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Wash SOCIAL AGENCIES URGE MORE CASH FOREMPLOYABLES City Heads Hit for Alleged Failure to Get Addi- tional Funds. PLEA TO BUDGET HEAD OMITTED, IS CHARGE Deficiency Appropriation of $100,- 000 Monthly for Rest of Year Is Sought. ‘The District Commissioners were eriticized today by the Washington Council of Social Agencies for alleged failure last Fall to request the Budget Bureau for additional funds to care for the city’s 3,000 unemployed “em- ployables.” The charge was contained in a crisply worded demand from Mrs. Wil- liam A. Roberts, exec.tive secretary of the council, that the Commissioners *correct” the situation by making &uch a request now for next year and the balance of this fiscal year. She contended the Budget Bureau had “put the blame squirely back on the Commissioners.” Mrs. Roberts’ letter was laid before the Commis- sioners at today's board meeting. No comment was offered. The Commissioners later heard the | committee of the District branch of the Workers' Alliance of America, who demanded expansion of the local W. P. A. and increases in relief ex- Dpenditures. The text of Mrs. Roberts’ letter, addressed to Commissioner Hazen, read: “Having learned that no request has yet been made of the Budget Bureau for additional relief furtds for 1938 for unemployed employables, we again urge that the Commissioners ask for $1,000,000 additional for this purpose in 1938 and for a deficiency appro- priation for the balance of this year at the rate of $100,000 a month. “When we approached the Budget Bureau they put the blame squarely back on the Commissioners of the District of Columbia by saying that no request had come to them from the Commissioners, and, therefore, it would not be possible for them to recommend this. We urge that this situation be corrected.” Controversy Over Funds. Controversy over the need for ad- ditional relief funds has waged since last October when Elwood Street, di- rector of public welfare, requested $830,000 to take care of employables who were receiving neither direct nor indirect assistance, No action was taken on Street’s re- quest and at a meeting of representa- tives of local social and welfare agencies with the Commissioners it was announced last February that the Budget Bureau had turned down the request for additional funds. Charges then were made by welfare workers that John L. Keddy, assistant budget director, had declared the sup- port of needy families was mainly a responsibility of the churches. Although no specific statement has been made by the Commissioners, it was said in responsible quarters that when approached on the subject of needed relief funds the Budget Bureau told the Commissioners it would be impossible even to consider any request for funds. Subsequently, the welfare workers were said to have been informed the Budget Bureau had turned down the application. Mrs. Roberts’ demand was regarded by some as an effort to “smoke out” either the Commissioners or the Budget Bureau in fixing directly the responsibility for the failure to receive adequate appropriations to care for a relief situation which is now beyond the control of local authorities. If failure to make a formal applica- tion in writing is traced to the Com- missioners they probably will be sub- jected to a continuous barrage until such a request is made again or an amendment is added to the District eppropriation bill in the House. The Budget Bureau was regarded by others as attempting to “pass the buck” to the Commissioners in view | of the allegation that no application | was made in writing from the District officials. Allen to See U. S. Officials. In reply to a demand from the ‘Workers’ Alliance for increased W. P. A. wages, Commissioner George E. Al- len agreed at the hearing to check up at Federal headquarters the question of having Washington placed iA Re- glon 1, where a considerable higher pay scale prevails. The Washington scale is $49 a month. This was one of the ‘principal de- mands made by David Dixon, district organizer for the alliance. Allen agreed to make the request on eondition, however, that Administrator Harry L. Hopkins would not cut down the total amount of the W. P. A. allot- ment to the District. A higher wage scale would result in the employment of fewer persons he told Dixon, unless the W. P. A. allots & larger amount than it now does. Dixon proposed as an alternative a 10 per cent increase in the local W. P. A. wage. A program. presented by the al- liance for relief needs calls for $5,191,« 580 for the 1938 fiscal year and $787,~ 000 for the balance of this fiscal year. Boy, 10, Entertains Club. Ten-year-old Marvin Yago yester- day entertained members of the ‘Washington Kiwanis Club with vocal selections at the weekly luncheon at | the Mayflower Hotel. He is the son of Edward M. Yago. SRR Will Address Democrats. Frank R. McNinch, chairman of the Federal Power Commission, will speak at the Democratic League lunch- eon at the Grafton Hotel at 1:30 p.m. tomorrow. —_— Senator Johnson to Speak. Senator E. C. Johnson of Colorado will be the principal speaker at a meeting commemorating the twenty- seventh anniversary of the Swedish Society of Washington, at the Lee ington News l Traffic Victim LORRAINE BALLINGER. 8 ARE INIURED IN TRAFFIC HERE Four Children Among Acci- dent Victims of Last 24 Hours. A list of eight victims of traffic accidents in less than 24 hours, four of them children, confronted Inspector William E. Holmes today when he began his second day as traffic super- | visor with “free rein” from Police ;Supermtondom Ernest W. Brown in | & drive to reduce the automobile toll. The condition of three-year-old | Lorraine Ballinger, of 4012 Kansas avenue, remained undetermined at Children’s Hospital where she was taken with two broken legs and in- ternal injuries after being struck by a car near her home yesterday after- noon. The driver was David Fine, 35, of 2755 Macomb street, police said. Lorraine lives with an aunt, Mrs. Frank Alfred Nunnary. Boy’s Leg Broken. Robert Williams, 5, of 1430 G street northeast, received a broken left leg and cuts about the body and face when he ran in front of an auto- | mobile at Fourteenth and G streets northeast. He was taken to Casualty where his condition today was re- ported good. Police said the driver was William Cooper, 49, of 1523 Rose- dale street northeast. Helen M. Smoak, 8, ran into a laundry truck near her home at 642 Morris place northeast, while hurry- ing to the junk yard fire at Third and M streets northeast. At Casualty Hospital she was found to have a sprained ankle and other leg injuries. The truck driver was Frank F. Covers, 30, of 645 I street southwest, police said. Jerome Donnelly, 8, of 26 I street, was slightly hurt yesterday by a car at North Capitol and I streets. The driver took the boy to Sibley Hospital. Louis Costello, 50, of 487 Pennsyl- vania avenue, received critical in- juries last night when he was hit by a car on Pennsylvania avenue south- east, near Prout street. At Casualty possible fractured skull, broken legs, lung. Police said Eldridge T. Hawkins, 48, colored, of 127 S street, was the driver of the car. Auto Crashes Into Pole. Two colored men were seriously fn- Jjured early today when their automo- bile crashed into an electric light pole at Thirty-fourth street and Rhode Is- land avenue in Mount Rainier, Md. The victims, Ira Williams, 24, of 1707 Columbia road, and Blease Har- ris, 23, of 1312 Florida avenue, were taken to Casualty Hospital, where they were treated for possible skull fractures. Another colored man, Peter Gilbert, 27, of Boston, received a fractured leg when he was struck on the Washing- ton-Baltimore Boulevard near Bla- densburg last night. He also was treated at Casualty. Inspector Holmes said today there will be no special accident prevention campaign, other than a general tight- ening of traffic law enforcement. He said no changes in the traffic divi- slon’s personnel were contemplated. The inspector plans to visit every precinct station to stimulate enforce- ment by talks to the policemen and to invite their suggestions. REPUBLICANS TO SELL CLUB HEADQUARTERS Soott Circle Building Placed on Market—Offices Moved to Hotel. The building on Scott Circle which for 12 years has served as headquar- ters of the National Capital Republi- can Club, Inc, is for sale, it was learned today. Club offices have been moved to a suite in the Raleigh Hotel. Club officials have authorized Weaver Bros., local real estate firm, to place the property on the market and a “for sale” sign has been placed in front of the building. Spencer Bren- izer, president of the club, confirmed the fact the headquarters is on the market, but declined further com- ment, The club acquired the building in 1925 and in the past decade it has been visited by the leaders of the Re- publican party. -— MAGNOLIA BLOOMS DUE Sunday Showing of Cherry Blos- soms Doubted by Finnan. Magnolias will blossom here on Sun- day, but the Japanese cherry trees in West Potomac Park will hardly show at all, it was predicted today by C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of National