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Evening star., 1935-12-01
DEFICIT OF $140,O()D
IN CHEST IS LIKELY
Final Audit to Be Made, but
Books Are Open to
Late Corners.

A final audit of returns in the re-
cent Community Chest drive will be
made next Friday, with indications
pointing to deficit of from S140,-
900 to $150,000 in the anticipated
budget Of $1,877,900.
James A. Councillor, chairman OF
the Audit Unit, announced yesterday
he will hold the ledgers open for pos
sible returns during the first four days
of this week. A number of teams are
continuing their cleanup" activities
in an effort to reach or exceed theil
quotas. attn s- Aijir
That there are a number of pros
pective contributors who have not
been approached by Chest solicitors has
been evidenced by the arrival at Chest
headquarters almost daily Of checks
sent in direct by unsolicited SUBJ
scribers. Some of these gifts are be-
ieved to be the outcome of a special
appeal made by radio last week by
Herbert L. Willett, jr., director of the
Chest, who urged persons who hac
not been reached personally to senc
in contributions direct to the Chest
Willett pointed out that If the 10000
persons who gave to the Chest hac
added just 81 more the goal woulc
have been attained.
The next problem confronting tn,
Community Chest will be the alloca
tion Of the funds already subscribed
Chest officials have repeatedly de
clared that the goal of $l,877 300 Sc
for the last campaign represented tn
minimum needs of the IS agencies u
function adequately in 1886. Failur,
of the Chest to reach its goal, it i
explained, means that the Bulge
Committee must revise the budget o
all the agencies, seeking in every in
stance to inf1ict the least possibl,
hardship on the clients of each.
Louis Gutenberg, chairman of tn,
Budget Committee, will take up thi.
work after getting a final report from
Chairman Councillor of the Audit Unit
In the meantime there are still
divisions in the Government and mer,
camille establishments in the cit.
whose key men are striving to ge
the necessary percentage of quota O
gifts Of personnel to win one Of tn,
honor posters. These honor poster
are being filled in and sent out a.
rapidly as new returns justify them
Evening star., 1935-12-01
DISTRICT RELIEF
ON own, FACING
CRITICAL PERIOD
=
Officials Puzzled How to
Meet Load With Re.
duced Funds.
BUT $166,666 MONTHLY
UNTIL CONGRESS ACTS
November 80 Count of Cases Elk.
pected' to Show From 10000
to $4,000 Still on List.

Back on their own resources with
the ending of the Federal dole. Dis
trict officials last night were puzzling
over how they could meet sustained
relief load with greatly reduced funds.
Until Congress acts again, the Dis
trict can count on but $166,666
month for its relief purposes, officials
said. This is the rate at which the
Districts own relief appropriation Of
$4,000, 900 for the present fiscal year
has been expended.
Against his there were latest esti-
mates that the number of cases on re-
lief at the end of November would
prove to be substantially the same as
at the end of October, when the fig
ure was 11,700.
Critical Problem Seen.
Elwood Street, director of welfare,
said last night these facts indicate the
relief problem in December and sew
eral months following would be
critical"
Early in November the Federal
Emergency Relief Administration an
nounced the final" grant of relief
funds to the District as $3.50, 900. far
less than grants for previous months.
There has been q suggestion offstage
that an unannounced supplementary
grant may have been made, but to
date there has been no confirmation
Of this. Reports are that various
States had received supplementary
grants which had not been officially
recorded.
District relief officials regard such
supplementary help as only tempor-
airy, however, since the F. e. r. A. has
been declared abolished.
Reinvestigation Asked.
When the final" grant was made
for November Commissioner George E.
Allen ordered all existing relief cases
reinvestigated. About a week ago. es-
Inmates were that some $500 Of the
1,700 had been reinstated. OfhcialS
warned them htes turnover had not
been completed and that the figures
probably would rise. Accurate fig
ures still were not available yesterday,
but some officials estimated the No
vember 80 count would show from TO-
600 to $4,000 still on relief.
OF this number. some 1000 family
heads were to be transferred to prof.
ects under the Works Progress Ad-
ministration tomorrow. This would
| bring the reported total of persons on
w. p. A. unemployment aid to about
10000, but would still leave about
5000 dependent on the District for
relief. according to the best available
calculations.
Figuring use of s166,666 per month
for 5000 relief cases, there would be
about $40 a month per case. This
sum would have to include cost OF
administration and other Office serv-
ices as well as food, clothing, rent and
fuel for needy families, Street ex-
planned. During October it was fig
ured the average cost per relief case
here was $33.21.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
TRANSIT SERVICE
HEARING ON DEC. IL
Complaints Against Bus and
Street Car Lines to Be Heard
in Public,

