Evening Star Newspaper, April 28, 1940, Page 36

ClVIC NEWS, CivicProblems,CivicBodies . Business Methods for Public Business; The Non-Resident Tuition Question By JESSE C. SUTER. Last week began with an unprofitable “District Day” in the House of Representatives. Some minor bills were passed, the reve- nue bill was given consideration, but after following a tortuous course, progressed into oblivion. The bill was considered in Com- mittee of the Whole, was amended by having the sales tax provision eliminated and attempts to cure some of the defects of existing law, ‘The committee finally reported the measure to the House, as amended, and recommended that it pass. The amended bill was promptly rejected by the House and all hope of District tax legisla- tion, in the present Congress, was' banished. The Senate Committee hearings on the District appropriation bill also began on Monday. It is reported that rapid progress has been made by the Committes and that the bill is about ready to be “written up.” The abéence of adéquate anticipated revenue is a serious handicap to the committee in attemapting to meet appropria- tion requirements._ L] The District reorganization plans moved on another aep with the adoption by the House District Committee oféa modmcntlgn of & much-altered plan of its subcommittee. The present grogram is to report the new bill to the House for consideration on the next ®is- trict day, May 13. Grouping of activities into 11 departments, the retention of the Commissioners, provision of an administrative assistant and the continuance of the Board of Education and the Board of Library Trustees as at present are the chief features of the proposed set-up. . The Senate declined to consider the bill proposing to transfer the recording of automobile liens from the Recorder of Deeds Office to the Department of Vehicles and Traffic. This legislation has been generally approved by the civic groups with the idea of bring- ing the title and other records regarding automobiles together as a protective measure. The only opposition to this has come from the Recorder of Deeds, who with the usual zeal of a Government officia} objects to being divested of any authority. ‘While this is a purely local office it has for many years usually been given to a non-resident as a reward for political services ren- dered the party in power. The present incumbent is regarded as a highly efficient official, but many District citizens can see no reason why this office should go to a nbn-resident or why it should be a political plum. * ok ok % True Business Methods for Public Business Active leaders of the civic groups are prone to see only the defects in the operation of the District government agencies. The discovery of problems through complaints, in meetings assembled, make profound impressions. But many times the partial or‘com- plete solutions which have been found are entirely overlooked. The word “streamlined” has been so much overworked that it should not be applied to the Assessor’s Office, which has undergone one of the most revolutionary changes ever made in a District de- partment. Many were the complaints by the taxpayer at the time lost and inconvenience in discovering just what was his entire in- debtedness to the District for taxes on real estate. Going from one office to another and from one counter to another would just about exhaust his patienne. That will be only an unpleasant memory, for a new system of the most approved type has been installed and will be in operation shortly. The plans for this modern equipment began during the term of the late Fred S. Allen and have been carried forward by the present assessor, Edwin C. Dent. Fine special steel cabinets, which serve also as counters, contain the individual ledger sheets for every owner ot real estate in the District. Upon these will be recorded the assessed value of land and improvements, area of the lot or parcel and the amount of every tax of any description levied against each piece ot property of the particular owner. Payments reported by the collec- tor of taxes are credited on the account so that at all times the balance due may be had in a moment. The tax bills are to be made out in the same operation as the entries are made. The room in which these ledger sheets and bills are prepared is equipped with a fine battery of bookkeeping and type- writing machines of the very latest designs. Besides the saving of time and trouble to the citizen there is sure to be a great cut in the labor and cost of the preparation of