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The Washington times., 1934-06-29
WASHINGTON
EGGS AND POULTRY

Eggs-Market barely steady at un-
changed prices. Current receipts: IL
Government graded and dated white
eggs. L. $. extras. large, 22M 24c :;
U. s extras, mediums, 22c: L. 5.
standards. large. &c; Government graded
and dated brown eggs, u. ;. extras
large. 22hc; U. S. standards large
1714c.
Live Poultry-Market just about
steady; prices unchanged. Fowl: Col
ored, 13@14c; leghorns. 10@12c; roost-
ers, 1890; spring broilers' Ptymouth
Rocks, fancy, csc; average, ZIG FAC;
Rhode Island reds, 2OQ 22c; coloreo; ~
Tic; over IN pounds, 2Oc; turkeys old
toms, 12c; old hens, 14915c.
VEGETABLES
slow; market steady. Delaware. pyrs-
mid crates, dozen punches, green' $1.7S
az, according to condition.
Cantaloupes-Two California arrived
Supplies light; demand light; mar
ket stronger California, salmon meats,
standards. ASS. $S.259s.5o; jumbo 4's'
$4@4.25.
4 broken and unbroken cars on track
market upp,et steady. California, standard
crates, So to 12s. $1.75@2.25.
Carrots-No carlot arrivals; broken
car on track Truck receipts moderate;
supplies steady; demand light; market
steady California, half-lettuce crates,
punched, fair condition. $l.25 !o0.
Western lettuce crates punched $50
o.; New Jersey. 2@3c per bunch.
arrived; 2 broken and unhroken cars
on track Western stock: Supplies moo
crate: demand light; market steady.
Western crates. Iceberg type. As dozen:
W ashington. $2.75@3.25; Eastern stock:
Supplies moderate: demand light; mar
ket dull New York. Eastern crates
Big Boston type. 2-dozen. 79cQ*l'
poorer lower.
Onions-One California. 1 S. G. ar
rived ) broken and unbroken cars on
track Supplies light; demand light;
market steady. California, 6o-pound
sacks, yellow Danvers, u s. No. l.
$1.S5 Oils; fair condition, $1.7S; few 81
Peaches-No carlot arrivals; no cars
on track. Truck and express receipts light.
Supplies light; demand slow; market dull.
North Carolina. bushel baskets, Early
few, $3.50: Georgia. !a-bushel baskets.
Hileys, Y. s.. No. !, 15s-inch minimum
'1 PS; 14nch w minimum Srpive 3d. broken
Supplies moderate; demand light: mar
ket steady. Telephones: California
around $2.25; Washington. SO-pound
Potatoes-Two North Carolina ar
rived; 2 broken and unbroken
cars on track, OLD stock: Supplies
light: demand light; market steady.
Maine. 1OO-lb. sacks Green Mountains.
U. S. No /, $1.5o@1.65. New stock:
Supplies liberal; demand light; market
dull. Cobblers, y. S. No. ! s,ave bar
rels, North Carolina. $1.9O@2.Oo; bushel
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Tube Missing

The evidence which is mainly
relied upon by the plaintiffs to
establish the negligence of the de-
PENDANT is found in the testimony
of the use plaintiff and his
mother.
Use plaintiff, after describing the
treatment administered to him by
defendant doctor after he left the
first hospital, was asked to relate
any other incident which occurred
during these treatments with re-
spect to the dressings. He re-
piled:
''WelI, I know one time that
he was redresSfng it, he said
there was q tube missing. He
dressed my back and put anoth-
er tube in, and said, Il will be
back tomorrow He came back
the next day, and. took some
kind of an instrument and ran
this instrument in. What he
prObed for I don't know. The
tube was gone. He didn't find
anything, so he dressed it and
put a tube in that dressed place,
and said: Stay in bed, and the
day after tomorrow think it
was, or the next day-'yOu come
down to INV office and we will
take q picture
Use plaintiff then teStifies that
he went to the office and an X-ray
picture was taken, and that de-
PENDANT doctor said everything
was all right" and that the pic.
ture didn't show up anything"
Rec. PIP. 6.8.
On cross-examination, use plain
tiff further testified that he be-
lieved a tube had been lost in the
wound during defendant doctors
treatment and so believed at the
time the X-ray picture was made
on the 22nd day of January, 1929,
but said nothing about it. He
further teStifieS that he made no
mention of his belief to DR.. -
or DR.. before he operated,
and on redirect examination ex-
plains that the doctor probed and
found nothing, and the X-ray
picture did not disclose the pres
ence Of the tube, and "then / was
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Doctor Denies Story

