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Evening star., 1935-01-31
U. S. PARK SERVICE ASKS
ARLINGTON STEPS BIDS
Sidewalks Also to Be Constructed
at Memorial Entrance to
Cemetery.

The National Park Service today
called for bids to be opened February
is for construction of sidewalks and
steps, setting granite. and miscellane-
ous work at the Memorial entrance to
Arlington National Cemetery.
The work will be done under direc-
ton Of C. Marshal Finnan, superin-
tendent of the National Capital Parks,
the engineering work being supervised
by John L. Nagle, in charge of the
Eastern section of the country for the
National Park Service.
Oliver g. Taylor, deputy chief engi-
neer of the National Park Service,
announced that bids will be received
until II am. on February 13 and
opened In room 1915 Navy Building,
for extending the present fire alarm
and switch reports system covering
the Department of Agriculture Build
ing at 800 Linworth place southwest.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
LEON HAGER PRESIDENT
OF NAVY CREDIT UNION

Oficers of the Navy Yard Credit
Union were elected last night at a
special meeting Of the board Of di-
rectors Leon Hager was named presi-
dent. Other officers elected were Ralph
F. Bergman, vice president; Joseph n.
Lauer, treasurer, and Raymond r.
Neuman, clerk.
Directors and committee members
elected at the regular annual meeting
Of the union were:
Supervisory committee, Richard w.
Holverson, Horace A. Purdy and
Thomas J. Kennedy; credit committee,
George e. Gentner, Lawrence Charm
ley and James H. Ward. The directors
include the newly-elected officers and
George Canton, Daniel Carroll, Edgar
E. Bennett, Edward q. Marsh, John
F. SuIlender, Henry G. Des Jardins,
Clyde Cecil, Mrs. Winifred q. Green
leaf, William @. Garth, Orville o.
Breese and william q. Stocker.
Evening star., 1935-01-31

do about studies Of blighted areas Of
the National Capital.
The inspection trips were regarded
as an indication of the interest which
the national administration has in
eliminating slum conditions in Wash
ington, and it was recalled that Presi-
dent Roosevelt, when signing the alley
clearance bill, remarked that a much
greater sum would be needed than
that provided In that measure.
The alley board now is seeking to
complete negotiations for acquisition
Of properties in several alley areas so
that a start may be made soon in
rebuilding such communities with the
development Of new housing, storage
garages or some other commercial
venture which might later be sold
to private parties and return expended
sums to the revolving fund for use in
clearance Of other alley sections.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
DOG BITES CHILD, 6,
AT REFLECTING POOL
Canine Reported to Have Turned
on Girl Hanging on Leash
With Owners Consent.

Murell Miller, years old, of 430 K
street, required hospital treatment last
evening after having been bitten by a
police dog, owned by r. j. Cornwell of
428 II street northeast, at the reflect
ing pool of the Lincoln Memorial. The
child was treated for lacerations Of the
forehead and left cheek.
Officer Oren Spears of the United
States park police was Informed that
the child was permitted to hold on to
the dogs leash while the animal pulled
her along the ice. Cornwell told the
officer, he reported, that he had agreed
to have the child pulled in this fashion
for photograph.
Oficer Spears recommended to Capt
p. ]. Carroll that when children are
at the pool dogs should be banned.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
p. w. A. Adviser Attends
Conference of Pending
Job Program.
so EXECUTIVES HEAR
SULTAN'S SUGGESTIONS
Engineer Commissioner Proposes
Sewer and Building Studies
Be Made.
With an official representative of

