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’ HANDLERS OF FOOD ~REQUIRED TO TAKE PHYSICIANS' TESTS Examinations Are Part. of New System in Effect Tomorrow. RECORDS WILL BE KEPT FOR EACH RESTAURANT Question of Cleanliness Will Be Determined Largely by Bacterial Count. Medical examinations must be passed by all persons engaged in the bandling of food, as & part of & rigid new system of rating the sanitary condition of Washington restaurants which will go into effect tomorrow, Health Officer George C. Ruhland announced yesterday. ‘The new scoring system will be used in a renewed drive by the department to prevent the spread of contagious diseases through insanitary conditions In eating establishments. Health of- ficials frequently have protested that medical tests for restaurant workers were essential to prevent a spread of eontagious diseases. As soon as case records can be built up on each retaurant they will be used in determining whether licenses for places with poor records should be renewed, officials said. Meanwhile, the department has served notices on a dozen or so eating places that specific physical conditions must be improved before licenses for the year beginning tomorrow will be issued, officials reported. Authority Granted. Authority to require medical exami- nations of all persons engaged in food handling was granted the health offi- cer in a measure adopted at the last session of Congress. The department estimates that some 30,000 persons will be affected by this requirement. Furthermore, department officials said, records of the illnesses of em- ployes of restaurants are to be kept. ‘They declared that proper medical ap- proval would be required of the em- ploye when he returned to work after an illness. The department now has 28 food inspectors. Four more are to be hired. ‘To check up on the amount of bac- teria- found in dishes, glasses and utenils used in the preparation and service of food, samples will be taken from restaurants for a series of chem- fcal tests to be made by Dr. John B. ‘Reed, head of the department’s chem- dcal laboratories. Won't Be Deceived. _Dr. R. R. Ashworth, in charge of fhe food inspection service, who draft- ed the scoring system, declared, “We will not be deceived any more by the pouring of the contents of a chlorine bottle into the dish water when the food inspector arrives to cover up | Yaulty cleansing of utensils. Disin- | fection of washing water must be earried out regularly.” Dr. Ashworth, who has been in the food inspection work for 30 years, cited the experience of the dairy scor- ing system as proof of possible re- | sults. He said: | “When I first took samples of milk from dairies about 25 years ago, the bacterial count of milk brought into| Washington contained about 22,000,- | D00 bacteria per cubic centimeter, as | compared with the average.of 30,000 bacteria per cubiq centimeter today. “Some of the dairymen did not know the difference between bacteria and snagping turtles then, just as #some operators of food establishments do not appreciate what bacteria counts of specimens taken from their uten- sils mean today. We aim to remove the barriers which account for the tnexcusable reputation of our food establishments in the District.” Determined by Count. ‘The question of degree of cleanli- ness of eating utensils is determined largely by the bacterial count, &eccord- Ing to studies made by Dr. James G. Cumming, chief of the Bureau of Preventable Diseases; Dr. J. E. Noble, | director of laboratories, and Dr. Nor- | man E. Yongue, chemist. “Many glasses now used by the average con- eumer of restaurant food contain from 60,000 to 100,000 bacteria per 4 square nches of surface,” Dr. Cumming said. Score cards will be given to the inspectors tomorrow when they start on their tours. These call for rat- ings on 34 specific points, ranging all the way from cleanliness of the floors, cooking and eating utensils to the ef- ficiency of the refrigeration plants, the condition of lavatories and as to whether milk is served in original containers. The health of employes is listed as one of 13 major grades in the scoring. CONSUMER COUNSEL HITS COAL BOARD Commission Tries to Handle Price Fixing Behind Closed Doors, Is Charge. By the Associated Press. . The consumers’ counsel of the newly- created Bituminous Coal Commission charged the commission yesterday with trying to handle price fixing matters “behind closed doors.” George T. Ross, the counsel, made the accusation during a hearing of evidence relating to the initial classi- fieation of Illinois coal which he said ,.cunsmutes a “link in the chain out of which come