Evening Star Newspaper, January 17, 1937, Page 15

oo ] The Sunday Ste e m———— U. 5. PAY INCREASE AWAITS DECISION OF COMMISSION McCarron Measure Referred| to Civil Service Body for Study. LEGISLATION IS SEEN ON MERIT EXTENSION Robinson Holds Changes Should Be Kept Independent of Re- organization Study. Further developments on the Mec- Carran Government pay increase bill will await a report from the Civil Service Commission, to which the measure was referred for study, Chair- man Bulow of the Senate Civil Service Committee, said yesterday. Meanwhile, there were some indica- tions that the separate question of extending the merit system of ap- pointment is more likely to develop as part of the Federal reorganization | program than as separate legislation. Robinson Gives Views. | Senate Majority Leader Robinson of | Arkansas expressed the view' yester- day, however, that any discussion of | salary changes should be kept inde- pendent of the reorganization study. | Although the report of the President's Reorganization Commitiee suggested better salaries in key positions at the top, Senator Robinson made known several days ago his belief it would | be inopportune to couple salary,in- | creases for officers of the Government with reorganization. He also said at that time that if salary increases are to be made, he thought those who now Teceive less than a living wage are en- titled to first consideration. | | The McCarran pay bill proposes | $1,500 as a minimum wage for full- time adult employes of the Govern- ment, thereby benefiting most of those in the lowest brackets. It also would provide increases for the various sal- ary grades up to $3,600 a year and make other improvements in the method of handling promotions. Employes Visit Capitol. A delegation of members of the United Government Employes, Inc., composed of those in the lower brack- | ets, visited the Capitol yesterday aft- | ernoon to express their indorsement of the McCarran bill to members of the Senate Civil Service Committee. They presented to Chairman Bulow and other committee members copies of resolutions adopted at a meeting of the organization Friday night in the Garnet-Patterson School. Edgar G. Brown, president of the organization, acted as spokesman of | the delegation. Senator Bulow re- iterated his previously expressed in- | terest in helping those receiving the | lower salaries. The text of the reso- | lutions commended Senator McCar- | ran,” Democrat, of Nevada, for spon- | soring pay adjustment in the lower | grades. | | POLICE PROBE FAKE ORPHAN FUND DRIVE Man Arrested in New Racket of Collecting Money for Relief of Widows. Police last night launched an in- vestigation into a new racket by which citizens have been victimized in being | urged by unauthorized persons to con- tribute to a fund for widows and or- phans of policemen and firemen killed in line of duty. A survey to determine how many persons have been fleeced in this manner was begun after Precinct De- tectives H. H. Carper and M. B. Moore arrested a man in a liquor store in the 1300 block of Wisconsin avenue. The arrest was made through the co-operation of Jack Killeen, pro- prietor of the store. He called the detectives after he had received a telephone call from a man represen ing himself to be “Sergt. Callahan’ of the Police Department and asking for a contribution, Killeen said. The donation was promised. When the man entered the store, he | reportedly was handed a magked $5 bill by Killeen, the money having been furnished by police. Carper waited in the store during the transaction, it was said, and then arrested the man. The prisoner, who is held for in- vestigation, was quoted by police as saying: “Well, boys, you've got me.” Members of the Detective Bureau eheck and fraud squad said they had received several complaints recently regarding the extortion of money in the name of the Police and Fire De- partment widows. ATTENDANCE RECORD SET BY BOYS’ CLUB Membership and Service Figures Also Surpassed, Fyfe's Re- port Discloses. The Boys' Club of Washington, Inc., ¢closed 1936 with its highest member- ship registration and the largest at- tendance and service record since the club was founded 17 years ago, accord- ing to the December report of Charles M. Fyfe, managing director. During that month of 1936 the club's various facilities were used 21,143 times, as compared with 18,648 times for December in 1935, making a serv- ice increase of 2,495. The average daily service figure of the club for December, 1936, was 846, as compared Wwith 745 for the same month in 1935, The total attendance during Decem- ber last was given as 