Evening Star Newspaper, May 21, 1937, Page 21

Waishington News MUNICIPAL CENTER AND AUDITORIUM MODELS EXHIBITED Proposed Plans Are Viewed by Park and Planning Commission. _DETAILS OF LAYOUT NOT MADE PUBLIC Planners Anxious to Have New Buildings Correlated With Street ‘Widening Project. Models showing the proposed Mu- nicipal Center development, with an auditorium located at Third street and Constitution avenue, were exhibited today before the National Capital Park and Planning Commission by Nathan C. Wyeth, municipal archi- tect. The planner approved the projected location of the buildings—exclusive of the auditorium—but details of the layout were not made public. ‘The commission is anxious to have the Municipal Center buildings, when construcied, correlated with the street widening plan in the area from Third to Sixth street and Pennsylvania to Indiana avenues, as well as to secure & harmonious development with the Apex Building and with the Mellon Art Gallery, soon to be built at Seventh street and Constitution ave- nue. Believed Favorable Site. For a long time, the commission has felt that the southeast corner of the proposed Municipal Center develop- ment offers an opportunity for an auditorium site. Thomas S. Settle, the commission's secretary, made it clear that his colleagues are not at- tempting to influence the National Capital Auditorium Commission, set up by Congress and headed by Secre- tary Ickes. The planners are repre- sented on this body by their chair- - man, Frederic A. Delano, while on the Advisory Committee, John Nolen, jr., director of planning of the Planning Commission, is serving. Settle explained that the Municipal Center site's availability as an audi- | torium depends on the size of the building, which the National Capital Auditorium Commission desires. The Third street and Constitution avenue location would accommodate an audi- torium holding about 12,000 persons. Final approval was given to the set- back line and approaches for the Mellon National Gallery of Art by the Planning Commission. John Rus- sell Pope, architect of the gallery, is anxious to proceed with construction of the building, now that Congress has given authority for its acceptance. The commission required that this structure conform to the building lines established by the National Museum and cther buildings of the Smithsonian Institution located on the Mall. Comnmiittee Authorized. ‘The commission authorized Delano to appoint a committee to work with the Thomas Jefferson Memorial Com- mission in an effort to work out dif- ferences that have arisen because of the Jefferson Commission's determi- nation to locate the memorial at the Tidal Basin site in West Potomac Park. The Planning Commission has felt that a general study of the whole area affected should be undertaken to traffic, landscaping and other problems might be settled without delay. Nolen laid before the commission a 10-year public building site program. ‘These locations were not made public. ‘The planners are working with Presi- dent Roosevelt's special committee on this problem. Meanwhile, Engineer Commissioner Dan I Suntan, a member of the Park and Planning Commission, prepared to study detailed plans for improve- ment of the Washington Channel water front after his planning col- leagues had approved them. The District and Federal govern- ments will co-ordinate the program so the improved Water street and the construction of the new buildings planned along the water front, pat- terned after the Municipal Fish Mar- ket, will dovetail into the new plans. District to Contribute $350,000. Under the program the District Gov- ernment is to contribute $350,000 for this work and plans are being per- fected by Maj. Walter D. Luplow, War Department district engineer for the ‘Washington area. Maj. Luplow and his senior engineer, E. A. Schmitt, appeared before the planners yesterday and explained the plans in detail. ‘The Water street improvement is to harmonize with East Potomac Park and will be made into a boulevard drive. The planners indorsed the working plans submitted, subject to a final check by Col. Sultan. As soon as funds become available the district engineer will proceed with construction, as Congress has already authorized the program as an ap- proved project. Late yesterday, after the planners had appeared before the Senate sub- committee considering the slaughter house measure, Col. Sultan took his colleagues on a personally-conducted tour at the height of the traffic and showed them conditions on M and P #treets, as well as in the Rock Creek and Potomac Parkway. He has recom- mended that consideration be given a traffic overpass at K street to facili- tate the movement of traffic, which includes many heavy trucks operating in and out of the industrial establish- ments along the Georgetown water- front. POLICEMEN SUSPENDED Probe Begun Into Killing of Woman in Decatur. DECATUR, Ill, May 21 (#)—Four policemen were under temporary sus- pension