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Gene DELEGATES MEET HERE TOMORROW 18 Foreign Countries to Be Represented at Four- Day Convention. FLOOD RELIEF WORK WILL BE DRAMATIZED Movies, Pageantry and Sketches of Disaster Activity to Be Open to Public. More than 2,000 delegates are ex- pected for the four-day annual con- vention of the American Red Cross, which opens at 10 am. tomorrow in Memorial Continental Hall, Seven- teenth street between C and D streets. Eighteen foreign countries, members of the International Committee of the Red Cross, will be represented by Em- bessy and legation staffs, who will oc- cupy boxes. A dramatic presentation of Red Cross and governmental relief activi- ties in behalf of the victims of the ©Ohio and Mississippi Valleys flood of last January and February will feature the convention. Motion pictures, pageantry and sketches by radio stars will give reality to this drama of dis- aster, which is open to the public. It begins at 8 p.m. tomorrow in Consti- tution Hall, Eighteenth street be- tween C and D streets. ‘The narrator will be Hugh Conrad, voice of the “March of Time” radio program. Players from Station WLW, Cincinnati, will present a program showing ‘how their station played a vital part in rescue and relief as the Ohio River flood waters spread over downtown Cincinnati. Gen. Craig to Speak. Work of the Coast Guard, the Army and the Red Cross will be vividly de- picted and described. Speakers will include Gen. Malin Craig. chief of | staff, U. 8. A.; Rear Admiral R. R. Waesche, commandant of the Coast Guard; Administrator Harry L. Hop- kins of the W. P. A, Assistant Surg. Gen. W. F. Draper, United States Public Health Service; Senator Bark- ley of Kentucky, James L. Fieser, vice chairman of the Red Cross; DeWitt Smith, general director of Red Cross relief, and Howard FPrench, Evans- Vville, Ind, acnoolboy, who saw the flood. Another unusual event of the con- vention will be a dinner Tuesday night at the Willard Hotel honoring Miss Mabel T, Boardman, secretary of -the American Red Cross, on com- pletion of 37 years of volunteer service to the organization. She is national director of Volunteer Service. Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the Red Cross, will be toastmaster. Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. J., pres- ident of Georgetown University, will give the invocation. Speakers will include Assistant Secretary of State Moore, Vicompte Bonabes de Rouge of France, secretary general of the | League of Red Cross Societies, who | will convey the greetings of 61 other nations to Miss Boardman, and Mrs. August Belmont of New York. Girl to Bring Greetings. Colin Herrie will convey the greet- ings of the Red Cross staff throughout the United States, and Betty Ward, Fairfield, Conn., school girl, will brin greetings from 8,000.000 members of the American Junior Red Cross. 2.0 RED CROSS | Mingled emotions were reflected in the expressions of (left to right) Mary Moorehouse, 11; Jean Cunningham, 7, Maripn de Lay, 10, and Dotty Bunch, §, spectators at the Community Center circus. MRS. ELGENHEADS CITIZENS' GROUP ‘Named at Mount Pleasant the streets and into the buildings of | Association’s Final Meet- ing of Year. Mrs. Grace D. Elgen, wife of Riley Elgen, chairman of the Public Utili- ties Commission, was elected president of the Mount Pleasant Citizens’ As- sociation at its final meeting of the ant Branch Library. Mrs. Elgen had been chairman of the association Committee on Education. The association unanimously in- dorsed the King bill to prohibit the establishment of certain industries in Washington and then apecifically op- posed the placing of an abbatoir .in Benning. Named with Mrs. Elgen were Dr. Edward W. Thompson, vice presi- dent; John De La Mater, secretaryg Daniel Foley, treasurer, and Dr. A. A. Chenay and Dr. H. H. Burroughs delegates to the federation. All of- ficers were re-elected except the presi- dent and vice president. The association went on record against putting the Jefferson Memo- rial at the Tidal Basin and sug- | gested Rock Creek Park. west of Six- teenth street at the old reservoir, as an alternate site. A motion was passed commending Mrs. John Boyle, chairman of the Washington Con- sumers’ Council, for demanding investigation of milk prices. Mrs. Elgen was given power to act for the association in the matter of the clerical rider to the school appro- priation. Members also favored a bridge across ‘Rock Creek Park join- ng Sixteenth street and Connecticut avenue just north of Tilden and