Evening Star Newspaper, June 6, 1937, Page 16

A—16 DICKMAN ELECTED UNION PRESIDENT Jopular Washingtonian Is Made Typographical Head In Spirited Campaign. BY JAMES IRVING. ‘The election last month of John B. dickman, sr., as president of Columbia ‘ypographical Union should bring a 1essage of hope to every elderly man ho feels that he is being pushed nto the shelf of inactivity because 7 advanced years. Dickman, now 78, was elected head t the printers’ union after a spirited umpaign, in which he was epposed 7 several men many years younger 1an himself. Which goes to show, ~cording to Dickman'’s friends, that is isn't, after all, entirely a young an’s world, but that there is still om at the top for the man of expe- nce and ability in spite of advanced “ars. Dickman has been active in union Tairs in the District of Columbia r more than half a century, and s been president of the local print- s on several previous occasions. nis time he was virtually called out { retirement to again become their ader. Participating in his election were “inters on all the Washington news- ipers, who have set the type for undreds of columns of arguments ‘0 and con on the Supreme Court organization bill, and who joined ith their fellow members in the overnment Printing Office and com- ercial shops in recalling Dickman to tive service. However, spokesmen for the print- | 5 assert the controversy in Congress er what the age of the Supreme surt justices ought to be had no aring on Dickman's election. He 1s simply chosen, they say, because his excellent record of past per- rmance, and it was felt that a man ! his experience and ability was eded at this time. The late Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dick- an, who is credited with having opped the Germans at the second ttle of the Marne during the World | ar and who was the first com- ander of the Army of Occupation in rmany, was the Washington print- s brother. Dickman was born in Dayton, Ohio, | d came to Washington in 1880, se- ring a position in the Government inting Office. He retired from that ice in 1924. However, his record of tvice in the G. P. O. wasn't con- wous, he said, because in the early v& it was the custom to “‘clean out 2 Printing Office at the change of litical administrations of the Gov- nment. Dickman’s first experience as a presentative of the Washington ‘inters occurred in 1886, when he 1s elected a delegate to the Pitts- irgh convention of the Interna- )nal Typographical Union. At that ne organized labor was greatly ex- ed over activities of the Knights t Labor, which was agitating the an of one big union of all workers. | The question of merging the typo- aphical union with the Knights of ibor was the predominating ques- on before the 1886 convention of the inters, and Dickman militantly op- sed the praposition. From that me on he hes always been a firm liever in craft unions. “Without craft unions there would * no organized labor in the United ates, and that is my firm convic- n,” he says. “However, I have ver opposed the organization of any | oup of workers, and as chairman the Grievance Committee of the | >ntral Labor Union, I gave just as| 1ch attention to organizing the hod- | rrier as I did skilled workmen.” | During his long career Dickman s witnessed many important his- | dical events in the making, one of | iich was the revolution of the | nting industry, when the typeset- | 'g machine was introduced to take | 2 place of the old tedious method of | nd composition. The first typesetting machines were stalled in Washington in 1888, Dick- | in said, in the composing room of @ Post-Critic. Dickman was presi- nt of the local printers’ union at * time, and one of the greatest con- \:versles ever to face the printers’ Marshall Finnan (left), dence day. union was placed in his hands for solution. “The hue and cry was raised among printers that they were in danger of losing their jobs,” Dickman recalled, “because of the claim that skilled printers would not be neces- sary to operate the machines; that they could be operated by boys and girls. “The Post-Critic did engage inex- perienced help to operate their ma- chines in the beginning. But the quality of work was so inferior to that which they had been getting from the experienced printers that they soon abandoned the idea, and after a few conferences with officers of the printers’ union agreed to re- employ their old force of experienced printers. . “So instead of the printers losing their jobs by the advent of the type- | setting machine, its introduction so revolutionized newspaper publishing | that they not only did not lose their Jjobs but work was created for addi- | tional thousands and thousands of | printers in succeeding years.” | Dickman has not devoted all his | energies to union activities, but has | given