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Evening star., 1935-04-14
WASHINGTON SCION
WELCOMES c. A. R.
Mrs. Howard, Last Born at
Mount Vernon, Also on
D. A. R. Program.

Mrs. Eleanor Washington Howard,
last of the Washington family to
be born at Mount Vernon, will well
come the delegates to the fortieth
annual convention of the National
Society Children of the American
Revolution when it conveues in the
National Red Cross Building Tues
day morning.
The meeting will be held stimuli
taneously with that of the Daughters
of the American Revolution and many
events on the program of the c. A. r.
are planned as joint activities with
the D. A. R.
Mrs. Howard, who is national vice
president of the c. A. r., is but one
Of a number of distinguished members
Of the early American families who
will take part in the opening session.
On the same program will be Mrs.
G. A. Swami Sinclair, national presl-
dent; Bishop James E. Freeman, Will
liam Tyler Page, Sd, whose grand
father wrote THE Americans Creed
Admiral Cary T. Grayson. chairman
of the American Red Cross; Mrs.
William Russell Magma, president
general of the D. A. r.; Arthur M
McCrillis, president-general of the
Sons of the American Revolution, and
representatives of the host organlza-
tions of the District of Columbia.
The high points of the conventicn
will be reached at the dance and re-
ceptlon in the Lee ball room of the
George Mason Hotel, Alexandria,
Tuesday night, when Mrs. josiah A.
Van Orsdale, honorary president OF
the society, and her husband, Justice
Van Orsdale of the District Court
Of Appeals, will act as hosts, and at
the ceremony at the C. A. r. tree at
Mount Vernon, when Col. Harrison
H. Dodge, superintendent of Mount
Vernon, will relate history OF the
tree.
Wednesday morning the C.. A. R.
delegates will be received at the White
House by Mrs. Roosevelt. The First
Lady will receive an American flag
for the President, a gift from the
George Washington Parke Gusts So
ciety Of Buffalo, N. Y.
Two important events of the con-
vention have been planned to COIN
eide with the program OF the -. a. II.
The visit to Mount Vernon will be-
gin at 1870 pm Thursday, when
Mrs. Howard will serve as honorary
chairman and Mrs. John Morrison
Kerr will have active charge. The
pilgrimage will come Immediately
after memorial services to be held by
the society in convention.
That same afternoon the annual
ceremonies at the Tomb of the I'm
known Soldier will be held. Mrs. Van
Orsdale will be the chief speaker for
the Children of the American Revo-
luton.
Final convention business will be
transacted with the administration Of
the oath of Office late Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Howard will serve as
chairman of the Nominating Com
mittee and will present the slate of
officers in her report at II O'Clock
that morning.
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Deaths Reported.

Samuel Rittenhouse. 81. Home for AGED
Franz E, Baker. 81; 5Os 18th st; st;;osn,t.,
Carroll w Eamich. 30. 3249 P st.
Naomi Chilcotte, 20, Gallinger Hospital:
James S. Flurie. II. GEORGETOWN UnlVer-
Phoebe Kelly Kelly. 16. Georeetown University
Hospital. . w.t.
Lois S. winters. IL. Georgetown University
Hospital. =.
Lucinda Robinson. GO. lis Heckma2 ST.
Fannie Walker. 60 a36 p st.
John Harris. A., Galllnser Hospital.
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CITY NEWS IN BRIEF.
TODAY


Lecture by Manly P. Hall, "The
Secret Doctrine of Tibet" Masonic
Temple, 801 Thirteenth street, BIS
pm.
Tea, National Society, Daughters of
Colonial Wars, Mayf1ower Hotel.
pm.
Meeting, Town Hall. shoreham
Hotel, 8 pm.
TOMORROW.
Dance, Georgia State Society, Shore
ham Hotel, 9 pm.
card and bingo party, Northeast
Circle Club, so M street northeast, 8
pm.
Instruction in advanced contract
bridge, auspices of the Massachusetts
Society of Washington, Roosevelt
High School, 8:15 pm.
Dinner, Jacoby Society, La Fayette
Hotel, Z pm.
Dinner. Business and Professional
Women, La Fayette Hotel, $50 pm.
Breakfast, National Patriotic Coun-
ell, Willard Hotel, 1890 pm.
Smoker, Variety Club, Willard
Hotel 8 pm.
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Births Reported.