Capital Parks, after an in- spection of the situation. At present, Finnan said, there is a dark purplish tint to the cherry trees, signalizing that the buds are starting to break, but there is no show of color. The magnolias, on the other hand, should make a good showing on Sun- day near the District World War Me- House at 8:30 o'clock tonight. - morial. Hospital he was reported to have a | crushed chest and a punctured right | * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Foen WASHINGTON, D. C, FRIDAY, APRIL 2, START OF MOVING BY ICKES BUREAU 1S SETTOMORROW About 40 Days Held Neces- sary to Complete Shift to New Building. SECRETARY TO OCCUPY OFFICES BY MONDAY Cafeteria Will Begin Limited Service First of Next Week. Secretary Ickes today announced that his department will start to move into the new Interior Building, at Eighteenth and E streets, tomorrow at 1 pm, About 40 days will be required to complete the shift, officials declared. The offices of the Secretary, the Secretary’s staff, the Undersecretary, the Assistant Secretaries, those of the various offices and units, such as chief clerk, appointments, mails and files will be ready for occupancy by Mon- day morning, officials asserted. From Monday on, the move will be under way full steam, with three shifts operating—8 a.m. to 4 pm., 4 pm. to 8 p.m. snd 8 p.m. to midnight. During | the workday shift, materials, including | supplies and files, which do not in- | volve much personnel, will be moved, while desks and personal equipment | will be transferred at night, so as to | cause as little inconvenience as pos- | sible to employes and delay in opera- | tion of the department. Officials pointed out that possible savings in rent, through early evacua- tion of leased quarters and by the immediate needs of other Government agencies, which require the space to be vacated, will dictate the order of the bureaus’ moves into the new structure. The Interior Building South is the official designation for the new struc- ture and officials today explained that its cafeteria is stocked with supplies and will start limited service Monday, operating a portion of its dining room. As the move progresses, more em- ployes occupy it, service will be ex- tended until steam tables and facili- ties to serve almost 1,000 persons are in operation. At the present time, there are & considerable number of files of the General Land Office and the Office | of Indian Affairs in the new building. If the present plans work out, officials asserted the new building should have its full population by the middle of May. Authorities estimated that 3,000 truck trips and 50,000 man hours of labor will be necessary to handle the move. There are 100,000 desks, chairs, tables, filing cases and other major pieces of equipment to be transferred to new building. 'SYMPOSIUMON 1. C. C. IN G. W. LAW REVIEW Quarterly Commemorates Fiftieth Anniversary of Founding of Commission. A symposium on interstate com- merce law and the work of the Inter- state Commerce Commission is em- bodied in the current issue of the George Washington Law Review, legal quarterly of the George Washington University Law School. Issued in connection with the exer- cises commemorating the 50th anni- versary of the founding of the com- mission, the Review is more than three times its regular size and is carrying 8 wealth of material not otherwise available. Clyde B. Altchison, member of the commission, who is departmental ad- visory editor to the Law Review on matters of interstate commerce, was chairman of the committee in charge of the issue. Associated with him were Dean William C. Van Vieck of the law school and Clarence A. Miller, general counsel of the American Short Line Railroad Association and lecturer in law in the university. Leading articles are: “The Interstate Commerce Commis- slon and Its Work,” by Commissioner Aitchison; “Practice and Procedure Before the Interstate Commerce Com- mission,” by Elmer A. Smith, general attorney of the Illinois Central Sys- tem; “The Interstate Commerce Com- mission and the Courts,” by Prof. A. M. Tolleffson, of the law faculty of Drake University, Des Moines, Iowa; “The Interstate Commerce Commis- sion and Congress,” by John J. Esch, former member of the commission, and “The Doctrine of Precedents and the Interstate Commerce Commis- sion,” by Prof. William H. Pittman, acting professor of law at the Univer- sity of Kentucky. The issue also carries student- written editorial notes. salil g TAYLOR HEADS CLUB Garland E. Taylor of Spartanburg, 8. C, was elected preSident of the National Democratic