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. Wash ington News STRIKE HITS MK BOTILE EYCHANCE SIPPLYING DARES Officials Say Walkout of 16 Workers Will Not Affect Deliveries. $21.60 WEEKLY SCALE IS DEMANDED BY MEN Organizer Says Terms Must Be Met Before Men Will Re- turn to Their Jobs. The plant of the Washington Milk Bottle Exchange, which daily handles approximately 65,000 bottles for local dairies, shut down today when 16 em- Pployes walked out in a strike for higher ‘wages and shorter hours. Dairy offi- eials said the strike would not affect | milk deliveries. | The men were led from the exchange at 7 am. by James Kimbro, colored organizer for the American Federation of Labor and president of Local 82, The ’Mum, Leviathan of Flowers, Is Master Today at the Mall Greenhouses Didi Rajamaitri, daughter of the Siamese Minister, a little girl smellin he Fp WASHINGTON, WITH SUNDAY MORNING EDITION . -G THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1937. ening Staf FHH g a big flower. house at Constitution avenue and Fourteenth street N.W. Row on row the chrysanthemums grow in the Agriculture Department green- It’s the thirty-sizth Mrs. Daniel C. Roper (left) and Mrs. Henry Wal- lace, whose husband, Secretary Wallace, is in charge PAGE B—1 UNIVERSAL FARES AT HIGHER TOKEN RATE IN EFFECT Third of Street-Car Riders Affected by Utilities Com- mission Ruling. CONGRESSIONAL PROBE OF COMPANY FORECAST Clayton, Advocate of 5-Cent Charge, Hits Decision—Pass Users Unaffected. , Universal fares and free transfers on ‘Washington's mass transportation sys- tem went into effect early this morn- ing, along with an increase in the street car token fare from four for 30 cents to six for 50 cents, as the result of yesterday's decision by the Public Utilities Commission on the long-em- battled fare case. There was an immediate reaction to the fare boost. William McK. Clayton, Building Service Employes, the union with which the employes are affiliated. | Mr. Kimbro said the strikers demand | annual show of the huge flowers to the public daily from 9 am. t Until Friday, November 12, the 9 p.m. show is open of the show, admire the 'mums. —Star Saff Photos. & 48-hour work week and a wage of 45 cents per hour for all employes, or $21.60 a week. He seid the men now work from 50 to 61 hours a week for an average weekly wage of $17. The organizer declared the men would remain on strike until their terms are met. Those who left the plant this morning loitered on corners in the vicinity of the exchange, lo- cated at 1900 Fenwick street N.E., in | {Chairman Palmisano Joins 16 Houses Being Built by, Cases, Members Protest—Report readiness for a recall if their demands are complied with. F. Larmour Oyster, superintendent of the exchange, was quoted by Mr. Kimbro as having verbally agreed to the terms of a contract calling for the new wage and hour scales. Mr. Opyster, however, left the ex- change to confer with counsel shortly after the walk-out and was still eloseted with his attorneys at noon. Mr. Kimbro said 16 of the 17 men | comprising the force employed in the plant walked out on the strike. The remaining employe, who is not a mem- ber of the union, did not report for work today. The exchange handles the redistri- | bution of milk bottles collected by local dairies. They are sterilized when brought in, and returned to the dairies which placed them in distribu- tion. Truckloads of empty bottles sent to the exchange this morning by several leading dairies to be distributed to their proper owners were turned back because of the walk-out. RODENBERG ESTATE IS LEFT T0 TWO SONS Former Representative From Illi- nois Had Holdings Valued at Over $342871. Disposing of an estate valued in ex- eess of $342,871, the will of William A. Rodenberg, former Representative from INllinois, who died September 10, was filed for probate in District Court today. The bulk of the estate was left in trust for Mr. Rodenberg’s two sons, William R. and Robert R. Rodenberg, | The former legislator, who had prac- ticed law here for many years, ex- plained he made no provision for his widow, Mrs. Mary G. Rodenberg, be- cause she already had been amply pro- vided for and had full knowledge of the terms of the will. The will directed that the two sons receive immediately all tangible personal property and effects. Be- quests of $1,500 to Mr. Rodenberg’s Aecretary, Mrs. Margaret Finch, and $250 cash each to two servants, Frank and Amelia Dixon, were provided. Mr. Rodenberg directed that the Fesidue of the estate be held in trust for his sons, the income to be divided equally between them until each reaches the age of 40, when he will receive one-half of his share of