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-----WASHINGTON, D. C., JUNE 9, 1940. * , B—1
House Will Get
Engineering Bill
Tomorrow
Five Other Local
Measures Due to
Be Disposed Of
fiftepite recent protests against
certain features of a bill designed
to regulate the practice of profes
sional engineering here, Chairman
Randolph of the House District
Committee, said last night he would
call the measure up for considera
tion in the House tomorrow.
The bill is one of six local meas
ures on the House calendar ex
pected to be disposed of tomorrow
on what probably will be the final
District day of the present session
of Congress. Passed by the Senate
July 18, 1989. it was favorably re
ported last Monday by the House
District Committee on recom
mendation of Chairman McGehee
of the Judiciary Subcommittee.
Lack of Hearings Charged.
Complaints have been made to
Representative Randolph in the
last few days that the bill was not
subjected to adequate public hear
ings with the result that its scope
and effect are not generally known.
Mr. Randolph said, however, legis
lation to regulate the engineering
profession had been under consid
eration for many years and that
the bill favorably reported by his
committee was discussed during a
* public hearing last year before the
Senate District Committee, and
that Mr. McGehee's subcommit
tee had held a brief public hear
ing on it this year.
Fear that the proposed legislation
would create a "monopoly'’ among
the engineering; profession and lead
to an increase in building construc
tion costs was voiced yesterday by D.
E. Gingery, chairman of the Legis
lative Committee of the Operative
Builders' Association, who appealed
to Mr. Randolph's office for further
hearings.
Sets Up Standards.
Mr. Gingery also said the pro*
posed legislation is ‘ loosely written”
and confuses the building industry
because of its ambiguities.
The bill would prohibit the prac
tice of professional engineering
without a license and creates a board
to license applicants. In addition it
sets up standards to be met by ap
plicants for a license.
The House report on the bill, in
part, declares:
“For many years bills to regulate
the practice of professional engi
neering in the District have been
introduced in Congress and there
has been much controversy among
those in the profession as to the
exact type of legislation desired.
About two years ago there was or
ganized a representative group of
engineers known as the District of
Columbia Council of Engineering
and Architectural Societies.
‘‘The council is in favor of this
measure, and it also has the ap
proval of a majority of the con
stituent societies, so that it appears
this bill represents the wishes of
a majority of the professional en
gineers in the District.”
Other Bills to Be Called Up.
The other bills Chairman Ran
dolph plans to call up in the House
follow:
1. Authorizing a reduction in the
present 4 per cent interest rate
on P. W. A. loans to the District.
2. Providing for the organization
and incorporation of co-operative
associations in the District.
3. Requiring the recorder of deeds
to have a representative in the
office of the director of Department
of Vehicles and Traffic to record
and release liens on motor ve
hicles.
4. Giving former Policeman Amos
B. Cole a retired status so he can
draw a pension from the Police
and Fire Department retirement
fund.
5. Prohibiting the sale of con
vict-made goods, except to the Fed
eral and District governments.
'Pep Talks' for Police
Start Tomorrow
A series of 10-minute “pep talks” I
to precinct personnel will be in-1
stituted tomorrow by Inspector Ar
thur E. Miller, newly appointed head
pf traffic education. Lewis I. H.
Edwards, assistant superintendent of
police, announced yesterday.
Inspector Miller's talks will in
clude a discussion of uniformity of
enforcement, proper attitude toward
the public, and conduct and appear
ance of officers.
With the formation of the new
Accident Prevention Bureau—de
signed to relieve the precincts of ac
cident investigation work. Inspector
Miller will assume its command.
Motorists Using
Trestle Warned
Of 15-Mile Limit
If District motorists wish to keep
using the temporary by-pass trestle
over Rock Creek at Massachusett
avenue N.W. while the new bridge
there is under construction, they
must abide by the 15-mile speed
limit over the trestle, officials
warned yesterday.
Capt. H. C. Whitehurst, District
director of highways, said that so
far police had been unable to ob
tain motorist compliance with the
15-mile rule.
