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WASHINGTON, D. C., WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1934.
PAGE Β—1
No Money to Be Spent for
Rebuilding or Major
Repairs Now.
LIBRARY REMODELING
JO WAIT INDEFINITELY
Removal of Old Post Office and
Alteration of State-War-Navy
Edifice Fut Off.
BY J. RUSSELL YOUNG.
President Roosevelt's public build
ing program will not include any
provision for rebuilding present Fed
eral buildings in the Capital or even
th· renovation ol these structures,
Π was stated today at the White
House.
The President said he is opposed to
epending money lor such purposes at
this time. He also said he disap
proves tearing down any old Govern
ment buildings, even though »they
might be unsightly from an archi
tectural standpoint, since the Federal
Government needs every bit of avail
able officé space.
Mr. Roosevelt believes the money
that could be spent in this connection
might better be used for new build
ings.
Old Poet Office to Stay.
This means such landmarks as the
old Post Office Building and the
State, War and Navy Building, for
the remodeling of which Congress
authorized an appropriation of $2.
000,000 several years ago, will not be
torn down any time soon.
The President intimated also he
would Indefinitely postpone any con
templated remodeling of the Library
of Congress exterior. However, he said
the physical treatment of this build
ing remains with Congress.
Mr. Roosevelt recalled, however, that
some months ago, while motoring past
the Library of Congress, he did men
tion that he thought the exterior of
the Library of Congress was entirely
out of keeping with the architecture
of the Capital, the new Supreme Court
Building and the adjacent Senate and
House Office Buildings.
The President revealed, too. that he
Is opposed to the proposal that the
Federal Government purchase prop
erty for two or three blocks west of
the State, War and Navy Building and
bordering on the south side of Penn
sylvania avenue, upon which to erect
a building for the War and Navy De
partments.
Mall Site Planned.
He said any new buildings for the
War and Navy Departments will not
be erected on this site, but will be
built on property bordering on the
Mall. The President gave the im
pression he favored a site somewhere
near the present Munitions Building,
but· not quite so far south.
The Munitions Building, the Presi
dent believes, must be taken out of
West Potomac Park some time in the
iuture.
Congress, in 1929, authorized an ap
propriation of $2.000,000 to make the
State-War-Navy Building, "more pre
sentable." President Hoover was most
outspoken in his dislike for the ex
terior of this famous old public build
ing.
In declaring the Federal Govern
ment needs all available office space
possible to house the many agencies
which have grown up as a result of
the New Deal recovery program, Presi
dent Roosevelt said there is no pos
sibility of still further increasing the
number of employes in the city.
POLICE TRIAL BOARD
ASKS ONE DISMISSAL
rinds Claude Matheny Guilty of
Failure to Communicate
With Station.
The Police Trial Board yesterday
recommended the dismissal of one po
liceman and flues of $300 and $100,
respectively, for two others.
Policeman Claude Matheny, No. 2
precinct, was recommended for dis
missal after he was found guilty of
failing on a number of occasions to
communicate with the station house
irom the police box, failure to report
on time for a roll call and failure to
patrol his beat on foot. Matheny was
placed under suspension last night
pending final action by the Commis
sioners.
The fine of $300 was recommended
for Policeman Ε. T. Hinsley, eleventh
precinct, after the board had found
him guilty of being under the influ
ence of liquor and neglect of duty
while in a police radio car Saturday
night. Policeman Everett Grimes, who
was with him, was recommended for
the $100 fine for neglect of duty. The
latter charge against both Hinsley and
Grime* was preferred m connection
with their alleged failure to receive
radio calls and failure to report at the
police box.
CRIME TALK GIVEN
BY HENRY SUYDAM
Speaks Before Women's Demo
cratic Educational Council on
Importance of Co-operation
Opinions on crime as developed be
fore the recent crime conference here
were outlined Monday night by Henry
Suydam, special assistant to the At
torney General, before the Women's
Democratic Educational Council at
the Mayflower Hotel.
Mr. Suydam speaking on "Public
Opinion and Crime," emphasized the
importance of co-operation between
the various law-enforcement agen
cies. He also urged a model code of
criminal procedure and told of the
consensus of the crime conference
regarding more rigid laws pertaining
to parole systems.
Council members later took part in
ta"£r£i££rlQn οί
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Gangsters Suspected in Theft |
Of Guns From Three Stores
Police today were Investigating the
theft of about a dozen shotguns and
rifles from show windows of three
downtown sporting goods stores.
