Evening Star Newspaper, October 24, 1937, Page 5

. GOLORED CITIZENS IRKED BY OMISSION Civic Group Wants Member- ship on D. C. Reorganiza- tion Committee. Oriticizing the District Commis- sloners for apparently overlooking the appointment of one of its rep- resentatives on the Committee for Reorganization of the District Gov= ernment, the Federation of Civic Asso- ciations has requested Chairmen King and Palmisano of the Congres- sional District Committees for rep- resentation before their committees before any hearings on proposed Dis- trict reorganization are completed. ‘The resolution, brought before the colored civic group at a meeting in the District Building Friday night, was drawn to give the colored citizens representation on proposed changes in the local government. Woolsey W. Hall, president, said he could not understand why the federation was omitted on the Reorganization Com- mittee, as his group represents Wash- ington’s colored citizens just as the Federation of Citizens’ Associations represents white ciiizens. Unanimous support was voted the drive for free lunches for school chil- dren. Delegates appropriated $25 for this fund. Local suffrage was unanimously ap- proved in another resolution. Any proposed change in the preseni method of selecting Board of Educa- tion members was opposed “unless and until” the District secures local suf- frage. Unanimous support was given ‘he Community Chest and letters were sent to each of the 21 member civic associations urging them to partici- pate in the Chest's campaign. The annual election of officers will be held at the next regular meeting, to be held November 2§ at the District | Building. MASS MEETING TODAY Church Council Sponsors Session | at First Congregational. A mass meeting will be held at 3 p.m. today at the First Congregational | Church under the auspices of the | Woman's Council of the Washington | Federation of Churches. The princi- | pal speaker will be Mrs. Grace Sloan | Overton, teacher and lecturer, who will | talk on “The New Person and the | making the outward journey through | other notables while the duchess was New World.” The speaker will be introduced by Mrs. Frank A. Linzel, president of the council. Rev. E. L. Ford, director of religious education of the Foundry M. E. Church, will preside. Rev. H. E. Comer, president, and Dr. William L. Darby, executive secretary of the Fed- eration of Churches, will participate in the service. Music will be given by the Burrall Class Choir of Calvary Baptist Church., Brazil Closes Masonic Lodges. RIO DE JANEIRO, October 23 (#). All secret societies, including Ma- | sonic lodges, were ordered closed provisionally tonight as a further| gtep in the enforcement of Brazils state of war. Taxes (Continued From First Page) the District's 1939 budget estimates, calling for appropriations totaling $49,700,000, were transmitted to the Budget Bureau. Hearings on this budget will start tomorrow morning. $5,000,000 New Revenue Needed. Commissioner Melyvin C. Hazen, who acted as spokesman for the Commis- zioners as well as the Tax Committee, announced the new tax program ap- proved by the Commissioners would be designed to raise the needed $5,- 000,000 in additional revenue in the coming fiscal year. He emphasized the $5,000,000 figure would represent s reduction of $1,000,000 under the amount needed this year to preclude & budget deficit. The anticipated additional revenue needed in the coming fiscal year, how- ever, would be in excess of the $5,- 000,000 figure, save for the new tax on inheritances and estates, which is not expected to yield until the 1939 fiscal year. The estates and inherit- ance tax is estimated to produce about $800,000. Commissioner Hazen also pointed out that if the Commissioners ulti- mately decide to recommend continu- ation of the business privilege tax a number of changes would be proposed to correct imperfections. To Study Realty Rate. Bince the 25-cent increase in the real estate tax also expires at the close of the present fiscal year, Com- miscioner Hazen said the Tax Commit- tee was directed to make a further study of the effect of a rate in excess of the $1.50 base rate, and how it would fit into the new program. Commissioner Hazen is known to favor a rate substantially lower than the present $1.75 levy. He has inti- mated it may be possible to reduce the rate to $1.60 in the coming fiscal year. The levy, however, will depend entirely on the program approved by Congress. If $5,000,000 cannot .be raised by special taxation, then it will be necessary to raise the real estate tax above the basic $1.50 figure where it was before enactment of the “emer- gency” tax program. 