With an official representative of
the Public Works Administration sit
ting as an adviser, the District Com
missioners today directed District gov
eminent department heads to start at
once the preliminary planning of a
long list of projects which might be
adopted as a part of the Presidents
new work-relief program, now await
ing congressional approval.
The instructions were given at
special meeting of the department
executives, held in the board room of
the District Building and called by
the Commissioners. The P. w. A.
representative was Kenneth A. God
win, an engineer examiner, who ex-
planned he had been assigned to work
with the District as an adviser in
the planning of work projects.
States Mapping Projects.
His appearance caused considerable
speculation because of rumorS as to
who is to head the new Federal work
relief under the Presidents plan.
There has been opposition among
some members of Congress against
the selection of Secretary of Interior
1ckes, the P. w. A. head.
Similar programs of proposed work
relief projects are being prepared
in the various States for submission
to the P. w. A., and that agency
has assigned an engineer to advise
with each State in this preliminary
work.
The more than SO District agency
executives attending the session were
given general instructions by Engineer
Commissioner Dan l. Sultan as to how
to prepare preliminary plans. While
lacking details as to what will be the
Districts part in the proposed Fed
eral program, Col. Sultan suggested
the study of sewer projects, new build
ings, such as a Municipal Center; a
new District Jail, new schools and
buildings for the various District in
stitutions and other projects of lesser
cost.
Policies Still in Doubt.
Outlining briefly the Presidents
proposal to have local jurisdictions be
responsible for relief of unemployable
persons, while the Federal plan would
deal with those able to work, Col.
Sultan remarked that apparently no
one knows yet either who will ad-
minister the program or just what
will be the details of the rules ana
policies.
Commissioner Allen, who is the Dis
trict relief administrator, asked if the
department heads were to list projects
with view to seeking outright grants
or those for which there would be
a public works loan. If it should be
the latter case, it is likely that many
desirable projects might be left out of
the approved list, he said. There
was no, decision on the point.
There has been some speculation
among District officials as to who
would be the local administrator of
the work relief program. If the pro-
gram Is to become predominantly an
engineering matter, Engineer Com
missioner Sultan might get the desig-
nation, some say. On the other hand,
others say there still will be a Dis
trict relief problem and that admin
istration might be left in Aliens hands.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
O. c. SHORT APPOINTED
CENSUS BUREAU JOB
Baltimore Man Resigns as Mary
land Employment Com
missioner.
BY the Associated Press,

BY the Associated PreSs.
BALTIMORE, January 31.-Oliver
C. Short, whose resignation as State
employment commissioner was an
nounced by Gov. Nice, today stated
he has been appointed executive as
sistant to the director of the Bureau
of Census in Washington.
Short will have charge of all per-
sonnel under William Lane Austin,
director of the bureau.
Pending the appointing by Nice of
q successor to Short, Miss Mildred
Medinger, personnel examiner, will
have charge Of the State Office here.
Short is also State director for
Maryland of the National Re-em-
ployment Service He plans retaining
this post for the time being. He will
maintain his legal residence in
Baltimore.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
MILK FOR RELIEF
IS FACING BOOST
3-Cent Raise Expected Be.
cause of Increased Price
to Producers.

The price of milk sold to District
relief families will be boosted from
8 to II cents a quart tomorrow as a
result of the increase in the price
paid to the producers, it was indi-
Gated today by statements Of some
distributors.
No definite agreement had been
made, however, some leaders indicat-
ing they were expecting a possible
new development shortly.
Effective tomorrow, members Of the
Maryland and Virginia Milk Produc-
ers' Association are to be paid 2612
cents a gallon for all milk bought
by local distributors for use in their
plants for processing and bottling or
for manufacturing purposes.
Present Price Received.
The present price received by the
farmers is 26 cents plus premiums Of
21a or 3 cents for their basic allot-
ments of milk, and 16 cents gallon
for all milk over and above this al
lotment, the surplus to be used for
manufacturing purposes.
Eight-cent milk for relief families
was made possible by an agreement
under which the producers permitted
dairies to use the 16-cent-a-gallon
surplus" milk for bottling and sale
for fluid consumption to the relief
families.
The new schedule of prices to the
farmer, it is said, means the farmer
will receive 26l2 cents instead OF 20
cents for basic allotment sales and
26h cents instead of 16 cents for
quantities of milk in excess Of basic
allotment.
Several dairy spokesmen said they
anticipated that tomorrow the price
of milk to relief families would 90 to
IL cents a quart, this being calculated
to approximate the cost Of processing
milk for that purpose. One man said
he anticipated dairies would bid for
the relief milk business.
No General Increase Seen.
Several spokesmen have declared
there will be no boost at this time IN
the price of milk sold to the public
generally.
Fearing that the boost in the price
paid to the farmers might mean q
later boost in the general retail price
here, the Washington Consumers
Council announced it is starting a
campaign to have the general 1etal
price lowered to 10 cents quart, a
drop of cents.
Mrs. John Boyle, jr., chairman OF
the council, said some calculations
showed the change in the producers.
charges would mean an increase Of
S4OO 900 a year in the revenues OF the
distributors. The basis of this figuring
was that the cost to the distributor
of buying milk for bottling purposes
generally would be 2614 cents a gallon
instead of 20 cents.
A hearing will be granted the pro-
ducers before Commissioner Allen
sends to Congress a proposed amend
ment to the District milk act which
would permit the District to import
milk from jurisdictions not licensed by
the District to provide extra quantities
of milk for the use of relief families
and possibly District Welfare institu-
tions. On learning of the change IN
a price schedule in the milk industry,
Allen countered the move by directing
Assistant Corporation Counsel Elwood
Seal to draft such an amendment.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
RENT COMMISSION
PLAN IS OPPOSED
Trade Board Committee
Disputes Existence of
Emergency Here.

