Evening Star Newspaper, April 17, 1940, Page 23

Washi Compromise Bill To Cut Jobless Tax Is Offered Board of Trade Head Indorses Experience Rating System By JAMES E. CHINN. Liberalization of the local unem- ployment compensation law is one matter on which there is 100 per cent unanimity of opinion among |’ taxpayers, Lawrence E. Williams, president of the Washington Board of Trade, today told the Judiciary subcommittee of the House District Committee. As spokesman for 21 organiza- tions, including the trade board, Mr. Williams made a plea for law revi- sions that will reduce the pay roll tax of employers and at the same time provide additional benefits to the jobless. The subcommittee has under con- sideration two bills to liberalize the present law—one sponsored by Rep- resentative McGehee, Democrat, of Mississippi, the chairman; the other by Representative Ebeharter, Demo- crat, of Pennsylvania. Both meas- ployes’ pay roll tax from 3 to 2.7 ures would reduce the present em- per cent and raise benefit payments to the unemployed. Compromise Suggested. Mr. Williams suggested that the subcommittee give consideration to a compromise plan—a plan approved by all employers of the District, he said, as well as the Central Labor Union and a committee composed of & majority of the local Unemploy- ment Compensation Board. This plan, he pointed out, provides an experience rating system as an in- centive for stabilization of employ- ment. Testifying before a crowded room, Mr. Williams said: “Mr. McGehee's latest bill provides for an entirely different method of reducing taxes. It is a method which, I am frank to say, is entirely acceptable to all District of Colum- bia employers who are concerned with tax reduction. At the same time, I would be remiss in my duty if I did not say that the plan ignores completely any incentive for stabil- ization of employment. Unquestion- ably the total amount of taxes col- lected in the District of Columbia during the next several years under H. R. 9218 (Mr. McGehee's bill), would be less than would be col- lected under the experience rating system. It places all employers on the same basis without regard for their unemployment risk.” Slight Adjustments Asked. Mr. Williams turned over to the subcommittee the draft of a bill con- taining changes in the present law which were recently approved by the employer groups, the Central Labor Union and the Unemployment Compensation Board. Before leav- ing the witness stand he declared: “District taxpayers are not oppos- Ing substantial liberalization. They are willing to support provisions similar to the most liberal benefits in the rest of the country. They do request the Congress, however, to adjust slightly a few items which they believed are somewhat out of line with generally-accepted prac- tices and principles.” The witness pointed out the un- employment compensation benefit reserve fund now exceeds $17,000,000 and probably will increase to more than $20,000.000 at the close of the year under the present system. “It is,” he said, “the highest ratio of reserves to benefits in any juris- diction in the United States. The freezing of this large sum of money 1s injurious to the economic welfare of the District of Columbia, for it is all productive capital syphoned out of private enterprise which would otherwise go into wages or other ex- penses.” Would Keep Experience Rating. District employers, Mr. William declared, “strongly oppose” features of the proposed legislation that would abolish provisions for an ex- perience rating system scheduled to become operative January 1 next, and added: “Two plans have been suggested, however, which would be acceptable to lecal taxpayers. The first of these plans is the Texas system of | experience rating which is now in the laws of Texas, Massachusetts, Illinols, Delaware and within the last 60 days in Virginia.” He explained the Unemployment Compensation Board is in position to place the Texas system into effect in the District next January 1. This plan, he declared, provides an in- centive to prevent unemployment. Under it, he explained, the em- ployers’ pay roll tax would vary from one-half of 1 per cent mini- mum to 2.7 per cent maximum. Sidney R. Katz, secretary-treas- urer of the Maryland-District In- dustrial Union Council (C. I. O), indorsed the Eberharter bill. $5 Minimum Held Too Low. He called particular attention to differences between the McGehee and Eberharter bills. One of these is that under the McGehee bill the minimum weekly benefit payment would' be $5 and under the Eber- harter bill $7. ‘The $5 minimum, Mr. Katz argued, obviously is based “on the lowest «Yiving standards in the cheapest living communities.” « *“The District of Columbia, as we _.8ll know,” he said, “is an extremely “high cost of living community and & #$7 minimum doesn’t begin to be un- easonable.” 