Music will be by the Navy Band, Alex- | ander Morris, assistant leader, con- | ducting. An historical review of | notable events from the Red Cross'| past hes been arranged for the dinner. Brig. Gen. Frank R. Keefer, Ch!".l man of the District chapter of the| Red Cross, will preside at the opening session of the convention tomorrow. Celebration this year of the 25th| anniversary of Red Cross Public| Health Nursing will be the occasion for the major address on the opening program by Miss Elizabeth Gordon Fox of Yale University, associate pro- feasor of nursing education in relation to public health, Children from the Embassies and Legations here then will present a pageant, each child carrying a flag representing his native country. Mem- bers of the Junior Red Cross of Eliot Junior Hign School will sing the Red Cross song of service. Donald Turner, from an Omaha, Nebr., high school, will speak on the purposes of the Junior Red Cross. Junior Convention Tuesday. About 300 high achool girls and boys from all over the United States will open the Junior Red Cross conven- tion Tuesday afternoon in the audi- torium in the new Interior Depart- ment Building. The adult convention will close ‘Thursday noon' with a luncheon at the willard. Gustavus D. Pope, De- troit, will act as toastmaster for the affair, which will be broadcast on a Nation-wide network of the National Broadcasting Co. from 2 pm. to 2:45 p.m. Frank B. Noyes, president of both the Associated Press and The Evening Star Newspaper Co. will speak. Other speakers are L. R. Lohr, president of the National Broadcast- ing Co., and Will, H. Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America. Delegates are invited to a tea at 4 p.m. Tuesday in the Red Cross house at Walter Reed Hospital by Mrs, Honry R. Rea, the Gray Ladies and the Red Croses staff of the hos- pital. The juniors will hold a dinner dance at 7 p.m. Tuesday at the May- flower Hotel. The ]ate Clara D. Noyes, director of the Red Cross Nursing Service, who died since the last convention, will be honored by a memorial service at the Thursday morning session. Miss Taylor streets. Six new members were admitted. GERMAN EMBASSY SCENE OF PICKETING 33 Men and Women Stage Demon- stration Against Use of Nazi Troops in Spain. Closely watched by police, 33 men and women picketers yesterday staged & one-hour demonstration in front of the German Embassy in protest against participation by Nazi troops in Spain’s civil war. Carrying placards and chanting as they picketed, the demonstrators walked in a circle on the sidewalk in front of the Embassy as several hundred spectators looked on. The picketing finally was called off after Willard Espy, executive sec- retary of the American League Against War and Fascism, announced spokesmen had been denied an audi- ence with Embassy officials. Some of the placards carried by the picketers read: “Withdraw all German troops and planes from Spain,” “Civilized world must stop machine-gunning of women and chil- dren” and “Stop fascism from spread- ing to America—bury it in Spain.” A statement issued by the League Against War and Fascism, which sponsored the demonstration, said it was planned “to protest the bestial brutality of the Nazis in Spain.” Honored Boardman, Maj. Julia C. Stimson, re- tired superintendent of the Army Nurse Corps, and Mrs. August Belmont will offer eulogies in Miss Noyes’ miemory. —_— ¢ @irl, 4, Burned at Play. ; Burned about the back and arms, Wwhen her dress caught fire from a Hghted candle with which she and her brother Lionel were playing, Alice May Curtis, 4, colored, of 2304 Sev- enteenth street was taken last night to Children's Hospital, where it was said her condition was “eatisfactory g . \ MISS MABEL T. BOARDMAN, year last night, in the Mount Pleas- | ICKES WILL LAY LANGSTON STONE Principal Address at Housing Project. Administrator Ickes will make the | principal address and lay the corner- stone Thursday for Langston, the Public Works Administration's $1,- 842,000 low-rent housing project on Benning road northeast. The exer- cises will begin at 3 p.m. under spon- | sorship of the Washington Housing Administration. The association is acting in an ad- visory capacity in the planning of the largest public housing project now under way in the District. Langston is part of P. W. A.’s national slum- clearance program and will provide modern, fully-equipped homes for 274 families. Rev. Anson Phelps Stokes, president of the local housing association, will preside at the exercises. Rev. Wal~ ter H. Brooks will deliver the