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Washington News - @he Foeni WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION WASHINGTON, D. C., HOUSE TAY GROUP INGUIRY INCLUDES INSURANCE RATES Study of D. C. Government Takes in Fire and Life Firms’ Rates. $500,000 A YEAR SAVING ON POLICIES IS SOUGHT | = Action Follows Moor Charge of | $10,000,000 Overcharge in 12-Year Period. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The special tax subcommittee of the House District Committee decided to- day to broaden the scope of its study of taxation and municipal govern- ment reorganization to include an in- vestigation of the reasonableness of | fire and life insurance rates in the | District. Conflicting reports over the fairness of existing fire insurance rates led to the decision. J. Balch Moor, District superin- tendent of insurance, charged in a re- cent report to the House Subcommit- | tee on District Appropriations fire in- eurance policyholders in Wfls‘lmglon were overcharged $I0,000,000 over a period of 12 years. Several days ago he told the tax subcommittee he planned to cut the rates to save policy- holders $500,000 a year. Edward S. Brashears, representing the National Board of Fire Under- writers, testifying before the subcom- mittee late yesterday, denied vehem- ently Moor's charges. “Fire insurance rates in the District,” he declared, “do not represent an unjust and inequit- able charge.” Representative Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma, an active member'of the rubcommittee, who injected the sub- Ject of fire insurance rates into the hearing, proposed the inquiry to find out, he said, “who is right.” He also raid the subcommittee should “look Into” life insurance rates at the same time. Moor First Witness. The insurance rate inquiry will etart Tuesday when the subcommittee resumes its hearings. Moor is to be.| called as the first witness ¥ Moor was present when Brashears made his denial before the subcom- | mittee. Newspaper men asked him: “Who is right, you or Brashears?” Moor pointed to himself and pro- duced a report for the 1936 calendar showing net premiums amounting to | $3,517,091 and losses of $1,120.455. A | | notation on the report showed the losses amounted to 30.8 per cent of the | net premiums. Next, he wrote a mem- erandum for the newspaper men ‘which read: “Less than 30 cents in losses pflld‘ out of each $1 of all fire premiums in the last six years.” Moor's report also showed the net premiums from life insurance policies in 1936 amounted to $24,507,777, whereas the ‘“losses” totaled $9,066,- | 421, In view of that difference, Nichols | said the subcommittee should inquire into life insurance as well as fire in- furance rates. More than a dozen witnesses parad- ed before the subcommittee during its all-day hearing yesterday, protesting | chiefly against proposals for placing an additional burden on automobile owners through an increase in the gasoline tax and a weight tax on motor vehicles. The consensus was | that the existing 2-cent local tax on gasoline is sufficient to support the activities of the Highway Department, providing there are no diversions of the revenue from this source. Near the close of the day represent- willing to share its part of the burden. | were given an_ opportunity to express | their views on one of the nine Collins | bills, which would place a 2 per cent | tax on net premium receipts of these companies. Opposed to Unfair Increase. Brashears, aside from his conten- tion that fire insurance rates in the District are equitable, declared he “deprecated” an increase in the tax on insurance companies, but sinee higher taxes appear to be inevitable he believed the insurance: business is willing to share it, part of the burden. Howard M. Starling, representing the Association of Casualty Insurance Ex- ecutives, also expressed the opinion that insurance companies are willing to face increased taxation along with other business. Charles F. Creswell of New York, representing the Association of Life Insurance Presidents, however, pro- tested the proposed increase in the insurance tax on the ground it would constitute a “tax on thrift,” and re- sult in a reduction of dividends to policy holders. After representatives of several mo- torists’ organizations had registered oppostion to the proposed increase in the gasoline tax, Nichols said he believed the large oil companies would “welcome” the rise because it would #erve to reduce their losses in nearby Maryland and