Federal Government partici- pate in District expenses. — Pneumonia (Continued From First Page.) however, that the drug kills the pneumococci wherever they are found. ‘When the remarkable effects of pron- tosil against the streptococci were demonstrated there were some claims that it worked against pneumococci also, but experiments have shown that the effect, at the best, is very feeble. ‘The discovery of prontosil in Europe resulted origindlly from efforts to in- crease the efficacy of certain coal tar dyes as general antiseptics. It was found that the addition of a sulphona- mide group to the dye molecule made it considerably less effective as a gen- eral antiseptic, but far more so the ways of the steeplechase, but they | against the streptococci. Later experi- | ments have demonstrated that the compound also was effective with the dye linkage removed. ‘This finding recalled to Dr. Rosen- | thal certain ambiguous experiments performed here two years ago. At that time a certain formaldehyde. sulphur compound was found to have quite striking results against the strain of type 1 pneumonia which is used by the Public Health Service laboratories. Against other strains of the same type, however, it had no effect at all—as well as against all other types. This, however, led to the experiments with various sorts of sulphonamide compounds when pron- tosil began to be widely discussed. Drug’s Notable Effect. The only one which had any notable effect is the drug now being used. Prontosil had practically none. Un- back to hearken unto the praise. see if we can do it ourselves.” | fence like mad. No serious casualties | to the household or the people, but the | Larrabees have resoved to be a bit| more circumspect about proving the similarities between a steeplechase horse and & wolfhound. * % x % PERSISTENCE. 'HERE is the story of a reporter who took a photographer with him to get a story of a housewife who had figured prominently in the news. The woman didn't like publicity and she courteously but firmly re- fused to pose before the camera. After several minutes of good- natured arguing the reporter de- clared: “Well, if you don't let us take | your picture were going to your front steps until you change your mind.” But the woman wasn't fazed in the least. “Well, boys,” she said, “I'm afraid why don’t you come in the house and have some cake and coffee?” | ‘The newspaper men took her up. | And while they were there the house- | wife's daughter came in and talked | her mother into posing for the plc- ture. “Not bad,” said Mr. Reporter to Mr. Photographer as they went away happily with the picture. * x ¥ x ORIGINAL. R. HARRY SEEBOLD, who is often asked to pass opinion on works of art around town, struck a | tough one the other day when a lady brought him what she was sure was an original Gainsborough. She is forever on the lookout for “finds” in the art line, and wouldn't even tell where she picked up this one. Mr. Seebold examined this one and discovered it was a magazine cover, ments that could be made at no great expense. The most pressing are the provision of facilities for outside exer- cise of inmates through walling or fencing of the large open area in the rear, more adequate infirmary facilities for male inmates better ac- commodations for visitors, proper dining room space and, if executions are to be continued there, the absolute abandonment of the dining hall as an execution chamber. “I believe these changes could be effected without building additions to the existing structure, which I would not favor. For manifest reasons, it would be inadvisable to extend the facilities at Occoquan or Lorton as s method of relief from the over- crowding at the District Jail. “A much more practical solution would be to erect, on available land, or on land that could be purchased for a reasonable sum, at Blue Plains, D.C., & new structure that might well be modeled after the Federal Jail at Milan, Mich., to house 600 prisoners on a medium security basis and that might be built with careful planning, exclusive of land, for a cost in the neighborhood of $750,000. “Such an institution should as far as possible be self-contained. It might well house inmates sentenced to short terms of imprisonment, as well as those awaiting trial. Blue Plains is at no great distance from the center of town and visits of counsel and rela- tives would be reasonably convenient. “If the population of the District Jail could be reduced by about 150, it would leave a margin of about 450 inmates of the categories above de- scribed, who thereafter need