"The temporary trestle is perfect
ly safe and we have allowed an extra
margin of safety,” said Capt. White
hurst, "but as an assurance against
accident, including the possibility
that some car may skid on a wet
pavement, the 15-mile speed limit
must be observed.
“If the motorists will not abide by
this rule or if the police cannot en
force compliance, then, as a mas
ter of precaution, it will become
necessary for me to ask the Com
missioners to ban any traffic move
ment over the temporary trestle. I
hope this will not be necessary.”
Extra police precautions are ex
pected to be taken beginning tomor
row to enforce the speed regulation.
Jaunt of 13 Needy Children
Proves Joy of Camp Good Will
CAMPER FOR A DAY—This youngster, one of the 13 who spent
yesterday at Camp Good Will, isn’t half as ferocious as he looks.
He just wanted the ball game to get started. Like hundreds of
other Washington children, he would rather play baseball on
a grassy field at the camp than in the street at home. It's safer,
—Star Staff Photo.
Thirteen youngsters tried to cram
two weeks of camp life into a single
day yesterday, having a hilarious
time, but bringing home a group of
exhausted adults.
The children climbed trees, they
caught frogs, they played baseball,
they turned handsprings and, finally,
in a spirit of complete abandon, they
leaped fully clothed into a minia
ture lake.
The Jaunt to Cafnp Good Will was
organized by The Star more or less j
as an experiment. A campaign for
funds to send needy children to
camp begins tomorrow. The idea
yesterday was to see just how the '
youngsters feel about camp.
And so. early in the morning, three
carloads of children, taken from the
crowded sections of the city, headed :
for the camp at Chopawamsic, Va.
The youngsters were quiet at first. !
sitting primly in their seats and
staring out the car windows. But
that didn't last. They started com- i
ing to life when they passed the'
airport. Then, some of them had 1
never seen Mount Vernon before.
Every historical marker, every cow,
elicited comment. They passed a
truckload of C. C. C boys and, of
course, they nad to lean out the
windows and yell.
Quick Friendships Made.
Except for the smallest passenger, j
who had fallen asleep in his brother's ;
arms en route, they were all old
friends before they got to camp. A
few of them had been to camp before.
‘‘They give you dessert here every
day.” one of the veterans remarked.
“They feed you good ”
Driving into the camp itself was
an event. A boy who had gone to
camp last year pointed out the
stream “where we caught the frog.”
One of the girls wanted to stop the
car to see if the pink mountain
laurel lining the road "smells pretty.”
The cars halted in front of the
mess hall and the youngsters' scat
tered in all directions The bulk of
them were finally located by a creek,
a 10-minute walk which, of course,
they had taken at a brisk run.
They were busy and refused to
be disturbed. It seems there was
a frog. It was not until they had
captured the frog by the most
democratic kind Af co-operation on
all sides, and it had slithered from
their hands three times, that they
were ready to investigate the rest
of the camp.
All Had Wet Feet.
By that time, they had all suc
ceeded in getting their feet wet.
But, they also appeared to have
forgotten entirely that they had
left the sticky heat of the city
only an hour before. They were
old campers.
The next stop was the playing
field, a grassy plain nestling among
the trees. Bats, mitts and gloves
were provided and the boys started
playing baseball. Some of the girls
had wandered off to pick flowers
(they came back with a turtle).
The youngest "campers” sprawled
on the ground while a counsellor,
who had volunteered to come along,
read to them.
They had to investigate the bun
galows, so they galloped through
the woods again. The beds got
them. It seemed almost too much
to believe that each camper had
his own bed. One of the girls was
incredulous about the lockers.
Having a place where she could
put her own things, a tiny piece of
the world set aside for her own
use, was more than she’d dreamed
of.
Swimming “Hole” Is Climax.
The second glass of milk every
one of them had for lunch was a
high point, but the swimming "hole”
was the climax. Couldn’t they
please go wading, they begged, when
OiiV*v discovered it? Well, yes, wad
ing was all right.