Virginia where gas is sold “at Distriet prices.” He pointed out the oll companies now absorb the difference in the higher gas taxes of Maryland and Virginia so retail- ers in the nearby areas can compete with District dealers. An increase tn the tax here, he explained, would reduce the differential. < ©Others who testified included Harry ©. Davis of the Independent Taxi Owners’ Association, B. D. Friedman of the District Petroleum Association, Howard W. Kacy of the Acacia Mutual Life .Insurance Co., Charles D. Mor- ®an, jr., of the District Trucking As- sociation and Mrs. M. C. Mallon, sec- retary of the District Petroleum As- sociation. Sinking Fund Proposed. Davis suggested a sinking fund for the payment of accident claims as a more feasible method® than liability Insurance for protecting taxicab riders. He made the suggestion-in response to questions by Nichols as to the feasibility of liability insurance for taxicab owners. Davis replied, “We cannot, of course, pppose such legis- lation.” Davis also pointed out that during the last eight years the Independent Tax! Owners’ Association has paid out about a half million dollars in claims. During this same period, he said, the ~ e ‘| Spanking Case Boy Is Hero in Chase of Thief Fred Storm, 11, Is Knocked From Bi- cycle by Assailant. FRED STORM. —Star Staff Photo. Courageously attempting to capture an escaping purse-snatcher, 11-year- old Fred Storm, who complained last week in Police Court that his father had spanked him, escaped serious in- | Jury last night when he was knocked | from his bicycle by the thief. The boy, who has been living with his mother, Mrs. Margaret Hoffman, 1428 R street, since the spanking inci- dent, was riding along Fifteenth street when he saw a colored manp accost Miss Ruth Montgomery, 1625 Fif- teenth street After a struggle, during which Miss | Montgomery was struck in the face, the man wrested away her purse, which contained a small amount of mceney, and fled up Fifteenth street. Overtakes Thief. Following on his bicycle from ‘the | scene of the assault, which occurred | near an alley al the intersection of R street, Fred caught up with the purse- snatcher at Fourteenth and Swann streets. There the man turned, ran over to the boy and hit him with his fist, knocking him to the ground. Fred was the hero of his playmates at the H. D. Cook School today, but modestly denied he showed bravery. “I was following the man because I | wanted to see where he lived so I could tell police,” Fred said. “I guess I got too close to him, because he rushed at me and said, ‘Who are you following?’ When I said ‘Nobody,” he | hit me on the jaw and knocked me down. It didn’t hurt much, though.” Fred’s father, Robert E. Storm, Dis- trict engineer, was acquitted in Po- lice Court last week on a charge that the spanking he administered his son constituted assault. Violence also was resorted to in two other hold-ups and one attempted hold-up last night. Man Hit on Head. William Williams, 1821 Sixteenth street, told police one of two white men struck him on the head with a gun, but hurried away emmpty-handed following the attack in Lafayette Park. Williams was treated for a scalp lacer- ation at Emergency Hospital. KNIGHTS TEMPLAR GO TO GETTYSBURG Will Participate Sunday * Ascension Day Fes- tival. Knights Templar of the District and their wives will motor to Gettys- burg, Pa. Sunday to perticipate in the Ascension day festival to be con- ducted by the Gettysburg Com- mandery. Arthur C. Shaw, grand commander of the local order, and his staff of officers will lead the group. The six commanderies of the Dis- trict of Columbia, Washington, No. 1; Columbia, No. 2; Potomac, No. 3; De Molay, No. 4; Orient, No. 5, and Brightwood, No. 6, will be well repre- sented. The festival will be conducted in the Gettysburg National Cemeétery, where Abraham Lincoln made his famous address. William O. Thomp- son, grand commander for the State of Pennsylvania, and his staff will head the Pennsylvania Commanderies. Rev. Wyatt Brown, D. D, grand prelate of the Grand Commandery of Pennsylvania and Bishop of Harris- burg, will deliver the address. The Washington delegation will proceed by motor caravan and will as- Semble in Bethesda, just riorth of the traffic light, Sunday at 8:45 am. Grand Capt. Gen. Fred Huber is in charge of arrangements. ENGLISH SOC.IAL WORKER ADDRESSES GROUP HERE Mis# Janet McGrindell Speaks to Friendship House Board and Staff Members. Miss Janet McGrindell, English so- cial service worker, is