5,934. In 1935 1t was 4,704. The most popular of the depart- ments Xox;flth; month was that of the games, which totaled a service of 10,574. e The club’'s Georgetown branch showed an average of 125 boys used the .physical department daily, 246 boys the recreation department and 64 the reading room during the month. There were 92 adult visitors at the bfanch in December, WASHINGTON, D. C, Secret Sé'rvice‘Chief Honored William H. Moran, retired chief of the Secret Service (right), is shown with Agent Frank Burke, who acted as toastmaster at a testimonial banquet given in the former Government official’s honor last night. ~—Star Staff Photo. High Officials Honor Moran, Retired Secret Service Chief Testimonial Dinner Given in Recogni- tion of Veteran’s 54 Years in Government. High Government officials and Federal investigators from all over the country paid tribute to William H. Moran, retired chief of the Secret for all you have done now through | nearly four years to insure my own | personal safety and comfort. “Yours has been a long career of SUNDAY WISDOM OF 200 CONTROL SHIFT Fiscal Committee Proposal Would Seriously Alter Status of Collection. SMITHSONIAN ASSISTS IN ACQUIRING ANIMALS Main Question at Issue Is Whether Zoo Will Remain National Institution. ‘The proposal to remove the National | Zoological Park from the administra- | tion of the Smithsonian Institution o | that of the District Commissioners, | contained in the report of the Presi- | dent's Advisory Committee on Fuenl! Relations, would seriously alter the | | status of one of the finest wild animal | | collections in the world, according to 1 Smithsonian officials. | The eventual result, they fear, would | be to reduce to an average small city | 700 what is now a scientific establish- | ment of high standing throughout the | world. The Smithsonian administra- | tion has given the Zoo certain extraor- | dinary advantages. Because of the | association and its national status, it | has been the natural depository of many rare animals and birds which | have come into the hands of Federal agents throughout the world or have | been gathered by scientific expeditions. | The Smithsonian connection has | made possible securing permits from foreign countries for the collection of | rare animals which otherwise seldomi would be granted. A notable case, it was pointed out, was thé Zoo's acqui- sition of a gorilla from the Belgian | Congo reserve a few years ago. The | animals are guarded so zealously that | | one could be removed only through Service, at a testimonial dinner in|varied and valuable service, always | negotiations between the Belgian gov- his honor last night at the Willard | performed with single-minded devo- | ernment and the government of the Hotel. In recognition of his 54 years in | your legion of friends in wishing you | | the Government service, 18 of which | continued good health and the full | discuss the matter yesterday until they | | were spent as head of the Secret! enjoyment through long years to come | have given it further consideration. Service, Moran was presented with the keys to a new automobile and a bound volume of letters written by every man in the service, the first letter from the pen of the President. Text of Letter. 3 The latter follows: | “My Dear Chief: “I cannot allow you to relinquish active work without assuring you of my sincere appreciation of the devoted service which you have rendered to the Government, latterly as chief of the Secret Service Division of the Treasury Department, and previously | through so many years as a faithful member of that organization. desire in a special way to acknowledge the debt which I owe you personally | NEW BRIDGE BIDS T0BE REQUESTED 'Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway Span to Be Lee Boulevard Link. Bids are expected to be called for shortly by the Bureau of Public Roads of the Department of Agriculture for construction of the new traffic bridge | in the Rock Creek and Potomac Park- way, near the Shoreham Hotel, across Rock Creek, officials said yesterday. Plans for the structure are prac- | tically completed by the bureau, but some alterations are necessary to meet | the requirements of the landscape ar- | chitects of the National Park Service. | Drawings are expected to be ready in the next 10 days for the new bridge across Boundary Channel, leading | from Columbia Island to the Virginia | mainland, to hook up with the Lee Boulevard. The Bureau of Public Roads also informed park authorities yesterday | that plans for an extra span in Key _Brldge, at Rosslyn, Va., are progress- ing satisfactorily. Preliminary