One thing led to another. They
got their feet wet. Then they
splashed a little and. of course, their
legs got wet too. The boys rolled
up their trouser legs. The girls
lifted their dresses to their knees.
Then somebody slipped, more or
less accidentally. Two minutes
later every child there was com
pletely submerged. A few of r'v
girls had had the forethought to
take off their dresses and splash
around in their slips. It was very
gay.
All of those youngsters needed
that day and many more like it.
Pale cheeks were glowing before it
was over. The handsprings, the
somersaults were their inarticulate
way of expressing sheer joy.
And there are hundreds ot other
children like them, children who
will never get near that tree
shaded lake unless Washingtonians
are willing to share their own va
cations. It takes only $8.50 to keep
a youngster at camp a week, only
$25 to insure three weeks of good
food, medical care and the kind
of fun more fortunate children have
for the asking. The “Needy Chil
dren's Camps” fund is seeking to
raise $7,500 to make it possible for
all the children who need it to have
their days in the sun. Beginning
tomorrow. The Star will accept and
acknowledge contributions to the
fund.
Yesterday's jaunt was just like a
dream for 13 youngsters. With the
help of Washingtonians, it can be
made a reality for hundreds of
children.
Craft Training Center
Opens Display tomorrow
The public is invited to attend
this week the first annual exhibition
of student work at the National
Craft Training Center, 1317 Fourth
street S.W.
The display will open tomorrow
and continue through Friday, from
9 a.m. until 4 p.m. daily and from
7:30 to 9:30 p.m. tomorrow, Tuesday
and Thursday.
It will be made up of examples of
the work in jewelry, metals, cera
mics, weaving, woodwork, sculpture
and designs. The exhibit will ter
minate the first school year, during
which more than 100 students have
taken instruction. Special short
courses were given for the training
of volunteer leaders in character
building organizations and these
leaders received aid in preparing
crafts programs.
Studies for silk-screen and block
printing, dyeing and photography
are to be opened at the center. There
will be room for around 195 students
in the various shops.
Plans are being completed for a
six-week summer course starting
July 1. Regular classes will re
open September 18.
Lee Boulevard
Case to Go to
Higher Court
Arlington Officials
To Appeal Ruling
On Gas Station
The legal battle between Arling
ton County officials and Albert K.
and Katherine G. Cohen over the
Cohens’ efforts to establish a gaso
line filling station at Lee boulevard
and Pershing drive last night ap
peared headed for the Virginia Su
preme Court of Appeals
Judge Walter T. McCarthy signed
an order in the Arlington County
Circuit Court yesterday which has
the effect of setting aside a decision
of the County Board under which
the Cohens’ property was rezoned
from a local business or "C” classi
fication back to its original status
as residential class ”B” to block the
proposed development.
The jurist’s order likewise specific
ally set forth that the plaintiffs ‘ are
entitled to a permit to erect an
automobile filling station.”
County Building Inspector Andrew
Jensen and County Zoning Admini
strator Donald R. Locke, however,
indicated their intentions of filing
an appeal to the State Supreiss,
Court for a writ of error from rhe
judgement and Judge McCarthy
interposed an order suspending the
operation of the first order for a
period of 30 days to permit the
appeal to be filed.
Voted in Previous Eoards.
The battle over the Cohen prop
erty and the Cohens’ desire to open
a filling station has raged foi nearly
two years, county officials opposing
the proposal on the grounds ti.at it
would provide a wedge through
which the residential character of
Lee boulevard eventually would be
destroyed.
A previous County Board voted
nearly two years ago to grant the
Cohens a local business rezoning,
the vote being 3 to 2. One of the
three members who voted for the
rezoning later expressed a desire to
change and the matter was again
brought before the board. After
advertisements of a rehearing the
board again considered the matter
and a tie vote resulted, 2 to 2. One
member was absent due to illness.
Classification Changed Back.
