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The Washington times., 1931-01-09
STREET TRAVEL
BILL DRAWS
GROUP FIRE
Hartman Informs District
Commission Measure Will
Infringe on Its Authority

The controversy over the eStab-
Nshment of a new traffic code
for the District today became al
most as entangled as the city's
traffic law.
Corporation Counsel w. w.
Bride at a public hearing Of the
Senate District Committee sub
mitted a new proposed bill gov.
erning traffic and the measure
immediately came under the fire
Of the Public Utilities Commits
sion.
The proposed bill was drafted
today and is designed as a substi-
tute for the traffic bill previously
introduced and upon which a
House committee held hearings
yesterday.
Hartman Sees Intrusion
Public Utilities Commissioner
Rarleigh H. Hartman, appeared
before the Senate District Com
mittee today and declared that
the new draft iInpinges upon the
functions of his commission. He
said that his commission and the
District Commissioners ha d
agreed on the previous bill but
that the Utilities Commission
could not agree to the draft sub
mitted today.
Bride insisted that the newly
drafted bill increases the work of
the Utilities Commission. Bride
and Commission Hartman agreed
to confer further with a view to
straighten out any differences
which may exist. They will re.
port back to the District Com.
rnittee next week when another
hearing will be held. t.
New Draft Outlined
Assistant Corporation Counsel
william A. Roberts outlined the
new draft and pointed out that
the principal change from the
previous 8 bill provides for the
establ bliShment Of a department Of
vehicles and traffic to administer
the powers conferred on the Com
uissionerS.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
" A R BUILDING
; D|SPUTANTS
WARNED
President Hoover, Secretary
Mellon Threaten to Choose
Site for New Structure

Another effort to break the dead
lock on the site Of the new War
and Navy buildings is in progress
today.
The Board Of Architectural Con-
sultantS of the Treasury Depart
ment, of which E. H. Bennett, Of
Chicago, is chairman, is confer
ring with the Park and Planning
Commission and members of the
Fine Arts Commission.
Hoover Takes Hand
The warning groups have re-
ceived a pointed request from
President Hoover that they must
compose their differences without
further delay, inasmuch as both
the Army and Navy are anxious
to have construction of their new
buildings started within the. cur
rent year.
Secretary of the Treasury Mel
lon yesterday impressed upon the
architects and city planners that
a settlement must be reached in
the next two weeks. If no agree
ment is in sight, he said, the Pub
lie Buildings Commission will
take the bit in its teeth" and pro
ceed to select a site Of its own.
Moore Stands Pat
Nevertheless, Charles Moore,
chairman of the Fine Arts COM
mittee, has informed the Board
of Architectural Consultants that
he was as strongly opposed to the
southwest site as ever, and that
he had no intention of approving
any plan which included the use
Of this site for either the War or
Navy Department structure.
In this stand he is supported by
both Secretary of War Hurley and
Secretary Of the Navy Adams.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
WORKERS PLAN
j. s. PAY FIGHT

A complete program for fight
ing the proposed elimination of
pay increases for Government
workers in 1882 probably will be
adopted by the executive council
of the Federation of Federal En-
ployes today.
Meetings Planned
The plan is expected to provide
for meetings of protest by fedora
ton chapters in all the major
cities; visits and letters to Sena-
tors and Representatives, and
a request to President Hoover to
reaffirm his support Of the three
year program of salary increases
outlined in his budget message.
Much progress already has been
made in the Senate, leaders of
the federation say. They in
stance the present deadlock over
the Postoffice- Treasury bill as evi-
dence Of the Senate'S opposition
to wrecking the pay increase pro-
gram.
House Still BaIks
The House remains adamant,
however. The request of the Sem
ate for . further conference on
the POStOffice- Treasury measure
has not yet been acted upon. Rep
reSentative Will r. Wood (R.) Of
Indiana is fOrtifying his position
with additional data from the Bu-
reau Of Efficiency and other agen-
CieS.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
SCHOOL AID BILL
HIT BY HURLEY