invo- | cation and Maj. Campbeil C. John- | son, secretary of the Twelfth Street Y. M. C. A, is to speak on behalf of | the colored residents of Washington. | The Howard University Glee Club will | sing. The development will consist of two- story flats, group houses and three- | story apartments. Construction is | now about 35 per cent complete and the project will be finished in the | Fall. More than five applications | have been received for each unit, e e FOUR DISTRICT BILLS MUST WAIT MAY 24 Measures on Which Formal Re- ports Failed to Reach House Not on Calendar. Therell be no District day in the are no bills on the calendar for con- sideration. ported four bills which would have ports on them reached the House be- fore it adjourned Thursday for the week end. Now the District must wait until May 24 before it gets another day, unless Chairman Norton of the District Committee can persuade House leaders to grant her special privilege in the meantime to call up the four bills. ‘Two of the four bills approved by the committee are designed to regulate and control beauty parlors and barber shops. The third would prohibit “child” marriages by increasing the age of consent to 18 years for boys and 16 for girls and also prevent the issuance of all marriage licenses until three days after the filing of an ap- plication. The fourth measure would give the Commissioners authority to issue licenses for practice of the heal- ing art and relieve Congress of the necessity of passing separate bills for this purpose. MRS. GANTZ NAMED Elected Presideht of American ‘Woinen’s Legion. Mrs. Benjamin Soule Gantz was elected president of the American ‘Women's Legion at the organization’s annual convention at the Mayflower Hotel, it was announced yesterday. Other officers elected were Mrs. Robert Coe, first vice president; Mrs. Pearl M. Johnson, second vice presi- dent; Mrs. Liliian K. Urban, third vice president; Mrs. Jules Tamson, recording secretary; Mrs. Peter A. Hazes, treasurer, and Mrs. Acheson E ONLY has one leg but Eddie Gilbert, 17-year-old sopho- more at Dunbar High School, who thumped with his crutches all over Grifith Stadium ‘Thuraday as a corporal in third place Company F in the competitive dril, doesn’t let that interfere with his box- ing, swimming, besket ball, driving, dancing or anything else. Curled on the sofa yesterday at 2439 Onf road, Eddie crossed his empty trouser leg over his good limb and explained ft was all “very simple.” “T used t0 be on the swimming team at Prancis Junior High,” he said. |Cabinet Member Will Makel House tomorrow simply because there | The committee has favorably re- | been on the calendar had formal re- | D. C, o< First it rained and then the sun came out. It rained again and approx- imately 5.000 persons who had gath- ered in Central High School Stadium yesterday afternoon to see the Com- munity Center Department’s third an- nual children’s festival-circus went in- doors to the achool's auditorium, where the circus was to be staged “in case of rain”" i After all hands had been com- fortably seated the sun came out and the officials announced that the circus would be held outdoors in the sta- dium. £o fathers and mothers and babes In arms left their indoor seats and returned to the athletic field where the circus actually was held. Somewhere between two and three thousand children took part in the the art of caravansarie, camaraderie and carefree life in the great open spaces—{rom parades, to gypsy folk dances, to clowning. Hittenmark Announcer. With Gordon Hittenmark as an- nouncer for the circus, the whole pro- gram got away to a good start—even if it was 10 minutes late. Since there was that struggle with the elements, all eyes cocked for rain, the program was run off in record time—like a professional show, with no stage waits. First came a triumphal march around the arena, all the entertainers lined up in the circus parade. With a fanfare of trumpets by the Sons of the American Legion Drum and Bugle Corps, the parade entered the stadium from the Thirteenth street and Florida avenue entrance— in two sections. Section 1 was led by the Metropolitan Police Boys' Band, Section 2 by the Washnigton Elks Boys' Band, preceded by the Boy Park View Center. A good parade, too, that probably would have stretched the length of Pennsylvania avenué from the Capitol | to the White House, had it been held downtown. Everybody had a hand— or a foot—in it, from the little kids dressed in Mickey Mouse costumes, beautiful silken clothes of black and white, to the grotesque figures of