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_WASHINGTON, D,- C., WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 9, 1939. V* _ B_1
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D. C. Employes
Library Gifts
Won't Be Listed
Allen Orders Funds
Sent Directly to
New York Office
District Commissioner George E.
Allen today ordered that District
employe donations to the $350,000
Roosevelt Library at Hyde Park be
gent directly to New York City head
quarters of the library to avoid the
suspicion that District offiicals might
be scanning the lists of contributors.
Utors.
Commissioner Allen made this an
nouncement shortly before noon
after conferring with Engineer Com
missioner David M. McCoach and
Corporation Counsel Elwood Seal.
Mr. Allen directed that donations
be sent by department agents or
by groups of department agents, or
by groups of employes, if they wish,
direct to the Franklin D. Roosevelt
Library. Inc., at 1600 Broadway, New
York City, instead of having the
checks given first to Mr. Seal, who
was to forward them to Mr. Allen
for transportation to national head
quarters.
It was explained also that officials
of the District W. P. A. or the ad
ministrative staff of the District
Public Assistance Division had not
been asked to attend a conference
Monday at which the fund was dis
cussed. Mr. Allen said no one on
work relief or on public assistance
would be expected to contribute
anything.
(jommisMoner Alien. wno, in
Biding Fiank C. Walker, head
of the National Committee in
charge of the fund-raising, had the
matter brought to the attention of
District employes, said there was no
Intention of conducting a "cam
paign" and reiterated that he
“would rather not get one penny
than to have our motives ques
tioned."
Declaring it was his own idea to
put the matter of contributions up
to District employes. Mr. Allen said
he saw nothing out of the way in
the procedure, inasmuch as the li
brary is intended to be for the use
of the public.
He said he did not know what
progress had been made in raising
money, as "we've just gotten
started.”
At the instance of Commissioner
Allen. Corporation Counsel Seal
called the meeting of District
department heads Monday and
suggested that they arrange for con
tributions by employes.
"As far as I'm concerned. I sim
ply brought the matter to their at
tention and if they (employes) want
to contribute, or if they do not,
It is all right.” he said.
Mr. Seal said no list of contrib
utors was to be kept. Department
heads would receive whatever might
be given them—“from a nickel up"—
he explained.
The local solicitation, which has
gone also into the Department of
Agriculture, is understood to have
been carried on without the knowl
edge of the White House.
Low Bid on Center Unit
Is $3,574,000
Construction of the superstruc
ture of the East Building of the
Municipal Center is expected to be
started by the end of this month,
provided the Public Works Admin
istration approves the result of the
bid opening yesterday at the Dis
trict Building.
The lowest of six bids received
by the Commissioners came from
D. M. W. Construction Co., Inc., of
Brooklyn. N. Y.. which offered to
erect the building for $3,574,000. a
figure roughly approximating the
allowance for the project in the
District's P. W. A. schedule.
The successful contractor will be
allowed 290 calendar days to com
plete the work, meaning that if the
building is ready on schedule nu
merous major departments of the
District will begin moving into their
long-sought permanent housing next
summer.
Among the units for which pro
vision has been made in the East
Building, which will rise between
Third street and John Marshall
place N.W. north of C street, are
police, fire, traffic, health, play
grounds, administrative offices of
the Board of Public Welfare, the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board,
the Board of Cosmetology and the
Barber Board.
Edward G. Yonker Estate
Valued at $351,319
Edward G. YonKer, late president
Of the Sanitary Grocery Co., who
died in Colorado Springs. Colo.,
July 15. left an estate, entirely in
personal property, valued at $351,
319.90.
A petition for the probate of his
will was filed in District Court yes
terday by his widow, Mrs. Mabel
Blair Yonker, 2500 Calvert street
N.W.. and the American Security &
Trust Co., petitioners and executors.
The estate embraces stocks total
ing $274,427, and the will was drawn
October 19, 1932. Surviving Mr. Yon
ker are his widow, a daughter, Mrs.
Madeline Yonker Lloyd of Oakland.