by the Safety Board today as the result of a police patrol wagon ac- cident in which one woman delegate to the Illinois G. A. R. encampment was killed and 11 others injured. ‘The board last night started an in- vestigation of the accident which oc- curred early yesterday as 14 women were making & tour of the city in the Ppatrol wagon. DAYLGHT SAIG APPROVALISSEEN BY HOUGE EROLP Favorable Report on Time Bill to Committee Fore- cast Monday. ACTION BY FULL UNIT EXPECTED WEDNESDAY Chairman Says Mail Shows 5-to-1 Ratio Favoring Pro- posed Plan. The plan to put Washington on a daylight savings schedule is expected to jump its first legislative hurdle Monday. At that time a subcommittee of the House District Committee to which the Sacks daylight saving bill its fate. will be favorably reported to the full committee by a 2-to-1 vote. Representative Sacks, Democrat, of Pennsylvania, sponsor of the bill and chairman of the subcommittee, called the meeting, confident the measure will be sent back to the full com= mittee with a stamp of approval. The full .committee will take action on the bill at its regular meeting Wednesday. Deluged With Letters. Since the public hearing on the measure Monday, Sacks said he had been literally deluged with letters and petitions indorsing the daylight saving plan. The only pronounced opposition so far, he declared, de- veloped at the hearing. The mail at least 5 to 1-in favor of the bill. | Sacks reiterated he did not pro- | pose to “inflict” the daylight saving | plan on the District unless it was desired by the majority of its resi- dents, and pointed out the opposition has been “negligible.” The only member of the subcom- bill is Representative McGehee, Demo- crat, of Mississippi. Sacks will vote for it. The third member, Repre- sentative Bates, Republican, of Mas- sachusetts, likely will join Sacks in voting to report the measure favor- ably. The mail poll shows the opposi- tion has come principally from house- wives, who fear the extra hour of daylight will keep them in the kitch- en an hour later each day, while their husbands are enjoying a game of golf or some other outdoor sport. Some of the opponents have argued the plan would cause confusion since the nearby sections of Maryland and Virginia would noi be on daylight saving. Philadelphiz Is Cited. Sacks, however, does not take that argument seriously. He explained that Philadelphia, his home, is on confusion even though some of the surrounding sections are on standard time. Whether the full District Committee will report the bill to the House is still doubtful. If it is approved by calendar in time for House action on the first “District day” in June. Sacks said if Congress enacts his bill before July 1, the District will have nearly three months in which to enjoy the “benefits” of daylight saving. New opposition developed mean- while, with the organization of the District Standard Time League, The group, headed by George C. Havenner, one-time president of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, will concentrate on assembling opin- ions on the time-saving plan. If the House committee holding hearings on the daylight saving bill requests it, the league will present data it gathers. The league is circu- lating & petition for signatures by those opposed to daylight saving. More than a score of persons at- tended the organization meeting, held in the Munsey Building. Other offi- cers of the league elected are: Thomas Price, executive gecretary, and Mrs. Leslie B. Wright, corresponding sec- retary. RED RIDER REPEAL VOTED BY SENATE House Will Take Up Conference Agreement of Local Measure. Repeal of the red rider will face its final congressional test early next week when the House takes up the conference agreement, which con- tains a stipulation that its abolition is not to be construed as permitting advocacy of communism. The Senate ratified the agreement yesterday without a dissenting voice, and Representative Kennedy, Demo- crat, of Maryland, believes the House will concur. He agreed not to call the report up in the House until Rep- resentative Taber, Republican, of New York, returns to the city. The conference report was handled in the Senate by Senator Black, Democrat, of Alabama. House ap- proval will send the repeal bill to the President for signature. OUSES of the future are com- ing in for some mighty heavy reforms in lighting, Dr. Samuel G. Hibben, director of lighting for the Westinghouse Lamp Co., told students of electrical engineering from three local uni- versities in an illustrated lecture last night at Bliss Electrical School. With a battery of electrical equip- ment sufficient to ‘change the lighting scheme of all Washington, Dr. Hibben showed his listeners how the touch of a switch would change the internal complexion of a room from the balmy southern clime of Key West to, H was referred will meet to determine | Indications are the measure | vote, he explained, shows a ratio of | mittee