Evening Star Newspaper, January 18, 1937, Page 5

INCREASE INFUNDS FOR RELIEF ASKED Congress Group Presents - Demands for Addition to President’s Request. By the Assoclated Press. A group of Senators and Represen- tatives presented to a House Appro- priations Subcommittee today de- | mands for a substantial increase in President Roosevelt’s request for $790,- 000,000 to finance “reovery and relief” for the next five months. Headed by Senators Schwellenbach, Democrat, of Washington, and Pope, Democrat, of Idaho, the group ap- pealed for special consideration for States ravaged by drought and bur- dened by an influx of thousands of *“impoverished drought families.” Others in the delegation included Representatives O'Connor, Democrat, of Montana; Pierce, Democrat, of Oregon; Martin Smith, Democrat, of Washington, and Voorhis, Democrat, of Californoa. The Works Progress Administration disclosed yesterday it was continuing | to pare down relief jobs. Administrator Harry L. Hopk'ms‘ said the number of W. P. A. cases has been reduced by 96,000 to 2,187,944 in the two weeks ending December 26. This brought the relief load close | to the 2,000,000 mark—a hypothetical level indicated by the President when he asked Congress last week to appro- priate $650,000,000 to carry W. P. A. and similar programs through the five remaining months of the fiscal ye: He asked for another $140,000,000 as & sort of reserve fund he hoped would be carried over into the next fiscal year. ' THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., MONDAY, JANUARY 18, 1937 Cottage City Man Solves Parking and Smash-up Problems. 47-YEAR-OLD Cottage City man has been riding a bi- cycle to and from his job in | the Agriculture Department work day, rain or shine, for more than 16 years. Alan Leighton, senior chemist in the Bureau of Dairy Industry, has he was 9 years old—first in his native Concord, N. H, and subsequently in Denver, Akron and Pittsburgh, where he worked before coming to Washing- “Except for about three years, when I was working my way through college and couldn’t afford to do anything but walk,” Leighton said today, “I've never gave me my first one as & birthday gift.” | Allowing for Sundays, holidays and other days off, Leighton figures his 3,600 miles a year. | “That,” he pointed out, “totals about 57,600 miles, or more than twice the circumference of the earth, and near- he added somewhat proudly, “I've had only one very minor accident! That was when I ran into the suddenly opened door of & parked automobile.” mishaps, Leighton practices balancing himself on his “bike” while it is at a standstill As additional safety measures, hand brake, to supplement the regu- | lar coaster brake, and both front and | rear lights. | “There are a lot of times when your Cycles to Work 16 Years INDIANA'S STRIKE LIKELY T0 SPREAD Rail Employes Demand 209, Raise—Some Resent 121/2% Ruling. By the Associated Press. TERRE HAUTE, Ind., January 18.— Union spokesmen pointed out today the possibility that a strike of In- diana railroad employes which left this city without street car or bus serv- ice might spread over the State. The railroad operates seven lines in Indiana, including a line from In- dianapolis to Louisville, Ky., and em- ploys more than 1,200° persons. Members of the Amalgamated Asso- ciation of Street and Electric Railway and Motor Coach Employes of America called the strike here yesterday to sup. port their demand for a 20 per cent wage increase. Hundreds Forced to Walk. Taxicabs were at a premium today and hundreds of persons were forced to walk to work. Approximately 100 men picketed the railroad property, but there were no reports of violence. Bowman Elder, receiver of the rail- road, said no attempt to operate the lines here would be made. “Any attempt to operate street rail- way service might result in personal injuries and destruction of property,” he explained. Superior Court Judge Herbert Wilson recently ordered at Indianapolis that the lines be abandoned after railroad officials declared they could not pay & 20 per cent wage increase asked by & board of arbitration. The judge dis- solved the order when a majority of employes signed a petition agreeing to son’s approval of the 121; per cent increase » an assault. on the very structure "of collective bargaining from an unexpected source.” He did not indicate whether other strikes would be called by sympathetic labor groups. Terre Haute was the scene of a general strike a year and a half ago, and troops were dispatched to preserve order. PRESIDENT AT SERVICE President Roosevelt motored through & cold rain to church yesterday, then returned to the White House to de- vote an afternoon and evening to work on his inauguration address. Attending church services with him were Mrs. Roosevelt and their small grandchildren, Eleanor and Curtis Vhy don a scalp RECEPTION IS PLANNED Headed by Gov. and Mrs. Olin John- son, South Carolina's delegation to the inauguration, will attend an open house reception in the ball room of the National Press Club from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday. ‘The affair is sponsored by South Carolinians in Washington, and Charles E. Jackson is chairman of the committee in charge. — Two Die as Trains Crash. SANTA CLARA, Cuba, January 18 (#).