Calif., and a son, Edward Blair
Yonker, 6315 Utah avenue N.W.
Free Parking Is Offered
For Symphony Patrons
J. J. Kimball, owner of a parking
lot at 2016-2044 E street N.W.. today
Invited music lovers to park their
cars on the lot free of charge while
attending the Wednesday and Sun
day evening concerts of the National
Symphony Orchestra at the Poto
mac Water Gate.
Mr. Kimball said he had observed
that many persons attending the
concerts have had difficulty obtain
ing parking space in the vicinity of
the Water Gate. About 300 cars can
be accommodated on the lot and
attendants will be on hand to direct
the parking, he said.
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SOLITUDE—Jo-ann Minni, 14
months old, wanted to be alone
with a book this morning. She
closed door to her room and
the lock snapped on. Mrs.
Philip Minni, her mother,
summoned firemen to the
home, at 3319 Alabama avenue
S.E.—and they found the in
fant calmly perusing the tome.
—Star Staff Photo.
Mrs. Biddle Seeking
Post of Assistant
Relief Director
Reveals Unsuccessful
Efforts to Be Appointed
D. C. Welfare Head
Mrs. Lloyd W. Biddle, active in
clubwomen’s work here for some
years, revealed today that she was
a candidate for appointment as
assistant director of the Public As
sistance Division of the District. She
also voiced indignation over the re
fusal of the Welfare Board to nomi
nate a woman for the job of director
of public welfare.
Mrs. Biddle, who is an official
of the District Federation of Wom
en’s Clubs and one of its past
presidents, declared that when she
applied some titne ago for appoint
ment as welfare director she was
MRS. LLOYD W. BIDDLE.
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told by Frederick W. McReynolds,
Welfare Board chairman, that it
was a man's job and he did not
believe a woman would be appointed.
Mrs. Biddle said she had told the
Commissioners she thought the time
had come for the District to give
a woman a job “big enough to
make a noise.” She added that she
now needed a demand from the
public in support of the appoint
ment of a woman to succeed Miss
May O. Hankins, who resigned some
months ago as assistant relief di
rector.
Welfare officials have declined so
far to reveal their plans for filling
the position. It pays $4,600 a year.
So far as is known the Public As
sistance Committee of the board
has made no recommendations.
Mrs. Biddle served as a member
of the Commissioners’ Efficiency
Committee, which drafted the Prert
tyman report on District reorgan
ization. As an official of the Fed
eration of Women's Clubs she was
active in various studies of the work
of District welfare institutions.
Officials of the Welfare Board, it
| was said, are considering several
persons for appointment as super
intendent of the Reformatory at
Lorton, Va.. to succeed Col. Wiiliam
L. Peak, who was killed recently in
an automobile accident. Among
those said to have been suggested
are Jerry Welch, deputy superin
tendent, who has been emplbyed at
the institution since 1919, and E.
Allen Green, executive assistant and
business manager, who acts as as
sistant general superintendent of
the penal institutions. He has been
in District service since 1916.
Haberdashery Employe
Pleads Guilty in Theft
Testimony that a 43-year-old for
mer floor manager at an F street
haberdashery stole more than $3,000
by faking refund slips was given in
police Court yesterday after the de
fendant pleaded guilty to 10 charges
I of petty larceny.
Francis A. O’Connell of the 1700
j block of Third street N.E. admitted
j the charges filed, involving a total
! of $60. and Judge John P. Mc
Mahon referred the case to the pro
i bation office before passing sen
I tence.
E. Emerson Snyder, general man
ager of Raleigh Haberdashers, told
the court O’Connell obtained the
money by taking fake refund slips
to the refund clerk and informing
him the customer refused to walk
the "150 feet” to the back of the
store.
Detective C. S. Stepp testified that
O’Connell, employed at the store for
the last 22 months, made off with
$3,200 in all.
A
Board of Trade
Group Inspects
Water Front
Complete Survey
Before Further
Work Is Urged
By FRED H. MORHART. Jr.
