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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
LEGION AUXILIARY
LEADER ELECTED
Charter for Government
Printing Office Group
Applied For.

Sarah c. Jones was elected president
OF the American Legion Auxiliary TO
the Government Printing once Post,
No. 80, District Of Columbia Depart
ment, at an organization meeting last
Monday night. A charter has been
applied for.
The other officers are Genevieve
Mary Sparshott. vice president; Alice
Gaudette, second vice president; Mar
garet E. Hampshire. third vice presi-
dent; Mary Schaumlef1e, chaplain;
Lenore C. RuggleS, historian; Reba
Johns, sergeant at arms; Clara w.
Reingruber and Helen Luckritz, color
bearers; Edith Whitcraft, secretary;
Elizabeth Brazil, treasurer.
The president appointed a bylaws
committee consisting Of Alice eau
dette, chairman: Gladys iced, Cleo
Thomas France and Lenore c. Rug
giles.
Department president, Miss M
Edna Mcintosh read the purpose OF
the auxiliary and its relation TO the
post. Welcoming addresses we're made
by Mrs. Ellen Louise Warren, presi-
dent of Sergt. Jasper Unit, No. 10, and
Mrs. Anna E. Elliot.
Miss Mcintosh, Lillian Reagan, de-
partment secretary, and Mrs. Walthea
H. Chapman, president Of Victory
Unit No. 4. made addresses.
! Besides the officers others signing
the charter were Gladys Teed, Helen
T. Gleason, Alice Gaudette, Agnes E
Walker, Helen E. Mahoney, Joan Ma
honey, Cleo Thomas France. Anne G.
Blankenship and Margaret Minnigh.
The next regular meeting OF La
Boutique des HUT Chapeaux ct Quar-
ante Femmes, Salon No IA. Eight ct
Forty. will be held Wednesday at
pm. at the Washington Hotel.
| Three hundred sandwiches and Is
cakes were donated by the salon as
its quota for the boat trip given to
| the disabled veterans in the various
hospitals last Tuesday by the Ameri-
can Legion, American Legion Aux
Hilary, Forty ct Eight and the Eight
ct Forty. The following prepared the
food and served as hostesses on the
trip: Mrs. Mildred Eckles, Mrs. Amy
Hammond, Mrs. Eunice Cox, Mrs.
Helen McCabe and Mrs. Ola D. Lee.
The annual wreck" will be held
August 3 at the Summer home Of
Helen McCabe, Dunrovin, located at
Oak Bluff on the bay. All partners
who expect to attend notify Mabel
Staub. 1901 A street northeast, Allan
| tic 1I72, or Helen McCabe, 2603
Twenty-fourth street northeast, Poto-
mac 0974.
| The department president attended
the services of the Jewish Veterans in
Arlington July 4 with certain members
| Of her staff.
The department colors. those of Vic
tory Unit, James Reese Europe, Henry
c. Spengler, Sergt. Jasper and Vincent
B. Costello were in the maSsing Of col
! ors at the Sylvan Theater.
This department is "A members over
its quota, as announced by Depart
ment Membership Chairman Nicie
Perrell.
Delegates and alternates are being
elected from the various units for the
department convention August 10
and 20.
The James Reese Europe Unit held
its Fidac meeting Tuesday evening.
The department president, Miss Nicie
Perrell. and others of her official staff
were present.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
GODFREY To HELP
IN MASONIC EVENT
Will Be Master of Ceremo-
MES at Field Day in
Stadium July II.

Arthur Godfrey will act as master
Of ceremonies for the Masonic field
day at Grifith Stadium July n. BY
means of a special application sys-
tenn he win describe the band forma-
tons and special patrol drills by
Almas Temple, Kallipolis Grotto, Tall
Cedars of Lebanon and Jobs Daugh-
tiers. There will also be base ball
game between teams representing
Almas Temple and the Grotto.
While the actual program Is sched-
uled to begin at 2 O'Clock. the Kalli-
polls Grotto Band will give band
concert in the park at lis. At 2
O'Clock there will be q grand parade
of the participating units. the Asso-
citation Of Worshipful Masters of 1885
and the 1885 Matrons and Patrons
Association, the two associations
sponsoring the field day; the grand
master and the Grand Lodge officers,
the grand matron, the grand patron
and the Eastern Star Grand Chapter
officers.
The receipts Of the field day will 60
toward the cost Of extensive repairs
and improvements at the Masonic
and Eastern Star Home.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
BRIDGES ATTACKED
BY RYAN AS "RED"
Denunciation Enlivens Long.
shoremen's Session-Union
Grants Salary Raise.
By the Associated Press