Secretary of War Hurley today
denounced proposals to restrict
Eederal aid to schools and colleges
giving military training in letters
70 the House Military Affairs COM
Imittee on three bills.
| Would Withdraw Funds
The bills, sponsored by Repre-
SentativeS Browne (RO of WiScon.
sin, Welsh CR.) Of Pennsylvania
and Sinclair (R0 of North Da-
kota, provided in different forms
for withdrawal of Federal appro-
Ipriations from educational inStitu-
tions.
The bills, Secretary Hurley said,
would eliminate the annual pro-
duction Of several thousand young
men now being well trained as OF
ficer candidates in the duties OF
noncommissioned officers to meet
the needs of a national emer-
gency." 81.
Is Not Compulsory
Military training, he said, is not
compulsory. While some 1nstitu-
tionS require such training, the
student is not compelled to attend
She institution, he said. ..'
Withdrawal of aid from inStitu-
tions requiring training, Hurley
said, would be an interference
with the affairs Of States and COM
munities nj the training of youth
to meet the needs of the indi-
vidual and the country in peace
and war;
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
CODE.
FORD. c. AS
OUTRAGE.
Ohio Senator, In First Dry
Law Speech, Launches Bit
ter Attack on 'Bone-Dry' Bill

Search warrant provisions Of
the Howell bill setting up dry
law enforcement code for the Dis
trict were branded as an "out-
rage upon civilization" today by
Senator Robert j. Bulkley CD,
of Ohio.
First Entry In Row
This was the first entry of SEN
ator Bulkley into the prohibition
fight since his overwhelming cleo
tion on a Democratic ticket IN
Ohio at the recent election.
Senator Bulkley indicated that
he will fight vigorously against
the Howell bill, aiming his fire
particularly at the section which
liberalizeS the conditions under
which search warrants for priv
ate dwellings may be issued.
Course Is Uncertain
Senator Bulkley said that he
has not determined just what
course he will pursue in opposing
the measure. Several opponents
of the bill rlan to offer amend
ments, while others will seek to
talk it to death.
Both Republican and Demo
cratic ranks are expected to give
soldiers to the fight against the
measure.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
PITTS IS NAMED
IN FRAUD SUIT

G. Bryan Pitts and the F. H.
Smith Company were charged in
District Supreme Court today with
conspiracy to "cheat, defraud and
deceive" Alma Morton, Of the
Francis Scott Key Apartments, in
a suit which she filed to recover
$500.
She alleges that in 1929 she
bought bonds of the Boulevard
Apartments for which she paid
$500 but agents of the F. H.
Smith Company induced her to
exchange it for per cent stock
in the company on the represen-
tation that the stock was paying
dividends. In addition to the $3,-
500 involved in the exchange, the
plaintiff claims to have purchased
$4,000 worth Of the stock.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
Engineers to Meet
Here Next THeSdnu

The fourth seasons meeting Of
the American Institute of Electri-
cal Engineers will be held Tues
day night at the Potomac Elec-
trio Power Company Building,
Fourteenth and c Streets North
west.
The principal speaker will be
Ellis L. Manning, research labora-
tory, General Electric Company,
Schenectady, N. Y.
The regular speakers dinner
will be held at 6 o'clock at the
Cosmos Club.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
THO Face Coin Box
RObberu ChnrneS

Earl Youst, %, of Atlantic City,
and John Gilbert, "a, of New
York city, will be arraigned in
Police Court today on charges Of
robbing telephone coin boxes in
1929.
They just completed a one-year
term in Baltimore for a similar
offense, and were returned here
yesterday by police.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
1000 Boy Scouts
To Play in Pageant

A COIOrtuI pageant IN WHICH
more than 1000 Boy Scouts will
participate in commemoration Of
scoutings twenty-first birthday in
America, will be held February Z
at Mckinley Technical High
School,.
The pageant, under the direc,
tion Of Comdr. w. e. Longfellow,
will consist of 81 episodes center
ing around the life of George
washington, from his first birth
day to the travail at Valley Forge
and the final scenes at Yorktown.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
Phone Your Tips
To Times, Folks!
$50 in Prizes

Phone The Times when
anything happenS-ring the
News Tip Editor between
$3.50 a. m. and 6 p. m.-tell
him Of any new happenings
in your neighbOrhOOd. 1t
may mean cash to you,
Fifty dollars in cash is
divided each week among 10
people who "tip off" The
Times on the best news
stories. Saye your news for
The Times. A business mer-
ger, an accident, q rescue, .
fire, an important discovery
or anything that you think
might be Of interest to the
public, may net you some
spending money If you
phone the News Tip Ed pr
at District 5260.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
Connecticut Avenue
Citizens VIII Elect

An election Of officers will be
held by the Connecticut Avenue
Citizens Association at a meeting
Monday evening at All Souls
parish hall, Cathedral Avenue
and Woodley Place Northwest.
The nominees are: For presi-
dent, Allan Fisher; vice president,
Arthur e. Dowell; secretary, Mrs.
May w. Nevin, and treasurer,
Miss Elizabeth r. Groves. Other
nominations will be made from
the floor.
G. A. G. Wood, president Of
the Washington Gas Light Com
pany, will speak.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
D. C.-FederGL Fiscal
Group Fund Asked