After a thorough inspection of
construction on the Washington
water front and an examination of
plans for the future, the Rivers and
Harbors Committee of the Board of
Trade yesterday decided that a com
plete survey of the many miles of
frontage ^hould be made before
further wore is done.
The main consideration before
the committee is the development
of an adequate commercial and in
dustrial area. With this in view
the full committee will meet next
month to formulate plans for recom
mendation to District officials, Army
engineers and Congress.
It was generally agreed that in
the last year more constructive work
was done than during most of the
years since 1911 when the Govern
ment took note of Washington's
water front needs. With $3,500,000
already spent for improvements, the
general agreement is that $500,000
is needed to complete the job laid
out to give Washington its proper
water setting.
The group which made a tour of
the water front yesterday laid most
stress on locations for commercial
and industrial development, includ
ing Georgetown and the area about
the Navy Yard.
Designated Sections Sought.
Long fighting for special sections
to be devoted to commercial devel
opment. the Board of Trade is seek
ing ways and means for designating
sections of the water front for com
merce.
.me cjeuigeiown area, u was
agreed, has nearly reached a satura
tion point, but in the Anacostia area
there are thousands of feet of water
front which can. under proper plan
ning and supervision, be devoted to
water commerce.
The Engineer Corps launch No. 11,
formerly known as the Parker, was
slowed down at many places be
tween the War College and the
Pennsylvania Railroad bridge to per
mit the committeemen an opportu
nity to give close scrutiny to avail
able spots for industrial develop
ment.
Today in retrospect, the men mak
ing the inspection trip generally
agreed that the Georgetown water
front should be modernized and
cleaned up in keeping with the
general plan of a "greater and more
beautiful Washington."
Satisfaction Voiced.
Much satisfaction was expressed
on the development of the Wash
ington Channel, particularly with
the service building wharf and the
small craft mooring docks between
the foot of Fourteenth street and
the District brick yard. In this area
most of the improvements have been
completed (during the year since
board members made their last sur- j
vey). However, from the brick yard
to the Army War College grounds
there is considerable work to be
done, it was pointed out by Army
engineers who accompanied the
group.
Those making the inspection trip
started from the service building at
the head of Washington Channel,1
went up the Anacostia River as far '
as the District line, back to the Na-1
tional Airport across the Potomac
River and then up above Key
Bridge.
John Remon, chairman of the
Rivers and Harbors Committee, said
he hoped Congress and District
officials would give immediate atten
tion to the problem of commercial
facilities before the general plan was
carried too far. He pointed out that
much of the commerce for Washing
ton comes by way of Baltimore. This,
he said, was undesirable when
Washington can develop its own fa
cilities for water-borne commerce.
However, he pointed out that it was
not the intention of the city ad
ministrators to offer Washington as
a commercial center, but rather to
represent it as a place with accom
modations to care for its own incom
ing water shipments.
Much gratification was expressed
by the inspectors when they arrived
near the Maryland boundary to learrt
that work was under way to continue
the river improvements up as far as
Bladensburg. It was pointed out
that much of the District improve
ments in the Anacostia section would
be nullified if Maryland did not par
ticipate in the general improve
ment plan.
Sea walls have been completed as
far up the river as the railroad
bridge near the District line.
Center Great Problem.
The committeemen found during
the survey that one of the greatest
problems confronting them is the
location of a commercial center.
With the Georgetown area well
crowded and most of the remainder
of Washington's water front devoted
to parks and recreational areas, not
more than two miles was found
available in the vicinity of the Navy
Yard for commercialization.
The area, it was pointed out, is
split by the naval establishment.
However, it was found that a rail
road spur feeds the area and with
a good channel and improved streets
leading in and out of the place
much could be done to provide deep
sea navigation direct to the south
ern water front.
Those making the trip on the
Corps of Engineers boat with Mr.
Remon included Lawrence E. Wil
liams. president of the board; W.
B. Clarkson, Harrison Brand, jr.,
William H. Press, Earle W. Sapp,
Charles B. Mclnnis, John De La
Mater. R. H. Davidson, P. R. Smith,
Thomas S. Settle, Col. R. S. Thomas
end P. C. Dorr.