lengthier lads and lassies in the garb of wild animals—pink elephants, girafles, dragons, ostriches, and other denizens of the jungle. When the parade had finished each unit was assigned a place in one of the three rings—and the circus was on. . Mickey Mouse Contingent. Fourteen acts comprised the first part of the program. There was a show by the Mickey Mouse contingent, under leadership of Rena Cournyn; a clown exhibition with H. P. Henson as leader; 'syncopation by Langley Center, with Anna Claxton in com- mand; eccentric dances by the Roose- velt-Macfariand and Park View units. with Margaret Carmody as leader, and acrobatic novelties and soldiers on parade, all under the command of Adelaide Courtney. There were special attractions and Tegular attractions—greaseballs, ballet dancers, woodland nymphs, cartwheel clowns, firl acrobats, boxing clowns, living statues and wrestlers—all under the direction of Genevieve Pearson, Herman Littman, Albert Nathanson, Margaret Begeman, A. W. Buret, Alice Loulse Hunter and their as- sistants. Tumbling and pyramids were under direction of J. N. Colangelo, H. K. Clayton and R. J. Lund of Columbia Heights. Variety “tappers” tapped to the timing of Jeannette Tolford. Clowns from the E. V. Brown School | went through their paces st the sig- P. Hassan, corresponding secretary. nals started by Harry Littleton. Swing dashes. I get a lot of power out of that baby,” he added, looking with affection at his remaining leg. The young colored lad uses one crutch when he dances and, while he is no Bill Robinson, he gets around. He goes to a dance nearly every week end. His principle wish at the mo- ment is for & car, because the taxi fare on his week end dates is “terri- fic.” And he can drive a car, too, as well as snyone. Gilbert, who lost his leg 11 years 880 as the resilt of an infection, doesn’t miss it much even when he boxes, wrestles or plays basket ball nmv.uo.gmfluum SUNDAY MORNING, MAY three-ring eircus that displayed all| Scouts’ Drum and Bugle Corps of | 9, Apparently with the “greatest of ease,” Billy Spencer, 16, takes a “fiyer” over a human hurdle, 5,000 See Children’s Circus After Outmaneuvering Weather o< {Community Center Department’s Third Annual Festival at Central Stadium Proves Colorful Event. dances were directed by Bernice Car- rico. A dragon, brought to life by some 20-odd boys, manipulated under the expert leadership of George Payne. | Trained chimpanzees from Paul Cen- ter were directed by Mildred Robert- son. Wild animals by Charles Combs, and clowns from Paul Center by Capt. Langmack. Jack and the Bean Stalk. One of the novelties—from the Neighborhood House—was Jack and the Bean Stalk, by Virginia Griffith. Acrobatics, wrestling and boxing by the Hines' Club boys were under the direction of Jack Haas. Maypole dances were arranged by Mrs. A. N. Brooks, with various folk dances staged by Sara McNeilly, Balla Chotin, Bruce Kessler, Mrs. Bonnell, D. Thomas Frances Brightwell and Amalie Preische. Those numerous activities took place in the second part of the program. A gypsy wedding festival, directed by Mary Woodward Davis, occupied the entire length of the third part of the program—and a patriotic finale, with music by the combined bands, finished the program. Boy Scouts who helped make the affair a success were under direction of Col. E. L. Mattice, while the Girl Scouts were directed by Mrs. Carl Thompson. Stadium Blaze of Color. The entire stadium was a blaze of color—with flags and bunting fes- tooned on the north stands. One of the features, that brought the program to a stand-still, was a mile bicycle race in which six young boys competed. The winner was Wilden Heinard's second, Bill Ander- son; third, Ralph Stevens. Peanuts, popcorn, red lemonade and ice cream were served on the promenade, in true circus fashion. The entire program went off with- out any one getting. wet, save for a slight sprinkle at the outset. RELIEF “SIT-DOWN” CONTINUED BY 40 Workers’ Alliance Members Find Welcome at District Station. Insistent in their relief demands, two score members of the Workers' Alliance last night continued the “sit- down,” which they started Wednesday night at the District relief station at 2529 Pennsylvania avenue. Doors to the station were kept open again, a concession made by officials after the “sit-downers” had threat- ened to move into the private office of Commissioner Allen. “They can stay as long as they like,” Welfare Director Elwood Street de- clared last night. “With the funds we have at our disposal, however, it's impossible