these records and bills. Under the old method the tax records were entered with pen and ink in large volumes and the bills typed from the record book and then compared. A separate bill was required for each piece of property and special assessments and delinquent tax accounts were handled in separate offices, Since Mr. Dent, a native of the District, was appointed the As- sessor’s Office has undergone a striking change. For years this office had the general appearance of a run-down.country store. This is now all changed into a suite of offices of the most businesslike ap- pearance and neatness. Even the employes look happier and more alert to their appointed tasks. Thé new system of recording is modeled after the systems of the banks and large business establishments, and the atmosphere throughout is one of modern business and efficiency. This is a sam- ple of the revamping which the District government needs and the taxpayers deserve, whether or not there is any new form of gov- ernment given the District. The Congress through the appropriation route made the reforms in the Assessor’s Office possible. The perpetual assessment system, for it really amounts to that, is worthy of explanation, and will be included in another chapter of this column. * Xk * % Inequity of Non-Resident Free Tuition A solution of the problem of relief from the burden of free tuition for non-resident children is in danger of continuing to go unsolved, even though the House made a gesture in that direction. It is reported that the very influential chairman of the Senate Ap- propriations Committee will see that the House provision s elim- inated. This will be a disappointment to the civic groups who have been unanimous in their advocacy o{ relief from this imposition. The cost to the District of this free educational service is more than a quarter million dollars a year. Considered from every angle the practice cannot be defended upon any equitable basis. This observer is not advised as to the practice in Virginia, but does know that a county in Maryland in which pupils of an adjacent county are schooled receives payment from the county in which the pupils Teside. There may have been some reason for the free education in the District schools of children of some of the non-resident United States official set when the Federal Government paid 50 per cent of the District annual budget, but not now when the payment has dropped to about 12 per cent. The continuation of this inequitable imposition can only be ex- plained by the fact that the District people have no representatives in the House and the Senate and the other States do have. These legislators are responsible to the people of their States, but not to the voteless and unrepresented people of the District. * % %k ok Important to Know of Work and Aims How to make known the work performed by departments of the District government and the future aims and plans is an im- portant problem. It is of equal importance to the departments, to various outside agencies performing related work and to the many civic and sccial welfare groups. The importance and varied functions of the Health Department affords a striking example of an important government agency of which the average citizen has only a smattering of knowledge. How is the public to become ac- quainted, in a non-technical way, with what that department is do=~ ing, as well as what it is striving to do for the health of the com- munity? At a recent meeting of the District of Columbia Legislative Council a woman appeared and sought the privilege of explaining what she regarded as an urgent need. She asked the support of the organizations represented to obtain an appropriation for the employ- ment of an eye specialist to examine blind persons who are recip- lents of Federal aid. She gave interesting statistics from other Jjurisdictions showing the discovery of numerous curable cases. Of such cases a substantial percentage of cures were effected through proper treatment. It was indicated that only a part-time optham- ologist would be required for this work. A representative of the Health Department then told that attempts had long been made to get a part-time opthamologist to make similar examinations of the eyes of children in the public schools. It was agreed that both of these services were needed and worthy of support, but it appeared there should be an integrated service provided under the Health Department. Tomorrow the Health Division of the Council of Social Agencies will hold a luncheon meeting, at the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets, when the subject will be “Health of Mothers and Chil- dren.” The various agencies, Medical Society and Health Depart- ment will have an opportunity for an interchange of ideas. This only touches a small corner of the local public health functions and problems. