Evening star., 1916-12-06
SAYS COST Of LIVING
JUST|F|ES MORE PAY
Columbia Heights Citizens Associa.
ton Wants Salaries Of United
States Clerks Increased.

Declaring that the constantly increas-
ing cost of living has been recognized
In the industrial world nv voluntary
increases In salary for employees, the
Columbia Heights Citizens Association,
In resolutions adopted at the monthly
meeting last evening. in Post Office
Hall, Park road below 14th street, went
on record urging Congress to increase
the salaries of the government clerks.
PENSIONS for school teachers, making
permanent the temporary classified
postal station at 3O36 14th street, the
shop early and mail early campaign, the
plan OF Assistant Postmaster General
koons to lower the high cost Of living by
means of producer-to-consum by
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS., and the movement
TO have classes for foreigners in more
commissioner of Naturalization Camp
Dell, were also indorsed. In the cam
paign to increase the membership Of
the association to 1000, forty-nine new
members were announced by the spe-
cial committee headed by II. c. Cole.
chairman.
In the resolution to increase the sal
aries of government clerks. introduced
by Secretary ]. Clinton Hiatt, it was
pointed out that 1.-The salaries of the
tabllshed years ago, when the cost of
commodities did not approach current
prices. and that there had only been
one general increase for the govern
ment employees in the last fifty years."
1t was also averred that existing con-
| ditions warrant Congress in granting
relief to the government employees in
the form of a general increase in SAL
ary at rate and manner deemed ade-
quate." The press Of the city was also
thanked for it's work in behalf Of the
government clerk.
Teachers Pensions Favored.
II. v. Speelman. chairman of the edu-
cational committee. reported favorably
on the plan to procure retirement with
pensions for school teachers, and the
| committee was also instructed to rep
resent the association in any mass
meeting to be held in the interest Of
more classes in the schools for the for
efgner who desires to prepare himself
for naturalization.
DR.. Seneca B. Balm. chairman of the
committee on parks and lawns, accept
ed the duty of preparing a bill to be
presented to Congress for the purchase
of the Mount Pleasant playground, at
14th and Kenyon streets A. H. Gaddis,
reporting for the committee on play
grounds, recommended that the asso-
citation do all in its power to have the
name Of the Mount Pleasant playground
changed to the Columbia Heights play
ground.
In relation to the newly established
classified postal station at 3036 14th
street. President Rice made an appeal
to the members to do all they can to
build up the receipts during this sea-
son SO that the Post Office Department
may be induced to see the wisdom of a
permanent classified station in this
section.
clergymen Among New Members.
In order to enlist the clergymen of
the section more closely in the work.
twenty-one of them were elected to
membership in addition to twenty
eight other residents of the section, the
entire list including the following: Rev.
Rev. James n. Taylor. Rev. Earle Will
fey. Rev. George Fiske Dudley. Rev. j.
]. Dimon, Rev. c. f. Granger, Rev
Francis j. Hurney. Rev. G. c. John
son. Rev. Joseph 7. Kelly. Rev. F. Har
rington Littell Rev. James shsr.
J. Prettyman, Rev. E. B. Bagby, Rev
E. NJ. Bliss. Rev. Bernard Braskamp,
Rev. H. S. Butler, Rev. G. NJ. Clayton,
Rev. J. F. Eckenrode. Rev. P. c. Gavan
and Messrs. Otto ]. DeMoll H. E. Peck,
II. S. Bryant, Edwin Perkins, c. J. Cor
man. F; d. Heisler, Faber Stevenson. W.
E. Burlington. Irving s. Hall. L. F. Ran
dolph. H. F. Dismer, W. w. Garner. A.
F. Bogue, r. J. Boyd, w. H. Plummer
J. n. Chiswell, L. R. Collifower Ben
solomon. A. P. Owens. ]. r. White. ].
R. Grinstead. E. J. Thompson, E. c.
Stanton. T. Lincoln Townsend. w. F.
Myers. J. E. Hiatt T. J. Donohue and
p. r. Leahy.