Evening star., 1934-11-25
BACKING IS SOUGHT
FOR PROGRAM OF
CHANGES FOR CITY
Northeast Official Would
Drop Traffic Bureau, Junk
Many Regulations.

Adjustment Of the Trafic Bureau,
consolidation Of the United States
Park Police with the regular metro
politan force, opposition to the spend
ing of any District funds for building
of an airport, and changes in many
trafic regulations are subjects to be
brought before all member associations
of the joint Conference Of Northeast
Citizens Associations for action in
the near future.
A. F. e. Scheer, president of the
conference, and also president Of the
Dahlgren Terrace Citizens Asocia-
ton and joint Conference of North
east Suburban Citizens Associations,
announced his intention recently Of
carrying the fight for such to the re-
spective organizations.
Included in the lot will be q request
for disapproval Of replacement of
Chain Bridge.
Reasons Are Cited.
Mr.. Scheer advocates abolishment
of the Trafflc Bureau as an economy
measure. Twelve per cent of police in
the city are used In this branch, he
said, causing a vast expense for un-
needed officers when the privates could
easily be under supervision of the reg
ular police heads. In argument for
such abolishment Mr.. Scheer points to
the statement of Corporation Counsel
E. Barrett Prettyman that out Of
SIS. 900 informations handled last year
between $4,000 and $4,000 were for
minor infractions Of trafic regula-
tions.
Consolidation of the park police
force with the regular metropolitan
force would also save great cost in
expenditures, he said. This would
eliminate large amount Of over
tapping of duties and save good sums
by not having to pay many OF the
larger salaries to the heads of the
park system.
There are five different police or
ganizations In the city" Mr.. Scheer
said, which Is entirely too many for
an area this size"
Referring to the downtown section
of the city. he said, "Trafic condi-
tions could be no worse if there were
no regulations at all
1t was further proposed that all
taxicab stands in the downtown area
be abolished. They are commercial
organizations. he pointed out, ana
should operate from commercial
bases on the order Of parking lots
owned by the separate corporations
or garages.
Member associations of the two
conferences will also consider pro-
posal to abolish all parking regula-
tions south Of Pennsylvania avenue.
except in the rear Of the White
House.
Il propose that this be DONE" Mr.
Scheer asserted, thereby making the
area a model one BY this I mean a
complete change, putting into effect
only those regulations absolutely nee
essary and petitioned for by the peo-
pie and commercial establishments
This could then be used as model in
changing other parts Of the city. The
city is now far too full of regulations
which are not absolutely necessary"
Airports are commercial projects.
Mr.. Scheer stated, and District funds
should not be used to construct them.
Besides the construction cost, the
District would be deprived of between
100000 and 100000 yearly for up
| keep.
Opposes Bridge Plan.
Opposition to the replacement of
Chain Bridge by another to be built
by District funds was also advo-
Gated. This bridge Is merely a con-
nection from Maryland to Virginia,
Mr.. Scheer said. yet they want to
pay for none Of the cost Of erecting it.
The present estimated cost is
50, 500 900, which means that by the
time 1t Is finished the cost will be
about $1,000, ,000." Mr.. Scheer de-
clared.
Through the savings from these
suggestions" Mr. Scheer declared,
"the District can have many of the
things, such as schools, which 1t needs
SO badly. We need the money for
many things and don't seem to have
it, so why not save in these and
other ways for the things we need so
much"