speaking this afternoon at a luncheon at Priendship House, .324 Virginia avenue southeast. The board and staff members of local settlement houses are to attend. Miss McGrindell, who plans to go to the Orient from this country, has been visiting settlements and social service houses in several of the large cities in the East and Middle West. During her several days’ visit here she is the guest of Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Griffith. For four years Miss McGrindell has béen associated with the British Na- tional Council of Social Service and was advisory cfficer on employment for the northern section of England. For her services to the city of Liverpool she was given an honorary degree by the University of Liverpool and a year's leave of absence to travel. association would have paid about two and & half million dollars in liability insurance premiums. Davis éstimated that premiums on insurance for a single cab would amount to about $400 a year. A, any | in | FRIDAY, ny Star Society and General APRIL 30, TAKOMA CAR LINE WILL BE REPLAGED BYBUSSESSUNDAY Revamped Transit Service Will Involve Four Major Steps. TWO-AND-HALF MILES OF TRACK TO BE JUNKED Extensive Route Changes Are De- tailed in Announcement of Service. Beginning Sunday morning, expand- ed bus service will be substituted for the Takoma street car line now op- erating through Kennedy and Third streets, the Capital Transit Co. an- nounced today. The program was or- dered some time ago by the Public Utilities Commission after extensive studies and hearings. There are four major steps in the revamped transit service. First, the street car tracks from Fourteenth and Kennedy streets to Takoma will be abandoned, and the company will institute a shuttle bus service between the two points. On this line there will be the street car token fare. Second, the present Takoma express bus service, operating out of Fifth Thirteenth street, will be continued, with some changes in route and opera= tion, the fare remaining at 10 cents cash or use of the $1.25 weekly pass. New Service in Addition. Third, there will be instituted a new express bus service, operating from Third street in Takoma and through Ninth street in downtown Washington, the fare to be 10 cents cash or the weekly pass. i Fourth, the Chillum line will be ex- tended and routed as far north as Madison and North Capitol streets. | The change means abandonment of nearly 2'z miles of street car track between Fourteenth and Kennedy streets and Takoma. A railway-bus terminal is being developed at that point to facilitate the transfer of pas- sengers there and to revamp the turn- around for the Fourteenth street cars. The shuttle bus will be known as the “Kennedy street bus line.” North- | bound, it will go east on Kennedy, north on Third, east on Aspen, north on Willow to the District line. South- bound it will go south on Laurel, west on Aspen, south on Third and west on Kennedy to the terminal. Trans- fers to and from intersecting street car lines will be given free on payment of a cash or token fare; and to and from the express busses on payment of the 10-cent cash fare. Takoma Express Route. The route of the “Takoma express via Thirteenth street” bus will be: Southbound, in the morning rush, from the terminal on Fifth street, south on Dahlia, south on Fifth, west on Madison, south on Thirteenth, east on Pennsylvania, south on Seventh, west on Constifution and north on Ninth to terminal between Constitu- tion and Pennsylvania avenues. Northbound, in the evening rush period, north from the on Ninth, west on Pennsylvania, north on Thirteenth, east on Madison, north on Fifth, west on Cedar, north on 8ixth and Piney Branch road, east on Dahlia to Fifth, south to terminal. The new express line to be known s “Takoma express via Ninth street” and will use the following streets: Southbound in the morning rush, from & terminal at the District line, south on Laurel, west on Aspen, south on Third, Kansas, Illinois, New Hamp- shire, Sherman and Florida avenues and Ninth street, east on Pennsyl- vania, south on Seventh, west on Con- atitution and north on Ninth to ter- minal. Evening Service on Same Line. Northbound in the evening rush this line wifl use Ninth street to Pennsyl- vania and thence over the southbound route reversed to Aspen and Willow streets, then north on Willow to the District line and south on Laurel to terminal. In the rush period a few busses of this line will turn into Ver- mont avenue from Florida avenue and use