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U.S. Tour Itinerary Is Drawn, But Awaits Windsor’s Approval | that they really were “only part of the NEW YORK, October 23.—An| itinerary for a 30-day tour of the| United States by the Duke and Duchess | of Windsor, probably from coast to coast, will be announced in the next | few days, George Link, jr., attorney | for Charles E. Bedeaux, who is han- dling all arrangements, said tonight. | “The final decision on the plflwsi to be visited will be made after the | duke returns to Paris tomorrow from Germany and consults with Mr. Be- deaux,” said Link. “I think they are | going to the West Coast, probably the Northern States and returning by | a Southern route.” Link, who is assisting Bedeaux in‘ handling arrangements here, has sent | the latter a tentative itinerary, but declined to reveal the places he sug- “If they are not accepted on the other side, it might cause bad feeling,” | he said. “All that can be said now | is that he will visit the principal in- dustrial sections of the country. Mr. | Bedeaux, who spent many years in | improving labor conditions, knows them all from first-hand experience.” | He said the fact that Secretary Ickes of the Interior Department sent Be- | deaux a list. of Government projects | may have given an erroneous impres- sion that these were to be the prin- cipal object¥ves of the Windsors, and | program A purposted “itinerary” published by a New York paper was described by Link as listing “far too many places.” Places named in the article were housing projects in New York, Chicago, Washington, D. C.; Atlanta, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Montgomery, Ala.; the Ford plant in Michigan and the | Bonneville and Grand Coulee Dams in the Pacific Northwest and Boulder Dam in Arizona. It also said the ‘Windsors would stop in Baltimore and that the duke would attend the news- paper men's Gridiron Club banquet in Washington with the President and guest of Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt has indicated she would invite the duchess to the White House if the duke accepts his invita- | tion to the banquet. MUNICH, October 23 (#)—The| Duke and Duchess of Windsor .com- pleted their two weeks' study of social conditions in Nazi Germany and left the Orient express late tonight for Paris. The Windsors were said to be greatly | impressed by the Reich's social welfare measures and the duke told his hosts he would like to return for a closer study next year. ‘The Windsors will remain in Paris until early next month, when they will sail for the United States for an ex- tended tour. MRS. JANIE S. HAWKINS DIES IN HER HOME HERE Was Resident of D. C. for 17 Years—Came Here With Hus- band From Bedford, Va. Mrs. Janie S. Hawkins, 84, for the last 17 years & resident of this city, died last night in her home, 3431 Fourteenth street, after a long illness, Mrs. Hawkins came here in 1920 from Bedford, Va., with her husband, the late N. D. Hawkins, who died sev- | eral years sgo. She was a member | of Francis Asbury M. E. Church South. Surviving. are five daughters, Miss Mamie Hawkins and Miss Evelyn Hawkins, both of this city; Mrs. J. K. Walker, Bedford, Va.: Mrs. J. M. McChesney, Abingdon, Va., and Mrs, Henry G. Ellis, Petersburg, Va.; iwo| sons, Hamner Hawkins and N. D. Hawkins, jr., both of this city, and | 13 grandchildren. GEORGIA E DITOR DIES Fred G. Storey of Columbus En- | quirer Heart Attack Victim. COLUMBUS, Ga., October 23 (#).— | Fred G. Storey, 67, editor of the Co- | lumbus Enquirer, died today of a heart attack. Storey recently returned to his office | after an illness of more than a month. He was stricken at his desk today and | died before medical aid could be summoned. Storey became editor of the Enquirer when it was acquired by the R. W. Page Corp. in 1930, sioner Hazen disclosed it is the plan of the Commissioners to refer the pro- gram of the Tax Committee to the recently created Citizens' Advisory Committee on Taxation before any selection is made of a new tax plan. Carruthers Heads Committee. ‘The Advisory Committee is headed; by L. A. Carruthers, chairman of the Fiscal Affairs Committee of the Fed- eration of Citizens’ Associations. Com- missioner Hazen said the views of this group are especially desirable because the members represent a ‘cross sec- tion” of the business and civic life of Washington. | The Commissioners and the Tax | Committee devoted so much time dis- cussing the “leak” over the latter's activities and arranging the censor- ship plan that & projected seven-year budget plan was not even reached. Maj. Daniel J. Donovan, auditor and budget officer, who also is chair- man of the Tax Committee, took to the conference a series of statistical of the District through the 1945 fiscal year. In addition, he had an outline disclosing the proposed seven- year program would cost in excess of $315,000,000. These, of course, were not made public. Alien Silent on Budget Plan. It was the premature disclosure several days ago of some of the de- tails of the seven-year program that led to the new “gag” order. The rulz was so effective Commissioner Allen refused to reveal the details of a “revolutionary” plan he had evolved for solving the budget problems—a plan he mentioned to newspaper men prior to the conference, but later refused vo discuss. Shortly after the tax conference, the Commissioners made pullic the names of seven delegates selected to represent the District at the thirtieth annual meating of the National Tax Association, which opens in Belti- more tomorrow and continues through NO MONE 3 YEARS AMERICAN RADIATOR Hot Water Heat AND BE ASSURED OF THE WORLD’S BEST Compare Our Prices Before Buying Elsewhere A Complete. Installation As Low as. 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On the other hand the sales | tax I am urging would stimulate busi- | ness, and it has been proved that it yields & tremendous revenue without | any one feeling a serious hardship. ’ “I hope the incoming session of Congress will do what the last session failed to do—give the municipal gov- ernment of the National Capital a de- pendable source of revenue to meet | necessary expenses, so that business | “Creaky Joints Make Me Feel So Helpless” Don’t ignore this symptom. It may signal Arthritis creeping slowly into your very bones. Physicians recom- mend the natural, alkaline water that tends to neutralize pain-caus- ing acids. . Phone Met. 1062 for information and booklet. MOUNTAIN VALLEY From HOT SPRINGS, ARK. MINERAL WATER 1405 K St. N.W. Met. 1082 Y DOWN! TO PAY G < ¥ . & L Heating Problems ARTS CLUB WINS PLAY TOURNAMENT “Shanghai,” Drama of Re- venge, Takes First Honors in Finals. ‘The Arts Club of Washington won first honors last night in the finals of the one-act play tournament, con- ducted by the Community Center De- partment, with its production of W. Stucks’ “Shanghal.” ‘The play, a drama of revenge, was directed by Marie E. Walcott. And the cast Included Maud Howell Smith, Anne Ives and Murray Shee- han, “The Hundredth Trick,” by Beulah Marie Dix, produced under the joint direction of Milton Freedman and William A, Coleman, took second honors. Third recognition went to “The Weak Spot” by George Kelly, directed by Arthur Rhodes and pre- sented by the troupers of East Wash- ington Community Center, “Poor Henry,” by Dorothy Winthrop, with Catherine G. Edgerton directing, won fourth honors, The four finalists were chosen by Preliminary judges from an original entry list of 15, The finals were Judged by Jay Carmody of The Star, Nelson Bell of the Post, Mabelle Jen~ nings of the Herald, Andrew Kelley of the Times and Katherine Hillyer of the Daily News. The Maud Howell Smith Award for the outstanding Individual per- formance was awarded to Miss Caro- line Rogers, who appeared in “The Weak Spot.” Alfred Francfort, who led the cast of “The Hundredth ‘Irick,” re~ ceived & double season membership in the Washington Civic Theater for the second most impressive effort, SPECIAL SESSION VIEWED WARM-UP U. S. Chamber of Commerce Pre- dicts Not Much Legislation Will Be Enacted. By the Assoclated Press, ‘The Chamber of Commerce of the United States predicted yesterday the special session of Congress would not enact much important legislation. In its weekly Washington review, the chamber said, “at the moment, | there is a tendency to regard the special session as a warming-up pe- riod, preparatory to the regular ses- sion, and not one in which much major legislation will be enacted.” The review also said business uncer- tainties were influencing the special session’s legislative outlook, “There is an increasingly large body of opinion,” the statement said, “whici holds that excessive Federal regulation, repressive taxation and Government intrusion into labor relations have contributed measurably to the present uneasiness in business.” It added “business comfort during the week from strong changes in the undistributed profits | tax.” Degas was both a sculptor and a painter. He was known best for his paintings of ballet dancers. will be free to develop. 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