not be committed to Occoquan or Lorton. Furthermore, with the overcrowding at the District Jail thus remedied, | situation in the space would be ptovid.! for the ad-' would be greatly clipped, pasted on a very old stretcher and varnished to resemble an ancient work of art. Now Mr. Seebold goes around wondering what to do, not because he has any doubts cf the nature of the beast, but because he has heard the lady in question is already planning a West Indies cruise on the profits of her great discovery. * % x x PAY-OFF. The Dan Terrells are laughing last over the incident of the family which used to threaten its Cocker Spaniel: “If you don’t behave we'll give you to the Terrells.” The threat was based upon the fact that the Terrell family want- ed a Cocker Spaniel more than almost anything in the world. On the very day the anecdote of the other family’s threat ap- peared in the column, the Terrells got their own dog. Are they sneering? ditional facilities required and op~ portunities would be afforded for ade- quate classification and segregation of inmates. “In this manner the pressure would be relieved all around and the jail Dhicz of Columbia sit on | | treated mice given lethal doses of “Wonderful,” said the visitors. “Let's | pneumococci died within from 18 to | 48 hours. Of those treated, none They lined up and broke for the first | died until the third to the fifth day | and at the end of a week 25 to 42 per cent were alive. The animals which had been infected with type 3 pneumonia remained permanently | well. With types 1 and 2, many of | them died within 10 days. The compound now being used has a low toxicity, but the dose which theoretically could be expected to have a pronounced effect on a hu- man pneumococcic infection would be so great that it would be very close to the line where it might have serious poisonous effects. It is hoped. | however, by repeated experiments with | the molecule of the substance to pro- | duce something so active against the | pneumococci that its “toxic index” | will be something like one to a hun- | dred—the therapeutic dose being | about one-hundredth of the possible ison dose. The essential fact, it was | stressed, is that an effective specific | poison for the dreaded pneumococci | has been demonstrated. | | it’s uncomfortable on the porch ao FIRE W|TNEésES_HEARD Noise Like Blast Preceded Flames in Whisky Plant, S8ay Four. | CHICAGO, January 14 (#) —Four | witnesses told a Federal court jury yesterday they heard a noise like an explosion and saw flames spurt from Hiram Walker & Sons whisky ware- house, No. 3, at Peoria, Ill, the night a fire destroyed it. Thirteen insurance companies, de- fendants in the distillery firms $3,000,000 suit for damages, contended the loss was not recoverable because the collaspse of a warehouse wall caused the fire, July 22, 1935. The witnesses, all Galesburg, IlL, residents, were A. C. Connor, Henry Ripple, C. B. Harris and 8. R. Long, members of the crew of & Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train. James Roosevelt Plans Move Into Geor getown House Leases Old Petit Home at 3331 O Street for Three Years. James Roosevelt, newly appointed aide to President Roosevelt, is prepar- ing to move from the White House to the old Petit house at 33331 O street, Georgetown. The President’s eldest son has leased the house for three years from its owner, Comdr. W. A. Heard, U. S. N, being modernized and redecorated. James was appointed recently to perform “odd jobs” for his father, and since his apopintments has been living with his wife and two young daughters in the Executive Mansion. S'TAR, WASHINGTON D. C., THURSDAY g 4 A will be sent immediately by Secretary Ickes to Capitol Hill, for dis; of East Capitol street and the banks of the Anacostia River would JANUARY 14, 1937. Model of Stadium Project to Be Shown Congress This model of a stadium, National Guard Armory, combined auditorium and indoor sports center, tennis and swimming stadia, {;Iay there, so the lawmakers may see how the project at the end o1 ok when finished Pay (Continued From PFirst Page.) States, and certain part-time oc('upl-‘ tions. Where such positions are ex- cluded, however, the classification | agency may recommend procedure | which it believes should be followed | in fixing the compensation of such | positions. This procedure is also to be reported to the President and the Congress. Review Up to Commission. | “Section 5 directs the heads of de- partments and establishments to al- locate all positions within their jurisdiction to the services and grades as set