On crossexamination. the moth.
er says that on the day Of the
missing tube incident. she burned
the dressing, but couldn't say for
certainty whether or not there
was a tube in the dressing when
she burned it. She never looked
for it, but "just rolled it UP and
stuck it in the stove"
Defendant doctor, testifying in
his own behalf, denies the miss
ing tube incident and the teSti-
mony of use plaintiff and his
mother with respect thereto. He
says that he had not the least
idea that there was a foreign sub
stance in the pleural cavity. but
thought that there was a tubercu-
lar condition or osteomyelitis.
Defendant doctor further testi-
fies that he redressed use plaintiff
on the day of his discharge from
the hospital, and found a black
rubber tube secured with a safety
pin. He says that he dressed the
wound every other day, using the
same tube, and shortening it. In
shortening the tube, defendant
doctor cut off the lower end or
the end that was in the wound,
and did not remove the safety pin.
On January 8, 1929, defendant
doctor testifies, he finally re-
moved the tube. He testifieS that
on two occasions, January S and
January 9, 1929, he took use plain
tiff to see the operating surgeon,
for examination, and again on the
22d day Of January, 1929, when
the X-ray picture was taken.
In the post-operatiYe treatment
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NEGLIGENCE-B URDEN OF
pROOF-NEW TRIAL.

NEGLIGENCE-B RDEN OF
PROOF-NEW TRIAL.
The stondord of care and skill
which a doctor is required to ex.
ereise is the care and skill of the
ordinary careful and skillfut prac-
titioner in the District of Column
bia, engaged in the general PrGc.
tice of medicine, and ddminister-
ing the same treatment with due
confederation for mo dsrn Gd-
Voncement and learning in the
science of medicine.
In the case of washington Mar.
ket Company VS.. At Law No.
8O525, verdict was had against
the defendant and on motion for
new trial Justice Luhring filed the
following memorandum. 9Th e
names of the parties and wit
nesses are withdrawn therefrom
as the same are of no interest or
material value to this dlscuSslonJ
This is an action by the Wash
ington Market Company, a cor
poration, to it's own use and to
the use plaintiff against a doc
tor to recover damages in the sum
of $4,000 on account Of the al
legged negligence of the defendant.
The action is maintained by the
Washington Market Company un-
der and by virtue of the so-called
Longshoremen's and Harbor Work,
ers' Compensation act which is
made applicable to the District Of
Columbia as a workmen'S compen-
sation law.
The Washington Market Com
pany on and prior to the fourth
day of December. 1928, was en-
gagged in the refrigerating and
warehousing business in the city
of Washington, in the District of
Columbia, and had in it's employ,
as a driver of one of it's trucks,
the use plaintiff. On or about
the nineteenth day of December,
1923, use plaintiff, during the
course of his employment in driv-
ing a truck, became and was ex-
posed to a rainstorm because of
which he contracted pneumonia
and pleurisy, followed by empyema.
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t empyema, the recognized prac.
tice, prevailing in the District of
Columbia at the time, approved
the use of rubber tube for the
purpose of establishing drainage.
This practice likewise approved
the insertion of a safety pin
through this tube at its exposed
end so as to prevent it from slip
ping or dropping into the cavity.
This practice defendant doctor fol-
lowed in his treatment of use
plaintiff, and it further appears,
that in conformity to proper prac-
tice, when shortening this tube,
defendant doctor did not remove
the safety pin, but cut off the
tube at the bottom end. Further
more, his poSt-operative treatment
in redressing the wound and irri-
eating the cavity was in accord
with the standards of practice
followed by the ordinary careful
and Skillful practitioner in the
District of Columbia.
Defendant doctors negligence,
if any, primarily depends upon
his knowledge that he had lost the
tubing in the cavity, and thus
knowing of the presence of the
tubing in the cavity, he permitted
it to remain there and failed to
remove it. With this in mind, we
may assume that the incident con-
corning the missing tube as told
by the use plaintiff and his moth
err is true. Therefore, with this as
sumption and considering the sit
uation as it appeared to defend
ant doctor on that day without re-
gard to subsequent disclosures,
we inquire, did defendant doctor
know or have reason to believe
that the missing tube had found
its way into the pleural cavity.
Defendant doctor knew, as did use
plaintiff and his mother, that the
top end of the tube was secured
by a safety pin to prevent its
dropping into the cavity, and they
further knew that with this pin
in place, it was impossible for the
tube to drop or slip into the cav
ity. The use plaintiffs admit there
is no testimony to the contrary,
that at all times when the tube
was in place, it was secured by a
safety pin. The rusty safety pin
found by the mother on the win.
dow sill is accounted for by the
presence of a baby in the house.
hold, and, furthermore, it is not
identified as the pin used by de-
PENDANT doctor. The doctor knew,
and the evidence established, that
the tube could be expelled by
breathing or coughing, and there
fore, his was but the natural in
quiry, when he missed the tube,
to ask the mother if she had
found it in the dressing. Certain
ly defendant doctor had no such
information as to justify the con-
clusion that the tube had actually
dropped into the cavity. On the
contrary, every fact and "ircum-
stance indicated that the tube had
been removed with the dressing
and burned
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Principal Produce Markets