who is expected to oppose the | daylight saving and that there is no | the full committee, it will go on the | WASHINGTON, D. C, Cédet Officers Win Awards at Georgetown University’s l [ 4 NG EDITION RIDAY, MAY 21; 1937, ny Star H¥ ¥ R. 0. T. C. Drill e | Cadet William J. Quinn i)/ Company C was awarded a silver cup as the winner of the in- dividual rifle drill competition at contest of Georgetown University’s R. O. yesterday. < COL. COOPER ASKS BANK GASE REVIEW Recall Petition Seeks to Re- store Institution to For- mer Directors. Col. Wade H. Cooper. majority stockholder of the United States Sav- ings Bank, in his own behalf and as president of the financial institution, today filed an application in the United States Court of Appeals to re- call the mandate of that tribunal of July 20, 1936, and to reverse the de- cree of District Court, which denied the petition of Col. Cooper to restore | the bank to its officers and directors. As an alternative, Col. Cooper asked permission to file an original bill of | complaint in the trial court for review and reversal of the decree of that tribunal. The application filed today is based on two grounds: of law appearing on the face of the record; second, newly discovered evi- dence which Col. Cooper claims was obtained from the receiver's statement to the controller on the financial con~ dition of the bank. Attached to the application, and made a part of it, is a proposed bill of review, dealing with the financial condition of the bank from October, 1932. Claiming the depositors could have been paid in full by the receiver nearly two years ago, Col. Cooper claims in his bill of review that the receiver's official statement of Septem- ber 30, 1934, shows cash receipts from certain assets of the bank of $1,801,- 229.15. By that date, he claims, 65 per cent of depositors’ claims had been paid, with $818,175.66 remaining | in the hands of the receiver. Balance of claims, he continues, amounted to only $529,234.30 and could have been met from the $818,175.66. Turning to the March 31, 1937, quarterly statement of the receiver, which, Cooper states, showed claims outstanding of $376,282.83, the appel- lant alleges that $781,189.43 was in the hands of the receiver—more than enough to meet the claims in full. Included in these assets, Cooper charges, was $40,000 accrued interest on first deed of trust real estate loans which he alleges was omitted by the receiver from his official statement to the controller. Col. Cooper’s bill of review also charges non-compliance by the con- troller with the national banking law and dismissal by the trial court of his original bill of complaint without hearing, trial or receipt of evidence. Levi H. David, attorney for Col. Cooper and the bank, filed the appli- cation. — CHINESE CHURCH CENTER TO BE DISCUSSION TOPIC Construction of a suitable church center for the 800 Chinese living in Washington will be discussed during the fellowship dinner of the Co-op- erating Council of the Chinese Com- munity Church, to be held at 6:30 o'clock this evening in Calvary Bap- tist Church. This was arnounced by Thomas S. Settle, secretary of the National Capi- tal Park and Planning Commission, who is chairman of the Publicity Committee of the Chinese Community Church. Rev. J. H. Pruden, pastor of First Baptist Church, is chairman of the Board of Managers and will deliver an address. The pastor of the Chinese Com- munity Church, which is an inter- denominational enterprise of Christian groups here, is Rev. Ching Chong Hung, who will speak at the meeting. All Women Seen as the rigid rigors of lpw-eovered Saskatchewan. By use of the black light, latest in- vention in the electrical laboratories, Dr. Hibben demonstrated how various materials can be made to change their colors—all dependent on the pigments used—so that the good housewife of the future may flood the dining room walls with suggestive scenes from the tropics, including fruit, on cold Winter nights—or produce the suggestion of ice-coated mountains in the good old Summer time. Not only that but by the acientific use of the new lights the up-and-com- '} —Star Staff Photos. First, alleged errors | T. C. companies Lieut. Horace W. Lineburgh, department com- mander, American Legion (right), presents a gold wrist watch to Cadet Maj. William H. Bruns, who was selected as the R. O. T. C. officer showing the highest qualities of military leadership. Georgetown Un Hits Pacifism iversity Head in U. S. Schools Assist Nation ir A “spirit of rebellion” against de- | fense of country which he claimed is prevalent in some university circles was deplored by Very Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary, S. J., president of Georgetown University, in addressing the institu- tion’s R. O. T. C. unit yesterday at its annual military day competitions. “We are deeply grateful that this spirit of rebellion against military service s0 prominent in some of the universities of the land has failed to find a