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Evening star., 1935-09-01
AUTO WEIGHT TAX
OPPOSITION SEEN
NJ. & M. Board Expected to
Favor Existent Val.
uation Plan.

When the Board of Directors OF the
Merchants and Manufacturers Asso-
citation holds its first Fall meeting
about the middle of the month, the
members are expected to reiterate
their stand against the proposal OF
William P. Richards, District tax as
SCISSOR, that automobiles be taxed by
weight instead of the present method
of assessing their value.
Edward D. Shaw, executive director
OF the NJ. and M, said yesterday the
associations members believe the pres
ent method is equitable in view Of the
collection of the District gasoline tax.
1.-THE gasoline tax most assuredly is
fair and equitable" Shaw said. "a
heavy truck necessarily uses more
gasoline per mile than a light pleasure
car and consequently pays more in
gasoline tax.
THAT has been the attitude of the
board for some time in the past and
now that the tax assessor has raised
the question again I feel sure the
board will take the same stand again.
Shaw also said the association,
through the board, has opposed the
diversion of gasoline taxes to pur-
poses other than the maintenance OF
highways.
Commissioner George E. Allen re-
Gently suggested the tax be used for
general revenue to be applied to gen.
eral expenses of the District govern
ment.
There has been tendency" Shaw
said, lin a number of States to divert
gasoline taxes, since they found it an
easy and painless method of raising
revenue, but the board here has been
against any such policy in the Dis
trict.'
Shaw pointed out that in some
States, particularly in the South, the
gasoline tax has reached a 100 per
cent assessment Gasoline is pur-
chased in some States for or Z
cents a gallon and the States have
added an equal amount in taxes. He
believes the merchants and manu-
facturers will also repeat its opposi-
ton to the suggestion of Commissioner
Allen.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
School Facilities Held Most Pressing Need-Bright
Outlook for Recreafion-Yoang Democrats
SUPPORT Vote for District.

Walter, local president, and by Mrs.
Alva Patten, chairman of the Dis
trict Affairs Committee. Both Mr..
Walter and Mrs Patten are natives
of the District. They report having
quite battle on their hands before
the Resolutions Committee, but
when they got the resolutions on
the floor they had remarkable sup
port. Very marked was the support
given by the delegations from Ten
nessee, North Carolina and Ala
bama.
In the course of an impassioned
plea to the convention Mrs. Patten
said: I'VE are burdened in Wash
ington with taxes levied upon us
by others with no regard for our
wish in the matter of taxation. Our
lives are hedged by laws not Of our
making. We are voiceless-the only
capital in the world whose inhabi-
tants can not vote"
The resolutions indorse the pro-
posed constitutional amendment
empowering Congress to grant the
District voting representation in
both houses of Congress, the vote
for President and Vice President
and the same access to the courts
of the United States as possessed
by the citizens of State. The
resolutions go further in pledging
the active and continued support
of the movement and express as the
desire Of young democracy that
this principle be incorporated In
the next national platform of the
Democratic party.
The District of Columbia Divi-
sion of the Young Democrats has
for the last two years been afili-
ated with the Citizens Joint Com
mittee on National Representation
for the District of Columbia and
has been planning to obtain the
support Of the national body ever
since its afiliation with the Joint
Committee.
While many Of the large national
organizations are on record in sup
port of the proposal the young
Democrats have the distinction of
being the first national political
body to align itself with the move
ment.
There is real rejoicing among the
members of the Joint Committee
over this victory which is expected
to be of decided practical value in
the advancement of this proposal
which has the largest organization
support of any affecting the Dis
trict of Columbia.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Canada Buys at Home.

CANADA is buying fewer radios and
parts from abroad. with total
imports for the first six months of
the year amounting to s6l6,o0o, q
decline of IA per cent from last year.
A good portion of these imports come
from the United States. Sales Of
radios in six months amounted to
47,370 sets listed at S4,216,17o, ac-
cording to the United States De-
partment of Commerce.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
BY JESSE C. SUTER.


