The Washington times., 1935-10-30
MORE PARKING
SITES ASKED
ByCLERKS
By ]. EARLE MOsER

eral employees, during the winter,
against the growing lack Of park
ing space, considered by many to
be the principal annoyance con-
fronting the army Of department
tai toilers who jam thoroughfares
every morning and evening.
Employees who reside near the
downtown section Of Washington
are in many cases using their
cars only on Sundays, and in
other cases giving them up alto
gether, but many suburban Fed
eralites consider their cars neces-
sary for office transport because
of slow bus or street car service.
A spearhead Of the expected
drive will be D. e. McQueary,
president and organizer Of the
Association for Adequate Parking
and Recreational Facilities Among
Government Employees, who Is
working steadily to recruit sufti-
cient backing to make an effect
on the next Congress. In a plea
for support which his organize.
ton circulated among Govern
ment workers Of all types, creeds
and union affiliations, he has
written:
'"The congested area has been
extended so far out from the Gov
ernment building area that Fed
eral employe driving to his work
has to park his car almost a mile
away and then walk to his office,
or else disobey an official park
ing sign and be arrested by a
traffic officer. If an employe-
driver does not allow himself an
hour or two's time to come to
work, park his car and walk the
several blocks necessary to get to
his office, he is caught between
the traffic officer on the one hand
and the deadline Of his 8 o'clock
office hour on the other.
"The conclusion Of the whole
matter is for the Government to
buy property outright, adjacent to
the Government office buildings
and provide parking lots or ga
RACES for its employees just as has
been provided for the benefit OF
employees of the District. Buildings
of the future should be planned
with parking space for all"
This evening members Of the
NRA Lodge of the AFGE are
scheduled to conduct a mass pro
test meeting at the New Ebbitt
Hotel, to demonstrate their dis
taste of the recent reclaSSification
Of salaries, which was also accom-
panied by more than 500 dis
ulisSalS.
Although nothing can be done
about it, because the revision was
caused by an executive order,
President John L. Donovan, of the
NRA group, has called his sup
porters to the gathering for the
purpose of discussing what he al
1eges was a drastic pay cut and
nothing else.
At Civil Service, which aided
NRA officials and the Budget
Bureau as a sort of adviser, it
is held that the reclassification
was to be expected, more or less,
because Of NRA'S reducing pro-
gram, and that if low-pay work
ers were not rightfully classified
upward, it was because somebody
ignored usual classification pro-
cedure. The ignoring, other
sources reveal, was because Of
the desire to keep NRA expenses
as low as possible.
Luther C. Steward will soon
command an army of 100000
Federalites, organization activity
of the NFFE indicates. Forma.
ton of Local Union No. 542,
charter n everything. has been
announced among CuStodial Serv-
ice workers at Little Rock. Ark.
Mr. Steward wants 1000 locals,
eventually.
AFGE Data-Internal Revenue
members will hold dance Novem-
ber 16 at the Washington Hotel,
George Gaul's orchestra. . Walter
r. Wilson is chairman of the ar
ranging committee. with Henry
C. Her, Inez JustuS. Grady Nail,
Addison Hester and Marguerite
Hughey aiding Bob Alcorn,
president of the Naval Gun Fac
tory lodge, has called an impor-
tant confab for Friday, 8 p. m,
at the Public Library, Seventh
and D SITS. s. w.. .RoSamund
Edna Richter, one Of the hardest
working Ages in the city, has
been elected president of the
FERA lodge. with Arthur Stein,
Helen Kaul Beach, Rebecca Pfef-
ferman, James Meacham and
John Whitton as supporting Off
GERS MARCEL Kistin, Sylvia
Friedlander, w. o. Brown and
Byron Hemphill head committees
:. John P. Simpson, chubby for
mer prexy of I. c. C.'s lodge, re-
Gently received a pipe and humi-
dor on the occasion Of his retire
ment from the presidency, Attor-
ney-Examiner r. N. Trezise max
ing the presentation . Public
Health Service lodge has chosen
william I. Green to lead it, his
cabinet including James B. At
kins, Sally Templin, Irving S.
LANCER, Mrs. Eva C. Quail and
David A. Hall.