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D. C. SUPPLY BILL HEARINGS T0 OPEN IN HOUSE TUESDAY Commissioners to Be First Witnesses Called by Collins. DONOVAN AND OEHMAN MAY TESTIFY SAME DAY Subcommittee Chairman Pledges Fullest Consideration for All Items. WASHINGTON, Rhode Island, Sick of Racing Evils, Hopes District Takes By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. its hands. horse track to be built at the Benning Rhode Island's interest lies in the obtained. sport has been an amazing affair, both to the State itself and the country in Armed with a mass of information obtained in its extensive personal in- spection tour of the District and its institutions, the House District Appro- priations Subcommittee will open hear- ings Tuesday on the 1938 District sup- ply bill, | Representative Collins, Democrat, of Mississippi, chairman of the subcom- | mittee, who was “highly gratified” ai | the results of the subcommittee’s efforts | to secure first-hand information on | items proposed in the estimates, plans | to call the Commissioners as the first Wwitnesses at the executive hearings. general, and any understanding of | the State’s experiences and reactions | requires at least a hastily drawn pic- | ture of the background. In short, it | has been similar to a grand intoxica- tion with the hangover now firmly established. Typical New England State, Rhode Island boasted of the money in its banks in the old days and built its whole life around those virtues of thrift. For years a stalwart sports- man from the Newport area had at- tempted to gain enactment of a horse- racing bill, but complete failure at- tended his efforts. Deluge of Propaganda. ‘The change came with the political upheaval of 1932 and the citizenry | Little Rhody's venture into the turf Experience With Flood of Gambling Cash Like Grand Intoxication From W hich Public Has Bitter Hangover. PROVIDENCE, R. 1., February 6.—Rhode Island, by and large, would be grateful to the District of Columbia for taking the horse racing industry off ‘That, in part at least, would be the result of enactment of the bill now pending in Congress to legalize pari-mutuel betting in the District, with a site. fact that Walter E. O'Hara, the boss of Narragansett Park, holds an option on the Benning location and admittedly is planning to build and operate a track there if congressional permission is | merous other jobs are reported to be patronage of politicians. Controversies on the council floors of both Pawtuckett and East Providence, in which part of the track property is located, have revolved around the effect such issues might have on Nar- ragansett enterprise—and have been | | the District. decided without exception in favor of the track powers. Rhode Island’s foes of the racing in- dustry call this political condition by the unpleasant name of “corruption.” - As stated previously, such a condi- tion might not prevail were racing to | come to the District, but the Demo- cratic Providence News-Tribune, owned by United States Senator Peter G. ‘Grrry. made the following interesting editorial comment last Fall: “O'Hara is said to wield great in- D. C., SUNDAY o s ] The Sundlx MORN Y Stad NG, FEBRUARY 7, 1937. Sports—Pages 7 to 11 FEDERATIUN V[HES A Good Time at the Trade Board Dinner STRONG PROTEST 10 RAGING BILLS Citizens’ Group Will Seek to Block Measures Before Congress. PARKING BANS URGED TO SPEED TRAFFIC Action to Keep Main Arteries Clear During Rush Hours Is Advocated. Overriding a small, but determined minority, the Federation of Citizens’ Association last night strongly pro- tested passage of bills, now before Congress, to legalize horse racing in Copies of the resolution are to be sent to the Senate and House District Board of Trade officials gre Committees and laid before “key” members of both Houses, under plans announced by George E. Sullivan, chairman of the Laws and Legislation Committee, who sponsored the move. In another action the federation urged the Commissioners to ban parking, or the “stopping and stand- ing,” of trucks or vehicles during rush streets et their distinguished guests. Left to right: Secretary of War Woodring, Edward F. Colladay, first vice president of the board, Edgar Morris, president of the board; Senator Theodore Green, Republican, of Rhode Island. PAGE B—1 BOARD OF TRADE HALLS PROSPERITY RETURN T0 . §. “Speechless” Dinner Motif Is “Show Boat” of Fer- ber Fame. NOTED GUESTS CROSS GANGPLANK TO ENTER 800 Attend Feast and Cheer Cleve er Program—Morris