Band Concerts
By the United States Marine Band
at the Capitol at 7:30 p.m. Capt.
Taylor Branson, leader and William
F. Santelmann, second leader.
By the United States Navy Band
at the Navy Yard at 7:30 pm. Lt.
Charles Benter, leader and Charles
Brendler, assistant leader.
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FIVE AND TEN CENTS A
SWIM—Greenbelt’s new $75,
000 swimming pool (top) is
crowded these August days.
Resident season ticketholders
pay 5 cents (children) and 10
cents (adults) a swim. In the
lower photo are five Green
belt misses: Mary Asher,
Katherine Rolph, Mary Mc
Cord, Marita Freeman and
Varina Craig.
—Star Staff Photos.
President Declines
To Sign Annuity Bill
President Roosevelt yesterday ve
toed a bill which would have placed
Charlotte E. Hunter, a former school
teacher in this city, on the list of
retired teachers and would have
given her an annuity.
The President, in a public memo
randum explaining his disapproval,
of this personal bill passed during
the closing hours of Congress, said
that in spite of the apparently ex
cellent record of Miss Hunter he did
not feel justified in approving the
bill because it singled her out for
preferred consideration.
Miss Hunter entered the public
school service in the District on
February 5. 1895, and her service
was terminated by voluntary resig
nation April 12, 1919, prior to the
establishment of a retirement sys
tem for District teachers by the
Teachers’ Retirement Act of Janu
ary 15, 1920, which became effective
on March 1. 1920.
The President said there are a
number of former teachers now liv
ing in the District who are in the
same position as Miss Hunter in that
they retired from the service prior
to the passage of the Teachers' Re
tirement Act. and therefore are not
entitled to retirement benefits.
Pepco's Expansion
Request to Be Probed
The Public Utilities Commission
today directed its staff to make an
investigation of the request of the
Potomac Electric Power Co., filed re
cently, for permission to enlarge its
Buzzard Point Power Plant.
The commission also called on the
company to submit by next Tuesday
answers to a number of questions,
including the estimated cost of the
proposed new additions, whether the
work would be done by contract and
competitive bidding, the generating
capacity of the extension, and data
on the annual output and peak load
for each year since 1932, and the
projected figures for the next five
years.
Organizations Are Numerous
In Club-Minded Greenbelt
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For Recreation, Residents Have Choice
Of Movies, Swimming, Tennis and Boating
This is the fourth of a series of sir articles on Greenbelt, Md.,
the Farm Security Administration s planned suburban community
for low-income families of the Washington area. Opened to resi
dents nearly two years ago. Greenbelt will complete its first year of
full occupancy on September 1.
By JAMES FREE.
There is no Rotary Club in Greenbelt, no Kiwanis Club, no Ex
change Club, no Optimists' Club, no Country Club; yet this model com
munity can match any town its size in the country in number of
organizations within corporate limits and probably win top honors.
Sociologists may see it as significant that this'“town of the future"
has no luncheon clubs. They might also ponder over its list of civic,
social, recreational and religious groups.
The summer is a slack period and many organizations are dormant
or coasting at the moment. But*
there is or has been active an im
pressive number of organized group
activities, including: The Citizens’
Association, the Junior Citizens' As
sociation, the Co-operative Organiz
ing Committee. Federal Credit
Union, Post No. 136. the American
Legion; Bcv Scouts, Boy Scout
Mothers’ Club. Cub Scouts. Girl
Scouts. Girl Scout Brownies, Moth
ers' Club. Pre-school Mothers' Club,
Parent-Teacher Association, Boys'
Club, Athletic Association, Better
Buyers' Club. Hobby Club, Journal
istic Club. Radio Club. Camera Club,
Garden Club. Glider Club. Gun Club.
Chamber Group. Singles Club.
Homemakers’ Club, the Greenbelt
Players, Greenbelt Choral Group,
the Bridge Club and the Democratic
Club. This, as. will be noted, does
not include elementary or high
schdbl organizations.
