Evening star., 1923-11-04

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ground 1t would be better policy to
wait until he Is called on the stand.
Maj. Sullivan silent.
Maj. Daniel Sullivan, superintend-
ent of police, also refrained last night
from talking ON the subject of traffic
or what the Senate committee might
do to improve conditions
1t Is known, however, that high ofil-
cials of the police department are in
accord with Mr.. Hart in the belief
| that recommendation for a larger
appropriation for the employment of
| traffic officers would be a beneficial
move for the investigating committee
| to make.
i yesterday. will turn its attention first
to the so-called death. posts erected
on 14th street to protect persons
| waiting for street cars.
The District Commissioners say they
| erected the post as an experiment. A
| number of automobiles have crashed
| into the post at night and the Com
| missioners are now considering their
| removal, awaiting. in the meantime,
| a report from their traffic committee
Chairman Hart of that committee
declared last night he Is in favor of
abolishing the posts and that he ex-
poets his committee to take such
action Thursday
The assistant corporation counsel
SAID he favored so-called boulevard
l SESfPm ioh "a. l..
permitted to move swiftly along GER
tain wide arteries. With such a sys-
tenn, however. he said vehicles should
be required to come to a stop before
crossing boulevard.
Parking Rig Problem.
The question of regulating parking
IN the congested section is perhaps
| the most puzzling traffic problem now
before the Commissioners. and 1t
probably will come In for debate be-
fore the Senate committee.
Commissioner Oyster has expressed
himself In the past in favor of an
impounding law. which would permit
the police to lock or. remove ma
chimes found overstaying the park
Ing limits. The Commissioner, like
wise, Is strong advocate Of larger
police force.
If Mr.. oyster should be asked to
appear before the senators in his
capacity as Commissioner In charge
| of traffic he, in all probability, will
argue Tor an increase in the traffic
squad. The Commi sfoners about a
year ago created the committee of
| which Hart is now the head and
directed it to go thoroughly through
the traffic regulations with q view
to improving them.
Code Recently Changed.
The outstanding result of that in
curry was the enactment of a reck =
less driving statute. A number of
other changes were made In the code,
| were left unchanged.
The committee al that time sought
the cooperation of bureau Of stand
ards officials in drafting a model
headlight law for the District. No
definite action was taken on that SUBJ
ject. however. Then came the Shrine
convention and with it, the one-way
/ streets. Commissioner oyster was so
impressed by the results obtained
with one-way thoroughfares during
that week OF unprecedented conges-
tion that he had the Commissioners
retain number Of them.
Since that time there has been some
opposition to the one-way rule on GER
tain downtown arteries. but Com mis-
sioner oyster felt that the majority
favored them and he has stood pat on
the one-way regulations.
another important step toward re-
ducing accidents was taken more
than year ago when the Washing.
ton Safety Council was Organized.
This council has conducted an un-
ceasing campaign Of education to
make both motorists and pedestrians
more careful In using the streets.
To this end white lines have been
painted at all downtown Crossings
and posters are constantly being dis
played at busy points, reminding the
driver and walker alike Of the price
Of recklessness.