With the possibility that the thefts
may have been perpetrated by gang
sters seeking to replenish their armo
ries, Assistant Detective Chief Bern
ard W. Thompson assigned two head
quarters detectives—H. E. Brodle and
Leo Murray—to the case.
The stores are the Atlas Co. at
Eleventh and Ε streets, the Army &
Navy Trading Co. at 801 D street and
Fogel's Army & Navy Store at Tenth
and D streets.
The Atlas store loot consisted of a
12-gauge automatic shotgun, a straight
10-gauge shotgun, a straight 12
gauge shotgun, a 16-gauge Stevens
pump gun and three knives.
The Army & Navy Trading Co. said
it could not determine accurately
what had been stolen, but said several
shotguns and a quantity of ammu
nition was missing in addition to golf
clubs, golf bags; tennis racquets and
foot balls. Pogel's reported one shot
gun. a ,22-callber rifle and a leather
hunting jacket missing.
Show windows of four uptown stores
also were smashed last night and
police said they were seeking a young
colored man for questioning In con
nection with the cases.
Subscribers Get
First Telephone
Refund Checks
Special Force at Work
Mailing Rebates to
140,000 People.
The first of the telephone subscribers
to get their refund checks f^m the
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co.
received them today. The stream of
checks will continue for several weeks.
Those now receiving the checks are
present subscribers of the company,
numbering approximately 85,000. In
addition, 55,000 checks will be sent
later to persons who were subscribers
subsequent to October 10, 1932, but
have since had their service discon
nected. The second job will involve
not only checking over the telephone
accounts, but also discovering the pres
ent addresses of the old subscribers.
Each customer gets back 10 per
cent of hie bills subsequent to October
10, 1932, plus 6 per cent interest cal
culated to February 15, 1935.
The special force at the telephone
company's offices engaged in sending
out the checks is expected to be doing
business at the rate of 4,000 checks
per day as soon as the work gets well
organized.
FOOD AT LOWEST
PRICE SINCE SPRING
1.8 Per Cent Decline Here
Is Third in Size in
Country.
While retail food prices for the
country at large dropped only three
tenths of 1 per cent from the pre
vious two weeks, prices in Washing
ton declined 1.8 per cent to the lowest
level recorded in the Capital since
last Spring.
Out of 42 staple foods covered in
the survey of the Bureau of Labor
statistics, only 9 declined in price.
Nine others advanced. Twenty-four
changed so little that the difference
could not be recorded.
In only 3 of the 51 cities reporting
did the decline exceed that in Wash
ington: Manchester, N. H„ and Port
land, Me. In the Southeast, prices
advanced in four cities and dropped in
four others.
Meats and eggs led the decline. Ad
vances were registered by cheese,
canned corn, onions, sirloin steak,
leg of lamb, pure lard, oleomargarine,
red salmon and tea. The declines
were by eggs, bananas, oranges, navy
beans, chuck roast, rib roast, round
steak, sliced ham and pork chops.
brownTo'behôst
AT K. C. YULE PARTY
Between 600 and 700 Orphans to
Be Entertained at National
Theater December 27.
Police Supt. Ernest W. Brown will
be one of the principal hosts at
the Knights of Columbus' Christmas
party to orphans at the National
Theater, December 27. Maj. Brown's
Boys' Club, No. S. also will participate.
The party is given each year by
the K. of C., and between 500 and
700 orphans usually are entertained.
This year Arthur Reilly and Ν. B. C.
Announcer John Mayo will act as
masters of ceremonies and present an
array of talent from the broadcasting
studios and the Fox and Earle
Theaters.
Among those who will donate their
services are Henry Nestor, the singing
policeman; the tumbling boys from
Ma], Brown's Boys' Club, No. 5, and
Evelyn Tynor, well known pianist.
Christmas boxes will be distributed
among the guests who will come from
all of Washingtons orphanages.
The local transportation companies
have donated busses to bring the
youngsters to the party, which will get
under way at 10 ajn.
PADLOCK INJUNCTIONS
MAY FOLLOW RAIDS
Action Against Houses of 111 Be
pute Sought by Vice Squad
Chief.
Padlock injunctions against houses
of ill repute, where there have been
repeated raids, will be sought by
Lieut. George M. Little, head of the
police Vice Squad, he said today.
