Evening Star Newspaper, June 4, 1937, Page 13

| Uselfl 3 URGENT ITENS | FACING CONGRESS) Robinson Hopes Aims Can Be Enacted—Court Com- promise Plan Told. Congress today was confronted with & program containing five legislative items on which the administration is hopeful of action at the present ses- sion Outlined by Majority Leader Rob- fnson in making known also the court compromise plan, they are Ald for farm tenant low-cost hous- ing and slum clearance; closing loop- holes in tax laws against tax-dodgers and extending nuisance taxes; Gov- ernment reorganization: minimum wages and maximum hours. Robinson said there were no “must” bills, but that it would be “desirable” if Congress enacted these measures, all of which are in preliminary stages. They shape up like this Farm tenancy and housing bills have been held up pending further study of available funds. Under the former, money would be loaned at low interest for purchase by capable tenants and sharecroppers of land, live stock and machinery: Senator Wagner, Demo- | crat, of New York, has in a bill to! suthorize and grants to local sgencies low-rent building proj- | ects and slum clearance. for President Roosevelt has asked for an ‘nquiry into methods of avoiding or reducing income-tax payments. and this is fo start as soon as the resolu- tion is approved by the House, whose members are arguing over publicity for $ax returns | Government reorganization, in which provision is made for two new cabinet posts, six assistants the President and a broad revision of | Federal agencies, is bobbing around in | Senate and House. with no plan of action vet determined Hearings have started on the bill to €ix labor standards to Ju(li(tiar}' (Continued From First Page) Court. he said. had announced that | 3 would hold arguments on them The Supreme Court, the President | continued, has a perfect right to have A holiday. He sald he had looked up 1he law, which leaves it to the court's <wn volition to decide how much time 1* shall take off. However, in going .way at this time, the Supreme Court 1as cleared its docket except for six cases, which were put over and set <or reargument next Fall at, the President said. contending that the Court needed reorganization. He argued, too, that the Government is getting no help in settling important eases in the lower cou He men- tioned the a ninum anti-trust case, in which the Government has started sait and which must be carried to the Circuit Court from the District Court and then to the Supreme Court We mav get a decision in & year or said the President. “In the weantime this very important anti- sonopoly sult is held up." speaks for Supreme s0," Sees Relief in Measure. The court reorganization bill would ®ive some measure of relief, he main- tained, i ich & situation The President complained that the highest court has made no sugges- tions for court-reform legislation | The country, however, he insisted, | ®ants court reform. and he added his definite prediction that & court-reform bill will pass at the present session of Congress It was at this point the President was asked if the two-justice com- promise would be acceptable and he replied that he was talking of the forest, not of trees | How many trees does it take fo make & forest?” he was asked. The President smiled, but made no reply. Compromise Not Hurried. Just how soon a compromise would be brought forward. it was not dis- | losed today. Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, who supporting the | President’s original bill to increase | the Supreme Court by a maximum of | six justices, said that he did not be- tieve the time had come to talk com- promise. He expressed his confidence that the bill could be passed. But 1f it was found later that it could not, | ihen was the time to discuss & pos- | #ble amendment, he said | Opponents of the bill, including | Benators Burke of Nebraska, Wheeler l of Montana and’ McCarran of Ne- vada, all declared firmly against a | pompromise. Burke insisted that to add a single justice to the Supreme | Court would be to compromise with | { principle at this time. EDUCATIONAL. ‘l SUMMER CLASSES FRENCH GERMAN SPANISH B2 START FOR 4 CONVENIENT HOUR ENROLL TODAY A0-Minute Sessions—Native Teachers Bmall Classes—EASY PAYMENTS. The Berlitr School of Languages $415 Connecticut Ave. NAt. 0270 National University Law School Summer Term Begins | structure | offices | straight-line production of work New G. P. O. Building Is Planned Here is the architect’s vie: Government Printing Office. BIDS ASKED ONNEW 6. P. 0. BULDING 8-Story Structure Designed to Add Space and Aid Efficiency. The Procurement Division of the Treasury Department today revealed plans for the erection of & new build- ing for the Government Printing Office at North Capitol and H streets, | bounded by Jackson alley on the south. Bids for its construction will be opened June 29 Officials explained that the will house administrative and consolidate and provide additional space for the composing printing and presswork sections of the Government Printing Office. it has been designed with a view to for The exterior new efficiency and economy will be of limestone. Eight stories and a basement comprise the new structure, which will be of steel and concrete, housing & gross floor area of 650,000 square feet of space. An open space will be left to the west for fire protection The eighth floor will house the general offices. including the public printer, deputy public printer, ac- counting. planning, purchasing di- visions and the apprentice school The sixth and seventh floors will contain the composition and proof reading sections, with