considerable time to civic affairs. | He was among the first group of | citizens to work for public playgrounds | | for children of the District. . In tie beginning funds for the operation of playgrounds in Washington were | raised by “tag day” sales. There were | no paid supervisors of playgrounds at that time and Dickman, along with many of his colleagues, used to volun- teer, after his day's work, to “mind the' children” at play on the play- grounds in the evening. He has always been an advocate of | free education and about 1885 was a | member of a group that successfully | petitioned Congress to pass a law | granting free text books to the school | children of the District. Dickman has always had a tender spot in his heart for his less fortunate | brethren, and in 1884 took an active | part in organizing the first relief as- | sociation at the Government Printing Office. Up to that time, when fellow employes became sick and needy, the | only way of helping them out was by voluntary contributions, and this was | often inadequate. | Dickman, along with his associates, | felt that relief should be put upon a | definite and permanent basis, so they organized the first relief society ever to be formed by Government employes. The idea was gradually taker up by other departments and today is a reg- ularly established part of the Govern- ment itself. Dickman also fathered organization of the Association of Veteran Union Printers. “The beauty of this organ- ization is that the old man is not for- botten,” he said, “and when he dies a floral wreath is placed on his casket, so that the uniom man is not forgotten in his passing.” He is also a vice president of the Association of Oldest Inhabitants of the District, and is a life-long friend of John Clagett Proctor, Washington historian and raconteur, who is him- self also & union printer of the old days. Commissioner Hazen (center), chairman o; THE SUNDAY STAR, \VASHINGTOX, D. C, JUNE 6, 1937—PART ONE. ; Committee Plans “Fourth” Celebration f the Fourth of July Celebration Committee; C. vice chairman, and Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peeples, secretary, shown above as they sat at a luncheon meeting of the committee heads and subchairman recently at the Har- rington Hotel, where final plans were perfected for the celebration at the Water Gate on Indepen- —Star Staff Photo. With the Associations Ten Groups Oppose Proposed Transfer of Play- ground Control—Seven Meetings Scheduled for the Coming Weck. WEEELY REVIEW. RE\'IEW of the civic week from Thursday, May 27, to Thursday, June 3: ANACOSTIA—Opposed transfer of control of certain playgrounds from the Playground Department to the Community Center Department of the public schools. BURROUGHS—Opposed imposition of any additional taxes on ‘“voteless aand unrepresented citizens” of the District; favored placing the sub- stantive law into effect whereby the Federal Government pays 40 per cent of District expenses;. favored report opposing establishment of Washington Criminal Justice Association; favored Traffic Director William A. Van Duzer’s traffic-routing plan; opposed abolition of the Receiving Home for Children; opposed transfer of control of certain playgrounds in the District. COLUMBIA HEIGHTS—Favored in- creasing number of street cars and busses on Fourteenth street line; fa- vored through street car service from Fourteenth street line to Union Sta- tion; opposed daylight saving time for the District; opposed proposed $1,- 000,000 increase in relief appropria- tion; favored aboltition of Community Chest; voted support to Metropolitan Police Boys' Club campaign to raise $75,000. FRIENDSHIP—Opposed proposed appropriation of $1,000,000 to be set aside for relief. The Association of Oldest Inhab- itants also met, but did not act on any problems of city-wide interest. CIVIC CALENDAR. 'HE following citizens’ associations are scheduled to meet during the coming week: TWO GROUPS PLAN OUTING TOMORROW Manor Park and Takoma to Hold Joint Session at Community Playground. The Manor Park and Takoma Park (D. C.) Citizens’ Associations join to- morrow at 6 p.m. in a combination picnic and business gathering in the Takoma Park Playground, at Fourth and Whittier streets, for their final meeting of the season until September. In charge of arrangements is Play- ground Director Arthur Krimelmeyer, who has scheduled games for men and women, entertainment by play- ground talent and the showing of mo- tion pictures of various activities of the Department of Playgrounds for HOW THEY STAND. The attitude of District citi- zens' associations on problems of current city-wide interest as evi- denced since the start of the sea- son last Fall, follows: Daylight Saving Time. Oppose L Pavor - = 2 Transfer of Playground Control. Oppose = 4D Favor 2 