Evening star., 1915-10-12

land some persons doing an illegal
business have reaped from 40 to so per
amendment to the present law. the evil
will be corrected and the poor people
will receive the benefit"
Action Is Approved.
On motion of Prof Perciva1 Hall the
action of the executive committee was
approved. and the proposed amendment
will be reported at the merit meeting
of the association.
Improvements suggested by the ex-
ecutive committee for the ensuing year
include the construction of a new East
ern High School. the purchase of part
Fairgrounds. the widening of Benning
road. extension of New York avenue.
Improvement of West Virginia avenue
and the construction of new truck
house. for the fire department. W. G.
Lang asked for the Improvement of
portions of Sd and L streets, and p. j.
O'Dea asked for similar treatment of
6th street between H and K streets.
Dr. L. D. Walter. discussing the dis
position of revenues of the District.
stated that one-half of the revenues Of
the District for the past two years,
after being paid into the federal Treas
ury, had been placed by United States
officials on interest in local banks
Even one-half of the money paid for
permits to do work is so paid. he said
On motion of W. S. Bransom the ,asso-
tee make an investigation of this mat
ter. President Tucker said he thought
the present method of dispcsing of the
cash was entirely wrong.
Says Price Is Not Too High.
DR.. Starr Parsons. chairman of the
committee on schools, said h s comm ttee
hopes that the trouble about the pur-
chase of a site for a new Eastern High
School would soon end, He said he.
thought % cents a foot for the ground
wanted was not too high, and II there
is any more ground in that section to
be offered for such price. he stated.
he would willingly purchase some Of IT,
Mr.. Bransom, DR.. Walter and Mr..
Lang said they thought the price fixed
by the board of condemnation was not
too high. Il don't see why this should
be a cheap skate affair.", commented Mr..
he added, "and the longer the purchase
is DELAYED the greater will be the price
paid for IT..
DR. Parsons said he feared the whole
matter would be sidetracked unless the
ground is purchased before the meet
ing of Congress The association voted
it's approval of the report of the board
of condemnation.
President Tucker complained that the
schools in the north east section are
terribly congested and pointed out the
necessity for additional buildings The
northeast is rapidly building up, he
said. and soon it will be impossible to
get vacant ground for school purposes
Roscoe Jenkins declared there was
tendency all over the country to cut
down the graded schools. and the SEN
timent in other cities is being re-
fected here. Tens of thousands of
children have been turned away from
schools in the large cities of the coun-
try this year, he said, the number in
New York being between ao'ooo 'ano
10000.
Blame for Maj. Pullman.
DIR. l.. D. Walter, chairman Of the
committee on police and fire depart
ments, said for the first time in the
history of the association he had an un-
favorable report to make on the police
conditions in Northeast Washington.
"It is not the fault of the captain of
the precinct" he said. but of Maj.
Pullman"
Dr walter said he had been informed
that when Mai Pullman wanted to
change the personnel of the ninth pre-
cinct, he asked his captains to name
| the men they did not want IN their
precincts. and then sent lot Oh green ,
/ men anu q
familiar with the section, handicappins
| the captain and doing the people OF the
Northeast an injustice.
| II was told that one OF the green
poltce had to inquire the way BACK 10
the station after he had done MS trlck
| Of duty" Dr. Walter stated
| DIR. Walter complained that change
made in the method of policing the
northeast suburbs had worked an in
| Justice to the residents of those places
Heretofore, he said. policemen fliing
| post Jobs at Benning. Langdon and
tother places were required to do reserve
duty at home. where they could make
quick responses to calls, ana many I'M
portant arrests resulted from that ar
lrangement. They now are required tc
do reserve duty in the stations, depriv-
ling the suburban places OF their serV-
ices and giving them poorer police pro-
| lection.
| In conclusion. DIR. Walter said he
thought It was poor policy to put full
complement of green men in precinct
as was done in the ninth precinct not
long ago.
Commends Boy Scouts.
The association adopted resolution
commencing the Boy Scouts for their
work during the G. A. r. encamp-
ment and at the carnival of the Mid
Citv Citizens Association.