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Evening star., 1934-10-14
POWELL GYMNASIUM
PROJECT PROMISED
Long-Sought Buildings Finally
Obtained by Columbia Heights
Forum.

The success of the efforts of the
Citizens Forum of Columbia Heights
to secure completion Of the Powell
Junior High School gymnasium is rea-
son for the group to feel very proud
of its work, President w. w. Coulliette
told The Star yesterday.
A letter has been received from En-
gineer Commissioner Daniel 7. Sultan
stating that contracts will be let on
the project on October II, Mr.. Coul-
liette stated. He said the project
would be completed by February !, in
time for the second school semester.
Appropriation for the gymnasium
was made at the last Congress, $50, 900
being made available July 1, last, for
an addition to the Powell School. The
forum has been seeking this project
for the past four years. The Colum-
bia Heights Citizens Association has
also advocated the project. as have
several parent-teacher associations of
the area.
When the school was renodeled four
years ago, the girls gymnasium being
erected at that time, 10000 was left
over from the original sum appropri-
ated by Congress, but because the sin
gular form of the word gymnasium"
was used and not plural, authorities
would not build the needed addition.
The sum would more than have COW
cred the project, and this action has
been under fire since that time.
Mr.. Coulliette announced also that
nomination of officers would be held
Tuesday night with elections in Mo-
tNemhex.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
President Needed
To ALLOW Group
TOEnd o. Meeting

Members Of the Sixteenth Street
Heights Citizens Association for q
while thought they would have to
spend the night at the A. r. Shep-
herd School when the group met last
Tuesday.
1t was annual meeting night" and
hence necessary, according to the
constitution, to elect a president for
the ensuing year. Oliver Sweet, presi-
dent for the past year, declined re-
nomination. The Nominating Conn
mittee reported it had been unable
to present candidate for the ONCE.
At first members gave their atten-
ton to nominating each other, but
after many refusals by the nominees,
still q new president had to be elected
before members could 60 home. After
many solutions were presented, the
only legal method by which the group
could leave the school was found to
be by declaring q recess Of the annual
meeting until the next regular nest
Ing date, November 70,
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Board Of Trade Introduces
Engineer Commissioner Sultan.

THE Commissioners will be the
l. special guests of the Board of
Trade at the opening meet
ing at the Willard Wednesday eve
ming. President Robert v. Fleming
viii take this occasion to introduce
to the membership Col. Daniel I.
Sultan, the new Engineer Commis-
sioner.
The guest speaker viii be Eu-
gene r. Black, formerly governor
Of the Federal Reserve Board, and
now liaison officer between the
President and the bankers Of the
country. Commissioner Hazen will
also be q speaker, but he has been
a Board Of Trade member so long
as not to be entitled to designation
as guest" speaker.
The boards Greater National
Capital Committee has one of the
big convention jobs on hand-the
American Bankers Association,
which will meet here from october
% to rs. The convention list in
dicates an expected attendance of
about 5000. The Association of
Bank Women, with an estimated
attendance Of so, meets here at the
same time.
During the past week there were
meetings held of the Committees
on Trafic and Bridges, Rivers and
Harbors and Public Order.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Civic Interest Tagging
In Some NeighbOrho0ds.
DEssIMIsM prevails to an alarm

nESS1M1SM prevails to an alarm
L ing extent in some of the
neighborhood citizen bodies.
Small attendance and lack of
interest is discouraging to even
the most stout-hearted Of the
faithful members. These neigh
borhood groups, of course, must
have their ups and downs like
all other voluntary organizations.
Some leaders get fed up on too
much unsupported labor in the
public interest and insist on re-
firing from office. Members who
have been drawn into the ranks
for the purpose of getting some
improvement in their immediate
vicinity lose interest II they get
what they want or If they think
their public-spirited neighbors take
too long to get them what they
want.
In some sections every one Is so
well satisfied with improved con-
ditions in their particular section
that they feel there is nothing
more to do. To the wide-awake,
civic-minded resident of this vote
less District there are just as
many problems affecting every
resident of the District as have
existed ever before.
Some civic leaders do not grow
weary Of laboring for the good of
the District in general and their
own neighborhood in particular.
The record-breaker In length of
service as president Of q citizens
association Is Evan II. Tucker, who
is serving his forty-first year as
head of the Northeast Washington
Citizens Association. He has been
no figurehead, but an earnest
worker who throughout the years
has faithfully haunted the District
building and the marble halls on
Capitol Hill. His association has
not always hourished, but has
doomed and Jagged just like all
the rest. Civic Washington hon
ors Evan H. Tucker as q native
Washingtonian who has stuck by
his job. There has never been
heard but one real criticism of
this veteran and that is Of his
failure to have the Northeast As
sociation 60 into the Federation
of Citizens Associations.
Leaders who are thinking of
quitting, and associations which
are considering suspending regu-
lar meetings, or giving up alto
gether, viii find in the long time
president of Northeast Washing
ton q shining example Of stead
fastness and devotion to civic
duty. The community needs the
best effort Of every organization
and member and every member
needs his organization, for the
) civic problems are endlesas
Evening star., 1934-10-14
GARDEN CONTEST
WINNERS NAMED
American U. Park Prizes
Awarded in Senior and
Junior Classes.