Sensitive to Criticism.
It is not to be inferred that be
cause these clubs are numerous
they are not active. The manage
ment of the Greenbelt motion pic
ture theater has noted on many
occasions lean movie attendance on
club meeting nights.
Most Greenbelters are sensitive to
criticism of their community. Some
cannot discuss it impersonally.
Nearly all seem to feel that any
imperfections should be minimized
lest they endanger the welfare of
the entire social experiment. The
citizens often remind each other
that the eyes of the Nation are on
Greenbelt. This is repeated fre
quently to stimulate group activi
ties, and sometimes it does.
A sort of clearing house of extra
curricular activities of the residents
is the Citizens’ Association, formed
in November. 1937, "to promote ef
ficiency in the Greenbelt govern
ment, education in citizenship,
needed legislation, and to provide
for the general welfare of the resi
dents. • * • ”
Most exacting in labors from its
members is the Journalistic Club,
which toils Saturday nights, Sun
days and other times without pay
to turn out the town newspaper,
the Co-operator, each Thursday.
Typewritten stories, advertisements
and illustrations are reproduced by
an economical photographic process
on smooth 9x12 sheets of paper. It
i is supported by sale of copies at 5
i cents each and weekly advertise
ments. mainly from concerns in
the shopping center.
Singles Club Wins Reputation.
The Singles Club, for bachelor
men and women, won quite a repu
tation not long ago when a young
Greenbelt couple, who had met
through the organization's good
graces, marched together to the
altar.
Last winter many Greenbelters,
men and women, went to club meet
ings of one kind or another three
to six times a week. It is doubtful
if that pace will be maintained in
the future, because, as several citi
zens put it: “There's no sense in
having comfortable homes and not
having any home life.”
Most anything Greenbelters wish
in the nature of cultural self-expres
sion is afforded: There are W. P. A.
art classes two nights a week, oppor
tunities to participate in productions
of the Greenbelt Players, extension
courses offered by the University of
Maryland, lectures sponsored by
civic groups.
.rxuwci gi uwei 5 ana garaeners can
compete for prizes offered by the
Garden Club. Both men and women
may participate in the extensive,
supervised recreational program.
One of the most self-assertive of
organizations is the Greenbelt Ath
letic Association. It declined the
town recreation department's offer
to provide free equipment for soft
ball and other sports, preferred to
continue its own intra-community
program. It backs no slate in mu
nicipal elections, but is recognized
as a strong influence nonetheless.
Church Services.
Membership of the non-sectarian
Greenbelt Community Church has
passed the 350 mark. Sunday school
and church services are held each
Sunday morning in the elementary
school ' auditorium. There are no
church buildings in the town, but
special church groups often conduct
special services.
A school and public library is
maintained Jointly in the elementary
school. There are about 3,500 books,
all but 600 of which are non-fiction.
The library subscribes to 55 maga
zines.
Motion pictures are shown five
nights a week to a weekly average
just now of over 1,600.
Adults may swim in a new con
crete pool for 10 cents (on season
tickets), obtain tennis courts for 30
cents an hour, go boating on the 22
acre community lake at 20 cents a
half hour. In the summer 11 special
town employes act as swimming pool
life guards and attendants, operate
the boats on the lake and care for
the four tennis courts.
In the late afternoons and early
a
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evenings many men and women may
be seen mowing their lawns, tending
shrubs and flowers. If a tenant is
too slipshod about the lawns, the
town will trim the grass and bill the
tenant heavily for the service. But
a lot of them take especial care of
their yards in preference to partici
pation in a softball game or a club
meeting.
Tomorrow's article will discuss
Greenbelt's remarkable birth rate
—one of the highest in the coun
try and nearly four times as high
as the national birth rate—and
school facilities.
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Bids Asked for Work
On Rosslyn Plaza af
End of Key Bridge
County Officials Confer
With Planning Board
On Parkway Link
The parkway and bridge develop
ment at Rosslyn. Va„ was advanced
another step today as the Eureau
of Public Roads advertised a con
tract for the revamping of Rosslyn
Plaza at the Virginia end of Key
Bridge.