the principal. At the age of 45 each son will receive the remaining half of his share. Mrs. Rodenberg, William R. Roden- berg und the Liberty National Bank ‘were named co-trustees. Mrs. Roden- berg was also suggested as executrix. William R. Rodenberg was attorney for the estate. TRUSTY ESCAPES ogcoqunn Inmate Flees When Laundry Truck Stops. Police were on the lookout today for Robert Bigsby, 41, colored trusty at ‘Occoquan, who escaped yesterday from & laundry truck, the second trusty to escape within two weeks. Ray L. Huff, District penal inspector, pointed out that neither of the pris- oners was exercising his privileges as & trusty at the time of escape. Bigsby, riding on the truck with a guard, escaped when they stopped to PRk up laundry at Thirty-fifth and Dent streets N.W. The guard left the ick for a moment and when he re- tutned Bigsby was gone. The prisoner was serving a six- menth term for intoxication. e . DIVORCE ASKED ‘,i!e‘at Capital Real Estate Man . Asks Limited Decree. James T. Edwards, Washington real estate man, was sued for limited di- varce in District Court today by Mrs. trice J. Edwards, 4626 Ninth street . She charged cruelty. {Through Attorney Jean M. Board- , Mrs. Edwards told the court her husband struck, cursed and neglected . and paid little attention to their children, N L AT Letters Exhibited. 1 envelopes which went round world by air in slightly over a have been placed on exhibi~ in London, their starting and g points. TRANING SEHOOL PROBE BACKED | Representative Kennedy |« in Procedure. | By JAMES E. CHINN. | Congressional investigation of con- | ditions at the National Training | School for Girls during the forth- ;comlng special session was virtually | assured today by Chairman Palmi- | sano of the House District Commuittee. Mr. Palmisano said he intended to support the plan of Representative Kennedy, Democrat, of Maryland to demand such an inquiry and ex- pressed the belief other members of the committee would approve it. At the same time Mr. Palmisano | revealed he had abandoned his plan to create 9 or 10 standing subcom- mittees at the extra session and would | not carry it out until the regular session 1n January. Standing sub- committees were abolished last year by Representative Norton, Democrat, of New Jersey while she was chair- man of the District Committee. Leg- islation usually considered by stand- ing subcommittees was referred by Mrs. Norton to special subcommittees. Plan Might Be Banned. Mr. Palmisano originally planned to revive the standing subcommittees during the special session, but he is doubtful now whether the House lead- | ers will permit him to call up District legislation at this session. Even if District legislation is considered dur- ing the extra session, he said, he pro- poses to continue to refer important | bills to special subcommittees until the beginning of the regular session. Mr. Kennedy announced several days ago that as soon as Congress convened in special session he would urge the District Committee, of which he is a member, to make a thorough probe of conditions at the training school which led to several riots there in recent months and the ultimate removal of Dr. Carrie Weaver Smith as superintendent. Since his an- nouncement there was another out- break among the inmates at the in- stitution. Maybe Fire Can Be Located. “I'm going along with Mr. Ken- nedy in his plan for an investigation,” said Mr. Palmisano. “I believe in the old adage, ‘where there’s smoke there must be fire,; and if the Com- missioners and the Board of Public Welfare can't locate the fire, maybe our committee can. “I have never approved of many of the investigations Congress has made in the past, but I believe in this particular case an inquiry might bring to light the cause of the riots among the girls and lead to the adoption of a program that will restore and maintain peace at the institution.” Mr. Palmisanc said he would ap- point a special investigating subcom- mittee to conduct the inquiry it his committee approves it. He believes the witnesses should include Dr. Smith, the Commissioners and offi- cials of the Board of Public Welfare, as well as employes at the school. He does not, however, agree with Mr. Kennedy that inmates be called be- fore the committee. “If it becomes necessary to seek information from the inmates,” he delared, “the investigating subcom- mittee should go to the school and spare the girls the humiliation of appearing in public.” REPUTED STRIKE LEADER FINED ON OLD LAW Anna Schwartz Assessed $5 Pen- alty on Two Counts of Ex- pectorating on Sidewalk. An almost unused section of the code—expectorating on the sidewalk— was used in Police Court yesterday against Anna Schwartz, 512 Park road N.W., reputed leader in a strike at a local furrier's last month. Miss Schwartz was convicted on two charges before Judge Hobart New- man and sentenced to pay $5 in each case. The defendant was charged with having committed the offenses on October 11 and 12. The cases, which havé been con- tinued several times, resulted, wit- nesses said, from an attempt by Miss Schwartz to spit on non-union work- ers as they left the store at the end of the day. 