Evening star., 1934-07-10
Invite Citizens TO Present
Complaints OF Neglect
OF Needs.
BIDS FOR ANAC0STIA
JUNIOR HIGH ASKED
Business Mems Association Presses
Campaign-Adequat Entrance
to Section Stressed in Fight.

pecn Ailotteu 10 tnelf CoiIHldHlt3
moved the District Commissioners to-
day to invite spokesmen for the sec
ton TO appear at once before them TO
outline their demands.
Meanwhile the Commissioners to-
day directed the engineer depart
ment TO advertise for bids 10 be OPEN
ed on July 81 for construction OF a
new Junior high school for the Ana
costa section. The building of this
school has been delayed two years
despite the fact that Congress mad
made an initial appropriation TO start
It. The former Board Of Commis-
sioners held it up because Of doubt
as TO when the remainder OF the
funds might be available. Unless some
hitch arises. work should be started
during August.
A site for the building has been
acquired in the vicinity OF Nine
teenth street and Minnesota avenue
southeast
The action OF the city heads
amounts to a declaration of policy
of granting hearings to representa-
tives of any section who feel that
needs for Improvements in their COM
munities have not been the subject
OF adequate discussion before the
Commissioners.
Commissioner George e. Allen, who
announced the decision, said the
Commissioners were issuing general
invitation to any and all groups who
feel their communities have not been
given fair treatment to appear before
them to cite their needs.
I'VE not only want to hear what the
Southeast interests have to say but we
will go out and insist on their coming
to conference if we do not hear from
them in the next day or two" Allen
said.
Public Contact Desired.
1T is through such public contact
with groups of our citizens that the
Commissioners can learn Of the par
ticular desires of the citizens for vari-
Gus types of improvement. We need
this information and want the resi-
dents to come in and tell us what they
want.
Il believe In holding public hearings
on all matters of legislation of i'm
portance to residents of Washington,
and in the Fall there will be public
hearings on the requests OF depart
ment heads for appropriations for the
next fiscal year This will give all an
opportunity to present their views on
the 1886 budget before it is formulated
and sent to the Budget Bureau
The Southeast Business Mems
Association last night unanimously
approved every point of an l8-point
platform" of suggested improve
ment projects, declaring it would
If necessary, bring the matter to
the attention of every member of
Congress" in order to get action.
This was the first organized action
in the drive against what the SOUTH
east citizens term discriminatory i'm
provements of the city TO the dis
advantage of their section The
drive began when the business mems
group circulated a memorandum issu-
ing the call for concerted protests
by citizens and citizens organizations.
and submitting the platform OF sug-
gested Improvements.
Program Enlarged.
The original platform submitted in
the memorandum, as published in
The Star yesterday, contained IA re-
quests At the meeting last night,
however, four additional requested
improvements were suggested by men,
bers. and were unanimously approved
by the group,
Probably the greatest need We
have" r. B. English. chairman of
the Executive Committee, told the
group. lis an adequate approach to
the southeast section from downtown
Washington"
Il cannot understand why some
thing has not been done to make
southeast as easy to enter as any
other division of the city" he said.
Northeast section has its Constitu-
ton avenue, northwest section. Penn
Sylvania and Connecticut avenues,
and the southwest section, the Mall
drive ard other boulevardS, while the
main entrance to the southeast section
contains one of the worst death
traps in the city at Delaware avenue
and 3 street"
To eliminate this detour around the
Capitol and the entangling traffic
around the House Ofice Building. the
plan of the association calls for a
boulevard across the Mall from Sew
enth street and Constitution avenue
to Third and B streets southwest, the
widening Of B street southwest from
Third street east TO Second street
southeast
New School Favored.
The erection OF a new high school
in AnaeoStia was favored by the
group, members deploring the fact
''there is not single high school in
the whole Southeast section. which
consists OF over $1,000 people"
The items added to The platform
last night follow,
Clean out Slum alleys in southeast.
particularly the following-Between
Sixth and Seventh A ana B streets
southeast: between Second ana Third
Pennsylvania avenue and c street
between Thirteenth and Fourteenth,
c and D streets: between Twelfth
and Thirteenth. D and E streets: be-
tween Twelfth and Thirteenth, K ano
L streets: between Third and Fourth,
A and B streets; between Sixth and
Seventh. and K streets between
NJ and N. First street and New Jersey
c and d streets
Completion of unfinished sewer in
vicinity Congressional Cemetery 10
LEnfant Square.
Construction of a playground at
Randle Highlands School. Thirtieth
and Pennsylvania avenue.
Construction of swimming poo
on south side Of Potomac avenue. be-
tween Thirteenth and Fourteenth
streets southeast
Development and improvement OF
Fort Davis and Fort DUPONT Parks. .