Request for appropriations of
$4,000 to defray expenses of the
special House committee now i'm
vestigating fiscal relations be-
tween the Federal and District
governments was made to the
House Accounts Committee yester-
day by Chairman Carl e. MapeS
and Representative Frear, repre-
senting the Fiscal Relations Com
mittee.
Instead Of $4,000, it was under
stood that the Accounts Commit
tee would propose $500 allow
ance to the so-called Mapes COM
mittee and part of this fund
will go toward employment Of tax
experts.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
Crosby Denies Plan
To Lead Rum Raids

Commissioner Herbert B. Crosby
today indicated that he has no
intention of leading police squads
on gambling and liquor raids as
reported in published reports.
The commissioner, it is under.
stood, takes the view that the
city heads outline policies to be
followed by departments under
their control and it remains for
the departments to carry out
those policies.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
HGrbOT Dredging
Permit Extended

An application by the Seaboard
Sand and Gravel Corporation for
an extension of time within which
to complete dredging in Mt. Sinai
Harbor, New York, to December
81, 1888, was approved today by
the War Department.
Commercial navigation, accord
ing to the department, will be
made possible by completion of
the work
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
Mississippi Group
To GiUe ReceDtiOn

A reception in honor of Missis-
sippians in the Army, Navy and
Marine Corps will be given by
the Mississippi Society of Wash
ington at Meridian Mansions,
2400 Sixteenth st. N. W., Tuesday
night, January 20.
The program will include so
prano solos by Mfs. Estelle Hunt
Deane, accompanied by Miss
Daana
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
SH0WALTER TO LECTURE

DR.. William J. Showalter,
associate editor of the National
Geographic Magazine, will ad-
dress members of the Torch Club
In session Monday evening at
6:45 o'clock at the Cosmos Club.
His subject will be Present Day
Conditions in South America and
Their Significance"
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
Edith A. Mcpherson
Sent to- PhiLiDpineS

Miss Edith Aileen Mcpherson,
daughter, of Mr.. and Mrs. E. T.
Mcpherson, has been sent by the
Foreign Mission Board of the gen.
eral conference of Seventh-Day
AdventiSts, to the Philippine
Islands. She has been employed in
the office of the Young Pepoles'
Missionary Volunteer Department
at Takoma Park.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
Oh, Well, YOu'U Ue Lost
Only 96 Cents in
Your Bank Roll
Times hard?

Times hard?
Well. according to the q. s.
Treasury, the average per
capita money circulation dur
ing 1880 was $39.41 as COM
pared with $40.37 during 1929,
a decrease of only 96 cents.
This figure Is based upon an
estimated population Of the
United States as of December
81. last. Of 124,074, 900.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
Rep. Fish to Attend
Council Fete Jan. IL

Representative Hamilton Fish,
jr., Of New York will be the guest
Of honor at dinner given by the
National Patriotic Council next
Monday evening at the Army and
Navy Club.
Senator TaSker L. Oddie of Ne
vada, Representative Albert N.
johnson Of Washington and
George Pitt, president Of the
Washington Board Of Trade, will
speak,
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
CHOCTAW COMES HERE

The U. s. s. Choctaw, harbor
tug, will come to the Washington
Navy Yard from Norfolk prior to
May /, being assigned for addi-
tional work with the Naval Re.
search Laboratory at Bellevue,
d. ca. it was announced yester-
daY.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
Benefit Card Party
To Be GiUen bV Club

The Boosters Club, a local
philanthropic and social organi-
zation. will give a benefit card
party tomorrow night at 8:15
O'Clock at the clubhouse, 1850
Massachusetts, Ave. n w
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
CLERGYMEN IN SESSION

Twenty-six clergymen from IA
States are attending a conference
in session at the College OF
Preachers of WaShingto Cathe-
dral. The subject Of the meeting
Is Rural Work and Missions"
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
HebreW Home Group
To Elect NeU Heads

An. election of officers and di-
rectors will be held at the annual
meeting of the Hebrew Home
for the Aged at 2:30 o'clock Sun
day afternoon at the home, 1125
Spring Rd. N. w.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
FWO Youths Jailed
On Li0UOr Ch1r1eS

Sanford Santmyer, Is, and Rue
ben Dorsey, "a, both of New Jer-
sey Ave. and F SITS. N. W., were
arrested yesterday and charged
with possession of 10 pints Of al
legged gin, 10 pints Of red liquor
three quarts of wine and four gal
Ions of alcohol.
They were released on $500 bond
on charges of illegal possession.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09