'On both occasions, it was said, she missed her mark. HAZEN INSPECTS D.C. SLUM PROJECT Alley Dwelling Authority Are Visited. Sixteen houses being constructed by the District’s Alley Dwelling Authority | in its slum clearance program were inspected today by a delegation headed | by Commissioner Melvin C. Hazen. Other members of the group were Dr. Anson Phelps Stokes, president of | the Washington Housing Association; | Harry S. Wender, president of the Southwest Citizens’ Association; Mrs. Helen Duey Hoffman, secretary of the Housing Association, and John Ihlder, executive officer of the Dwelling Au- | thority. | After the tour Commissioner Hazen | | said the new unit represents a splen- | did advance in the slum clcarance movement. Members of the inspecting | party, he said, were particularly im- pressed by the large rooms and win- | dows. | The new buildings, replacing a slum | area in an alley off K street between | Sixth and Seventh S.W., are expected to be ready for occupancy in January. The houses are two-story dwellings of four, five and six rooms. Each has a | fully equipped bathroom and kitchen, is insulated against extremes of heat and cold and has a utility room and a | service yard in the rear. After com-} pletion of construction work the cen- tral space, opening to K street, will be | sodded and planted with shade trees. ANNUAL K. C. FORUM WILL OPEN SUNDAY {Dr. Tohn K. Cartwright to Talk. | Program to Be Broadcast Over | ‘WOL at 5:15 0'Clock. The sixth annual forum of the| Knights of Columbus will be opened at the Church of the Immaculate Concep- tion, Eighth and N streets N.W., Sun- day, when the Rev. Dr. John K. Cart- wright, the pastor, will speak on “The Portion of His Inheritance: The Church of the Pull" The forum will be'held each Sunday in November at 5 p.m. with Dr. Cart- wright as speaker, and will be broad- cast over Station WOL starting at 5:15 o'clock. Theke will be also a special musical program. The forum is designed as an infor- mation center for non-Catholics as well as Catholics. It was inaugurated under the sponsorship of the Fourth Degree K. of C. in 1932, at the sug- gestion of Dr. George R. Ellis. The chairman this year is Dr. John J. Bowen. JAIL INMATE WALKS OFF Trusty of District Institution Has No Trouble. Richard Thomas, 34, colored, 600 block of O street N.W., escaped yes- terday afternoon from the District Jail, where he was serving a 90-day sen- tence for drunkenness, it was revealed today when a police lookout was broad- cast for him. : Thomas, a trusty, simply walked away from the grounds where he was at work, officials said. He was sen- tenced on October 11, RURAL YOUTH AIDED Campaign Help 2,000,000 Young People Is Begun. The Alliance for Guidance of Rural Youth began today a campaign to aid 2,000,000 young people who, its leaders said, “are dammed up in rural areas where they cannot be absorbed in commercial, agricultural or other trade pursuits.” The organization, beginning its work under a new name selected by the national board yesterday, has funce tioned in the rural guidance field for more than 20 years as the Southern Women's Educational Alliance. Dr. O. Latham Hatcher of Richmond is president. to Alumnae Club to Meet. The Pi Beta Phi Alumnae Club of Washington will meet at 8 p.m. next Tuesday with Miss Marion McCoy, 4410 Sixteenth street NNW. There will be a display and sale of hand-woven articles from the settlement school at Gaithersburg, Tenn. The program will be in charge of Mrs. Carl Smith Dow, who has been selected as con- vention guide, i A School Bofircl Action POlicy On Licenses May Be Changed Too Much Time Consumed on Individual | Card Experimentation A pproved. The Board of Education may change | system may have approved the issuance | its policy of taking official action on|of some of the other licenses, Mrs. | all applications for liquor licenses near | Phillip Sidney Smith thought rejec- | school premises. The question arose at its meeting yesterday .n the Franklin Administra- | tion Building following a lengthy di: cussion of an application by a restau- rant owner at 1851 Seventh street N.W., disapproved by the members | September 15 and referred subse- quently to school