3 Reserve Not Yet Tested. “The District of Columbia has not yet had any experience with the drain that would be made upon its reserve by a liberal law such as pro- vided in both the McGehee and Eberharter bills,” he declared. - «To propose a flat horizontal re- duction at this time would make it more difficult to secure passage of this legislation because of varying opinion and methods used by other States in dealing with tax rates, all of which are still in an experimental stage and because such a reduction for all employers of the District of Columbia might be attacked, with and against the States.” Mr. Kats also argued in favor ll , ngton News \ PLAN FINNISH BENEFIT—Th Shown is Barbara Myers, who wi Members of Congress To Officiate at Police Boys’ Boxing llinois State Society Sponsors Benefit Tonight To Boost Club Fund Members of Congress from Illinois will discharge the duties of judge, referee and seconds tonight when Boys’ Club participate in boxing contests during a benefit program in the Shoreham Hotel, presented under auspices of the Illinois State Society of Washington. Senators Lucas and Slattery will be referee and judge, respectively, and Repre- sentatives Church and Martin will be the seconds for the “mosquito- weight” boxers. Proceeds of the show, which is to include other entertainment features offered by boys of the club, are to be turned over to the ar&non‘x« fund, which was sent nearer its. $86,000 goal yesterday by-a $480 donation from employes of the Fed- eral Bureau of Investigation. The gift was accompanied by a letter from Director J. Edgar Hoover, honorary general chairman of the campaign, promising -to raise his group’s contribution to more than $500 within a few days. Volunteer solicitors, who had cb- tained more than $60,000 in cash or pledges by Monday, offical closing day of the drive, were continuing to canvass for gifts to send the cam- paign over the top. Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt has been invited to be present April 25 at a “preview” of the Lindens, home of Mr. and Mrs. George Maurice Morris, 2401 Kalorama road N.W. The residence will be open to the public April 27, and proceeds of the admission charge will be given to the club. Breach of Promise Suit Names Naval Officer A $10,000 breach of promise suit against Lt. Comdr. Alden Ream Sanborn, U. S. N, now with the aircraft scouting force of the United States Fleet, was filed in District Court yesterday by Mrs. Mary Mul- ford Yeomans, Civil Aeronautics Authority statistician, of 3051 Idaho avenue N.W. In her complaint Mrs. Yeomans, a divorcee, alleged Lt. Comdr. San- born promised last June 14 to marry her. The action, filed by Attorneys Julius I. Peyser and Aaron W. Ja- cobson, declared Mrs. Yeomans had learned from an article in a San Diego (Calif.) newspaper that Lt. Comdr. Sanborn had married Miss Marjorie Stewart Storay there March 23 in a society wedding. Lt. Comdr. Sanborn is a staff officer on the U. S. S. Memphis and a Naval Academy graduate of the class of 1922, the complaint said. He is 40 years old. Funeral Rites Today For Grant S. Kendrick Grant S. Kendrick, who operated a produce stand in the old Center Market for 40 years, retiring when it ceased to exist, died Sunday at his home, 4600 Fourth street N.W. Born in Loudoun County, Va. Mr. Kendrick had made his home in_Washington about 50 years. Funeral services were to be held at 2 pm. today at the residence, with burial in Glenwood Ceme- tery. the Eberharter bill because it would provide unemployment compensa- tion for the District’s 20,000 domestic workers, for whom, he declared, there are no provisions generally available for relief. 1 Cites Plight of Domestics. “When unemployed they receive no relief, no W. P. A, no unemploy- ment compensation,” he said. “These people get low wages, suffer unduly whne unemployed and are a eon- stant threat to the labor market.” Paul Scharrenberg, representing the American Federation of, Labor, indorsed the McGehee bill although, he said, it provides lesser benefits for the jobless than the Eberharter measure. Representative Eberharter asked why, and got this reply: “We never can get all we want.” The subcommittee adjourned about 12:45 o'clock with F. D. Cliffe of the General Electric Co. on the witness stand. He will continue his testimony Friday at 10 am. when the hearing is resumed. A Society of Pax Romana will hold a benefit performance at the Immaculata auditorium for the Finnish relief fund tomorrow. members of the Metropolitan Police | & WASHINGTON, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 17, 1940. PN e Catholic Student War Relief ill take part in the performance. ~—Harris & Ewing Photo. 'Commission Charges Community Failure In Youth Problems More Local Responsibility In Providing Solution Urged As Parley Ends The charge that a vast majority of American communities “are fall- | ing far short of meeting the needs of their young people” was made yes- | terday by the American Youth Com- i mission at the close of a two-day meeting here. The communities, in the opinion of the commission, should accept more responsibility for solving the youth problem. The group decried the “widespread tendency on the part of many lo- calities to depend on the Federal | Government for action” and “the | general failure of local communi- ties to distinguish sthg youth prob- lem from the probiaox unemploy- ment as a whole.” 