studies are under way actively and confer- ences with the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, the Fine Arts Commission and the National Capital Parks are being held period- ically to iron out the details. This new arch will afford traffic facilities in the George Washington Memorial Parkway, which will feature a riverside drive up to Great Falls, passing under the Key Bridge, to avoid grade crossings. The money is already in hand for this, officials said, and as soon as plans are completed construc- tion will proceed without delay. A traffic connection with the Lee High- | way at Rosslyn will likewise be made. BAND CONCERT. By the Navy Band, in the sail loft at the Navy Yard, at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Lieut. Charles Benter, leader; Alex- ander Morris, assistant. Program. i Des. concert march, “Skylines”..Alford Overture to “An Irish Comedy”.Ansell Solo for cornet, “La Mandolinata,” Bellstedt Oscar Short. “Nocturne No. 1, in C Minor”__Chopin March, “Franklin D. Roosevelt,” ‘Woodin Song, “Silver Threads Among the Gold” Hymn, “In the Sweet Bye and Bye" March, “Spirit of the Nation,” Mrs. A. Gillett Scotch air, “Loch Lamond.” March, “N. C. 4"____ Solo for trombone, Leaves” Clarence Edwards. March, “That Old Home Town “A Manx Rhapsody” “Idyll” Coates March, “Our Chief’s Call”_Rinkendor{ “The Star Spangled Banner.” And I | | tion to the public good. I join with | of ‘the leisure which you have earned | by such faithful work. | “Very sincerely yours, “(Signed) “FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT.” Served Under 13 Presidents. Speakers pointed out that Moran | ing President Arthur's administration, | that he had served under 13 Presi- urers of the United States (and go. come a toast by Mrs. Marian Bannister, taining no “G-men” were present, |lauded Moran with: “Chief Moran, what-a-man, beat his record if you | can!” Frank Burke, Secret Service agent stationed at the Bureau of Engrav- |ing and Printing, who presided as toastmaster, introduced the follow- ing_speakers: Walter S. Bowen, chief clerk of the Secret Service; Frank A. Birgfeld, chief clerk of the Treasury; Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown; Alvin W. Hall, director of the Buerau of En- graving and Printing; Rear Admiral H. G. Hamlet, retired chief of the Coast Guard; Joseph E. Murphy, for 20 years assistant to Moran; Steven E. Gibbons, Assistant Secertary of the Treasury; Willlam H. McReynolds, administrative assistant to the Secre- tary of the Treasury; James Moyle, commissioner of customs; Rev. John C. Palmer, pastor of the Washington Heights Presbyterian Church; Elmer Irey, chief of the Intelligence Divi- | sion, Internal Revenue Bureau; James L. Wilmeth, former director of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing; Leslie C. Garnett, United States dis- trict attorney; Harry Anslinger, com- missioner of narcotics; Charles R. Schoenman, and Thomas J. Callaghan. Told that his gift automobile was safely locked in the garage at his home, Moran inquired, “Who's go- ing to drive it?"” His wife, who sat beside him, an- swered, “Nervous as I am about driv- ing, I will!” | had entered the Secret Service dur- | | dents and that he had seen 19 treas- | A high light of the testimonial was | assistant treasurer, who after ascer- | country for which it is destined. | Smithsonian officials were loath to | They stressed, however, that the main question at issue is as to whether there shall be a national Zoo or & District of Columbia Zoo. The latter could not pretend to fulfill the func- tions of the former as a depository for | types and as a field for scientific study. ‘The Zoo started, it was pointed out, | in the Smithsonian's “back yard.” | From time to time, the scientific | studies of the institution had required | the use of living animals. Rather than kill these creatures after their imme- | | diate purpose was served former Sec- | retary Samuel P. Langley directed that | | they be kept in cages and pens behind the building. The collection rapidly | grew far beyond the limits of the “available space and Secretary Langley ent park. At that time the bison were near | extinction. Secretary Langley’s work | served these animals. He also was concerned with the preservation of the rapidly disappearing beaver and some other North American mam- mals. The Zoo still is in a position to serve this purpose. Today repre- sentatives of colleges and scientific foundations throughout the United States are constantly carrying on in- vestigations at the park which other- wise would be impossible. The recreational facilities of