The present County Board took
office Immediately after the tie vote
was cast and at its first meeting
voted unanimously to change the
zoning on the Cohens’ property
back to residential class "B." claim
ing that because of the tie vote
the matter was still before the
board.
Counsel for the Cohens, how
ever, appealed to the court and as
serted that on any proposal to re
zone property back to its original
status a four-fifths vote of the board
was required, that the tie vote of
the board constituted a defeat of
the rezoning plan and the plan,
therefore, lost and should not have
been considered by the new board.
Judge McCarthy’s order yesterday,
in effect, upheld this contention of
the plaintiffs’ attorneys.
Counsel for the Cohens is the law
firm of Jesse, Phillips & Klinge.
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Report Asked on Plan
To Use Pupils as Workers
Col. David lyJcCoach, jr„ District
Engineer Commissioner, yesterday
called on authorities of the public
school system to study and report
on a proposal by 'Representative
Stefan, Republican, of Nebraska
that pupils of the proposed new
Abbott Vocational School be used
to remodel or rebondition buildings
at Thirteenth and Upshur streets
N.W.
Two problems are involved in the
proposal, one dealing with the ques
tion as to whether the new Abbott
Vocational Schol should be located
on this site, and the other, as to
whether District school pupils
should be employed in a remodeling
of District properties, even though
they may do this work as a part of
their laboratory training.
In its final action on the 1941
District supply bill, now awaiting
the signature of President Roose
velt, Congress postponed until the
next regular session decision on the
controversy as Co whether the
Abbott Vocational School or the
proposed new Wilson Teachers’ Col
lege should be erected on the
grounds of the old District Tuber
culosis Hospital at Thirteenth -and
Upshur streets N.W. Some build
ings on this large site are to be
used to house crippled children,
whereas units there formerly were
used as tuberculossi preventoriums.
Spokesmen for organized labor,
who have heard of suggestion of
Mr. Stefan, are said to have regis
tered objection. However, Mr.
Stefan insisted yesterday that such
work would be done only under the
direction of proper instructors, as
a part of the course of training,
during instruction periods.
WAR DEFENSE WORKER—Miss Harriet Elliott, dean of women at the University of North Caro
lina, arrived yesterday to take up duties as a member of the National Defense Commission.
' —A. P. Photo.
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Defense Work Ends Aloofness
Of Federal Reserve Building
Stream of Callers Swarms Into Structure
As Arms Council Takes Offices There
A lusty war baby has turned the
air conditioning atmosphere of the
most peaceable building in the Capi
tal into a slightly freniied center for
national defense.
Set far back from Constitution
avenue, behind fountains and greens
ward, the new Federal Reserve
Building has shed some of its mar
beled aloofness as bewildered guards
direct a stream of callers to the ever
expanding offices of the National
Defense Commission.
Tier on tier above a classic center
shaft, the walnut paneled offices are
becoming crowded with brisk execu
tives who talk in figures commensu
rate with the Nation's banker.
Hungry People a Liability.
Miss Harriet Elliott, consumer
representative on the commission,
arrived yesterday from the Uni
versity of North Carolina where she
is dean of women, and soon after
wards there trailed 50 men and
women representing all agencies of
Government dealing with consumer
problems. At a conference held in
the Federal Reserve Board's board
room, she told them:
"Hungry people, ill people are a
liability in a defense program. The
President is thinking in terms of a
unified Nation, of a people mentally
and physically prepared to meet
responsibilities which the impact of
the world crisis forces upon us. Re
duced standards of living will result
in a reduced national effectiveness.”
Miss Elliott, a veteran of the
Women's National Council of‘De
fense during the World War. de
clared she would depend on the re
ports of the various agencies so that
"we will know what is happening.”
“Our first responsibility is to tell
the people of this country the facts
w’hen prices start upward.” she said.
"We will depend upon the good judg
ment and common sense of the peo
ple to assist in creating an immedi
ate pubITt opinion which will tend to
control the situation.”