Club of South Carolina in Washington at the Wil- lard Hotel last night. Chosen with Taylor were 1. F. Wil- lard, Union; J. A. Edens, Columbia; William B. S8ams, Larkin H. Jennings, Columbia, and John O. Woods, Chester, first to fifth vice presidents, respectively; Miss Lucille Vereen, Georgetown, secretary; Thomas C. ‘Wright, Chester, treasurer, and Arthur Cornwall, Chester, director of pub- licity. ROTARY LADIES’ NIGHT ‘Wives of Washington Rotary Club members were honored last night at an annual ladies’ night banquet in the grand %all room of the Willard Hotel. After a toast to Rev. Dr. Charles ‘Warner, president of the club there was & program of singing, entertain- ment, dancing, bridge and prizé awards. Mrs. Warner received a gift from the membership, the presenta- tion being made by Roland White- hurst, past president. Firemen as they battled a spectacular blaze late yesterday in a huge pile of old tires in a junk yard at Thousands were attracted to the scene by the billowing black smoke, visible for miles, and police were almost power- northeast less to cope with the crowds. ny Stae 1937. PAGE B—1 D.C.TAXSTUDY BY HOUSE GROUP AWATISLASTBIL Special Subcommittee Ready to Consider Tap- ping New Revenues. PROPOSED MEASURES SEEK $12,000,000 SUM Is Plan to Establish Income Levy Here May Be First Considered by Kennedy Body. A special subcommittee of the House District Committee awaited to- | day the introduction of the ninth and final bill i the new tax program of the Appropriations Committee before | making definite plans for considering | the merits of the measures Eight of the measures already have First and- M streets —Star Staff Photo. Spring Tourists Crowd Capital And Boom Local Business First and Repeater Visitors From Far Inland Areas Come to See Congress, Court and Cherry Blossoms. The thronged sidewalks, the packed | hotels, the sudden popularity of en masse sightseeing and the appearance | by the hundreds of restaurant eaters | who ask for “some of those Chesa-| peake Bay oysters” convinced the na- | tive or near-native Washingtonian to- | day that the Spring invasion of the | Capital by out-of-towners has begun | in earnest. ‘The visiting season this year will continue far longer than usual, too, those whom the visitors aid commer- clally said joyfully, because Easter, cherry blossoms and the Daughters of the American Revolution convention follow one another in quick succession. It is probable that the stream of in- land curious, which arose about a | week ago, will not abate until the end of this month. Smithsonian Attendance Jumps. Officials of the Washington Monu- ment and the Smithsonian Institution, the two Washington establishments which keep a statistical finger on the | pulse of tourists, gave a startling index of the wide increase in poularity of the Capital this March end as against last March. For instance, on March 29, 30 and 31 of 1936, 13,520 persons visited the Smithsonian, but on March 29, 30 and 31 of 1937 the number was 40,815. , From March 25 to 31, 1936, the Monument climbers numbered only 1,718 daily, but for the same week this year the daily average jumped to 4780. Five weeks earlier, toward the end of Winter but during mild weather, the Monument climbers were only 159 a day. And during the last three days of February only 10,520 persons looked at the curiosities of the Smithsonian. The men and women who lead expe- ditions of the curious through the Capitol have been taking throngs | along the marble halls from 9 am. | to- 5 pm. The revolving doors of the Congressional Library have been re- volving almost incessantly to admit visitors, who have heard of the beau- ties of its mosaics and know that they can read there the original Dec- laration of Independence or the Gu- tenberg Bible. 100,000 Due to See Blossoms. March, 1937, in Washington might lead a trend-watcher to suspect pros- perity is here beyond a doubt, one observer said. A compilation of the Greater National Capital Committee records 200,000 visitors throughout the month, which is 75,000 better than March, 1932, the last time Easter came in the third month. And an- other 100,000 to 150,000 are expected for the Cherry Blossom Festival, April 8. The manager of one of the city's restaurants, the oldest and perh: the best known in distant places, re- marked that his business has picked up 30 per cent within the week, evan though Easter has gone and th: cher- ry blossoms are still only a promise. His customers, he said, principally beef-eating hinterlanders, all order sea food and express their disappoint- | ment hecause the