Leads in Greetings. With a speechless dinner, the Board of Trade last night celebrated the re- cent strides toward the return of prosperity. Ambassadors, cabinet officers, mem- bers of Congress and the leading citi- zens of Washington gathered in the Mayflower Hotel to eat, sing and loud- ly applaud a stage show modeled after the “Show Boat” of Edna Ferber, In the interest of local color sounds of swishing waves, a gale at sea and a lively steam calliope, the chief come- on musical instrument of a real show" boat, were emitted nt intervals through three loud-speakers in the lobby outside the ball room of the hotel. Over the entrance to the space ree periods on designated as fluence in Congress and may be able | arterial highways. The move was to force through the betting bill next | recommended by Harry S. Wender of Winter.” the Safety Committee in revising a resolution of the Petworth Citizens' Association. Commissioners Joined Trip. | b : Commissioner Hazen and Engineer | found itself deluged with propaganda for legalized betting and racing. In Commissioner Sultan accompanied s e i ity aboat Collins and other members of the suv- | a0 off-clection referendum with aboul !one-lmrd of the qualified voters go- committee on their initial inspection e mr:rlr;“ Tu(ldav cflmmm;mm?c‘,\“m ing to the polls, the project was given | (Note: Another story on what rac- | i | ing has meant to Rhode Island will | served for the diners was a large sign announcing “Show Boat." Guests Cross Gangplank. ‘To gain admission to the ball room and the annual dinner guests crossed toured with the group the following day when it visited the District Jail, | Gallinger Hospital and other institu- tions. Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, District auditor and budget officer, also is ex- pocted to testify at the initial hear- ing. and, if time permits, the subcom- mittee will call Col. John W. Ochman, building inspector. It is expected the hearing of the five officials will com- prise the complete schedule Tuesday. It is considered likely the subcom- mittee will try to find some means of improving certain undesirable condi- tions pointed out during the four-day inspection trip. Chairman Collins was outspoken in his criticism of the fa- cilities of many of the institutions he visited. Every Item to Be Considered. At the same time he promised that every item proposed in the supply bill will be given the subcommittee’s fullest consideration. Collins was critical of the present headquarters of the Metropolitan "Po- lice Department, describing the build- | ing as “the worst one we \isited.” He indicated he would do everything pos- sible to make provision for a new struc- ture. The supply bill, as reported by th> Budget Burcau, carrier no provi- s.on for such a project. ‘ The chairman also placed high on his priority list the proposed construc- tion of a new Jefferson Junior High School in Southwest Washington, and the need for improvements at the Children’s Receiving Home. Collins said one of the things that dmpressed him during his tour was the efficiency of officials of certain insti- gutions included in the tour. ILLNESS PREVENTS | TOMLINSON ADDRESS Michael F. Doyle to Take Place on Washington Town Hall Program Tonight. Edward Tomlinson, journalist and noted authority on South American economics, who was scheduled to speak before the Town Hall oi Washington tonight, was stricken with influenza in Philadelphia and will not be able to appear here, Town Hall officials learned yesterday. His place as principal speaker will be taken by Michael Francis Doyle, Philadelphia lawyer, who has been chairman of the American Committee at Geneva since 1223, it was an- nounced. The subject will be “The | Inter-American Conference at Buenos Aires.” Doyle was delegate plenipo- tentiary with the American repre- | ;enlatives at the Buenos Aires par- ey. On the panel will be Assistant Sec- retary of Commerce Ernest Draper, | Representative Caroline O'Day of New | York, member of the women's dele- gation to the Buenos Aires confer- ence, and Harold Hinton, who repre- sented the New York Times at the parley. Dr. John W. Studebaker, com- missioner of education, will preside. Tonight's session will mark the beginning of the second half of Town Hall's third season. The list of speak- ers for the remainder of the season includes James P. Warbasse, Abbe Ernest Dimnet, Dr. Howard Haggard, Stuart Chase, Count de Roussy de Saies, Hugo Culeman, Salvador de Madariaga, Rabbi Stephen Wise and ‘William Lyon Phelps. | | | | MRS. GRANT TO PRESIDE AT NEW YORK PARLEY Director of D. C. Tuberculosis As- sociation to Attend Christmas Seal Conference. Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, managing director of the District of Columbia ‘Tuberculosis Association, has accepted the appointment of the National Tu- berculosis Association to serve as the presiding officer of the post-Christmas seal sale conference to be held Thurs- day, February 11, at the Essex House, New York City. The executives of tuberculosis asso- diations in the larger cities of all the Eastern States are expected to take part in this meeting for the purpose of discussing factual information about the results of the last annual sale of Christmas seals and to con- sider methods of making the next seal sale more successful. Another confer- ence for the tuberculosis executives of the Middle Western States will he held in Chicago February 1f tc deal with seal sale problems. Dr. Kendall Emerson, mane - ing di- rector of the National Tuberculosis Association, will make the leading ad- dress at the New York conference. - public indorsement and the hysteria really set in. In an amazingly short time O'Hara {and his associates raised sufficient | funds to purchase a site and build a 1$2,000.000 plant in Pawtucket, ad- vantageously located in a densely populated metropolitan area of some 500,000 persons. With ballyhoo and fanfare the physical structure of the Nt grew almost overnight, big races were scheduled and Narragansett be- came the sensation of the track world. Almost daily new records were set for betting totals and the whole State underwent an economic convulsion that has reduced it to its present condition of “the jitters.” By the Rhode Island law, 10 per | cent is taken from the betting pool with 6! per cent of this, plus break- age, going to the racing assoclation and 3!, per cent going to the State. In three years, the State's share has averaged about $1,000,000 yearly. That of the track has approached $2,000,000, on the straight percentage cut with the breakage amounting to about $250,000 additional. Consisting of the odd pennies, after bets are paid off to tile nearest nickel, this breakage, incidentally, amounts to about three-quarters of 1 per cent of the betting total, thus bringing the total track percentage to about 7'j, instead of the more generally reported 612, Admittedly, of course, all this high finance has resulted in two distinct and vigorous schools of opinion on ! the effects of horse-race betting in a commmunity. Business men, for instance, differ in their reactions, de- pending largely upon their line of business. Sportsmen, too, differ, de- pending largely upon whether they subscribe to the theory that racing is sport or just a business. Vociferous Disapproval. Churchmen and others closely con- | cerned with the moral welfare of a | community are virtually unanimous in their disapproval. Those of Rhode Island have voiced that disapproval vociferously, in a’ way which will be detailed in a subsequent story. Bank- ers are almost united in their disap- proval and a cross-section of those who fancy themselves as the “decent people” seem to have reached a simi- lar stage of opposition in Rhode Island. Many bases for their objections are cited by different groups. but one seems universal in Rhode Island. Whether it might become a factor in the District of Columbia may not bz accurately foretold. Specifically, the objection is that | the horse racing industry has intruded itself in almost every level of Rhode Island politics—and to such a degree that politics is more the foot ball of racing than vice versa. Government itself, in fact, seems to have become dependent upon the whims of the racing industry as con- stituted here. And today Democratic Gov. Bob Quinn admits freely that ngttence of a strong pro-racing bloc in both branches of the General As- sembly absolutely dooms any attempt to lsglslale adversely on an industry Wwhichi presumably was brought into being by and is under the regulation of this same assembly. Gov. Quinn, for instance, has ad- mitted his conviction that the State's share of the betting pool should be increased and that the breakage should come to the State Treasury rather than to that of the Narragan- sett Racing Association. He has said, further, that he would sign a bill effecting -these changes—and he has admitted in the next breath that such legislation would have no chance of passage over the opposition of