up in the act and report both the old and the proposed salary rates | | mission’s decision to be final. | “Section 6 authorizes the classifica \ | to the gommission for review, com- tion agency, after consultation with' heads of departments and subject to the approval of the President, to estab- | lish differentials not to exceed 25 per cent of the minimum rate for those positions located at isolated stations or which involve excessive physical hazards, or to those which are located | outside the continental limits of the United States. “Section 7 directs the classification agency to immediately begin the al- location of positions newly brought within the classification schemes in | | accordance with the rules of the clas- | sification act, and provides that no | salary shall be reduced so long as the | position is held by the present in- | | cumbent. | | of the present unfair system in effi- ciency ratings. The classification ! agency, in consultation with heads of departments, is authorized to ascer- tain to what extent it is practicable to determine efficiency ratings and it | may, subject to the approval of the | President, require such ratings and | state how they shall be used in mak- ing promotions. It further provides open to inspection by the employes. Provides Periodical Raises. “Section 9 provides for periodical increases within the salary ranges for | the various grades by advancing once each year until the maximum rate for the grade is reached. “Section 10 amends the schedules in in rates up to $3,600, setting a min- imum rate for all full-time adult em- ployes at $1,500 yearly. “Section 11 provides that employes shall maintain their same relative standing in respect to the top rate in the grade. For instance, if an | empioye is in the clerical, administra- | tive and fiscal service at the top rate in Grade 1, $1,620, he shall retain his position at the top of Grade 1 under this bill, at $1,740 yearly. “Section 12 provides that employes of newly created agencies in which rates of pay were fixed without re- gard to the classification act, shall be brought within its provisions. “Section 13 provides for the effec- tive date of the bill. “The demand that private industry absorb the unemployed and fix a proper wage becomes more and more imperative each day. “With approximately 8,000,000 now unemployed, a high percentage of which are employables, and with en- couragement and urge being extended to private industry to absorb this great group of employables, it seems but proper, and indeed necessary that the Pederal Government, the largest of all employers, should extend encour- agement to private industry by bring- ing annual earning of its full time =m- ployes into a realm of equity and de- cency where American standards of living can thereby be maintained. Two Great Objects in Bill. “This bill, if enacted, would pro- mote and foster two great objects. First, it would bring a large measure of contentment’ into the minds and beings of the lowly and those en- Anywhere in the City Full Sports : Race Results, Complete Market News of the Day, Latest Flashes from Around the World. Whatever it is, yowll find it in The Night Final Sports THE NIGHT FINAL SPORTS and SUNDAY STAR—delivered by carrier—70c a month. Call National 5000 and service will start at once. News Editlon. | the present classification act so as to | | provide for increases for all emploves | “Section 8 provides for the repeal | that all efficiency ratings shall be New Salary Schedule Readjusted Pay Rates Are Urged in Bill Presented to Congress by Senator McCarran—Amends Section 13 of 1923 Act. Section 10. Section 13 of the act of f March 4. 1923, is amended as follows: Professional and Scientific Service. $2.100 $2,200 27700 2,800 3.300 3.400 ‘The present scale runs from $2.000 $2.300 2,900 3,500 $2.600 3000 3100 3200 3.300 3.600 3.700 3.800 3.900 to $2.600 for Grade One: $2,600-52 200, $2.400 $2.500 Grade Two, and $3,200-$3,800, Grade Three. Professional. Grade $1,500 1,620 1,740 1,860 2,100 2,300 2.400 2,800 $1,560 1,680 1,800 1,980 2,200 2.400 2,500 2,900 21 2.5 2,600 3.000 $1.620 1,7 1.860 40 00 2,300 00 2.600 2.700 3,100 2.800 3.200 is no comparative classification in this grouping now. Clerical, Administrative, Fiscal. $1.560 1.740 1.920 2,100 2,300 2,500 2,900 3.200 - 3,500 0 3,800 Present scale: Grade One, $1.260-$1 $1,980; Four, $1.800-$2,160; Five, 1.8 3.0 3.3 $1.620 1.980 2,200 $1,680 1.860 2,040 2,300 $1.740 1.920 2100 2,400 00 2,400 2,500 2,600 2,600 3.600 3.900 $2,000-$2.600: 2.900 3.300 3,600 3,900 2,700 3,100 3,400 3,700 3.800 