Evening Star Newspaper, July 8, 1937, Page 25

Washington News . SENATE UNLIKELY 10 ACT THIS WEEK ON D. C. TAX BILL Court Debate Sidetracks Legislation for Revenue to Meet Deficit. REPORT IN OPPOSITION _TO RIDER TO BE FILED Tydings Amendment on Price- Fixing, Attached to Measure, Is Fought by King. BY J. A. O'LEARY. Caught behind the Supreme Court fight, the local tax bill appeared des- tined today to remain side-tracked on the Senate calendar until sometime next week. Despite urgent need for additional revenue to meet the city’s estimated $7,000,000 deficit under the recently enacted District appropriation act, reliable reports on Capitol Hill indicate the court debate will not slow down sufficiently to give the tax bill a chance during the remainder of this week. District Committee members prob- ably will sound out Senate leaders to- day or tomorrow, however, to get a more definite idea of when time may be allotted for consideration of this emergency measure. King to File Report. Meanwhile, Chairman King of the District Committee will file today his minority report in opposition to the effort to amend the national anti- trust law as a rider on the local revenue measure. The rider in ques- tion is the *amendment sponsored by 8enator Tydings, Democrat, of Mary-, land to re-enforce State laws that authorize contracts fixing minimum resale prices for trade marked com- modities. Just before the Senate recessed yes- terday, Senator McCarran, Democrat of Nevada, reported ghe revenue bill, the major features of which are the additional levy of $1 per hundred on land values and the 2 percent luxury tax. The bill also establishes in- heritance and estate taxes and a new levy on motor vehicles by weight. Quick Compromise Seen. I a prompt Senate vote on the measure could be arranged, it is be- Heved House and Senate conferees would be able to work out a compro- mise program that would tide the District over pending a further tax study at the next session. The difficulty, however, is that both the stles tax and land levy are ex- pected to meet opposition in the Benate before they reach a vote, in addition to the controversy over the ‘Tydings resale price maintenance rider. If the tax bill remains in its present Jegislative tangle much longer, District officials may have to consider a re- quest for a separate resolution author- {zing the city to obtain advances of funds from the Treasury pending eollection of more local revenue. 5 PAINFULLY HURT IN BLAST ON SHIP Yacht Explosion Blows Victims Into Water Off Weems, Va. By the Associated Press. CRISFIELD, Md., July 8—Clay- ton Mitchell, one of five persons pain- fully injured in a yacht explosion across the Chesapeake Bay from Cris- fleld, described from his hospital cot the sudden blast which blew him and his four companions overboard. A sixth passenger aboard the craft, which exploded at "a dock off Weems, Va, 50 miles from here, received minor injuries. The injured, all from Centreville, ‘were Mitchell and his wife, Miss Dora Patrick, Harry Bufler, a former State police captain, and James Bright. Bright, the most seriously injured, ‘was blown nearly 100 feet from the yacht, Mitchell said, and landed on shore. Mitchell, relating the story of the near tragedy in painful gasps, was bu.med on his head, face, legs -and body. He was barely able to speak above a whibper. “We were on a cruise down the Chesapeake Bay,” he said. “We had tied up at a wharf at Weems and had Just finished filling the gas tanks with fuel. Harry Butler was at the helm and we were about to cast off. “The others in the party were seated on the after-deck. Suddenly a terrific explosion occurred amidships. ‘The impact blew all of us into the air and overboard into the water. “The boat burst. into flames. Butler, severely injured, climbed back aboard and grabbed the fire extinguisher— trying to put out the fire. But the flames had gained such headway and Butler was so weak he was forced to Jump back into the water. “People who saw it from the dock said our bodies were blown ‘here and there’ in the air. That's what it felt like, too. The people took axes and cut around the fire into the bottom of the boat, half sinking it and putting out the flames.” e QUEEN OF CHERRY FETE GIVES WHITE HOUSE PIE .Michigan Girl Is Accompanied by Senator—Roosevelt In- vitel to State Event. President Roosevelt today was the Tecipient of a huge cherry pie, brought to the White House by Miss Eilene Lyon of Traverse City, Mich., queen of the 1937 Michigan Cherry Festival. ‘The cherry queen