The arrival of Miss Elliot brought
new worries to the manager of the
restaurant reserved for executives
on the top floor. He wanted to
know’ if it would be all right to ad
mit a woman to that exclusive lunch
ing section.
Stettinius Has Two Rooms.
Youthful, gray-haired Edward R.
Stettinius, who wrestles with raw
material problems, directs his ef
forts from a small, two-room suite,
briskly but informally. At his desk
by 8 a.m., he rarely leaves before
7 p.m., but by closing time he has
seen several dozen callers, has as
similated a mass of statistics and ex
amined the status of strategic ma
terials which must be imported and
storey.
Yesterday was typical. He organ
ized his newly appointed staff of
sub-executives, held long confer
ences with Army and Navy repre
sentatives from across the street
and another with a delegation from
the Procurement Division bf the
Treasury which has been purchas
ing the needed minerals with $25,
000,000 appropriated by Congress.
When he left late in the afternoon,
long after Federal Reserve officials
had turned homeward from golf
courses, he had a comprehensive pic
ture of the stores among private
manufacturers and in Government
yards.
The former chairman of the
United States Steel Corp., who at
40 has had vast experience in bank
ing and governmental activities, has
been alternating his home between
the Shoreham Hotel and his estate.
The Horseshoe, near Rapidan. Va.
He is expected soon to lease a house
closer to his office.
Around the corner is the office
of William S. Knudsen—whose nick
name, “The Great Dane,” was
adopted surreptitiously by employes.
The president of General Motors
is a former workmate of Mr. Stet
tinius who was vice president of
General Motors for many years.
Knudsen Is Quiet.
Mr. Kmjdsen, director of pro
duction, gives orders in a very low
voice and can listen to a recita
tion of statistics with seeming rel
ish. Production figures, capacities
of plants, amount required are as
similated with speed that amazes
his conferees. For the past two
days he has been examining the
status of munitions supplies for
the-Army and Navy, and methods
for expanding the output which at
the moment is about 400 per cent
less than during the closing years
of the World War. Mr. Knudsen
generally arrives at his office while
alarm clocks are summoning Gov
ernment clerks and leaves long after
they do for a quiet home life at
the Mayflower Hotel.
Nearby are the offices of Ralph
T. Budd, the transportation expert,
and Sidney Hillman, the labor-em
ployment chief who is expected to
arrive Tuesday.
Chester Davis, caretaker of agri
culture in the defense scheme, has
probably the best appointed office,
but he came here first—as a mem
ber of the Federal Reserve Board.
Leon Henderson will do his price
studying in his old offices at the
Securities and Exchange Commis
sion, several blocks away.
Probably the most depressed
clerks in Washington at the moment
are those working for the Defense
Commission who will move across
the street to less ornate quarters
in the Army and Navy buildings
this week.
Judge Rules D. C. Salary
Can't Be Garnisheed
District government lawyers yes
terday voiced gratification over a
ruling handed down in Municipal
Court by Judge Nathan Cayton
quashing a writ of garnishment
which, if approved, would have di
rected the District government to
pay a claim against the salary of
one of its employes.
The decision was in the case of
Philip P. Peyser & Co. against
James A. Sullivan.
After referring to a Supreme
Court decision concerning the Fed
eral Housing Administration, Judge
Cayton said: "It is, of course, true
that Congress invested the District
of Columbia government with power
‘to sue and be sued, to implead and
be impleaded.’ It is also true, how
ever, that it is very far from being,
like the Federal Housing Adminis
tration. a government agency
launched into the commercial
world.”
Judge Cayton added: “I, there
fore, conclude that it was not the
intention of Congress to make the
District of Columbia amenable to
garnishment: that the District is
unlike the Federal Housing Admin
istration or other governmental cor
porations coming within the pur
view of the Burr case; that the
funds sought to be attached are not
those of the defendant and can
not become his property until ac
tually paid over to him; that until
that time such funds remain
charged with a public trust and
cannot be diverted to secure the
payment of a private debt.”