Thirteenth street and the route of the “Takoma express via Thirteenth street” line to get into and out of the downtown district. In other that rush hours from Mon- day to Saturday, inclusive, except on legal holidays, express bus service on a2 “Takoma-Petworth Express” line will be operated over two slightly dif- ferent routes, one for the midday period and the other for the evening. During the midday period busses will be routed south on Laurel, west on Aspen, south on Fifth, Kansas, Illi- nois, New Hampshire, Sherman, Flor- ida and Vermont-avenues and Thir- teenth street, east on Pennsylvania, south on Seventh, west on Constitu- tion, north on Ninth to terminal. Northbound From Terminal. Northbound from terminal to Penn- sylvania, thence north via south- bound route reversed to Aspen and ‘Willow streets, thence north on Wil- low street to the District line and south on Laurel street to terminal. During the evening non-rush pe- riad they will be routed south-on Laurel, west on Aspen, south on Fifth street, Kansas, Illinois, New Hampshire, Sherman, Florida and Vermont avenues, and Thirteenth street, east on E, south on Eleventh, ‘west on Pennsylvania, north on Thir- teenth via southbound route reversed to Aspen and Willow streets, thence north on Willow street to District line and south on Laurel street to terminal. NAVY’S LABOR SITUATION GIVEN STUDY BY EDISON Assistant Secretary of the Navy Charles Edison today began a study of the Navy's labor situation. Of- cials said that while the Supreme court’s recent labor decisions may have a bearing on the study, the out- growth is not a direct result of them. The study, which will take several months, will be under the direction of Reart Admiral Henry E. Lackey, head of the shore establishments di- vision of the Navy Department. a street in Takoma and traveling down |’ terminal | Most dramatic spectacle in the re-enactment of the Battle of the Crater, in Petersburg, Va., is this explosion. had tunneled under Confedera blast a hole through the Gray li Union troops te fortifications in an attempt to nes for their march to Petersburg. Marines from Quantico, students of th ing “Confederates” going into action. JANYCERENONES TO N Y DAY War Memorial Service to Be Linked to Child Health Rites. May day, proclaimed. by President Roosevelt as Child Health day, will be celebrated throughout the city tomor- row by hundreds of adults and chil- dren alike. Principal among the programs will be a District World War memorial service, and a series of events sponsored by the United May Day Committee. Gen. James A. Drain, past national commander of the American Legion, will deliver the main address at the memorial service, which will be staged at 3 pm. at the District World War Memorial in West Potomac Park. The service is sponsored by the American Legion, American Legion Auxiliary, Des 40 Hommes et 8 Che- vaux, Des 8 Chapeaux et 40 Femmes and the American Legion Auxiliary Juniors. Lineburg Will Speak. Frank B. Noyes, who as chairman of the 1931 Memorial Commission is credited with establishing the me- morial to the war dead, will be in- troduced. The Marine Band will offer a concert under direction of Capt. Taylor Branson. Horace Line- burg, American Legion department commander, will deliver the address of welcome, with a response being given by Mary E. Killeen, president of the Legion Auxiliary. Mollie E. Averill will speak on “Na- tional Child Health Day.” “Ameri- canism” will be the subject of a talk by Ferdinand G. Fraser. Col. Julius I Peyser will talk on “Appreciation.” Other participants in the program will include Bess London Faine, Ellen Louise Warren and R..J. Chaillet. At the Barnard School observance of Child Health day was begun this morning with examination of approxi- mately 50 pre-school children by doce tors, dentists and optometrists. Vari= ous forms of entertainment, includ- ing dances, health talks and a pageant, were scheduled for presentation dur- ing the day. Playgrounds Programs. ‘The Playgrounds Department will supervise special programs on 46 play- grounds tomorrow. These will include athletic efficiency tests, with pres- entation of awards; fleld day pro- grams, health pageants, singing and dances for the pre-school group, folk dances and costumed events and a demonstration of the Japanese game of battledore and shuttlecock at the Happy Hollow Playground. In the meantime the dental health demonstration being arranged for sixth division schools by the District Health Department is attracting wide