foothold within our walls,” he added. “So-called ‘false-peace’ movements headed by ill-advised pacifists and poi- soned by views of unpatriotic Commu- nists have no place in our life in the university. It is the feeling of every one connected with this university that a man can no more refuse to assist his country in her hour of need than he could take an oath to refuse to help his mother if she were in dis- tress,” the Georgetown president concluded, Brig. Gen. Alonzo D. Gasser, com- manding general of Fort George G. Meade, Md., who was chief reviewing officer at the military events. told the massed battalion that the Army regards the R. O. T. C. as the “key- stone of the arch of our national defense.” “One of the most serious problems that will confront this Nation in war will be the procurement of trained | officers,” Gen. Gasser said, in remind- | ing that the War Department depends upon the R. O. T. C. to replace tnose trained in the World War as they | “pass out of the picture.” In congratulating the Georgetown cadet battalion on its “outstanding record,” he said it was due in part to the unqualified support the unit has always received from both faculty and student body. Company “A” Wins Drill, In a spirited company competition before a large crowd of spectators on up an exhibition of drilling that won the decision of a board of Fort Wash- |ington judges. Cadet Capt. Richard iE' Hall of Washington, commanding the company, was awarded also a | silver cup as the winner of the com- | pany commander competition, one of :Lhe outstanding events. The award | was presented by Faithful Navigator Francis J. Rafferty of the Washington | General Assembly, Knights of Colum- bus, Fourth Degree. The individual drill competition be- tween the picked men of the battalion, however, drew the keenest attention and this event was won after a gruell- ing contest by Cadet William J. Quinn of Chevy Chase, Md. For this he was awarded the Civilian Military Educa- tion Fund cup. Quinn was a member of Company C. The “runner up” in the event was T. X. Clinton of New Jersey, who received a medal from the Military Order of Foreign Wars. With local cadets carrying off a con- siderable share of the highest honors, the commander of the R. O. T. C. bat- talion, Maj. William H. Bruns, also of Chevy Chase, Md.,, was rewarded for displaying the “highest quality of mili- tary leadership” during the year. The award was an officers’ wrist watch presented by the District of Columbia Department, American Legion. The board of judges was headed by Lieut. Col. Gilbert H. Cooke, 12th In- fantry, assisted by Lieuts. Royal Reyn- olds, jr, Langdon A. Jackson and Glenn A. Sikes. Georgetown’s military commandant, Col. Jesse C. Drain, U. 8. A, was assisted in arranging the events by the military ataff of Army officers consisting of Lieut. Col. Vernon \Very Rev. Arthur A. R.0O.T.C.“No Man Can Refuse to the Hilltop campus, Company “A” put O’Leary, S. J., Tells 1 Hour of Need.” | Evans, Maj. Charles E. Rayens and" Maj. John J. McCormick. Other awards to winners of compe- titions and Lonor cadets of the unit were presented as follows: | Distinguished service ribbons pre- | sented to each member of the winning | Company A, received by First Sergt. Patrick H. Crafton of Washington for | the members. Awarded by Rev. | Francis E. Lucey, S. J, law school ; regent. | The Washington Chapter, Military Order of World War award to officers |of company winning the annual | Spring competition series, Capt. Ed- mond R. Maley of Pennsylvania, com- | manding Company C. District of Columbia Department, | Reserve Officers’ Association Cup, to {land, as winner of the platoon com- mander competition. The Rev. Arthur A. O'Leary Cup Lieut. Joseph A. Kuhn, jr. The Rev. Edmund A. Walsh Cup for excellence in military science in the second-year basic course, to Corpl. James G. Foley of Massachusetts. ‘The Rev. John E. Grattan Cup for | excellence in military science in the | first-year advanced course, to First Sergt. Fred H. Walton, jr., of Wash- | ington. The Rev. David V. McCauley Cup for excellence in military science in | the first-year basic course, to Pvt. | Dexter L. Hanley of New York. One year memberships in the Dis- Officers’ Association, were presented to Capt. Richard E. Hall and Lieut. Arthur H. Marsh, both of Washington. Rifle Awards Presented. Gold medals and minor “G” certi- ficates were presented by the athletic department to the five members of the varsity rifle team having the highest average scores for the season. They were Thomas M. Lewis, Rogelio E. Alfaro, Arthur D. Lachman, George J. Fleury, jr., and James D. Switzer. Silver medals to the high score men on the freshman rifie team went to Charles W. Weiler, Robert L. Knoop, John R. Corbett, Walter M. T. Armstrong. A bronze National Rifle Association .medal was awarded to Thomas M. Lewis for winning the club champion- ship in markmanship. Thomas M. Lewis and Artnur D. Lachman of the varsity team were