This decision was made, Lieut, lit
tle said, after a conference with Supt.
of Police Ernest W. Brown and Dis
trict Attorney Leslie C. Oarnett.
The padlock, injunctions will be
sought under the Kenyon act.
Under the injunctions, Little said,
tne right Is given to "seiie everything
within the walls of the premises."
C. of C. Meets Tonight.
KENSINGTON, Md„ December 19
(Special).—The Shubert Singers, a
male octette directed by Mrs. Chester
W. Adair, will present a program of
Christmas music at the meeting of the
Kensington Chamber of Commerce
scheduled for the local elementary
school at S o'clock tonight
AIRPORT MEASURE
READY FOR HE
Commission of Five Would
Have Power to Choose
Permanent Base.
I » Creation of a commission of five (
members with power to lease and
operate Washington Airport for a pe
riod of Ave years as an airport for ;
.Washington and to close the portion ;
of Military road now crossing the air- j
port will be authorized In a bill to be
introduced In the House next mont η
by Representative McSwain of South ]
Carolina, chairman of the House Mill- ι
tary Affairs Committee. The commis
sion Is then to choose & permanent
airport site for future development. t
McSwain bases his measure, which ι
already has been drafted in readiness
for introduction when the House con- :
venes, on the necessity for national
defense, although the airport 1* in
tended to serve all the commercial
and civil needs of the District, as well
as Its emergency military needs.
Asks Five-Year Terms.
The commission proposed by Mc
Swain would be composed of five per
sons, to be appointed by the President
for five-year terms, to seme without
pay. One of the commissioners Is to
be a resident of the District, one of
Maryland and one of Virginia, one an
Army Air Corps aviator and the other
a Navy aviator.
The commission would have power
to elect an airport manager and other
officers and to make necessary rules
and regulations. The commission is
authorized to cloee Military road and
to acquire by lease for five years the
present Washington Airport, condemn
ing It for public use if a satisfactory
price cannot be agreed upon.
Cost on 50-50 Bails.
The cost of rental and necessary
improvements will be charged against
the District of Columbia and the Fed
eral Government ση a 50-50 basis.
The commission is directed by the
bill to undertake a study of sites for
a permanent airport for Washington
and to select and obtain options on
five sites, designating them in the
order of their fitness, for final selec
tion by the President and Congress.
CONTRACTOR ADOPTS
CARPENTERS' TERMS
Work on Interior Department
Building to Proceed, With
Pay at $1.25 an Hour.
The carpenters· strike on the In
terior Department Building was set
tled today when the contractor, Mc
Closkey & Co., agreed to pay $1.25 an
hour, the carpenters' demands. The :
men will return to work tomorrow
morning, the carpenters' union an
nounced.
The men had gone out on strike for
a restoration of the wage of $1.25
which had been paid by the contractor !
until recently. Monday morning, when ι
the men were notified the scale would
be $1.10 based on a P. W. A. ruling of
April, 1933, the carpenters' union not
only struck the Interior job but also
pulled Its men off the Woodrow Wilson :
High School, which is being construct- ι
ed by the same contractor. Men will ι
return tomorrow also to the high
school job.
About nine men went off the In
terior Building and 12 off the Wood- ;
row Wilson High School. The ques- ι
tion of wages was not involved on the ;
high school, where the contractor still ,
was paying $1.25, the prevailing wage
on a job constructed out of District of
Columbia appropriations. The Interior
job Is a top floor being added to the
building with P. W. A. funds. J
RELIEF WORKER CLAIMS
CAR AND $21 STOLEN !
Say· Men Imprisoned Him in
Hotel Boom—New York Wom
an's Purse Snatched Away.
Walter Hoff, Fairmont, W. Va., re
lief worker, told police last night he :
had been robbed of $21 and his auto
mobile by two armed men who had
forced him to drive them from Fair
mont to this city Monday.
After reaching here, he said, they
confined him in a hotel room until
yesterday when he was able to escape
and get to the police station. His
automobile was recovered last night
by Sergt. Frank M. Alligood. It was ι
parked near Pennsylvania avenue and
Seventeenth street.
Julia C. Thompson of New York
reported that a young colored man
had snatched her pocketbook and
escaped up an alley near North Capi
tol and First streets last night The
bag contained a railroad ticket to
New York and«$11.72 in cash, she
said.