At the same time Arlington County
officials met with the staff of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission to discuss the method
by which the county would provide
its share of funds to purchase
land for the second unit of the
George Washington Memorial Park
Bids on the plaza contract will
be opened August 22 and work
should be started by September 1
and completed within 100 calendar
days, bureau officials said.
The plaza construction is to coin
cide with that of the additional span
at the end of Key Bridge, under
which unit No. 2 of the parkway
is to pass.
Final, plans for the plaza call for
a traffic circle and streetcar loop
The contract calls for grading and
draining, reinforced pavement con
struction and construction of sheet
asphalt surfacing.
Plaza to Align With Bridge.
The plaza plans had been held
up until a decision was reached
by the National Parks Service as
to whether the plaza should align
with the bridge or with north-south
streets entering upon it. It was
decided to align it with the bridge.
It was estimated today that the
county's share of land acquisition
cost for the parkway would be
$45,000 instead of $50,000 as was
originally thought. The Federal
Government has put up $100,000,
and the State of Virginia has pro
j vided $50,000. It remains for the
county to make its share available
before acquisition can proceed.
The meeting today was prelim
inary to a county board meeting
Monday. The exact agreement
wrhich the board is to make with
the park and planners was not dis
| closed. However, it is estimated
that private property donations val
ued at $10,000 will be made and that
county property valued at $15,000
will be made available. Added to
this is $5,000 set aside for land
acquisition in last year's county
budget and $19,500, set aside in this
year's budget. This would make a
total of $49,500 w'hich the county
can use for the parkway purchase
v uiiNn uriion rroKTPSSinff.
Construction of the additional Key
Bridge span is progressing on sched
ule with the ribs already in place,
public roads officials said. The span
contract calls for completion within
350 calendar days and the work
should be completed in November
or December. It is expected that
the plaza construction will be com
pleted before the 100 days is up and
that the two units will be available
for use at approximately the same
time.
When the span is finished addi
tional Public Works funds will be
sought for construction of the park
way under the bridge and up to the
Lee Highway. Property already is in
public ownership for a short distance
northwest of Key Bridge for this
purpose.
The present roadway which con
nects the George Washington Park
way with Rosslyn plaza will be used
for traffic from the plaza down to
the parkway. No connecting link
coming up from the parkway to the
plaza will be built, on the theory
that the parkway link up to the
Lee Highway immediately above the
bridge will serve this purpose.
Falls Church Concert
FALLS CHURCH. Va.. Aug. 9
(Special).—A joint concert by the
Falls Church Band and the Marine
Reserve Band of Washington will
be given tonight at 8:30 o'clock on
the lawn of the Presbyterian Church.
THEY COVER THE WATER FRONT—Photo shows members of
the Board of Trade’s Rivers and Harbors Committee inspecting
water front improvement projects. Left to right in the fore
ground are Col. R. S. Thomas, Army engineer for the District;
P. C. Dorr, engineer; Lawrence E. Williams, president of the
Board of Trade; John Remon, chairman of its Rivers and Har
bors Committee, and John De La Mater, vice chairman.
—Star Staff Photo.
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Hatch Act Ruling
May Clear U. S.
Workers' Status
Justice Department
Expected to Issue
Statement Today
A statement being drafted at the
Justice Department concerning ap
plication of the Hatch “Clean Poli
tics” Act may clarify the status of
Government employes who have
been holding municipal offices in
nearby Virginia and Maryland com
munities, It was indicated today.
Officials said the statement would
be designed to clear up some of the
questions Federal workers have
raised regarding their future con
duct in view of variously interpreted
provisions of the new act.
An old civil service rule permitted
Government employes residing in
nearby communities to take part in
municipal politics, and President
Roosevelt suggested in a message to
Congress accompanying his signa
ture of the Hatch Act that the new
legislation should be modified to
conform with the old rule.