T>HE exclusive and all-poWer-
full Legislature of the Dis
tr;ct has ended its long ses-
Il sion with many District
problems untouched and others un-
finished. While it has a much
larger number of completed pieces
of local legislation to its credit
than many sessions in the past,
there is a firm conviction In the
ranks of organized civic Washing
ton that had the District voting
representation in the Senate and
House the showing would have been
far better.
Failure of the third deficiency bill
will prevent several of the new laws
from becoming effective. This will,
of course, be remedied early in the
session next January. 1t is feared
by some that campaign speeches
in the next session may interfere
seriously with the voteless and un-
represented District getting a fair
share of attention.
There appears elsewhere on this
page the detailed score Of the first
session of the Seventy-fourth Con-
gress, giving the list of bills and
resolutions enacted as well as the
present status of those left over.
Included in the incompleted legis-
lation are some of the matters for
which there is great need.
This list, however, cannot snow
the items representing the most
acute of all community needs, for
they are the items for school ac-
commodationS which have been lost
in the pairing process begun by the
Commissioners, continued by the
Budget Bureau and completed by
the House Appropriations Subcom-
mittee. When the schools open on
September %, overcrowded beyond
all previous openings, then this
failure of the local Legislature to
meet the situation will be most
apparent.
The housing problem, both for
householders and the expanded
Government establishment has
been of real concern to Congress
and the administration, but the
influx of families with children OF
school age has apparently been
overlooked. The schools already
crowded beyond capacity and slip
ping a little further behind each
year are now confronted by the
necessity of providing for these re-
cent comers. OF all the imme-
date problems in which the civic
organizations are interested, that
of adequate and efficient school
facilities undoubtedly comes first.
1t is recognized by these citizens as
fundamental that any deficiencies
in our educational system repre-
sents a distinct permanent loss to
the pupil But as one earnest
worker for school betterment re-
marked. What can we voteless
and unrepresented taxpayers do
about it?"
Evening star., 1935-09-01
LIBRARY URGED

DR.. Allan Davis, principal Roosevelt
High School, was one of several to
petition the District Commissioners
for the construction of Petworth
Branch Library.
A letter from DR.. Davis, during the
recent 1887 budget hearing, stated:
'The future must be considered, as
the neighborhood is a growing one
and will probably for long time hold
the lead as an educational center"
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Eagle Eats Cats, Tries Dog.

After eating various stray cats, it
became the ambition of a huge eagle
at Gemsbokfontein, South Africa, to
devour bigger game. A full-grown
fox terrier was fast asleep in the sun
when the bird swooped down and
struck its talons into the dogs
launches. Before the dog realized
what had happened it was dangling 10
feet in the air. For about 200 yards
the bird held its prey tenaciously, but
it could not rise higher and had to let
go. The dog fell in soft earth and
was rescued by natives before the
eagle could attack again.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Senator King Tarries to Get
Funds for Court Buildings.

GENATOR KING, when he pushed
~ through Congress the bill au-
thorizing the Commissioners to
borrow money to erect the court
buildings, made no idle gesture. He
followed up with an earnest plea
to Secretary Ickes for a grant of
the funds, but without success.
Now, after the long and wearing
session Of Congress has ended and
most of the members have hurried
away, he has remained to make
another plea for these buildings
which he knows are so badly
needed to the proper and con-
venient administration Of justice.
Tired and weary with his heavy
duties as United States Senator
and the exacting detail as mem
ber and chairman of the Board Of
Aldermen" Of the Capital City, he
now has the misfortune of broken
ankle. But this hasn't stopped the
Senator, for he proposes to con-
tinue his pleading over the tele-
phone. Through civic circles there
are heard on all sides words of high
appreciation of the efforts of Sem
ator King and the hope that his
physical disability will find
prompt and complete cure.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Two Jury Laws Enacted
and Two Go Over.