blossoms are not already blooming. Hotels at Capacity. The hotels are crowded to the eaves but, pleaded one manager, “please do not say we have no room. We can always take care of people somehow. Last year a story got all over the country that there wasn't room to take a deep breath in Washington, and the consequence was that poten- tial visitors stayed away by the thou- sands. YouTe a loyal Washingtonian Just say business is very good.” Business is so good, in fact, that the Housing Committee of the Greater National Capital Committee has been working 24 hours a day to find lodg- ing for the visitors, who are sleep- | ing in 4,000 private homes as well as | the hotels and rooming houses. The | housing problem was so critical last night that the lesser members of the British delegation to the International | Textile Conference paced the streets until 1 am. before beds were found for them. In Spring Finery. A poll was taken of the visitors to throw some light on what people | have in mind when they come to| Washington. This informal street- | corner questioning brought to mzm; the following information: All adult feminine visitors wear new Spring costumes. Travelers to Washington prefer the common car to the trailer. | The average visiting family ~on- | sists of father, mother, girl aged 16, | girl 13, boy 10. Their first interest is to see the President or, if not him, at least the White House. Next is the Capitol, | third, the Supreme Court. Their in- | terest in seeing their Congressmen is undeveloped. Two out of 10 are repeat visitors. They are astonished that there are no battleships in the river. They want their pictures taken before the Capitol and beneath a tree, preferably a cherry tree, but anyway a tree. They would rather spend the eve- ning at the movies than at a night club. They bore easily at the approach of politics. 5 CHILDREN PERISH IN MONTGOMERY FIRE §Six Other Members of Family Es- cape as Flames Raze Beallsville Home. Py ¢ 8ta® Correspondent of The Btar. BEALLSVILLE, Md, April 2— Trapped in their beds on the second .floor of their flaming home here, five children” of Dennis Owens, colored farmer, were burned to death last night as the two-story wooden build- ing was destroyed by a blaze of un- determined origin. Owens, three more of his children and a grandchild escaped unhurt, while Mrs. Mozelle Owens, 38, Wwas severely burned and taken to the Montgomery County General Hospital in Sandy Spring, where physicians said her condition was “satisfactory.” The dead are Alberta, 11; Rebecca, 8; William, 11; Mabel, 9, and Mildred Owens, 5. Escaping injury were Viola, 17; Louis, 16; Dennis, jr., 2, and the grandchild, John, 2. Two daughters, Bertha and Beulah Owens, were not at home when the fire started shortly after 11 pm. By the time police and firemen had arrived from Rockville, 18 miles from here, the structure had been gutted. INCOMING TRUCK TAX IS DEBATED Northeast Conference of Citizens’ Associations to Study Problem. . Discussion of a plan to tax all trucks entering the District and bear- ing out-of-State cargo occupled the main portion of a meeting of the Northeast Conference of Citizens' As- sociations last night. Concern was expressed over the fact that trucks going to Maryland and Virginia are compelled to pay duties on both cargo and privilege of operating such vehicles in that State. A. F. E. Scheer emphasized that a tax on operating privileges alone is the objective of the group He described present trucking condi- tions as “unfair” to local companies. More complete collection of data on the matter will be made by a committee comprised of President Scheer and John Demarco, delegate from Michigan Park Citizens’ Asso- clation. Plans for dedication of the new fire house at Fourteenth atreet and Rhode Island avenue have been com- pleted and announcement of the pro- gram will be made in the near future. HIT BY TRUCK RU TO BLAZE. HELEN M. SMOAK. A truck kept Helen from seeing the junk yard fire at First and M streets northeast vesterday, but she was lucky, at that. She escaped with slight injuries when the ve- hicle—said by police to have been driven by Frank F. Covers, 30, of 645 I street southwest — struck her at Third and K streets northeast. Helen, who is 8 and lives at 642 Morris place northeast, was treated at Casualty Hos- pital. LEFT TURNS BANNED AT INTERSECTION Experiment Seeks to Remove Con- gestion at Seventeenth and Constitution. Traffic experiments are under way on Constitution avenue at Seventeenth and Eighteenth streets in an effort to speed up the movement of auto- mobiles. Left-hand