the pro-racing blocs. Open Political Power. So openly has this political power of the racing industry been admitted that the track management informed the General Assembly by letter that “we would feel it imperative to keep the park closed unless the sections regarding take and breakage in the original bill remain as passed.” The threat holds, the letter also said, “if the present racing bill is changed in any form.” The foundation for this political power lies in the open alliance be- tween the track management and the Democratic machine of Pawtucket. a political organization that holds the city in complete control. As part of its contribution to that alliance, the track management publishes a weekly newspaper which devotes much of its space tc excoriation of all political foes of the McCoy machine in Paw- tucket. Among these foes, inciden- tally, is the State Democratic organi- zation headed by Gov. Quinn. Lesser manifestations of the degree to which the racing industry has linked itself with politics are found in the fact that members of city and town councils in the immediate area have held jobs at the track, while nu- 4 | appear later in The Star.) CIVIL SERVICE UNIT 0t {Senate Committee Will Give | Moore Chance to Give Views on Bill, BY J. A. O'LEARY. A bill to prevent the Civil Service Commission from rejecting applicants for Government jobs solely because of age, if they are otherwise duly qualified. would be in conflict with the President's program, the commis- sion advised Congress yesterday. Eenator Moore, Democrat, of New Jersey, author of the measure, will be given an opportunity to present his views on the question, however, when the Senate Civil Service Com- | mittee meets, Chairman Bulow, Demo- | crat, of South Dakota said resterday | afternoon. Before fixing a time for the meet- | | inj | g, Senator Bulow is waiting for other reports from the Civil Service Commission on the McCarran pay bill, and the two pending measures to | put postmasters under civil service. The first meeting probably will be | corfined to deciding on the order in | which the committee should ‘ake up | the various bills. Public hearings arc expected to be held on the pay in- crease proposal and the postmaster measures. Ramspeck Bill Passed. | The House has passed the Ramspeck bill to bring first, second and third | class postmasters within civil service and to give postal employes a chance | for promotion to postmaster. There is another bill on the same subject by | Senator O'Mahoney, Democrat, of | Wyoming, and Bulow has asked the civil service officials to analyze both | measures before hearings are held. In defending age limits in eivil | service examinations, the commission pointed out that the retirement law contemplates clerical empioyes going on the retired list at 70 after at least 15 years of service. | This requirement, the report stated, |1s the basis for the commission’s | action in fixing 53 as the maximum | |age for clerical and similar depart- | mental examinations. “This provides sufficient time for holding and rating of the examina- tion, and for a period of eligibility on | the register, so that when a person is appointed from such examination there is reasonable assurance that he | will have served 15 years by the time | he reaches the maximum retirement age of 70,” the report continued. Fears Defeat of Purpose. “If the Congress should approve the bill as introduced, it would bring about the condition which the retirement act was enacted to correct. The commis- slon is advised it would be in conflict with the program of the President.” Previously the letter had emphasized the need for age limits for learner, or apprentice, positions, and also for jobs requiring a high degree of man- ual dexterity. Earlier ages for retire- ment also are fixed by existing law for certain groups in the postal serv- ice, in mechanical lines of employment 6r in hazardous jobs. Senator Moore has provided in his bill, however, that the retirement act would not apply to any appointments made under the measure, The bill pro- vides that no applicant for admission to the classified civil service, who is otherwise qualified as provided by law, could hereafter be held ineligible solely by reason of having attained the maxi- mum age prescribed by regulations. The question of age limits on admis- sion to the Government service has been the subject of controversy on previous occasions. . Miss Hallam to Lecture. Miss Anna Maud Hallam, educator and psychologist, will