Van Duzer’s Traffic-Routing Plan. Favor _ Oppose Relief Appropriation Increase Oppose 4 Favor o Abolition of Receiving Home. Oppose 4 Favor L Monday, June 7. Bladensburg Road, 8 p.m, Church of God. Citlzens’ Association of Takoma, D. C, and Manor Park, joint meeting, 6 pm, Takoma Park Playground, Fourth and Whittier streets. Forest Hills, Pierce Mill, Rock Creek Park. Kenilworth, 8 p.m., Kenilworth Rec- reation Center. Tuesday, June 8. - Summit Park, 8 p.m., Bast Washing- ton Heights Baptist Church. Wednesday, June 9. Rhode Island Avenue, 8 p.m., Wood- ridge Sub-Branch Library. Friday, June 11. Brightwood, 8 pm., Charlie Forest Farm, Sandy Spring, Md. last year. Facilities for base ball, horseshoe pitching, volley ball, quoits and other sports are being made. A 20-piece band of the Review and Herald Publishing Association from Takoma Park is to furnish music for the evening. Members of both civic groups will join in the community sing arranged by Miss Elsie Green, principal of Whittier School, to begin at 8 o'clock. Short business meetings of each group will conclude the program. In | the event of rain the affair will be | held the next clear evening. - To Hold Final Meeting. ‘The final meeting of the season for the Rhode Island Avenue Citizens' Association will be held Wednesday | evening in the Woodridge BSub- branch Library, Freeman Welss, pres- ident, declared yesterday. SsIRLS MOVE STUDIES TO JERSEY BEACH unburn Combines With Ed- | ucation in Experiment by Pennsylvania School. By Vesta Cummings. | N THE theory that education can be absorbed just as well | A while seated on seashore | sand in a bathing suit as in | class room, 175 girls enrolled at | enn Hall, Chambersburg, Pa., spent | ree May weeks at Ocean City, N. J,, udying and swimming away the | nd of the academic year. There isn't a reason in the world hy French conversation and a sun 'n cannot be acquired simultane- 1sly, according to Miss Pauline de rodes, special adviser to Penn Hall's rench department, now in Washing- on on school business. It's a complete innovation in edu- -ation methods, Miss de Brodes be- eves. Her school, of which Dr. Frank Magill is. headmaster, owns the iotel Flanders at Ocean City, and the aunt is an annual one, initiated to ive the students out-of-door life in 1¢ Spring to freshen them up for nal examinations after a long Winter f bookish tasks. It peps them up no end, Miss de Srodes says, and grades go up around : per cent during the period. The . transter from Chambersburg, 2t an altitude of 700 feet in the ‘Blue Ridge Mountains, to the ocean was rccomplished May 6 without the stu- lent body missing so0 much as a lec- ure. Cooks, the household staff, trunks ind books were sent down the day be- ‘ore. Students and faculty followed )y special train, conducting classes as 1sual next morning. The hotel has -lass room arrangements, but courses -hat do not require blackboards or too nuch technical equipment are con- ducted only a few yards from the water, Many years ago the school's head- master conceived the idea after a visit to Florida. His plan was car- ried out in 1914 and has continued every year since. It has been found that the student body, made up of girls of prep school and junior col- lege age, definitely adore a bit .of salt spray mixed with their ancient his- $ory. Eventually a hotel was secured | 3 Seagoing school. Penn Hall School in “class rooms” like this. for permanent Spring quarters, where the girls vacation as they learn. Scho- lastic records and the light-hearted- ness with which final examinations are approached back in Chambersburg the week after the school returns home fully warrant the move, Miss de Brodes declares. UN’DER chaperonage the students attend concerts, theaters, lec- tures, visit the piers, stroll on the boardwalk, have sailing parties, dive in the swimming pools, enjoy horse- back riding on the beach and surf bathing. A special lifeguard is en- gaged by the school and is present when students are in the surf. Riding A is supervised by a riding master, who also instructs beginners. Starting the academic day at 8 am., classes continue until around 2 o'clock in the afternoon. The arrival of the “Penn Hall spe- cial” in Ocean City is an annual event in the small resort, with the mayor and representatives of the Chamber of Comemrce at the station to weicome the girls officially. This year the re- turn to Pennsylvania was planned for May 27. Young women whose thoughts are likely to stray too often from their text books while at the shore are rap- 1dly discouraged by & “study hall list.” Sluggards must give their undivided attention to their tooks in study hall \ For the past three weeks erudition has been dispensed to the girls of between 7:30 and 9 o'clock in the eve- ning, rather than strolling along the boardwalk