—Two passenger trains of the Cuba Northern Railroad collided near Vene- gas, Santa Clara Province, yesterday, killing the engineer and fireman of one train. Several passengers were reported injured. specialist?” BY PHILIP H. LOVE. —a distance of about 14 miles—every been “wheeling,” as he calls it, since ton in 1920. been without a bicycle since my father wheeling has averaged approximately 1y all over busy Capital streets. And,” To keep himself in shape to avoid !!.gxghum'ls bicycle is equipped with & pedals aren’t in position for quick ap- Senator La Folloette, Wisconsin Pro- | plication of the coaster brake,” he ex- gressive, joined the opposition move, | plained, “and then the hand brake— saying that “personally, I think the gwnich is attached to the handlebars President’s recommendation for a de- ] and works on the front wheel-yis a ficiency appropriation of $790,000,000 | jifesaver. I also have a generator on 1s inadequate.” ! my front wheel to keep my batteries The deficiency appropriation will be | necessary within a week or two because the $1.425,000,000 appropriated by the last Congress is almost exhausted. Floods (Continued From First Page.) River rose to a 30-foot stage, four feet above the flood mark. A hundred W. P. A. workers and 30 United States engineers worked on three levees near Newport. Ouachita River flood waters inundated a 7-mile area in Southwest- ern Arkansas. Near Paragould, Ark., the St. Francis gouged two large breaks in the levee, flooding some 7,000 acres and marooning 4 hundred homes. Light rains brought a rise in streams throughout Indiana, but flood crests moved south toward the Ohio River. High water kept many State roads closed. W. C. Devereaux, Cincinnati meteor- ologist and flood expert, predicted residents along the Ohio River would not be menaced further unless rains were heavy. In the Youngstown area the Mahoning River rose dangerously. ‘The Pennsylvania Railroad planned to reroute trains at Niles, where flooded tracks hampered rail traffic last week. ‘The Wabash River rase 7.8 feet above flood stage at Mount Carmel, 111, forcing 100 families to evacuate their lowland homes. The waters of the Kaskaskia River spread over half (l:.f ?yette County, flooding much farm nd. Most of the Northwest was visited with frigid temperatures and snow. A cold wave sent temperatures below freezing in the California citrus belt. Spokane entered its twenty-second consecutive day of freezing tempera- tures and more snow was in store. ‘Temperatures hovered near the zero | mark in Montana, Minnesota, North Dakota and Nebraska. It was 6 below | ployment Center; Maj. Daniel J. Dono- strong enough to assure plenty of light.” Leighton’s son and daughter—John, 18, and Constance, 14—also are bi- cycle enthusiasts. “My wife is the only member of the family who doesn’t ride a bike,” he pointed out. “I used to ride the kids on mine—on an extra saddle I had put on—until they got old enough to manage one of their own. Both of them have had wheels now since they were about 7 or 8." JOBLESS PROBLEN TOPIC OF PARLEY Three Prominent Speakers, to Lead Discussion Here Tonight. ‘The problem of unemployment and | methods to alleviate it will be dis- cussed under direction of three promi- nent speakers by the Monday Evening Club tonight. The meeting is sched- uled for 8 o'clock in Barker Hall, Y. W. C. A. Reports will be presented by sub- committees of the club's division of unemployment that have made ex- haustive studies of three phases of the unemployment situation. C. E. Lamson, director of the District Em- van, District auditor, and William Green, president of the American Fed- eration of Labor, will make the pres- entations and lead the discussion for the subcommittees. The subcommittees were appointed zero in Duluth last night. D.A.V.SPEAKERS CHOSEN Judge Froome Babbour of Cincin- nati, national commander of the Dis- abled American Veterans, and Brig. Gen. Frank T. Hines, administrator of veterans' affairs, will address the annual dinner of the District depart- ment of D. A. V. tonight in the au- ditorium of the National Press Club. Dr. C. H. Anderson, department commander, will preside. Guests will include 20 D. A. V. 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