deliver the first of a series of lectures at 11 a.m., Feb- ruary 18, at the Sulgrave Club. Her topic for the first lecture will be “The Psychology of Citizenship and - the Youth of America.” On February 19 and 22 she will discuss “Peace That Justifies Its Objective” and “The Phil- osophy of Life,” respectively. Artists Invited to Lecture. P. W. Weber of Philadelphia will speak on “Chemistry and Physics of Painting” at Corcoran School of Art at 3:30 p.m. tomorrow. Artists are invited to the lecture, which is free. L} NDS AGE LIMIT | funds Debates Over Racing. Heated debate ensued over the rac- ing action, although the federation previously had opposed similar legis- lation. The Sullivan resolution declared the federation recognizes no sound- ness in any contention advanced in favor of the bill, such as those that it is futile to afford any protection against commercialized gambling or that responsible taxpayers desire or welcome raising of additional tax “from the victims of com- mercialized gambling as a means of lessening their own burden.” Several Delegates opposed to the racing bill, however, opposed inclusion in the report of a quotation from an 1892 decision by a Tennessee court, severely condemning gambling, but they were outvoted. Sponsors of the resolution held this was a strong statement on the case | which could be used effectively in a | fight against the proposed legislation. ‘The opinion reads: “There is implanted inthe nature of | man an inclination to gamble, which | of all others is most difficult to bring within restraints of law. Like other passions which agitate the great mass of the community, it lies dormant until once aroused, and then with the contagion and fury of pes(ilence.‘ it sweeps morals, motives to honest | pursuits and industry into the vortex of vice; unhinges the principles of religion and common honesty; the mind becomes ungovernable, and is | destroyed to all useful purposes; chances of successful gambling alone are looked to for prosperity in me.“ even for the daily means of sub- sistence. Gaming Called General Evil. “Governments legislate to suppress | gereral evils, without reference to pos- sible or probable exceptions. Gaming, as a general evil, leads to vicious in- clinations, destruction of morals, aban- donment of industry and honest em- ployment, a loss of self-control and respect. Frauds, forgeries, thefts make up the black catalogue of crime, the closing scene of which generally ends in highway robbery and murder.” Mrs. Elizabeth T. Sullivan, delegate from the Progressive Citizens' Asso- ciation of Georgetown, moved un- successfully that this be stricken from the resolution. A fight for the bill was led by R. W. Hawkins and R. M. Darrah, both of the Benning Association. “Thousands are being wagered on horse races each day,” Hawkins said. “When is the federation going to help us get some developments for our section? You already have prevented the Gobel abattoir. If you will not let us have anything, why not cut our section off from the District and give it back to Maryland?” Names Horse Owners. “Commissioner Hazen raises horses, doesn’t he?” Darrah argued. “Don't you suppose he places a bet now and then. Isn't he a good man? And how about Admiral Cary T. Grayson, doesn’t he ever place a bet? Aren't they good people?” William McK. Clayton of Bright- wood promptly retorted: “I'll answer that. If Hazen and Grayson bet on the races, they are not good or great because of that; they would be greater men if they didnit. “I don't believe the federation will cloud its escutcheon by inviting the race track operators, and the touts that follow them, to come here to the Na- tional Capital,” he added. The Commissioners were urged to make no change in the present regu- lation providing for suspension of permits of automobile drivers con- victed of driving 35 miles an hour or faster in either the 22 or 30 mile speed zones. It was recommended t! the Commissioners reject a pro- posal by traffic advisers to permit a speed of 45 miles an hour in the 30 mile zones before permits may be sus- pended. Bill Amendments Urged. Several amendments to the bill pro- posing creation of a lunacy commis- sion to take over cases now tried be- fore juries in District Court were urged by the federation, which asked that the amended measure be enacted. Mrs. Marie F. Maddox of Colum- bia Heights waged .a strong but un- successful fight to restate the measure so subjects of lunacy hearings shall be given the right to jury trials, which