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHMYGYTON, . D.* . Ce APRIL CIVIC NEWS. e, 1942 School Budget Needs ToBe Aired Tomorrow divic_ Representatives to Appear Before Educdtion Officials At Thomson'Scheol By JOHN W. THOMPSON, Jr. Delegates from various civic organizations will go to the *Thomson School, Twelfth and L streets N.W., tomorrow at 8 pm. to outline the needs of their communities to,schosl officials in connection with the prep- aration of the 1942 school budget. . Many wil! have their fingers crossed, having attended similar meet- ings year after year without getting their item through, Many will be fresh from appearances before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee now handling the 1941 budget and will seek to correct in the 1942 esti- mates those items apparently lost for the coming fiscgl year. 2 Requests Cut SubstantiaHy. In the past few years the board’s estimates, including many of the projects advanced at the®: ankual meetings with the citizens, have ranged betw en $18,000,000 and $19,000,000, but these are generally pared to some $13,000,000 by the vafious agencies haxndling the bill. School eificials feel the schools should receive about a third of the %agnual appropriations, which, on . On Capitol Hill - the pasis of the $48,000,000 budgets of the past few years, would be A Weekly Report o about $16,000,000. This would give fnem some $3,000,000 more to work with than they now have. STUDENTS TAKE PART OF COURSE AT SELF-HELP EX- CHANGE—Twenty-one George Washington University students of sociology take part of their course working at the Self-Help applicants, assist. in shop work and other work sbout the exchange. Above are shown Eulere Smathers and Dorothy Brockman (at piano) leading group singing at the exchange. | chusetts avenue N.W. Every one at- | To Tour Parks system next Friday. The commit- tee, headed by Harvey L. Jones, will ‘The Parks and Reservations Com- | leave the District Building at 2 mittee of the Board of Trade will| pm. making the two-hour tour make a tour of the District's park|by bus. A b - Exchange, 2529 Pennsylvania Business Groups Four Gatherings Slated for Week The following four businessmen's associations are scheduled to hold meetings this week: Tuesday, April 30. Northeast—Luncheon, Continental Hotel, North Capitol between D and E streets, 12:15 p.m. Columbia Heights—Luncheon and Executive Committee meeting, Sholl's Cafe, 3027 Fourteenth street N.W, 12:15 pm. Wednesday, May 1. Master Plumbers—Hotel Twenty- four Hundred, 2400 Sixteenth street NW, 8 pm. Thursday, May 2. Central—Luncheon, Hamilton Ho- tel, Fourteenth and K streets N.W., 12:15 pm. CALENDAR NOTES. | The Central Board of Directors will meet Friday at 8 p.m. in® the | home of Hugh V. Keiser, 4807 Ar- | kansas avenue N.W. Advances on a week hence are: | 1. “Ladies’ night” to be observed | by the Cleveland Park group Tues- | day, May 7, 7T pm., at the Bradley Hills Country Club, formerly "the | National Women's Country CXub.} Bethesda, Md. Dinner, dancing, prizes and entertainment will com- prise the festivities of the evening. “A bigger time than was had last | year” is predicted by Berneard El-| man, secretary of the association. | Tickets are $2.50. Dress optional. | 2. “Bundle party,” given for bene- fit of the Washington Self-Help Ex. change under auspices of the Mem- | bership Committee of the central group, Tuesday, May 7, 6:30 pm., at tke Club Studio, Fairfax Hotel, | Twenty-first street and Massa- | | tending is requested to pay his 75! cents admission and bring a bundle. | “Distinguished guests, a wonderful dinner and delightful music” make up the program, with 30 prizes to be given to the lucky members at- | tending. | Beginning this week the trade | associations recently made members | of the Federation of Businessmen's | Associations will appear as their meetings are called. The District of Columbia Trucking Association only has four business meetings a year unless something urgent is brought before the group. W. C. Woodward, president, states the group expects to extend to the Amer- ican Trucking Association an invi- tation to hold its 1941 convention in Washington. This, it was said, would bring a large