KING URGES WORK
Senator Frowns on Direct Belief
Policy.
Future Federal emergency relief
plans should, as far as possible, take
the form of work projects rather than 1
direct relief payments. In the opinion 1
of Senator King of Utah, a Democratic
member of the Senate Finance Com
mittee.
Senator King has been opposed for
a long time to what he describes as
Federal ■ bureaucracy and has fre
quently in the past deplored the steady
growth oi the total coat of gcremmant
•
MÎT HEM
AMONG SEVERAL
UP TO PLANNERS
Meeting Friday to Consider
Unifying Recreations and
Utility Bridge.
52,300,000 GRAVELLY
PROJECT CONCERNED
Final Ruling of Commission on
Independence Avenue Span
Desired by Officials.
Development of the Gravelly Point
ilrport, the present status of the re
>ort on unifying the District's mul·
iple recreational facilities and a pro
ected utility bridge over Independ
ence avenue to link two units of the
Department of Agriculture, will be
'oremoet among topics to be con
sidered by the National Capital Parle
ind Planning Commission, which be
lins a two-day session on Friday.
The commission will be Informed a
■equest for $2.300.000 In P. W. A.
unds for construction of the Gravelly
»olnt airport Is on Its way to Admin
strator Ickes.
A discussion over whether founda
.ions for a utility bridge should be
>ermitted In Independence avenue, to
mite the Administration Building of
he Department of Agriculture and
he Extensible Building, just to the
euth. will be entered into Jointly by
he Finance Commission and Planning
Commission the first thing Friday
nornlng.
Final Decision Desired.
Secretaries Morgenthau and Wal
lace want a final decision on the
bridge problem. The Treasury pro
poses to discuss plans for building a
three-arch bridge with two supports
In Independence avenue, considered
>y some as traffic hazards. Orig
InaUy the planning commission had
recommended a single span. Treas
ury Department officials on Friday
will tell the two commissions that the
cost Involved in a single arch is
such as to preclude its construction.
The status of the recreation report,
submitted recently by L. H. Weir of
the National Recreation Association,
in which he submitted four proposed
plans to unify recreational faculties
here, will be reported upon by
Thomas S. Settle, planning commis
sion secretary.
Pollution of Rock Creek wUl be an
Jther topic The commission has an
»greenaent with the Washington Sub
irban Sanitary Commission, entered
nto in 1931, which states that when
Λβ pollution of any a^ream affects
>ark lands or become a menace to
îealth, the Washington Suburban
Sanitary Commission agreed to begin
instruction of the necessary reme
ttes within two years from the time
iie polluted condition was established,
rhis time is to be determined by a
joard representative of the National
Planning Commission, the Maryland
national Capital Park and Planning
Commission and the Washington Sub
îrban Sanitary Commission, after due
nvestlgation.
Water Front Report.
John Nolen, jr., director of planning
>f the national group, «ill lay before
lis body the draft of a report to the
United States Engineer Office regard
jig river and water front Improvement
)f the Potomac and Anacostia Rivers,
rhis problem is under study by the
:hief of Army engineers at the re
quest of the House Rivers and Harbors
Committee.
The National Capital Park and
Planning Commission will consider a
proposal to employ jobless men, as a
•elief project. In throwing up a levee
is a flood-control measure for the
National Capital In the line of Inde
jendence avenue extended in West
Potomac Park, which would become a
jermanent feature of the Mall devel
>pment. This would go from the Lin
coln Memorial to the Washington
Monument. The United States En
gineer Office has brought this to the
commission's notice.
Mr. Settle will report to the commis
ilon on the status of the District of
Columbia-Virginia Boundary Commis
>ion hearing and the reports he made
ο it.
A preliminary analysis of the trans
îortation survey, recently conducted
iere, will be laid before the commis
ilon by Charles M. Herrick, city plan
îer. His final report will be made in
January.
G Street Widening.
At the request of the Co-ordinating
Committee the commission will con
sider the widening of Ο street, north
>f the old Patent Office Building, be
ween Seventh and Ninth streets,
rhis in no way affects the building,
>fflcials declared today, asserting It is
juite a different problem from the
widening of F street, on the south side.
:t does require adjustment of the fence
ine along Ο street at the two corners.
At the present time Ο street be
tween Seventh and Ninth streets is a
swo-way thoroughfare, but there Is
inly one lane south of the car tracks.