or attending the movies. Several banquets enliven the sojourn, to which men are invited. Otherwise early-to-bed is the rule for both younger and older girls. That the school has always accent- uated sports probably accounts for its unique work-and-play holiday, accord- ing to Miss de Brodes. Students do not find the ocean too chilly, even in May, since they swim all year long in their swimming pool. Lisa Lindstrom, member of the United States swim- ming team for the 1928 Olympics, is swimming instructor. One student, Bernice lappe, was a member of last year’s Olympic team. FRIENDSHIP MARKS SUCCESSFUL YEAR President Flickinger Points to Increased Membership and Projects Gained. ‘The bringing of civic consciousness to the community and increasing the membership of the Friendship Citi- zens’ Association were among the most important achievements during the organization’s fiscal year, accord- ing to Samuel J. Flickinger, president. In the annual report to members, Flickinger, who at the last meeting unanimously was re-elected to serve a third term, stated that at the begin- ning of the year it was his desire to have a high percentage of residents in the community as members in good standing, and that the membership should be not less than 500. “This has been realized beyond my fondest hopes,” he declared. “Not only did our drive increase the mem- bership to 500, but over 500-new mem- bers were admitted.” And, he stated, applications for additional member- ship still are coming in. Seek Branch Library. ‘With the support of these new mem- bers the association can proceed with its campaign for a new branch library, ‘he pointed out. For three years they have been working toward this goal and have gained much support for the project. At one meeting Dr. George Bowerman, District librarian, spoke and told members that their request was recelving consideration at his office. The present library is housed in the old eighth police precinct station, which building is in very poor condi- tlon, Flickinger stated. He pointed out that it also is inadequate to serve the many schools in the vicinity and that the number of books taken out has increased several hundred per cent in the past few years. A site for library construction is available at Wisconsin avenue and Albemarle street, and the Forest Hills, American University Park and North Cleveland Park Citizens’ Associations have passed resolutions favoring a library building at that point. The association also has paid much attention to transportation and traffic problems during the year, Flickinger said. Efforts have been made to ob- tain bus transportation for several hundred residents in a new section of Friendship Heights and increased fa- cilities on the Wisconsin avenue-Bu- reau of Standards bus line. A re- | duction of fares also has been re- quested. One transportation problem on which the association has been work- | ing is the projected crosstown bus line. As it is now, Flickinger ex- Plained, residents in Friendship Heights have to make a long, time- wasting trip through downtown to get to the other side of Rock Creek Park and to the Northeast section. “It not only would save time and money for us if they put in this line, but I think it would be a money-making Pproposition for them,” he said when stating his views. Work to Continue. “‘We will continue to work on this next year,” he added, “and I hope that by that time something definite will have been done to give us better | means of getting back and forth.” In the line of traffic safety several requests for traffic-light installations have been made. Speaking of the need for a signal at Wisconsin ave- nue and Fessenden street, Flickinger said: “There have been several acci- dents and near accidents at this cor- ner. It is a dangerous intersection. It is our earnest hope that our re- quest will be granted before any more serious or fatal accidents occur there.” He noted that Tenley Circle on Wis- consin avenue, part of Reno Parkway, had been completed, and said that this not only added to the beauty of the street, but reduced the possibility of | accidents as well. An officer of the association, Ed- ward J. Fox, secretary, has been ap- pointed contact man with the Traffic Department of the District govern- ment. Another achievement of the civic year was the securing of a new fire en- gine for No. 20 Engine Company. This was to supplant equipment declared in a committee report to be “20 years old.” “However, there still is need for additional equipment in this ter- ritory,” Flickinger declared. A project which will eccupy the attention of the association next year and on which it worked this year, is the Janney School Playground. Among the impovements suggested there are s wading pool and additional play- ground equipment. Ask Gymnasium