3 The commission, a subdivision of the American Council on Education, is headed by Owen D. Young and | composed of educators, leading churchmen and Federal officials. Emphasize Jobs Problem. The commission reaffirmed its position of last October that un-| employment among youth consti- tutes a national emergency and called for a public work study pro- gram for all boys and girls over 16 who are out of school and unable | to find employment. The shortcomings in the treat- ment of youth calling for local ac- tion, the commission said, are: 1. Failure of the vast majority of public schools to provide adequate vocational guidance adjusted to the needs of the local labor market. 2. Inadequate provisions for the | training or apprenticing of new workers. Co-ordination Held Lacking, 3. The fact that in large cities, where many youth serving agencies are doing excellent work, such ac- tivities are not co-ordinated in a manner which makes them effective community youth programs. . The commission adjourned sub- Ject to the call of its director, Floyd W. Reeves. Farley Names Postal Veteran As Chief Clerk Frank H. Ellis, postal service em- ploye for 30 years, today was ap- pointed chief clerk of the Post Office Department by Postmaster General Farley. Mr. Ellis, who has served for the last six years as assistant superin- tendent of the Division of Post Office Service here, fills the vacancy FRANK H. ELLIS. created by the death of Owen A. Keen on March 28. ized as one of the best~ informed officials in the postal serv- ice. Mr. Ellis served as a post office inspector from 1920 to 1934. Mr. Ellis was born in New York City, July 15, 1889. He entered the postal service as a clerk in 1910 in Atlanta, Ga., and five years later was promoted to foreman in that office. His rise was rapid, he being pro- moted to assistant superintendent of mails on July 1, 1915, and less than a year later was named super- | September, Two Injured Seriously in Aufo Mishaps Youth Is Struck By Hit-Run Driver In Third Accident Traffic Record The traffic record, as revealed at police headquarters for 24- hour period ending at 8 am. today. g Fatalities, none. Accidents, 40. Motorists injured, 11. Motorists arrested, 266. Pedestrials injured, 4. Pedestrians arrested for vio- lation of pedestrian control regulations, 2. Two persons were in serious con- dition today in District hospitals with injuries reeeived in traffic ac- cidents yesterday, while several others—including one who was the victim of a hit-and-run driver—were recovering from minor injuries. Emil Plassman, 32, of 2131 Massa- chusetts avenue N.W., a War De- partment employe, was in Emergency Hospital, with possible spine in- Jjuries, a fractured leg and shoulder. automobile at Massachusetts anu Florida avenues N.W. Joseph Doyer, 41, of Glenn Dale, Md., was in Casualty Hospital, under treatment for leg, rib and head in- juries, received in a two-car col- lision on the Defense highway, near Ardmore, Md. A hit-run driver struck Robert Gordon, 18, of 16 Sixth street NE., yesterday as he crossed South Capitol street between P and Q .| streets. The youth received minor injuries. Five Others Hurt. Bertha Nicely, 36, of Silver Spring, Md., was treated at Providence Hos- pital after an accident at Second and Canal street N.W. Police re- ported that the cab in which she was riding was involved in a collision with anothen vehicle. Mrs. Neoma Timanus, 40, and Laura Whiting, 50, both of the Dupont Circle Apartments, suffered minor injuries when the cab in which they were passengers was in- and K streets N.-W. Theodore R. Clarke, 24, colored, of 603 Kastle place N.E,, was treated at Freedmen's Hospital yesterday after being injured when struck. an automobile at Connecticut avenue |and Calvert streets NNW. His in- | juries were minor. Helen Mootz, 23, of 1533 New Hampshire esvenue N.W. was ad- mitted to Garfield Hospital last night | for treatment of a fractured nose, received when two cars collided in | front of the Hot Shoppe in the 5300 block of Connecticut avenue N.W. Her condition was not serious. Refired U. S. Army Officers Being Recalled to Duty The first move by the Army to re- duty was revealed yesterday. Within the last few days some 35 officers have been called back for service as National Guard instruc- tors, recruiting officers and Reserve trainers. Authorized in the President's emergency defense program shortly after the beginning of the war in it is understood the move was necessitated to cover a shortage of officers. By putting the retired officers in these special as- signments regular officers would be free to take part in the War De- partment’s combat training pre- gram. Tt is understood those recalled are lieutenant colonels, majors and