hampers. zoe; 1O0-lb. sacks. $1%5 South
Carolina. bushel baskets, Puerto Rcan
Sweet Potatoes-No carlot arrivals: /
broken car on track Supplies light;
Carolina, bushel baskets. Puerto RiCans.
$175
TomatOes-One South Carolina. I Miss.
arrived: broken and ? unbroken cars
on track. Supplies liberal: demand mod
crate: market steady. Wide range in
good stock. Texas. lug boxes, ripes and
turning. wrapped. SKIS and larger. best.
$2.25 92.75; poor condition, 5c@$1.0O
Watermelons-Eght Georgia arrived ;
8 broken and 10 unbroken cars on track
Supplies moderate; demand light; market
steady. Georgia, Tom Watsons, 2S-lb.
average. 4O95Oc; S2-lb. average, 500
65c each.
Mixed vegetables-No carlot arrivals:
Green Beans-No carlot arrivals; no
mand slow; market weak. North Caro-
lima, bushel hampers green. Flat type.
best, $50 soc; poorer. 15c.
Peppers-Supplies moderate; demand
light, market steady. Florida. ~
bushel crates, green, large size, $1,000
200.
Eggplant- Supplies light; demand
light; market steady. Florida, Ia
bushel crates, $1.25@ 1.50.
Corn-One Florida arrived; two I'M
broken cars on track. Truck receipts
moderate: supplies liberal; demand light +.
market steady STANDARD crates: GeOr-
gia, freight receipts best S1ml.25: fair
condition. 81: South Carolina, freight re-
ceipts mostly around Sl.50.
Cucumb ers-Supplies moderate; de-
mand light: market steady. North nd
South Carolina, bushel hampers, 75c O
$100.
acknowledgements light; demand
light; market steady. North Carolina,
$1.25@25O; poor condition.. 81.
squash-supplies moderate: demand
light: market weak North Carolina,
bushel hampers. white, soc.
Raspberries-supplies light: dems nd
slow; market steady. New Jersey Reds.
S61Uc per pint.
Oranges--~Four California arrived; :
broken and s unbroken cars m track.
California, boxes, $4,000 $50, according
to grade and size
Lemons-One California arrived 2
broken cars m track. California,
boxes, $697, according to grade and
size.
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CLOTH TRADE DULL

NEW YORK June % S.).-Quiet
and dull trading continued the rule in
the coarse yarn cloths market today.
hut except for instances where more
mills were willing to go into August at
Quick prices there was no change in
values.
Many sellers are adopting a. policy.
OF selling so DAYS ahead at spot prices
and asking premiums on the later de-
liveries far as print cloths and
arded hrOadclOths are concerned.
The recently better activity Of the
market had some effect on the statisti
cal position, reports today indicated.
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Studebdker Orders
Waiting I 500 Cars