The contest for home and garden
Identification sponsored by the
American University Park Citizens
Association oficially ended last We'd
nesday night with the presentation
of prizes or honorable mention
awards to 20 participants in the SEN
ior contest and 13 in the Junior con-
test.
Thomas E. Lodge, who presented
the awards, told the association final
Judgment Of the winners in the con-
test was made by a Department of
Agriculture expert who personally
inspected each entry.
Method Of Judging.
Through the efforts of the Garden
Committee and other members of the
association this expert was furnished
with information concerning the
physical condition Of each property
entered, both before the contest
started last Spring and after the
close. His Judgment was based on
this information and upon his own
personal observation.
Lee s. Stephens, 1925 Forty-sixth
street, was the winner Of first prize
in the senior contest, with Linnaeus
T. Savage, 1900 Albemarle street, and
Lieut.. Thomas Mason, 471S Forty
sixth street, taking second and third
prizes, respectively. Savage received
an honorable mention award in The
Stars Better Homes Contest, which
closed recently.
Seven other senior prizes were pre-
sented to the following: Fourth prize,
w. E. Rowe, 4509 Forty-ninth street;
fifth, Calvin s. Carmody, 4625 Asbury
place; sixth, Francis Endres, 4308
Forty-sixth street; seventh, Z. w.
Whitehead, 1851 Albemarle street:
eighth, Howard H. Buice, All Daven-
port street; ninth, Mrs. Alma Adler,
4s15 Albemarle street, and tenth, Mrs.
Arthur Carr, 5053 Massachusetts,
avenue.
Honorable Mention.
Ten participants in the senior con-
test received honorable mention.
They are Mrs. Edith Miller, 4635
Brandywine street; Mark L. Matthews,
4709 Forty-seventh street; William
R. Manning, 4701 Fessenden street;
Jett Wayland, 4716 Davenport street;
Advert F. Wright, 4720 Davenport
street; Peter B. Steltz, 1889 Massa-
chusetts avenue; Frank F. Lilly, 4s3l
Butterworth place; James NJ. Hos
kinson, 4720 Davenport street; J. C.
Dulin, 4523 Fessenden street, and p.
H. Loughran, 4513 Forty-ninth street.
In the junior contest George C.
Earle, 1921 Chesapeake street, was
winner Of first prize, with second and
third prizes, respectively, going to
Richard Rouse, ATS Chesapeake
street, and Elwood Sorrels, 1928 Mas
sachusetts avenue.
Honorable mention awards were
presented to the following: Thomas
E. Lodge, jr, 1900 Forty-seventh
street; Dorothy Earle, sister of the
first prize winner; Barbara Rouse,
sister of the winner of second prize;
Shirley Sanford and Marion Sanford,
1922 Albemarle street; Robert Quinn
and Richard Quinn, 4931 Massachu-
sets avenues Dale Burch, 4915 Mas
sachusetts avenue, and Donald and
Allen Woolf, 5001 Massachusetts
avenue.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Attend Chamber Meeting.