to give them everything they want.” The -alliance, according to Street, has demanded “food checks first and the need investigated afterward.” In reply, the welfare director has em- phasized that evidence must be sub- mitted, in accordance with the law, that the applicant for relief is in need and that he is a resident of the District. . The “sit-downers” so far have dis- played no signs of weakening and Street said he was unable to guess how long they will continue to occupy the station. One Leg No Bar to Eddie’s Dancing or Drilling ceptional sense of balance he has de- veloped, as well as great strength in his left limb. “I get knocked out now and then,” he explained casually, “but it never amounts to much.” Eddie’s one great love, beside “the girl over on Oregon street,” is the <N ] @he Sunday Shae WASHINGTON, 1937. Best among the Frank Portillo (left) a mirth provokers were Clowns nd Clarence Jackson. —Star Staff Photos. “CAT BURGLAR" SUSPECT HELD:ADVISERS SOUGHT |Alexandrian Is Brought to D. C. Headquarters for Quiz on OId Crimes. ' Musty police records containing the | history of the sensational “cat burglar,” | who terrorized the Chevy Chase and Wesley Heights sections 10 years ago, | were being combed by detectives last | night after the arrest of a 34-year-old | Alexandrian. who is suspected of being | the soft-footed prowler. The suspect, who was seized at his | home by Detective Lieut. Edgar Sims | and Sergt. Joseph Butler of the Alex- andria, Va, police force, watved extradition and willingly accompanied detectives to police headquarters here. Information received from 2 con- | fidential source. detectives said, linked the suspect with the daring robberies of a decade ago. Persons who en- countered the “cat” when he first be- | Ran to prowl will be asked to view the | suspect, Detective Chief B W.| Thompson said | Several recent robberies in the| | Chevy Chase section which resembled | | the work of the elusive “cat” led to | | rgnewal of the search for the robber, | | detectives said. “Cat” Promised to Reform. Among those who will be asked to view the newest suspect will be Rev. J. Hillman Hollister, pastor of the | Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church, who chatted with the “Cat” when he at- tempted to rob his home on November 18, 1927. He persuaded the robber to leave empty handed and promising to reform his ways. The clergyman said last night that he did not know whether he would be able to identify the robber with whom he talked 10 years ago. He said that as yet he has received no word | of the arrest of a new suspect from police. | Few burglars have caused as much | alarm in Washington as did the “Cat."” Residents of the neighborhoods in which he operated kept spotlights | burning in their front and back yards throughout the night and special police patrols and armed groups of citizens patroled the streets. The burglar was given his alias be- cause of the soft, sure-footed manner | in which he prowled through the homes of his victims and because of his feline like agility in reaching and fleeing from second-story windows. The “Cat” continued to operate even after every house in his hunting grounds was kept lighted at night un- til he ceased his prowling as abruptly as it had started. May Have Been Wounded. Many believed at the time that the “Cat” had been wounded by Eugene E. Thompson, who fired three shots at a prowler whom he discovered in the rear of his home at 3026 Forty- fourth place. Twenty-five policemen and scores of citizens responded to the alarm at Thompson's home on the night of November 18, 1927, to search nearby woods for the “Cat.” Descriptions of the “Cat” were broadcast all over the United States by police, but until yesterday only two prisoners had ever been listed definitely as “cat bandit suspects.” One was arrested in 1927 and the other in 1935. Both were released. Before being turned over to Wash- ington authorities the present suspect was questioned by Virginia police in connection with a recent series of Tobberies in Arlington County, Va. No evidence linking him with those crimes was uncovered. — Tulip Show Winners. ‘Winners in the annual tulip show of the Woodridge Garden Club were announced yesterday with P. H. Goertzger the sweepstake winner with 31 points. Thirty-seven contestants vied for places in 38 different classes. | against his side. Last Armistice day he marched in the parade from the Capitol to Eighteenth and Consti- tution avenue to get “a close look at the President.’” He has also won & marksmanship medal. “I