John A. and Eula J, Carter, boy; ,,v
George l.. and Rose M. Ahern, girl
Amos d. and Amy ". Kirk. girl; -,
Robert r. and Mari, A, MacLeod' slri. snI
Georee d and Beulah l. Roberts. boy.
Henry and Liar Bloss. girl. .,
Everett and Helen HAMILTON girl:
Grover E. and Fannie J: Norris, poy.
Albert and Marion Smith. boy.
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TOMORROW.
Dance, Georgia State Society, Shore
ham Hotel, 9 pm.
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Meeting, Town Hall, Shoreham
Hotel, 8 pm.
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card and bingo party, Northeast
Circle Club, so M street northeast, 8
prl.
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Tea, National Society, Daughters of
Colonial Wars, Mayf1ower Hotel, 4
pm.
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Civic Calendar
Is Meetings Scheduled to
Be Held During Com.
ing Week.
Monday. April Is.


Interfederation Conference, 8 pm,
Room F, United States Chamber of
Commerce.
Lincoln Park Citizens Association,
8 pm, Bryan School.
Sixteenth Street Heights Citizens
Association, 8 pm, A. r. Shepherd
School.
West End Citizens Association, 8
pm, No. 3 precinct, 2014 K street.
Tuesday, April 16.
Brightwood Citizens Association,
pm, Paul Junior High School.
Citizens Forum of Columbia
Heights, 8 pm, Powell Junior High
School.
Petworth Citizens Association, 8
p.m., Petworth School.
Southeast Council of Citizens As
sociations, pm, Buchanan School.
Wednesday, April IL.
Chevy Chase Citizens Association, 8
p.m., E. v. Brown School.
Dahlgren Terrace Citizens Associa-
ton, 8 pm, Crosby S. Noyes School.
Randle Highlands Citizens Associa-
ton, 8 pm, 2407 Minnesota avenue
southeast.
Sixteenth Street Highlands Citi-
zens' Association, 8 pm, Brightwood
School.
Friday, April 10.
Glover Park Citizens Association, 8
p.m., Industrial Home School.
Takoma Park Citizens Association.
7:30 pm, Takoma Park Library.
Saturday, April 20.
Federation of Citizens Associations,
3 pm, Board room, District Building
Evening star., 1935-04-14
PROBE OF D. C. WORK
IN HOUSE IS ASKED
Burroughs Association Votes to
Ask Congress to Investigate
Present Practices.

A House investigation into methods
used by responsible members of the
House in handling District affairs Is
asked in q resolution adopted by the
Burroughs Citizens Association.
The original resolution proposed to
Inform the House Crime Investigat-
ing Committee Of the 'gentleman's
agreement entered into between
members of the House Subcommittee
on Appropriations and q former En-
gineer Commissioner Of the District
relative to the design Of the Taft
Junior High School"
Upon motion Of the associations
secretary, Wilbur s. Finch, the or.
ganization voted to broaden the reso-
luton to include investigation of the
methods of handling all District
affairs.
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NORTHEAST MASS
MEETING CALLED;
24|TEMS SOUGHT
Tentative Program for April
26 at Eastern High
Drawn Up.

