Evening Star Newspaper, May 11, 1940, Page 18

CA—18 . ws . Hope for Change In Jobless Act ForD. C. Fades : SuBcommitteo Snag % On Benefit Limit Riddles Chances By DON B~WARREN. Only a faint glimmer of hope re- mained today for action at this ses- eligible jobless above present levels which are admittedly too low. Preferred Statug a Possibility. ‘What hope for action remained was based on: 1. That, providing the House Dis- trict Committee could later reach an agreement on a bill, there would be granted a special rule giving preferred status to the bill, so that it might be brought up in the House at sometime other than a District day. After Monday the next Dis- trict day; if there is one, would be May 27. 2. That, due to the new war de- velopments in Europe, Congress might not adjourn early in June, as recently believed, but merely recess for the political conventions and re- ., sume the session later, giving other «opportunities for action on the measure. While President Roosevelt said yesterday at his press confer- eénce that he had given no thought to the possibility of asking Congress to remain in session, some members of Congress said there was senti- ment for continuation of the session. Split on Payment Limitation. " The fact that no agreement could be reached on the supposedly last re- maining point at issue—the amount of the ultimate limitation on the yearly benefit payments—while tax- paying employers as well as labor spokesmen alike hoped for a solu- tlon, appeared strange to observers. But that is where the nine mem- bers of the House District Commit- tee, attending yesterday’s two-hour closed session, split.. Chairman Mc- Gehee of the Judiciary Subcom- mittee, who presided in the absence of Representative Randolph, Demo- crat, of West Virginia, declared: “The bill is killed for this session.” If no corrective amendments are adopted at this session Disirict em- ployers will continue to pay & tax rate of 3 per cent, the highest in the country, this applied to the en- tire salary of all covered employes, slthough the States pay 2.7, this rate being limited to but the first $3,000 of the salary of any covered employe, and due to the present level of benefit payments the bene- fit reserve fund will continue to mount. Recently it had passed $17,500,000 and will exceed $20,000,- 000 by the end of this year. Whereas pay roll taxes amounting to some $6,700,000 were collected in the Dis- trict in the past calendar year, benefit payments in the same year totaled less than $1,500,000. According to some observers, there would be the question also as to whether the Federal Social Security Administration would continue to pay the administrative expenses of the local board if it did not comply with* the intent of legislation adopted at the past session of Congress requiring that all local ad- ministrative boards be placed under the “merit” system. This would have meant that the personnel of _the District D. U. C. Board be re- quired to take mon-competitive, non-assembled civil service exami- nations and achieve a mere passing grade. No such arrangement yet has been made, although the sup- posed deadline was last January 1. Defers Change in Experience Rating. | If the present law is not amended there is supposed to go into effect next January 1 an employer ex- perience rating system, under which the pay roll taxes would range from one-half of 1 per cent to 4 per cent, depending on the stability of em- ployment shown by various em- ployers. This system business in- terests had hoped to perfect, but their plans have been deferred for action until the next session of Congress. According to reports given follow- ing the executive session of yester- day, members of the House District Committee were willing to agree on the following: The granting of an increase in the maximum weekly benefit payments from $15 to $16; establishment of a minimum weekly benefit payment of $6; extension of the basic duration of benefit payments from 16 to 18 SAFETY MARCHES safety parade today. Alexandria Girl, 5, Dies of Injuries Affer Being Hit by Bus Victim and Sister Darted Into Vehicle as Driver Made Turn, Police Say Five-year-old Pear] Virginia Bry- ant, 415 Cameron street, Alexandria, Va., died in the Alexandria Hospital today from injuries suffered yester- day when she was struck by an A.B. & W. bus. Police said Howard F. Wilshire, the driver, was making a right turn at King and Royal streets when Pearl and her sister, Mary, 8, darted into the rear of the bus. Mary escaped with a few cuts and bruises but Pearl suffered fractures of both legs and internal injuries. No charges were flled against Mr. Wilshire pending a coroner’s in~- quest. Tom Gossett, 30, of Riverdale was seriously injured last night when struck by an automobile while walk- ing along the Baltimore boulevard at Branchville. Mr. Gossett, who was brought to the hospital by the Branchville Rescue Squad, was being treated for a possible fractured skull and leg, concussion and cuts, police reported. mq. mfl' of - the automobile by county police as Herman Woltil of Baltimore, Md., who was charged with reckless driving and later Anténio Troiane, 56, of 501 Park road N.W. suffered two fractured ribs and lacerations.of the hesd and hands yesterday afternoon when the truck he was driving was tn col- lision with another truck: driven by John H. Bladen, 21, of Hyattsville, | pi Md., at the intersection of Bladens- burg road and Willlamsburg drive, Silver Spring, Md. Both were given first aid by the Silver Spring Rescue Squad and taken to the Washington Sanitarium in Takoma Park, where Mr. Bladen was treated for minor injuries and released. Police at the Silver Spring substation charged