think I'll go to Summer school AUDITORIUM GROUP Finnan Sends Letters to In- terested D. C. and U. S. Officials. Letters were sent out yesterday by C. Marshall Finnan, secretary of the Capital Auditorium Commission, of which Secretary Ickes is chairman, to interested District and Federal Government officials, requesting them to name members to serve on the committee which will advise the com- mission. Finnan transmitted letters to Rear Admiral Christian J. Peoples, director of procurement, Treasury Department; Charles Moore, chairman of the Fine Arts Commission; Frederic A. Delano, chairman of the National Capital Park and Planning Commission, and | to the District Commissioners. Soon after these officials have designated the persons they wish to represent them on the Advisory Committee, that body will hold a meeting. Finnan has already been designated by Sec- retary Ickes to act as chairman of | the advisory group. This brings another step forward the long-discussed project of a suitable up-to-date auditorium for the Na- tional Capital. The National Capital Park and Planning Commission has already considered a number of po- tential sites for an auditorium, in- cluding the area at the eastern end | of East Capitol street, on the banks of the Anacostia River. Finnan explained that his advisory group will consider all the potential sites for construction of the audi- torium and after the deliberations will lay its findings before the Capital Auditorium Commission. The need for a major auditorium has long been felt here, not only to serve the needs of the delegates to conventions, but for large indoor gatherings of Washingtonians themselves. Soga RITES SET TUESDAY FOR FIRE VICTIMS Mrs. Louisa Donaldson and Son Will Be Buried in Eldbrooke Cemetery. Funeral services for Mrs. Louisa Donaldson, 94, and her son, George, 56, who burned to death early yester- day when lightning set fire to their home at 5007 Belt road, will be held Tuesday at 2 p.m. at the George W. Wise funeral home, 2900 M street. Burial will be in the Eldbrooke Ceme- tery. Three generations of Mrs. Donald- son’s descendants escaped injury in the blaze which swept the second floor of their home. Those who made their way to safety through windows leading to & porch roof were her son, Frank, 49; a daughter, Mrs. Matilda Holzwart, 55: "two grandchildren, John Holzwart, 24, and his sister, Mrs. Hazel King, 29, and two great- grandchildren, Constance #Ing. 5, and Miss Myrtle Basford, #. Lightning traveled into the house, apparently along electric wires, to ignite the stairway and secondgstory hallway. Intense heat prevented fire- men from entering the rooms where the victims were trapped. Mrs. Donaldson was born in Al- bany, N. Y., and came to Washing- ton when she was a young girl. She had lived in the house in which she died for the last 25 years. JEWISH FUND WORKERS TO MEET AT LUNCHEON $54,000 Already Collected Drive for 880,000 to Aid Refugees in Palestine. ‘With about $54,000 already collected in its $80,000 drive, the canvassing corps of the United Jewish Appeal will meet at the Jewish Community Center tomorrow at luncheon to make plans for the final part of the campaign. Isidore Hershfleld, Morris Simon and Morris Cafritz, co-chairmen of the appeal, are {0 address the workers. The sum to be collected will constitute the most difficult part of the drive, according to leaders, since all major in Cadet Corps. He never misses & drill, | this Summer,” he said. “I am terribly | donations have been made, with the 1s corporal of the prize-winning squad | anxious to get & commission and my | remainder to come in small contri- of the 24th regiment, afd himself | scholarship needs a little elevating.” | butions. took third plece in & manual of arms He is studying music and hopes Heads of the campaign here hope ‘competition with nearly 100 cadets. | some day to be an orchestra leader | to obtain at least 4,000 individual do- Perfectly ur-_bledmnehlnxln step with his two crutches, he often carries & gun when he drills, moving his right erutch wpm 1t and to be “independent,” to get married. ) “Yes, sir,” he sighed, dreamily con- tented, “she is vu'p one cute girl.” perhaps nations as Washington's part in the national drive to raise $4,500,000 for rehabilitation of Jewish refugees in Palestine.” « » PAGE B—1 D. C. FEDERATION CHURCHES START WELFARE BRANCH Rev. John L. Mixon Called to Head Work of New Department. SOCIAL AGENCIES, CHEST IN ACCORD ON PLANS Dr. Darby S@ys Critical Relief Situation Is One Reason for Step Undertaken. Preparing for