minimum prices.” The mission had denied his motion to ke public all statistical data. Commissioner Walter H. Maloney imediately took exception to Ross’ pe of the phrase “closed doors,” ling it “Righly improper.” “I ¢an. think of no words more appropriste than ‘behind closed doors,’ ” Rass replied, “but perhaps my statement . might be condemned for , ‘being too mild.” 4 commission, is engaged in de- tei g fair coal prices for producing districts. The consumers’ counsel was he Sunday Stac WASHINGTON, D. €., SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 31, 1937. Queens, Rubber Giants Two ladies of the court of Queen Halloween V view the Halloween parade with Edward F. Colladay, president of the Washington Board of Trade, from the reviewing stand. On the left is Miss Marjorie Loveless of the District Play- ground department, on the right Miss Mildred Biondi. Money Ready, But Claimants Fail to Appear The Social Security Board would like to pay out some money. Thousands of dollars in lump-sum payments, due either to workers who have reached the age of 65, or to the families of deceased workers, are be- ing held because claims have not been | filed, Ralph B. Harris, manager of the Washington field office, which serves this area, said yesterday. Under the old-age-benefits section of the Social Security Act, when workers reach 65, or die before monthly bepe- fits start on January 1, 1942, the wage tax they have paid since January 1, last, is returned with 32 per cent interest. Up to the end of September only 1,712 claims had been filed in this region, which includes, in addi- tion to the District, Maryland, North Carolina and the Virginias. Officials are sure many more are due. | ‘The claims are as follows: District, | 151; Maryland, 501; North Carolina, | 389; Virginia, " 339, and West Vir- | ginia, 332. SRR LASTOAYFORTAX BRINGS $123560 Real and Personal Property Payments Pour In to .Avoid Penalties. Eleventh-hour taxpayers yesterday poured $1,235,660.32 into the coffers of the District to get in under the deadline for payment of real and per- sonal property taxes and avoid the penalties. The payments, which came in a flood of mail, as well as over the coun- ter, swelled the District'’s receipts of all kinds since the beginning of the fiscal year last July 1 to nearly $11,- 400,000, according to calculations made in the office of Tax Collector Chatham M. Towers. All payments sent by mail and post- marked prior to Saturday midnight will be accepted without penalty. Offi- cials anticipate a further large bundle of payments will be received in tomor- row’s mail. Of the total received yesterday $615,557 was on real estate taxes and $52,641 on tangible and intangible personal property levies. Normally real and personal prop- erty tax payments are due in Septem- ber, but the deadline was extended one month this year because of the delay in passage of the District Tax Act, which held up preparation of bills. The second-half payments will be due in March. For delinquent payments 1 per cent per month on the total of the real and personal tax bills will be assessed. PLANS ARE ANNOUNCED FOR ROMAN LAW STUDY Professors From Several Univer- sities to Speak at Monthly Seminars. Plans for furthering the study of Roman law in America during the coming year were announced yester- day by the Riccobon Seminar of Ro- man Law. Dr. Brendon F. Brown, instructor in law at Catholic University Law School and scriba of the seminar, announced tentative topics and speakers for regu- lar monthly meetings as follows: No- vember, Dr. Clement Bastnagel, Catho- lic University; December, Dr. Roscoe J. C. Dorsey, Washington College of Law; January, Prof. Francis de Zu- leata, regius professor of law, Oxford University; February, Prof. James B, Thayer, Harvard Law School; March, Prof. Ernest Levy, Washington State Law School; April, Prof. Guido Kisch, Columbia University; May, Thomas R. Robinson, attorney, New Haven, Conn. BENEFIT IS PLANNED st. Aloysius Mother’s Club to Hold Party Friday. Martha Tana Circle, the mother’s club of St. Aloysius School, will hold a card and bingo party at 8 o'clock Friday night in the recreation hall, North Capitol and K streets. pointed' under the coal control act grmresefl the public at hearings. A The party is for the benefit of the school fund. ! b SPEIERATIACKS D LVNECOSTS A. A. A. Official Charges Dis- trict Government With Indifference. A lack of interest on the part of the District government in proteeting Washington's consumers was charged yesterday by Donald E. Montgomery, consumers’ counsel of the Agriculture Adjustment Administration, in a talk at a luncheon meeting