both with reck- less driving. Capifal Men fo Receive Holy Orders Tuesday Two Washington men. will be among 12 seminarians receiving holy orders Tuesday from Archbishop Michael J. Curley in the Basilica of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore. They are the Rev. George Louis Gingras, son of Mr, and Mrs. George Gingras, 316 North Carolina avenue S.E, and the Rev. Aloysius Edward O’Connor, son of Mrs. Anna M. O'Connor, 121 Gallatin street NW., and the ‘late Daniel A. O'Connor. Mr. Gingras, a native of Bergen- field, N. J, was educated in the Capital before entering St. Mary’s Seminary, Roland Park, Md. He attended St. Peter’s School, Gonzaga High School and Georgetown Uni- wversity. He was to have celebrated his first solemn high mass in St. Peter's Church, but because of its having been destroyed by fire recently he will sing the mass in St. Joseph’s Church Mr. O'Connor was educated at St. Martin's Parochial School, 8t. Charles’ College of the Sulpician Seminary and St. Maxy's Seminary. as a member of the Little Sisters of the Poor. 3 D. C. Assault Suspect Held in Wilkes-Barre Sheriff Willlam E. Clifton of ON—With 14, as Scarlett O'Hara and J. C. Cofield, 14, as Rhett Butler, the Bass Junior High School, Atlanta, Ga., presented ‘a float indicating that accidents have “gone with the wind” during the school Bernice u'ey. majors from Stuart Junior High School. They are Beverly Smith, i5; Helen Hobbs, 15; Antoinette Garcia, 13, and Sally Patane, 13. Some 16,000 boys and girls took part in the ninth annual safety hundreds of floats: demonstrating traffic| safety. parade, bringing with m Shown passing in review is this corps of school children from Michigan. Although nearly 5,000 paraders came from the District, boys and girls from the Far West and the Deep South also carried banners past the reviewing stand. * 263 Apply for Post. As Superinfendent 'filoq of “,’660 b A Year Is Provided For the Posifion ' The application division of Commission today the Civil Service an- ent of National Capital Parks in ‘Washington. Applieations. for the job, which has been filled by temporary acting superintendents since C. Marshall Finnan was .transferred to the superintendency ‘of Zion and Bryce Canyon National Parks last August 1, were turned in by Thursday, but their number was not announced until today. As is customary, the application division said it was not at liberty to announce the names-of the ap- plicants nor was it able to reveal whence they came. - The division sald, however, that the spplications came from all over the 5 Employes of the Office of National Capital Parks have exhibited keen interest in the examination re- cently. They have indicated a de- sire to have a permanent chief instead of a series of acting super- intendents (there have been three since August 1). A $6,000-a-year salary is provided for the new superintendent. H. 8. Wagner and Charles G. Sauers, on whose report on the local parks office last fall the examination has largely been based, recommended a salary of $10,000 for the post. This figure was not accepted by the In- terior Department, however. This probably will mean that few, if any, of the top-flight park super- intendents throughout the country, who usually receive salaries greater than $6,000, have applied for the Washington post. It has been .by officials in the Office of National Capital Parks and Na- tional Park Service that assistant superintendents and other peérsons in responsible park positions in the great county and city park offices of the country. would -take the ex- amination. Senators to See Preakness BALTIMORE, May 11 (#).—Sena- tors Barkley and Chandler of Ken- tucky will be guests of Gov. O’Conor at the Preakness today. Represen- tative Sasscer, Democrat, of Mary: land- and Mrs. Sasscer also will be in the Governor's box, Dr. Mann ‘Blit g 7 . i § f Traffic Record The traffic record, as revealed at police headquarters for 24- mhmxf period ending at 8 am. y: Man Fined for Leffing Fire Get Out of Control: By a Staff Correspondent of The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md, Masy 11— Charged with carelessly letting a fire get out of control, Herman John- son, 29, colored, of Tobeytown, was found guilty in Police Court yester- day and given & $25 fine or a 30- day jail sentence by Judge Donald A. DeLashmutt, Johnson was employed on the ~—Star Staft Photos. Frederick Il Works Given fo Association At Mount Vernon 13-Volume Set Is Presented by German Embassy Attache Special Dispateh'to The Star. MOUNT VERNON, Vs., May 11. A 13-volume set of the Frederick II, King of Prussia, lated into the English Holcroft in 1789, was the Mount Vernon ation yesterday by von Boetticher, Milif the German Embassy and an mfi:y on Wi farm of Louis Payne, near Travilah, | the when the incident occurred a week 8go, police said. The fire burned over a 9-acre pasture on the adjoin- Esworthy Montgomery County police have been making strenuous efforts to cut down the number of grass and brush fires which have plagued fire departments in all parts of the county in recent weeks and caused much damage. One last month near Woman, 80, Paroled In Age Pension Fraud said, to send to a Pittsburgh whose husband had died, but the money in downtown Cumber- land. The State snuffers, which had been in family many years. g 's day, they P in one of the mansion, members of the asso- ciation said. Other items formally yesterday’s meeting gold rings containing of George and Martha Washington, the gift of J. Pierpont Morgan. The appointment of three new 16,000 March In Schoolboy |Pafrol Parade Among the many onlookers learning about safety from the: brigade of school children were Cyril Malloy, 2%, and