Expressing the opinion that no
emergency exists sufficient to warrant
a revival of a rent commission in
Washington the Law and Legislation
Committee of the Board of Trade
voted yesterday to oppose any legis-
lation to regulate rents "at the pres
ent time"
The action was taken at a stormy
luncheon meeting at the Harrington
Hotel, at which an effort was made
to investigate housing conditions here
to ascertain facts before any action
whatever was taken. The investiga-
tion proposal made by Archie K.
Shipe, was voted down, 18 to is.
George W. Offutt, chairman, called
upon group to express itself on the
general principle of rent regulation
without reference to any particular
congressional proposal.
Law Held Not Needed.
Judge Daniel Thew Wright, Fran
els G. Addison, Robert N. Harper,
Maurice D. Rosenberg and Raymond
S. Dickey all agreed that no rent law
Is needed. -Four of the speakers, all
lawyers, also agreed that a rent COM
mission undoubtedly would be uncon-
stitutional since it would infringe
upon the right of contract. Rosenberg
declared only an emergency such as
existed during the war could avoid
the question of constitutionality.
John B. Cullen led the fight to sup
port rent legislation. He pointed out
that in the past four months he had
sought unsuccessfully to get an apart
ment with the result that either there
were no vacancies or exorbitant rents
were demanded.
Imposition on Tenants.
Louis B. Arnold and Richard L.
Merrick argued that the right of con-
tract would be infringed upon if land
lords are permitted to impose" lease
contracts upon their tenants. The
discussion developed that less than
one-half of l per cent of available
residential properties in Washington
are vacant. Shipe insisted that if
the trade body opposed regulation,
landlords would take advantage of
tenants and raise their rents.
Addison contended rent commits
sion might defeat its own purpose,
since bankers would hesitate to make
loans for real estate development if
Congress should place too low a limit
upon the returns from investments.
This point was also stressed by sew
eral other speakers.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
by disarming this Nation and rem

by disarming this Nation and rem
dering it impotent.
Can you cure disease by abolishing
the Health Department." McSwain
shouted. "Can you abolish crime by
eliminating police departments, can
you end fire by abolishing the fre
Department."
An appeal for preparedness Tor
peace and not preparedness for war
was made by Frank N. Belgrano, jr,
national commander Of the American
Legion, who declared reasonably
armed America need not fear attack,
and If we are not attacked We shall
not have war"
Rear Admiral Joseph K. Taussig,
acting chief Of naval operations. en-
phasized the need Of an adequate
Army and Navy as defense against
possible foreign aggression.
Speakers tonight win include Brig.
Gen. Charles D. Heron, chief OF
staff, Ordnance Department: Rear
Admiral Clark II. woodward. DIR.
Thomas q. Healy a. Alfred Il. Haag.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
EIGHT CLASSES
TO GET DIPLOMAS
Junior and Senior High
School Graduation Exer-
CiSeS Continue Today.