of the United Federal Workers of America, After reference to high costs of liv- ing in the District, the speaker said, “There is something wrong here on the consumers’ front. It may be the | I believe it is more nearly the lack | of an elected government.” The difference in governmental in- terest shown on behalf of the con- sumer here and in New York City was pointed out. loeal government's indifference toward consumer protection, Mr. Montgomery cited the relatively high price of milk here. Cites Lack of Interest. “Certain facts have been brought out in regard to milk prices,” he re- marked, “but no interest whatever has been shown by local officials. It is only proper that the consumer should look to his local government for con- sumer protection and expect it to look out for his interests.” The official was hopeful in the food price outlook generally, predicting no increase in prices of most commeodities and the posibility of a decrease. Fu- ture prices in the non-food classifica- tion are questionable, he said. In discussing consumers’ organiza- tion, Mr. Montgomery declared the movement is on the upgrade and cited a “continued steady progress” in con- sumer co-operatives in number and membership. Organization is spread- ing into new flelds, increasing the necessity for an inter-co-operation be- tween the groups, he stated. New Groups Formed. As to prospects for the movement in the District, the official pointed out that the need for full-time leadership is being fulfilled by several new or- ganizations and the co-operation of “part-time” groups, such as the United Federal Workers, is being realized. The meeting was held at Wesley Hall and presided over by Sidney R. Katz, chairman of the Civic Affairs Committee, in charge of the program. PLAN CELEBRATION AT BARNEY HOUSE Heads of Neighborhood Center Invite Inspection on 36th Anniversary. The Barney Neighborhood, House, center of social activities in the South- west' area for many years, will cele- brate its 36th anniversary Friday by holding “open house” to enable the public to observe work being done at the settlement. An inspection tour of the house and grounds will include a model home, nstructed from an old stable, the outdoor theater, the playground, club and craft rooms and examination of special displays of arts and crafts work, such as weaving, pottery and basketry produced by the children. Classrooms also will be open for in- spection. The settlement dining room will serve lunch and dinner for those who meake reservations a day in ad- vance. Miss Margaret Bell Merrill is head resident of the house, which is located at 470 N street S.W. e EXPLAINS DISPUTE Pupil Asked if “Ca Ira” Is Title of Opera or Novel. ‘When Frank Rizzo explained with gestures in Police Court last Satur- day the events which led up to an encounter with a teacher of languages which cost him a fine he did not say “I asked the professor what ‘ca ira’ meant,” he says in a statement to The Star. “I know what this simple expres- sion means,” he said, “as I have been a translator of modern languages for 15 years. My question was ‘Is there an or novel by the name of “Ca ope Figuratively translated into English the expression means “that will do.” i % | ter he doctor. large number of steady incomes, but | Ser B0t fur. the patient Sedl S As an example of the | | Now a diagnosis is assembled as the (Story on Page A-1.) Virginia Lewis Queen Healloween V, Miss Betly , watches from her elevated throne the most spectac- ular parade in five years of local community observances of the event. This giants ca hollo rried in the parade. Dragons Mingle in Local Halloween Celebration headed gentleman is one of a weird collection of rubber The balloon collection included a 50-foot man, an alligator, two great dragons, one of which danced the big apple on many legs, and a very much overstuffed pig. —Star Staff Photos. Group Medical Practice Lauded By Dr. Cabot in Home Loan Bank Board and Affiliated Agencies to Open Program Termed Progressive. Advantages of group medical prac- tice may be summed up in five words, “better doctoring for less money,” Dr. Richard C. Cabot of Harvard Univer- sity told an audience gathered at the Mayflower last night to usher in Group | Health Association, Inc., which will open its clinic tomorrow for member employes of the Federal Home Loan | Bank Board and affiliated agencies. Dr. Cabot said such a form of group medical assurance, for a small month- ly payment from each member, is bet- Pointing out that he had been a country doctor, & general practitioner in a city and a participant in various forms of group medical practice and had a