the Zoo, it is stressed, are entirely sec- ondary. EDITOR TO SPEAK “The New Germany” to Be Sub- ject of Shuster's Talk. George N. Shuster, managing editor of Commonweal, Catholic week- ly, will talk on “The New Germany” tomorrow at 8:30 p.m. in Hurney Memorial Hall, 711 N street. The lecture is under the auspices of the Washington Catholic Radio Hour, which is supervised at the rectory of the Church of the Immaculate Con- | ception, 1315 Eighth street. Inaugural parades were rough fun back in 1885, when Grover Cleve- land rode up Pennsylvania avenue to the cheers of the thousands who were happy that the Democrats were back in power. Marching in line were 15,000 Pennsylvania Na- * tional Guards- men, who halted at Tenth street and Pennsylvania avenue to seize Lieut. Dick Ar- nold, the most dignified member of the police 2 him seve) es Rev. Mr. Bryant into the air. In fact, these Pennsylvanians were so_rough, Richmond Lee Moran re- calls, that the District indemnified the visitors who suffered from their mischief. Even so, Moran, who lives on the top floor of a house at 803 Mount Vernon place, remembers that first Cleveland inaugural as one of the best of the 15 he has seen. His record be- gins with Grant’s second, in 1873. Moran was 7 when an older sister steered him by. the hand through the crowd along Pennsylvania avenue to watch -the great Union general with the red beard ride in his carriage up to the Capitol. 17 Seen U; Bryant. Rev. Arthur D. Bryant of 322 East Capitol street remembers that the March 4, 1873, was so cold that he failed to see the Grant parade—the Fireworks and Gay At Cleveland’s Inaugural Crowds “Several of the West Point cadets and Annapolis midshipmen were al- most frozen to death,” Rev. Mr. Bryant said of Grant's parade. Another who found the weather cold that day is Mrs. Margaret Bradt, - 81, of 3233 Twen- .. ty-eighth street. - She has a griev- k ance against in- augurals because she wasn't al- lowed to march in Grant’s second inauguration pa- rade with the Union Civil War veterans and wear a dress which once be- longed to Mrs. 5 Andrew Jackson, wife of the Presi- Mrs. Bradt dent. It was so cold, however, that Mrs. Bradt isn't so sorry about it after all. “That was about the coldest day of my life” she said. “Besides, they like they used to. a grand sight.” To Be on Hand Wednesday. * Mrs. Bradt says she hasn’t missed That was always 100.C. DOUBTED led the movement to secure the pres- | | initiated the movement which has pre- | ‘| ever, the Public Relations Bureau of the Police Department has been unable | don’t have fireworks along the Avenue | MORNING, JANUARY 17, 1937. Sports—Pages 7 to 11 Handle D.C. Appropriation Bill in House 1—Representative Ross A. Collins, Democrat, of Mississippi, new chairman of the House Subcommittee on Appropriations, shown at his desk. Collins took the job yesterday with the promise to give the Capital a “new deal” as far as financial affairs are concerned. Michigan, the only Republican on the committee. (Story on Page A-1.) STRIING SEANEN | AREAWATEDHERE Police Report No Large ‘In-| flux, but Prepare for Demonstration. Although there were no signs last night of an appreciable increase in the number of striking seamen here, police are keeping a wary eye on entrances to the city for new arrivals to get an idea of what they must cope with if a proposed demonstration develops tomorrow. So far, there has been nothing to | substantiate the prediction of leaders |of the maritime strike that some 15,000 delegates will be massed in the | Capital within the next 24 hours. Except for about two-score picket- | ers at the Commerce Department yes- | terday, a check-up late last night | failed to reveal the presence of addi- tional members of seamen’s unions. Joseph Curran, head of the New | York Strike Committee, announced | several days ago the seamen would | move into Washington from all the large seaports to protest against “continuous discharge books.” which are provided for in a clause in Sena- tor Copeland’s maritime act. ‘The discharge books, the seamen be- lieve, would result in the ultimate “blacklisting” of those who participate in union activities. Patrick Whalen, chairman of the Baltimore Strike Committee, said yes- terday several hundred of the demon- strators already had arrived. How- | to verify Whalen's statement. eight bus loads of seamen .were re- ported to have left New York and that smaller groups from other East- ern cities were understood on the way here. warrents it, Police Supt. Ernest W. Browwy is expected to issue special orders canceling leave to guard against possible developments. P.W. A, WILL