oy tAc aooOSAAbG0 AGSS"
NEW YORK, July l3.-An attack
on Harry Bridges of San Francisco as
"a tool of Communists" by Joseph p.
Ryan, president of the international
Longshoremen's Association, enlivened
the concluding session of the organi-
zation's convention today.
with gil due regard for the West
Coast delegates" Ryan declared. II
want to say that they are to an extent
discredited because they have q man
with them from the Communist
party"
Ryan's attack followed the intro
duction by Bridges CT resolution
asking approval Of the expulsion OF
Paul Scharrenberg. secretary of the
California Federation OF Labor. by
the sailors union on the West Coast
The matter was referred to the Exec
utice Council.
Ryan branded Bridges COMMIT
mist on the basis Of an anonymous
report he said he had received pur-
porting to describe the set-up OF q
Communistic Pacific Coast Secre-
tariat"
Bridges said he had seen the report
two months ago ana termed 1t "a
frame-up" and "a tissue Of lies"
The salary Of the president was IN
creased from 5000 70 $4,000 year.
the FIRST vice president from SIS to
500 q week and the secretary and
treasurer from 5000 to 5000 q
year,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
Impossible to Hear
At District Building Hearings.

HEARINGS in the rooms Of the
IL Utilities Commission on the
first floor or in the board room on
the seventh floor are an utter i'm
possibility so far as most OF those
in attendance are concerned. Poor
acoustics and noises from the
street are responsible in the case
of the first-hoor room. In the
board room is to be added the
noise and confusion in the two
Offices which have been cut on
from that room, which was
planned as the hearing room OF
the District Building.
Many interested citizens leave
in disgust after vainly trying to
know Just what is being said by
those conducting the hearing as
well as the witnesses. This Is .
problem of vital interest to the
citizens Of the District which will
be solved, presumably, at some
indefinite date when this voteless
and unrepresented community has
a new municipal administration
building. Some citizens who left
the taxicab hearing the other day
because they could not hear were
heard to remark that this condl-
ton Is another argument for new
District building.
There are some civic leaders who
feel the Commissioners might ar
range in some way to provide a
space for these important hearings
where those in attendance could
really know what Is going on. 1t
has been mentioned in the discus
sion OF this question among some
groups that q survey might result
in the finding Of a convenient and
available conference room in one
Of the adjacent new Federal build
ings. The District as q large ma
tional taxpayer, it Is contended.
could with good reason request the
use Of any such available space.
The Federation Of Citizens Asso-
Citations and the federation OF
Civic Associations have for many
years enjoyed the noisy hospitality
Of the District Commissioners in
being privileged to hold their meet
ings in the board room. The Fed
Grafton Of Citizens Associations has
for some time recognized the DIM
Guilty Of transacting its business in
this noisy room. A certain senti-
ment has in some degree made
delegates reluctant to go to an
other location.
A hearing room where people can
really hear Is q problem which
should not have to wait for solu-
ton until We have a new District
Building.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
PLAYGROUND NOW
RUN BY CITIZENS
Former Dump Is Utilized
as Site for Model
Recreation Center.