Graduation exercises continued to-
day in the Junior and senior high
schools with eight classes scheduled to
receive their diplomas. The entire
midyear program will be concluded to-
morrow when IL more schools will
have their semi-annual ceremonies.
Randall Junior High School led of
today, awarding its diplomas at 1890
am. Miss BERTHE Backus, assistant
superintendent in charge Of the char
acter education experiment, was the
principal speaker, and DR.. Charles H.
Houston, member of the Board of Ed
ucation, presided.
This afternoon three more junior
high schools-Eliot, Hine and Mac
farland-were to present their diplo-
mas. Miss Backus, Miss Jessie La
Sale and Robert L. Haycock, re-
spectively, were to preside. All are
assistant superintendents.
80 at Roosevelt School.
The first of the white senior high
schools to hold midyear commence
ment is Roosevelt, where a class of so
will receive diplomas tonight at 7:45
o'clock, the hour having been ad-
vanced for convenience of Senator
elect Rush D. Holt of West Virginia.
who is to deliver the chief address.
Henry Gilligan of the Board Of Edu-
cation will preside.
Dunbar, the second of the colored
senior high schools to present diplomas,
will graduate a class of 81 at 8 pm.
DR.. Charles E. Burch of Howard Uni
versity will deliver the principal
speech, and DR.. J. Hayden johnson
of the school board will preside.
Cardozo's seniors received their diplo-
mas yesterday.
Glasses also will be graduated to-
night at 8 o'clock at Langley and Taft
Junior High Schools. Mrs. Henry
Grattan Doyle and Jere j. Crane will
preside at the separate exercises.
Others to End Semester.
Eight junior high schools and the
four remaining senior schools will end
their midyear semester tomorrow.
Mckinley, true to tradition, will have
no graduation speaker. DR.. Frank w.
Ballou, superintendent of schools, will
be the presiding officer.
Eastern, where Henry /. Quinn will
direct the program, will also hear an
address from Senator-elect Holt. At
Central, DR.. Hayden Johnson, presi-
dent of the Board Of Education, will
preside and will present DR.. Joseph
M. M. Gray, chancellor Of American
University, as the principal speaker.
Mckinley, Eastern and Central will
hold their meetings at 8 pm.
Westerns graduation is scheduled
for 1880 pm. DR.. Ballou will be
the presiding officer there, and DR..
Allen A. Stockdale, minister of the
First Congregational Church, will be
the chief speaker.
Armstrong will also hold its exer-
cises at 8 pm. tomorrow, with Mrs.
Mary A. McNeill of the Board of
Education In charge. Maj. Campbell
c. Johnson, executive secretary of the
Twelfth Street Y. M. G. A., will de-
liver the address.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
Vices of Cabinet Members
Inspect Alley Conditions
Trip Is Made by Mrs. Hull, Mrs. Nor
genthau and Mrs. Wallace-Mrs.
Roosevelt Planning Similar Tour.

A personal inspection Of housing
conditions in some Of Washingtons
inhabited alleys was made today by
the wives of three cabinet members,
accompanied by John Ihlder, execu-
tive officer of the District Alley Au-
thority.
They were Mrs. Cordell Hull, wife
Of the Secretary of State; Mrs. Henry
Morgenthau, jr., wife of the Treasury
Secretary, and Mrs. Henry Wallace,
wife of the Secretary Of Agriculture.
Mrs Roosevelt is planning to make
a similar inspection Of selected alley
dwelling areas tomorrow or some other
day In the near future.
The inspection trips were planned
without any advance publicity and it
was indicated the wives of the cabinet
officers sought to avoid any public to-
Evening star., 1935-01-31
CAPT. EDGAR /. WOODS
TO ANNAPOLIS POST
Dispensary Head to Assume Com
mand of Naval
Hospital.

Capt. Edgar L. Woods today was
ordered detached as commanding Off
Ger of the naval dispensary shortly,
to assume duty in command of the
Naval Hospital at Annapolis, Md.
He will be succeeded here by Can't.
Ulys r. Webb, commanding the
Naval Hospital and the Hospital
Corps Training School at San Diego,
Calf, who is expected to reach WASH
ington early next month.
Capt. Charles M. Oman, who has
been commanding the Annapolis
Hospital, is being shifted to COM
mand the Naval Hospital at Brook
lyn, N. Y. Capt. Edward H. H. Old
will be detached from the Brooklyn
Hospital on March / for duty at the
New York Navy Yard, orders at the
department revealed.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
BAKERY DRIVER HURT

Arthur ]. Simpson, "a, Of Alex
andria, Va, driver for bakery firm,
received chest injuries early today
when the truck he was operating
collided with another vehicel on the
south end of Highway Bridge.
At Emergency Hospital X-rays were
to be taken to see whether Simpson
has any fractures about the chest.
He also was given first aid for cuts
and bruises.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
INDEPENDENT OFFICES
BILL SENT PRESIDENT
First Measure to Be Passed by
74th Congress, Appropriating
$777,471,956 Forwarded.