A delegation from Washington's
newly organized Junior Board Of Com
merce attended a regional meeting
Friday and Saturday in New York Of
the United States Junior Chamber Of
Commerce, Of which the local group
Is a member organization. The re.
gion represented at the meeting Ing
cluded the New England States and
coastal States as far south as Marys
land and the District.
Those who attended included COP
coran Thorn, jr., president; Otis +.
Wingo, jr.; Ray F. Mccarthy and
Arthur H. Clephane. They will re-
turn today,
Evening star., 1934-10-14
MEETING SHIFTED
PIT. A. Session Results il

PIT. A. Session Results in
Benning Postponement.
The meeting of Benning Citizens
Association, scheduled for last We'd
nesday night at the Benning School,
was postponed until next Wednesday
night at Odd Fellows Hall, SOB Min
nesota avenue northeast, President
Frank z. James said
The Parent-Teacher Association met
at the Benning School Tuesday night,
he stated, and for this reason 1t was
thought more members would attend
If there was a longer interval between
meetings.
The Odd Fellows Hall has been de-
cided upon as permanent meeting
place for the body.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
COUNTY TO PUSH
PARKS PROGRAM
Arlington Civic Bodies Point
Out Advantages of
Development.
BY a STAFF Correspondent Of The Star.

BY staff Correspondent OF The STAR,
CLARENDON, Va, october 49,
Many civic organizations in the
county, including the Arlington
County Civic Federation, are planning
determined campaign during the
coming months to persuade the
County Board to proceed with the
acquisition and development of park
sites.
The program also contemplates
properly supervised Fairgrounds to
which parents may take their children
and leave them, feeling assured they
will have proper care.
Pointing to the fact the County
Board was recently offered desirable
park site between Ballston and Cherry
dale, civic leaders say they can see
no reason for a delay in accepting the
offer.
Land Available.
Claims of the civic bodies are that
there is now considerable land avail
able at reasonable prices in the more
thickly populated areas which can be
purchased and developed into recrea-
tional centers now, but which will not
be available for such purposes but a
short time, due to rapid development
of the county. go ~-t.
While Arlington County will have
the use of the. George Washington
Memorial parkway when it is finally
developed along the entire Potomac
River border of the county, 1t is
claimed, this will be too remote from
the population centers to be available
except by automobiles.
What they believe is really needed
and as quickly as possible are parks
to which mothers can walk with their
smaller children or which can easily
be reached by those large enough to go
alone.
Community Aid Seen.
A further argument in favor of
the early acquisition of the park sites
is that such projects will aid greatly
in the development of the county as
desirable residential community and
that the sale of homes will be made
much easier If such conveniences are
provided.
The only places in the county which
now can be called recreational CEN
ters are the school Fairgrounds and
during the Summer months these are
without supervision.
In comparison with the cost of other
projects which are undertaken an
nually by the County Board the cost
of the parks, Fairgrounds and super
vision would be relatively small and
would benefit more people both di-
rectly or indirectly than many things
much more costly, it is claimed.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Suggestions Sought ON Fiscal Needs-Board of
Trade Dinner Wednesday-A Banquet
. for Evan III. Tucker.
League OF Women Voters
To Appeal to Legislatures.

League of Women Voters
To Appeal to Legislatures.
THE real "newsy" news letter Of
l. the voteless District of Co
lumbia League Of Women
Voters indicates it is again
functioning on a Winter basis. At
its Fall dinner, to be held next
month, it is to introduce to
the members the new national
president Of the organization, Miss
Marguerite M. Wells, who has sue
ceeded Miss Belle Sherwin.
The study programs laid out for
the several groups Of the organ
ization cover many phases Of civic
and social welfare endeavor and
are well calculated to equip the
members for intelligent participa-
ton in community and national
affairs.
The News Letter informs the
reader that Miss Wells in her first
letter to the State Leagues says:
"You have repeatedly question:
naired your Congressmen in behalf
of Federal suffrage for the District
of Columbia. Now the National
Board suggests that every State
League endeavor to secure q legis-
lative resolution that will urge Con-
gress to submit the constitutional
amendment necessary to permit OF
Federal suffrage for the District Of
Columbia. If q large proportion Of
the State Legislatures should so
memorabilia Congress, believe that
Federal suffrage for the District OF
Columbia will be brought within
the immediate possibilities" The
News Letter follows this quotation
with the suggestion, "If you are
looking for a live study group, join
this one"
The job Of the leagues Commit
tee on Legislation, Of which Mrs.
Louis Gutenberg Is the chairman,
Is to read and analyZe all bills Of
ulLGICSI 70 L14c 4CdSQC anu ICAC4
them to proper committee chair
men. In this connection there ap-
pears in the letter a striking sug-
gestion which may be difficult for
folks out in the United States to
understand. Here it is: "Inciden-
tally, it is unique in the United
States, since a similar committee In
a State League would deal with the
State Legislature. The long-suffer-
ing District wonders what a State
of similar population (there are
eight with less population) would
do If its Legislature devoted only
four or five days year 10 all its
pressing needs"
Mr.. Richard Hogue, president Of
the District League, has promised
the active work Of the organization
In the enrolment Of members in
the District Of Columbia Federal
Suffrage League Of the Citizens
Joint Committee on National Rep
resentation for the District of Co.
lumbia.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
MAY OMIT MEETING