given medals also for scoring 90 per cent or better. To the freshman in this scoring class the medal was presented to John R. Corbett. Gold medals to graduating mem- bers of the university band also were presented to Charles E. Baynes, An- drew A. Casano, Alfred G. Krug, Frank E. Nattier, Anthony J. Nicolette and Anthony J. Terranova. To other bandsmen of two years’ service minor “G” awards were made as follows: Charles E. Baynes, Robert P. Campbell, Octavius J. Cavadine, Thomas F. Jenkins, Alfred G. Krug, Arthur D. Lachman, Thomas D. Maher, Willilam T. Mulroy, Frank E. Nattier, Charles R. O'Hara, Alvin Paulosky, Ausey Robnett, John D. Salb, Leo P. Schultz, J. Russell Sulli- van and Paul J. Tierney. A ST “Troop Night” Tomorrow. Entertainment skits, a side show, motion pictures and a bazaar will fea- ture a “troop night,” to be held by Troop No. 1 of the Girl Scouts, at 8 p.m. tomorrow, in Parish Hall, Foun- dry Methodist Episcopal Church, Six- teenth and P streets. @ | Lieut. Joseph H. Kuhn, jr. of Mary- | for excellence in military science in | the second-year advanced course, to | trict of Columbia Department, Reserve | Smith, John J. Quinn and Judson | Cadet Lieut. Joseph A. Kuhn of Company B scored a double victory in the R. O. T. C. competitive drill, winging the platoon commander’s trophy and the O'Leary Cup for excellence in military science. the latter trophy from Rev. Arthur O’Leary. He is pictured receiving YOUTHS ARRIVING FORSAFETY MEET Garner and Bankhead to Greet Patrol Members. 10,000 Expected. ‘The first contingents of approxi- «mately 10,000 boys and girls from 20 States were arrving in Washington this morning for the School Safety | Patrol and Conference to be held here | | today and tomorrow. | Following a round of sxght-mmg\ this morning, participants in the pro- | gram—some from as far away as Iowa, | Vermont and Florida—are to be wel- comed by Vice President Garner and Speaker Bankhead on the steps of the Capitol at 4:30 p.m. The program, sponsored by the | | Board of Education, the Metropdlnan} Police Department and the American | Automobile Association, will continue | this evening with a conference to | be held in the Labor Department | Auditorium at 7:30 o'clock and to- morrow with a competitive drill on | Ninth street in the Mall area at 10 | am. and a parade, composed of all the children in their own parade uni- forms and formations, at 2 p.m. The conference tonight will last about three hours and will consist principally of music and other en- tertainment. The Boys’ Club Band | of Washington will present a concert from 10 to 10:30, which will be | | broadcast over Station WJSV. Paul Whiteman will direct the band in several of its numbers. The parade tomorrow will form in | the area between Third and Seventh | streets and Constitution and Penn- sylvania avenues. It will proceed | west on Constitution avenue to the reviewing stand located on that street near Seventeenth. : According to an announcement by Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown, park- ing will be banned on the following streets after 12 mnoon: Sixth from Maryland to Constitution avenue, Constitution avenue from Pennsyl- vania avenue to Fifteenth street and on Fourth street between Maryland and Constitution avenues. No vehitular traffic will be per- mitted in the formation area after 1 pm, and none will be permitted on or to cross the parade route after 1:50 p.m. Busses "operating on Con- stitution avenue will be rerouted, and | those crossing will he allowed to do so only at Seventh and Fourteenth streets. Pedestrians may cross the parade route at intersections, pro- viding they do not interfere with | movement of the marchers. | About 285 specially dssigned police will patrol the parade area. o Prisoners Roar As Police Struggle With Locked Van ‘The new van used to convey prison- ers from the jail to District Court not only is escape proof, but for awhile this morning it looked as if even the guardian marshals wouldn’t be able to get the door open to release a score of prisoners. ‘When Deputy Robert L. Bonham in- serted the stout key into the padlock, the locking mechanism jammed. He tugged and twisted to no avail. Finally the shaft of the key snapped. Meanwhile, a crowd collected, and its jibes added to his discomfiture. The prisoners, uncomfortable in the stuffy van, realized something was wrong and became noisy. Then some one remembered there was a hacksaw in-the building. In & few minutes the lock was sawed NEW LK ELLIG AGREEWENT SEEN Senate Group Reports Bill | to Revive A. A. A. Regula- tions—Probe Asked. Possible rebirth of the defunct milk marketing agreement for the Wash- ington area was seen today in the action of the Senate Agriculture Com- mittee in reporting favorably a bill making a separate statute of the mar- keting agreement provisions of the old agricultural adjustment act. At the same time, the Washington Consumers’ Council, an independent organization which opposed the