The public hearing on service
rendered by the Capital Transit Co
viii be held at 10 am. December 70
the Public Utilities Commission de-
cided yesterday. The sessions will be
in the commissions Office In the
District Building.
Formal notice OF the hearing on
complaints against the company's bus
and street car lines viii be issued
tomorrow, Chairman Riley e. Elgen
said. An early hearing was fixed In
the hope of ascertaining and correct
ing service faults as soon as possible
he said. go
Commission engineers have found
that some scheduled bus and street
car trips have not been run and that
gaps in headway have produced COM
plants.
Peoples Counsel william A. Roberts
has asked citizens associations to list
specific incidents In blanks he has
prepared and distributed, so he might
present them ct the hearing.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
RETIREMENT PLAN
WILL BE PUSHED
30.Year Optional Bills for Gov
ernment Workers to Be
Discussed,

Renewed efforts to obtain action
on the 30-year optional retirement
bill for Government employees are ex-
pected to be made at the approach
ing session of Congress. The subject
is already pending in both House and
Senate committees, where bills were
introduced during the last session.
Hearings were held, but no action was
taken before adjournment.
The question of optional retirement
after 80 years of service is due for
discussion by the Joint Conference
on Retirement of Civil Service EN-
ployes at a meeting called for Tues
day evening by Robert H. Alcorn,
conference chairman.
Under existing law the age limits
for automatic retirement are 10 years
for clerical and other departmental
employees; at IS. for letter carriers and
postal clerks, and at 81 for those in
certain hazardous lines Of employ
ment. The present law gives each
of these groups the option of retiring
two years earlier than the compulsory
age limits. or at SO, So and so.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
OFFICIALS INSPECT SITES
.oPTI0NED FOR HOMES
Conference Is Held on Disposition
of Land to Persons In.
Park Area.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LURAY, Va, November 30.-.Fed-
eral and State officials spent yesterday
and today in inspecting optioned sites
on which it is proposed to locate
homesteads for relocation Of. Shenan-
doah Park residents. Last night they
held a conference in Luray. Leaving
this afternoon for various spots to be
selected, they were joined by DR.. B. L.
Humnael Of Blacksburg, chairman
Governors Advisory Committee, and
L. r. zerkel, manager Homestead
ONCE.
Sites inspected are located In Page,
Rockingham, Greene, Madison and
Rappahannock Counties. The site at
Ida, Page County. Is already under
construction. Sites will be chosen on
the basis of type Of soil In order that
purchasers may be assured Of crop
returns, 1t was said.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
POSTAL OFFICIAL
RETIRES, AGED 70
William c. Beck Served in De.
partment More Than As
!, Years,

William G. Beck, assistant superin-
tendent Of the Division of Railway Ad-
/ jastnents, who had been in the Post
Once Department more than As years,
retired yesterday. He passed his 10th
birthday anniversary November 2.
Beck was employed in the Signal
Corps, War Department, July 2, 1885,
and ives transferred to the civilian
rolls by act of Congress October 2,
1888. He entered the Post ONCE De-
partment October IL, 1890, and was
named to the assistant superintend-
ency April I, 1929.
Z. He Is president Of the Immediate
Benefit Association of the department.
His retirement yesterday was made
the occasion for o ferewell ceremony
by his associates.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Women Best Driuers of Autos
Van Duzer Says, Citing Record

When the family goes out for its
Sunday drive this afternoon. it might
be q good idea TO have either mother
or daughter behind the wheel-with
father and son doing the "back-seat"
driving!
For, according to TRAFFIC Director
William A. Van Duzer, Washington's
women motorists have proved them
selves better drivers than men. He
presented statistics yesterday to back
up his statement.
OF the total number of automobile
operators IN the District, one-fourth
are women-and yet this as per cent
has been involved In only 7A per cent
OF the accidents.
Women are safer drivers because
they are more careful than men," Van
Evening star., 1935-12-01