GET READY, FIRE!
C E N T R A L HIGH
SCHOOL girls are learning
to be straight-shooters.
Here are some of the men,
bers of the rifle team try
ing their aim. Firing at
the camera are Beverly
Matthews, Dorothy Jeanne
Sedgwick, Eleanor Gram
ford, and That's Spencer.
The Washington times., 1931-01-09
BAND TO PLAY

The U. s. Soldiers Home Band
will give a concert in Stanley
Hall at $50 p. m. tomorrow
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
VERDI REQUIEM AT STADIUM
TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

Tonight: Symphony No. IN Z
minor, Brahms; "Petrouchka" Suite,
stravinsky; "A Night on Bald Noun
tain NToussorgsky; -Four German
Dances, Mozart; Sleigh Ride, Marche
Slav, Tchaikovsky.
Tuesday and Wednesday: RE
QUEEN" Verdi Soloists: jean
nette Vreeland. Dorothea Flicker,
Arthur Hackett, Nelson Eddy, and
Chorus of the Schola Cantoru1n.
Thursday: Cortege DIES Noces from
lie Coz Dor" Rimsky- Korsakoff;
Suite MA Mere TOye" c'Mother
GooseO, Ravel; Overture, Fantasy
Romeo and Juliet" Tchaikovsky; "a
London Symphony" Vaughan Will
Iams.
Friday: Sonata from Cantata No
81, Bach Whitaker; La Valse, Ravel;
Hungarian Rhapsody No. l in F
List; Suite from 1.-THE Love of
Three Oranges" Prokofieff; SYM
phony No. in A, Beethoven.
Saturday: overture to die Fled
ermaus," Johann Strauss; Grand
mother Witch (Baba Inga), LiadoW
March to the Scaffold from the
Fantastic Symphony Berlioz; Nut
cracker Suite, Tchaikoysky; The
Enigma" Variations, Elgar; Pre-
ludes to Act III and " of Car
men" Bizet; William Tell Over
ture, Rossini.
Sunday: Symphony No. l in c
minor, Brahms; Last Movement from
Violin Concerto, NIend2lssohn; Eight
Russian Folk Songs; Don Juan,
Strauss; Ride of the Walkure,
Wagner.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17

One Of the best millinery member
ship meetings of the Needle Trades
Workers Industrial Union took place
in Bryant Hall on August 10. june
Croll reporting for the HeadWear
Trade Committee, brought in a plan
Of action to organize the trade for
real struggles and improvement Of
conditions.
The chief task today according to
report and plan of action is to organ
ize all the workers in the trade and
not only the trimmers as has been
the practice in the past. The trim
mers are the lowest paid, toiing from
10 to so hours a week for as little as
$3.50 and rarely higher than $50 a
week during the few weeks that the
season lasts. Blockers operators and
cutters arc no longer aristoCrats COM
pared to the trimmers. They are re
ceiving from one third to one half
the wages for Gmitless hours that
they used to earn in a regular week.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
COLLECT FUNDS
FOR FOOD REL IIE,F'
UTW Striker Gets a
Sandwich Daily

He walked very quietly into the
Eslief Headquarters and sat down in
the office and told his story. He
really didn't want to go about asking
people to help him, but you can't
starye without trying. He had been
cut Of work for three months. Yes,
he had a family, four children He
was a weaver but he belonged to the
a. F L. union. Yes, they gave free
lunches to the strikers, a sandwich
every day, but one sandwich can not
feed family You know, the Off
Gals have all the money for them
selves, workers mean nothing to
them. It was alright the first few
weeks because there had been some
money saved, but you can't live on
few dollars for three months espe-
cially when there is a family to feed.
He had been on the picket lines only
a few times, he couldn't go every day
because his feet were bad. He is
willing to join the National Textile
Workers Union, at least this union
meant to do something for the
worker.
He took his two small packages Of
food, the little there was for dis
tribution to the strikers and unem-
ployed textile workers and walked
out.
Relief will win the strike. Relief
will defeat the fake settlements of
the UTW-ASW crews. Workers,
show your solidarity with the striking
textile workers of Paterson. Rush
funds and relief to the Relief Com
mittee of the United Front General
Strike Committee, 40 Ellison St., Pat
erson, N. j.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
IT, LAVORATORE'
is BANNED BY
POST OFFICE
Rally to Defense At
Picnic August %