chance to observe the methods and results of every type, he added: “There isn'n any comparison—group | practice 1s & hundred times better.” | “While the average patient,” said | Dr. Cabot, “is more interested in be- ing treated for what's the matter with him than in diagnosis, it makes a lot of difference to him whether he's treated for the right disease.” Cities Difficulties in Diagnosis. The veteran physician and teacher, citing the difficulty of arriving at a| true diagnosis in many cases, said: “A doctor used to make it alone. parts of a machine. It's no longer one-man job—it's a teamwork jol The destitute person, he pointed out, usually can get the most modern equip- ment in a hospital. and the wealthy | patient can buy such advantages, but | the one in between, the small salaried | person, cannot. A co-operative plan for such a group as this, he said, should be a God- send. No single physician, Dr. Cabot de- | clared, is capable of diagnosing and treating anything like all the condi- tions with which contemporary medi- cine has to cope. Machines anrd laboratories are needed, and so are technicians capable of using them ef- ficiently, he explained. You can't get adequate medical serv- ice these days, he said, “unless you're either very rich or very poor.” Overseas Two Years. Dr. Cabot cited the World War, in which he served two years over- seas, as an example of successful group medical practice, where the | doctors were on salary and consulted | in clinical groups. ‘With the spread of group medicine, he predicted, “the number of right diagnoses is going to be greatly in- creased.” The patient who has a group med- ical membership will consult a doctor for ‘minor ailments when he would stay away if he had to pay the reg- ular fee, in Dr. Cabot's opinion, and this will give him a chance to re- lieve his mind and be reassured, where such troubles are purely mental and also enable him to receive more prompt treatment for incipient dis- eases. The group doctor, declared Dr. Cabot, won't be so anxious to please Homing Pigeon Signed as Guest At U. S. Shrine Number Placed in Book After Bird Persists in Landing on It. Padding tourist statistics is a prac- tice of which the National Park Service is guiltless. Nevertheless, a homing pigeon recently was regis- tered as among the visitors at the George Washington Birthplace Na- tional Monument, Wakefield, Va. It happened thistway. A. E. Dema- ray, acting director of the Park Serv- ice, was just about to add his name to the guest book, while on an official visit, when a spent and famished homing pigeon fluttered through the door and landed on the register. Mr. Demaray lifted the bird off, carefully, and continued with his signature. The pigeon flew'back, tired but persistent. *“That bird wants to be registered,” said the park executive. “Let’s ac- commodate him.” Accordingly, the entry was made cn the guest book, “one pigeon—No. 1 F-37-NU 37145.” The number was | members and their families with pe- Health Address Clinic Tomorrow. I the patient as the private physician, who feels that he must put the ja- tient in a good frame of mind. And such a change will be better for the patient, the speaker insisted. “The most important thing.” Dr. Cabot added, “is not the intellectual brilliancy of the doctor, but his hon- esty.” Disclaiming any intention to in- dict the profession, Dr. Cabot said the physician in private practice “is too greatly tempted not to be honest.” Hits Unnecessary Operations. Dr. Cabot called unnecessary op- erations “the greatest curse of medi- cine today.” and he said there wnuld\ be no incentive in group practice to operate unless it was required. The doctor, he pointed out, will find financial security in group medicine and will learn to be a better physi- cian through his constant contact with other doctors. Brief talks were made by Evans Clark of New York, director of the Twentieth Century Fund, a philan- thropic organization; Fred W. Catlett, member of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, and R. R. Zimmerman, director of personnel for the board. W. F. Penniman, assistant general manager of the Home Owners’ Loan Corp. and president of the Group Health Association, presided. ‘The clinic is located at 1328 I street NW. It is open to employes of the agencies who care to join it, providing | riodic health examinations, medical treatment and, if necessary, hospitali- zation. BISHOP M’NAMARA TO REVIEW PARADE 6,000 Representatives of 53 Par- ish Units to Participate in Cele- bration of Feast Today. More than 6,000 representatives of 53 parish units will parade before the Most Rev. John M. McNamara, aux- iliary