Studebaker Corporation will go
into July with untitled orders Of
about $500 cars, according to
Paul G.. Hoffman; one of the
receivers. June shipments, he
said, will be about $500 to 5000
cars.
April and May we're in the
black after the usual receiver
charges, but before plant depre-
citation and interest on debt. Mr..
Hoffman did not comment on
the proposed reorganization Of
the company except to say that
considerable progress had been
made toward that end.
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PITTSBURGH

PITTSBURGH, June 30 G.N.sD.
Poultry steady; leghorn broilers, ITO
19c; colored hens, lac; leghorn hens,
12c; bardrock broiIers, 24@25c; white
rock broilers, 22@24c; colored broilers.
2O@2Sc; turkey hens, lac; ROSTERS. SO
&c; stays, 11@12c; ducks, 10@12c;
geese, Sc; young toms. lie.
Butter-Firm; 80 score, 25Ac; 50
score. 231ac; So score, 23c; standard, csc.
Eggs-Steady: nearby current re-
ceipts, 14l:c; fresh extra firsts, l6c;
hennery white. extras. 1870; So. o. w.
Va. Ky. current receipts lac.
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LIVESTOCK MARKETS
CHICAGO

CHICAGO. June 29.-GN.sD.-Hogs
$4,000; steady Top $3.50: bulk, $4,000
$50; heavy $4.5O@49O; medium. 81 so
1850; light, $44O@4sO; light lights,
$5.s5@4.25; packing sows, $3.7SA4'25;
pigs $2.75@4 Holdovers, 5000. am.
Cattle-4. 900; steady. Calves, 5000;
steady. Beef steers-Good and choice,
SS.5O61O25; common and mediums IS a
$50; yearlings SIS. az. Butcher cattle
Heifers $3.5O@7; cows, $3.50 $50;
bulls. $2.75@4; calves. $3@5; feeder
steers, $4@5.75: stocker steers $3.5O@
S; stocker cows and heifers, $2.75@
$50.
sheep-s. 900: steady. Lambs. $3.50
.; common, $5.5O@6.5O: yearlings. $50
7; feeders, $3.50 @6.5O; ewes, $1Q2SO.
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TRADERS AWAIT
PRESIDENTS
SURPRISE
BY WALL STREET SPECTATOR

BY WALL SIhEE1 SFEC1A1OnS
NEW YORK, June 20 GNS).
Wall Street IS all aflutter again.
The rumors were flying thick and
fast yesterday, centering around
the report that the President
might have a surprise" in the
makeup of the Stock Exchange
Commission. The market re-
Elected this, jumping around
little nerVously.
The declaration that the sec.
tions Of the new law regarding
manipulation, ETC., can't go into
effect until around october had
an electrifying effect on some Of
the professionals, who imme-
diately began to look around to
see If there were some fences to
be mended and other "odd jobs"
to do. There had been some
idea that there might be a last
fling or two this week, but so
far nothing has developed.
Uncertainty regarding the auto
sales code has had restraining
influence on the motors.
Many believe that the provision
regarding the fixed price on trade
in allowance for used cars will
have to be modified to help the
sales situation, particularly in
higher-priced cars. If this occurs,
the leading motors are likely to
receive more aggressive sponsor
ship. Despite it's negative market
action, reports are quite per.
sistent that New York Central is
being groomed for better things.
We hear big investment trust
has bought back a block of Con-
solidated Gas it sold much higher
up.
This may explain the flurries
of speculative interest in the
utilities in the last few weeks.
Apparently all that is going on
is that certain interests who have
always been in utilities are TAX
ing them back at handy profits.
The uptrend in packing shares
is attracting attention to Swift
& Company's strong financial
position.
Anent the recent activity in
Cerro De Pasco, rumor has it
that bull and bear crowd are
playing tag with each other in
the stock.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29