SLASH 2,000 FROM PAY ROLL About 300 Workers to Leave “Service Without Prejudice” Are in Washington. Approximately 2,000 P. W: A. ad- ministrative employes, most of whom are now on furlough without pay, will be “separated from the service without prejudice” next month, it was an- nounced last night by Secretary Ickes. About 300 of these employes, it was | said, are stationed in Washington. None has civil service status. Officials said the reduction in per- sonnel was in line with P. W. A's “continuing policy,” in force more than & year, to reduce its staff as the com- pletion of projects permits. During the last six months, the an- nouncement said, some 2,700 non- Federal projects, with a total con- struction cost of $300,000,000, have been completed. New projects, it was pointed out, are not being started as rapidly as old ones are being com- pleted, making the staff reductions possible. . Minnesotans to Dance. Members of Congress from Minne- sota and Gov. Elmer A. Benson and his party will be the guests of hon- or at a dance given jointly by the Minnesota State Society and the Uni- an inauguration since Grant’s and intends to be present Wednesday. Somewhat aside from the subject of inaugurations, Mrs. Bradt confided she was the daughter of a Union veteran and married the son of a Southern slave owner. She also danced once with Ulysses S. Grant, 3d. Like Moran, Rev. Mr. Bryant puts the first Cleveland inauguration at only inauguration ceremony he has | the top. missed since the second Lincoln in- augural, in 1865. He has seen 17 | altogether and is ready to watch an- other Wednesday. “I well remember,” he said, “be- eause of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee's wonder- ful personal charm, bowing gight and left along the Avenue.” 5 versity of Minnesota Alumni Asso- ciation at Wardman Park Hotel Tues- day night. Don De Vol is chairman of the Reteption Committee and Gil- bert E. Hyatt heads the Floor Com- mittee. If the strength of the demonstrators | g Other members of the subcommittee pictured are: (2) Representative Caldwell of Florida, (3) Higgins of Massachusetts and (4) Starnes of Alabama, all Democrats, and (5) Engel of “Lost Convention® Located by Visitor ‘In $3 Taxi Riding A visitor from Chicago came to The Star today to advertise: “Lost, one convention.” He was James T. Vesely, and he had spent $3 on taxicabs try- ing to find the conference of the Federation of Engineers, Archi- tects, Technicians and Chemists. A friend in Chicago gave him an address which turned out to be a drug store. Vesely hurried here by plane to save time, but it was 1 o'clock before he located | | his conference at 808 Seventeenth | | street. NFANTMORTALITY - CONTINUESTORISE Influenza and Pneumonia Contribute to High Rate | in Capital. Washington's infant mortality rate, which during 1936 ranked as one of | uing *far ahead of average, Census January reveal. There has been a general increase in deaths of all age classes due to influenza and pneu- monia, it was reported. | Total infant deaths for the week ending January 9 are far above the the figures, which show 25 deaths of | children under 1 year of age during the week, as compared with a three- year average of only 14 for the same perlod. Of these deaths, 14 were of | white and 11 of colored infants. { The Cm‘sus Bureau report shows | that total ‘deaths of persons of all | ages in Washington were running ahead ‘of the three-year average dur- total being 222 for the week as com- pared with the average of 194. The figures, based on reports from | 86 major cities, show a sharp increase | in deaths for the country generally | during the early part of January. “Without question,” it was explained, “this excessive mortality is the result of widespread increase in influenza and pmeumonia. The effects of the current influenza epidemic have been evident in the mortality reports for ‘this week, and also for the week end- ing January 2, 1937.” The Census Bureau reported yester- day that during 1936 Washington had an infant mortality rate of 72 per 1,000 live births, as compared with a rate of only 59 per 1,000 during 1935. These were for children under 1 vear of age, excluding still births. The 1936 average for 86 cities is 51 infant deaths per 1,000 live births. The total Washington death rate during 1936 amounted to 18.7 per 1,000 population, as compared with 17.1 in 1935 and only Nashville, Tenn., wi:h a total of 19.2, reported a nigher rate. MAN IN HOSPITAL HELD - ON NARCOTIC CHARGES Accused of Possession, Sale and Transportation After Arrest in Downtown Area. William F. Copenhaver, 27, who gave his address as 608 Somerset place, was arrested yesterday and charged with possession, sale and transportation of narcotics. 