Opening. The association also has asked that the gymnasium at the Woodrow Wil- son High School be opened two nights & week so a boys’ organization can meet there. This club, organized re- cently by the association, now is meet- ing one night each week with about 100 in attendance. Several other citi- zens' associations in the vicinity have indorsed the club and promised their support. Flickinger noted in the report that the association had been successful in opposing before the Zoning Commis- sion requests for changes in zoning of several pieces of residential property in its area. Concluding his report, he stated that the good work of the associa- tion was due to the close spirit of co- operation on the part of the officers and the Executive Committee with members, and urged support for the group next year with increased mem- bership and attendance. J MRS. FAULKNER ASKS PLAYGROUND FUNDS Cleveland Park-Cathedral Heights Representative Seeks Money to Hire Supervisors. Appealing for funds to hire super- visors for the John Eaton School Playground, Mrs. Waldron Faulkner of the Cathedral Heights-Cleveland Park Citizens’ Association last week urged ' the Senate District Subcom- mittee on Appropriations to allot $1,000 for the purpose Mrs. Faulkner, who recently an- nounced & gift of $1,000 for surfac- ing the playground from a person who wished his name withheld, told the subcommittee that the additional supervision was “all that was needed to make the playground an ideal place for the children.” With the funds, Mrs. Faulkner said, both male and female supervisors could be employed in the afternoon on school days and the entire day on Saturday during the school months. In the Summer they would be pres- ent the entire day. At present su- pervisors are employed only during the months of July and August, she brought out. Civic Problems, Civic Bodies Taxation Still Main Topic of Interest—Hearings to Resume on Public Defender Bill—Need for Elevator Code. BY JESSE C. SUTER. AXATION of the voteless | and unrepresented District of Columbia continues to. hold first place in the pend- ing civic problems, with the 1938 appropriation bill as a close sec- ond. The Star in its “night final” on Thursday carried a bulletin that the Taxation Subcommittee of the House District Committee had completed its work on the tax bill. The report of the subcommittee is scheduled for consideration by the full committee on Tuesday. Under a special rule the bill is expected to be considered by the House the latter part of the week to avoid having to lay over till the next District day, June 14. The Senate Appropriations Sub- committee has nearly completed its work, and its report is expected nearly any day. A final conference with the Commissioners and the District auditor was held on Fri- day on several major items. The subcommittee on Wednesday ended nearly three weeks of hearings of officials, representatives of civic groups and individual citizens. As usual the Senate committee was most gracious in granting hearings. ‘The House trict Committee has had the Commissioners draft a revised bill to prevent the opera- tion of nuisance industries (so- called abattoir bill) and is ex- pected to begin hearings within the week. It is the hope of Chair- man Mary T. Norton that the bill may be reported in time for con- sideration by the House next Dis- trict day. At the District Building there was a very heated hearing on the proposed new refrigerator code. Some 200 business men and prop- erty owners assembled in the board room on Tuesday to participate in a hearing on the code. Sharp re- sentment was shown at the ap- parent attempt to railroad the matter regardless of the wishes or views of the citizens As an outcome of the vigorous protests, a restudy of the code and the problems it is supposed to cover is to be made by a joint commit- tee composed of citizens and offi- clals. It is feared by householders that the new code as drawn will impose a burden of both annoyance and expense on the owners of do- mestic mechanical refrigerators. sion received during the past week an amended petition from the Cap- ital Transit Co. for a fare increase in its token rate from four tokens for 30 cents to four tokens for 35 cents. The earlier petition asked a rate of three tokens for 25 cents. Public hearing on the petition is planned to be held on Monday, June 14. Proposed Appointment of A Public Defender. RFSUMPTION of the hearing by the House Committee on the Judiciary on the public defender bills, H. R. 5154 and H. R. 5155, are due to continue early this week. The first of these bills provides for such officer for the District of Co- lumbia and the other is of national application. Both bills were intro- duced by Representative Byron N. Scott, Democrat, of California. The first bill