attention, according to reports. A dental health examination will be held at 9 am. Monday at Ludlow School. An outdoor rally under auspices of the United May Day Committee will be held at 1:30 pm. tomorrow in Franklin Square. There will be an indoor meeting at 8 pm. at the Workmen's Circle Hall, 1503 Four- teenth street. Included in the list of speakers will A Preceded by the tolling of an old dinner bell, the former Father Di- vine “heaven” or mission—take your | choice—at 2033 Claggett street north- | east was sold at auction vesterday | afternoon to satisfy a mortgage held | by the Home Owners' Loan Corp. Three representatives of H. O. L. C., ! one of whom bid the residence in for $3.000; two newspaper men and a | score of neighborhood children were | | the only spectators at the sale. At 4:15 pm, Auctioneer Thornton | Owen turned to his colored chauffeur, Howard Blackford, and directed him | | to “ring the bell.” { The only bid was the one made by ! 1937. | neighbors, X% The explosion cost 300 lives, but PAGE B—1 Confederates rallied to repulse the Union attack. The sham battle is part of the dedication of the Crater battlefield as part of the Petersburg National Mili- tary Park. A close-up show- —A, P. Photo. the H. O. L. C, which made a loan of $4,200 on the building in October, 1935. The loan was made to Ernest Boswell and his wife, two of the lead- ers of the “heaven.” Payments were 13 or 14 months in arrears, H. O. L. C. representatives said Rev. P. J. Jernagin, colored pastor of the Northeast Baptist Church, who ! lives next door, said the cult members had let the payments lapse in the be- | lief Father Divine “would take care of them. Later they moved to 534 Har- vard street, leaving the Claggett street place to foreclosure. Rev. Mr. Jernagin, had complained cult's activities. with other of the be Senator Frazier, Representative } | Coffee, Rev. J. W. Jernagin, George | Murphy of the Afro-American news- | paper, W. S. Risdon of the Union Label League, Franklin Frazier of the Teachers’ Union and David Lasser, president of the Workers’ Alliance of | America. Playlets to Be Given, A series of playlets will be present- ed at the evening meeting by the New Theater League, which will de- pict scenes frdm labor history of the past and present. A May day rally of Girl Scouts of Northeast Washington will be held on the National Training School grounds on Bladensburg road at 3 p.m. tomor- row. Games and other sports will be played. Later a picnic supper will be held, to be followed by a campfire program, in which each troop will par- | ticipate { The Chevy Chase School, 6410 Con- | necticut avenue, will hold its annual | May day celebration tomorrow at 3 p.m., in the Sylvan Theater on campus. Miss Mary Carey of Pittsburgh will be crowned May Queen, and a play and ballet will follow. Pupils of Park View School, at New- ton and Warder streets, were to give a “May day” celebration this afternoon in the form of a play illustrating the benefits of child participation in the city-wide Spring clean-up campaign. Another May day feature will be the crowning of Miss Eunice Martin as queen of the Filipino Center, Inc., at ceremonies at 9:30 o'clock tomorrow night at Almas Temple Hall, 1315 K street. Miss Martin will be crowned by Quintin Paredes, resident commis- sioner of the Philippines. A reception and dance will follow. STUDENTS TO TAKE TRIP Eighty members of the Georgetown University Propeller Club and Foreign Service School will leave here at 5 pm. today for a week-end trip to New York City as guests of the Pro- peller Club there. While in New York the party, headed by Prof. Albert H. Haag, will be taken on & tour of inspection of steamships, docking and loading facili- ties and other maritime operations. John Andrews is president of the local club. Grasshopper Drive to Start. The Agriculture Department an- nounced today that a campaign against grasshoppers “on a national scale” would start early in May with $1,000,000 provided by Congress. WIDOW OF CIVIL WAR HERO DIES §. Rodmond Smith Won Medal for Bravery With Union Forces. Mrs. Sarah Ware Smith, widow of Maj. 8. Rodmond Smith, Union Army hero, died yesterday after a long ill- ness at her residence, 1652 Argonne place. She would have been 93 to- morrow. Her husband was awarded. a medal by Congress for bravery in the Civil War. Mrs. Smith, for the last nine years a Washington resident, came from Wilmington, Del. Her father, the late Charles Alexander Ware, is Maj. | said to have been Mayor of Alexan- dria, Va., during the Civil War. Maj. Smith, who died about 25 years ago. practiced law in Wilmington and Miami, Fla., at one time being Mayor of the latter city. Funeral services will be held at 3 p.m. Sunday at the residence. Burial will be in Wilmington Monday. D. C. GIRL WILL REIGN AS SWEET BRIER QUEEN By the Associated Press. LYNCHBURG, Va., April 30.