amount of rev- enue into the District. U. S. C. of C. Heads Week’s Conventions The annual gathering of the Chamber of: Commerce of the United States heads a list of eight conven- tions scheduled for Washington this week. Some 2,500 delegates are expec! to attend the chamber’s convention tomorrow through Thursday at the organization’s headquarters. Other meetings scheduled: Acoustical Society of America, to- morrow and Tuesday at the Ward- man Park Hotel; 150 delegates. American Trade Association Exec- utives, tomorrow and Tuesday; 100 delegates. Government Industrial Hygienists, Tuesday through Thursday at the Public Health Service Building; 60 delegates. Women’s Division of Democratic National Committee, Thursday through Saturday at the Washing- ton Hatel; 500 delegates. National Association of Die-Cast- ing Workers, Thursday through Sunday; between 60 and 100 dele- gates. American Council on Education, Friday and Saturday at the Ward- man Park Hotel; 400 delegates. American Philatelic Congress, Friday through Sunday at the May- flower Hotel; 2,000 délegates. Prizes to Feature Clean-Up Drive The cleanest block and the pret- tiest garden in Southwest Wash- ington are going to pay dividends to the persons who make them that way. Anxious to better the appearance of their community and its' condi- tions, the Southwest Civic Associa- tion has decided to offer prizes for the best-kept block and the pret- tiest garden. The competition is being held at a time when principals of public schools in the Southwest are spon- soring a clean-up, paint-up cam- paign. At its Jast meeting the associa- tion made a donation to Herndon B. Jones, principal of the Small- wood-Ambush School, for his in- stitution’s garden project. The gar- den is located at First and R streets avenue N.W. They interview Chest Work Chief Intelzest. Of Civic Leader. Rust * - Has Been Trustee ¢ Since Formation 12 Years Ago (Seventeenth in a seires of sketches of officers and directors of the Board of Trade.) By JOHN H. CASSADY, Jr. Like many of his Bog~d of Trade colleagues, H. L. Rust, Jr., is an ac-9 tive civic worker and organization leader. But of all his memberships, Mr. Rust prizes none more highly than his affiliation with tRat gtoup of Washingtonians which has been A closely identified with the Commun- ity Chest since is beginning I2 years | ago. B He has been a member of the Chest’s Board of Trustees since’its | organization. In 1932 and 1933, he | served as secretary, aud in 1937 and 1938, he was treasurer. He also served as campaign vice-chairman in 1934, as chairman in 1935, And has | been a member of the Executive Committee for six yeass. The son of the late Harry Lee and Josephine Wheelwright Rust, Mr. | Rust is a native Washirgtonian. | He was educated in public schools | and St. Alban's School here, and|Hampton Roads, .Va.; at Leligh University. = Il health forced him to give up his mining engineering course at Lehigh in 1913, and he went to work | | for the Elkhorn Coal Corp., in Fles1i- | vention of Returning to Washington ,oHl in 1914, he entered his father's a ing, Ky. office. during the war, he re-entered his father’s business, serving as treas- urer and vice president defore be- | coming president. man (second class) in the United States Naval Reserve Flying Corps. was designated ensign in 1918, arfld |2 rp@aber since 1917, Mr Rust enlisted in 1917 s a sea- P Mr. Rusl's c®o memberships received an honorgble discharge in| H.L.RUST: Jr. ; —alanStoller Froto. . 11919 as lieutentnt Tsenior grade).®_Randle Highlanis—Orr School,| Puring his naval service, he tas Stationed at the Masscflusfits ®n- stitute of TecHhology at Cambridge; Pensacola, Fla.,s%ad Washington. He is a member of Cathedra#Ladge of Masons, the Nafioflal Cathedralg Council and @reasurer of the Con- Precsta®. Ep#copal rch, Washiagton diocese. diréctor of the @uaesancake? & After a period of servie|Ptfomac Telephone Co.