captains who recently left the serv- ice. It is expected the full number will be called to active duty in a comparatively short time. Delivery Boy Beaten, Robbed in Hallway A colored delivery boy was beaten unconscious and robbed of $7 last night in an apartment house in the 2000 block of Q street NW. He is Albert Daves, 27, employe of a liquor store at 1336 Q street N.W. He was making a delivery* to the apartment when the bandit ap- proached him from behind and or- dered him to hand over the money without turning around. When Daves ignored the order and faced the robber, he was slugged twice with a blackjack. Robert Greenfield, 46, colored, of 1744 Swann street N.W. reported to police last night that three young white men beat him and took $17 from him near Seventeenth and S streets NW. Edward Person, 52, colored, of 937 M street N.W., was robbed of $24 by two colored bandits last night as he walked in Blagden court N.W. he told police. He was injured when struck by an| volved in a collision at Fifteenti | turn 300 retired officers to active | man Bobo Barnett. Man Suing Police Accused in Holdup; 41 Are Indicted J. F. (‘Buzz’) Donovan’s $25,000 Pending Action Charges False Arrest James F. Donovan, known to police as “Buzz,” and who has pend- ing in District Court a $25,000 suit against Maj. Ermest W. Brown, su- perintendent of police, and a number | of other authorities, charging false arrest, today was indicted by the District grand jury on a charge of robbery in conjunction with an al- leged liquor store holdup. Justice F. Dickinson Letts in District Court received the return of 41 indict- ments. Donovan, 39, was indicted with Walter E. Harde, 39, on a charge of robbing Meyer H. Landay of $75 in | & holdup of the liquor store at 647 H street N.E. March 22. In another indictment Harde was charged with robbing Samuel B. Newman of $330 in a liquor store at 1025 Ninth street N.W., March 25. Harde was also named with Ben- jamin H. Henderson, 36, in a charge of robbing William Silverstein of $5385 in a liquor store at 1345 Fourteenth street N.W. March 26. The property was that of Dorothy Weinstein, owner. John Cloude, colored, 22, was in- dicted on a charge of assault with a dangerous weapon, when he al- legedly told Taxi Driver Edwin G. | Barbee that he was a bad man, a member of the Dillinger gang, and that he was hungry. that this took place April 2 near H and Eleventh streets N.W., and when the driver got out of his cab and ran, Cloude allegedly fired a shot after him, but he was not hit and the assailant was caught in a near- by parking lot. William Robinson, 31, former manager of a shoe store at 1115 F street N.W., was indicted on a charge of embezzlement for allegedly tak- ing $1,731, the property of the John Irving Shoe Corp., March 2, which he was supposed to deposit in the bank. According to police, he de- cided to have a good time with the money and spent it in various parts of the country and then gave him- self up. Others indicted and the charges against them are: Raleigh B. Dia- mond and Edward Cox, jr. grand larceny; Charles A. Dean and Ralph N. E. Tietjen, joyriding; Ralph N. E. Tietjen, William L. Evans, Irvin Gunter, William F. Murphy, John T. Hodges, James A. Erwin and Wil- liam R. Lomax, housebreaking and larceny; Leroy Smith, Bruce Bates and Alice T. Brown, forging and uttering Government checks; Leroy Smith and Roosevelt Long, unlaw- fully taking mail from a depository; Paul G. Walter, embezzlement; Hen- ry F. Warren, Calvin W. Norwood and Benjamin T. Knox, violation of the Liquor Taxing Act of 1934; Eva Brown, Edna Spencer, Charles E. Duvall, Robert E. Bickford, Rich- ard A. Ellis, Willie R. McDade and Richard O. Taylor, robbery; Richard O. Taylor and Theodore R. Roebuck, assault with intent to commit rob- bery;. Richard O. Taylor, John Wier, James E. Springs, Grady Golden, Margaret Luskey, Zannie Taylor and Willie Byrd, assault with dangerous weapon, and Leroy H. Henderson, sodomy. By the Associated Press. { The Census Bureau passed its count of the 100,000,000th American today, with about - 30,000,000 yet to go. Officials figured the door-to-door phase of the decennial population check which started April 2 ought to be finished in another week. The census takers can’t be paid their 4 cents a name until they complete their districts. In most places at least one call has been made at every home, but a footsore enumerator near Zanes- ville, Ohio, complained he had made 11 unsuccessful trips to the same house. No trends of population are visible intendent in the Atlanta office. . Mr. Ellis served with Comatnyk 17th Infantry, 'in the Army “from 1905 to 1910, when he. entered ‘the postal service, h from the figures sent in so far. For instance, the crew with the No. 1 Job of counting New York City re=. ported ‘about 90 per cent of ity task done, but gave no fl(\lnz 100,000,000 Listed in Census With 30,000,000 Yet to Count In the first four small towns to report the 1940 figures averaged 18 per cent more than 