Hidden away from the noise and
danger Of the streets, a model recrea-
ton center for both children and
adults is operated by the Glover Park
Citizens Association on plot Of
ground which was once an alley dump.
Containing about $500 square feet,
this playground Is located In the CEN
ter OF the block bounded by Huide-
koper place, Benton, Thirty-ninth and
Beecher streets. 1t has no name ON
cially, but Is known to members Of
the association as Cunningham Park,
in honor of william c. Cunningham,
one Of the trustees, who has taken o
great deal of interest in developing the
project.
Association Takes Hand.
Several years ago, when homes were
first constructed In new real estate
development around the block, this
plot was found to be unsuited for
building purposes because Of its loca-
ton and gradually became the general
refuse dump for the neighborhood.
The Glover Park Association inter-
ested itself in doing away with this
eyesore, and with view to creating
safe playground for children away
from the streets, induced B. F. Gruver,
the owner Of the property. to deed the
ground to the association in 1928.
A fund to develop the new acquisi-
ton was raised by subscription the
next year and the parcel was fenced
and sodded. Ornamental gates were
placed at each end and a fiagpole
raised in the center, from which the
American flag is flown on Sundays
and national holidays
improvements Continue.
Since then work to improve the
property has gone steadily forward.
About $500 worth Of trees. shrubbery
and flowers have been purchased and
now adorn the park. In the center a
rose bed with a border of iris forms a
setting for the fiagpole. Each corner
Is provided with a maple tree and
perennial shrubs and the open spaces
are studded with evergreens.
The park is managed by three trus-
tees. who are members OF the Glover
Park Citizens Association. In addi-
ton to Cunningham, they are Sheldon
w. Fairchild and Dorrie c. Gruver.
Taxes are paid by the association and
most of the work incident to the up
keep Is done by persons in the neigh
borhood and members Of the aSso-
citation.
About 40 homes surround the park
and sequestrate 1t from the street.
Occupants Of these homes receive the
principal benefits from this play
ground. but 1t is open to the entire
community.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14

To fix qualifications for chief en-
gineer Of the fire department. III. r.
1882 In House District Committee.
To regulate steam engineering.
Oh. r. 1897 In House District Com
mittee.
To prohibit vivisection Oh. r. 1880.
In House District Committee.
To amend police salary act Oh. r.
737D. In House District Committee.
To amend the Union Station act to
permit construction Of q bridge and
underpass across New York avenue
northeast Oh. r. 744D. Passed House
and pending in Senate District Com
mittee.
To amend the minors employment
act to permit children to take part in
dramaticS and concerts III. r. 7505).
On House calendar.
To exempt new buildings from tax
alton Oh. r. 1880. In House District
Committee.
To permit Pennsylvania Railroad
to remove its substation at It'll and C
streets southwest g. 283O). Passed
House and amended bill pending in
Senate District Committee.
To fix qualifications for District
police superintendent H. r. 5000. In
House District Committee.
To eliminate Police Court jury trials,
except where constitutional rights are
involved III. r. $3.50. On House
calendar.
To increase to one months service
on Police Court juries CH. r. $500.
On House calendar.
To eliminate exemptions in jury
service (H. r. 858D. On House
calendar.
To provide for semi-annual inspec-
ton of motor vehicles Oh. r. $500.
On House calendar.
To fix qualifications for jurors Oh. r.
$685.. On House calendar.
To authorize a subway survey Oh. r.
$500. In House District Committee.
To provide for the revocation on
nonresident drivers licenses Oh. r.
S6sD, In House District Committee.
To provide for prohibition in the
District III. r. $3.50. In House Dis
trict Committee.
To provide a new bribery law for
District Oh. r. s62D. In House Dis
trict Committee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
Tourists on Increase.

Tourists on Increase.
Curtis Hodges, executive director OF
the Greater National Capital Com
mittee, estimated yesterday that there
have been approximately 25 per cent
more tourists in Washington this year
than there were at the corresponding
time a year ago.
His estimate is based upon figures
from two sources: Attendance records
at the Smithsonian Institution and
road counts made at entrances to the
city.
On June 1, Hodges said, there was
evidence that 1885 was 20 per cent
ahead of 1894, a banner year for
visitors to the National Capital. Since
that time the Shrine convention drew
thousands and the unattached tourist
has continued to arrive in large num-
bers, more than during the hot days
of last Summer. Hodges said he can
see no reason why the increase should
not continue until the end Of the year,
and a large share Of the credit he
claims for his committee.
1T is our belief" he said, that the
work of the committee has been doing
for the last four years to promote
tourist business for Washington is
having very satisfactory cumulative
effects and Is bringing dollars and
cents returns to the people of Wash
ington."
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14