With a tentative list of "a projects
needed in the Northeast quarter,
citizens associations of that section
are planning a mass meeting April rs
in Eastern High School, to show
Washington at large what is felt to
be neglected development east OF the
Capitol.
A special meeting of the joint con-
ference of Northeast Citizens ASSo-
Citations has called the mass meeting
at the suggestion of A. D. Calvert OF
the Lincoln Park Citizens Association.
Ten citizens associations and a busi-
ness mems association are co-operat-
ing In drawing up plans for the
demonstration.
Speakers Announced.
Among speakers on the program are
Chairman King of the Senate District
Committee and Peoples Counsel Will
liam A. Roberts. James G. Yaden,
president, Federation of Citizens As
sociationS, has been invited to address
the gathering.
Circulars listing the communitys
needs, together with the program at
Eastern. are to be displayed and cir
culated throughout the area. William
A. Maio. president, and Orrin J. Davy,
secretary of the Southeast Council
of Citizens Associations, have prom
ised cooperation with the Northeast
groups. and Maio has promised to
participate in the program.
Arrangements have been made with
the Elliot Junior High School students
to print the programs
Aside from the principal speakers
the program will include entertain
ment by the Eastern High School
Orchestra, the Boy and Girl Scouts
and other talent which special COM
mittee will select.
Also on the program will be three
speakers who have separated the aims
common to all the associations into
three groups A brief resume Of each
project with plans for attainment will
pe made by each speaker.
Projects Listed.
Those projects which civic groups
in Northeast are most interested in
are: A library. to be located in the
area east of Sixth, west of Tenth and
north of H street; fire house in the
vicinity of Fifth street and New York
avenue; New York avenue bridges at
Seventh and Seventeenth streets.
The extension of the following
streets: Maryland New York, Eastern
and South Dakota avenues; the
widening of Twenty-first street. addi-
tional fire equipment; fire station
at Fourteenth street and Rhode
Island avenue Franklin street
bridge: opening of Seventeenth street
from BladenSburg to Benning road;
an airport at Benning race track, only
if District residents must pay for a
local airport.
proposed addition to Fort Totten;
additional recreational facilities; en-
largement of Eastern High School; a
proposed Michigan avenue viaduct;
development of Turkey Thicket Play
ground additions to the Bunker Hill,
Taft Junior High and Crosby S.
Noyes Schools consolidation of park
and traffic police with the Metropol-
itan Police Department, and opposi-
ton to proposed laying of railroad
tracks on bridges over New York and
West Virginia avenues.
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SUMMIT PARK BECOMES
MEMBER OF Federation
William J. Smith and William A.
Murphy to Be Delegates From .
Young Association.

The Summit Park Citizens Associ-
alton has been admitted to the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations.
Despite a protest by William r.
Whip, past president, who claimed
the group did not have the required
so members, President william j.
Smith and Secretary Frederick Mar
shall reported the association now has
rs persons on its rolls.
After Charles Foster, federation
delegate from the Hillcrest Citizens
Association, had declared the Summit
Park boundaries did not conflict with
those of Hillcrest. the association was
voted in. Smith and William A.
Murphy wiz be delegates.
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Status of Bills
Legislation of Civic Inter-
est Pending in House
and Senate.

The congressional status of District
bills of interest to Washington citi-
Gems associations is as follows:
National representation for District
of Columbia IS. j. Res. 12). In Senate
Judiciary Committee.
District appropriation bill for 1896
fiscal year III. r. 3973). In conference.
Regulation of small loan business
(H. R. 3464. House: In District
Committee.
Requiring financial responsibility of
motor vehicle operators III. r. 3457,
S. 408). In conference
Creation of commission to control
rents III. r. 3809). House In District
Committee.
Provide pensions for the needy blind
Oh. r. 4510). House: Passed. Senate:
In District Committee.
Strengthen gambling laws IS. 398)
Senate: Passed. House: In District
Committee.
Substitute civilian trial board for
present Police Trial Board (H. R.
2734. House: In District Committee.
2808). House; In District Committee
Establish training school for police
men and firemen tH r. 2858). House:
In District Committee.
Amend code relating to lunacy hear
ings III. r. 345D. House: In District
Committee
Amend act authorizing Commits
sioners to remove dangerous buildings
III. r. 3458D. House: Passed.
Amend act creating board for con.
demnation of insanitary buildings
(H. R. 3459). House: Passed.
Regulate foreclosure of mortgages
and deeds of trust Oh. r. 346D
House: In District Committee
Amend code relating to residence o.
firemen CH. r. 364D. House: In Dis
trict Committee.
Amend code relating to residence o.
policemen Oh. r. 3642). House: Ii
District Committee.
Establish commercial airport fol
District Oh. r. 3806). House: In Dis.
trict Committee.
Provide old-age pensions CH. r
4135). House: In District Committee
Provide for election of Delegates il
Congress for the District (H. R. 4346)
House: In District Committee.
Broadening powers of Commits
sioners Oh. r. 434O. House: In Dis
trict Committee.
Authorizing use of District surplus
funds for necessary public projects
Oh. r. 4345). House: In District Com
mittee.
Prevent fouling of the atmosphere
(H. r. 5232, S. 2034). House: II
District Committee. Senate: In Dis
trict Committee.
Authorizing P. w. A. funds for nev
courts building Oh. r. 6231, S. 2035)
House: In District Committee. Sen
ate Passed.
Tighten liquor control act Oh. r
651o). House: In District Committee
Abolish hidden bars" III. r. 5000
House: On calendar. A
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Notes on Coming Meetings
Federation to Take AcfiOn on Smoke BIl-Public
Utilities Matters Increase Chevy
Chase Civic Interest.