bishop of Baltimore, at Catho- lic University this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in celebration of the Catholic Feast of Christ the King. The cele- bration will be sponsored by the Bal- timore Archdiocesan Union of Holy Name Societies. Bishop McNamara will ride at the head of the procession prior to taking his place on the portico of McMahon Hall to review the marchers. He later will be celebrant of ponti- fical benediction of the most blessed sacrament. - Assisting him will be the Rev. John S. Spence, assistant pastor of the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, and the Rev. Lawrence McGlone, as- sistant pastor of the Church of the Nativity. , The Sulpician Choir will furnish music for the services. The sermon will be delivered by the Rev. George Johnson of the Catholic Uni- versity. The parade, which will include the Knights of Columbus Band, will start at Pourteenth street and Michigan avenue N.E. and disband at the uni- versity stadium. T. K. CAMMACK DEAD AFTER LONG ILLNESS Lived in Capital More Than 40 Years—Services to Be Held at Home Tomorrow Afternoon. Travers K. Cammack, 71, furniture dealer and real estate agent in Wash- ington for more than 40 years, died Friday at his home, 3819 Garrison street N.W., after a long illness. - Funeral services will be held at the residence at 2 p.m. tomorrow, with Rev. John Rustin, pastor of the Mount Vernon Methodist Church, officiating. Burial will be in Rock Creek Ceme- tery. Mr, Cammack is survived by his wife, Mrs. Abbie A. Cammack; five daughters, Mrs. James F. Hood, 2d; Mrs. Charles L. Hanowell and the Misses Catherine, Pauline and Betty Jane Cammack; two sons, Travers K. Cammack, jr, and Thomas A. Cam- mack, all of Washington, and two sis- ters, Mrs. Willie Crank of Richmond, Va:, and Mrs. Robert Jerrell of Wash- ington. Honorary pallbearers include Mark Slone, George Emmons, W. B. Suann, CRIME PREVENTIO TOBEDISCUSSED Civic Leaders Will Hear Jersey City Authority at Luncheon Tuesday. To begin formulation of & concrete community program of “crime pre- vention,” many civic leaders will con- vene at luncheon Tuesday in the Willard Hotel, under joint auspices of the Washington Criminal Justice Association and the Institute of Crim- inal Science. Dr. Thomas W. Hopkins, whose or- ganization of crime preventive pro- grams in Jersey City has been na- tionally accepted as a model, will de- | liver the principal address. Eugene | Myer, publisher of the Washington Post, will preside. Dr. Hopkins will deliver the fifth address in the crime clinic being con- ducted by the institute on “The School and the Teacher” Tuesday evening in the Wardman Park Theater. Stresses Need for Action. Discussing the need for a crime pre- ventive program, Dr. James A. Nolan of the Criminal Justice Association, declared last night “Washington is becoming constantly more alive to the need for a co-ordinated program which shall not only enlarge and perfect the processes of law enforcement and criminal correction, but also actively promote adequate and effective crime preventime measures. The associa- tion has made and is making exhaus- tive and illuminating analyses of crime conditions as they exist in our metropolitan area. “The Institute of Criminal Science has brought, and is bringing to Wash- ington and other communities, the outstanding authorities in the whole field of crime prevention and correc- tion in its crime clinic. Against the background of this national effort, we feel certain a correlated program of vital importance can be evolved with the entire interest of the leaders in all community efforts. It is to take the first steps in such a co-operation that the luncheon at the Willard has beeen arranged.” ' Dr. Nolan announced yesterday that those invited to the luncheon include Dr. Frank W. Ballou, Judge Fay Bent- ley, Maj. Ernest W. Brown, Joseph E. Dayton, Clarence Phelps Dodge, Dr. Ruth Coyner, Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, Wilbur La Roe, jr.; Mellet, Miss Patricia Morss, Dr. Ches- ter Holmes, Commissioner Melvin Ha- zen, James E. Colliflower, Newbold Noyes, Frank F. Nesbit, Mrs. Eleanor Patterson, Vincent Saccardi, Dr. Har- vey Smith, Willlam Roy Vallance, Miss Ella Werner and Mrs. Harvey Wiley. ANNOUNCES SPEAKER FOR HOSPITAL NIGHT Sibley Woman's Guild to Hear Arthur Fleming of Amer- ican University. Arthur Fleming, director of the School of Public Affairs of American University, will be guest speaker at a Hospital night program to be held at 8 p.m. Friday in Rust Hall of Sibley Hospital under sponsorship of the Woman’s Guild of Sibley Memorial Hospital, Representatives