Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1931-02-26
BURROUGHS GROUP
CHARGES IGNORED
Rhode Island Avenue Citizens
Back Members Action at
School Hearing.

The Rhode Island Avenue Citizens
Association last night decided in regu-
lar meeting that criticisms of Its men,
bers by the Burroughs Citizens ASso-
citation, contained in resolution
adopted by the latter organization
early this month, for alleged action be-
fore House and Senate subcommittee
considering school appropriation items,
were "impertinent and unworthy of
serious consideration" and voted to
ignol the charges.
The Rhode Island avenue group. in
answering the resolution of the Bur-
roughs Association, a copy of which
was before last nights meeting, de-
clared that it had full confidence in
the ethics of its members in civic AZ
fairs" and did not deem investigation
contemplating disciplinary action neces-
Sary. The matter had been looked into
by William S. Torbert, a member of the
association, who introduced the reso-
luton answering the Burroughs group.
The charge of the Burroughs or
ganization was that certain members
of the Rhode Island Avenue Association
appeared before the House subcommit-
tee considering items for the Wood
ridge elementary school and for the
proposed Junior high school for Brook
land Woodbridge and advocated elimina-
ton of the elementary school appropri-
alton In favor of the junior high school
item.
Appeared as PIT. A. Members.
IL was explained last night that al
Slough members of the Rhode Island
Avenue Association had appeared before
the subcommittee, they had done so as
members of the Woodbridge Parent
Teacher Association and did not act in
any capacity as representative of the
Citizens Association. Members OF the
group who appeared before the Subcom-
mittee stated they recommended delay
ing the junior high school project in
favor of the Groom addition to the ele-
mentary school If both could not be Sc
cured at the same time. Congress finally
appropriated $4,000 for the Woodbridge
addition and 100000 for the Junior
high school project.
A resolution indorSing the action of
ehe House and Senate subcommittee
which recommended the appropriations
for the Woodbridge and Brookland
Schools was adopted by the association.
The Rhode Island Association, one of
the largest in the city, in deciding to
ignore the charges of the rival asso-
citation stated in its resolution that the
Burroughs group did not come into
the picture with clean hands, having
attempted to block outright an item for
the elementary school appropriate be-
fore the Senate subcommittee considering
the school items" The Senate hearing
was held the day following the meet
ing of the Burroughs Association when
It's resolution was adopted. copy
of the Rhode Island Associations res
olution was ordered sent to the Fedora
don of Citizens Associations.
Change in Smoke Law Favored.
The Committees of Health and SAM
tation and of Law and Legislation of
the Rhode Island body were instructed
last night to investigate the possibility
Of bringing about change in the Dis
trict smoke nuisance law so as, to in
clude locomotives. This action was
taken following receipt of complaints
Of smoke issuing from the Baltimore g.
Ohio Railroad round house near Fiji
tenth street and Rhode Island avenue
northeast.
The Parks Committee of. the group
was asked to find out the reason given
for the recent action of the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission
In recommending the change Of the
name of the Woodbridge Park to Lang
don Park