mar- PAGE B—1 ROOSEVELT SEES RETIRENENT LAW CHANGES DELAYED Congress Probably Won't Get to Measure Soon, He Says. ALL DETAILS OF PLAN NOT YET DECIDED UPON Tentative White House Approval Is Given Proposal of Civil Service Commission. BACKGROUND— Proposals for liberalizing the civil service retirement law have been advanced by Government em- ployes for several years, the plan that has drawn the principal sup- port calling for optional retirement after 30 years’ service, either with or without & minimum age limit. The move has taken tangible form in the past few months, since the Civil Service Commission devised a plan that would rest the option with the Government as well as the employes. Hopes for early liberalization of the civil service retirement law were shaken today when President Roose= velt expressed doubt that Congress will have an opportunity to pass on any legislation in that connection during the present session. Making it plain at his press confer- ence today that he would like to see the retirement law . indardized, the President said he expects to confer again with the Civil Service Commis- sion on working out some details of the proposal which are not yet settled or which do not meet his complete approval | First of all is the question of added cost, neither the White House nor Congress being willing to add to the present cost of retirement. Secondly, organized employes thus far have ex- pressed themselves as being unwilling te accept plan for optional retirement at early age if the Government is to | have the corresponding right to re= quire retirement under the same circumstances. Approval Hinted Yesterday. ‘Word that the White House looked favorably on the proposed new retires ment set-up came yesterday afternoon in connection with a conference Presi- dent Roosevelt had with the Civil Service Commissioners. keting agreement because it regulated the milk price, asked Commissioner Hazen to launch an investigation into the failure of the Maryland and Vir- ginia Milk Producers’ Association to lower the farm price of milk. “The milk trust is getting its pound of flesh out of the hides of the Wash- | ington public,” Mrs. John Boyle, jr., president of the council, wrote to Hazen. The association, which con- trols production of 85 per cent of the milk sold Washington dealers, raised its price last Fall, when pro- duction per cow was falling off. Mrs. Boyle contends that the increased production which comes with Spring should result in'a price decrease. To Be Called Up Soon. She sent letters also to several thou- sand eitizens to solicit their support in her campaign for a lower milk Pprice. Committee members said the bill, | which already has the approval of the House, would be taken up ir the Sen- | ate next week. Some courts, including the District Court here, which have | been asked to consider the constitu- tionality of marketing agreements, have held that the Supreme Court ruled in its Hoosac Mills opinion that the Federal Government is powerless to regulate agricuitural production. The basis for regulation in the new measure is price control and not con- trol of production. The agreements would cover the marketing of milk, fruits and vegetables. Justice Luhring in District Court here, however, held that price-regulation in effect was production-regulation when he en- | Joined the District marketing agree- | ment. Payments Are Revealed. The A. A. A. made public meanwhile a list of 22 firms and individuals who received Federal payments of $10.000 or more for participating in the Gov- ernments’ 1936 soil conservation pro- gram. The largest payment to date for 1936 participation, it was announced, was $60,388 to the Delta Pine & Land Co. in Bolivar County, Miss. The manager of the Delta Pine & Land Co. is Oscar Johnston, formerly finance director of the original A. A. A. and later manager of the Govern- ment cotton producers’ pool, which has been liquidated. Johnston now is a director of the Government-con- trolled Commodity Credit Corp., from which, officials said, he has drawn no salary or expenses. A payment for $13,906 went to the Delta Planting Co., also of Bolivar County, Miss. The second largest payment was $47,682 to the Arizona Citrus Land Co., Maricopa County, Route 1, Peoria, Ariz. Proposals to postpone congressional consideration of the proposed agri- cultural adjustment act which would replace the law under which the above payments were made until next year drew objections from national farm organizations sponsoring the legisla- through and the situation saved. tion. "Follies” Beauties Under House Lights of Future ing hostess may even change the complexion of her guests’ faces— and this by the use of what Dr. Hibben describes as ‘the beauty light.” For instance, if the assemblage for dipner, say, is not made up of the loveliest ladies or the handsomest gentlemen in the community, all the hoestess does is turn on the beauty light, and everybody in the room takes on a stage presence