would have to be granted unless waived in each case by the subject, or his legal spokesman. The bill now provides for jury trials, upon request. On motion by Wender, the federa- tion urged speed in elimination of the Bates road railroad grade crossing, which now is scheduled under a Fed- eral grant to the District. Congress was urged to widen Third, Fourth and Seventh streets and to open Ninth street through the Mall, at Federal cost, prior to the closing of [ sissippi River showboat. assistant purser. TRAFFC FATALITY | 1TTHTHS YEAR | Moses Herman, 50, Shoe Store Proprietor, Suc- cumbs to Injuries. The seventeenth fatality of the year, one more than at this time last year, was marked up against District traffic yesterday with the death of Moses Herman, 50, of 717 H street northeast, victim of an accident Wednesday. He died at Casualty Hos- pital. Herman, a shoe store proprietor, was struck at an intersection near his home by an automobile said by | police to have been operated by | Harry Hodkinson, 39, of 2009 Gales | street northeast. In accidents reported during the last 24 hours, three persons were in- jured, one of them seriously. The worst mishap was a colhsioni between a taxicab and a privale ve- hicle at Adams Mill road and Kenyon | street. ! William H. Brown, 58, assistant to the general controller of the Bureau of Commerce Maritime Commission, a | passenger in the taxi, was taken to | | Garfield Hospital with a fractured | | skull and other injuries. | Edward S. Coffey, 305 Rock Creek | | Church road, driver of the private car, | was charged with reckless driving at | | No. 10 precinct after being treated at | Garfield for a lacerated forehead. The taxi driver, George W. Carker, } 4335 Barker street- southeast, was un= | injured, according to the police report. ‘The other person hurt was 5-year- old Arnold Rollman, 1522 Neal street northeast, who was bruised about the face and back when struck by a back- | ing machine at Bladensburg road and | Neal street northeast. ALUMNI OF DELTA CHI T0 HONOR U. J. FAGAN Luncheon Will Be Held Tuesday for Assistant Dean of G. U. Law School. The Washington Alumni of the Georgetown Chapter of the Delta Chi, professional law fraternity, will hold a luncheon Tuesday at 12:30 p.m. at ‘Wesley Hall, 1703 K street, in honor of Assistant Dean U. J. Fagan of George- town Law School. The following officers were elected at a recent meeting of the chapter: Robert Calkins of Illinois, president; Edward Fitzgerald of Connecticut, vice president; Douglas McKay of New York, secretary; Harold J. Connors of Massachusetts, treasurer; Oliver Bruce of Maryland, recorder; John J. Kearns of New York, sergeant-at-arms. Cal- kins succeeds Frederic Cuneo. The active and alumni chapters will hold a smoker for the pledges Friday at 9 p.m. at Wesley Hall. Sixth street, as contemplated in the plans for -erection of the National Gallery of Art, to be donated by An- drew W. Mellon. The federation pre- viously had opposed the closing of Sixth street in the Mall, on the site of the gallery, but Wender told the federation the street could not be kept open under the gallery plans. On motion by Kenneth P. Arm- strong, chairman of the City Planning Committee, the body urged the early development of & public auditorium by the United States, to be under Federal control, but to which the public would have access. » Phone Long Used By Governors Is Placed on Display SALISBURY, Md., February 8. —'‘Annapolis 1.” the telephone that was installed in the executive mansion in 1848 and remained there until Gov. Harry Nice had the building renovated recently, is on display here. The Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. has started the quaint “goose-neck” instrument on a tour of the State. CONNALLY 0 PUSH AUDITORIUM BILL May Ask Senate to Accept House Amendment Pro- viding Commission, Chairman Connally of the Senate | Public Buildings and Grounds Com- | mittee indicated last night he will ask the Senate to accept the House amendment, to the Robinson bill set- | {he home. That condition has changed. moved the The grand entrance to the dinner at the Mayflower Hotel, camouflaged to resemble a Mis- Russell Lamar, chairman of the Ticket Committee, has his head through the life preserver. On his left is Raymond M. Florance and at his right is Earl R. Reedy, acting as tar Staff Photos. an improvised gangplank, at the head of which stood a large hotel employe who turned a creaking pilot wheel 1o give the full effect of life aboard a river