4,000 4,100 .620; Two, $1.440-$1.800; Three, §1,620- Six, $2.300-$2,900: Seven, 2,800 3,200 3.500 00 00 2,600-$3,200; Eight, $2,900-$3.500; Nine, $3.200-$3,800: Ten, $3.500-$4,100. Custodial $1,560 1,680 1,800 1,920 2.040 2.200 2,400 2,700 3,000 Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade Grade 1,620 1,740 1,860 1,980 2,100 2,300 2,600 2,900 Service, $1,620 1,740 1,860 1.980 2,100 2.300 2,500 2,800 3,100 2,600 2.900 3,200 3.000 3.300 Provided: That charwomen working part time be paid at the rate of 65 cents an hour and head charwomen at Clerical-Mecha Grade 1—75 cents an hour. Grade 2—85 and 90 cents an hour. the rate of 70 cents an hour. nical Service. Grade 3—95 cents and $1 an hour. Grade 4—$1.05 and $1.10 an hour. 'MISS VIRGINIA BEALL | \ FUNERAL TOMORROW | Retired Geological Survey Worker Was of 0ld Maryland Family. Miss Virginia Louisa Beall, 507 Rox- | boro place, a resident of Washington | since 1806, died yesterday at her resi- dence. | Miss Beall, who retired in 1933 after | | 24 years’ service in the Geological | | Survey, was the daughter of the late | Thomas John and Catherine Golds- | | borough Beall and came here from | Olney, Md. She was descended from Col. Ninia Beall. who came over from | Scotland in 1674 and settled in what | is now Prince Georges County, later moving to Georgetown. Miss Beall was a member of the Colonial Dames and also of the Daugh- ters of the American Revolutlon. Surviving are four sisters, Mrs. Jes- sie Joyes, Mrs. W.' A. Wallace, Mrs.| | Joseph Mann and Mrs. R. V. Willett, and two brothers, Charles W. and Goldsborough Beall. |~ Funeral services will be held at 2| pm. tomorrow at Joseph Gawler's | | chapel, 1750 Pennsylvania avenue, fol- lowed by burial in Union Cemetery, Rockville, Md. MAJ. D. M. BARTOW, 44, | ISBURIED IN ARLINGTON | Full Military Honors for Oflker‘ Who Died in Hospital at Fort Jay. Funeral services for Maj. Donald M. Bartow, 44, Infantry, United States | STADIUM MODEL 10 BE DISPLAYED Projected Sports Center and Armory to Be Exhibited at Capitol. A newly-completed model prsjecn ing a layout of a Washington foot balt stadium seating 120,000, a Nationa Guard armory, auditorium, and in- door sports center and demonstration fleld will be sent to Congress for dis- play in the Capitol rotunda immedi- ately by Secretary Ickes, it was learned today. The total cost of the project has not been officially announced, al- though the Federal Government, offi- cials sald, owns practically all the land needed for the development at the end of East Capitol street and the Anacostia River. ‘The model was prepared under di- rection of C. Marshall Finnan, su- perintendent of the National Capital parks, with the assistance of the branch of plans and design of the National Park Service. Malcolm Kirk- patrick is resident landscape archi- tect of the branch and attached to the Washington parks. The Fine Arts Commission and the National Capital Park and Planning Commission have given preliminary consideration to this development. The foot ball stadium is planned on & scale that would care for crowds at the Army and Navy game here and other Nation-wide functions. It would be the largest in the East. At the western end of the major stadium would be East Capital street on the left would stand the audi- torjum and exhibition hall, while on the right would be the National Guard Armory, long needed here. Leading to the buildings, as planned, would be a memorial court and tribunal. A terrace of granite steps would lead down to the demontration and display field. The swimming and tennis stadia would be nearer the river, officials as- serted. The United States engineer office has long been working in that section of Anacostia Park, turning the erst- while marsh land into park develop- ment. Fill has been placed in that section to raise the grade and, under the supervision of Finnan's office, the groundwork has been laid for the stadium project. It is known that Secretary Ickes and Finnan are very much interested in the stadium pro= gram and plan to push it to comple- tion, if possible. As yet, the parks organization has no funds for commencing this de- velopment, but hopes that Congress will soon make money available for launching the scheme. Congressional authorization is likewise needed for the plan. Report (Continued From First Page.) to finance the loan portion of their projects on bond issues extending over a long period of years. District Gets $5,600,000. Although Congress authorized the District to apply to P. W. A. for proj= ects amounting to $10.750,000, the city