turns have been elimi- nated for north and south bound traffic along Seventeenth street and C. Mar- shall Finnan, superintendent of the National Capital parks, said today the flow of traffic was more than doubled. William A. Van Duzer, District di- rector of traffic; representatives of the Public Utilities Commission, Capt. P. J. Carroll of the United States park police and Finnan have been observ- ing the experiment. Finnan said the left-hand turn heretofore has caused traffic to back up as far as the John Paul Jones statue at the Tidal Basin. The bus stop in front of the main entrance to the Navy Bulilding will be moved westward to the middle of the block, Finnan said. The busses make a left turn up Eighteenth street and have been forced to turn on the red light, but this endangers pedes- trians, he explained. By moving the stop to the middle of the block, he pointed out, the ‘busses will be able to get into the left-hand lane and turn on the regular green light. . SIT-DOWN STRIKE TOPIC Carl Haessler, Labor Writer, to Address Capital City Forum. “The Flint (Mich.) Sit-Down Strike from the Inside” will be the subject of a lecture by Carl Haessler, labor journalist, at & meeting of the Capital City Forum at 8:15 o'clock tonight at 1502 Fourteenth street. Haessler will describe how the auto workers organized and managed to resist police attacks. FIREMEN, INJURED 1$15,000 Junk-Yard Fire At- tracts Hundreds of Spectators. | Several firemen were recovering to- day from minor injuries suffered in a spectacular, three-alarm blaze which swept a junk yard near First and L streets northeast yesterday afternoon, sending up a column of smoke at least a mile high and attracting spectators | trom all over the city. Damage of $15,000 was estimated by Hyman Viener, owner of the wholesale scrap metal and junk business at 118 L street northeast, who said that thou- sands of old tires stored on the outdoor | yard were a total loss. rubber overcame several firemen as they carried fire hose nearer the heart | of the blaze to prevent it from spread- |ing to valuable property nearby, in- | cluding a department store warehouse. | One Taken to Hospital. Fireman Charles Gladhall of 1306 Orren street northeast was admitted to Casualty Hospital after being overcome by the fumes. His condition was de- scribed as not serious. Several other firemen, affected by the smoke, were treated at the scene by members of the rescue squad | Inspector L. I. H. Edwards, assistant riding to the fire with Hack Inspector P. L. Oswald collided with another automobile at Fourth and I streets. The cars were only slightly damaged and Edwards continued on to the fire. The immense column of smoke bil- lowing upward in a light breeze drew spectators in such numbers and from 50 many directions that police reserves for a time were powerless to herd them $bnck out of the way of firemen rushing hose to the blaze. around as police cleared streets for 28 crowded into the area. Approximately 1,000 taxicabs were caught in the jam as they attempted to leave or enter the Diamond Co.'s garage and service lot 100 yards from the junk yard. Large quantities of oil and gasoline were stored in the garage and firemen made special efforts to prevent the blaze from spreading in that direction. The fire started shortly after 3 o'clock and was brought under control an hour later. No sooner was this fire under control than another blaze broke out nearby in the top floors of some row houses at 32 and 34 I street north- east. View Fire From Trains. Several pieces of apparatus were dispatched from the scene of the larger fire and the second blaze was quickly brought under control. Hundreds of Spring visitors crowded the windows of passing Pennsylvania and B. & O. passenger trains on the tracks just east of the junk yard to watch firemen fight the flames. Newspaper offices were swamped by telephone inquiries from persons who had seen the smoke from all parts of the city and wished to know the source. Viener expressed the opinion that small boys at play in the big storage yard set the flames. A spark from a passing engine was another possi- bility. RDAD TO BE OPENED Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway ‘Work Nearly Done. ‘The section of the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway between P street and Massachusetts avenue will be re- opened to traffic late today or tomor- row, C. Marshall Finnan, superin- tendent of the National Qapital parks, announced today. The thoroughfare has been closed between P and Calvert streets since the beginning of the week to permit workmen to lay bituminous surfacing. A landslide occurred in the valley upstream from the Q Street Bridge some time ago and park authorities have constructed a retaining wall and raised the elevation of the road there. 