—Cor- onation of the Queen of the May at Sweet Briar and at Randolph-Macon ‘Woman's Colleges tomorrow is ex- pected to attract several thousand visitors from all parts of the East. The festivals are so arranged that spectators may attend each without conflict. Miss Molly Gruber of Washington will be crowned queen at the Sweet Briar College May day, after a horse show on the grounds of the historic estate. In the afternoon Miss Mary James Landis of Covington will be honored in a similar fashion in the dell at Randolph-Macon, in Lynch- burg. The exercises will be carried out according to the theme of Marie Antoinette and Louise XVI, a panto- mime and light love episode will fea- ture the program. The fete of May begins at Sweet Briar tonight with the May day dance. Miss Gruber, escorted by her father, Col. Edmund L. Gruber of Washing- ton, will lead the court figure at the ball. She will be assisted by Miss Elinor Ward of Cleveland, the maid of honor, escorted by John Mack Morgan of Wilmington, Del. here | Bell Tolls and H. 0. L. C. Buys |NA\YYARD BEGINS ‘Ex-Heaven’ of Father Divine LAY-OFFS OF 30 Mostly Machinists Losing 3’ Jobs in Slackening of Work Load. The Washington Navy Yard toda | began the lav-off of 300 employ mostly machinists, due to the slacken- ing of the work load here. All 300 will be off the pay roll by tomorrow morn- ing. Naval officials blamed the lay-off, the largest single group discharge since the 32 new warship building pro- gram set up under the Public Works fact that building of new ships has decreased. Further Lay-Offs Anticipated. Some of the workers lost their jobs at 8 o'clock this morning; others are leaving at 4 p.m. today, while addi- tional workers will be through at mid- night. The discharges read “at the close of work today.” ‘While the Washington Navy Yard is still on a 24-hour shift, in relays of eight hours, further lay-offs are an- ticipated in the next year and a half to two years, naval officials warned today, as work at the local yard slackens further. " At the present time, the officials pointed out, the Washington Navy Yard is far above its normal number of employes, stepped up to meet the ship building program There are 18,200 civilian workers at the Wash- ington Navy Yard now, including the 300, who are losing their jobs. More Lay-Offs in August. Probably another 300 workers of the Washington Navy Yard will have to be laid off later in the year, Navy De- partment officials today revealed, be- ginning about August and continuing until early Fall. The exact number has not yet been determined, but au- thorities said that it will perhaps equal the present lay-off. Altogether there are some 2,770 machinists at the yard. ‘The lay-off program here is part of the reduction in force in various navy yards throughout the country, whereby 5,000 workers will be dropped, due to lack of jobs. There are 50,000 in the Navy's mechanical forces in all navy yards. More Funds Needed. At the naval gun factory at the local yard they are manufacturing guns for the new submarines, destroy- ers and cruisers. As these vessels are completed—and they are in varying stages of construction—further lay- offs are in prospect here, While labor leaders have made ef- forts to stave off the lay-offs, naval officials made it clear that only by the appropriation of additional funds by Congress for new ships can these workers be absorbed at the navy yards. Do Your Lights Glare? How are your lights? Do you know whether they are right or wrong? Turn them on tonight—walk 50 feet ahead—turn and face them. It's a pretty good way to find out. If the glare bats you in the eye, you have some idea of their effect on the thou- sands of drivers who face you on the highway after dark. Administration funds in 1933, on the | LATEST SCHOOL RIDER PROTESTED BYP-T. CONGRESS Resolutions Hit Bar to Teachers Performing Cler- ical Work Out of Class. RESTORATION ASKED FOR GARDENS ITEM 24th Annual Convention of Dis- trict Organization Is Brought to Close. Washington's Congress of Parents and Teachers will ask the Senate Appropriations Committee for removal of the rider to the District appropriae tions bill