3 Taken into custody at the cormer of Fifth and G streets, Copenhaver was Jewish Sisterhood Meeting. A meeting of Beth El Talmud Torah Sisterhood will be held at the Syna- gogue, 702 Jefferson street, Tuesday at 8 pm. It was also announced that a card party would_be held the same plice and hour removed to Casualty Hospital and treated for an infection on his right arm and later was transferred to Gallinger Hospital, where he was placed under a police guard. Copenhaver was arrested by De- tective Sergts. Daniel Jones and Charles Mansfield . of the narcotic squad. | the highest in the country, is contin- | Bureau reports for the first part o(' ing the week ending January 9, the | SECOND DIVIDEND |Federal-American Deposi- tors Learn Remaining As- sets Are $2,927,189. ‘With prospects for another divi- | dend to depositors in a few weeks, the Federal-American National Bank & | Trust Co., largest closed bank in | Washington, is shown by the latest | quarterly statement of the receiver, Cary A. Hardee, to have remaining assets of an estimated value of $2,- 927,189.63. No definite indication is forthcom- | ing as to how soon the dividend can of this bank, nor how large a dividend it will be. But the figures of the | ;bemg shaped into condition for pay- | ment of the second dividend. | First Dividend 50 Pct. | ~ First dividend was paid out of this | bank in September, 1933, amounting | to 50 per cent. On this first dividend, | the conservator and receiver have paid | to depasitors a total of $4.182,531.46, ‘or which $3,885,604 was paid by the | conservator. The Reconstruction Finance Corp. 110|n of $2.348,425.97 has been en- | tirely repaid. Collections of stock assessment are shown to be high, with $1,200,824.96 1paid by stockholders out of a total | assessment of $2,000,000 on the cap- | ital stock. | Unsecured Liabilities, | Unsecured liabilities at the date of The police did say, however, that| 8Verage in Washington, according to | suspension of the bank, March 3, | 1933, stood at $9,332,245.87, repre- ‘seming the money owed to general | depositors. Receiver’s certificates have | been issued for the great majority of | this, but most of these certificates are being held at the office of the receiver for depositors. There are un- secured liabilities listed as neither “paid or proved,” amounting to $241,- 24434, The cost of liquidation of the bank | is shown to be $530,950.90, which is less than the income from the assets listed as $704,157.49 collected from interest, premium, rents and other sources. Cash in the hands of the receiver and the controller of the currency is TRADE GROUP JOINS ADDED GAS TAX WAR ried by D. C. Motorists Will Be Opposed. The Washington Automotive Trade Association has joined with the Key- stone Automobile Club in the latter’s | fight against proposals which would | mean a greater tax burden on mo- torists, the club announced yester- day. A special committee appointed by Oscar Coolican, president of the au- tomohile dealers’ organization, to study the proposed tax increase, committed the association to cam- paign actively to obtain signatures to the petition circulated by the Key- stone Club. Addressed to the District Commis- sioners, the petition asks them “to reject any measure imposing addi- tional taxes upon motor vehicle own- ers or users, or diverting to general purposes of the District government any part of the tax contributions of motorists, which should in all justice be dedicated to the construction, maintenance and policing of high- ‘ways.” . The enlistment of the trade asso- ciation in the campaign was hastened by the recent report on fiscal rela- tions ‘between the Federel and Dis- trict governments which may result in a $10,000,000 tax increase. If proposed legislation .succeeds, a spokesman for the association de- clared, more than $2,000,000 will be exacted annually from Washington automobile mg BY BANK LIKELY be paid to the thousands of depositors | report show that the receivership is Proposals to Increase Burden Car-| PAGE B—1 NINE LOCAL BILLS ARE GIVEN TO KING BY DISTRICT HEADS {Uniform Sales and Lunacy Measures Are Among Those Submitted. |SENATE COMMITTEE TO MEET THIS WEEK Primary Purpose Will Be to Act on Nominations of Hazen and Allen. BY J. A. O'LEARY. A batch of nine local bills, includ- ing the proposed uniform sales law and a new method of handling lunacy proceedings here, were submitted 1o Chairman King of the Senate District Committee by the Commissioners late yesterday, as the chairman planned to call