Evening Star Newspaper, May 24, 1937, Page 14

BYRD ASKS HALT OF U. 3. PROJECT $1,500,000 Being Grossly Wasted on Virginia Re- settlement, He Says. B the Associated Press. Senator Byrd, Democrat of Vir- ginia, asked the Resettlement Admin- istration today to abandon a $1,500,- 000 project in his State because it was “gross waste and inefficiency.” In a letter to Secretary Wallace he requested that the farm Secretary “salvage what you can of this allo- cation and return it to the public ‘Treasury, to be applied to reduce the deficit in our revenue.” Byrd said the Resettlement Admin- {stration planned to spend the money on Shenandoah Park homesteads in the valley of Virginia. “I realize that I am assuming a responsibility in requesting that an expenditure of this magnitude within my own State be discontinued, but as & Senator representing Virginia I regard it my duty to call to your at- tention the impracticability of this spending scheme and the waste and extravagance with which the dis- bursement has been administered. Devoid of Efficiency. “The objective originally may have been worthy, but the administration of it has been devoid of practical and efficient operation.” Byrd called “outrageous” what he said were contemplated costs ranging from $6,000 to $9,835 for buildings and equipment “worth in real value per= haps one-third” of that amount. “Under the guise of being helpful and giving these people a better standard of living, the Federal Gov- ernment proposes to exact from them rentals based upon an excessive cost of construction,” he told Wallace. “I am unwilling to have these peo- ple misled in the thought that some- thing is being done for their good when, in fact, what is really asked of them is to pay for the mistakes and extravagances of the Resettle- aent Administration. “If the Government exacts ren- tal based on the full cost, the occu- pant after his year of labor would be heavily in debt to the Government after paying as rental all he re- eeives. Can’t Use Own Furniture. “To cap the climax, I have just been informed that furniture, includ- ing electric refrigerators, has been ordered from Pennsylvania at a heavy cost, to be added to the rental price, and that those people having their own furniture will not be per- mitted to use it. The mountain peo- ple are most proficient in making household furniture themselves, yet they will not have an opportunity to do this.” Byrd asserted he was familiar with the habits and customs of the 250 families to be rehabilitated in the seven proposed project areas. He told ‘Wallace that “to congregate these people in close proximity to others will be “in defiance to all traditions, habits and experience of these splen- did mountain people. “What I am opposing is not needed help to these worthy families, but dnexcusable waste,” he added. “The sooner we can discontinue such absurd expenditures as the one I have referred to, the sooner we can restore the country to financial eolvency.” 22 EMPLOYES COMPETE FOR PHARMACY COURSE Peoples Drug Stores to Help Seven Winners Attend George ‘Washington for 4 Years. A competitive examination for ap- pointments to tour-year courses in the George Washington College of Phar- macy was being held today by Peoples Drug Stores for 22 of its male em- bloyes from Washington and other cities. On the results of the mental and physical examination, seven men will be selected to join others who already have been entered under this plan for the full four-year course at the uni- versity. During the evenings and the vacation periods the students will receive additional training in store management and operation under di- rection of the educational department of the drug chain. The company provides the maney for use as student loans. After grad- uating and becoming registered as pharmacists the students are allowed 10 years in which to repay the loans. D. C. WOMAN ATTENDS MEMORIAL OF CLINIC Mrs. E. R. Grant Represents Tuberculosis Association at Milwaukee Celebration. Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, managing director of the District Tuberculosis Association, is representing the local unit at the 50th anniversary celebra- tion of the first tuberculosis clinic in the world, founded in Edinburgh, Scot~ land, at ceremonies in Milwaukee be- ginning today and continuing until ‘Thursday. The memorial celebration is a fea- ture of the thirty-third annual con- vention of the National Tuberculosis Association of the United States. Sir Robert Philip, M. D., head of the clinic when it was founded in Edinburgh, is expected to attend the convention. MILLIONS USE IT FOR THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, MONDAY, MAY 24, 1937. B2 AAE e will plove to you'tr com figh-test action, NO SECOND CGRADE NO THIRD CRADE