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Wash DISTRICT REVENUE MEASURE READY FORHOLSEACTION $8,500,000 Bill Awaits Ap- proval of Full House Committee. SPECIAL MEETING T0 BE HELD TUESDAY Methods of Raising Sum to Meet Deficit Are “Hodge- Podge.” BY JAMES E. CHINN, The long-awaited tax increase pro- | gram for the District, prescribing a hodge-podge of methods for raising $6.149,000 to preclude the anticipated budget deficit in the coming fiscal vear beginning July 1, was finally in eondition today for its necessary legis- lative journey through Congress. Worked out by a special subcom- mittee of the House District Commit- tee in co-operation with the Com- missioners and other officials of the municipal government, District Committee to be assured of House consideration. The full com- mittee is expected to meet in special session Tuesday to -pass upon the proposed legislation. Actually, the various tax plans ap- proved, according to estimates of the Commissioners, will raise $8,500,000 in revenue, But In the juggling process the program went through in the sub- committee, it appears that not more than $5.500,000 will be available to meet the prospective $6.149,000 short age. The subcommittee, however, is confident the estimates of the Com- missioners must have been wrong and that the tax program it has written will prevent the use of red ink in the vew fiscal year Six-Point Program, As finally approved by the subcom- mittee, the program confains six points 1. An income tax, estimated to pro- duce $2.000.000. 2. A weight tax on motor vehicles, actimated to yield $1.500,000 3. An inheritance and estates tax, expected 1o raise $800,000 4. An increase from 15 to 2 per eent the present tax on net premium Incurance receipts, estimated to pro- duce $200,000 5. A business includes a on gross $3.000.000. 6. Strengthening of the present in- tangible personal property tax law estimated to increase its yield by $1.000,000. Altogther, the six plans under these estimates would produce $8,500,000 in additional revenue. The subcommittee, however, adopted several schemes that will make only $5500,000 of this amount available for the general fund in which the deficit is anticipated First. it agreed to dump into the special gasoline tax fund the $1,500,000 expected from the weight tax on motor vehicles, s0 as fo support the High- way Department and its program of Improvements to relieve congestion. This fund also will be used to finance sertain activities of the Department &f Vehicles and Traffic. now paid out of the general fund. District officials estimate this plan will reduce the general fund deficit of $500.000 Second, it agreed to credit on the Income tax payments any payments on the intangible personal property tax, which wiil be continued under the pew program and not repealed as originally contemplated. The intang- ible personal property tax is now Yielding about $2,200.000 a year. The “teeth” the subcommittee has written Into the existing law is expected to produce another $1,000,000, making a total of $3200,000. But credits on mtangible personal property tax pay- ments will virtually wipe out the bene- fits of the income tax and make the net gain from the two taxes $1.000,000. The subcommittee, however, be- Heves the income tax will produce far more than the estimated $2.000,000, 4ince it will tap the net earnings of all single individuals of $1.000 or more and those who are married whose net ncome is $2,500 or more. The only exemptions will be those prescribed in Yhe Constitution—the President and Members of the Federal judiciary. This refers to the provision in the Constitution which provides that the salaries of the President and mem- bers of the Federal judiciary shall mot be “diminished” during their term of office Works to Plug Loopholes. The subcommiitee, incidentally, xpent all day yesterday going over the details of the income tax bill, fecting its phraseology and removing potential loopholes of evasion. two major changes were made in the original income tax plan of the Com- missioners. 1. A provision was eliminated that would have made the tax retroactive and levied on 1936 incomes. The tax now will be based on 1937 incomes and paid in 1938, privilege tax which levy of 35 of 1 per cent receipts, expected to raise 2. Deductions for the support of a | On the other hand, officials of Boss | PAIgn to cover club expenditures in dependent were raised from $300 to| % Phelps, realtors, who own most | 1937: $400 and made to include mnot only children under 18, but all others sup- ported by the taxpayer. The subcommittee also prescribed that when separate returns are made | Mercial purposes, arguing that it was | Delinquency has been reduced from | by man and wife, the personal exemp- tion shall be $1,000 each. When joint returns are made, however, exemption would be $2,500. A futile effort was made by Rep- | resentative Allen, Democrat, Dela- ware's sole member in the House, to “soak the rich” in the income tax. He proposed to raise the rate on in- comes from $50,000 upward. His plan would have imposed a rate of 7 per cent on incomes between $50,000 and $75,000, 9 per cent on incomes between $75.000 and $100.000 and 10 per cent on incomes in excess of that amount. The highest rate prescribed in the bill approved by the subcommittee would be 5 per cent on incomes in excess of $50,000. Allen’s motion to include his rate schedule in the bill, however, w lost for want of a second. Allen also took a leading part in | the fight to remove the retroactive provision in the income tax bill, and 2t the outset of the discussion de- clared: “That will cause a lot of trouble.” 