authorizes appoint- ment by the United States District Court for the District of Columbia of a public defender at $7,500 per annum for a four-year term. He is required to be a bona fide resi- dent of the District for five years consecutively next preceding his appointment and to have practiced law before the said court for the same length of time. The public defender is authorized to appoint an assistant at $4,000 per annum, for a four-year term, and also to appoint two clerks. The sum of $20,000 is authorized to be appropriated to carry out the pur- pose of the bill. On the petition of & person charged with crime or convicted of crime, who is without the means to employ counsel, the judge would assign the public defender to serve as counsel. In such capacity it would be his duty to conduct the defense or prosecute an appeal without expense to such person. This innovation would supplant the existing system of members of the bar being assigned by the court to serve in such capacity, without compensation. The Voteless District of Columbia League of Women Voters, the Mon- day Evening Club and the Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association has indorsed the proposal, which is op- posed by the District Bar Associa- tion. The proposed system has long ago passed the experimental stage and is in successful operation in Chicago, San Francisco, Los An- geles, Oakland, Hartford, New Haven, Bridgeport, Columbus and other places. In Chicago the system is claimed to have expedited trials, reduced the number of jury trials, eliminated many unnecessary trials and been proven efficient and economical. The report of the public defender for Chicago in 1934 stated: “Dur- ing th: period from October, 1930 (when the office was created) to July 1, 1934, 8,077 cases were dis- posed of and the community was obliged to pay $1.67 for the legal work done on each case.” In a “nut-shell” the idea is to put the poor person charged with or convicted of a crime on an equality before the law with the person who has the means to em- ploy able counsel and enjoy other privileges procurable with money. Among the local proponents of this legislation are Frank R. Jelleff of the Parole Board; Judge Nathan Cayton of the Municipal Court and Justin Miller, formerly of the Department of Justice, but now of the Board of Tax Appeals. Citizens’ Federation Holds Season’s Final Meeting. NLESS it should be necessary to hold a special called meet- ing, last night's meeting was the final meeting of the Federation of Citizens’ Association until the first Saturday night in October. The calendar which was badly congested with business a couple of months ago was in excellent shape as the period of stated meetings ended. During the Summer some of the federation standing committees will keep actively at work par- ticularly as to matters before Con- gress. The Committee on Fiscal Relations is watching carefully the taxation legislation and will go thoroughly into the matter as soon as the new measure is available. If additional action is required the committee will request either a meeting of the Executive Com- mittee or the calling of a special meeting of the federation. In citizens' association circles not much District legislation is ex- pected beyond the tax and ap- propriation bills. The abattoir bill and the Juvenile Court bill however are expected to pass. When the federation convenes in October its first business will be to nominate members for the Execu- tive Committee, to be elected when the officers are also elected at the November meeting. It is a strik- ing feature of the federation pro- cedure that members of the Execu- tive Committee are required to be nominated one month in advance of election, but the officers are nominated and elected on the same night. New Elevator Code Up for Hearing This Month. NAFEGUARDING passengers on elevators is a matter of vital interest to every one who ever rides on that modern convenience. There have been a few fatalities on elevators in the District, but it took the death gf a 13-year-old boy in March, 1936, to direct par- ticular attention to the need for & new code. A new code has been prepared and submitted to the Commission- ers by a committee composed of Capt. H. S. Bishop, jr., Assistant Engineer Commissioner, chair- man; Col. John W. Oehmann, in- spector of buildings; Edward W. Thomas, assistant corporation counsel, and John A. Dickinson, elevator code expert of the Bureau of Standards. The new code makes stringent rules as to the limit of space between the elevator cage and the hoistway edge of the landing threshold. Public hearings will be held by the District Commissioners at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, in the board room. The studies of the problem by this committee again calls atten- tion to