of 42 churches are expected to be present and report on the result of a guild membership cam- paign. ‘The objective of the guild this year— installation of modern X-ray therapy equipment—will be announced at the meeting. Last year the guild installed an air-cooling system in the hospital's maternity ward. A musical program will be offered by the Tuesday Evening Club, under the direction of Mrs. Florence Howard. ITALIANS TO GIVE BALL Ambassador Suvich and Wife to Head List of Patrons. The Italian Ambassador, Fulvio Suvich, and Donna Matilda Suvich will head the list of patrons for the ball to be held at 9 p.m. Thursday in the Mayflower Hotel by the Italian World War Veterans of Washington and its ‘auxiliary. Proceeds will be used to support a supplementary school for boys and girls of Italian origin Who wish to learn the Italian language. Mrs. furnished by the band on one of the ' G. H. Phelps, Dr. C. K. Koones and Frances Sorivi is chairman of the pigeon’s legs. e T. W. Agee. ttee on Arrangements. 4 Lowel | Our Mr. Joachim, Trailing Hokum, Doesn’t Joke’Em Philip Joachim—except on Hal- loween—is pretty good at checking reports of fires, shootings and such. Last night the young reporter of The Star staff made three telephone calls to neighborhoods where some emergency, real or fancied, seemed to demand the presence of police, In the first two cases he got no farther than “Can you tell me, please, | i the police have been summoned to your neighborhood? is 15 Mr. Joachim speaking . Bang, went two receivers! On the third call a voice said, “Oh, yeah— well, Mr. Joachim, just call me back April 1 and I'll let you know!"” Then Joachim recalled that he pro- nounces his name “Joke'um!” FOR SEA STORMS Icebreakers in Service to Wreck Winter Grip on Navigation. By the Associated Press. | The Coast Guard stood ready today for its annual battle with storms on the Atlantic and Pacific Coasts. Snug cutters, designed to buffet the worst weather of winter, have received their winter fittings. Stations along exposed shores are outfitted for what may be weeks of isolation. Along the Atlantic, special measures have been taken this season to open channels through ice-locked bays and | harbors. The Kickapoo, once decom- | missioned to save money, has been | prepared for the strenuous work of ice- | breaking and will go into service Jan- uary 1. This vessel, formerly sta- tioned at Rockland, Me., will return to the New England shore. Other vesséls in that area also were being commissioned for ice duty and | the Coast Guard reported it would be better equipped to battle ice this year than for several past years. One vessel will go out of service in Chesapeake Bay, the venerable Apache, the oldest sea-going vessel in the Government service. The Apache was built by the Gov- ernment in 1891 at Baltimore for $96,449. She was christened the Gal- ivesmn and saw service in both the Spanish-American and World Wars. During the last war she was engaged in laying mines off the Virginia capes. In 1904 the vessel was rechristened the Apache and put into service in Chesapeake Bay. In the past, few winters this vessel performed notable service carrying food and clothirg to ice-locked islands in the bay. During its service the Apache has boought succor to vessels carrying 4,884 per- sons. FINE ARTS COMMISSION WILL MEET SATURDAY Apex Building Sculpture and Other Important Projects Now Under Way to Be Considered. The Commission of Fine Arts will meet Saturday to consider matters in connection with several projects under way in Washington. Among the more important proj- ects to come before the commission. are sculpture for the Federal Trade Commission, or Apex Building, which is being completed south of Penn- sylvania avenue at Sixth street. The commission also will confer with rep- resentatives of the J. F. Manning Co., which is placing the foundation for the Gen. Artemas Ward statue at the intersection of Massachusetts and Ne- braska avenues. The proposed statuary for the Arlington Memorial Bridge and the Rock Creek Parkway entrance at the Lincoln Memorial Plaza likewise will be under consideration. STEAMER IN DISTRESS British Ship Loses Propeller Near Nantucket Light. NORFOLK, Va., Oct. 30 (#).