q n C e plan
where will the
Slum jewellers
60?
Most authori-
ties on Socio-
logical subjects
agree that the
Slum dweller is
such by prefer
ence more than
necessity. and
when the Gov
e I'm m e mt re-
moves his pre-
ferred habitat
he will seek
similar quarters
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1852 tYbs; firm; old cars is: new, "A;
creamery extras. "A; standards, 2324C;
extra firsts. 23T@31cc; firsts, 2112 a
221c; seconds, 2O12 @21c; specials. 2412
025c.
Eggs-"o. n4o rases; unsettled: old
cars, II; new. 10; current receipts, 121o
@1Si2c; fresh extra firsts. less than
cars, 14Lc; cars, 14Ac; fresh firsts.
less than cars. 14c; cars. 14iac; dirties,
IL Gl2hc: checks, 11@1112c.
Cheese--TWins. 1%A M14l2c daisies,
prints and Longhorns. 1917 M14c.
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NEW YORK

NEW YORK, June 80 s.).-But-
ter market. firm, sailed and unsalted
creamery, higher scoring, 24A 026A i;
creamery extras 24h @25%c; creamery
firsts 22A @25hc.
Cheese-Market dull; State whole milk
flats. specials, 18@19c; average run, Is
@16kc.
Eggs-steady nearby white specials,
21h @22hc; mediums, 10000: nearby
brown specials, 1s@23hc; standards, IS
@1SAc; mixed specials, 17ls @21hc;
15c; medium, 14@14Ac; Pacific Coast
white fancy packs 25Q26c; standards,
% @24hc; mediums. 21@22c.
The wholesale price is $2.1o per 100
pounds, No. / fluid milk within the
2O1-210 mile zone.
CHICAGO
CHICAGO. June 90 G.N.sD .-Butter:
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NEW YORK WOOL

NEW YORK. June 20 G.N:so.-Wooi
market, steady, domestic fleece. UNI
washed Ohio Pennsylvania, 26@32c:
domestic pulled, secured basis, $50 CSC:
domestic Texas. clean basis, 6S@SSc;
domestic territory, clean basis, 779SSc.
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RTJFFALO

EAST BUFFALO, N. Y, June 20
O.N.S.).-Hogs: 100; holdovers ISL:
slow. steady to 1Oc lower. Mixed around
1sO-pound average, $50; 16o-26o pounds.
$5.25@5.S5 best strongweight held
higher; 14O-1SO pounds. s4@45O; pigs
down to SO; sows, $3.50 "a.
Cattle-500; slow; steady and heifers
weak to Csc lower: mostly 1886 @7.25;
COWS and bulls. csc lower: most cows,
$S.25@4; low cutters and cutters, 1885,
ass; medium bulls. $3.50 down.
Calves-700; better Vealers steady
Good to choice, mostly Sc: common and
medium. $4@5.
Sheep-2O0; lambs slow: weak. Few
good ewes and wethers, 50; best eligible
to more money; few loads mixed lambs
sheep, Sl.50@2.75.
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LONDON CLOSE

LONDON. June - NN.s.) .-Stocks
closed quiet m the London exchange
today with British funds transatlanttc
issues and silver and mining shares
firm.
There was little trading in foreign
bonds, Oil bonds were quiet and in
luStrials were dull
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TRAMWAY DIVIDEND

Montreal Tramways Company
has declared the regular quart
erly dividend of $2.25 on the COM
mon, payable July IA to stock
of record July 5.
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NAVAL STORES

NEW YORK, June 80 1N.s).
Petroleum: Market steady crude Penn
sylvania, 217@256. Linseed oil, per
pound, 80 CARROTS. Turpentine market
easier, 48h. Rosin market. weak, com
mon, $50.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
ALEXANDR|ANS
PLAN DRIVE: i
ON SLUNS
By DICK BAKER