4 the program | now needs only the O. K. of the full ington News Should Stop The latest device to prevent sending of false fire alarms signal bor with a loud-voiced * WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION @he Foen ny Star WASHINGTON, D. C, };RIDA\', JUNE 4, 1937. CALL FOR 5-CENT False Alarms & 2l | ,a siren mounting which gives a ; soul-chilling wail when the hook is pulled, to the consternation of any one using it unlawfully, Fire Chiefs’ Convention at the made its debut yesterday at the Mayfiower. Photo shows Sergt. Clarence Quick of the Washington Fire Department explain- in the new box to Mrs. Frank Wise. | —Underwood & Underwood Photo. | RESIDENTIALZONE *ASKEDINBENNING Commission Meets Monday to Decide Petitions, One Affecting Housing. Members of the Zoning Commission will meet in executive session Monday to decide on 47 petitions for changes in property classifications, one of which asks that industrial and com- mercial uses be barred from a 65-acre tract in Benning lying within 300 vards of the site where Adolf Gobel, Inc.. proposes to build a slaughter house. Owners of this tract, Insured Homes Corp. of New York, plan to erect there a §1,000.000 low- cost housing development. They ask that the area be restricted to resi- dential use. The Gobel Co. has obtained a permit | for the proposed slaughter house. Therefore, the commission is not con- sidering the zoning of the slaughter house site, but Congress is studying proposed legisiation which would re- | strict or control many types of “nui- sance” industries in the National Cap- ital. The petition of the owners of the nearby housing development adds weight to the arguments there will be residential developments in Benning if they are not adversely affected by the projected slaughter house. Acreage Bought Last May. Plans for the $1.000.000 housing de- velopment were outlined by Myron Davy, counsel to the housing corpora- tion, at the concluding session of the hearings yesterday on zoning changes. | Davy said the corporation had bought | the acreage last May with its “eyes | open” and was gambling on the ex- pectations that the Gobel plant would not. be permitted to operate. Empha- sizing that the housing project had no connection with the Gobel plant, | Davy said the corporation, as prop- erty owners, “would rather not see the abattoir built nearby.” There was only one discordant note struck during consideration of the proposed change in the tract. which is bounded on the north by Benning road, on the east by the line of Ken- | ilworth avenue and on the south by Lincoln Park Citizens' Association asked the commission to delay a de- | cision on this change until Congress had disposed of the slaughter house question, Calvert said he asked that as a protection for prospective home buy- | ers. In reply, Davy told the comm: | sion the corporation did not pro- | pose to sell any of its property until | September and he voiced belief Con- gress would settle the slaughter house problem by that time. Restriction Charge Asked. | The commission yesterday also list- | ened to a contest over a proposal ‘o | change from first commercial to resi- | dential “A” restricted the classification of properties on both sides of Eight- eenth street rortheast between Bunker y\ Hill road and Randolph street. | Kenneth P. Armstrong, of the Fed- | eration of Citizens' Associations, and Tepresentatives of the Michigan Park | Citizens' Association opposed any further commercial developments in | the area, and Arthur Hellen, speak- " ing for the Children's Country Home, | urged the change to residential use. | of the properties named in the pe- | tition, asked that the triangle between }Elghuenth. Bunker Hill road and | Taylor street be retained for com | unsuited for residences. | Because there are already nine gaso: the | line stations in the vicinity of the | Pointed out. south side of Newton street, east of Rhode Island avenue northeast, sev- eral property owners opposed a re- quest to rezone a strip from residential to commercial. “The site includes several unimproved lots. Grange Members Greeted. Members of Potomac Grange, No. 1 of Washington greeted members of Congress belonging to the grange at the annual congressional dinner Wed- nesday at the All States Hotel. S. S. McCloskey, master of Potomac Grange, presided, and Senator Johnson of Coi- ! orado was the principal speaker. Fashicn Show Tomorrow. | A fashion show, with modern styles