*® Potomae | EIeCti‘ Power Co® Security Storage Co., Better» Business® Bu-eau and Board of Trad® of 'n- cludg fie Chevy Chas:, Metropo] tan, Blue %idge Rod and"Gun, al Usaiversity Clubs. asiic fox hunter. o By MRS. C. The summer roundup of children | —far-reaching and constructive | health activity of the D. C. Congress| of Parents and Teachers—will open | concurrent with the proclamation setting aside May 1 as National Child Health day. During this roundup, every child of pre-school age in the -District is invited to participate in one of the various clinies which will be held in most of the elementary schools—or, fail- ing that, to be taken to family physicians, dentists and optometrists. The thought underlying the round- up is the elimination of as many remedial defects in these children as possible; it is a well-known fact that slight physical defects, if al- lowed to go uncorrected can, and do, often result in serious afflictions. As an exemple, diseased tonsils may cause any number of related ail- ments, such as some form of heart trouble, glandular afflictions, mastoid trouble and many others, whereas, if the tonsils are removed when found to be diseased, these resultant defects can be prevented. There are 41 schools registered in the 1940-41 roundup, and indications are that all will carry through the campaign. Dates for examinations have been set, doctors, dentists, op- tometrists and nurses engaged, and methers in charge of the various committees in the schools have pre- pared their lists of eligible children. Already several schools have com- pleted preliminary examinations, and much interest is centering about the number of children who will be found free from remedial defects. Last year, there were 38 schools conducting the roundup, and as a re- sult, 788 children were examined. Of these, 302 were found to be with- out defects, and 243 with defects had them corrected. The summer roundup is an educa- tional demonstration, designed to encourage parents to provide regu- lar physical and dental examina- tions for their children, and to maintain & high health standard in their homes and schools. It is sig- nificant that the number of chil- dred being found free from remedial defects is increasing each year, bearing witness to the fact that the educational features of the round- up are taking root. The District of Colymbia Con- gress of Parents and Teachers in- vites every parent in Washi to take an active part in this health activity and assist in every way possible to make this year’s round- up the outstanding one in the 25- year series. SW. and supplies enough vege- tables to furnish the community’s needy throughout the summer, ‘The Executive Committee met Friday to complete plans for the i Children’s Health Rouhdup Stressed by P.-T. A. Head 41 Schools Arc Registered For Drive; Parents Invited To Assist in Work D. LOWE, President D. C. Congress of Parents and Teachers. annual convention on May 21 and 22 in the Departmental Auditorium. S.J McCathran, legislative chair- man, and Mrs. Evelyn Bright Buck- ley, fifth vice president, attended the open hearings on the District supply bill Wednesday. Attention is called to the exhibi- tion showing child growth in art, which will open at the Art Unit- Community Service Section, 816 In- dependence avenue S.W., under the auspices of the District of Colum- bia Work Projects Administration. It will continue through May 16 and will be open on week days from 1 to 5 pm. and on Saturdays from 10 am. to 5 p.m. John Burroughs. The Executive Committee will meet Thursday at 1:30 p. m. Mrs. Joseph W. Yanick, summer round-up chairman, announces it is scheduled for May 8. Dr. Earl W. Graef and Dr. A. Fife Heath will take charge of the medical examinations, and Dr. Joseph J. Kelly and Dr. Wil- liam Lewis will inspect the chil- dren’s teeth. Nurses and an eye spe- cialist will also be in attendence. Emery-Eckington. A meeting will be held in Emery School Thursday at 8 pm. with elec- tion and installation of officers. Everett N. Cross, area director of the McKinley-Langley playground unit will discuss the different play- grounds in this district. There will be music by the Emery Glee Club directed by Mrs. N. L. Dillion On May 8 will be round-up of pre- school children and May 9 will be Bundle day for the student aid and on May 16 a luncheon will be given for the patrol boys. Hine Junior High. Mrs. C. D. Lowe, state president, installed the following officers: Mrs. Luther Weekley, president; Mrs. M. K. Page, vice president; Mrs. Otis Carter, secretary, and Mrs. David Welling, treasurer. Music was furn- ished by the “Mothersingers” direct- ed by Mrs. T. D. Gates, and by th Hine orchestra. A District of CG- lumbia flag, mdee by the 7-A giris, was presented to the school by Mrs. E. Niswonger, home economics teacher. Powell Junior High. An executive meeting will be held at the home of Mrs. C. C. Hines, Wednesday at 8 p.m. A class in cooking is meeting each Monday at 8 o'clock in the Home'| Economics department in the school, directed by Mrs. Walter Hess. Stoddert. The following delegates to the Btate convention have been ap- pointed: Mrs. R. H. Megeath, chair- | clations will meét this week. 1 ‘Wednesday, May 1.