Ann Malloy, 9 months, getting their safety instruction ., young, The parade took nearly’ two and a half hours to £ Pass them, but these youngsters didn't. miss a float. Special Schooling For Cardiac Children Is Recommended For Handicapped Classes Draws Objection : Cardiac children would be in- cluded in any central school for vice regents was announced by Mrs. the Horace Mann Towner, regent, and included Mrs. John Templeman Coolidge of Massachusetts, who suc- ceeds Mrs. Nathaniel Thayer; Miss of Anita Furness of Minnesota, suc- ceeding Mrs. Charles Eliot Furness, and Mrs. John R. Bennett, jr., of Texas, who fills the vacancy caused by the death of Mrs. Thomas ‘8. :lnxgy, former dean of the associa- on. Fort Meade Memorial Parking Fees Fixed ‘The Vetérans’ Association of the th Engineers, 79th Division, will te memorial window in RICHMOND, Va. May 11 (#—|in Conservation Commissi lon yesterday agreed on s fee of 25 cents for au and $1 for buses which enter the six State g;rhthhuuon‘ They will open The fees will take the place of a 10-cent entrance. fee charged heretofore. i zkrieged' by Two-Inch Ants The defenders could not run from urnn, a8 1. in H *? 2 g sEER e Eg, § e i 8 E g 2 w86 & inches in length and the ¢ somewhat smaller. I i i i 2 kg > il Use Care in Choosing Vocafional Pupils, Teachers Are Told Cantrell Points to High Cost of Training at Dennison School Meeting Heavy operating expenses make it desirable that the enrollment in vocational schools be selected with the assurance that the pupils will benefit from the instruction, Assist- ant Supt. of Schools Lawson J. Cantrell today told approximately 100 teachers and school officers in & panel discussion on guidance at the Dennison Vocational School. Mr. Cantrell said the vocational schools could not be “a dumping Ninth Xnnual Safety Procession Largest In History of Event i it i § gf | procession than 16,000 schoolboy patroimen, bearing colorful banners and floats, paraded up Constitution avenue to- day in the name of safety for the Nation’s children. The youthful guardians of safety, representing cities in the Far West,‘ North and South, proclaimed their messages on safety to thousands of| spectators who lined - Constitution' avenue to view the ninth annual school safety patrol parade. It was the biggest parade in the history of the event. ‘The patrolmen demonstrated their ingenuity with striking slogans de- signed to keep child safety foremost in the minds of motorists. Headed by the United States Navy Band, the marchers moved past the reviewing stand, drawing the cheers of members of Congress, Federal and District officials and officers of. the American Automobile Association, sponsors of the event. Western High Band Leads. If the applause of the spectators was any criterion, the floats and slogans which passed by the review- ing stand easily topped those of pre~ vious years in originality. % Western High School's smart- stepping band, which won honors in the parade last year, was rewarded at this assembly by leading the first of the marching units. After pass- ing the stand, the band took its post across the street from the Navy Band, near the reviewing stand. Headed by Police Supt. Ernest W, Brown, who was grand marshal, several prominent Washingtonians followed behind the Navy Band in the procession of official cars. Thess included Dr. R. L. Haycock, first assistant superintendent of schools; Mrs. C._D. Lowe, president of the District Congress of Parents and ‘Teachers; Whitney Leary, chairman of the Traffic Advisory Counctl, and .| Trafic Director Willlam V. Van Duzer. gested actual contact and interview of persons actively in the various fields of occupation by the pupils. Dr, Weston Clark, president of the Personnel and Guidance Association, ritt, principal of the Taft Junior High, felt that the counselor should supplemerit the work of the teacher, leaving the teacher to deal with the pupil. Presiding over the high school guidance panel was Dr. Eugenie A. Leonard of the Officeof Education. The group did agree on the desir- ability of co-operation between the school and outsiders in dealing with youth. It was suggested that a council might be formed represent- school and each com- “Honor Medal Division.” Directly behind the Western peted for trophies: awarded by the American Automobile Association and once again, Pennsylvania, which sent one of the largest delegations, captured many of the major honors. In the first class, for high school boys, the Pottstown (Pa.) Junior High School team took the first prize, and the senior high school of the same town took second prize, Third award went to the Vergennes (Vt.) High School. The slogans borne by the gayly uniformed marchers drew the ap- plause and cheers of the crowd and gave the slogan contest judges the toughest job they have ever had in selecting the winners. The Providence, R. I, delega- tion proclaimed what was probe ably one of the best traffic rece ords brought tto the assembly to day—750 days without ta fatality of a child of school age. The Wheatley School of Washing= ton carried its safety message in the “Confucius say” motif. One pla- card said, “Confucius say, if child want to keep feet, he no play in| street.” In class 2, for elementary school boys, Pottstown again took top hon< ors, while another Pennsylvgmia school, the Third Ward School of Washington, Pa., won second p¥ize| 1ng, | 4nd the Jacksonville (Fia.) prection Busy Party Line Blamed for Delay In Fire Call By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. SANDY SPRING, Md., May 11.—A busy party line was said by police Prizes in Girls’ m-un.‘i In the girls’ team division Sthe| i 2 ; i o i i1 b §§ i ; i :‘ | i I ! HH i i i c5s i