Evening Star Newspaper, April 27, 1937, Page 15

UNFAIRNESSSEE INPERDEM TEN North Capitel Citizens Op- pose Discontinuing D. C. Pay During Leaves. That provisions in the District ap- propriations bill governing payment of per diem personnel are discrimina- tory was charged last night by the North Capitol Citizens’ Association, meeting at McKinley High School. ‘The sense of the meeting was that to pay District employes only for that time in which they actually are at work, discontinuing pay during leave, whether sick or vacation, is unfair, In relation to the bill pending in the House to regulate nomination of Wash- ington delegates and committeemen to national political conventions, the as- sociation went on record asking the following insertion in the bill: “Those up for nomination must be without privilege in any other part of the United States in any manner what- soever.” Proposed routing of trucks through Washington was handed over to the Executive Committee for further in- vestigation and report. Henry Gilligan, former vice presi- dent of the School Board, was appoint- ed to investigate why walks and the new field house at McMillan play- ground, at Michigan avenue and First street, have not been finished. W.P. A, workers were made available last year for the work, but they stopped im- provements when about half through. “Although beautiful shrubbery and trees have been planted in the play- ground, the unsightliness of the half finished grading and house is a dis- grace to Washington,” he said. THE EVENING Young Washington Looking over this collection of curios from other lands and some handiwork of his classmates is youn William Heflin, jr., 8-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Heflin of 1350 U street southeast. He is a student in the 3-B grade at the Van Buren School. To- morrow: Stanley Cooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry L. Cooper, at the Park View School. —Star Staff Photo. MIDCITY OPPOSES RELIEF INCREASE Citizens Express Belief Improve- ment Is Sufficient to Provide Jobs. Opposition to any proposed increase in relief appropriations for the District in 1938 was expressed unanimously in a resoiution adopted by the Midcity Citizens’ Association last night. A | conviction that business conditions are improving steadily to provide jobs for | the unemployed in the near future, | and the fact that such increase will| cause increased taxation were the | reasons stated for their stand. Pointing out that adoption of a weight tax on automobiles would be unfair due to variation in individual utilization of cars regardless of weight and would further discourage business involving interstate truck commerce, the citizens voted against such a tax. Approval was expressed for a proposal to specify all auto inspection by gov- ermment agents as well as 1 per cent increase in local gas taxes and tobacco taxes. Citing examples where criminal sec- and offenders had continued malfea- sance upon being paroled, the group oppased any such prison releases. The eitizens voted to raise the age limits permitting marriage with pa- rental consent from 14 years for girls and 16 for boys to 16 and 18, re- spectively, in the District. Officials will be notified of the association's stand in all cases. Supervision of all playgrounds by the Board of Educa- tion is desired by the group who voted unanimously to that effect. MESSAGE RECOVERED KANSAS CITY (#).—Last Septem- ber 12 Miss Mary Lapin pitched a | corked whisky bottle containing her | name and address into the ocean at Gibraltar. The bottle came back to her, forwarded by Uland M. Dooks, Bable Island, Nova Scotia—3,000 miles from Gibraltar. ‘The finder inclosed a letter saying he was a “single fellow, 25 years old™ and “expected to hear from you.” 1 But he won't. Miss Lapin was on a | pre-nuptial trip and will be married next month. | WINNING NEW FRIEND. DR. POULTER TO GET GEOGRAPHIC MEDAL Byrd Explorer to Be Honored for Bervice to Science at Luncheon Today. Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, second in command of the Byrd Antarctic ex- pedition of 1933-35, will be awarded the special gold medal of the National Geographic Society for distinguished | | service to science at a luncheon meet- | ing to be held at 1 pm. today at the | administration building of the so- | clety, Sixteenth and M streets. Those attending the luncheon will ||| include Admiral Byrd, who will come | here for the presentation; ranking | Army, Navy and Marine Corps officers ‘ and & number of prominent scientists | and Government officials. | The medal will be presented by Dr. Gilbert Grosvenor, president of the soclety. It bears the words “In recog- nition of his important explorations ||| and achievements and his technical | researches as second in command” of | the expedition scientist on the two-year trip. Dr. Poulter was senior | || Spare Tire Spared in Theft. OMAHA, Nebr. (#).—Paul Roza was aggrieved, naturally, to find thiev had stripped his car of all its wheels. 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