officers for further study after appeal by the proprietor. The board took no action to reverse its previous decision, but many of the | members expressed opinion that dis- cussion on the various applications for permits is taking entirely too much of the board's time. “I have been in conference with Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle, the board president, on this matter already.” | Superintendent of Schools Frank W. Ballou told the members. Policy Adopted in June. The policy of considering every license application and acting officially as a board was adopted last June following a request by Chairman | George Offutt of the Alcoholic Bev- erage Control Board that this be done. Previous practice had been to have a lawyer member represent the School Board at the hearing conducted by the Alcohol Beverage Control Board. School officers reported to the mem- bers yesterday that further study in connection with the Seventh street application in no way changed their previous cbjection that the granting of such a permit would be a bad influ~ ence on the pupils of the nearby Cleveland School. Discrimination' Question Raised. Several board members, however, raised the objection that there were 11 other liquor stores already near by, many of them closer than the present applicant and that rejection to this application would constitute discrimination in a case involving property rights. Indicating possibilility that repre- sentatives of the board under the old tion in the present case might make | the board “look a little foolish.” | Vice President Robert Maurer and Gratz Dunkum, however, maintained that property rights were of no con- cern to the board. “I think, however, that we are all| fundamentally agreed on the liquor proposition as far as schools are con- cerned,” Mrs. Smith said after the long discussion, indicating that the| trouble comes in the special cases. The members approved experimen- tation with report cards in several elementary schools under which less attention will be devoted to marks and more to a detailed analysis of | the pupil's response to education. | Enroliment Down Slightly. Enroliment was reported at 93,422, a falling off of 87 over the same time | last year, and graduation dates for the year were also announced. Febru- ary classes will get their diplomas January 27-28 and the June graduates will get theirs on the 21st or 22nd in the white schools and the 19-23 in the colored schools. It was also brought out at the meeting that Works Program Admin- istration courses in stenography are not considered the equivalent of public day school work and are not accept- able as credentials to take examina- tion for the schools’ clerical service. The question came up when Amy Mahoney of 1201 Q street N.W. ap- pealed to the board by letter following rejection by the Board of Examiners of her W. P. A’ credentials. The matter was referred to Dr. Ballou. Anacostia High School will be dedi- cated November 9, it was also an- nounced, and naming of two new schools, one at Fifth and Sheridan streets NW., and the other at the present Banneker recreation site, was referred to a naming committee. A course in the effects of alcohol and narcotics was approved for the senior high schools. Oldest Hands In Congress, 79, Control Purse By the Associated Press. Congressional purse strings during the next session will be in old hands— the oldest in both Senate and House. Chairman Taylor, Democrat, of Colorado of the House Appropriations Committee said today he and Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia, who heads the Senate Appropriations Com- mittee, are the oldest men in Con- gress. Each is 79. “We're just complying with the cur- rent demands for younger blood in government,” Taylor added with a grin. e Motor Radiator Makes Record. H. E. Symons, who has completed a 12,500-mile trip from London to Central Africa and return, says that no water was added to that in the radiator of his automobile during the entire time. Woman Calls Police to Find Foot of Rabbit Miss Susan Rogers, 2319 Ashmead place, stepdaughter of Representa- tive Hamilton Fish, Republican, of New York, asked police today to help her find her good-luck charm—the left hind foot of a rabbit shot at midnight in the light of a full moon. The lucky piece, Miss Rogers said, was sent to her in the mails two months ago by an anonymous donor, who, after describing its acquisition, assured her that short of having the friendship of Hecate, nothing in this mortal world would prove & better in- surance of consistent good fortune. ‘The foot was in Miss Rogers’ purse, which she told police she lost about 7:30 o'clock last night while walking in