Duzer said. 'They don't take the
chances men take"
The traffic director vigorously as
sailed the "carelessness and lack Of
Judgment" of Washington drivers,
pointing out 10 persons have been
killed and 3s4 injured in 8o1 acci-
dents in the District since November l..
He criticized particularly the care
lessness of drivers on rainy days, say
ing three Of the months fatal acci-
dents occurred on wet streets. Two
of these resulted from Thanksgiving
day mishaps.
The trains director said many driv-
ers apparently have no judgment as
to proper adjustment Of brakes or the
speed at which they should operate
their automobiles on rainy days.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Mans Sore Throat
Ends With Finding
OF False Teeth
Hunger Leads to Hunt
for LOtcer Plate
With X-RGy.
Hx the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
PUEBLO, Colo, November SOD.
w. Danielson, 63, was free today from
q "sore throat" and again the pos
SCISSOR of his false teeth.
Danielson's throat trouble" began
a week ago when he wakened from
nap. Swallowing became so painful
he refused to eat. Doctors were
puzzled.
Yesterday the elderly mans hunger
overcame his disinclination to swallow,
but he couldn't find his false teeth,
q fun lower plate. When q thorough
search of the house failed to reveal
them, some one suggested he might
have swallowed them.
An x-ray revealed the plate lodged
in the esophagus. II was removed
last night.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
BOUNDARY GROUP
EXPIRES, REPORT
AWAITS CONGRESS
Decision on Century-old
Dispute Put in Hands of
Public Printer.
JURISDICTION OF DC.
AND u. S. MAIN ISSUES
Authority Over Airport Also to
Be Decided if High-Water-
Mark Theory Prevails.

The District of Columbia Virginia
Boundary Commission expired last
night, with its final report completed,
but withheld from publication until
its presentation to Congress in jan
uary.
The decision of the commission on
the century-old dispute over the juris-
dictional dividing line was in the
hands of the public printer last night,
together with voluminous testimony
taken during the protracted hearings
before the three-man body.
William c. Cloth, q member Of the
commission, said the commission had
intended to release the report COIN
cident with expiration Of the groups
official life, but plans were changed
on advice of officials at the Capitol
other members of the commission
were former Gov. Charles H. Brough
of Arkansas, who served as chair
man, and Malcolm S. McConihe.
Chief Points ut Issue.
The chief points at issue were
whether Jurisdiction Of the District OF
Columbia and the Federal Govern
ment extends to the low or high water
mark on the Virginia shore Of the. Po-
tomac River, and whether. in event
the high-water-mark theory pre-
vailed, the Nne should be drawn
where 1t now touches the Virginia
shore or where the Government claims
it existed in the days Of Alexanders
Island-far inside the present air.
port area.
The Districts side was presented by
G. A. Iverson and H. H. Classic, JUS
tice Department attorneys, and Vir.
ginia's by Frank L. Ball, representing
the State and Arlington County. An
agreement with the city of Alexandria
disposed of certain wharfage rights
claimed by this municipality without
necessity of a decision by the com.
mission.
Government counsel contended the
United States Supreme Court had
ruled in several cases that the high
water mark constitutes the boundary
Old maps showing the airport prop
ierty as part Of Alexanders Island
with a narrow stream separating II
from the mainland, were presented BY
the Government In support Of its claim
to part of the airport property at the
south end of the Highway Bridge.
Arlington Fights for Taxes.
Arlington County fought the Gov.
ernment's claim vigorously because o1
the estimated sac, 900 in taxes received
annually by the county from owner!
of the airport and contiguous prop
erty. The Virginians denied thai
tidewater ever separated Alexander.
Island from the mainland and con-
tended the area in question wa
marshy lowland.
The testimony and arguments
harked back to 1882, when the origina
British charter to Lord Baltimore wa!
signed. This charter extended Mary
lands authority to the Virginia shore
The District of Columbia acquired
similar jurisdiction when Maryland
ceded its portion Of land for the sit,
of the Capital, the courts have held
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Woman Is Granted Divorce.

ROCKVILLE, Md, November 80
(SpeciaD Mrs. Frances r. Pond of
Takoma Park has been granted an
absolute divorce by Judge. Charles w.
Woodward in the Circuit Court here
from william G. Pond of Washington,
and allowed to resume her maiden
name Of Roseman. The couple, the
petition stated, were married Novem-
Der II, 1881, and have no children.
Deseftion was charged.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
Musicale December 4.

