Evening star., 1935-07-06
SUBWAY SURVEY
AND AIRPORT BILL .
H|TBYFEDERAT|ON
Executive Committee Also
Asks Tighter Gambling
Laws.
CRIME COMMISSION
INVESTIGATION ORDERED
Taxicab Zone Rates to Be Sup
ported by Group at Hear
ings Monday.

Opposition to the proposed $4,000
subway survey was voted last night
by the Executive Committee of the
Federation Of Citizens Associations.
The committee also took action re-
garding the pending airport bill, anti
gambling. divorce bill and proposed
crime commission and crime advisory
council.
The airport bill as pending before
the Senate Committee on the District
of Columbia was ordered opposed fer
the reason that the airport is not
among the most pressing needs for
which District funds are required.
The consensus was that this project
should not be put through with the
District bearing the entire cost or even
a major part Of the cost. School,
health and other urgent needs were
cited during the discussion as Of far
greater Importance to the community
by District taxation.
A special committee consisting of
Thomas E. Lodge, Miss Elaine Eppley,
Mrs Elizabeth T. Sullivan, George E.
Sullivan and Jesse c. Suter was ap-
pointed and instructed to wait on
the Judiciary Subcommittee of the
House District Committee and urge
favorable action at the present Ses-
sion on the bill to tighten the
gambling laws.
Crime Board Discussed.
An extended discussion of the pro-
posal to create crime commission by
act of Congress or the Commissioners
committee proposal to set up a crime
advisory council resulted in the ap-
pointment of Suter as a committee of
one to investigate and report on the
proposals. The members agreed that
any set-up for observance and analysis
of crime conditions in the District
should have liberal representation
from the ranks OF the organized cit
izenry.
Upon recommendation Of Chairman
Clayton of the Public Utilities Com
mittee the Executive Committee voted
to support the 20, 80, so and 20 cent
taxicab zone rates of fare at the taxi
cab hearings before the Utilities Com
mission Monday. The action further
approved the change of boundaries of
the existing, conference, zones as the
commission in its discretion may find
advisable in the interest Of equity and
uniformity. Two members Of the Ex-
ecutive Committee expressed them
| selves emphatically as believing that
rates will be fair equally to the rider
and the taxicab owner only when taxi.
meters are put into service in place oi
the arbitrary zone system.
Bus Oyercrowdins.
Overcrowding of busses and street
cars was brought up by Edwin S. Hege
president OF the Connecticut Avenue
Citizens Association. He expressed
fear that in the substitution of tht
bus service for cars on Connecticut
avenue that passengers would be re.
! quired to stand in a solid pack IN &
vehicle less adapted to carrying 9
large standing load than the cars.
Upon motion of Hege it was votec
to petition the Public Utilities Com
mission to change the standard o.
service required on both street cars
/ and busses by reducing the percentage
of passengers standing from the pres.
ent 40 per cent to 20 per cent or less
Those in attendance at the meeting
in Sullivan's office were Chairman
Yaden. Secretary Swanton and L. A
Carruthers, william NICK. Clayton
Miss Epply, Joseph L. Gammell, hege
Lodge, w. j. Neale, Harry N. Stull
Sullivan, Mrs. Sullivan and Suter.
At another meeting of the commit.
tee soon it was voted to request tn.
attendance of Stephen James, pas
president of the Montgomery County
Civic Federation, to explain the eff
cient business system operated by tina
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