came to Wash- ington by airplane gnd was accem- panied to the White House by Senator Brown of Michigan. On behalf of the President, the pie was received by Becretary Marvin H. McIntyre.: In addition to the pie, Miss Lyon brought an” invitation to the Presi- dent to attend the cherry festival in Michigan. (2 The hemn WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION q Staf WASHINGTON, D. C, THURSDAY, JULY¥ 8, 1937. C. M. T. C. Boys Go Through Their Paces Thomas J. Bayer of Washi Meade, Md. About 2,600 other though, so Bayer didn’t mind ngton “opens wide and says ‘ah’” ‘during the medical examination yesterday at Fort George G. boys were doing the same thing $0 much. TWO GROUPS FIGHT NEWD. C. LAND TAX Builders’ Association and Chevy Chase Citizens Voice Opposition. Opposition to the proposed 1 per cent additional District land tax was formally registered at the Senate to- day by both the Operative Builders’ Association of the District and the Chevy Chase Citizens’ Association. The builders, through their attor- ney, James C. Wilkes, in & letter to each Senator, charged “disastrous re- sults” would follow such legislation. ‘They characterized it a levy to in- crease the land tax from $1.50 to $2.50. “Real estate now carries almost 60 per cent of the entire tax burden of ‘Washington,” the builders said. “This obviousgly ig too mush. . But sn in- crease of 6825 per cent in land tax is proposed. Reasons for Opposition. “Home ownership will be discour- aged. “Rents will be increased. “Increased real estate taxes here will divert home buyers to nearby Mary- land and Virginia. Their taxes will be lost to the District of Columbia. “Immediately, owners unable tc pay the higher taxes will dump their land on the market to be improved with cheap and hastily planned buildings, contrary to the effort being made by builders, Federal and District authori- ties to co-ordinate private buildings with Government beautification pro- gram. Say Land Will Be Let Go. will let the land go for taxes, and, being unattractive to others because of the keavy tax burden, the District will lose all taxes from the land dumped on it, as has been the ex- perience of many other cities. “Eventually, the cost of land held by wealthy interests will be increased to take care of increased carrying charges and passed on to the ulti- mate home builder. “Bullders, honie owners, business men, and the residents of Washing- ton generally, are believed to be op- posed to this inequitable increase.” The Chevy Chase citizens, through their president, Edwin S. Hege, wrote to Chairman King of the Senate Dis- trict Committee, expressing hope the proposal would be defeated. Letter by Hege. “Our association,” wrote Hege, “has repeatedly recorded itself as opposed, because of the present high assess- ment base, to an increase in tangible property rate above the 1.5 per cent level; and a rate of 2.5 per cent on land would impose an especially heavy burden in our area of detached dwell- ings. Most lots in our area are 45 feet or 60 feet wide, containing about 6,600 square feet, average assessment about 50 cents per square foot. Dwell- ings thereon are assessed at an aver- ag- price of about $5500. Thus 2.5 pe: cent on land and 17.5 per cent on improvements, would produce tax bills of about the same size as would result from the application of & 1.9 per cent rate to both land and im- provements, “Persons who purchased detached homes in suburban areas very likely were influenced in their selection by a desire to obtain an abundance of sunlight and fresh air and have a few flower beds, and many of such purchasers are struggling to keep up the payments on their homes. A tax of 2.5 per cent on land would dis- courage home ownership, imperil equi- ties, and tend to peg the tax base at the present level by precluding further home building. “If the object of a 2.5 per cent tax on land is to offset losses in tax base, du> to razing of buildings to create automobile parking lots, it would seem that a more direct and fairer plan would be to tax parking lots as businesses. GROUPS COMPARED Boy Scouts and Rotary Declared to Have S8ame Aims. The Boy Scouts and Rotarians have similar ideals of aervice and interna- tional good fellowship, Dr. Ray Wy- land, director of education for the B. 8. A, said yesterday at a Rotary Club luncheon attended by Scouts of 28 countries. Dr. Wyland pointed to close parallels in the Scout and Rotary organizations. Both are international in scope, in- clude all religions, advocate world peace, foster eivie