When Washington's slums are
cleared up through operation of
the Administration Slum clear
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NU1L1ILlSEC6, EA1Wd1l1S ana tLOIdEy
Clubs, the American Legion, and
the Retail Merchants Association
have their way.
Led by the Chamber of Com
merce, through business manager
Dan S. Hollenga these groups
have moved to eliminate slum
areas in the city-with special re-
gard to territory adjacent to the
city's main approaches - before
they can be occupied by the un-
desiribe element of the Metropo-
lis.
Mr.. Hollenga, from whom metro
politan experts can learn much
in the way of city management
and Improvement, appeared before
the city council at it's last meet
ing and told of the alley clearance
project that would be placed in
operation in the District of Col
pmbia in the near future.
He then described the manner
In which the Public Works Hous-
ing Corporation, with its capital
ization of 100 million dollars could
be used to protect the Old Do.
minion City against the slum
hazard without cost to the city
itself.
Property owners lose no money
through operation Of the plan, &C.
cording to Hollenga, because they
are to be paid the value Of the
buildings on their real estate
which would be RACED under the
project.
So impressive was his address
that Mayor E. F. TIGER appointed
a committee of. councilmen to in
vestigate the matter and corfer
with officials of the Chamber of
Commerce which has taken the
initiative in the solution Of the
problem.
Mayor-elect Dawson, who Is a
member of the present council,
and Councilmen Cooper and
Dryer were named to the com"
mittee.
Incidentally, the little city is
coming to the front in more ways
than one.
Old properties are much N de-
nand by the foreign legion" as
the newcomers are called. These
properties are restored with full
est regard to original appearance
but having all the modern refine
ments necessary to comfort Of the
owner-occupant.
Especially has it become desir-
able for the service officer
whether he is in the Army. Navy.
or Marine Corps. These gentle
men, for some reason, look for
ward to putting in the remainder
of their days, after retirement
near the Capital City, and are
finding Alexandria the city OF
their dreams in this respect.
Alexandria realtors will say
that the city is located in the
midst of territory which can fur
nish any legitimate amusement
under the sun.
Fishing. yachting. and other
aquatic sports. including ducking,
are provided on the broad reaches
of the Potomac. Golf and polo
with miles of riding paths are at
hand in any direction and big
game hunting is within a half.
days drive to the northwest. So
with economical scales of living,
the adjoining town sponsors boast:
1--WE have everything.
The Washington times., 1934-06-29
Doctor Is Granted New Trial After Damage Award
For Alleged Improper Care of His Patient

convinced that the tube didn't goof
inside; that it was burned up" t
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Dividend Announcements

CHICAGO
CHICAGO. June 20 G,N.SD .-Butter
The Washington times., 1934-12-18
BAN ON PARKING
DEF|ES CIVIC
PROTESTS
Commissioners O. K. Limit on
55 Miles of Streets; Trade
Groups Favor Plan

Overriding the opposition of the
Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions and several Federal employe
organizations, the District Com
missioners today decided to issue a
parking ban from 2 a. m. to 8
a. M, beginning early in January
through March l, on approx
mately SIS miles of WaShington'S
streets.
The decision was made during
an informal "huddle" while the
District heads attended a hearing
by the House District subcommit-
tee on appropriations today.
Although the Commissioners had
stated that the ban probably
would be cut drastically, only one
street contained in the original
recommendations of the Traffic
Advisory Council was excluded
from the ban.
Sponsored by Council
Columbia Road, in its entirety,
will be available for parking, and
Wisconsin Avenue from the Dis
trict Line to Nebraska Avenue,
Tenth and Twelfth Streets north
of Massachusetts, Avenue, and
Calvert Street between Columbia
Road and Rock Creek Park will
be open to parking.
The plan was sponsored by the
traffic advisory council several
weeks ago to facilitate snow re-
moval, and Commissioner Melvin
C. Hazen gave his immediate ap-
proval. However, Conn., ssioner
George E. Allen voiced his oppo-
Sition and Engineering Commis-
sioner Daniel I. Sultan said he
was afraid the plan was too
drastic.
Associations Give o. X.
At a public hearing called by
Commissioner Hazen, representa-
tives of the Board of Trade,
Merchants and Manufacturers
Association, the American Auto
mobile Association, and the Dis
trick Trucking Association voiced
their approval of the parking
restriction.
The Federation of Citizens
Associations opposed the ban at
special meeting Saturday, and
various Federal employe aSSocia-
tions expressed disapproval of the
plan.