mixing with those of 50 years ago, will be held by the Adonis Club tomorrow | at the Lincoln Colonnade. Prizes will | be awarded. the Natiomal | Anacostia Park. A. D. Calvert of the | ¢ | eration of Cosmopolitan Clubs con- (Story on Page D-8.) SLUM CONDITONS HELD CHALLENES “Worst of Any City,” Says Dr. Blackwelder, at Ki- wanis Luncheon. Vividly portraying the “unbelievable conditions” witnessed on & recent early morning slum tour, Dr. Oscar Black- welder, pastor of the Church of the Reformation, charged at a luncheon of the Kiwanis Club yesterday that “slums in the National Capital are the worst of any city in the world.” fter hearing his indictment of con- ditions here the club adopted & resolu- tion requesting the group's board of | directors to consider the advisability | of naming a committee to make a spe- cial study of the problem, “especially as 1t concerns disease, crime and pub- lic relief.” “We did not find these slum condi- tions in alleys.” Dr. Blackwelder de- clared. “but in houses on streets and avenues. “Some of the most distressing living | spots are within hollering distance of the Capitol,” he pointed out, adding that “when we visited one small room, insanitary and utterly filthy, we found five persons sleeping in a single bed— A mother, father and three children. In a tiny adjoining room four other | children were crowded in another | bed.” Dr. Ruhland a Listener. During Dr. Blackwelder's address, District Health Officer George C. Ruh- land and Dr. Daniel L. Seckinger, | Ruests at the luncheon, listened at- tentively. The tour referred to by Dr. Black- welder was made several davs ago in company with Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown, who has long been a cam- | paigner to rid the city of such condi- tions. George Mangan, president of the Kiwanians: Lewis T. Breuninger, I Mark Lansburgh and Risley Hunt, all | Kiwanis Club members, also were in | the slumming party. I Statistics showing the death rate here from tuberculosis, diphtheria | and typhoid to be far greater than | that of other large cities were qunledl by Dr. Blackwelder, who has made a study of similar circumstances else- | where. | “The slum problem is a direct cha lenge to the citizens of Washington,” he asserted. He told of meeting on the tour a colored man whom he rec- ognized as having worked in a barber |shop he formerly patronized. Dr. | Blackwelder suggested that families | hiring domestics have them submit to blood tests, citing a case in which a servant who had cared for the chil- dren of one family for 15 years was found to be in the advanced stages | of syphilis. | Maj. Brown said that it was such | insanitary living that led him to estab- lish the Metropolitan Police Boys' Club | in Washington so youths of such families might receive some sort of | attention and medical care. Conditions Eye-Opener. | “There is no question but what any | one who makes personal investigation of the slum conditions will have his eyes cpened,” Maj. Brown declared. “Those who were on the tour, lifelong residents of the District, were stupefied over what they saw.” The work of the Police Boys’ Club was described by Clifford C. Johnson, | director of the current $75,000 cam- | \ “This club,” Johnson said. “has| proved a great benefit to many helpless | | youths who must live under conditions | uch as you have just heard described.” | between 45 to 79 per cent in éach of | | the areas where a club exists, Johnson | | President Mangan presided at the | | meeting held at the Mayflower Hotel. | | COSMOPOLITAN CLUBS GIVE MEETING PLANS; Plans for the Capital District Fed- vention at Virginia Beach June 19, 20 are complete, it was announced yesterday at the weekly luncheon of the club at the Carlton Hotel. ‘The Washington club will elect the second lieutenant governor at the convention, automatically putting him in line for the future governor- ship. Fred J. Rice was presented with a past president's certificate at the meeting. The presentation was made |by James E. Collifiower. Arthur W. ' Defenderfer, club president, presided. [} | Request for Greater Increase In-| | company | will be FAREMEETS PLEA FORHIGHER TOKEN Clayton Assails Transit Company Request for 83/-Cent Rate. VIGOROUS FIGHT DUE AT HEARING JUNE 14 spires Nickel Test Demand. Valuation Data Expected. Demands car ‘ and bus fare were renewed today by | William McK. Clayton, chairman of the Public Utilities Committee of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, for a 5-cent street |in reply to the proposal by the Capi- tal Transit Co. for a boost in the token fare ‘ Clayton attacked the service being | rendered by the company as "nmm;-} lously inefficient” and protested | against efforts of the company to | increase the number of its one-man cars. Hearings Open June 14. Hearings on the rates of fare of the company are to be started by the Public Utilities Commission June 14 at 10 am. in the District Building A battle roval is in prospect. The company will endeavor to show it must have greater income because of increased