° Hg is | ictf he's bedn | He's an enthusi- | —Star Staft Photo. Civic Culendur Ten Associatiofis Megt This Week . “The following, 10 citizens’ asso- oTuesday, April 30. ° Southeast—FPriendship House, 619 D street SEs, 8 pmg Associati® of Oldest Inhabi- tafdts—Old Union ®Engsne _ House, Nineteenth and H sfreets N.W., 7:30 pm. . Fritndship—Ja®ney School, Wis- Sonsin avenue and Albemarle street NW., § pm.e - Thursday, May 2. Bradeury eHeights — Bradeary Heights M. E. Church, Fgwen and Ridgp 1eads S Cohnecticut All Souls' Memorial Church, Cath- | ?®dral avenue and Woodiey place| NW, &pm. . ®Northeast Confesgnce—No. 12 po- Yice precinct, Seventeehth street and | ®hod¢ Island avenue IE. ®pm. Washington Highlgnds—3918 Sec- ondgsttee® SW.,, 8 pm. ° | Frigay, Maye®3, | * Chillu;y Heights—Keene School, | Riggs arde3lair roads N\W., 8 p.m. | T@ntr-second street and Pennsyl- | vania%avenue SE, 8 pm. | Saturday, May 4.¢ Feddratiol—Board room, District | Bufltgng, #pm. CALENDAR NOTES. May brings the last meeting| nights of®.he majority of the citi-| % 0s’ associations until fall. A few| will mee. in June and one group,| the «issociation of Oldest Inhabi- | tants, as is its custom, will meet | @roughout the year, | Of we 10 associations meeting this*week, Bradbury Heights, Con- | | pecticut Avenue, Northeast Confer- | | ence, Washington Highlands, Chil- lum Heights and Randle Highlands' How They Stand Standing of proposals affect- ing the District and voted on by citizens' associations since the start of the civic year, Increase in District’'s Gasoline Tax by 1 Cent. Favor 9y Opposed _. =50 Local Resident for District's Official Positions. Favor - 30 Opposed .- -0 are expected to finish the season until next September or October Adelbert W. Lee, president of the Randle Highlands group, said that nominations would be held at the meeting Friday evening, with elec- tions at the October meeting. Adequate school facilities and ex- tension of bus transportation, with universal transfers, will be dis- cussed by the Bradbury Heights as-/| sociation Thursday night, Henry W. Austin, president, announced. “Know Your Money,” the film be- ing presented by the United States Secret Service, will be shown after the business session of the Con- necticut Avenue Citizens’ Associa- tion Thursday evening, it was an- nounced by Harry C. Grove, presi- | dent. man; Mrs. A, S. Callaway, Mrs. H. Turk, Mrs. C. Williams; alternates, Mrs. J. R. Van Fossen, Mrs. W.| Smith, Mrs. M. Fetzer. The study group will meet Thurs- day from 1:30 to 3 pm. Mrs. Lili Peller in charge. The final school luncheon of the year will be held Thursday from noon to 1 pm. Bancroft. The Executive Board members will attend a luncheon at the home of Mrs. Charles Schoeneman, third vice president, Tuesday at 12 o'clock. A board meeting will follow. ‘Wheatley. The Executive Board will meet ‘Tuesday at 1:30 p.m. Parents are completing costumes for pupils who will take part in the opperetta “Pandora” which is being directed by Miss E. Slattery, fifth grade teacher. It will be presented under the auspices of the assocation on May 17 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. . Plans have been completed for the summer round-up examinations of pre-school children Thursday, Mrs. J. Bodmer, chairman. The entire school orchestra, in uniform, playéd under the direction of Miss E. Slattery, at the Douglas Memorial Church, Thursday eve- ning after which these pupils were dinner guests of the church. They were accompanied by a committee of parents. Brookland-Noyes. The annual summer roundup of children entering school in Sept- ember or February will be held in ‘the Brookland School, Wednesday at 9 am. A card party will be held Thurs- day at 8 pm. at the home of Mrs. Frank J. Lupac, 2747 Fourth street N.E. Anacostia Junior-Senior High. A meeting of the Executive Council will be held Wednesday at the home, in Virginia, of Mrs. Opal Corkery, N D. C. Legislation The House District Committee at its regular weekly meeting tomor- row at 10:30 am. Wil Constder two bills: 1. To amend the child labor law to permit cHildren over 14 years of age to take part in professional concérts and’ theatrical productions. 2. To liberalize the Unemployment Compensation Act by reducing the employers’ pay roll tax and pro- viding additional benefits for the Jobless. The Senate Subcommittee on Dis- trict Appropriations tomorrow will continue hearing representations by citizens on items for inclusion in the 1941 District appropriation bill. A special Senate subcommittee Wednesday at 10 am. will hold a closed meeting to consider S. 1513, the primary election bill. Bills Introduced. Senate: 8. 