Dr. Schreiner to Advise
Plant Industry Bureau
Dr. Oswald Schreiner, who en
tered the Bureau of Soils in the
Agriculture Department 37 years
ago. will act as advisor to Dr. E. C.
Auchter, chief of the Bureau of
Plant Industry, on soil problems
connected with the work of the lat
ter unit, it was announced yesterday.
Internationally known in the sci
entific field, Dr. Schreiner has been
the recipient of the Ebert prize and
the Longstreth medal of the Prank
ling Institute for his accomplish
ments, and has served as president
of the Association of Agricultural
Chemists.
W. P. A. Wars on Mosquitoes, Asks Public to Scout
By ALFRED TOOMBS.
There is almost no little favor
the W. P. A. won’t do for the
taxpayers. Now they are willing,
even anxious, to save you the
trouble of swatting your own
mosquitoes.
In the old days, there wasn’t
much you could do with a mos
quito.
You could drill him with a
.22 and if you missed, you could
always save the last bullet for
yourself. If you had a quick eye
and steady hand, you could grab
the little rascal, carve your in
itials on his stomach and send
him back to the hideout as a
warning.
Some people let the newspapers
accumulate on the front steps so
the mosquitoes would think they
were spending the summer away.
Others changed their names and
fled to caves in the Andes.
But the W. P. A. has stepped
into the breach now and the mos
quitoes are going to have to leave
town, or sign pledges that they
won’t bite any one but Republic
an Congressmen.
Paul Edwards, District W. P. A.
administrator, asked the public
yesterday to help out. There is
no middle <road, he warned—
either you are for the W. P. A. or
you are for the mosquitoes.
If you are for the W. P. A., you
are asked to act as a scout and
point out the places where you
believe the mosquitoes are hid
ing. It Is assumed that if you are
for the mosquitoes, you should
point out the place where the
W. P. A. is hiding.
The District government and
the United States Public Health
Service have taken their stand
with the W. P. A. and if you vol
unteer information about any old
ponds, sewers, swamps or dis
carded top hats which are sus
pected as being mosquito breed
ing grounds you will get action.
The best policy to follow is to
get the license number of any
mosquito that bites you. Don't
swat them, but follow them back
to their lair. Post an armed
guard over the spot and sum
mon the W. P. A. by hitting the
first policeman you see on the
head three times with a blunt
instrument.
If the mosquito’s playground is
on public property, the public
agencies will spread oil around.
All in the hole or put the Insects
on the Arst train for Peoria.
But if the mosquito breeding
ground is on private property,
the W. P. A. can’t do any work
on it. They are prepared for
this, however, and have acquired
a supply of mosquito-eating min
nows.
They will give you as many of
these minnows as you feel you
have mosquitoes to support.
There is no charge for the min
nows and after they’ve eaten
the mosquitoes you can use
them for Ashing bait or to keep
tramps off your property.
If the mosquitoes eat the min
nows, you get a $5 rebate on your
income tax.
Hearing Scheduled
By Zoning Board
On Radio Station
Permission Is Sought
For Erection of WINX
Antennae Towers
I
Establishment of a fifth Wash
ington radio broadcasting station
was advanced yesterday when the
Board of Zoning Adjustment sched
uled for a public hearing June 19
plans by Lawrence J. Heller to con
struct antennae towers and other
equipment for a proposed $50,000
broadcasting unit, which would be
known as Station WINX.
This was one of 17 cases listed
by the board for consideration at
the June 19 hearing. Mr. Heller
has been granted a license by the
Federal Communications Commis
sion to operate his proposed sta
tion, with a power of 250 watts, on
a wave length of 1.310 kilocycles,
which would be between the wave
lengths of Stations WOL and
WJSV.
Mr. Heller asked for permission
to erect a 210-foot antennae tower
at the northeast corner of Eighth
and I streets N.W., or as an al
ternative on the west side of Thir
teenth street south of O street
N.W., and for a booster station,
with a 200-foot antennae tower on
the east side of Forty-first street
south of Brandywine street N.W.
