Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-09
HITS ELIMINATION
Of "A TEACHERS
Lincoln Park Citizens AsS0-
citation UphOIds Board
of Education.

| Regret over the elimination by the
! House of Representatives from the
, 1928 appropriation bill of a request by
the school authorities for "a additional
teachers was voiced in resolutions
adopted by the Lincoln Park Citizens
Association at a meeting in the Bryant
School, b street between Thirteenth
and Fourteenth streets southeast, last
night Urging the passage of the
resolution, Harold L. Warner, chair
man of the committee on education,
declared that Washington schools are
of a higher standard than people
realize.
He expressed the belief that the
Board of Education, continually study
ing school conditions and needs, is In
a far better position to appreciate
the situation than members of the Dis
trict committees of Congress. ID. r.
Lawson supported this view, declaring
that results would be more satisfac-
tory were the School Boards wishes
concurred in rather than those Of Con-
greSS The Senate will be urged to
reinsert the item for additional instruc-
tors.
Traffic Director NJ o. Eldridge. in
an address, said the bureau is doing
something every day to make WASH
ington streets safer. He urged the
same brand of courtesy while driving
an automobile as is shown at the club,
in church or in the home, where an
apology is offered in making a hur-
ried passage or jostling of another
person, rather than to feel resentment
and utter explosives. One safety
method suggested was that drivers
slow down at all intersections and
then give way to the man on the
right.
A recent court decision was COM
mented upon, in which Mr.. Eldrldge
declared that the denial of the right
of the director of traffic to cancel or
revoke permits for serious offenses
acted as bar to making the streets
safe, for this can be accomplished
only through removal of the ObJec-
tionable driver from the streets.
He read a record of one driver who
had been hauled up about so miles
on number of charges, paying nearly
81 900 in fines and never having spent
single day in Jail. Under the new
law, where past records may be gone
into, he said, it is possible to check up
on this sort of offender. At the con-
clusion of his remarks he asked all OF
the hundred and more present to in
dictate if they favored the revocation
of permits after the commission of a
serious offense and while awaiting
jury trial. The response was unani-
nous.
G.. p. Werner, chairman of the parks
and Fairgrounds committee, presented
a resolution which was adopted, urg-
ing the establishment of Fairgrounds
in four sections of the associations
territory. He urged the association to
make a plea for the location of a sta
dunn in the Eastern Branch parkway.
Resolutions We're also adopted urging
the acquisition of a triangle bounded
by Massachusetts avenue, c and Nine
teenth streets for park purposes and
another opposing any plan to add to
the Bryant School, which would re-
duce the playground space.
New Sidewalks Urged.
Constructing of new concrete side
walks on the north side of B street
from Fifteenth to Sixteenth street and
Improvement of the walkways in Lin
coin Park were requested of the Com
nniSSioners in resolutions presented by
Harry c.. Kimball, chairman of the
committee on streets and avenues. Mr..
Kimball also urged installation of a
more adequate lighting system on b,
c and d streets northeast. Joseph L.
GammelI made a plea for the sup
port Oh the dSSocidIloH Al the uTise TOT
funds being conducted for Casualty
Hospital. H. F. Walls, L. Tindall.
Carlton Kidwell, Daniel Frazier and
William G.. Ladd were appointed a
committee to investigate and arrange
for the establishment of a branch post
office station in the vicinity of Lincoln
Park.
These new members We're elected:
Charles Wingenback, Ross /. Sander
son, Mrs. r. M. Taylor, Mrs. VIII
liam Anderson, Mrs. John Little. Mrs.
Lulu NJ. Beyer, Joseph NJ. McCoddy.
r. H. Bagby, H. F. Ruby, Louise
Bicke, John F. Conway and William
Fl. Brown. Commissioner Taliaferro
was announced as the speaker for the
March meeting.
Guilford S. Jameson, president of
the association, presided.