somewhat like the chorines of “The Follies” and the leading men of the old-time dramas—when Ziegfeld and Belasco were at the controls. This innovation in modern life and manners will be brought about by the use of supplementary lighting systems in all Amreican homes, Dr. Hibben says, using the short wave now being experimented with by the medical men for therapeutic purposes. And it won't be so very expensixe either, according to this expert. He predicts that within the next 10 years the American people, in their homes, will use five times the electricity they now use—and get it for about the same price. What with T. V. A. and similar projects there will be more electricity than ordinarily needed. So, the supplementary lighting sys- tems, with each home having a broad=- casting station of its own—down in the cellar—generating a field of elec- tricity in which any number of ob- jects may be lighted just as fancy dictates. Instead of the present-day | method, most of this new light will be moveable. That is, if there are illuminated bowls on the dining table they can be picked up and carried away by Katy, the mai For the new system is wireless. “We laughed at the old farmer who tried to blow out the electric light in the hotel room,” Dr. Hibben told the ’ students, “but he was a sort of prophet. In the future, when the meal is over, all you'll have to say is, ‘Maggie, remove the lights—and the lights will go out."” . Dr. Hibben, in his talk to young engineers from the Catholic Univer- sity, George Washington University and Maryland University, as well as scientists from the Bureau of Stand- ards, said that most of the electrical improvements for the lighting sys- tems of the future are now ready for mariet. P The commission plan, briefly, would permit an employe with 30 years' service to retire at the age of 60, and with 15 years' service to step out at 62. At present the general retirement age is 70. There are other classes, however, which get out at 62 and 65. | President Roosevelt has had the | new retirement plan under considera= | tion for some time. The Civil Service | Commission believes that it would add no more than $5,000.000 to the present | cost of retirement, and mi in fact, | pay for itself by increasing efficiency | and lightening the retirement load. Actuaries, however, have disputed this, estimating the increase as high as $8,- 000,000. Cost Has to Be Determined. This question of cost, it is pointed out, will have to be determined and the commission is going into the | matter with the Budget Bureau. Right now the Government is making a large contribution annually to the retirement fund, to make it “actuarily” sound, the size of the grant being far above what it ordinarily would be be- cause for years after the law was en- acted in 1920, the Government did not add its share to the fund, which is Jointly built up by a deduction of 3!3 | per cent of the salary of each employe. For the current year the Government is contributing $46,050,000, and for 1938 the Budget Bureau recommended $72,392,000. To give the Government the op- | tion to require early retirements, em= ployes contend, would be in effect to restore the compulsory retirement fea= ture of the 1933 economy act, which brought widespread objections. In some quarters, there is a feeling, too, that it would be invoked to a point where it would so increase the cost of retirement that public reac- | tion would set in against it. Service Now Disregarded. At present, length of service does not affect retirement ages, but the Government can require the em- ployes in the three age groups to drop out of service whenever they reach 62, 65 or 70 as the case may be. The employes themselves—prine cipally those in the 70-year category —have been asking for retirement after 30 years’ service that would limit the option to themselves. The new proposal attempts to ease the ‘“‘compulsory” feature, by pro- viding appeals for those persons who | believe their retirement is being arbi- trarily demanded. 'U. S. EMPLOYES TO MEET Six “liberal” lodges of the Ameri- can Federation of Government Em- ployes, which have announced their intention of conducting an inde- pendent campaign against the cur- rent Government economy drive, will hold a prelfminary meeting in Room 614 of the Albee Building at 2 p.m. tomorrow. Other employe organizations have been invited to send representatives to the gathering. The six instituted their action when national headquarters refused to get behind such a movement as proposed. BAND CONCERT. By the Army Band in the audi- torium at 10:30 am. tomorrow, Karl Hubner, assistant leader, conducting. ! PROGRAM. | March, “Law and Order”. Rhapsody, “Slavonic No. 1" Priedemann Lullaby, “Berceuse”. -Jaernefelt Duet, “Dialogue”. . --Hamm Raymond Moyer, E flat clarinet. Ernest L. Thompson, B flat clarinet. Sketch, “Manhattan Serenade”__Alter Waltz, “Vera”__ _Lithgow March, “Per Astra ad Aspera”._Gsell “The Star Spangled Banner.” ----Alford