forbidding teachers to pere form clerical work other than that necessary and incidental to class room teaching assignments Resolutions adopted by the group, whose twenty-fourth annual conven tion closed yesterday in the Depart= mental Auditorium, call for restora= tion of the garden item in the school appropriation, opposition to the race track bill and repeal of the red rider. The delegates acted on about 30 mo= tions. Members favored passage the pending Juvenile Court bill, but opposed daylight-saving time for the District, abandonment of t Receiva- ing Home and sale of warlike toys by District stores They also de- manded strict enforcement of the rule prohibiting grant of a liquor license within 400 feet of a school or church. Mrs. Fry Re-elected. Mrs. Walter B. Fry was re-elected president of the congr with Mrs, H. N. Stull first vice president; Mr: C D. Lowe, third vice president; Mr. P. C. Ellett, fifth vice president, and Miss Myrtle Moore, seventh vice presi= The new officers were installed dent by Mrs. F. M. Hosmer, representing [ the National Congress of Parents and Teachers A panel discussion of the “Com- munity Contribution to Child Develop= ment” revealed a consensus favoring more co-operation between home and school. Panel speakers, led by Mr Hosmer, included Miss Catherine Wat= kins, Dr. D. L. Seckinger, Dr. Paul Everhardt, Assistant Supt. of Schools Robert L. Haycock, Miss Louise Mce Guire, Dr. L. L. Jarvis and Mrs. A. C, Watkins. Honor-roll A. Lingebach, followed by presenta- tion of 12 National Parent-Teacher honor scrolls by Mrs. C. C. Hines. Dr. Lindeman Speaks. The morning session heard Dr. Eduard Lindeman, professor of social philosophy at the New York School of Social Work and director of the recreation projects of the Works | Progerss Administration, lash out at secondary education “Elementary schools made & mis- take in teaching a child a Iot of “what” when he wants to know “why,” Dr. Linedman said. “But the high schools do much more damage by teaching youth to start thinki about jobs, rather than about RiVIng them a comple terpretation of life. Secondary edue cation is the weak link in the and we will have to revamp our en- | tire system of high school if we are to improve.” | The speaker also declared that | teaching gets progressively worse from the elementary schools on up, | reaching its worst point in the col- | leges, where many professors are | much more interested in research and |in having the class parrot their text books back at them in examinations than in getting a real response from the pupil himself. Music was furnished both sessions by the Mothersingers Chorus. MEETINGS TONIGHT BACK COURT PLAN National Lawyers' Guild Launch Intensive Campaign Supporting Proposal. An aggressive public campaign in support of President Roosevelt's Su- preme Court reorganization plan will be launched tonight by the National Lawyers' Guild at meetings in 18 cities. Speaking over a Nation-wide hook- |up of the National Broadcasting Co. from New York from 9:15 to 10 o'clock will be Roscoe Steflen, pro- | fessor of law at Yale University Law 1 School; George Henry Payne, Federal Communications commissioner; John P. Devaney, president of the guild and former chief justice of the Supreme Court of Minnesota; Frank P. Walsh, one of the founders of the guild, and Senator Green of Rhode Island. Cities in which the meetings will be held are New York, Cleveland, De= troit, Houston, Iowa City, Los Angeles, Madison, Miami, Pittsburgh, Portland, Seattle, St. Louis and Tulsa. Senator Reynolds of North Carolina will speak at Miami, Gov. Phillip La Follette of Wisconsin, a member of the Executive Board of the Guild, will speak at Madison, Wis.; Judge Wil- liam Denman of the Circuit Court of Appeals for the ninth judicial dis- trict, at Los Angeles; former Judge Patrick O'Brien of Michigan at De- troit; Raymond B. Stevens, former | vice chairman of the Federal Tariff Commission, at Cleveland; Repre- sentative Connery of Massachusetts at Pittsburgh; Judge Ferdinand Pecora of the New York Supreme Court and Irving Brant, editor of the St. Louis Star-Times, at St. Louis, and former Chief Justice John Miley of the Su- preme Court of Oklahoma at Tulsa. to ———— New Mortgage Record. ‘The Federal Housing Administra- tion said today the current spurt in home building pushed the March volume of home mortgages selected for F. H. A. insurance to a new peak. The March total of $68,045452 was 18.2 per cent higher than the previous record month of October, 1936.