craft. The first item on the program was a reception in the Chinese room, where a line of Board of Trade offi« cials, headed by President Edgar Mor= ris, greeted the distinguished guests. Next was the dinner, which attracted 300 men, at each of whose places was an elaborate menu and program beare ing this announcement from Edgar | Morris: “This evening we may well celebrate | the passing of a year which has been | marked by | toward the restoration of normalcy. | All of us, in this community, have continued advancement experienced the joy which comes from co-operative effort along the road of progress. Active Half Century. “The Board of Trade, which now includes in its membership almost MRS, QDAY HITS MARRIAGE CLAUSE [New York Representative Declares Statute Is Un- just and Ruinous. Section 213 of the economy act. which was designed to keep a married couple from holding two positions | with the Government, was branded “a most unfair, unjust and ruinous | statute” by Representative Caroline O'Day of New York at a dinner meet- | ing of the Eastern Regional Confer- ence of the National Woman's Party_ last night at the Washington Hotel. One of several prominent women's organizaticn leaders who assailed the act, Representative O'Day told of her “amazement” at “the men in Con- gress whose mental workings are still in the horse-and-buggy stage as re- gards the present status of woman in the home and in the world of busi- ness.” “There was a time,” she said, “when the home was an economic unit and every member of the family had his or her share of the work to do within | 4,000 representative citizens, has been an important instrumentality in Wash- ington’s development for almost half a century. Its record of achievement in the past, ccupled with the activity jand enthusiasm of its members, in- | dicates continued and even greater ac- complishments for the community in the future. | “We are deeply grateful to our | distinguished guests for their co- operation and helpfulness in making these achievements possible. Without | the whole-hearted interest which the officers of our national and local gove |ernments have consistently exhibited, progress would have been extremely difficult. “The Washington Board of Trade will continue to merit its responsibilie ties as the outstanding representative organization working for the advance= ment and promotion of Washington— the Capital of our great Nation.” Throughout the dinner Leon Brusie loff's orchestra played almost cone tinously songs which invited the vocal co-operation of the guests, such as “Let Me Call You Sweetheart,” “Maryland, My Maryland” and “Auld Lang Syne.” While the xylophone tinkled merrily. Roger Whiteford, one of the city’s leading lawyers, lead an impromptu group of harmonizers in a series of songs. O’Connor Plays Capt. Henry. | Just as one group of waiters res dessert (hazelnut ice ting up & commission to prepare plans ‘Through changes in our economic and | cream with brandied figs) and an- for a suitable public auditorium for the National Capital. Senate concurrence in the amend- ment would send the bill to the Presi- dent for signature. Originally the measure designated the chairman of the House and Senate Public Build- social scheme of life, it has become absolutely necessary in many cases that women leave the home to eafn a living. | “Section 213 says in effect, ‘Woman, go home.’ It does not say, however, | to what home or where. | “We must, in our legislation, keep other passed the cigars, the lights were turned out and George O'Con= ! nor, dressed as the Capt. Henry of the Show Boat, appeared on the stage and the show was on. First on the program was a short excerpt from the moving picture “Show Boat,” and then came eight ings and Grounds Committees, to- pace with changing conditions. Sec- | dancing girls, India-rubber Bill Tuck, gether with Secretary of Interior | (ion 213 does not recognize these and singing and novelty numbers— Ickes as the members of the com- mission. The House amendment adds the ranking minority members of the two committees. It may be possible to get the bill | up in the Senate tomorrow for action | The bill directs | on the amendment. the commission to report back at this session the estimated cost, how the cost should be borne and where the auditorium should be erected. With these recommendations as a basis, the House and Senate would draft an enabling act to provide for actual construction. ‘The need for an auditorium in the | the country,” she amplified, “school | Capital City, discussed for years, be- came a live issue again when the | heavy rain on inauguration day em- | phasized the lack of an adequate place where important events could be held indoors. SHIFT IN PLANS CANCELS INTERIOR BUILDING MOVE Permit Office to Remain in Navy Building for Time Being, Say Parks Officials. A shift in plans has cancelled the previously announced move of several Government units into the new In- terior Department Building, originally planned over this week end. As a result, officials of the National Capital Parks said, the permit office will not be moved to the Eighteenth street entrance to the new building, but will remain, until further notice, in the Navy Building, where it has been for years. Secretary Ickes was asked to ap- prove a general schedule of moves, but inasmuch as work is still being done in the new building, announce- ment of the program has been de- ferred. The Fine Arts Commission, National Capital Parks and Planning Commission and National Capital Parks also were ready to move over the week end, but they are staying in the Navy Building until further notice. | changes.” The speaker said the statute was | also “‘most demoralizing to civil serv- |ice” because “it forces many most | capable women to quit their positions.” Miss Charl Ormond Williams, repre- | senting the National Education Asso- ciation, said that as seen by her organ- | ization the measure’s continued opera- tion would exert “an ultimate per- | nicious effect on the basis of selection of man and woman teachers by local and State governments.” “Already in some citits throughout | boards have adopted a definite policy '1gams', the employment of married woman teachers.” Other speakers at the meeting, | which was sponsored by the Govern- ment Workers' Council of the Na- tional Woman's Party, included Mrs. | Burnita Shelton Matthews, past presi- | dent of the National Association of | Women Lawyers; Dr. Kate Karpeles, | past president of the Medical | Women's National Organization; Mrs. | Page Kirk, president of the National Teachers’ Alliance; Dr. Frances Mar- shall of the Zonta International, pro- fessional women’s organization, and Mrs. Edith Houghton Hooker of Bal- timore, member of the National Coun- The two-day conference will close | today after a luncheon meeting spon- | sored by the Pennsylvania branch of the party. PR I SR Voorhis to Address Club. | Representative H. Jerry Voorhis of California will speak on the subject, “American Boys,” at the weekly lunch- | eon of the Woman’s National Demo: cratic Club, Sixteenth street and Rhode Island avenue, tomorrow. P e Philosophers to Hear Draper. The Society of Philosophical In- quiry w.! hear Glen H. Draper, astronomer of the United States Naval Observatory, on “The Philosophy of cil of the National Woman’s Party. | |13 in all. The entertainment was |arranged by C. Hayward Marshall, | chairman of the General Committee | for the board’s mid-Winter dinner. The honored guests sat at a long table along the east side of the ball | room on each side of President Morris. | Below the dais on which this table rested was another long table. Throughout the ball room were round | tables and in the balcony boxes sat | still more guests. List of Those Attending. The full list of persons who ate tended the dinner follows: | The Ambassador o: Germany. | The Ambassador of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. The Ambassador of Japan. The Ambassador of Cuba. | Th: Ambassador of Turkey. The #mbassador of Spain. ‘The Ambassador of Italy. The Secertary of War. The Secretary of Commerce. Prince Eugene de Ligne, | d’Affaires of Belgium. The Governer of the State of Mary- land. Melvin C. Hazen, president of the Board of Commissioners, District of Columbia. Daniel 1. Sultan, Engineer Commis- sioner of the District of Columbia. Senators William H. King, Royal 8. Copeland, J. Hamilton Lewis, Robert (See BOARD OF TRADE, Page B-3.) Charge FAT B BAND CONCERT. By the United States Army Band in the Army Band auditorium at 6 p.m. tomorrow, Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, conducting. ‘Spirit of the West,” march Hummer “Allegro Moderato,” from fifth symphony .. --Tschaikowsky “Cafe Continental,” fox trot, Kennedy “The Rosary,” trio for cornets. Nevin John Kahler, Charles Barnes and Victor Christensen, soloists. “Minstrels” “La Paloma, “Oriental Roses,” waltz... “The Dictator,” march___. Proof” at 5 p.m. Tuesday, at the National Museum Building. 4 “The Star Spangled Banner.” ’