costs, with spokesmen | for organized civic groups insisting the company would be better off with a lower fare and greater patronage Clayton's attack was inspired by the eleventh hour petition of the for a greater increase in the token fare than was asked in the original petition filed nearly a year ago. Action on fares has been de- layed by the commission to await completion of the valuation of the company properties. That case is to be closed this week, and a decision is expected prior the June 14 hearing Last Summer the company request- ed an increase in the token fare from four for 30 cents to three for 25 cents. Wednesday this was amend- ed to raise the request to four for 35 cents, or at the rate of 8% cents each. to Wants 5-Cent Test. “I think it is pretty nervy on the part of the company to seek a further : increase in fare,” said Clayton. “When the hearings open I shall ask the commission to order a 5-cent fare for a test period “When the $1 weekly street car pass was in operation the company claimed the average cost per rid was between 3'2 and 4 cents. Now they are sell- ing & large number of weekly passes | at $125 and yet they want an in- crease in the token fare. “A 5-cent fare would not be possible with the present equipment. Many cars belong on the scrap heap—per- haps as many as 200 of them. But fhere is no reason why the company should not provide more new cars. “Street car service prior to merger of the old street car com- panies was fairly satisfactory. Now it is about the worst in the country, although proponents of the merger promised to make it the best.” | DISTRICT TO OPEN POOLS TOMORROW New Tanks at East Potomac and Anacostia Park Among Those Available. The public pools’ swimming season inaugurated tomorrow after- noon, and Washington will put into commission two new pools—those in East Potomac Park and Anacostia Park. F. W. Hoover, general manager of the Welfare and Recreational Asso- ciation of Public Buildings and Grounds, Inc, in announcing the be- | ginning of the season, said the charges | will be 25 cents for adults; 15 cents | for children, with locker privileges, and 10 cents for children without locker privileges. The Francis Swimming Pool at Twenty-Fifth and N streets will be opened in a few days, Hoover said. Those opening tomorrow, about 1 p.m., are: McKinley, at Pirst street and | Lincoln road northeast, which is the oldest and is entering its seventh year; Takoma, at Fourth and Van | Buren streets, and Banneker, on Georgia avenue at Howard place, both of which have been in operation the past couple of years and the Ana- costia and East Potomac Park pools. | 8. G. Loeffler, who has the goif con- | cession in East Potomac Park, will be | the manager of the new swimming | pool there, for the Welfare and Rec- | reational Association, Hoover said. the | fire-trap buildings, | llighted, overcrowded rooms with in- | An Architect Sees New Upper photo shows the pro- posed new Lisner Library as seen from G street. The lower view is as the building will ap- pear from the campus. Both pictures are made from archi- tect's drawings. RANDOLPHNAMED TRANSIT PROBER Subcommittee Designated as Company Asks Further Fare Increases. An investigation of the Capital Transit Co. will be started next week by a special subcommittee of the House District Committee, whose personnel was named today by Chairman Norton Mrs. Norton designated Representa- tive Randolph, Democrat. of West Vir- ginia. who two years ago directed the sensational crime probe, to head the subcommittee. Serving with him will be Representative Arnold, Democrat of Tllinois and Dirksen, Republican, of Tllinos. Randolph said he has not fixed a definite date for starting the inguiry but he hoped to “get under way by the latter part of next week The investigation was ordered by the full District Committee several weeks ago after repeated criticism of the transit company by Representative Dirksen and Schulte, Democrat of Indiana. Mrs. Norton has referred to the subcommittee two bills introduced by Dirksen designed to improve transit service and reduce rates of fare. One would fix the maximum fare at 7 cents on both busses and cars. The other would abolish one-man car oper- ations. Plans for the inquiry were made by Randolph shortly after the transit company filed with the Public Utilities Commission a new petition for an increase in the token rate from four for 30 cents to four for 35 cents. Sees Added Reason for Probe. Action of the transit company caused Dirksen to issue a statement in which he declared the new petition “is addd reason why Congress should scan the operations of the company.” “The amended petition of the Capi- tal Transit Co. for an even larger token, fare than that for which it petitioned last Summer.” said Dirksen, ‘is added reason why Congress should scan the operations of the company &S S00n as time permits. “I trust the subcommittee appointed to hold hearings on the two bills I introduced relative to two-man cars and original fares can get busy and examine into this entire matter as far