Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-02-20
FEDERATION BACKS
HANDSPRING PLAN
FavorS Special Engineer and
Reverses Joint Report of
Two Committees.

Cverturnfns a recent Joint report
IF two Of its own committees, ana
terminating a controversy haisSinS
over from the previous meeting TWO
weeks ago. the Federation or tii1eo>
Associations last night At the nS|f'''
Ru,,djnS placsa - stamp ot approval
,,pon the proposed new office o' @ a,
Scape engineer tov the nSifit'' ~
,,~anosa} which involved also rec
concentrations tcr beauunca'"h "
thr Schoo, grounds # the CITY Was
vigorously desruded ny tnsfh"e!
,~n,on,tssioner ! Franklin Tel III q"
earnest speech "a the delegates; VIZ
after his departure, nnanhn~oSN ~
held HIM. ..., ,,,.
The vote came ON SUBSTITUTE n'
.ioI, offered hy James q. Nau'"' -,
6crt of the federation. ana "n't,'N'
ty Jesse 4. Sut"r. former r''N'".',,'
The Yaorn resolution had oeeh wy
scented TWO weeks ago as SooS'i'"a.
far me r~san,ule ndatton ot inc !N'"
committee On education and hleh"aN
and Waterways, wh'"h had "'l"'S'N
the rrnpc&al for a landscape ehSifee''
althcUSh \ recommended neaa''"'a
non Of the school grounds th''"S"
other means.
No Dissenting Voice,
Although me Yaden substitute mao
been bitterly debated tWo weeks as",
end the lolnt committee report mac
been vigorously upheld at me Pti"s
meeting. not a voice was faiseu
against The landscape engineer lne%
iasT night following the address of
Col. Bell. although one delegate aSNeo
of thn commissioner.
As amended and unanimously pas
geo. the resolution placed the fedeta'
zion fatty on record as taVerlns lhe
creation of the office az landscape
engineer and the appropriation o,
necessary money te improve an"
beautify school grounds in the DIS
trict of Columbia.
Col. Bell in his address contenaeu
that there was absolutely no authority
1nder the present law to employ
landscape engineer. who, he said, was
sadly needed.
Bell Makes Points.
None Of the engineers in the en-
ploy of the District has the time
Col Bell pointed out, TO give 10
this work.
Declaring that he believed not so
many people walked in the parks
any more, although thousands drove
,hroug hthem in automobiles, Col.
Beu asked. Why spend half mil
lion dollars on our parks ana lei
the school Fairgrounds grow up In
weeds ?"
Such Improvement of the school
grounds, the speaker pointed out,
was a necessity for the cultural de-
veiopment of the child mind.
He said this was no effort on his
part to take away anything from the
fund for repairs and maintenance OF
the schools, but should be in the ma
ture of an entirely new drive for a
new need.
Wants $4,000 for Trees.
Following discussion of some length
concerning the lack of funds for trees
tn the District of Columbia and some
criticism concerning the kind or trees
set out. particularly Norway naples,
the federation adopted resolution by
William Mex Clayton recommending
that the District Commissioners ask
the Bureau OF the Budget TO include
81 lis deficiency bill estimates for
SIS zoe for trees in the District.
a committee of three, consisting OF
John A. Saul. William B. Todd and
Or c. B. Campbell. was appointed TO
look into the matter of trees.
An informal statement on national
representation for the District Of
Columbia by Jesse G. Suter, chairman
of the federation committee on this
subject, provoked some debate when
G. w. Ayres attempted to submit
what he called a minority report for
the committee or a statement but did
not succeed in doing so.
Mr.. Suter said he expected there
would be some definite results in the
next Congress"
Referring TO Mr.. Ayres. the chair
man Of the committee said: THE gen
tleman is out of place on the commit
tee and should have the good taste
voluntarily to retire from the COM
mittee." Mr.. Clayton jumped to the
defense of Mr.. Ayres, claiming there
had been kind of ma ority report and
that the chair should permit state
ment from Mr.. Ayres.
Report Goes Over.
A report of the committee on educa-
ton, submitted by Mrs. Fl. S. Parsons,
was considered for some time and then
passed over to the next meeting, after
some debate.
The federation approved a part Of
a report by Mrs. H NJ Phillips, chair.
man Of the committee on charities and
corrections, who urged a further in
vestigation of wages at the District
Jail with view TO bringing up the
salaries here nearer to q level with
Chose of other cities.
Such debate was provoked by this
committee report on the pending bills
FOR q Juvenile Court, that part Of the
export was reCommitted TO the com.
snittee, with the explanation from the
committee that none of the bills had
any chance of enactment at this SEES
sion of Congress.
The federation, upon recommended
ton of r. l.. Strobel, approved the
request of the Michigan Park Associa.
ton for better fire protection. which
would include a city service truck and
an additional engine company for that
neighborhood.
% In Arrears.
The request from the Columbia
Heights Citizens Association for as
sistance in a problem of public park
ing and alleged storing OF unsightly
objects in their community was sup
ported by the federation which au
thorized the police and fire committee
10 urge a police regulation to meet
the situation
The federation tabled a motion by
Mr. Suter which would have deprived
delegates from all associations in ar
ISdEs on tHeiF CUES from voting. i ne
trea surer showed that % associations
were in arrears but that the fedora.
ton had a balance of more than 5000.
Mr.. Suter, who was chairman of the
membership drive. reported that
5,0SS members had been secured. of
which a. had been secured from ad
joining States. The subscribers 10 the
fund for supporting the drive had been
repaid 100 cents on the dollar