LEoNARDTOwN, Md, November
30 Especially Senior music pupils ct
st. Mary's Academy will hold their
annual music recital December 4.
Nearly one hundred pupils win take
part. The public IL invited.
Evening star., 1935-12-01
FEDERAL WORKERS
INCREASED 1880
Gain During October Is
Smallest in Year, Re-
port Shows.

Federal employment continued to
mount In October, but the gain ma
tionally over the previous month
1,830-was the smallest in year. the
monthly statement from the Civil
Service Commission showed yesterday.
The pay roll advance was more than
$3,773, 900, however.
As of October 80. employees in the
executive agencies here totaled no.
o09, an increase of 1857 for the
month; in the field, the total was
686, ,288, or 773 more than in Septem-
Der. Aggregate of field and District
796, 6,2s7-compares to the estimated
wartime peak of $4,000, which was
divided-District, 117,0o0; field, 8o0,-
600.
Increasing relief activities ac-
counted for the personnel boost, and
in conformity with its new policy of
breaking down" the figures and
showing relief personnel in a sepa-
rate listing, rather than Jumping all
employment figures together, the COM
mission shifted several thousand
workers previously carried on the reg
ular old = line agency tabulation to
the relief statement, which covers all
units involved in relief administra-
ton.
The comparative totals follow, the
top figure in each case being that of
October, and the low-in brackets
for September:
Evening star., 1935-12-01
POLICEMAN RETIRED

Several Years Ago.
Policeman Herman L. Lay. crippled
by bullet wound received In cap-
turing a counterfeiter several years
ago. was formally retired from The
metropolitan force yesterday at q
ceremony at the third precinct station.
He was presented with q travelling
bag as retirement gift from fellow
policemen. Capt. Arthur z. Miller
made the presentation. Lay lives ut
27l7 Kalorama road.
Evening star., 1935-12-01

Inc Iotal pay roll was SllS,oof ,431.
Enrolment in the Civilian Conser-
vation Corps, which fiuctuates, was up
about 10000 to 46s.192, to which is
added 9,339 enrolled Indians. Inter
mittent camp workers were down
about 5000 to 13,772.
Evening star., 1935-10-08
owners. That Is the very foundation

owners. That Is the very foundation
1t rests upon.
It believes that value in homes lies
deeper than In four square walls and
q roof. It holds that home ownership
inspires the right kind Of citizenship,
that the man with q permanent stake
In his country is the best type OF citi-
zen and that the stability and unity
and livableness Of the home reflect
in all his contacts outside the home.
and so, react to the credit Of the COM
munity. Home ownership spells good
citizenship and good character. for
In addition to the comfort and pride
in home ownership, there Is financial
security and Independence.
This then is the plan Of the Federal
Housing Administration and although
1t has been in operation only . few
months 1t Is unnecessary to tell you
how it has worked. A year ago 1t was
practically impossible to borrow money
to build or modernize q home. will
not bore you by quoting figures. more
than to say that the total loans in
sured by the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration in these few months have
already passed 800 millions Of dol
lars.
All you have to do Is 60 out on o
suburban countryside to see contrac-
tors, carpenters and bricklayers hap
PLY busy. And the sold" signs will
give you o pretty good idea Of the ac-
tive part the real estate agents and
the investors have had In this great
change.
Funds From Private Capital.
Much Of this activity Is, or will be,
financed through Federal Housing Ad-
ministration insured mortgages.
And let me say to you here again
that the Federal Housing Administra-
ton does not lend Government money.
All these funds are furnished through
private capital.
But the revived courage and in
terest reflect the Federal Housing Ad-
ministration influence, and the re-
newed confidence of those banks, life
insurance companies, building and
loan associations, and other financial
institutions working through 1t. to
bring about this remarkable recovery.
So, in parting, my advice to you is
to buy yourself home. No matter
where you live. whether 1t is in Wy
oming. or Washington. or Maine, or
California, consult your local banker
or real estate dealer. II you are able
to pay rent and are steady in your
habits, there Is no reason on earth
the single mortgage system" which
is the Federal Housing Administration
system.
Evening star., 1935-10-08