By the Associated Press.
The first bill passed by the Seventy
fourth Congress-the $777,471, ,956 in
dependent Offices supply measure
went to the House yesterday.
The first Of the nine regular 1896
money bills includes funds for a
score or more Government agencies.
Although the House originally
voted only $1,000 900, the funds car
ried for the Securities and Exchange
Commission were raised to $2,234, ,494,
virtual budget estimates.
The Veterans Administration, with
$7o6, ,420, 900, accounted for the ma
jority Of the bills totals.
Evening star., 1935-01-31
AIRPORT :
URGED At ONCE
FOR WASHINGTON
Aviation Commission De-
CIareS Lack Is "a Nuisance
and Civic Shame"
LOGICALLY SHOULD BE
BEST IN UNITED STATES"
No Intention to Take Part in Con.
troversy Over Which Is
Superior Site.

Declaring that lack of an adequate
airport for Washington is "a nuisance
and civic shame" the Federal Avia-
tion Commission today recommended
to Congress that creation of a model
air terminal for this city should be
undertaken at once.
The commission declared that the
airport here Ought logically to be one
of the best in the United States" The
airport should provide a suitable base
for the civil air operations of the
Government departments, a terminal
for airplane flights of Government
personnel and "a model to which
other cities might turn for inspira-
tion." the commission said.
Instead" the commission declared,
"it seems at present to be generally
agreed that it is one of the least
satisfactory"
Not New Discovery.
"Tile foregoing paragraph" the
commission admitted, represents no
new discovery of our. own. 1t has
been the subject of invidious COM
ment by aerial visitors and of humili-
ated acknowledgment by Washing
tonians for more than FIVE years."
The commission said that for years
there has been a struggle among the
proponents of some half dozen sites"
for the permanent local airport.
1T is a struggle in which we have
no desire to take part, nor are we
qualified to do so," the commission
said. Although we have heard much
OF the virtues and dement's of various
sites. we have made no attempt at a
detailed examination of any. We do,
however, urge as of the utmost i'm
portance that the task of studying
the comparative values of all the sites
proposed and making a report, the
acceptance of which as conclusive
may reasonably be anticipated, should
be referred to some body without
further delay.
final decision to almost any compe-
tent party five years ago would have
been better than the postponement
OF any decision over so long period
We earnestly hope that it may be
possible to avoid further postpone
ment.
Conditions Handicap.
"In time of peace Washington's
lack of really adequate airport facili-
ties is nuisance and civic shame
In time of war, with the immense use
that governmental personnel would
have to make of aircraft for official
travel, a continuation of the present
conditions would be a real handicap
to the war effort"
The commissions definite statement
OF policy was as follows: Action
should be taken without further de-
lay for the early determination of the
site of permanent airport for the
National Capital and for the pro-
vision there Of model airport in
stallation."
Evening star., 1935-01-31
Police Examination s'Leak"
Disproped by Ciril Serrice
Eleven Promotions, Held Up Pending
Decision BY Commission, to Take
Effect Tomorrow Morning.

Charges that their had been q
"leak" in the recent police promotion
examination have been disproved after
an investigation, it was announced at
the Civil Service Commission today.
At the same time, Inspector L. I. H.
Edwards, personnel officer of the Po-
lice Department, said commissions
would be issued Immediately for four
officers due to advance by the test.
Shortly afterward the District Com
missioners approved these promotions,
along with seven others that had been
held up pending the decision by the
Civil Service Commission. All II pro-
motions will take effect tomorrow
morning.
The policemen promoted are as fol-
lows: Sergt. Lawrence r. Beall to
lieutenant, Sergt. Walter H. Thomas
to lieutenant, Pvt. Albert D. Clark to
sergeant, Pvt. George r. Wallrodt to
sergeant, Precinct Detectives r. s.
Bryant, w. ]. Liverman and H. G..
Wanamaker, to service with the De-
tective Bureau, with increases of 5000
per year salary. Pvts. Frank Ashley,
r. L. Manning, r. e. Talbot and F. G.
White to service as precinct detectives.
The following statement was issued
by the Civil Service Commission:
THE United States Civil Service
Commission states that an investiga-
ton has been made of the charges
that prior to the recent police pro-
motion examination certain persons
were in possession of photostatic
copies of the questions which were
subsequently used in the examina-
tion, and that as a result it has been
found that the charges are without
foundation.
"It was found that the questions
referred to were copies of questions
which had been used in the Police
Training School"
In amplification of this statement
it was said at the commission that
the copies referred to had been in
circulation long prior to the examina-