Evening star., 1935-04-14
The Federation.

The Federation.
~ EcAUsE of increased business.
- the Federation Of Citizens
Associations has postponed
IL action on the proposed House
smoke bill until Saturday
night.
DR.. Charles B. Campbell. chairman
Public Health Committee. says his
group has studied two bills on this
subject. One is known as the Com
missioners' bill and the other the
Roberts bill"
Dr. Campbell favors the latter be-
cause it is short and very explicit
whereas the Commissioners measure
is long and complicated with the
formation of a Board of Boiler experts
and engineers"
Chevy Chase.
THE Chevy Chase Citizens Asso-
citation now claims it is the
largest citizens association in
town. It has / ,085 members. President
Edwin 8. Hege believes increased at
tendance is due to discussion of public
utility matters. Proposed changes in
the existing loop bus service in the
nights meeting.
Two of the most widely considered
plans for reorganizing the District
government will be explained by
members of a special committee of
the federation George E. Sullivan,
chairman, will outline a Commits
sioner and city council form of city
management. L. A. Carruthers. fed
Grafton vice president, will present a
city manager or mayor plan which
would be supplemented with city
council. James G. Yaden, federation
president, will be a guest.
Hege also is considering formation
of the following new standing COM
mittees: Fiscal Relations and Taxa
tion, National Representation and
Suffrage, an enlargement of the Pub
lie Safety Committee to Traffic and
Safety Committee and Public Utilities
Committee to include several sub
committees-one subcommittee for
each public utility.
Dahlgren Terrace.
IF MANY District health laws are as
old as the regulation concerning
use and occupancy of buildings
and grounds, it is time for widespread
revisions. A. F. e. Scheer, Dahlgren
Terrace president believes.
Recently he examined some health
regulations in effect here The
regulation governing buildings and
grounds was made on April %, 1897
ard, says Scheer, Il take it that the
rest of the regulations are propor-
tionately as old" A resolution asking
modernization of the Districts health
regulations will be acted upon Wednes-
day night.
Property across Franklin street,
northeast from the Crosby S. Noyes
School, should be converted into
1ecreational space, many residents
think. Action to secure this also
will be taken.
Lincoln Park.
TINE Shrine convention in June will
/ receive whole hearted co-opera-
ton from the Lincoln Park
Association, President John P. Kern
announces.
Kern has appointed the chairmen
OF each of the standing committees
to serve with him on a special Shrine
Committee. This group will make a
house-to-house canvass to secure sup
port in decorating the area during
the conclave. These interviews also
will afford q chance to enlarge the
associations membership as well as
collect dues from delinquent men,
bers.
Southeast Council.
THE Southeast Council of Citizens
i Associations can act only on
resolutions which previously
have been acted upon by a member
body, Secretary Orrin j. Davy reveals.
Davy hopes the Lincoln Park As
sociation will have approved a pro-
posed northeast civic betterment mass
meeting to be held May 26 so that
the Southeast Council can plan to
participate.
Davy plans to propose Tuesday
night that the Council adopt the
federation plan of opening all meetings
with invocations by clergymen.
Randle Highlands.
THREE speakers are on Randle
/ Highlands Wednesday night
program. president A. W. Lee
announces. They are Capt. Ellis R.
King, president, Conduit Road Cit
izens' Association, and commander OF
Kenneth Nash Post. American Legion;
w. A. Driggers of the Kenilworth
group. and a representative Of the
Federal Housing Administration.
Since last months Public Utilities
Commission order rerouting Hillcrest
buses, great inconvenience has been
caused some residents Of Randle
Highlands, Lee says. Previously the
buses served about 10 blocks ir
Randle Highlands but under its new
route it leaves these 10 squares with
out any bus service.
Elated over the report Of the Sen
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