service and promote leadership, he said. “In many instances these owners | AGTION SCHEDULED ON LIBRARY FUND {House District Committees | Fund Decision Is Due Wednesday. The House District Committee is expected to take action at its regu- lar meeting next Wednesday on a bill authorizing an appropriation of $2,500,000 for construction of a new main building for Washington's free public library system. The path was cleared for commit- tee action at a two-hour hearing on the Dbill yesterday, at which more than a half dozen civic and business leaders, as well as trustees and offi- cials of the library, stressed the urgent need of adequate library facilities. The only opposition came in the form of a report from the Commis- sioners, who said they recognized the need of increased library facilities but could not approve the bill at this time in view of the District's serious financial condition. Librarian Cites Overcrowding. Representative *“Ross Collins, Demo- crat, of Mississippi, sponsor of the | bill, told the committee, however, he believed the Federal Government would loan the District sufficient funds without interest to finance the proposed new library, as well as other badly needed projects. The library trustees have proposed an amend- ment, approved by Collins, which! would make the new library eligible as a Public Works Administration project by including the purchase of the site and construction of the building within the provisions of the act authorizing the Commissioners to | obtain by grant or loan up to $10.- | 750,000 for municipal projects. Only ! $6,375,000 has been loaned to the District up to this time. Dr. George F. Bowerman, chief librarian of the Public Library, said existing facilities are so inadequate that the library is hampered in its | work and. “crowded beyomd descrip- | tion.” His testimony was supported by a statement from the Public Li- brary Committee of the Washington Board of Trade signed by B. M. Mc- Kelway, its chairman. Need for early erection of a mnew main building, the statement declared, is recognized by the committee “as one of immediate emergency, because the present demands on the library system have grown far beyond the facilities afforded by the present build- ing. Others Who Urged Library. -"Among others who stressed the need of a new central library were Miss Mary Downey, chairman of the Li- brary Committee of the District Fed- eration of Women's Clubs; Miss Ade- laide Hasse of the District Library Association; Dorsey W. Hyde, jr., pres- ident of the Georgetown Library As- Sociation; Clarence A. Aspinwall and Mrs. Lyman B. Swormstedt of the Board of Library Trustees. Miss Amy Winslow, vice president of the American Library Association, presented to the committee for the record a statement prepared by Dr. Joseph L. Wheeler, librarian of the Enoch Pratt Free Library in Balti- more, which outlined suggestions as to a site for the new building. She said the statement contained three alternatives as to the building site and a suggestion for remodeling the present central library building, which Dr. Wheeler does not regard as ad- vantageous. Representative Nichols, Democrat, of Oklahoma indicated he would op- Ppose the plan to finance the proposed new library building with a P. W. A. loan while there is “dire suffering” among the people in the country on relief. He said he did not believe there would be opposition if the proj- ect is financed out of District tax revenues. . MELON SHIPMENTS HALT . ‘Watermelon shipments from South- ern States to Northern markets were halted last midnight and will not resume until midnight Saturday, it was announced by the Agriculture Department. The cessation was ordered to allow disposal of stocks already on hand in markets and in an effort to improve the prices to shippers. Some classes of melon quotations have dropped from $219 per car on June 26 to $50 on July 5. Gasoline Use Record Set. The Interior Department estimated today that the total domestic gusoline consumption for the first six months of 1937 would be 246,000,000 barrels, peak. an all-time * \ E3 2,600 at F ort Meade Sample ‘Army’ Life Under Torrid Sun At the end of one of the hottest duties he’ll have all Summer, Edward Moore of Pittsburgh finally gets out of the entrance line —and the sun—to receive his company assignment from Puvt. F. W. Callahan. Heavy Brogans Prove Handicap as C. M. T. C. Rookies Try to Leap to Attention Under a sun that couldn't have shone much hotter—but did, some- | how—2,600 boys from the District of | Columbia, Maryland, Virginia and | Pennsylvania got their first taste yes- terday and the day before of what a | month of “Army” life will be in the citizens' military training camp at Fort George G. Meade, Md. City boys, country boys, thin ones, husky ones, sunburned and pale—all did their best to jump smartly when commanded, despite their newly ac- quired heavy-weight brogans, which didn't lend themselves to brisk heel clicking. There was none of the clowning and chatter you'd expget from 2,600 boys all in one placs. One reason is that many of the youths are back | for their second and third and fourth years and now it's not such funny business. As for the first-year men— did you ever stand for hours in a blazing sun and take for the first time orders that really sound like orders? First Assignment Orders. All day long the some-time mem- bers of Uncle Sam's Regular Army piled out of buses, limousines with chauffeurs, rattling four-wheel relics and off special trains to stand shoul- der to shoulder in a treeless field and get their first assignment orders. At their company headquarters they stripped down to trousers and shoes and made for the processing buiding. There they gave up even their shoes and pants and were taken over by a group of very silent, white-coated | men who tapped on their chests, looked down their throats and at their teeth, made them bend and| stretch and say “ah.” Only a few failed to pass the physi- cal examination. The rest went on to get their outfits—leggings, hats, shoes, shists, underwear, a raincoat, black tie, socks and belt. The clothes they wore to camp are carefully checked and stored until August 6. In spite of the fact the boys are asked to try on their equipment at the time it is issued and return mis- fits, the exit door of the processing building lookes like a large-scale auc- tion sale was in progress. For a belt U. S. UNITS CONFER ON FIDELITY SALE { Treasury, Home Loan Bank Offi- cials Seek to Break Contract Impasse. Efforts were being made today to iron out differences between the Fed- eral Home Loan Bank Board and the Treasury Department over a plan to sell assets of the closed Fidelity Build- ing & Loan Association to the new First Federal Savings & Loan As- sociation of Washington. A conference of officials of the two groups was scheduled, with prospects that some results might be forthcom- ing out of the impasse which has de- layed progress in opening the First Federal. Plans tentatively agreed to between the two had provided for making available 85 cents on the dollar to shareholders of the Fidelity. But final agreement has not been reached as yet, as to the form of contract by which the assets are to be sold. The proposed contract must go be- fore the court, and receive approval of the court before the deal can be consummated. LOYOLA U. TEACHER T0 BE F. H. A. OFFICER Chicago Attorney Will Become Director of Savings and Loan Activities. C. Wylie Allen, Chicago attorney and former associate counsel of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, is to become savings and loan director of the Federal Housing Administra- tion, it was announced yesterday by Administrator Stewart McDonald. Taking leave of absence from the faculty of Loyola University School of Law, Allen will have charge of all savings and building loan activities of the F. H. A. Eugene A. Skehan, formerly in that jposition, has been named special as- for Officers. that won't quite reach you can get one in a minute that could be used for a trunk strap. Shoes you walk right out of are considered an even trade for a pair you can't get into. Mess time comes and with it the | command “Fall in!” It might as well have been “Fall down!” The boys mean well, very well, but a combination of things the first day seems to work against any co-ordi- nated activity in one direction. “These bloomin’ shoes,” muttered one shaver in brogans big enough for two of him. “I'd do better if they told me to click my heels smartly and fall over backwards.” Bountiful Lunch. For lunch there were steamed frankfurters, gravy, lyonnaise pota- toes, lima beans, coleslaw, bread and butter and orange punch, which turned out to be lime. It couldn't have been much different, though, if they'd served breast of pheasant. It was probably the hungriest some | of the boys had ever been in their lives. The regular routine of training and recreation will start today under su- pervision of Reserve Corps officers directed by a staff of the Regular Army. It is the purpose of the Regu- lar Army staff this vear