—Nor- folk Coast Guard headquarters this afternoon picked up a distress call from the British steamer Lord Byron, which stated she had lost her propel- ler. The vessel was then about 40 miles south of Nantucket Lightship. The cutter Champlain of the New York division was dispatched to assist. ’ PAGE B—1 D. C. LEGISLATION FOR NEW SESSION WILL BE MAPPED Return of Chairman King of Senate Committee Is Awaited. TAX PROGRAM REVISION EXPECTED BY OFFICIALS Final Action of Levy Measure Due to Await Next Year's Budget. By J. A. O'LEARY. An outline of District legislation to be considered by Congress this win- ter will begin to take shape following the return to the city some time this week of Chairman King of the Senate District Committee. Shortly after his arrival the Benate chairman probably will resume infor- mal conferences he was holding with District officials before his departure a month ago with the congressional delegation to study statehood for Hawali. Uppermost in his mind is the prob- lem of revising the District's new $9,000,000 tax program, some parts of which Congress intended should be temporary for the current fiscal year, until the next session could go more thoroughly into the eity’s future budget and revenue requirements. Before his departure the Utah Sena- tor had begun to receive correspond- ence reflecting local dissatisfaction with the business privilege tax based on gross receipts, without regard to net earnings. Watches Tax Study. While the rewriting of the tax laws will have ®o start in the House, Sen- ator King wants to keep in touch with the tax study as it progresses through the District Building and various leg- islative stages, The scope of the tax changes will depend to a large extent on the amount of next year'’s budget, still in the formative stage. It is more than likely, therefore, that the two houses will wait for a general idea of how much the Appropriation Committees plan to autfiorize before taking final action on a revised tax bill. These tax and budget matters are not due to come to a head until the regular session starting in January. The District Legislative Committees of House and Sepate undoubtedly will begin preliminary work, however, on other local issues during the special session, which gets under way No- vember 15, Would Broaden Powers. Senator King has indicated he plans to renew consideration of the pro- posal he has advocated for many years to broaden the general powers of the District Commissioners to en- able them to perform some of the routine municipal functions which now require congressional action. Awaiting further consideration be- fore a special subcommittee headed by Senator McCarran, Democrat, of Nevada, is Senator King's bill to re- strict the development in Washington of certain industries, including slaughter houses, stockyards, explosive factories and some classes of chem- ical plants. Senator Reynolds, Democrat, of North Carolina has announced he will seek early consideration of the bill sponsored by Commissioner Allen to authorize the holding of referendums from time to time to enable local Tresidents to make known to the Com- missioners and Congress their wishes on major issues. There, are a variety of other local measures left over from the last ses- slon to be given further study by either the House or Senate, and one meas- ure—the new Juvenile Court code— lwnrxting settlement of differences in conference, havin, Beiichie 8 passed both D.C. HEALTH CRUSADE WILL BE LAUNCHED District Tuberculosis Association to Hold Annual Meeting. Seals Sale Planned. A new public health crusade di- rected against the spread of tubercu- losis in Washington will be set in motion at the annual public meeting of the District Tuberculosis Associa- tion on November 22 in the audi- torium of the United States Public Health Service, Nineteenth street and Constitution avenue N.W. The meeting also will launch the annual sale of Christmas seals to raise funds for financing the health services of the association. The seals will go on sale on Thanksgiving Day. Mrs. Ernest R. Grant, managing director of the association, said the meeting would take the form of a “health congress,” with delegates present of various important civic or- ganizations. Speakers will include Dr. J. A. Myers of Minneapolis, president of the National Tuberculosis Associa- tion; Dr. C. St. C. Guild, field secre- tary of the national body, and Dr. James G. Townsend, president of the District association. FOUR TO BE HONORED BY ACADEMY CHAPTER Work in Science and Art to Be Recognized by Interna- tional Group. Four members of the Washington Chapter of the Am rican International Academy will be decorated for meri- torious work in the fields of science and art when the chapter convenes at 8 p.m. Wednesday in the Mayflower Hote! for its first meeting of the year. Those to be decorated, all of whom will speak at the meeting, are: Dr, T. I Lavrischeff, Prof. Basil P. Tou- torski, Dr. George M. Saharob and Dr. William Scott Hartford. The chapter president, Dr. F. M. Dimas- Aruti, will preside. b