Now, G street is 47% feet wide. The
lew plan would make it 55 feet, an in
crease of 7% feet, with materially im
proved traffic conditions and a cost
considered nominal, compared with
:he benefits. Unofficial estimates
placed the cost in the vicinity of
*10,000.
The present temporary Improve
nents at Sixteenth street and the Dis
xict line, which was named by Con
gress the Montgomery Blair Portal,
will be given the commission's con
sideration. Adjustment of the road lo-'
cation and'landscaping of park areas
s desired. The approved plan calls
or a central island designed to im
>rove traffic conditions.
Ways and means for expediting
lervice to the Alley Dwelling Author·
ty, will be considered by the commis
sion at the request of the officials, who
ire actively engaged In wiping out
Washington's blighted areas.
FIFTY TO SING CAROLS
Special Dispatch to Th· Star.
CRIS FIELD, Md.,- December 18.—
rhe Somerset County Choral Club,
comprising some 50 voices, will sing
Christmas carols in Princess Anne
Friday night.
The club will first assemble around
he lighted community tree*on the
court house lawn, after which it will
nake » tour of the community. This
Drill be the first public appearance of
she club, which was only recently
*gani«d.
*
Precedent Broken to Aid in
Protecting Welfare of
District.
35 CASES BROUGHT UP
FOR GROUP DISCUSSION
Seventeen New Applicants Lilted
in Announcement of
Experiment.
Breaking with tradition in parole
law administration, the Board of In
determinate Sentence and Parole has
made public the names of prisoners
who have applied for release and to
be subject to consideration at a meet
ing of the board Saturday.
The board has published a list of 17
prisoners applying for the first time
for parole and the names of 18 others
wiîose cases heretofore have been con
tinued by the board lor further con
sideration.
Wilbur La Roe, Jr., acting chairman
of the board, explained today the new
step is an experiment. He said he
saw no harm In making the list public
prior to action by the board and that
the listing of the names might bring
some helpful information to the board.
Step Outgrowth of Complaint·.
If the plan does not work in the In
terest of the public welfare, however,
he added, it will be dropped. The step
was taken as an outgrowth of com
plaints voiced against the release of
several prisoners of long police record,
two of whom have been returned to
prison for violation of parole pledges.
The names of the 18 up for parole
consideration for the first time are:
Kenneth E. Beard, Cebron McCon
nell. James W. Spradling, Eugene M.
Mothershead, McKonest Dixon, Albert
Clyde Berry, Herbert H. Beckwith,
Joseph Edwards, Joseph Carter,
Clarence Lynch, John Richardson,
Raymond Corbin, Prank V. Webb,
Henry. T. Snowden, Claude M. Sum
mers, Edward Richardson and Amos
Mungo.
18 Get Additional Hearings.
The 18 others scheduled for addi
tional hearings are:
Robert Gray, Isaiah Hawkins,
Thomas Bruce Lunsford, William G.
Duffy, Prank Hiller, Nathan Sond
heimer, Aubrey C. Crow, Ellis Riley,
James Beard. Homer B. Shropshire,
Lawyer Thomas, Howard Lewis,
Martin Walsh, John Clark, Alfred
James Hopkins, James M. Bryant,
Henry Maxwell Wolfe and William A.
Johnson.
4,400 FAIL TO CALL
FOR PARK DIVIDEND
Half of Checks Distributed Those
Who Call—Bank to Close
at Night
About 4,400 checks for the 20 per
cent dividend being paid by the Park
Savings Bank still are uncalled lor,
it was announced today by John F.
Moran, receiver of this insolvent insti
tution.
When payment of the dividend
started Monday there were 8,800 checks
available, amounting to $600,000.
Moran said he could not estimate ac
curately the amount of money repre
sented in the checks remaining.
Tonight will be the last evening the
bank will remain open nntil 8 o'clock
for accommodation of depositors. Be
ginning tomorrow the closing hour will
be 5 p.m. and on Saturday the doors
will close at noon.
PEACE TORCH SEEN
BORNE BY PRESIDENT
Resurrection of Wilson's Ideal
Forecast by Tumulty in
Radio Address.
By the Associated Press.
Joseph P. Tumulty believes Presi
dent Roosevelt and Secretary Hull are
carrying Woodrow Wilson's torch of
peace.