to give the Reserve officers more responsibility than heretofore in training the C. M. T. C. boys. The citizens' military training camp at Fort Meade—largest in the United States—is under command of Brig. Gen. Lorenzo D. Gasser. He is assisted by Maj. H. C. Gilchrist, executive officer; Maj. J. L. Ready, plans and training officer; Adjt. Capt. J. J. Gillespie; Col. Clifton Lisle, 316th Infantry, Philadelphia, Pa., commanding officer of the C. M. T. C., and Lieut. Col. John C. Swank, 316th Infantry, Alexandria, Va. ex- ecutive officer of the C. M. T. C. Maj. Gilchrist said that over 5,000 applications were received for the camp this year and added that the Army figured on one-twenty-fifth of the boys who attend camp eventually becoming Reserve officers. Of the graduates at West Point, he said, 95 per cent had attended a C. M. T. C. camp. — 5 BAND CONCERTS. By the Soldiers' Home Band at the bandstand at 7 o'clock tonight. John S. M. Zimmerman, bandmaster; An- ton Pointner, assistant leader. Program, March, “Marche Militaire”_Granados Overture, “Symphonique,” Vandercook Entr'acte a. “Mighty Lak a Rose,” Nevin-Zimmerman b. “The Nightingale Serenade,” Zimmerman Gems from comic opera: “The Mikado" (request)..._Sullivan Popular numbers: “Tambourines and Oranges.” Klickman “Valencia” ....oeecccee....Padilla ‘Waltz suite: | “Beauties Charms Finale, ‘“Mooseheart” “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the Marine Band in the audito- rium at 11 am. tomorrow. Capt. Taylor Branson, leader; William F. Santelmann, assistant. Marines’ Hymn. “Siegfried’s Rhine Journey”__Wagner March, “Entry of the Olympic Overture, March, “Will Rogers”. Cornet s0lo, “Napol ‘Winfred Kemp. Euphonium solo, “Premier Polka” ___ Dont Excerpts from “The Bourgo- master” ) y”- Novelty, “The Two Clever Drummers” Charles Owen and Oliver Zinsmeister. “Prelude, Siciliano and Intermezzo” from “Cavalleria Rusticana,” Mascagni Hymn, “A Mighty Fortress Is Our Lord” “The Star Spangled Banner.” Architecture to Be Discussed. Advancement of new cultural vital- ity in Soviet architecture is to be dis- GRIME DIVISIONS - | This rookie (center) has been examined and has received his outfit and will now get to his company, if he can find it again, and ultimately to lunch, which picture was taken yesterday. wasn’t far off at the time the —Star Staff Photos. OF COURT BUSY 344 More Indictments Last Fiscal Year With Total of 1,988. The last fiscal year was the busiest on record for the criminal divisions of District Court, according to a com- plete report of the year's activities furnished today to United States At- torney Leslie C. Garnett. The 12-month period opened with 303 criminal cases pending. During | the year there were 1,988 fndietments, | 344 more than last year, and 1933 cases were terminated. Of these, 1.211 were by pleas of guilty. Jury verdicts of guilty were returned in 232 cases, and of acquit- tal in 68. Two cases were dismissed on motion and two because of the death of defendants. Nolle prosses were entered in 318 instances, and it was estimated that approximately 50 per cent of these were in fugitive cases two years or more old, non-support cases where the defendants had been indicted and sentenced for similar crimes. At the close of business June 30 there were .28 cases pending, of which 94 were classed as “actually tryable.” Only in three of these were defendants in jail, the others being at liberty on bail. Of the cases not classified as try- able, defendants were fugitives, were of unsound mind or motions were | pending. .Of the total number of cases handled, 79.8 per cent were terminated either by verdict of guilty or plea of guilty, and 77.3 per cent of all jury trials resulted in convictions. MOTHER ACSUSED OF ASSAULT ON SON Pushed Boy, 6, in River, Is Charge Holding Her on $10,000 Bond. A 29-year-old colored woman was ordered held for the grand jury under $10,000 bond by Judge Edward M. Curran in Police Court today on a charge of assault with intent to kill in connection with the near drowning | of her 6-year-old son Tuesday. According to witnesses, the woman, Armethia Green, 700 block of Rhode Island avenue, pushed her son, Clar- ence Tyler, from the seawall into the | Potomac River a short distance above | Highway Bridge on the District side. Milton Satterfield, colored, 56 R street, testified he crawled down the wall and pulled the child out of the water after seeing the woman push him off and then walk away. Asked by Judge Curran how he go in the water the child replied, “My mother pushed