The Washington times., 1935-09-17
LEAGUE
WILL MEET
TONIGHT
BY ]. EARLE MOSER

By ]. EARLE MOSER
Entering it's fourth year of con-
secutive activity, the Federal
Bridge Leagues initial organiza-
tion meeting will be held tonight
at 240O Sixteenth St. N. W., head
quarters of the group throughout
last winter.
A record number of four-person
teams is expected to enter the
lists for the Government cham
pionship, according to Karl W.
Greene, Department of Justice,
who succeeded Isaac H. York, OF
Treasury, as president at the be-
ginning Of last season.
All persons interested m bridge
have been invited to attend the
meeting, which opens at 8 o'clock.
as a number of problems must be
roned out before actual play can
begin this autumn.
Among questions to be settled
are selection of a night of play,
each week; whether the league
shall play through the winter or
split its season into halves; the
amount of the franchise fee, and
eligibility of players. Weekly
games probably will be continued
at the Sixteenth Street site.
The league was organized in
1882 by the Federal News, publ
catio~ of the NFFE, to provide a
major sport interest for Govern
ment personnel past the athletic
age, and has grown fast. Slightly
more than a dozen quartetS played
through the first campaign, but
"a teams shuffled last winter, in
cluding more than 100 bridge en-
thusiaStS.
At first the organization al
lowed only Federal and District
workers to compete, then it ex-
panded to allow military, naval
or marine folk. plus wives of eligi-
BILE employees. A permanent trophy
to the championship team is do
mated by Luther c. Steward, NFFE
head, with replicas for each mem
ber of the championship group.
Prominent in activity OF the
league since its organization. Mr..
Greene is likely to be reelected pres
ident. Others who have aided are
Miss Maize Buie, of Treasury, sec
retary-treasurer, and Paul E.
Golden, of the Bureau OF Stand
ards, perennial official scorer and
Statistician de luxe.
Civil Service has announced two
new tests, both to close applica-
tions october 7. An examination
for public land surveyor, $4,000,
is announced for the General
Land Office of Interior for field
service, and applicants must not
have reached their forty-fifth
birthday by the closing date.
The other test is for pSychiatrlc
medical supervisor. at $500 an
nually. with Interior. For this,
persons must have an M. D. de-
gree from a. recognized medical
school plus certain specialized eX-
perience, and must not be So by
october 7 (unless entitled to vet
erans' preference). Civil Service,
Seventh and F Streets. Northwest,
is issuing blanks with complete in
formation.
At 8 a. m. yesterday the Census
Bureaus WPA projects COM
menced activity in Philadelphia
and st. Louis, carrying what is
believed to be a formidable men
ace to the merit system, by its
adherents, with the announced
polio" of employing relief workers
at salaries ranging from $50 to
$50 monthly.
Fred A. Gosnell heads the Phil
adelphia group, which is to con-
duct a census of American busl'
ness, while the unit to tabulate
1900 birth records for Social Sc
curity programs is under direc,
ton of DR.. T. F. Murphy, assisted
by Charles Ryan. To each city
will go about IS or 20 regular
Census Bureau staff employees to
aid in starting the work, but the
remainder is to be hired from st.
Louis and Philadelphia citizens
now on relief.