back as the merger in 1934 “It may be possible to point out economies that would make a fare increase unnecessary and to disclose conditions that would justify the re- | tention of two men on each car and bus.” ASKS ROOSEVELT TO SET | SLUM CLEARANCE DAY Sirovich Resolution Provides for Calling Nation's Attention to “Shocking Conditions. President Roosevelt is called on to | declare a national slum clearance day under a joint resolution introduced vesterday by Representative Sirovich, Democrat, of New York. | He called attention to the fact the President has testified that one-third | of the people of the United States “live under the most wretched and bane- | ful slum conditions in dilapidated, | many of them from 75 to 100 years old, in poorly adequate sanitary facilities and &/ lamentable lack of proper ventila- | tion.” Sirovich declared “these slum con- ditions are shocking to the moral sense of the people and a disgrace in | the eyes of the world, and bring in | their wake high infant mortality, | juvenile delinquency, crime, disease | and misery, and are the direct cause | of the disintegration of family life | and the destruction of the home, leading to a shocking waste of hu- man life, health and energy.” i' irst M—i_nor Atwood Afi;;zrd Made to Boy A scholastic award established in memory of a Sidwell Friends’ School student who died & year ago was pre- sented posthumously today for the first time in the name of another student, who met death a month ago in an accident. The award was created by Mr. and Mrs. Albert W. Atwi in memory of their 17-year-old son Minor, to whom meningitis proved fatal December 28, 1936. It is to be presented each year to the outstanding student in scien- tific studies at Sidwell Friends’ School, where young Atwood was a student be- fore he went to Amherst College. He was & freshman at Amherst when he died. The recipient of the first Minor Atwood Award was Robert Hooper, 18, son of Louis L. Hooper, business man- ager of Gallaudet College. Robert died May 3 in Georgetown Hospital | of injuries received May 2 when a | bottle eontaining dry ice exploded ' Killed by Blast while he was on a picnic with friends | near Great Falls. | Award of the honor to Hooper was | announced by Friends School. The prize it carries, $20 in cash, will be turned over to his parents, school au- thorities announced. He was rated as the best science student in the institution. Hooper had carried a corked bottle of dry ice on the picnic. After lunch- eon he and several other youths amused themselves by dropping the dry ice in | ginger ale bottles, capping them and | fleeing to a safe distance to watch the explosion caused by carbon monox- ide gas released by the melting ice. Before Hooper had time to drop the bottle which he had capped it blew up. He was injured about the eyes and arms and died the next day. He was a brilliant student and had planned to enter Harvard University next year. He also was an ardent stamp collector and was well known in junior philatelc circles. Society and General PAGE B—1 VINSON BILL HIT BY .. WORKERS Letter Terms Measure Blow to Merit System and Against U. S. Ideal. Strong disapproval of pending legis- lation authorizing assignment of com- missioned officers of the Army. Navy and Marine Corps and other services to civilian position under the Federal Government was voiced today by the Neational Federation of Federal Em- ployes. which termed the bill & blow to the merit system The measure was introduced by Chairman Vinson of the House Naval Aflairs Committee. Luther C. Stew- ard, president of the federation, in a letter addressed to each member of the House, expressing the opposition of the organization, said “We believe the assignment of offi- cers from military services to civilian positions in the Government would be a heavy blow to the merit system it would undermine morale and that it would definitely lower efficiency “Further. we feel strongly that the employment of military throughout the Federal establishment is directly contrary to the American concept. of government Introduction of the Vinson bill, Steward said. closely followed issuance of a memorandum to all ships and statiors by the chief of the Bureau of Navigation, Navy Department, on the subject of “Promotion in the Navy." This memorandum, he pointed out set forth a proposal, subsequently pro- vided for in the Vinson bill, to enable officers who have been “passed over twice for promotion to continue in the Federal service, to continue their pres- RED CROSS NURSE that | officers | | ice | States service of the Red Cross in develop- | | care of the sick and ent pay schedules and to retain their customary allowances. |of the Red Cross, a task which she | In other words,” Steward declared, | “offictrs who have failed of promotion beyond the grade of lieutenant would be given full opportunity to win their promotions at the expense of civilian personnel. Civilian employes * * * clearly entitled to promotion to supervisory positions, opportunities for advancement shut off by officers