me.” The mother, who had no defense counsel, told the judge she didn’t push her son and that “he just fell over.” Asked why she didn't call for help, she said she was “too nervous.” in! The child is being cared for at the Recelving Home. LAUNDRY STRIKE PARLEY DELAYED Plant Owners Insist That Intimidation of Workers Must Cease. A peace parley between the 450 striking members of Local No. Laundry Workers, Dyers & Cleaners’ Union, and the owners of the 13 wholesale cieaning plants involved will not be held until intimidation of plant workers by union members ceases, Samuel Rubenstein, spokesman for the plant owners, declared today. Rubenstein said he had been told yesterday by union officials that the attempted coercion of persons now working in the plants would cease | and, on that understanding, had dis- missed the police guards of his plant. Attacks Charged. “This morning bricks and missiles were thrown at several members of my staff coming to work, despite the union assertion tnat situations of this nature would stop.” he said. “One girl, walking to work with her mother- in-law, was stopped and the older woman badly shaken up.” Declaring incidents of similar na- ture were occurring at other plants, Rubenstein emphasized that no nego- tiations would be held until the in- timidation was stopped. A conference scheduled for yesterday was called off because of attacks on some of his workers, he added. Strike leaders could not be reached for comment on the charge. The strike was called June 35 in an effort to obtain the 40-hour week with an $18 minimum weekly wage, time and a half for overtime and union rec- ognition. Plant owners declared eco- nomic conditions made such conces- sions imposisble and offered to com- promise at a $15 a week minimum and 48 hours & week. The union, it is un- derstood, rejected the compromise. Employers Make Offer. At a meeting Tuesday night between both sides and representatives of the Retail Tailors’ Association learned that the plant owners offered to establish an $18 wage minimum for certain skilled workers, with a sliding scale for unskilled workers. Rebenstein said the plant owners were anxious to do everything in their power to obtain peaceful settlement of the strike. ROPER FETES SCOUTS South Carolihians Are Guests at Theater Party. ‘The South Carolina contingent of Boy S8couts, numbering 183, were guests today at a theater party given by Secretary of Commerce Roper, As- sistant Secretary J. M. Johnson and his assistant, Judge Miller C. Foster. ‘The party was given in return for the hospitality shown by the Scouts, who had these officials as their guests at dinner yesterday in the Scout camp, when Roper and Johnson made brief addresses. The three hosts to the party are South Carolinians. Lithuanian Minister Greets 23 of His Countrymen Here Povilas Zadeikis, Minister from Lithuania, spoke in his native tongue to welcome 2 members of the Lithu- anian Parliament, 2 editors from his native land, 13 champion athletes and 6 Boy Scouts—all here to at- tend the jamboree. For the benefit of those Americans present at a midday luncheon in the cabinet room of the Willard Hotel yesterday Representative Sol Bloom of New York tried to translate the Minister's remarks. ‘Whether it was s clear translation or not no one either afrmed or denied. Unchallenged, Bloom then took up the speech made by the Latvian Minister, Dr. Alfred Bilmanis who ad- dressed the Lithuanians in the Lat- vian langusge. Bloom -claimed he translated this sistant to the deputy sdminiastrator of | cussed at s congress of architecta to mufin—mmh&nfiow the agency. ," 2 bald in Moscow, Buasia. A A Again there was no challenge. So the entire gathering of some 38 per- sons ended by giving three Lithuanian cheers—"Valio, Valio, Valio!” That means hurrah! Anyway, & fine time was had by all those present. The Boy Bcouts who attended the dinner invited the Lithuanian Minister's guests down to the Monument lot to see the Lithu- anian exhibit, and from there the party went over to Arlington to lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Un- known Soldier. Among those who attended were: Dr. J. Brozinsky, president of the American Lithuanian Society ‘Washington; State Department; 3 187, | it was of B. Kuniholm of the Alfas Gilvydis, vice chairman of the Lithuanikn Parliament, and his confrers, Mecius Kviklys, PAGE B—1 BIG STEP 15 TAKEN TOWARD OPENING FEDERAL SAVINGS Prospect of Early Action Bright as Result of Conferences, FIDELITY SHAREHOLDERS WOULD RECEIVE 85 PCT. Major Differences