10 years ago. ‘They were, giving in order 1940 and 1930 figures: Odessa, Del, 391 and 385; De Soto Township, Ark., 298 and 197; Elk Garden, W. Va., 342 and 299, and Shirley, Ark, 365 and 292. Big Flat, ‘Ark., also is in with a total of 210, but didnt exist as a separate community in 1930. Some of the census takers are finding other - iriteresting facts. A man claiming to be 120 was found in Pennsylvania and a number of unusually ancient dwellings are be- ing listed in the housing census. ‘When the door-to-door phase is computed, the bureau will start the tabulating job, parts of which will take - years, State and National tofals ought to be ready during the summer, ~ | Police said |* Foening Star TH SUNDAT MORNING EDITION %okok —e Society and General STUDIES IN EXPRESSION—The Wirth Circus went to Children’s Hospital today, and mirrored in the faces of these youngsters, who were confined to their room, are the acts staged for their entertainment. Jean Fogelman, left, and Joan Piper reflect their delight at the antics of Funny- Mary Lou Davis brought her doll to the window to enjoy with her the amazing, sometimes fearful, acts of the performers. The circus is showing this week at Riverside Stadium under auspices of the hospital to raise funds to meet an anticipated deficit. F. C. C. Grants Permit To Station Affiliated With Newspaper Chairman Fly Dissents As News Monopoly Policy Is Ignored By WILLIAM J. WHEATLEY. Efforts to prevent close affiliation between newspapers and radio broadcast stations, particularly in small communities where there might be an interlocking manage- ment of both facilities, failed yester= day before the Federal Communi- cations Commission, when it granted a radio station construction permit at Martinsville, Va., to a co-partner= ship, known as Martinsville Broad- casting Co., one of the members of which owns the only daily news- paper in the town. ‘The policy was inaugurated during the regime of Frank R. McNinch, and was considered of such im- portance that Chairman James L. Fly flled a two-page dissenting opinion. 9 The chairman held that the com- mission’s latest action was incon- sistent with a ruling in 1938, when aestation was granted to an appli- cant other than a newspaper, which also was an applicant, on the ground it would furnish a competitive medium. The views expressed in that case, the dissenting opinion said, “were of course not intended to be applied generally to all newspaper appli- cants, but only when a grant would tend toward creating a local monop- oly in the channels for the public expression of opinion and in the dissemination of news and informa- tion and when at the same time a competing application was granted. In my opinion, this policy is sound, and I find no sufficient justification for failure to apply it here.” Commissioner Paul Walker, sup- porting the majority ruling, said he agreed with the policy regarding monopoly of news through unity of ownership of all means of communi- cations, but the “instant case is not the proper one for beginning the application of this policy.” Benefit for Girls’ Club A benefit card party to raise funds for the Girls’ Club and Hospice, 1525 Sixteenth street N.W., will be Ield at.the club Friday-at 1 pm., it was - : yesterday by -the party sponsor, Mrs. G. R. Sager. —Star Staff Photos. Certificate of Suicide Issued by Coroner In Hanging Man Given Little Chance To Survive Slashes, Stabs, Poison, Gas A certificate of suicide was issued today in the death of Herbert H. Goebel, 3110 Wisconsin avenue N.W., who was found hanged in his apartment yesterday. His body was discovered by a neighbor, Isaac Fisher, who occupies an adjoining apartment. Mr. Goebel was department man- ager for the National Rifle Asso- ciation and had been in poor health for some time. The body was found hanging by a pajama cord from the bedroom door. Dr. George Dewey of 1801 I street N.W. pro- nounced the man dead. An actor was in critical condition today at Gallinger Hospital, with little chance to survive what police | described as a four-way attempt to kill himself. He is Leon J. Tempest, 50, who was found in his basement apart- ment at 1345 B street S.E. yesterday. His wrists had been slashed, there were stab wounds near his heart, an emptied glass of poison was found near him and the gas had been turned on. A five-page note found in the room described his intentions and told of his unhappiness since the death of his mother recently. “I am now ready for the final curtain—God forgive us, We know not what we do,” it said. “Funny how an actor thinks of such a thing at a time like this.” The rambling note suggested that President Roosevelt run for a third term. It also made reference to Mr. Tempest’s pet dog, which was found dead in the room: “I am taking my little pet with me. ‘I don't want to be any bother and I will sit outside the gates of mven“ gnawing on a celestial e’ James Davis to Lecture James P. Davis, executive director of the Prison Industries’ Reorgani- zation