thus far has obtained non-Federal allotments under that law amounting to only $5,600,000. The 70 per cent loan portion of that total is $3,920,000, and by the end of this fiscal year the District will have repaid $2,000,000 of that principal. In other words, while the other | cities are paying 4 per cent interest from the start and issuing bonds for the principal, Washingtonians will have repaid half of the principal of their few non-Federal loans by this June. The bonds issued by the other municipalities, meanwhile, may run for 15, 20 or more years. At P. W. A. Army, who died Monday in the hos- pital at Fort Jay, N. Y. were held | today in Arlington National Cemetery, with Chaplain Ralph C. Deibert offi- ciating. Burial was with full military | honors. | Honorary pallbearers were Majs. | Stonewall Jackson, William D. Powell, | John K. Rice, W. L. Bartley and Nicholas Szilagyi and Capt. Andrew D. | Hopping. Until his illness Maj. Bartow had | been stationed with the 18th Infantry | at Fort Hamilton, N. Y. | gaged in the most menial class o(‘ labor. Secondly, it would put into the hands of all full-time adult Federal employes receiving $3,600, or under, an augmented purchasing power by which they, in bringing to themselves the necessities of life to a greater extent, will enhance industry and busi- ness generally, which business and industry will to a large measure ab- sorb those now unemployed and take them off of Government relief and bring back into their beings a highe: measure of self-respect and content. ment. “There can be no gainsaying that the cost of living has been greatly in- creased in the past three years. This increased cost of living has impressed itself more seriously on those least able to afford it, namely, the em- ployes of the lower brackets. “In drafting this bill and in fos- tering this legislation, I am not un- mindful of the demand for increased pay in the brackets above $3,600 per annum, but the demand and necessity, as well as the humanity involved in an increase of the salaries of the lower brackets under $3,600 is so apparent and imperative that I deem it best that the work should start there. If we can accomplish this legislation, we will bring about a great measure of encouragemen' to labor generally throughout’ the country, both in Fed- eral employment and private industry as well. Moreover, we will demon- strate to the outside world that while other nations and other peoples are engaged in turmoil and - strife and depression, a democratic nation, at peace with itself and with the world, is capable of strengthening its citi- zenry in the faith already retained in democracy, and thus by precept and example, we may to some extent, aid in quieting & troubled world.” U. S. EMPLOYES TO MEET ‘The United Government Employes, Inc., will meet at Garnett Patterson Junior High School Auditorium, ‘Tenth and U streets, tomorrow at 7:30 pm. to consolidate the support of the several proposed pay increase bills now before Congress providing $1,500 minimum annual wage and automatic promotion. G. N. T. Gray, representative of the National Alliance of Postal Em- e o SON OF D. C. WOMAN DIES AFTER ILLNESS George F. Downey Was Consulting Engineer for Large Pitts- burgh Interests. George Faber Downey, 40, consult- | ing engineer and son of Mrs. Mattie Davis Downey, 2112 Le Roy place, died yesterday after a short illness in a hospital at Sewickley, Pa., where he lived. Mr. Downey’s father was the late Brig. Gen. George Faber Downey. As a consultant in mechanical and other engineering problems, Mr. Downey re- cently had been associated with large Pittsburgh interests in connection with air conditioning. He was gradu- ated from Yale University in 1918. During the World War he was a cap- tain in the 12th Field Artillery, 2d Division, U. 8. Army. Besides his mother, Mr. Downey is survived by his widow, Mrs. Kath- arine V. Downey; two daughters, Patsy and Joan, and & brother, Fair- fax Downey. Funeral services are being held at the Downey home in Sewickley this afternoon. Burial will be in Arling- ton National Cemetery at 3 p.m. to- morrow. COL. CLARK’S FUNERAL SERVICES TOMORROW Funeral services for Lieut. Col. ‘Walter L. Clark, 51, who died yester- day at his home, 4400 Lowell street, will be held at 2 p.m. tomorrow in the Fort Myer, Va., chapel. Burial will be with full military honors in Arlington National Cemetery. Since July 1, 1935, Col. Clark had been executive assistant to the chief of manufacturing service, Office of Chief of Ordnance, U. 8. A. He was a native of St. Albans, Vt., and was graduated