the vicinity of Twelfth and H streets N.W. The purse contained also $10 in cash and a Junior League badge, which Miss Rogers valued espe- cially because it was given to her by her mother, Mrs. Grace Fish. Members of Congress Must Use French Phones and Like It Those members of Congress who a few years ago rebelled at the idea of using & “new fangled gadget” called a French telephone will be surprised when they return to Washington for the special session November 15 to find one on every desk if their offices. The Chesapeake & Potomac Tele- phone Co., on its own initiative, is now installing the latest type “hand sets” in every room of both the old and new House Office Buildings where an old type “hi-boy” phone is still in use. These new hand phones go one step into modernity beyond the original type—the bell box is in the base of the phone and not attached to a desk or a wall. The so-called French phones have been used in the offices of members of the Senate for a number of years. House members, however, were re- quired to use the old type phones unless they were willing to pay the special tariff of 25 cents a month for the new phones until the cost was wiped out, Only a few members or- 'dered the nmew phones. But now the telephone company is installing them without additional charge because they've been placed in the category of regular equipment. The members will have to use them and like them. The congressional complaints against the modern telephone, however, were not directed primarily at the French phone but at the dial system that was installed in the Capitol and the Senate and House Office Buildings in May, 1930. At that time Senator Glass, Democrat, of Virginia objected 80 strenuously the dial system was taken out of the Senate side but re- stored a month later by Senate reso- lution. Nearly all members of the Senate thereafter became accustomed to dial- ing a number, but Capitol telephone operators admit there are still a few “hold-outs” who refuse to give in to | ready for distribution some time next | | tude of details regarding the transfer \WOMAN’S CI the new system. And what do they do when they want to phone? Call the Capitol operator and let hér do the dialing for them. INHERTANGE T CUDE PREPAED Copies of Regulations, Also | Covering D. C. Estate | Levies, Authorized. ; Several thousand copies of regula- | tions governing the administration of | the District’s inheritance and estates tax laws, which were approved yester- day by the Commissioners, will be week, it was announced today by Jo V. | Morgan, assistant corporation counsel. The rules are embodied in a 28-page printed document and cover a multi- of properties involved in settlement of estates and the receipt of inheri- tances. The laws cover all inheri- tances and estates from persons who have died since 12:01 a.m. August 18, last. Heavy Penalties Provided. Mr. Morgan warned that heavy penalties may be assessed against any | person who fails or refuses to file a return or pay taxes due under the two laws. Any person receiving an inheritance, not handled through an executor or administrator, must be reported within 60 days of the death of the donor, he said. Any administrator or executor must submit a return within 15 months. For failing to file a return on time there is a penalty up to 25 per cent of the tax, or 50 per cent in cases where there is proof that the return was false or fraudulent. Also there is a fine up to $1,000 or impris- onment up to one year for refusal to file & return or willful refusal to pay a tax levy. Inheritance Tax Varies. The tax on inheritances is 1 per cent | above an exemption of $5,000 for rela- tives such as father, mother, husband, wife or child. For collateral relatives, such as brothers, sisters, nephews and nieces, the tax rate is 3 per cent on all the value of the inheritance above an exemption of $2,000. For such relatives as grandnephews and grandnieces the rate is 5 per cent | for all property above an exemption valuation of $1,000. There is no tax on bequests to charitable, religious and education institutions nor to the Dis- trict and Federal governments. . TY CLUB BIRTHDAY PLANNED Celebration Opens November 15, With Party on Following Saturday as Climax. Plans are being made by the Woman's City Club of Washington to celebrate its 18th birthday anni- versary Saturday, November 20, with a birthday party, climaxing several events of the week. The party will be preceded by a tea in the afternocon. Mrs. Harvey 'W. Wiley, president of the club, heads the Committee on Arrangements. The birthday week opens Monday, November 15, when the French sec- tion will present a concert by Felian Garzia, planist. Other