Evening star., 1916-01-07
OPPOSITION TO CHANGE
IN SCHOOL MANAGEMENT
Benning Citizens Association OBJ
jects to Giving Appointive Power
to Commissioners.
Resolution Adopted Requesting Bet
ter Police Professionalism Ad-
vertising Condemned.


citation. Charles N. Farr president, and
Max Oppenheimer secretary, last n1gnt
at a meeting held at the home of James
W. Brown, Benning and Anacost1a
roads, expressed unalterable opposition
to any change in the method of ap-
pointing members of the board of edu-
cation or a change in the method of
conducting the public schools.
"a restoration of the appointive
powers to the District Commissioners,
said DR.. Harry Epps. would mean a
restoration of the school system to
politics When the schools came di-
rectly under the Commissioners they
made a mess of it, and since the JUS
tices of the Supreme Court of the DIS
trict have appointed members of the
board of education the schools have
been in fine shape
DR.. Epps presented a resolution hav-
ing for it's object better police protec-
tion for Benning. For number OF
years. he stated, the policemen detailed
for duty at and about Benning were
permitted to report on and off from
the box instead of being compelled to
go all the way to the station, report
and return.
A recent change, he added, compels
them to go all the way to the city
twice on each tour of duty and de-
prives the people of the Ben -
ton of their services for about two
hours.
only few nights ago" said Dr.
Epps, "a woman was heard screaming
for assistance, but it happened at an
hour when the policeman. who other
wise would have been in hearing dls-
tance, had gone to the city to report on
and there was no policeman to re-
spond."
James w. Brown said he favored the
resolution He recalled that Saturday
nights, when SO many Maryland ana
District truckers are returning home
and when a policeman should be at
Benning the place is unprotected, be-
cause the officer who should be on duty
there has gone to the city to report
off.
Mai Pullman will be asked to make
the desired change.
Opposes Fake Advertising.
On motion of NJ. j. Keane, the asso-
citation voted an Endorsement of the
campaign that is being waged against
fake advertising by the vigilance COM
mittee of the Retail Merchants Asso-
citation Andrew D. Loeffier was named
as the associations representative with
the vigilance committee.
NJ j. Keane told of the associations
interest in the proposed elimination of
the grade crossing of the steam rail-
roads at Benning. The people of Ben
ning, he explained, are heartily in IA
vor of a subway and not an overhead
bridge. He said he would VISIT the
Commissioners with other members of
a committee and explain the situation.
DR.. Epps called attention to the need
of a railway waiting station at the
Renning race track. Before the fire,
he stated, there was shed that pro-
tected persons waiting for street cars.
Many residents of Hillbrook. he stated,
board the cars at the Benning station
and the railway company, he thought,
should afford shelter for them.
James W. Brown complained Of the
excessive speed of street cars crossing
Benning bridge and on the grade near
the city dump. and suggested that the
public utilities commission be asked
to fix the rate at four miles an hour.
Suggests Eight Miles an Hour.
NJ. j. Keane said he thought eight
miles an hour. the rate fixed for traffic
over other bridges, would be about the
proper speed. Mr.. Brown said he would
be satisfied with having it fixed at any
reasonable rate.
IF you fix it at four miles, said J.
VI. Wood. the cars will run at eight
and if it is fixed at eight they will run
at fourteen"
The resolution fixed the rate at four
miles, and the public utilities will be
asked to arrange regulation accord
ingly.
Mr.. Keane said he thought it about
time for the District authorities to lay
d sidewalk between the railway station
at Benning and the Benning and Ana
costa roads. 1t was suggested that
such sidewalk should be laid after
the elimination of the grade crossing,
and Mr.. Keane withdrew his sugges-
ton.
Charles D. Fowler. Harry Naylor, E
r. Beale and Dr. G. I. Eppard were
elected members of the association.