Unless q special meeting is called
for the Brookland Citizens Associa-
ton toward the latter part of this
month, the group will not meet this
month, M. NJ. Mclean, the president,
said.
The group is scheduled to hold its
first meeting of the season in October,
he declared, but a special meeting
was called the latter part of last
month instead. The regular meeting
would have been this Friday.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Partial Legislative Program
For the District.

REAT interest was shown in
" the appearance of Corpora
ton Counsel Prettyman be-
fore the Federation Of Citizens
Associations and the Bar Associa-
ton to explain the legislative pro-
gram Of the Commissioners. Before
both Of these bodies he emphasized
this is only partial program and
invited the organizations to come
forward with projects which they
think should be included in a COM
plete program to be urged before
the seventy-fourth Congress.
The items making up this tenta.
tive program are: ID Increase
powers of the Commissioners, (2)
a small loan act, CD revised pro-
cedure in lunacy cases, a. taxicab
and liability insurance, (5) provide
for election of delegates to polit-
ical conventions, co limiting juris-
diction of courts in public utility
cases to questions of law, (D A.
nancing the first unit of the group
Of municipal buildings, (S) revising
procedure In foreclosing Of mort
cages and (9) amendments to the
liquor law. In connection with the
last item Mr.. Prettyman requested
that careful study be made of the
question and any required changes
be submitted to him.
While there was no agreement
as to legislative program last
year, there was one set up In this
column last Winter made up Of
items advocated by different
groups. Some Of these unfinished
items should be included in the
general program of the Seventy
fourth Congress. The Commission
ers may be induced to join forces
with the citizens on these items
in exchange for support of the
Commissioners program. These
items follow: ID National repre-
sentation for the District of Co
lumbia, as indorsed by the Com
missioners in 1880; CD equitable
fiscal relations between the United
States and the District, 90 old
age security legislation, (4) school
building program, 90 library
building and extension program,
(6) repeal of the Borland law, Cd
bridge building program, (8 re-
move District budget from control
Of Budget Bureau and (s) elm
ination Of al remaining grads
eyosstnga I
Evening star., 1934-10-14
BY JESSE G. sUTER.

"NANCnIG the Nations Cap
~ ital, always a difficult prob
lem, is especially difficult at
this time: The Commis-
sioners and the District
auditor fully recognize this and are
seeking the active aid Of organized
civic Washington in finding a solu-
ton which will meet immediate
needs.
The public hearing on the pre-
liminary budget laid fine foun-
dation for cooperation between
the civic bodies and the Commis-
sioners and this has been supple
mented by the tender Of practical
assistance from the Committee on
Municipal Finance Of the WASH
ington Board Of Trade and q SINH
lar tender from the Federation Of
Citizens Associations. The fedora
ton has appointed special COM
mittee composed of its Executive
Committee to confer with the Com
missioners regarding taxation and
to urge the payment by the Federal
Government of a more equitable
share Of the budget. The apparent
aim OF both the federation and the
Board Of Trade committees Is to
help the Commissioners make a
strong showing before the Bureau
Of the Budget and Congress, with
the idea Of getting required funds
without an increase Of the real
estate tax rate and a more equita-
bic share from the United States.
Commissioner Hazen, in a num-
Der Of public addresses, has de-
clared his position as being strongly
for substantial increase Of the
Federal share and holding the real
estate tax rate at the present $1.50.
When he spoke last week at the
meeting Of the American Univer-
sity Park Citizens Association he
was followed by Maj. Daniel j.
Donovan, the Districts budget
officer. The major, in no uncertain
terms, made a plea for completely
separating the District budget from
the Federal Bureau of the Budget.
The attitude Of the District on
cials is in strict harmony with the
attitude on these questions of most
Of the civic bodies and it therefore
appears more than likely that there
will be very close cooperation be-
tween the citizens and the local
ofhcials. The need for co-opera-
ton Is so great that hope is being
expressed that there viii be no
out-croppings Of petty rivalry to
interfere with wholesome team
work for the entire community,
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Obtain Poles; Lights Sought

Efforts of the Lincoln Park Citizens
Association last year to secure a traf-
fic light at Eleventh and East Capitol
streets have met with exactly halfway
success, Mrs. Helena D. Reed. the sec.
retary, said. The poles have been
erected within the past month, but no
lights have been Installed. she added
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Some Accomplishments OF
1nter-Federati0n Conference.