The Justice Department statement
was expected to touch particularly
on the extent to which Federal em
ployes may participate in the Young
Democrats convention starting to
morrow in Pittsburgh. It first was
expected to be issued Monday, but
because of problems raised it was
said this morning that the statement
j would not be avaialable until at
: least late today.
Hatch Defends Law.
Meanwhile, Senator Hatch. Dem
| ocrat. of New Mexico said the “un
American" tag placed on his "clean
I politics" law by Pitt Tyson Maner,
| president of the Young Democrats
\ of America, indicated “complete lg
i norance of or total lack of sympathy
with the principles for which our
party has stood since its inception."
Senator Hatch sponsored tne new
law which curbs political activity of
Federal employes not engaged in
policy-making jobs. He took tne
position that any Federal worker
who attended the Young Democratic
i Clubs Convention as a delegate and
was seated as such would violate
I the law and be subject to dismissal.
D. C. Delegates Replaced.
Officers of the Young Democrats'
! convention have said the Hatch law
j has made inroads on many state
, delegations and that most District
ol Columbia delegates had been re
i placed because of their Federal Gov
! ernment connections
, Despite that statement, the Jus
i tice Department reported it still was
, receiving inquiries from club mem
, bers here whether they should go to
j Pittsburgh.
“You can go as on-lookers if you've
j got the carfare, but do not act as
delegates." was the advice given
them informally, pending comple
tion of the formal ruling.
Senator Hatch said he "greatly
: deplored'' the Maner statement, is
I sued in Pittsburgh yesterday, whicn
called the act the “most un-Ameri
can piece of legislation that has
been passed in the last 25 years."
"If this law is un-American, then
1 George Washington was un-Ameri
i can." Senator Hatch said, “because
j he followed its principles in making
! appointments based on merit.
i reamed lor 50 Years.
“The thihg Mr. Maner calls un
American has been preached by the
Democratic party for more than 50
j years. We have been a party of
ideals. Now7 that we are in power,
it should be our task to make our
professed ideals realities. This is
what the bill I sponsored, the Con
gress passed and the President
signed seeks to do.”
The Senator added that it "ill-be
hooves any Democratic organization
to repudiate those ideals, least of all
the young Democrats.”
As for the National Democratic
Convention in 1940 to name a presi
dential candidate. Senator Hatch
said the law would bring a marked
physical change in its personnel.
Contending that about 800 of the
1,000 delegates to the Philadelphia
convention in 1936 were Federal
officeholders, he observed:
“It might make a world of differ
ence that there will not be 800 Fed
| eral officeholders as delegates to
the 1940 convention. It will be bet
I ter to have a semblance of obedi
I ence to the law rather than have
the convention packed with Federal
employes.”
Mrs. Wallers' Effecls
Valued al $20,325
A value of $20,325 has been placed
on the personal effects of Mrs. Caro
line Roebling Hagner Walters, for
! mer Washington socialite, who died
July 8 in her Reno. Nev., home when
she shot herself accidentally with
a pistol, according to word received
here from Reno yesterday.
The property, representing what
she had w'ith her in Nevada, con
sists mostly of jewelry, silverware
and two automobiles.
cAntl vaiuc ui mis. wallers
estate has not yet been determined,
it was said here at the law office
of Hogan & Hartson.
The will, recently filed here in
District Court, is to be sent to Reno
for probate
An unofficial estimate placed value
of Mrs. Walters’ personal estate at
about $350,000 and real estate owned
by her at approximately $115,000.
The will and codicil name Mrs.
Walters’ two children by her former
husband, Alexander B. Hagner. 2339
S street N.W., as the beneficiaries.
Price, Mary Pickford
To Lead 'Virginia Reel'
By the Associated Press.
SOUTH BOSTON. Va.. Aug. 9 —
Gov. Price and Mary Pickford will
lead the ‘‘Virginia Reel" the opening
night of the National Tobacco Fes
tival, September 7, the Festival Com
mittee announced yesterday.
Earlier it was announced in Wash
ington that Assistant Secretary of
War Louis Johnson had accepted an
invitation to crown Miss Pickford
as queen of the festival the following
dag.
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