the fact that elevators in the Federal buildings do not come under control of the District ele- vator inspection. There is no re- quirement to submit plans for such elevators to the building inspector for approval as required in the case of private property. The re- port by Dickenson points out diffi- culties involved in any proposal to require Federal elevators to comply with the District code. He states that the National Park Service in- stalls elevators in accordance with the national code if it is physically possible to comply with it. He adds that District inspections have been requested as a further check on the Federal inspections. Dickinson says that where elevators in Govern- ment buildings do not comply strictly with the code the Park Service endeavors to secure funds to make them comply if that is possible. It thus appears that the Dis- trict's greatest industry operates its elevators without regard to the rules of safety required of private owners of property in the District of Columbia even though the code is adopted and promulgated by the Commissioners under authority of an act of Congress. All that is re- quired to bring the Government elevators under the same control that is applied to all others is an executive order of the President The Commissioners were so advised by the committee in September, 1936, but no action appears to have been taken on that recommenda- tion. Government Auditorium on Part of Municipal Center Site, APPHOX!MATELY one-fourth of the District government's “white elephant” is now suggested as a suitable site for the proposed Government Auditorium. The Com- mission of Fine Arts has recom- mended to the Auditorium Com- mission the location of the audi- torium on Reservation 10, bounded by Constitution avenue, John Mar- shall place, Third street and C street. This is one of the four squares which Congress required the Commissioners to purchase on which to erect an elaborate Muni- cipal Center. The site is considered well lo- cated for such purpose, though the additional recommendations of the Fine Arts Commission in this connection will require a complete change in the latest plans for the Municipal Center. The commis- sion insists that John Marshall place be kept open so that a view of the Court House Building may be had from Pennsylvania and Constitution avenues and through Fourth street. The latest plans for the Adminis- tration Building of the Municipal Center call for its location south of the Court House Building and extending across John Marshall place. This would place the new building in the vista instead of the old City Hall. These plans also contemplate the opening of both Fourth and Fifth streets from Indiana avenue to C street, leaving two small squares at each end of the Administration Building. These squares, bounded by Third, Fourth and C streets and Indiana avenue and by Fifth, Sixth and C streets and Indiana avenue, would be reserved for expansion of the Administration Building at a later date. CHEVY CHASE BALLOT RESULTS READY SOON Returns on Civic Survey Speed Up After “Chaser” Post Card Is Mailed Out. Results of & mail ballot on a score or more subjects of civic interest, being conducted by the Chevy Chase Citi- sens’ Association, will be ready in another week, according to Edwin S. Hege, president. A ballot has been mailed to all members asking their opinion on such matters as taxes, liquor sales, trans- portation, voting in the District and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial. Re- turns were coming in very slowly, Hege said, until he sent a post card re- minder to members. The post card, printed in red ink, called the ballot & “thermometer of civic interest,” and declared that at the moment it was near the freezing point. Now they are coming in more rapidly, Hege reports, and complete returns will be ready next week. D. C. WILL PROFIT FROM 1937 TOURING City to Get $35,000,000 of $4,500,000,000 Spent, Hodges Calculates. American tourists will spend $4,500, 000,000 during this year, and Washe ington's share of that money is ex- pected to be more than $35,000,000, according to compilations made yes- terday by Curtis Hodges, executive director of the Greater National Cap- ital Committee of the Board of Trade Expenditurese by tourists this year are expected to reach an all-time high, it is indicated by estimates of the American Automobile Association, Hodges said. “The tourist business is booming more vigorously this year than ever before,” declared Hodges. “During the year 45,000,000 persons will travel either by rail, air or motor, and each one is expected to spend approxi- mately $100. Business Here Sought. “It can readily be seen that this is a tremendous business, and of course, in behalf of the welfare of Washing- ton's business houses, we are bgnding every