Administration of the Justice Department, will lecture to students of National University at 8:45 o'clock tonight on “Our Penal Sys- tem in " > Mid-City Play Sife Is Bought By Planners Condemnation Steps Will Be Taken for Other Needed Areas ‘The National Capital Park and Planning Commission today pur- chased nearly all of square 511, bounded by O, P, Fourth and Fifth streets N.W., for the site of the long- sought Mid-City Playground. ‘The commission authorized its staff to institute condemnation pro- ceedings where a mutually agreeable price for property still unpurchased cannot be reached.by direct negotia- tions. The purchase was announced by Norman C. Brown, the commission’s associate land purchasing officer and appraiser. Square 511 was decided on by the commission, Mr. Brown said, after long study and consulta- tions with the Board of Education, the District Community Center and Playground Department gnd other District agencies. Other Sites Bought. Mr. Brown also announced that the commission had purchased addi- tions to Fort Dupont Park where it connects ‘with Anacostia Park in Southeast Washington; Northeast Recreation Center, for colored, at Forty-ninth and Washington streets NE, and that it had brought up for consideration an addition to Rose Park Playground in Georgetown. The Mid-City Playground, for which civic groups in the central portion of Washington have fought for years, is to be for colored use. Situated in the block being acquired is the Bundy School. Several other matters of im- portance were to come before the planning commission today. Among them are plans for an underpass at Scott Circle and a grade separation at Fourteenth street and Maine avenue (Water street) S.W. stood out. Asks Consideration of Model. Under 1940 appropriations Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, director of high- ways, has prepared plans and a model of the Fourteenth street and Maine avenue separation. In a let- ter received by the planning come mission over the week end he re- quests the commission to give care- ful consideration to the model at this meeting in order to make as soon as possible any further sug- gestions the Commissioners think would improve the plan. Funds for drawing up detailed construction plans, however, must be appropriated before gasoline tax and Federal road aid funds can build the project. PFunds for prepartion of con- struction plans for the Scott Circle underpass were incorporated in the 1941 District appropriation bill but were deleted by the House. There is a chance the Senate may restore the item, however. Regional Plans to Come Up. Other matters to come up today before the commission are slight changes in the taking lines set forth for acquisition of land in the extensjon of Anacostia Park into Maryland, plans for a baseball dia= mond in the Maryland section of Rock Creek Park and the Washing= ton regional park plan in general. The latter was to be brought be fore the commission by John Nolen, jr., director of planning. In addi- tion the commission was to con= sider latest plans for the Civil Aeronautics Authority for entrances from the Mount Vernon Memoral Highway and U. S. route 1 to the new National Airport at Gravelly Point. Most important matter before the commission tomorrow is to be a series of contracts for the purchase of land for the George Washing- ton Memorial Parkway in Maryland between the District line and Great Falls. May Invelve Lots. At its last meeting the commis~ sion approved a number of cone tracts for the purchase of vacant lots in the Brookmont section, just beyond the District line. Thomas §S. Settle, commission | secretary, is to acquaint the com- mission tomorrow with the status of legislation affecting its work. Other matters to come before the commission tomorrow are additional plans for the District Alley Dwell= ing Authority’s projects at Navy place S.E. and Alabama avenue S.E, a request from the Golden Gate International Exposition for the commission scale model of the cen- tral area of Washington showing the Federal buildings; several high- way changes and street closings and several zoning requests for- warded by the City Council of Alex~ andria, Va. Swing Time Revue Opens At McKinley Friday With a program of more than 30 numbers, McKinley High School will hold its annual swing time revue at the school Friday and Saturday at 8 p.m. Arch McDonald will be master of ceremonies. The program is divided into two parts. The first is patriotic in tone and is called “Rhythm in Red, White and Blue.” The second is called “A Springtime Phantasy.” Most of the acts are songs or comedy skits or dances. Nancy Shome and Dudley Van Buren will present a skating novelty. Band Concert By the United States Marine Symphony Orchestra today at 8:15 pm. in the Marine Barracks audi- torium; Capt. William F. Santel- mnam leader; Henry Weber, second leader. TOMORROW'S. CONCERT. By the United States Marine Band at 2:30 pm. in the Marine Barracks auditorium; Capt. William F. San-