WHAT has the 1nter-FederatiOn
Conference accomplished?
This question was overheard
the other day. The answer which
followed promptly was that the
chief thing to the credit Of the
conference was the leaders getting
acquainted and the civic bodies of
the District of Columbia, Arling-
ton County, Va, and Montgom.
cry County, Md, learning to tol.
crate each other. The civic feder-
ations Of these three jurisdictions
have learned they have many
problems in common which can
be solved far better after full
and frank joint discussion than
through blind, selfish action.
It is difiicult to properly appraise
the value of such a movement, for
so many Of the beneficial results
are of an Intangible character.
In one respect the conference
has never measured up to the
hopes Of its original promoters,
and that is by no means the fault
Of the conference. The original
as well as the present plan con-
templated the inclusion in the
conference, IN addition to its
present members, representatives
Of Fairfax County and Alexan-
dria City in Virginia and Prince
Georges County in Maryland. The
lack Of civic declarations in these
three additional jurisdictions has
up to this time prevented such
afiliation.
Efforts were made last Winter
to bring the others in, and
these efforts are being con-
tinued. It Is understood that
some progress has been made in
Prince Georges County in the
forming of a federation and it is
anticipated that the first non
charter member will be from there.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
TOO MANY CAR STOPS

Petworth Member Wants Num-
ber to Be Reduced.
There are about so stops along the
route of the Georgia avenue-Ninth
street car line, Washington Y. Boyd,
chairman of the Transportation Com
mittee of the Petworth Citizens Asso-
citation, told members at the last
meeting.
He proposed, among other things, to
reduce the number Of car stops along
this line in order to speed up service.
The group will act on his proposals
when it meets Tuesday night at the
Barnard School.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Saturday, October 20.

Federation of Citizens Associations,
board room, District Building. Pro-
gram-Discussion and action on pro-
posed changes In tax rates as result
of 1886 budget appropriations,
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Board to Meet.

Eugene r. Black, recently appointed
haiSon officer between the President
and the Nations bankers, and gov
ernor Of the Atlanta Federal Reserve
district, will speak at the first monthly
meeting of the Fall of the Washing
ton Board Of Trade to be held We'd
neSday night at the Willard Hotel.
Black, former chairman Of the Fed
eral Reserve Board, will appear on q
program which will include District
Commissioner Melvin G. Hazen and
other speakers. All members Of the
Board Of Commissioners will attend,
and the new Engineer Commissioner.
Col. Dan I. Sultan, viii be intro
duced to the board for the first time.
In addition TO the buffet supper and
entertainment, Robert v. Fleming,
president, will make q report on the
boards Summer activities. About 1,-
900 members are expected.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Drive Organized.

D. J. Kaufman spoke at a meeting
Thursday of the Junior Board Of
Commerce, which is in itself a section
of the Community Chest drive for
next month. kaufman outlined plans
for the drive in which the Junior
Board will have charge of the down.
town section.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Friday, October 19.

Glover Park Citizens Association, 8
pm, Industrial Home School. Pro-
gram-Highways' Committee report on
progress made in securing tree plant
ing, action to secure paving of alleys,
action on proposed plans to rezone
parts of Glover Park, dance.
Society of Natives, National Capital
Republican Club, Sixteenth street at
Scott Circle. Program-Report from
committee in charge Of pilgrimage to
st. Mary's last year, refreshments.
Evening star., 1934-10-14
Civic Calendar
Exposition Discussion
Will Head Program of
Interfederation.
Monday. October Is.

Monday, October IS.
Interfederation Conference, 8 pm,
Room F, United States Chamber Of
Commerce. Program-Report from
Rerouting Committee; report from
committee on plans to hold a civic
exposition in Washington.