effort to attract a record num- ber of tourists to the Capital this year. “More and more Washington is gaining in popularity with tourists, not only for several days' visit but for their full vacations Hodges explained that this increase in favor has accrued to Washington through the continued efforts of the Greater National Capital Committee in continually advertising the city through the distribution of literature, motion pictures and the attendance at conventions. Hodges said Washington also will enjoy a marked upturn in the number of convention delegates and business visitors. Approximately $23,000,000 more is expected to be unloosed here this year through convention dele- gates and business visitors. This would be an increase of about a half million dollars over this business last year, ‘Three Conveniions Slated. During the current week three con- ventions will be in session here, the first time in many months 5o few meet- | ings have been scheduled. Largest of the gatherings will be the Daughters of the Nile supreme session at the Mayflower Hotel. More than | 1,000 delegates are expected to begin sestions tomorrow through Friday. The United Order of the Golden Cross will convene Tuesday at the Hamilton Hotel for & two-day session and continue | with an estimated attendance of 100. The other gathering will be the | convention of the National Assocla- | tion of County Agricultural Agents at the Raleigh Hotel. This group, eon- | sisting of about 400 delegates, will start | sessions tomorrow through Saturday. The World’s Women's Christian Temperance Union, now in session at and continue | the Washington Hotel, will wind up its convention Tuesday. To Honor Odell Smith. A testimonial dinner for Odell Smith | will be given by the Public Order and Membership Committees of the Board of Trade a week from tomorrow night at the Mayflower Hotel. Smith recently began his twenty- | ifth consecutive year as chalrman of the Public Order Committee. James A. Burkhart is in charge of arrangements for the dinner. Invi- tions will be extended to the per- sonnel of both committees, as well as the Board of Directors, of which Smith is a member. Capt. Milton D. Smith, chalrman of the Entertainment Committee, me: ! with his group Friday to compl final plans for the entertainment fea- | tures of the Smith testimonial affair Philadelphia Board Formed. Fred B. Linton, executive secretary of the Junior Board of Commerce | reported yesterday that young busi- ness men of Philadelphia have de- | cided to form a junior board, and | held their first organization meeting last week. Linton, John Bleecker, fr., presi- | dent of the local Junior Board, and | Arthur Clephane, | Pennsylvania city several days ago | to lay the groundwork for a similar journeyed to the organization there. Linton seid they talked with about 30 or 40 young | business men there. The executive secretary also re- ported a meeting of the organization's Board of Directors will be held Tues- day night to lay plans for obtaining the 1938 convention of the United States Junior Board of Commerce for | Washington He said 10 members of the local | board will leave next Sunday to at- tend the annual conventi-.1 being held | this year in Denver, Colo. He added at least 2,000 delegates from all parts of the United States are expected there for the session. Youth Group Meets. The Youth Welfare Committee of the Junior Board met for the first time under the new administration recently and laid plans for the coming year. Representatives of several boys' clubs attended the meeting. John Dugan, chairman, and Al Nolan, vice chair- man, gave their views on what they felt the committee could accomplish this year. After discussing the part that such & committee could play in helping youth, it was decided that two groups should explore the possibility of inaugurating a “big brother” move- ment in the Junior Board to lend assistance to those boys who “slip off the reservation.” No immediate action was authorized, as it was felt it would be necessary to lay a good groundwork before taking any steps. GROUP TO HEAR WENDER Safety Chairman Will Be Speaker at Kenilworth Finale. Harry S. Wender, chairman Public Safety Committee of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, will address the Kenilworth Citizens’ Assoclation meeting tomorrow night, President William Webb announced yesterday. This will be the final meeting until September and will be held in the Kenilworth Recreation Center at 8 pm., he declared. Summit Park to Recess. The Summit Park Citizens’ Asso, ciation will hold its last meeting D’ the season Tuesday evening, Presi¢ dent William J. Smith announced yesterday. The meeting will be held in the Fast Washington Heights Bap+ tist Chureh at 8 o'clock. The firsi Fall meeting will be in September. \