who were unable to go for- ward in their own field.” Congressional interest in a more | general application of the merit. sys- tem to Government appointments has been revived by the President’s letter of yesterday, but definite action may await developments on legislation to reorganize Federal agencies. Waiting on Committee. Chairman Bulow of the Senate Civil Service Committee, before which bills dealing with the merit system are pending, said he has been wait- ing to see what the Joint Committee on Reorganization does toward ex- tension of civil service principles be- fore going ahead with that question separately. Sentor O'Mahoney, Democrat, of Wyoming, author of one bill to apply the merit system to postmasters, said |last night he thinks something will be done before adjuornment. He agreed it may be possible to have a general merit system proposal in the reorganization plan. In addition to putting postmaster appointments under civil service, the pending legisiation would give em- ployes in the postal service an oppor- tunity to seek promotion to post- masterships. BOY’S DEATH IN FALL DECLARED ACCIDENTAL Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald has issued a certificate of accidental death in the case of Eugene Charles Melia, 9, of 4225 Brandywine street, who died Wednresday night in George- town Hospital. An autopsy revealed that the boy died of a fractured skull suffered when he fell to the sidewalk on Forty-third street, while playing tag with several friends. Eugene's brother, John, 14, carried him into the house, and his father, Frank A. Melia took him to the hospital. Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m, tomorrow at St. Anne’s Church. followed by burial in Mount Olivet Cemetary. would find | the | G. W. Library BIFTS OF $500,000 ACCEPTEDBYGW L. FORTWOBUILDINGS Abram Lisner and Anony- mous Donor Each Makes Offer of $250.000. HALL OF GOVERNMENT LIBRARY TO BE BUILT Gifts Aggregating $1,000,000 Tendered During Year Are Received by Board. Twn gifts fotaling $500.000 have been accepted by the Board of T: tees of George Washington Univer= | #ity for construction of a new library building and a hall for the School of Government Abram Lisner, retired Washington | financier and philanthropist, offered ith univer. $250,000 for jof a new library building, it was re- vealed yesterday. The new structure will replace Lisner Hall, which Lisner gave to the university more than 30 years ago. It will take its place be= tween the Biological Building and the Social Science Hall, completing the Rroup on the G street side of the uni- i\P.‘<il\' quadrangle, and forming an | impre: e development in modern al style Plans for the Hall of Government, erection DIREGTOR HONORED Florence Nightingale Medal, Coveted Award, Given Miss Ida Butler. Miss Ida F. Butler, nationa tor of thie Red Cross ing service received the Florence Nightingale Medal, the highest award of the nurs- ing profession. in & ceremony at Red Cross national headquarters here today. Admiral Cary T. Grayson, chairman of the Americar Red Cross, presented the medal of Max Huber of Geneva. president of the International Red Cross Com mittee, which chose her as one of 14 nurses to be honored this y Miss Butler is the fifteenth Am can nurse to receive the award, which has been given every other year since 1919 to outstanding nurses throu: out the world ses 2 nations were cited in 1 his year The citation of Miss Butler by the international committee read in part “Miss Butler has been enrofled in the Red Cross nursing 1906, when she graduated from the Hartford (Conn) School of Nursing During the World War she saw serv- in France, where she organized two Red Cross hospitals at Lyons for refugee children and French children repatriated from Germany “After returning to the she devoted herself other United to the ing and teaching home hygiene and health. For 19 vears her professional life has been devoted entirely to the development of the nursing service has accomplished with modesty, com- petence and success.” | Miss Butler's work has involved re- cruiting thousands of roic work in disaster, epidemic, TRUSTEES REAFFIRM HERRICK DECISION nurses for he- sickness and G. W. U. Board Acts Against Re- | newing Contract With Asso- ciate English Professor. The board of trustees of the George Washington University yesterday re- affirmed its decision of last March 11 in not renewing the contract of Dr. Marvin T. Herrick, associate professor of English literature. Action followed a full consideration of a petition signed by several hun- dred students, urging Dr, Herrick's re- {tention and the report of its special committee on the matter. Herrick's two-year contract expires at the end of the current academic year. Although aware of the student ef- fort in his behalf, Dr. Herrick de- clared he “was not surprised” at the board’s decision, but also added he would not have been surprised had the trustees ruled otherwise. He said he was told his contract was not being renewed because of ‘“reorganization and for reasons of economy.” “I was unable to do some of the work the president wanted me to do to popularize the university off campus, such as addressing clubs and organi- zations,” he said. “I explained to him that I was carrying a full schedule and could not do justice to additional tasks.” The English professor came to George Washington two vears ago from the University of Pittsburgh. He received his Ph. D. from Cornell and has been a visiting instructor at one or two other Institutions. BAND CONCERTS. By the Navy Band at Walter Reed Hospital at 6:30 p.m.. Lieut. Charles Benter, leader; Alexander Morris, assistant. By the Army Band at the Capitol at 7:30 pm. Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, assistant. to Miss Butler on behalf | service since | in lecturing on | Rift of an anonymous donor, are being | developed { “The donor of ‘he Hall of Govern= ment.” said Dr. Cloyd Heck Marvin, president of the university, “is a pub- spirited man with a fundamental ief in our Government and one whose life has been dedicated to good | works, to the end that a high type of citizenship may prevail Women to Get Degrees. It also was announced that the unis versity will confer honorary degrees | on three women at exercises Wednes- day because of their outstanding con- tributions to education Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong. philan- thropist and educational benefactress of both Rochester and Washington will receive the degree of doctor of laws, as will Dr. Helen Taft Manning, dean of Bryn Mawr College. Dean Elizabeth Peet of Gallaudet College will receive the degree of doctor of pedagogy. | This recognition of woman educa- by the university is part of a | centennial celebration of the founding of the first women's college in Amer- ica, now Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley, Mass $1,000 Fund ng said | At a period which many vears ago was a difficult one for the univers | Mr. Lisner came forward to its ai | 1 aliogether fine that again, in this time of expanding university needs, his name should be placed over | the portals of that building which | the heart of the university." | Gifts aggregating more | $1.000.000, offered to the un | during the academic | were accepted by the board day The board accepted & fund of £1,000 establishing the Joshua Evans 3d. memorial award, a memorial to the son of Mr. and Mrs. Joshua Ev- ans, jr. who was & member of the | senior class. The award will be made annually for excellence in the social studies Other prizes accepted included the Charles C. Swisher prize in medieval history and the Phi Sigma Kappa prize in public speaking Robert V. Fleming, president of Riggs National Bank, was elected | chairman of the Board of Trustees, filling the place made vacant by the death of John Bell Lawer, former chairman. Arthur Peter was re- elected vice chairman and Henry C, Davis secretary of the board. | | Appointments Made. Charles S. Baker, Washington attor- |ney and retiring president of General Alumni Association of university, was eiected a trustee, Sen- ator Clark of Missouri and Chief Justice Alfred Adams Wheat of Dis- trict Court were re-elected alumni trustees, following their nomination by vote of the alumni. Also re~ | elected to the board were Capt. John H. Cowles, Charles C.' Glover, jr.: Mrs. Henry Alvah Strong and Merle Thorpe. The board approved creation of a radio workshop and school of the air, following study of a report prepared by Prof. Willard H. Yeager of the department of public speaking and Prof. Douglas Bement of the English depariment. An advisory council for this project will be formed at once The board voted to abolish the com= bined course in arts and law, thus placing the Law School upon a grade- uate basis. Appointments \ for proved by the board included those of Elizabeth Berkner, instructor in physical education for women: James Holmes Defandorf, instructor in phar- macy: Robert Custer Grubbs, ine structor in physiology; Lawrence Lee Jarvis, assistant professor of educa- tion: Zigmond M. Lebenshon, in= structor in neurology; Luther H. Sny- der, instructor in pathology, and Ross M. Taylor, instructor in English. Resignations were accepted from William Baker, instructor in neurol- ogy: Hugh Colling, associate in pharmocognosy, and John Whitelaw, assistant professor of education. b | tors s Accepted. Lisner's generosi is current yester- the the next year ap- WILL HONOR VETERANS™ Memorial services in honor of Con= federate soldiers who fought in the Civil War will be held Sundav in the amphitheater of Arlington National Cemetery. The principal address will be de- livered by Representative Rayburn of Texas, after the members of Camp 171 of the United Confederate Vet erans have marched into the amphi= theater, led by the Marine Band Other organizations taking part in the program, scheduled to begin at 1:45 p.m., are Sons and Daughters of the Confederacy, Confederate Southern Memorial Association, Children of the Confederacy, United Spanish War Veterans, American Legion, National Guard units and Boy Scouts.