Apartment House Planned.
If the Thirteenth street site Is
approved, it is proposed to erect an i
apartment house fhdte, the top
floor of which would be used for
offices for the broadcasting station.
The station is intended to be only
a local broadcasting project, de
voted to civic programs, including
amateur theatrical productions,'
which would operate 18 hours a day.
The $50,000 estimated cost wouid
apply only to the broadcasting
equipment and not to any buildings
which might be erected.
Other cases to be considered at
the June 19 hearing are the fol
lowing petitions:
By Richard W. and Virginia C.
Higgins for permission to inclose a
flrst-story rear porch at 107 Tenth
street N.E.
By Pasquale Di Rocco for permis
sion to erect a rear second-story ad
dition to the dwelling at 902 Irving
street N.E.
By A. Farranti for permission to
use the rear of 3213 Sixth street i
N.W. as a public storage garage.
Bv Catherine Gass for permission
to change a nonconforming use from
a grocery store to a hand laundry
at. 3423 Sherman avenue N.W.
By Placido Caponiti for permis
sion to erect an apartment house
addition to the dwelling at 7610
Georgia avenue N.W.
Porch Inclosure Plea.
By Daniel Cunha, sr„ for permis
sion to erect and inclose a rear one
story porch at 327 A street N.E.
By Sarah A. and Janey M. Hol
brook for permission to erect a one
story rear porch on the dwelling at
5538 Nevada avenue N.W.
By S. H. Nace for permission to
inclose rear one-story porctr at 2802
Channing street N.E. •
By Louise S. Eiker for permission
to establish a gasoline service sta
tion at the southeast corner of Wis
consin avenue and Jenifer street
N.W.
By the National Savings & Trust
Co., as trustee, for permission to
establish an automobile parking
lot at the southeast corner of Sev
enteenth and Swann streets N.W.
By Otto and Lillian E. Strachan,
for permission to erect a one-story
rear porch pn the dwelling at 5616
Nebraska avenue N.W.
By A. G. Dezendorf for permis
sion to establish a gasoline filling
station at 719-721 Thirteenth street
N.W.
By Nora K. Zell, owner, for the
Congregation of the Holy Ghost
and of the Immaculate Heart of
Mary of the Roman Catholic
Church, for permission to establish
an educational institution at 1615
Manchester lane N.W.
By Clarence Washington, for per
mission to erect a two-story porch
in the rear of 124 Florida avenue
N.W.
By George M. Norris, for permis
sion to establish & gasoline and oil
service station at 810-814 I street
N.W. and 823-831 Ninth street N.W.
By J. A. Pappadeas and Peter
E. Kekenes, to erect a two-story
building at the rear of 1341-1345 I
street N.E.
Women#s Auxiliary
Of U. F. W. Formed
A Woman’s Auxiliary of the United
Federal Workers of America, C. I. O.,
was organized here yesterday.- Mrs.
Leon Fish was named president,
with the following aides: Mrs.
Margery Wise, Mrs. John Brlnton
and Mrs. Daniel Schwartz.
The organization adopted a reso
lution opposing an amendment to
the current relief bill, which pro
poses to cut Government employes'
salaries 10 per cent.
C. & 0. Canal
Restoration
Nearly Done
Stfetch to Seneca
* Ready for Canoes
By Mid-August
The long-awaited reconditioning
of the historic C. & O. Canal between
Washington and Seneca, Md., Is
nearing completion, with officials
of the office of National Capital
Parks predicting that the public
will be able to canoe over this
stretch of the waterway by the mid
dle of August.
During the last few days of May
the section of the canal between
Swain’s Lock (between Great Falls
and Seneca, and the spillway just
below Great Falls was filled with
water Pyk officials said yesterday
the Welfare and Recreational As
sociation of Public Buildings and
Grounds, Inc., has installed a small
number of canoes and rowboats at
Great Falls for public use. An old
bam near Great Falls Inn is used
for a boathouse. C. C. C. boys have
been at work for the last two weeks
expanding parking facilities at this
point.