3830, to permit police and fire- men to live outside the District line within a radius of 12 miles. House: None. Bills Passed. ,| Senate: None. House: H. R. 9326—To grant sabbatical Revenue limitations and the needs of the other departments, however, conspire to limit the school appro- priations to the point where many items considered necessary by both citizens and school authorities fail of inclusion. It is indicated the school officials often have the pain- ful duty of operating on their own estimates to make sure that, since a cut must be made, the absolute essentials would be left in. Perhaps the most persistent cry from citizenry in these annual meetings is the.need for repairs to the buildings and grounds which serve their communities and this particular item has been tortured by the Commissioners, the Budget Bureau ana particularly the House more than many othe: For ex- ample, in the 1940 estimates the board asked for $602,525 and finally received $480,525 only after strong pleas to the Senate. The House had cut it to $460,000. This year the schools asked for $656,025 and the item before the Senate is about | $464,000. Renovation Funds Cut. In general the requests made which would come under this item and which will probably be bought up tomorrow will be repainting of buildings and resurfacing grounds Because of the annual cuts made in this item despite the fact that new buildings are being constantly f.eaves to public school teachers. H. R. 9284—To license Dr. A. L. Ridings to practice in the healing | arts. H. R. 8692—To strengthen regulg- tion of podiatrists. H. R. 7865—To strengthen regula- tion of dentists. H. R. 9210—To make the District parole system conform more with the Federal plan. Northwest Council Plan Discussed A movement is under way in Northwest Washington under the leadership of G. Leyburn Shorey and the Piney Branch Citizens' As- sociation, of which he is president, to start a North Washington citi- zens’ association council. It is thought by the Piney Branch association that this setup would promote co-operation and co-ordi- nation among the associations in that area in the effort to benefit the District in general and North Washington in particular. The united efforts of a group of citizefls’ asso- ciations would have more weight and influence than the scattered efforts of a few scattered associ- ations. In this manner the par- ticular needs of the northern sec- tion of Washington would be looked after and the most urgent needs be concentrated upon. The North Washington citizens’ association council would embrace 14 associations in the northwest section of the city. Each associ- ation would send a delegate to the meeting of the council, which would meet once a month or quarterly. Those associations considered, in the plan in its present form, for membership in the council are Brightwood Citizens' Association Chillum Heights Citizens’ Associ- ation, Citizens’ Association of Ta- koma, D. C.; Citizens' Forum of Columbia Heights, Columbia Heights Citizens’ Association, Hampshire Heights Citizens’ Association, Kalo- rama Citizens’ Association, Manor Park Citizens’ Association. Mount Pleasant Citizen's Association, Park View Citizens’ Assotiation, Petworth Citizens’ Association, Piney Branch Citizens' Association, Sixteenth Street Highlands Citizens' Associ- ation and Takoma Park Citizens Association. 24 New Members Added to Rolls The Georgetown Progressive Citi- zens’ Association has continued its drive for increased membership with the acceptance of 24 new members, Mrs. Joseph L. Goodman. chair- man of the Membership Commit- tee, in presenting the nominees an- nounced that they represented one of the largest number of new mem- bers yet presented at one meeting. ‘They are: Brinser. Rear Ad- mirai H. L. Britt Dr. Steuart Cahill, Raymond Corta. Renato o Cy Doran. Mrs. James McCord. Mrs. W. Eldridge. Russell A. Millikin, Miss Eliza~ Heard, Mrs. William _ beth Hurd, Charies W. B. Seay. Henry V. Hurd, Mrs. C. W. B. Shannon. Herbert Hyde. J. B. Sifton, Claire G. Hyde. Mrs. J. B. Skinner. Cariton Keasley, R. Q. Wise, Mrs. Hugh Kellams, Mrs. Harry Dr. Harrison to Lecture An address on “Hay Fever, Asthma and Other Allergic Disorders” will be delivered by Dr. W. T. Harrison, senior surgeon of the United States Public Health Service, at 8 p.m. to- morrow in the Jentral Y. M. C. A, 1736 G street