r EFORM Of the jury system rec
commended by the Crime Com
mittee will be only partially ac-
complished at this time as only
two of the four jury bills reached
enactment. The term of service
Of jurors in the Police Court is
made the same as that of petit
jurors in the District Supreme
Court under H. r. $3.50 which was
approved by the President August
% and is known as Public Law,
No. 300, 74th Congress"
H. r. 1881 also approved August
% and known as Public Law. No.
30l" makes wide extension of the
number of available qualified voters
through the removal of many from
exempted classes. Those remain
ing in the exempted classes include
all executive and judicial officers
of the United States and District
government, officers and enlisted
men OF the Army, Navy, Marine
Corps and Coast Guard In active
service, those connected with the
police and fire departments of the
United States and the District,
counselorS and attorneys at law,
ministers Of the gospel and clergy
men of every denomination, prac-
ticing physicians and surgeons,
keepers of hospitals, asylums, aims
houses or other charitable institu-
tions created by or under laws re-
lating to the District, captains and
masters and other persons navigat-
ing the waters of the District. The
law requires that the names of
none of such persons shall be
placed on the jury lists.
The law then continues: "All
other persons, otherwise qualified
according to law, whether employed
in the service of the Government
Of the United States or of the Dis
trict of Columbia, all officers and
enlisted men Of the National Guard
Of the District of Columbia, both
active and retired, all officers of
the military, naval, Marine, and
Coast Guard Reserve Corps of the
United States, all notaries public,
all postmasters, and those who are
the recipients or beneficiaries Of q
pension or other gratuity from the
Federal or District government, or
who have contracts with the United
States or the District of Columbia,
shall be qualified to serve as jurors
in the District Of Columbia and
shall not be exempt from such
service" The act further provides
that employees of the United States
and District governments shall not
be paid for such jury service, but
their regular pay shall continue
and no time shall be deducted from
their leave.
The other jury bills, which go
over to the next session, are the bill
which will eliminate jury trials in
the Police Court in all cases except
where jury trial is guaranteed by
the Constitution and H. r. 1888,
which will repeal the existing pro-
vision which makes jury service by
women optional. If this bill is en-
acted women will be on the identi-
cal level with men as to compul-
sorry service. Then 1t will rest en-
tirely in the discretion of the court
as to wether the woman juror will
be excused for some cause salts
factory to the presiding judge.
The first of these held over bills
Is on the House calendar and the
second is in the Senate District
Committee,
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Booster Outing Arranged.

Further plans for the annual
booster outing Of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association were made
last week when the members of the
Outing Committee met with the chair
man, DR.. M. G. Gibbs. The outing
will take place September 20 to %
and will carry the members aboard
specially chartered steamer down the
Potomac and into Chesapeake Bay
for series of sports events and visits
to coastal towns along the route.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Recreation Centers
To Get Real Boost.

r ECREAT1ON has far brighter
outlook just now than our pub
lie schools. Fairgrounds and rec
reation centers stand high in i'm
portance with the civic organiza-
tions and have been urged by most
of the neighborhood and sectional
groups. The appropriation Of $780,
900 under the Capper-Cramton
act is to be expended by the Ma
tional Capital Park and Planning
Commission in the purchase of
recreation center. playground and
park sites. Negotiations are now
under way by the commission for
the purchase of some 20 tracts in
various parts of the District. Sixty
per cent of the appropriation will
go for purchase of playground and
recreation center sites and the re-
naming 40 per cent will go to
park land extensions.
The commission is unable to
make public the location of these
sites as such information would be
sure to boost the price beyond the
ability to pay.
The grant by the w. P. A. Of
$1,000,000 to the Office of the Ma
tional Capital Parks ONCE will per-
nit the building of at least two
swimming pools and the improve
ment and completion Of existing
Fairgrounds and recreation centers.
Commissioner Allen, in his ca
pacity of local works progress
administrator, proposes the con-
struction of additional swimming
pools and 20 wading pools and a
number of other playground i'm
provementS.
Further increase in the play and
recreation facilities are expected to
be brought about through the
larger use of the school grounds
and equipment. The director of
recreational coordination, Lewis
r. Barrett, is engaged In working
out a completely co-ordinated plan
for the fullest possible use of all
the public recreational facilities
of the District. This is expected
to eliminate some duplication of
effort and to meet the needs more
efficiently, as well as more eco
nomically. On the whole, things
are looking up for District play
and recreation.
Evening star., 1935-09-01

is not concerned as to the party
Affiliations of the candidates, but is
very much interested in discovering
their attitude upon the projects
and policies advocated by the fed
Grafton. As usual, there has been
a cry Of introducing politics into
the organization, but the officers
disciaim any such result as party
affiliation is in no way involved.
One of the candidates for the
County Board is William c. Hull,
former president Of the federation
and at present chairman Of the
Interfederation Conference. Hulps
colleagues Of the conference are
presuming that his candidacy viii
have the approval Of the federation.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
City Fines Almsgivers.

Filming almsgivers as a means of
freeing the streets of Barcelona, Spain,
of beggars, is proving successful. Mu-
nicipal police are empowered to fine
on the spot persons caught giving aims
to beggars, the fines ranging from 2
to so pesetas, according to the gravity
of the offense.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
RothschiId Returns Tuesday.