The secretary to the war-time
President told a radio audience last
night "in 1920. we witnessed the
crucifixion of Wilson's ideal of peace,
but soon, in the Providence of God, we
will behold its resurrection."
"Wilson's ideal would have won If
meanness, intrigue and envy could
have been dethroned," he said, refer
ring to the President's creation of the
League of Nations, which the United
States refused to Join.
YULE TREES PLANNED
FOR SHUT-IN CHILDREN
Christmas trees for children shut In
hospitals and orphanages during this
holiday season will be donated by
local members of the Florists' Tele
graph Delivery Association.
The first presentation will take place
at Children's Hospital, Thirteenth and
W streets, at 10:30 ajn. Friday by a
committee of the local group. Similar
donations are being made throughout
the country by the association.
Other institutions to be given trees
are the Children's Tuberculosis Sana
torium at Glenn Dale, Md., and the
children's wards at Providence, Gal
linger and Freedmen's Hospitals, In
addition to all the orphanages in the
District. A tree will be provided for
each ward or room.
CLUB TO HEAR BATES
The Princeton Club of Washington
will hold its monthly meeting tomor
row at 1 p.m. at the University Club.
Saniord Bates, director of the Bureau
of Priions, Department of Justice,
will be tb· guest speaker.
·
Sea Yields 400-Poun'd Fisli
Miss Helen Hay
ward, 900 Twen
tieth street,
shown with a
400-pound stur
geon, caught
about loo miles
off Cape nat
teras, by Capt.
Jimmy Temple
man of the
Irene Pearl. The
sturgeon meas
ured 9 feet in
length. The pic
ture was made
after the fish
was brought to
the George W.
Carroll Co. fish
τη ark et here.
Just to provide
comparison,
Miss H ay ward is
holding an ordi
nary bay fish.
—«tir Stsfl Photo.
Disputes Report That He
Said Roberts Urged Ban
Abolition.
Representative Β Ian ton. Democrat,
of Texas, issued a statement today
denying he told William McK. Clayton,
chairman of the Public Utilities Com
mittee of the Federation of Citizens'
Associations, that William A. Roberts,
people's counsel, had appeared before
the House Appropriations Subcommit
tee and urged abolition of the two-year
ban on the use of meters on taxicabs.
Clayton's statement to that effect at
the federation meeting Saturday pre
cipitated a heated argument with
Roberts.
Blanton's Statement.
Blanton's statement was labeled
"Keeping the Record Straight." It
carried an excerpt from a letter written
to Blanton by Clayton and delivered
Saturday. The quoted excerpt follows:
"The Federation of Citizens' Asso
ciations (comprising some 60 organiza
tions) have three times voted its sup
port to your restriction against meters
on taxicabs. Is that restriction car
ried In the oncoming District appro
priation bill?
"The present people's counsel, Mr.
W. A. Roberts, is working' hard to have
It removed and thus throw the cabs,
lock, stock and barrel, into the recep
tive arms of the Capital Transit Co.—
raise cab fares and play held generally
with the transit situation here."
Sought Meter Use.
Blanton's statement then explained:
"I rang up Mr. Clayton and asked
him for permission to use his letter In
the hearings, which he granted. I did
not tell Mr. Clayton or any one else
that Mr. Roberts had appeared before
our subcommittee, for he had not.
"I did ask Mr. Clayton, based on
his letter, whether he or Mr. Roberts
represented the sentiment and wishes
of the people of Washington on the
taxi controversy. I did tell Mr. Clay
ton that use of his letter would help
our committee."
Clayton later declared Blanton's
recollection of their conversation was
substantially correct and that he had
not intended to convey the impression
at the federation meeting that Roberts
had appeared before the subcommit
tee this year.
SPEEDING GARMENT
CODE RULING ASKED
Adkins Is Urged to Expedite De
cision on Snit to Bestrain
Enforcement.
District Supreme Çourt Justice
J esse C. Adkins today was asked to
hand down an early ruling in a suit
brought by 31 cotton garment manu
facturers to restrain enforcement of
certain sections of the N. R. A. code
relating to that industry.
Assistant United States Attorneys
David A. Pine and John J. Wilson
pointed out the temporary restraining
order granted while the suit was filed
will remain In effect until a ruling
has been made. They said the Cotton
Garment Code Authority, to avoid giv
ing any advantage to the relatively
few manufacturers Joining in the suit,
were withholding N. R. A. benefits
from all members of the industry
pending a decision in this case.