with a bachelor of science degree from Norwich Uni- versity in 1909. After service as an officer of the Vermont National Guard he was commissioned in the Regular Army in May, 1910. He had considerable service in Washington prior to being asigned to the post he held at & time of his death. MRS. BETHUNE SPEAKER Mrs. Mary McLeod Bethune, director of the Division of Negro Affairs, Na- tional Youth Administration, will dis- cuss the future of that agency at a | mass meeting tomorrow at 8 p.m. in | Miner Teachers’ College. Other speakers include Mrs. Julia, West Hamilton, Maj. Campbell C. Johnson, Dr. Charles Wesley, Wool- sey W. Hall and Dr. D. N. Rivers. Shock of .Givin g Sister Last Rites Fatal for Priest Jesuit Dies Hour Before Kin as Result of Heart Attack. | ment of the church to his sister, Rev. David J. Roche, 70, died early yes- terday at the Georgetown University infirmary less than an hour before the sister, Mrs. Johanna C. Foley, 77, expired at Walter Reed Hospital Father Roche, a former assistant pastor at Holy Trinity Church, who had been a Jesuit for 51 years, went to the bedside of his dying sister Tuesday to administer the final rites. He himself had been suffering from a heart ailment, and the shock of his sister'’s condition brought on an attack. When friends telephoned to inform Father Roche of his sister's death they learned he had just died. Mrs. Foley, a widow, who lived at 1521 Trinidad avenue northeast, had been in failing health for some time, as had her brother. Father Roche retired as assistant pastor of Holy Trinity in 1936 after two years of service there. For six years prior to that time he did Catholic parish work at Bowie, Md., and before that was attached to St. Aloysius Church. Funeral services will be held to- MOrrow me . Father Roche will be buried in the Jesuit Cemetery at Georgetown Cqllege., Services will be held at 8 o'clock in the Georgetown College Chapel. Funeral services for Mrs. Foley will After administering the last sacn-i' headquarters it was stated today the bond issues may be for the life of the project, or up to 30 years. At the end of three years the Dis- trict also is required by law to begin paying 4 per cent interest, but, if no further non-Federal projects are al- lotted here, this city will have reim- bursed Uncle Sam for about three- fourths of its loan by that time. Not only did Congress direct the District to reimburse $1,000,000 a year, but it stipulated in the special law applying to the District that the reimbursement fund be accumulated by earmarking 10 cents of the tax collected upon each $100 of assessed value of real estate and tangible per- sonal property, so that the annual re- imbursement goes into the Treasury as rapidly as District taxes are col- lected, until $1,000,000 is set aside for the year. But the story does not stop there. While the ratio of 70 per cent loan and 30 per cent grant specified in the District P. W. A. law applied else- where in the early period of the P. W. A. program, a more liberal ratio of 55 per cent loan and 45 per cent grant later was put into effect. About a | year ago P. W. A. announced one allot- | ment in the District of $88,500, repre- senting 45 per cent of the cost of a sewer project, without an accompany- ing loan. However, if any further projects should be authorized out of the $10,750,000 authorization in the District law, involving a law, the 70-30 ratio Jaid down in that law would have to be applied. In short, Congress, in its dual ca- pacity of national and local Legisla- ture, has laid down special terms to govern local non-Federal P. W. A. projects, of which the walving of interest for the first three years is but one minor feature. P. W. A. can have the bonds turned over to it by other cities sold through the Reoon- struction Finance Corp. to obtain funds with which to authorize addi- tional projects, but in the case of the District the Federal Government is getting cash reimbursement at a rate that will wipe out the loan in four years as the account now stands. Congress in Brief TODAY. Senate: May consider extension of R. F. C. La Follette committee resumes civil liberties investigation. Wheeler committee studies Van Sweringer rail financing. Byrd Reorganization Committee re- ceives Brookings recommendations. House: Considers creating committee to handle reorganization bills. Republicans meet to ratify commit- tee assignments. be held at 10 o'clock from St. Aloysius Chyrch and interment will be in Mount o} Cemetery. Appropriations Subcommittees con tinue hearings on relief and regular pply measures. ‘