OF this small loan problem that
Congress is confronted by a con-
dition rather than theory. There
are a number OF members of the
community who at times require
money most urgently. They have
no banking connections or col.
lateral. They are entitled to the
aid and protection Of law against
being forced to 60 beyond the con-
fines and protection Of the District
or being left to the mercy Of I'M
scrupulous sharks operating under
cover.
Welfare and civic workers rec
ognize that in theory no one should
be required to pay more than the
6 per cent per annum interest on
a loan, but this Is the prevailing
rate where real estate or flrst-class
collateral Is pledged to protect the
lender. They recognize that on
these small loans, where the risk
Is great the rate must be made
sufficiently high so that 1t may be
possible actually to get q loan.
These proponents of this much
needed legislation are convinced
that there is widespread misunder-
standing of this question and that
this misunderstanding is shared by
some Of the folks In Congress.
Strenuous objection is raised by
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations to the provision carried
by the bill permitting the superin-
tendent of insurance, with the
approval of the District Commis-
Sioners, to increase the interest
rate from per cent a month up
to as high as 4 per cent month
and to increase the other fees
and charges as high as double the
amounts carried In the bill. The
rest Of the bill has the approval
OF the federation, which is urging
the elimination of this provision
and passage at the present session
Of Congress.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
Small Loan Legislation
An Immediate Real Need,

pHILANTHROPIC and civic
Washington, based on actual
knowledge, knows there Is an i'm
mediate real need for a new small
loan law. The present so-called
loan shark law of 1918 was backed
by groups Of public spirited citizens
who sought to protect people re-
quiring small loans and without
security. The rate was fixed at a
maximum Of / per cent month
which, In theory, was adequate re-
turn for the use Of the money in
Guiding the risk to the lender.
In practice this law has operated
to drive borrowers to money lenders
at much higher rates operating be-
yond the boundaries of the District
and to some local sharps who oper-
ate under cover. The result has
been that such loans have been far
more costly to the borrower and
the District has been unable to
afford a proper supervisory protec-
ton to these local residents in dire
need.
For several years local leaders,
who are in no way involved in the
loan business, have been trying to
remedy this very bad situation. At
the instance Of the District Com
missioners, Corporation Counsel
Prettyman included a proposal for
a new small loan law in his legisla-
tive program offered to the civic
bodies last Winter. The pending
bills before the Senate and House
District Committees is the result OF
these recommendations Of the Com
missioners.
The House bill, about which there
has been the recent controversy.
permits a charge not to exceed
per cent on unpaid monthly bal
ances and interest is not permitted
to be compounded. Neither inter-
est nor fees can be deducted from
the principal of the loan. On loans
of $35 or less, without collateral, a
charge Of not exceeding 81 Is per-
mitted for q credit report or 1nves-
tigation. On these loans a total
OF so cents interest and other
charges may be allowed in addition
to the 81 fee on loans Of $35 or
less for 80 days. On $35 loans
without collateral for more than 80
days and on larger loans for 80
days or less fees not exceeding So
may be charged.
Representatives of the Russell
Sage Foundation have advocated
before the committee an interested
rate not exceeding 3 per cent per
month on the first 500 and the
rate Of 2 per cent per month on
larger loans. No fees are charged
under this plan.
It may be truly said In the case
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
Commission on Criminal Justice
Or an Advisory Committee?

CONFUSION exists in the minds
of many regarding the recon-
mendation in the report of the
House Crime Committee for crea-
ton of q Crime Commission and
the recent recommendation by the
District Commissioners Commit
tee that there be established per-
manent Advisory Committee on
Crime. Both of these reports neg
lect to mention that there was set
I'D last November by the citizens q
permanent Committee on Criminal
Justice. The movement for this
latter committee originated with
the District Bar Association. There
was first set up a committee OF
40 which held several meetings and
completed its labors by naming a
committee of representative citi-
zens.
Under Craftsmanship Of F. Regis
Noel, past president Of the Bar As
sociation, the committee included
the following: George w. Beasley,
president, Federation Of Civic As
sociations; Mrs. Merritt o. Chance,
past president women's City Club;
Paul B. Cromelin, former assistant
United States district attorney;
DR.. Arthur B. Hall, director In
stitute for Government Research
of the Brookings Institution;
Claude w. Owen. past president
Board of Trade; Seth W. Richard
son. former assistant United States
Attorney General; Arthur Claren-
don Smith, president Federation
of Business Mems Associations, and
James G. Yaden, president of the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
This committee was appointed
to serve q term Of five years and
empowered to NIL any vacancies In
its membership. Meetings Of the
Committee of Nine and OF Its sew
eral subcommittee have been held
from time to time.
Section 6, the final section, OF
the report Of the Randolph Crime
Committee states that "ths COM
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Prospects Dim for District Legislation-Existing
Citizen Crime Committee Forgotten in Talk
of Establishing Such Group.
BY JESSE C. SUTER.