more active partici- pation in welfare work, the Wash- ington Pederation of Churches has organized a new department of Social Welfare, Rev. W. L. Darby, executive secretary of the organization, nounced yesterday. Rev. John L. Mixon, a graduate of Chicago University and Chicago Theo- logical Seminary, has been called to head the new department and is ex- pected tc begin work June 1. Co-operating with the federation in establishing the new department are the Community Chest and the Council of Social Agencies. Mr. Mixon Wil be a regular member of the federation’s staff, but_funds for the suppom of the deparf@lent are to be provided by the chest. Study Preceded Action. Several months of quiet study by the Federation's Committee on Social Service preceded adoption of the plan for the new department, which re- ceived the approval of the chest and the councll. Heading the committee was Rev. J. Hillman Hollister, and the group was aided by the Rev. North M. Tippy of the Federal Council of Churches. One of the reasons leading to estabs lishment of the new department, Dr. Darby said, was the present critical | relief situation. Commenting on the new department Dr. Darby said: “This arrangement, which is the first of its kind in America operating on this basis, will bring the Protest= ant Churches into closer co-operation with the social agencies of the city and give them a larger measure of re- sponsibility for the welfare of people of that faith. “It is felt that the churches need to go still further, hoping to rehagili- tate familles and to supply their spiritual as well as their physical | wants.” Leader Is Well Qualified. Dr. Darby said that Mr. Mixon s well qualified for his new duties. For the past several years, he has been active i Chicago in the flelds of re lief, recreation and community plane ning. it was pointed out. “There is undoubtedly an unusual opportunity here for constructive efe fort on a operative basis,” Dr. Dare by said, “which will benefit not only unfortunate families, but the churches and agencies involved." Headquarters for the department will be established in the federation's new office at 1749 N street as soon as the building is ready for occupancy. CIVIL SERVICE BILL TO GET ACTION SOON Ramspeck Expects State Quota Limitation to Pass With Lit- tle Opposition. Chairman Ramspeck of the House Civil Service Committee expects to grt definite action by his committee tiis week on the bill to extend the civil service to cover all positions not now in the classified service. He is waiting to have. the provisions, tentatively agreed on last Thursday, properly drafted. Ramspeck expressed confidence last night that the State quota limitation will be passed without serious Opposi= tion. The only stumbling block will be whether the blanketing in will be with competitive examinations quired, or non-competitive. Personally, the chairman says. he is convinced the bill should stipulate non-competitive, because he feels cer~ tain that a competitive examination requirement would not be passed by the House. The President is against it, he explained, and the cost of hold- ing ‘the examinations would be ) ro= hibitive. " Ramspeck s8if there has been se- rious and general misunderstancing Wwith regard to the two-year provision. The original bill had no time limit, he pointed out, but the committee tentatively agreed to a two-year lim- itation within which the President may place these employes under civil service by executive order. He might never do so. If he does not do so within two years the positions are to be placed under civil service by legislation, but the persons holding the positions wil be required to take a competitive exam- ination. an= rea APPOINTMENT OF HUFF IS CRITICIZED BY KING Senate D. C. Committee Head Was in Favor of Promotion to Fill Barnard Post. Chairman King of the Senate Dis- trict Committee said yesterday ha .would have preferred to see the position of general superintendent of District penal institutions filled by promotion in the ranks. Commenting on the appaistment of Ray L. Huff, an officiai w ¢ Federal Bureau of Prisons, to {ha District post, King said: “The Lorton Reformatory is one of the hest conducted in the United States and Capt. M. M. Barnard deserved great credit for the ace complishments during his adminise tration. Capt. W. L. Peak was with him there and knew the system under which it is operated. I thought a year ago, when it becdme known that Capt Barnard was to retire, that Peak was the right man. I bee lieve in promotions in the ranks where Nl*." 2