Tomorrow that section of the
canal between Georgetown and
Little Falls will be drained for eight
days while the Corson & Gruman
Construction Co. rebuilds the spill
way and wastewav at Foundry
Branch about a half mile above
Key Bridge. -
Canal Locks Repaired.
This repair work is being done
under a $15,000 contract with Corson
& Gruman. Inc., which calls for
the rebuilding of lock 5 at Little
Falls. Here the construction com
pany is repairing both the canal lock
and the lock feeding water into the
canal from behind the Little Falls
diversion dam. At the same time
it is reconditioning a flood control
dike which lies at right angles to
the “canal and is designed to keep
flood waters from racing down the
canal to Georgetown.
Park officials, not long ago. pre
dicted the work at Lock 5 would be
completed ahead of schedule (time
limit on the contract runs to August
8). This prediction has been revised
and officials said yesterday it was
expected the contract would run its
full length.
A contract for $120,000 under
which major breaches in the canal
banks have been repaired in the
vicinity of Widewater. between Crop
lev and Great Falls, has been com
pleted. park officials said.
C. C. C. enrollees and special em
ployes hired out of P. W. A. funds
are at present putting finishing
touches on the entire 23 miles of
the canal between Washington and
Seneca. This work has included
restoration of all the lock gates and
lock walls, repair of the towpath. re
inforcing the walls of the waterway
and generally cleaning up. plus re
pairs to lock houses.
$500,000 Nearly Gone.
The $500,000 with which the office
of National Capital Parks has been
doing the major part of the repair
work is expected to be exhausted
this summer. The $500,000 was left
over after the canal property itself
was purchased from the B. & O.
Railroad two years ago with P. W. A.
funds.
Prom now on. unless new apmr>
priations or allotments are forth
coming, finishing touches to the
canal will probably be put on from
time to time by the regular construc
tion force of the parks office with
the aid of the C. C. C. enrollees.
So far no policy regarding public
use of the canal for recreation pur
poses has been formulated by the
parks office or its superior organiza
tion, the National Park Service.
Undoubtedly canoes and rowboats
will be permitted on the waterway
throughout its length when the
canal is filled this summer. Motor
driven craft probably will not be al
lowed on the canal this year, if ever.
About two months ago certain
officials were of the opinion that
when locks 1 and 0, which con
nect the canal with the Potomac
River at Georgetown were re
conditioned motor-driven craft
would be permitted to use the canal
under stringent speed restrictions.
May Add More Boats.
If motor craft are permitted, an
entirely new area for week-end
cruises will be opened up to local
yachtsmen.
Ascending the canal to Violet
Locks, near Seneca, the head of
navigation of the reconditioned sec
tion of the canal, boats could then
be passed out into the quiet stretch
of the Potomac which stretches
from this point virtually to Point of
Rocks, Md. A round-trip cruise of
nearly 100 miles would thus be
created in a section which is little
known to Washington boat enthu
siasts. '
However, if the parks office de
cides not to allow motor-driven
craft on the canal, this trip will
be available only to experienced
and enthusiastic canoeists.
Parks officials said yesterday that
the Welfare and Recreation Asso
ciation probably would increase the
number of boats and canoes avail
able to the public at Great Palls
if public demand proved great
enough.
Outside of these few craft the
public, for the time being, will have
to rely on commercial boathouses
along the canal and the river until
the parks office is able to carry
out plans it has drawn up to re
build the Francis Scott Key Man
sion just above Key Bridge into a
public boathouste and recreation
center.
Are You Counted?
If you have been missed by
the 1940 census enumerator it
is recommended you write to
G. R. Brown, supervisor of the
census, First and M streets
NJS., giving name, street, ad
dress, city and State; also if
you have moved since April 1,
1940, please list former address
and date of change. This notice
is published in response W> a
request to the press by census
officials.