the first meeting of the com- mittee during the coming week. The primary purpose of the initial meeting, however, will be to act on the nominations of the two civilian Commissioners, Melvin C. Hazen and George E. Allen, who were reap- pointed by President Roosevelt last week for another three-year term. Confirmation of the appointments by the Senate is expected without delay following action by the committee. Meanwhile, Senator King, as chair- man of the District Airport Commis- sion, went before the House subcom- mittee handling the first deficiency appropriation bill yesterday afternoon to ask for inclusion of the $10,000 authorized by the last Congress to cover the expenses of the commis- sion appointed to recommend an air- port site to this Congress. King to Study Legislation. The nine pieces of legislation sub- | mitted by the Commissioners yester- }day will be studied by King early this week, before he introduces them in | the Senate. It is not certain, there- ! fore, whether all of these measures will be ready for consideration at the | committee’s first meeting, the date | for which has not been set. | In addition to the two previously | mentioned, the seven other bills ! recommended by the city heads deal with the following subjects: To amend the police salary law by { dividing the detective force into two pay classes, but with all the plain | clothes men brought under control of |the chief of detectives. Under ex- isting law all policemen assigned to detective work must be given $600 & year additionral compensation. The bill provides for class 1, detectives, at $600 a year extra, and class 3, at $240 a year extra. | A bill making-it a misdemeanor to ‘lrespnss on public school property, subject to a penalty of $25 fine, | Weights and Measures. An amendment to the weights and measures law to fix standard size con- | tainers for coal when it is sold in packages. An amendment to the optometry |law to allow any mercantile establishe ment to operate a department of opto- metry, provided it is supervised by a licensed optometrist. A change in the gasoline tax law to require importers, from whom the city collects the tax, to post a bond in an amount three times the estimated monthly tax due, to facilitate collec- tions. A bill to aid in prevention of blind- | ness in infants born in the District by authorizing the Health Department to provide certain preventive facilities. Uniform Sales Bill. A measure to clarify the authority of the Public Utilities Commission and | other District agencies to fix penalties ! for the enforcement of orders and regulations affecting the routing, stop- | ping, or loading and unloading of common carrier vehicles. | The uniform sales bill is designed | to clarify the existing laws of tha | District relating to the sale of goods, by defining the legal conditions and | questions relating to the subject. It is | similar to the uniform sales law adopt- ed in 42 of the States.” It passed the Senate in the last Congress, but did not reach final enactment. | The lunacy bill would set up a com- mission of experts to investigate and | report to the court the best disposition to be made of mental observation cases. At present such cases are tried by jury | in the District Court. The Commis- | sioners said in transmitting the bill | that every effort has been made to | preserve the right to trial by jury, | when it is asked for, or when the | court on its own initiative propose: | that course. |BOY CHOKED WITH BELT AS ROBBER TAKES $1.95 Newspaper Carrier Loses His Col- lection Money to Colored Assailant A 10-year-old colored newsboy was the victim last night of a robber who used his victim's belt with which choke him and take the boy's collec~ tions of $1.95. The child, Robert Brooks, colored, 941 O street, said he was grabbed by a colored man, dragged into Blagden's court. and choked with the belt while his assailant searched his pockets. After taking his money, the youth told police, the man tied the belt to a parked automobile and fled. Brooks said he effected his own release, since his hands were left free. “KEEP OFF THE GRASS” IS PARK OFFICIAL’S PLEA Damage to grass in the parks caused by pedestrians taking short cuts has become so serious that Frank T. Gartside, assistant superintendent of National Capital Parks, yesterday is- sued a plea to the public to co-oper- ate in preserving Washington's beauty. “Play over an entire plot of grass does not do as much damage as the repeated beat of feet over a given path,” Gartside said, pointing out that barren paths now stretch acroas the Ellipse, the Mall and the Washe« ington Monumehnt grounds,