Ironed Out and Proposal to Be Mailed Out Shortly. * Prospects for early opening of the new First Federal Savings & Loan Ase sociation to take over the closed Fidel- ity Building & Loan Association ap= peared bright today as the result of a conference at the Treasury Depart- ment between representatives of the office of controller of the currency and the Federal Home Loan Bank Board. Controller of the Currency J. F. T. O’Connor said the conference had reached an “agreement in principle” on a proposal which is to be submitted shortly to the thousands of share- holders. Outstanding in this agreement is the previously announced plan to make avallable to Fidelity shareholders 85 per cent of their holdings, either in’ cash or insured shares in the new First Federal. Major Differences Ended. Working together, representatives of the controller’s office and the Home Loan Bank Board have about ironed out all their major differences, the controller explained, and now will pre- pare as soon as possible a compre- hensive statement of the proposed plan. This statement, in the form of s letter, signed by James H. Nolan, re- ceiver of ‘the Fidelity, will be mailed out within a few days to each Fidelity shareholder. The statement, about two pages in length, will explain every detail of the proposed plan by which the new First Federal expects to take over all the assets of Fidelity. The shareholders, it is believed, will approve of this proposal under the latest plan, but it is the intention of officials in charge to present all de- tails directly to the shareholders be- fore submitting a contract for court approval. The letter, it is believed, will be made public when it is mailed to shareholders. Court Approval Necessary. A proposed sale of assets must be | approved by the court before the as- | sets can change hands and a new as- sociation be set up to make available 85 per cent. The new First Federal Savings & Loan Association would operate as part of the Federal Home Loan Bank sys- tem and would be a member of the Federal Home Loan Bank of Winston Salem, N. C. Shares in the new First Federal would be issued by the Federal Savings & Loan Association. ‘The conference at the Treasury this morning was attended by Controller of the Currency O'Connor, Deputy Controller William Prentiss, Deputy Controller Gibbs Lyons, George P. Barse and L. A. Kelly, counsel; Re- ceiver Nolan, T. D. Webb, vice chair- man of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and Horace Russell, general counsel of the board. Owing to the large number of de- tails to be worked out in connection with the presentation to court and the opening of the new First Federal, offi- cials could make no prediction today when the doors would be open. The conference, however, was interpreted a8 the most important step forward in many weeks toward the opening of the new institution. BANQUET TO BE HELD BY KNIGHTS TEMPLAR Surviving members of the 1907 drill team of the Columbia Commandery, Knights Templar, will celebrate the 30th anniversary of their winning first prize at the triennial conclave that year with a banquet at the Oc- cidental Hotel Saturday night. Dr. Frank E. Gibson, who was cap= tain of the 1907 team, said at least 21 members of the group planned to attend the reunion. In addition to him« self, these are Charles E. Baldwin, who headed the commandery that year; Edgar A. Nelson, B. F. Dier- dorf, C. 8. Domer, G. J. Efferen, E. R. Gasch, W. W. Georges, Morris A. Hess, C. Walter Hoover, Otis B. Kent, James E. Leaman, C. H. Longacre, I. D. Por« ter, Charles Sonne, C. E. Stewart, Ferd Waldman, Dr. Harry E. Wallis, J. F. Trarzare, Prank R. Underwood and A. Howard Duckett. Finnan Aide’s Plan For Cheap Holiday Here Is in Demand Instructions on How to Spend Only $10 in 2 Weeks Are Grabbed. Edward Kelly, administrative assist- ant to C. Marshall Finnan, superin- tendent of the National Capital Parks, today found himself with & fast- dwindling supply of his mimeographed detailed instructions on how to spend s two weeks' vacation in the Na- tional Capital on a $10 bill—minus board and lodging and transporta- tion. The new copies of the program have just come from the presses of the Interior Department. Several in- quiries have come in by mall, due ta newspaper stories and Kelly's ora- torical efforts over the radio under the sponsorship of the Washington Board of Trade. The “2 and 10” vacation program is illustrated, depicting various phases of recreational activity in the Na« tional Capital parks from golfing t6 daneing