The suit asks that Attorney General
Cummings be restrained from insti
tuting · any criminal proceedings
against any of the plaintiffs and that
the N. R. A. authorities be prevented
from removing their Blue Eagle. The
court is also asked to hand down an
order eliminating prison-made goods
from the competitive field. Since the
original suit was filed, approximately
30 additional manufacturers have
joined in the litigation.
Red Cross Drive Nets $100.
LEONARDTOWN, Md., December
19 (Special).—Rev. Milton B. Crist of
this city, chairman of the Red Cross
in Bt. Marys County, report· his
workers In th· nine districts bar·
collected 1100.
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Pupils Carry Out j
Fire Drill Well; ;
Blaze Was Real
300 Van Buren Student# \
File Out of Building
in 1^/2 Minutes.
It was a real fire all right, but the
300 pupils of the Van Buren School,
Fourteenth and W streets southeast,
thought it was otily a fire drill as
they filed out of the building when
the gong boomed shortly after 9 am.
today.
Even some of the teachers thought
it was just practice, though it seemed
a little strange to have a fire drill
with rain pouring down outside.
Not until the engines arrived a
minute or so later did they realize
there was a fire. The blaze did no
damage and was confined to trash in |
the basement. Firemen extinguished !
it in less than five minutes.
Meanwhile, the children waited in \
the Van Buren Annex nearby. With
in 15 minutes the smoke had cleared
from the building sufficiently to re- 1
sume classes. 1
Miss M. E. Graves, the principal, 1
who sounded the alarm, proudly point- 1
ed out that the building was emptied '
in exactly a minute and a half. ι
m parley
SOUGHT BY LODGE
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Committee Seeks Explana
tion of Charges Preferred
Against A. F. G. E. Group.
A committee from N. R. A. Lodge, ι
No. 91, American Federation of Gov
ernment Employes, tomorrow will seek
an Interview with E. Claude Babcock,
national president, to obtain an ex
planation of the charges he has pre- ,
ferred against the group, which faces
possibility of ouster.
This was decided last night at a
heated session of the lodge in the
Hamilton Hotel, at which President
Babcock walked out when he was un
able to obtain the floor.
Purpose of Conference.
Miss Jessica Buck, the lodge secre- .
tary, said today that the proposed j
conference was designed to obtain a ,
"peaceful" explanation of Babcock's
charges. He has called upon the lodge
to show cause why its charter should '
not be revoked for an attack on the ,
parent body, revolving around a con
vention wrangle in New York in Sep
tember.
At that time, the federation adopted '
a resolution to ban picketing in labor
disputes, over the protest of John L.
Donovan, N. R. A. lodge president, and !
a group of supporters. This was a
flare-back of Donovan's flght with
Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, former N. R.
A. head, when picketing was resorted ,
to by Donovan sympathisers, after his
dismissal from the N. R. A. by John- 1
son. He was eventually restored to ι
duty. l
Disloyalty Charged.
After the convention the Donovan
sympathizers circulated through the 1
A. F. G. E. membership a critical re- 1
port on the convention activities in
New York and Babcock notified the 1
lodge the issue was being brought to 1
the attention of the Executive Council. 1
He accuses the lodge of "false and <
misleading" statements and "disloy- ]
alty" to the labor movement. The '
council is scheduled to take up the
matter December 27.
At last night's meeting the lodge
sought further light on the trouble
from Babcock, who had been invited ]
to attend the session. After a clash
Babcock left. Then a committee was
appointed to confer with him.
Extortion Case Dismissed.
CHICAGO, December 19 OP).—Ex- ,
tortion charges against Edmund R. j
Harris, Jr„ Baltimore architect, were
dismissed in Federal Court yesterday. <
Harris was indicted on charges of ι
sending an extortion letter to Mrs. ι
Mary Cave Hall, defendant in a $100.- '
000 alienation of affeatfona suit ι
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H FIRE HOUSE
ICED Aï HEARING
)N CITY BUDGET
Dfficials Ask Building at
Fourteenth and Rhode
Island Northeast.
HEALTH DEPARTMENT
ESTIMATES CONSIDERED
ïouse Subcommittee Pushes
Work and Is Due to Finish
Saturday.
