The Washington times., 1925-02-21
Let HaveaSatisfactOr Traffic
Bill, Fair to District People
By BILL PRICE.

By BILL PRICE.
The Senate having passed traffic BILL and the House
being about to give probably favorable consideration to one
single remaining District day in that body the outlook
is good for new that seeks make the streets OF
Washington safer and put higher value on human life and
limb.
AS the measure will be subject to controversy in
the presume that the floor representatives OF the
House District Committee which has shown closer touch
with public sentiment than any other time in
will put forward the fveyear public school building
program which through the Senate without the seb
lance of a fight.
The school construction program too important to be
eopardized by possible failure OF tns house 20 ac' On In
portance seemingly invites controversy and waste OF time
bin before Congress adourns we make few suggestions
which confident have strong public backing:
M no sl D az masS nov Ts 70, two
additional pose court judges with competent court STATS
property this city be brought to prompt trial. and i'm
ediately given suitable sentences comparatively little will
be- accomplished There must be appropriated sufficient
money pay jurors and to make the court machinery ef
Second The requirement in both Senate and House bills
that drivers permits must be renewed at expense of 81
So each year an nuisance legislators
would fully appreciate this they resided in this city
the inconvenience auto drivers and win be
put Co. This traffic bill is Congress
tonal burdens they should carry gasoline When
this added the regular taxes for automobiles there
enough.
At the beginning of each year the auto owners of Washing
put much trouble and annoyance obtain their
is entirely inadequate to rush Citizens COM
PEELED stand in lines for hours to get their license tags ard
subjected considerable red tape drivers licenses
required each year tie congestion will be bearable and
altogether unnecessary There public benefit in this
have to 90 through this mob struggle each wear Even # there
jams contend with there neither justice
bad eggs viii have their licenses revoked. -.s
There spirit Of hostility to District people among
the great majority of Senators and Congressman There
men in the House who seek to make political capital
with rural and urban constituents by telling how they force
the tax dodgers Of the District to toe The mark Yet
our real friends in House Senate councimen in
city Of this size they woudn think Of requiring their
uens through annual scramble for the sake Of
This spirit Of sticking the people Of the District was
NATIONAL BRIDGE commemorating the patriotic unity of
North and South is to furnish adequate transportation
to the noted Arlington Cemetery where sleep the nation
noble dead.
Yet one Of these District aters in the House had added
to the bill amendment requiring the taxpayers of the
$14000000 that equitable part to be partly determined
by who have been fighting liberal treatment of the Dis
I Virginia which will be benefited by this NATIONAL me-
mortal will nothing Americans from all States who pass
through Washington their will benefited
The patriotic spirit of the country will be further appealed
In spite Of all that the proposition is to stick the taxpayers
OF Washington for their share Of NATIONAL project
Third: The proposed mpoundng of automobiles parked
overtime will be another nuisance of the will
not make for the unified public sentiment necessary for the
full support of the traffic laws.
With least hundred additional policemen APP
regulations should be upon the police in arresng parking
volators in the usual way without putting busy auto
the and trouble Of going through the red
of having mpounded machines released.
The parked machine is not anybody. does
speed skid kill and Too free parking congested
regions of the city nuisance but the regulations be
enforced without causing widespread irritation and possible
interference with the business of and of the city
Fourth Since the Senate has taken away much the
power and prestige originally given director of traffic
and decided that he shall be subordinate in the police de-
parmen the superintendent of police why leave high
sounding title in the measure? it is contemplated that
director shall be traffic engineer and expert are
be found then give him the title and sufficient salary
insure a real good man in the position.
many valuable traffic engineers employ
of the automobile industry which has central organization
that constantly trying improve safety conditions and
kept touch with the latest and best traffic laws throughout
the world Of there others available What
we DO NOT WANT theorist traffic. We need a prac