N.W. The talk is one of a series of health lectures under auspices of the Y. M. C. A. —_— with Miss Elizabeth Kind and Charles Foster assisting. On Thursday Mrs. George Mason, president, will be hostess at a lunch- eon to be held at the school when presidents of the various high school parent-teacher associations in the city, will be guests. Hubbard. The following officers have been elected: President, Mrs. Dorothy Vane; first vice president, Mrs. Irma Kennedy, Lyle Leahigh ' James A. Lewis. Grady Louchheim. Mrs. W. C.. jr. | added to the system, school of- | ficials have been forced to abandon {a. regular repainting schedule. | Supt. Frank W. Ballou has compiled | figures which show that with some | $10,000,000 worth of new buildinzs | during the past decade, the repair: | ahd improvements to buildings and | ground item has not only failed to increase but in some instances is less than it used to be. Another familiar cry which will | probably be raised tomorrow night ‘will be for new schools. A new { Wilson Teachers College at Thir ! teenth and Upshur streets has been sought by the Federation of Citizens Associations and the Board of Trade |as an urgent building iten T | several years. Bradbury | has labored fruitlessly for ap- propriation for an elementarv school site in the area and will probably bring it up again. Ameri- can University Park has been seek- ing an elementary school in its area which is now served by the Janney School at Wisconsin avenue and Albemarle streets N.W. Oother schools sought in vain are a junior high at Bladensburg Road | and Mount Olivet Road N.E. and |a new Miner Teachers College and la 10-room addition to Taft Junior High. Several Schools Unfinished. Several schools have uncompleted | third floors or unfinished classrooms | for which funds are also generally | requested of the board. On the basis of present indi- cations, the outlook for many of these items still appears hazy, For example, the House has cut sharply into apprepriations for building the | new Anacostia Junior High School, |the new Abbot Vocational School and an eight-room addition to the Syphax School in the anticipation | that the remainder will be furnished |in the next and following budget. | Thus a fairly large amount future | budgets is already obligated since the schools cannot be left in semi- complete stage for several years. Also a large scale replagement of old eight-room buildings is sched- uled to start in the 1942 fiscal year |and continue thereafter for seven | years. If other new schools are to | be included in the budgat the needed | replacements are apt to be delayed | and vice versa. 1 Outlook Unfavorable. | Taking into consideration the probable obligated funds, the gen- | erally low allowances by Congress | for new buildings, and the replace- ment program in which Senator Overton of Louisiana is vitally in- terested, it would appear that any cther building items will have a hard time surviving the ax unless a disposition is shown to increase the school budget total consider- ably. Any study of the estimates an- nually submitted by the school board to the Commissioners would show a pretty generous attention devoted by school officers to the needs presented by tthe civic re- presentatives but those needs must be constantly brought home to the other agencies handling the budget as well, | Benning Planning Membershin Drive Miss Elsie Woodward, secretary of the Benning Citizens’ Association, announces the opening of an ex- tensive membership drive by the group for the present term. Claude A. Wood, president, states “the progress of a community depends on the consolidation of its populace into one body to work for the needs of all. And to do this,” he said, “our membership must rise and be represented by full strength throughout the entire Benning area —one that is growing fast and one that needs a guiding hand.” The following 21 members have been taken into the association in the drive: Mrs. Grace M. Ruppert, Mrs. H. H. Swope, Jacob Blumberg, Mrs. Eva Eshleman, F. C. Hendrick, Miss Florence Thomas, J. Vincent Stanton, Gilbert Hyatt, jr.; G. F. Charles, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Bankard; second vice president, Miss -| Edna Simmons; third vice president, Mrs. Mary Smith; secretary, Mrs. O. B. Banks; treasurer, Mrs. P. B. (Bes P.-T. A, Page C-9.) 4 (7 Mr. and Mrs. Arthur V. English, Carl Smith, N. J. Weilman, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Twynham, William H. Limerick, Daniel Reeves, Robert A. Rogers and Mrs, Spitzberger, ]