1 ATBLATE RECDVER | The smoke caused by the bumingi superintendent of police, was shaken | up when the car in which he was | Traffic came to a standstill for blocks | pieces of fire apparatus and motorists | | been introducted by Chairman Col- | lins of the Subcommittee on Appro- priations which framed the 1938 D | trict supply bill. The remaining bill, | which, it was said, will revise upward and make more uniform the present tax on public utility corporations, has not been completed. The nine bills are estimated to | railse more than $12,000,000 in addi- | tional revenue, one-half of which is needed to absord an antic $6,- 000,000 deficit in the cor fiscal year. To Study Reorganization. Representative Kennedy, Democrat of Maryland, chairman ubcommittee, plans to study of the nine bills in the near | future. The subcommittee also w consider proposals for reorganizing the District government in the interest of efficiency and economy. The eight bills already introduced provide An income tax as a substitute for the present tax on intangible personal property. An increase in the gasoline tax | from 2 to 4 cents a gallon. A weight tax on automobiles, rang- ing from 35 cents a hundred pounds for private vehicles, to a higher scale for commercial vehicles. An inheritance t ners on a $20 to | graduated scale ranging fr $450 a year A tax on insurance cluding a 2 per cent mium receipts, an ar of $25 and a $25 ann A privilege tax on corporations, involving 1 mill per $1 on capital | stock and 2 mills per $1 on paid-up [capilal stock and surplus. | Would Tax Theaters. | A tax of 2 per cent a month on ]gross admission receipts of motion | picture and combination motion | picture-vaudeville theaters. Kennedy indicated that prob- ably the first of the bills to be con- sidered would be the one to establish an income tax, because of its far- reaching effect in involving, as it does, non-residents whose income is earned in the District Collins had planned to complete the final bill vesterday. but was de- layed by general debate on the 1938 District appropriagion bill, which required his presence in the House throughout the day. He may intro- duce the measure today so the sub- committee of the District Legisla- tive Committee will have the com- plete tax program without further delay. NEW ATTACK MADE ON TRAFFIC SIGNS | Authority to Place Notices Denied by Driver With 14 Parking ‘Warrants. | | The District's traffic signs were subjected to their second attack in two weeks yesterday, when Attorney Milton Kaplan, appearing before Traffic Judge John P. McMahon in behalf of his client, Isadore H. Hal- pern, also an attorney. charged that the traffic code prohibits the placing of signs by police. His contention is based upon the section of the code which enumerates the duties of policemen, and since the placing of traffic signs is not mentioned, he believes the police are forbidden to have anything to do with them. The law, Kaplan asserted, provides that the signs are to be placed by the District Commissioners or those delegated by them, “and the same section forbids the Commissioners from delegating such powers to po= licemen.” The police have no au- thority to enforce the language on signs that are not legally erected. he contends. Kaplan moved to quash 14 parking warrants against his client. There was no definite date set for a hearing. The previous attack was made by Cornelius Doherty, another attorney, who claims the Traffic Department has no right to erect “official” signs on any other streets than those specifically named in an act of Congres. — Engraving Chief to Speak. Alvin W. Hall, director of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Print= ing, will address the United Govern=- ment Employes at a meeting tonight in the Garnet Patterson Junior High School Auditorium, Tenth and U streets. The bureau’s 20-piece band will be featured on the program. Edgar G. Brown, president, will be in charge. companies, in- 1 filing fee. Chevrolet Gets Army Order. The Chevrolet division of General Motors Corp., Flint, Mich., yesterday was awarded an Army contract for 167 trucks at & cost of $117,578, it was announced by the quartermaster general, Maj. Gen. Henry Gibbins. Horse Cars Revived. Old horse street cars have been re= vived at Breslau, Germany, with 6« cent fare, the money going to the na- tional Winter belp fund.