I'll Lavoratore," the Italian organ
Of the Communist Party, has been
denied second class matter privileges
by the General Post Office of WASH
ington. This signifies that II Lavo-
ratore" is compelled to discontinue
its weekly publication to become
temporarily a semi-monthly.
It is evident that the vicious at
tack Of the Post Office is a move
dictated by the government of this
democratic" country in an attempt
to deprive the Italian workers of
their leader, in a moment in which
thousands of Italian workers are en-
gagged in struggles in various parts
of the country.
The reaCtionary measure Of the
federal government is an attack
against the entire American working
class. This act of terror must not
be left unanswered. The American
workers must show the capitalist
class that they are firmly determined
to defend the freedom Of press, the
right for the workers to counteract
the attacks of the bosses.
I'll Lavoratore" must become a
weekly again. I'll Lavoratore" can
not interrupt its fight in behalf of
the barbarously exploited Italian
working masses Of this country.
Every class conscious worker must
realize and feel this.
On Sunday, August %, huge Pic
mic for the benefit of I'll Lavoratore"
will take place at the Olympic Park,
1924 31st Street, Astoria, L, I.
Answer the terroristic move of the
capitalist government by coming to
this Picnic in a bodyl Come all!
Bring along your fellow workers!
I'll Lavoratore' must not die! Long
live I'll Lavoratore"!
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
Furniture Workers
Hold Mass Meeting .
Wednesday, Aug. 10

A mass meeting of all workers in
the furniture industry will be held
Wednesday, August 49, at 8 p. M,
at Irving Plaza, 18th Street and r.
wing Place. At this meeting the stu
alton in the industry, the miserable
working conditions, and the steps to
be taken by the workers will be
discussed. All furniture workers are
urged to attend this meeting, in
GLIDING upholsterers, wood carvers,
varnishers, mattress makers, cabinet
and frame makers, etc.
Unemployed furniture workers are
called to come to the office of the
Furniture Workers Industrial League
every day between pm. and pm.
to help cut in the preparations for
the mass meeting Wednesday.
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
KNTTGOODS GROUP
OF NTWIU TO HOLD
MEMBER MEETING
Milliners Plan Drive In
the Industry; Dress
Shops Out

NEW YORK. A special meeting of
the knitgoodS workers will be held at
the office of the union, Monday
night, right after work, to mobilize
support for the strikers of the Rub
niger and Vanity mills, on strike for
the past four weeks. All knitgoods
workers are called upon to attend
this meeting without fail and to as
sist the strikers. Miller, one of the
strikers of the Rubinger mill, was
arrested Thursday night in West New
York, where the union has a picket
line. The firm in its efforts to break
the ranks of the workers, which are
solid to date, is resorting to terror
istic methods. Miller was beaten up
arrested and given 10 days or S25
Despite this terrorism on the part of
the bosses with the aid of the police,
the workers are determined to go on
with the strihe.
Successful Millinery Meeting Lays
Basis for Organization Drive.
Thursday night the milliners held
2 meeting in Bryant Hall A report
was given on the activities of the
trade department and plans for de-
Yeloping an organization drive. Many
rank and file members took part in
the discussion and pledged to CO.
operate in every way to carry through
plans of the union A rank and file
organization committee was elected
to assist in the drive.
The Workers of Berg e. Aranoff Sup
port Miners.
The workers of Berg g. Aranoff,
whose strike was successfully settled
through the united struggle of the
workers in the shop made a collec-
ton for the striking miners, shortly
after their return to work. I'VE I'M
derstand the need for support during
g strike were the statements of
many of the workers, as the collec-
ton was made Twelve dollars was
sent to the miners and the workers
pledged to continue their efforts in
The daily worker. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1924-1958, 1931-08-17
Needle Trade Workers
To Hold Festival On
Saturday, August y

NEW YORK Needle Trades
Workers, together with number of
other organizations of the Trade
Union Unity League, have arranged
another fine affair, Picnic Festival,
to be held at Pleasant Bay Park, the
coming Saturday, August %, COM
mencing at 2 p. m. till late at night,
There will be a number of interest
ing as we'll as entertaining features
not commonly arranged, which will
insure a good time to everybody.
Among those will be the showing Of
the outstanding Soviet movie Of Cor
ky's famous novel, "Cain and Ar
tenn" Ben Gold, just returned from
an extended stay in the Soviet Union
and Louis Hyman, will speak on the
Five Year Plan" and the Struggles
of the Needle Trades Workers" Every
worker should come to hear what
they will have to say.
Tickets in advance at the Needle
Trades Union, 131 West 28th St., and
Workers Book Shop, so E. 18th St.,
are 25 cents. Admission at the gate
IS cents.