special events will take place during the week. BAND CONCERTS By the Soldiers’ Home Band in Stanley Hall a 5:30 p.m. today. John S. M. Zimmermann, bandmaster; Anton Pointner, assistant. Program. March, “The Elite”. Overture, “Fingal's Ct Entracte, () “Andalouse,” (b) “A Moorish Serena Excerpts from musical extravaganza, “Chu-Chin-Chow” Popular numbers, “Chlo-E” “A Chant of the Jungle” Waltz from musical corhedy, 0y’ “The Star Spangled Banner.” By the Army Band in the auditorium at 4:30 p.m. today. Capt. Thomas F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, assistant. Program. March, “The Potentate”_.._W. Smith Overture, “The Maid of Asturia,” B. Secchi Piano solo, “Grasshopper’s Dance,” E. Bucalossi Raymond Moyer, soloist. Popular, “Star Dust”_\_H. Carmichael Saxophone solo, “Tailspin,” F. Trumbauer Nicholas L. King, soloist. Gavotte, “Stephanie”_ A. Czibulka March, “King of the Air”.._D. Melson “The Star Spangled Banner.” R WEIGHS VALIDITY | OF REGEIPTS TAX Three-Judge Court Takes Case Under Advisement. Speedy Ruling Promised. Constitutionality of the District's new business privilege and gross re- ceipts tax, attacked by Howard W. Berry, advertising man, in a suit to invalidate the law, was being con- sidered today by a special three-judge court. Brief arguments by counsel were heard late yesterday and the court, composed of Associate Justice D. Lawrence Groner of the United States Court of Appeals and Chief Justice Alfred A. Wheat and Associate Justice Jennings Bailey of the District Court, | took the case under advisement. Justice Groner teld opposing at- torneys the court’s decision would be rendered as speedily as possible. The case first was argued several | weeks ago before Justice Bailey, but that jurist decided it should have been heard by a three-judge court as pro- vided in the recent law revising pro- | cedure in Federal courts, since it in- volved the constitutionality of a Fed- eral statute. Arguments yesterday followed much the same line as in the prior hearing Mr. Berry's attorney, Richard L. Tedrow, contended the tax burdened interstate commerce, and hence was invalid, while Assistant Corporation Counsel Jo V. Morgan relied on a case decided last July by the United States Court of Appeals, which upheld a tax on the Potomac Electric Power Co. based on its gross earnings, including those drawn from nearby Maryland. Mr. Morgan contended gross receipts were the yardstick by which the tax was measured and not the subject of the tax. U.S. COTTON INCOME IS SET AT BILLION Production Increase Will Offset Decline in Price, Econ- omists Predict. By the Associated Press. Cotton growers will receive a gross income of about $1,000,000,000 from this year's crop despite low prices, Government economists predicted yes- terday. ‘They said a decline in prices from nearly 15 cents & pound early this year to about 8 cents recently would be off- set somewhat by the 42 per cent in- crease in the 1937 production over 1936. Income from the 1937 crop “is ex- pected to equal or exceed” the 1936 figure which the economists estimated at $987,100,000. ‘The estimates, made by the Bureau of Agricultural Economics, included money received from actual sale of cotton and cotton seed, from the loan and subsidy program on this year's crop, and from payments under the 1937 soil conservation program. BUILDING CONGRESS DINNER IS TONIGHT Business Men and Officials to Attend—Holden to Make Principal Address. ‘Washington business men and of- ficials of the Federal and District governments will attend the first an- nual dinner of the Washington Build- ing Congress tonight at the Cosmos Club. The congress, formed early this year, embraces in its membership all branches of the building industry, in- cluding bankers who finance the projects. “ The principal address tonight will be made by Thomas S. Holden, presi~ dent of the New York Building Con- gress. Col. Dan I. Sultan, Engineer Commissioner, will extend a welcome to the congress as a “constructive co- - veteran chairman of the Public Utili- ties Committee of the Federation of Citizens’ Associations, declared he was “deeply disappointed,” but Chairman Palmisano of the House District Com- mittee indicated he was willing to ac- cept the verdict reached by the com- mission as the result of its months of study of the case. There were pre- dictions, however, that the fare boost would stimulate demands for a con- gressional probe of the company. Fight by Citizens Predicted. ‘Thomas E. Lodge, president of the Federation of Citizens' Associations, predicted the group would start a fight against the change in fares at its meeting Saturday night. “Street car fares should be reduced, instead of