Louis Rothschild, director of the
Better Business Bureau of Washing
ton, will return to his desk in The
Star Building Tuesday. He has been
away on his annual vacation which
ended last week when he went to
Syracuse, N. Y, for the annual con-
vention of the national organization
of Better Business Bureaus.
Col. c. @. Sheriff., president Of the
American Retail Federation, also at
tended the convention, and he and
Rothschild each addressed the meet
ing.
During Rothschild's absence, Mrs.
Sallie P. Muchmore, merchandise
manager, served as acting director.
Last week the bureaus usual radio
broadcasts were Cancelled.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
District Young Democrats
Enroll National Body,

NATIONAL representation for the
~ District of Columbia. the Dis
trict's outstanding need, received a
substantial boost through the reso-
buttons adopted at the recent ma
tional convention in Milwaukee Of
the Young Democrats of America.
The resolutions in question were
prepared by the District Of Column
bia division and engineered through
the convention by Raymond J.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Mills Brothers Flv.

WITH theaters In Great Britain
closed on Sundays, the Mills
brothers have been flying to Paris
Sunday mornings, doing an afternoon
concert and flying back to London in
the evening.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
SUBWAY OPPOSED
Head of Federation Gives Views
to Commissioners.

to Commissioners.
Stressing Washington's inability to
meet the cost of a subway, James G.
Yaden, president Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations. protested these
plans in statement submitted to the
Commissioners during the recent Dis
trict budget hearings.
THE City of Washington" Yaden
stated, ''is in no position financially to
construct subways. nor is there any
necessity for the construction of sub
ways if the City of Washington will
do what other cities have done,
namely. prohibit the parking of auto
mobiles on downtown streets"
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Autumn Activity Begins.

With the slack Summer season
almost over, the Board of Trade and
Greater National Capital Committee
are turning their attention to an
active Autumn. Most of the COM
mittees and subcommittee probably
will get back to work by the middle
of the month, all of them before the
end of September.
Meanwhile special efforts are being
made to cooperate and help make a
success Of three special" days already
on the Fall calendar.
The first of these is Constitution
day, which will be celebrated Septem-
ber IT, with Maj. Gen. Amos A. Fries,
U. S. A, retired, as general chairman.
The trade organization is offering its
services in assisting plans for the day.
A special committee is also working
with the Presidents Cup Regatta AS
sociation for the annual water carni-
val which will be staged September
26 to 90.
The annual parade of witches, black
cats and ghosts that has marked re-
cent Halloween celebrations will be
repeated this year on the night of
October 81, and preliminary plans are
being made now for that gala festival.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Civic Calendar
Two Meetings Slated to
Open Season of Activity.

THIS week will mark the opening
- of the active season for citizens
associations, since it will see the re-
convening of one group after Sum-
mer recess since June.
The other body, the Association Of
Oldest Inhabitants, has remained ac-
tive all through the Summer.
Meetings this week are as follows:
Wednesday, September 4.
Association of Oldest Inhabitants,
7:30 pm, Old Union Engine House.
Friday, September 6.
Burroughs Citizens Association, 8
pm, John Burroughs School.
There has been little Summer activ-
fly with this group. as a group. Presi-
dent David Babp declares. However.
some of the committees have held
meetings from time to time and re-
ports of their activities will be made.
A movement is under way among
residents of Burroughs to make few
changes in the bus line along Monroe
street northeast and these plans will
be discussed along with new sugges-
tions to be made. At its october meet
ing the body will elect officers, Babp
Gays. 4
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Prince Georges County
Citizens Federation.
DPTNCE GEORGES


Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations has continued its prepara-
ton for entrance into the Inter-
federation Conference by providing
for the selection of the eight dele
gates to which it is entitled. It is
prepared to take its place at the
council table at the next meeting,
which is scheduled to be held on
the evening of September Is.
Chairman Hull of the conference
expects this to be a dinner meeting
as an informal start of the season
work.
The Prince Georges County Fed
Grafton is reported to be actively
supporting the campaign for
making the Defense Highway safe
for travel.
Evening star., 1935-09-01
Arlington County

Arlington County
Civic Federation.
A MONG the many activities OF
the Arlington County Civic
Federation, it is now busy checking
the candidates for membership on
the County Board. The federation
Evening star., 1935-09-01
OTHER PROPOSED DISTRICT
LEGISLATION.

To grant national representation to
the District of Columbia Is. j. 12).
In Senate Judiciary Committee.
To prevent rent proflteering III. ].
1901. In House District Committee
To remove the Nations Capital to
Washington Journal., 1935-09-20

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Washington Journal., 1935-09-20

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Washington Journal., 1935-09-20
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Washington Journal., 1935-09-20

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Washington Journal., 1935-09-20
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