~ RESPECTS are not very
- bright for much additional
District leeisls ton this sea-
l. son. There are at present
IA District bills pending on the
House calendar. some Of which are
unimportant from a community
standpoint. Among those OF i'm
portance are the rent control bill
which has been pat aside on sew
eral District days because OF its
controversial nature. Another bill
on the House calendar Is that
amending the code by broadening
the divorce law. This bill was
whipped into shape during the past
week by agreement or several COM
promises. 1t was expected that to-
morrow would be District day in
the House but instead . later date
will be set.
The Senate District COMMITTEES
Is still working on the District So
cial security bill, with no report
in prospect until the enactment
Of the national measure. The
Senate subcommittee having the
District bill in charge and Chair
man King are intent on making
this bill fair to the District along
the lines suggested by the Com
missioners and the representatives
of the citizen bodies. These Sen
ators are not at all in sympathy
with the proposal to use the Dis
trict as an experimental laboratory
for testing out the unemployment
insurance and Old-age pension
proposals.
The sensation Of the week was
the episode in the House District
Committee when a member at
tackled Corporation Counsel Pretty.
man for alleged failure TO en-
force the present loan shark law
and for alleged lobbying Of the
pending small loan bill. This bill,
which had been previously ordered
favorably reported, was ordered to
be reconsidered.
At the District Building the
taxicab hearing before the Public
Utilities Commission has been the
chief matter of interest. The tes-
timony OF taxicab owners and
citizens was taken covering q
thousand pages. The commission
Is aiming TO complete its study so
that the new rates may be pub
Eshed tomorrow.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
EXCURSION TOMORROW

The annual moonlight excursion
of the Curley Club will be held to-
morrow evening on the steamer City
Of Washington, leaving the wharf at
$50 o'clock.
Entertainment features are to IN
clude a band concert and 10 vaude-
vile numbers by Washington enter
tanners.
Proceeds from the sale Of tickets
will be applied to the scholarship
fund of the Curley Club.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
JAIL FIGHT SET BACK
Woman Loses Appeal From Term
in Alienation Case.

in Alienation Case.
CHICAGO, July Is (P).-Mrs.
Myrtle Tanner Blacklidge's fight to
stay out Of jail, where she was sem
fenced for failure to pay a $500
judgment to Mrs. Norman E. Not
tingham for allegedly alternating The
affections of Mrs. Nottinghams hus-
band. suffered q setback today when
the United States Circuit Court of
Appeals upheld lower court deci-
sion.
Attorneys for Mrs. Blacklidge, for-
mer collector Of internal revenue, had
sought relief from the order OF Fed
eral Judge William H. Holly, who dis
missed habeas corpus proceedings IN
her behalf on the grounds that the
district court did not have jurisdic-
ton.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
Tracks for Cyclists.

Adding tracks for cyclists to the A.
Asst miles of main roads in Britain
would, it Is estimated. cost $685.
100000.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-07-14
CLUB TO HONOR MOORE
Young Democrats to Fete Jersey
Senator and Missourians.

Senator A. Harry Moore of New
Jersey and the entire Missouri dele
cation. in Congress will be guests OF
the Young Democratic Club of Wash
ington when the organization holds
dinner. swimming and dancing party
at the Maryland Club Gardens We'd
nesday night, it was announced yester-
day by Walter Bramhall. president.
The purpose Of the get-together. &C.
cording to Bramhall, is to begin the
organization for the 1885 campaign.
The entire facilities of the club have
been taken over for the evening.