plate making, stereotype, photo-engraving and sim- lar processes. The fifth floor will contain the patent printing section and the large rotary presses that print the Congressional Record. On the fourth floor will be the main press section, while the second and third floors will house the job composing and press sections. storage floor will be on the first floor Paper storage will be in the base- will A receiving and | THE EVENING w e o ment, with provisions also for s(ormz{ type plates | Display and reception rooms will be | provided. A tunnel, in the bed of | historle Tiber Creek, will connect the new building with the warehouse on | the opposite side of North Capitol street, now under construction, offi- | cials explained. This will be utilized to move paper stock by electrically | operated trucks. Victor D. Abel is consulting architect for the Office of the Supervising Architect, | Procurement Division, Public Build- ings Branch of the Treasury Depart- | | ment for the new development. | TEIGAN PLEDGES | D. . VOTE SUPPORT. Lack of Franchise Here Outrage, | | Says Minnesota Repre- | sentative. | Characterizing as “outrageous” the lack of franchise in the District, Rep- | resentative Teigan, Farmer-Labor, of | Minnesota last night pledged his vote in support of national representation if the issue comes up in the House Teigan spoke at a meeting in the Willard Hotel, under the suspices of the Association of Non-Classified Em-~ ployes. which is working for the Ramspeck bill 1o bring emergency employes under civil service. | The Minnesotan prefaced his re- marks by explaining that ordinarily he urged his hearers to use the ballot as a means of obtaining desired legis- | lation. but that course is denied Dis- trict residents | He joined with Representatives Mo- sier of Pennsylvania and Patrick of Alabama. both Democrats, in promis- ing support on the civil service bill. Talks on Jefferson Davis. Representative Patrick of Alabama will address the Maj. Charles M. Sted- man Chapter, Children of the Con- federacy, with A talk on Jefferson Davis at the Jefferson Davis statue in | the Capitol at 2 pm. tomorrow. | of the projected building at North Capitol and H streets Jor the STAR, TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS | HURT FIVE CHILDREN Coroner’s Jury Begins Probe of | Death of John Hardy, 11, in Auto Crash. Five children were injured, none seriously, in as many traffic accidents | in the District late yesterday and last | night, Meanwhile, a coroner’s jury prepared at today in the death Wednesday of John Henry Hardy, 11, of 706 Howard road south- | east, killed when struck by an auto-| mobile operated by Frank C. Kipple, 37. Naval Air Station Police were told Kipple swerved his | car to avoid hitting a group of children | to hear evidence 11:30 am | playing in the street and struck the | bov on the opposite side of the road i Yesterday's child accident victims were John Gleason, 8, of 1234 G street | northeast, whose leg was broken when struck at Florida avenue and Twelfth street by a car reportedly driven by Russell A. Garner, 30, of 1703 C street | northeast: Iola McRobie, 14, of 28 L street northeast; Wallace Crenshaw, | 12, of 1307 Twelfth street; Edna Zelson, 6. colored, 1402 U and Chester | Hathway, 9, colored, 2513 Georgia | avenue. | street Malaria Epidemic. Hundreds of people have been stricken in the worst malaria epi- demic in & 4.000-square mile area of | the North Waterberg. in South Africa, | and quinine has been rushed to every | police post. | Paint your porch furniture with Impervo Enomel. $1.50 aqt. 922 N. Y. Ave. National 8610 NO INTEREST OR CARRYING CHARGES June 15, 1937, at 6:30 P.M. 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Mex., June 4—The | 7,500 residents of this oasis city made ready today to abandon their homes a5 a huge flood crest rolled down the Pecos River toward the weakened, | leaking McMillan Dam, 18 miles north of here. i Citizens' committees arrangad for An orderly evacuation if the 18,000 acre-feet of water in McMillan Reser- voir is released when the crest beuui against the stone and earth barrier tomorrow. | “We'll move the residents to the Green Hills to the west of the city, if it becomes necessary,” said Mayor | John E. Spears, who last night called a meeting of his board of eight to lay plants to meet the possible break. | More than 200 men labored at the dam today, strengthening it for the test expected when the flood waters | from Roswell and the extra flow from | the Alamogordo Dam roll in Sirens to Give Signal. The Alamogordo Dam, partly com- pleted. stands across the Pecos nearly | 200 miles to the north. Rains earlier in the week caused a heavy flow over its spillway Fifteen hundred sand bags were thrown into a gaping leak that broke through under the dam early this week Citizens of the desert town were prepared to step into prearranged duties when sirens and church bells give the signal the dam has gone. Duties All Arranged. Groups have been designated to handie transportation, sanitation, shel- JUNE | of $1,000,000. | dam went out at Santa Rosa with | western movements out of Clovis as | rence, director of the radiation labora- 4, 1937 ter, food, law and order and other emergency activities. L. E. Foster, superintendent of reclamation here, said the city was in “grave danger” if an unusually large crest should enter the reservoir. He said the lake was near capacity now and the dam, in its weakened condi- tion, would not stand a great Increase in the water behind it. Carlsbad is at the gateway to Carls- bad Cavern National Park. 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