Evening star., 1933-11-07
CITIZENS TO STUDY
new Government
Cathedral Heights Cleveland
Park Association Antici-
pating Change Here.

Anticipating that President Roosevelt
shortly may create a different form of
government for the District, the Cathe-
dral Heights Cleveland Park Citizens
Association. meeting last night in ST.
Adams Parish Hall, at Massachusetts,
and wisconsin avenues, voted to in
struct its Committee on Law and Legis-
lation to study the problem
John w. Townsend, the associations s
vice president told the members that
the Chief Executive might act any day
on appointing new Commissioners or a
city manager form of government here.
He indicated that the broad powers
conferred upon Mr.. Roosevelt. enabling
him to reorganize the Government bu-
reaus, might also clothe him with au-
thority to alter the Set-up here, without
action by Congress.
The association also voted t. give its
Law and Legislation Committee the
task of framing suitable LIQUOR control
legislation for the District and when
this report is made. it instructed its Ex-
ecutive Committee to deal further with
1t in placing the body's wishes before
the Federation of Citizens Associations.
Mr.. Townsend took a leading part in
this discussion and said that the Dis
trict's liquor control statute should re-
fleet the wishes Of the community. He
favored the most reasonable restrictions
possible, asserting that it will likely be
generally conceded that there will be
no saloons permitted in residential
areas nor near churches and schools.
New System Urged.
Mr.. Townsend declared that the time
Is ripe to put IN an entirely new system
Of regulation here, while we have
time" concerning liquor control He
was reminded that the District was dry
before general prohibition for the Ma
tion was enacted, but replied that new
regulations, to meet the changed times,
are needed.
Mrs. Margaret LaGorce Streeter de-
clared that the District is far worse
since prohibition, with speakeasies that
are doing great deal of harm
J. r. Van Fossen was elected delegate
to the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions. He will represent the group at
Smith. who has been a delegate for
two years, succeeding the late George
r. Wales, who was one of the three
Civil Service Commissioners.
The association spread upon its rec
ords an expression of sympathy in the
recent death of Mr.. Wales, long an
active member Of the group and a
prominent officer. as well as a fedora
ton delegate. 1t voted to transmit to
his widow and family a copy Of the
resolution of coincidence it adopted
praising Mr.. Wales outstanding serv-
Ice.
Taylor Is Secretary.
Benjamin F. Taylor was selected Sec
retary of the association He was in
structed to send a letter of sympathy
to P. g Burton of 1908 Twenty ninth
street, a former president of the asso-
citation, in the recent death Of his wife.
The delegates listened to a short dis
course by Robert Dugan Of the new
Capital Transit Co., who sketched the
transportation plans of the consolidated
f1rm that Is merging the systems here.
Presiding was the newly-elected
president, Francis P. Sullivan, prom
1nent local architect. He promised that
new membership drive will soon be
launched to stir more interest.