Funds for construction of a new
ire truck house at Fourteenth street
ind Rhode Island avenue northeast
vere urged by Fire Department offl
:ials today during hearings on the
.936 District budget before the House
Vppropriatioas Subcommittee.
The estimates, it is understood.
:arry an item for the new truck house,
>ut provide it should be financed with
unds originally appropriated for a
iimilar building in the vicinity of
Sixteenth street and Colorado avenue,
rhe proposed Sixteenth street truck
louse was never built because of the
ibjection of residents in the neigh
wrhood.
Aside from the Fire Department
istimate. the subcommittee went over
hose of the Health Department and
he courts and made plans to take up
he important public welfare budget
ater in the day.
Welfare Estimate Cut.
The welfare estimates contain the
mergency relief item over which there
s expected to be considerable discus
iion. The Commissioners sought $3,
100,000 for relief in the coming fiscal
rear, but the Budget Bureau reduced
he amount to $2.000.000, the same as
impropriated for the current fiscal
rear.
Commisieoner George E. Allen in
ends to make a vigorous fight for the
idditional $1,000,000. He insists $3.
100,000 is the absolute minimum
leeded to carry out the relief program.
Conditions at the District Reforma
x>ry at Lorton, Va., and the adminis
ration of the parole law also are ex
acted to be discussed in connection
vith the welfare estimates.
Barmard'a Campaign.
Capt. M. M. Barnard, general super
ntendent of District penal institutions,
ias waged a determined campaign for
funds to complete the walled inclosure
ι round the reformatory reservation,
»ut it has not been revealed whether
the budget contains an item for this
work.
The Monday Evening Club and
sther organizations have urged ap
propriations for the Parole Board,
vhich ha» been handicapped in the
>ast because of the lack of funds
ind adequate staff of parole in*
ipectors.
The subcommittee is making rapid
>rogress in its consideration of the
judget and, from present indica
ions, will finish Saturday, in ac
ordance with the prearranged sched
ile of Chairman Cannon. The final
lay of the hearings is to be a civic
ield day, when representatives of
arious organizations will be given
in opportunity to tell the eubcom
nittee what they think the District
leeda.
'SWEEPS" WINNER
QUITS ACTIVE DUTY
iwanson's Orderly, Who Shared
$50,000 With Daughter, Goes
011 Reserve List
Sergt. Maj. Harry S. Remington,
>rderly to Secretary Swanson. who
shared the $50,000 winnings oi his
laughter, Mrs. Mary H. Booth, In the
irlsh Sweeps+akes, will be placed on
he reserve list of the Marine Corps
December 31.
Sergt. Maj. Remington has been in
he sen-ice since 1912. He will be
;liglble for retirement in eight more
rears.
Mrs. Booth. 30-year-old secretary
in the division of insolvent national
>anks.*Treasury Department, split her
;icket with her father on Highlander,
;hird place winner In the Sweepstakes.
Since her good fortune, Mrs. Booth,
ι widow, has been on leave. She
vould ifeither deny nor confirm
•umors that she intends to give up
1er job and marry an instructor at
he Naval Academy.
Mrs. Booth and her father live at
Î201 Fifteenth street.
Sergt. Maj. William W. Harrmann
rill succeed Sergt. Maj. Remington as
orderly to Secretary Swanson.
rwo GUILTY OF BEATING
?air Convicted οί Assaulting Offi
cer Making Arrest.
John F. Thomas, 33, and Walter R.
rhomas, 38, of 605 Sixth street south·
rest and 432 Tenth street southwest,
espectively, were convicted by a Po
Ice Court jury yesterday of assaulting
»vt. D. B. Flohr of the fourth police
irecinct on October 28. Motion for a
lew trial was filed.
The two men were charged with
•eating Flohr when he attempted to
irrest Nellie R. Thomas, wife of Wal
er, and another woman on a disor
lerly charge. The offense is said to
lave occurred at 719 Seventh, street
outhwest.
WOMAN DENIES THEFT
>emands Jury Trial on Charge of
Shoplifting.
Anna Miller, 68, of the 1300 block
>f Rhode Island avenue pleaded not
[Uilty to two charges of petty larceny
md demanded a jury trial today when
irraigned before Judge Ralph Given.
She was released on (500 bond.
Officer Paul E. Ambrose of the spe
:ial Christmas holiday shoplifting
quad arrested the woman and
charged her with having stolen $6
rorth of goods from a department
tore and a flve-and-ten-cent store.
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