increased,” he declared. An analysis of commission records showed that about one-third of the street car riders would have to pay an increased fare—those who have been regular token users. Their rate was increased from 7!; cents per ride to 813 cents, or five-sixths of a cent per ride. About one-half of the patrons of the Capital Transit Co—those who reg- ularly buy the $1.25 weekly pass— would feel no effect at ali. Officials ex- plained there would be a reduction in the price of transportation for those who have paid a 10-cent cash fare and who now are permitted to buy the tokens. This applies to those who have been required to pay a 10-cent cash fare for rides on the express bus lines and on the Sixteenth street bus lines. The transit company estimated the increase in fares would bring in an additional $254,000 in revenue an- nually. Three Loops Unaffected. The changes in the rate schedules do not affect the Chevy Chase Loop. « the Bureau of Engraving Loop or the Bureau” of Standard Loop lines, on which there is a charge of 5 cents, without transfers. Persons using these lines and wishing to transfer to major services of the company may obtain free tranfers on payment of the regu- lar token fare. The change in rates, of course, has no effect on the extra fares charged by the transit company in operations beyond the District line, in Maryland. The company issued a statement to- day stating, in part: “We regret the necessity for apply- ing for an increase in fare, but the increased costs represented by higher wages and costs of materials made it necessary if we were to preserve the company’s ability to render adequate service, “The increase granted by the com- mission is less than we asked for in the amended petition of the company, but although we felt that the increase requested would have provided larger revenues for the company and given better opportunity for further improve- ments, the order of the commission is being put into effect and we bespeak the co-operation of the public in our efforts to get best results out of it.” Clayton Sees Poorer People Hit. Mr. Clayton, who demanded adop- tion of a 5-cent street car and bus fare during his appearances at the commission’s hearings, said he felt the public had been “tricked” by the com- mission's decision. He declared the public had been given the impression that merger of the old Washington Railway & Electric Co. and the Capi- tal Traction Co. would bring about savings which would mean lower fares. Mr. Clayton protested especially against the commiission's rule that the tokens now be sold at six in a lot, a rule which he insisted would hurt the poorer people. He declared the company would gain revenue not now apparent, because some riders, not having as much as 50 cents at a time, would have to pay the straight 10 cents cash fare. An investigation of the Capital Transit Co. was proposed at the past session of Congress. Representative Dirksen, Republican, of Illinois offerad two bills, one intended to prevent the one-man car operation and the other to reduce fares to 5 cents. The bills were referred to a subcommittee of the House District Committee, headed by Representative Randolph, Demo- crat, of West Virginia. Hearings were begun but not completed at the close of the past session. Court Backing Seen. Officials of the Public Utilities Com- mission said they were convinced the decision was in the best interests of the public and the company and that the order would stand up in courts operative effort to advance the welfare of the building industry and related interests in the Capital.” . Among the guests will be Stewart McDonald, Federal housing adminis- trator; Dr. Lyman J. Briggs, director Bureau of Standards; David I. Lynn, architect of the Capitol; L. A. Simon, supervising architect Treasury De- partment; A. R. Clas, assistant ad- ministrator of P. W. A.; Thomas J. Groom, president of the District Bank- ers Association; Edward J. Harding, managing director Associated General Contractors of America, and Morton J. Luchs, president of the Washington Real Estate Board. i because the company is making, and would make, a lower return than the courts have held to be fair. E. D. Merrill, president of the tran- sit company, said he was disappointed that the commission had rejected the compeny petition for an increase in the token fare to four for 35 cents, or at the rate of 8% cents per ride, but he added the company would make a trial of the new rates. The company claim to increased fares, to prove ine creased revenues, was based in part on the large sums it has had to spend for track improvements, new buses and street cars, and for wage increases for its employes. 4