make the man himself poor risk.
and 1t certainly never could have oc-
CURED to him that preservation Of his
investment value was closely allied
with maintenance of property, and
that both were inherent in the own
er's ability to pay.
Second Mortgage Pitfalls.
The new Federal Housing Admin
istration system seeks to do away for
ever with the hidden pitfalls and tricks
of the second mortgage.
But to accomplish all this meant
that the new single mortgage system" I"
the Federal Housing Administration
system. necessitated one mortgage for
a higher percentage Of the appraised
value than was customary in the old
style two-mortgage system.
And in order to make these higher
loan values safe and inviting for the
lender. three things had to be done.
First, instead Of the mortgage COM
ing due In three or five years, the
home owner. under the new single
mortgage system" is given as much
as 40 years to pay for the home.
However, he starts reducing the
mortgage, in very small amounts Of
course, but nevertheless reductions
from the very first month. And these
continuous small monthly payments,
along with percentage Of interest,
taxes and fire insurance, which are
accurately figured out, cause the
principal amount Of the loan to COM
mence shrinking Immediately, but in
such an easy manner that the pay
ments are hardly noticeable to the
home buyer.
The second real and most essential
change was to establish q scientific
home appraisal system to be operated
under the unbiased supervision Of the
Government. absolutely fair both to
the lender and borrower.
For this purpose, the Federal Hous-
ing Administration has organized the
most efncient, fair and scientific ap-
praisal system that has yet been de-
vised. It guarantees to the money
lending institution that its funds are
being placed in sound investment
and on sound values.
To the home buyer, 1t means that
the house has more than Just q silver
lining. The whole transaction Is
marked sterling" In exactly the same
sense that the word Is stamped on a
piece Of silverware. There are no
short weights and no short changing
In Federal Housing Administration
appraisals.
So here Is a standard Of home
Evening star., 1935-10-08
POLITICS IS seen 81
AS new DEAL DOOM
Noses, New York Republican.
Says System Makes Aims
Impractical.

By the Associated Press.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, October g.
Writing in the Saturday Evening Post.
Robert Moses, New York commissioner
Of parks and prominent Republican,
asserts that the New Deal simply
cannot be made to work" because ef-
flcient public servants cannot be
found to do the job.
Background and tradition. Moses
contends, in an article published TO-
day. are against It and the New Deals
scope ''is way beyond the limits Of
government Is practiced by our peo-
pie Of this day and generation"
Granting that Democratic New Deal
policies may be sound in principle for
the sake Of argument. he writes Il
still believe that the program sought
to be imposed upon us Is impractical.
because no Government Of ours can
do it."
The big reasons, he cites, are the
politics, pull, low salaries, lack Of
advancement and promotion, bureau
cratic arrogance and indifference"
Evening star., 1935-10-08

make home mortgages attractive and
safe for private capital. and. home
financing available, as 1t never has
been before on q sensible long-term
basis for the home buyer.
Highway to Ownership.
The old mortgage system was, In
effect, device for taking homes away
from people. The new system is q
straight broad highway. down which
those who desire to own q home can
see every step to the end and the end
is debt-free ownership achieved by
paying in easy monthly installments.
This plan has brought together the
architect, tho builder, the financial in
stitution, the real estate man and the
manufacturer and dealer Of building
supplies, all into one mutually helpful
group, enabled now under the ma
tional housing act, to meet on a COM
mon ground and solve the problem Of
home ownership on sound basis, in
suring well-designed, well-constructed
and sensibly financed homes at q
lower cost for financing than ever
before was possible.
This is the single mortgage sys-
tenn" This is the only kind of mort
gage advocated and insured by the
Federal Housing Administration. BY
this method the home owner pays of
his mortgage in monthly installments
precisely as though he were paying
rent. And in most cases, the drain
on the family budget is actually less
than rent.
Yet at the end Of q period Of years
a miracle has happened. The home
is fully paid for and there is no more
rent due.
The second mortgage racket is def
nitely killed.
With the Federal Housing single
mortgage system" there is no place
for a second mortgage which for
merly was q convenient receptacle to
squeeze in the extra charges and ex-
cessive costs. It was here that the
unseen commissions, usurious charges
and prices way in excess Of honest
appraisement values, as well as scores
Of other traps for the unwary. were
packed in. They were all wrapped
up into q neat bundle, notarized,
sealed, tied up with tinsel cord and
called second mortgage"
The holder of the first mortgage, II
he knew anything about it at all,
thought that it was of little concern
to him. that he was protected and
safe. 1t never occurred to him that q
secondary lien on the property could
so bear down on the home owner as to