ate Subcommittee on Appropriations
in recommending $4,000 for plans
for a new Pennsylvania avenue south
east bridge, resolution praising the
Senate body has been drafted and
will be acted on Wednesday night.
Takoma Park.
FISS JOSEPHINE ROCHE, Assist
lV ant Secretary of the Treasury
in charge of public health. and
DR.. George C.. Rutland, District
Health Officer. will speak at the
Health and Welfare Meeting of the
Takoma Park Association Friday
night.
This week marks the first time the
association meets on the third Friday
of the month. The change from
the second Monday was voted last
month.
Interfederation Conference.
A MOVEMENT is under way among
n Alexandria, Va. citizens asso-
Citations to combine into a pro-
posed federation. At the conference
meeting tomorrow night Miss Elaine
Eppley will make report on progress
of the Virginia groups efforts and
also on the possibility of the pro-
posed federation sending delegates to
the Interfederation Conference.
Petworth.
A A RESULT of the recent move
n ment to create a huge recrea-
tional-educational center on the
soon-to-be-vacated site of Tubercu-
losis Hospital. the Petworth associa-
ton has special committee studying
the proposals. Tuesday night, Secre-
tary r. E. Gable announces, a report
is expected.
Society of Natives.
NEVIATING from its scheduled
II meeting time, the Society of
Natives will postpone Fridays
meeting to April 30, at which time
the annual banquet will be held at
Cathedral Mansions, 2400 Sixteenth
street.
President Henry Harding Burroughs
says the last meeting of the season
will be held in May. The annual June
outing will be planned at that time.
Southwest.
BECAUSE its president, Jacob M
y Schatfer, is recuperating from a
recent operation, the Southwest
group postpones Wednesdays meeting
one week.
Meantime Harry Wender, chairman
Laws and Legislation Committee, an
nounces plans to appear before Capt
H. F. Clark, Assistant Engineer Com
missioner. in an effort to secure allo-
cation of Public Works funds to
needed projects in Southwest. Wen
der hopes to have a favorable report
for next weeks postponed meeting.
Br0okland.
Unable to set a definite date for
l the meeting of his association
M. M. Mclean, Brookland presi-
dent, says his association will not meet
Friday on schedule. Notices will be
sent members of the date which will
be some time this week.
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Voteless ID. c. League Women
Do Another Fine Civic Job.

"HE outstanding event Of the
past week in civic organiza-
ton circles Is the fiscal study
issued by the Voteless D. C. League
of Women Voters in connection
with its usual monthly News Let
ter" This is in the form of
six-page pamphlet covering the
financial statistics of the District
of Columbia. 19l0-1934.
The Introductory paragraph
states: ITO fill the need for
simple and accurate record of the
Districts income and expenditures
over a period of years, figures
which are fundamental to any dis
cussion or proposal involving fln-
ances, the District League of
Women Voters has prepared these
tables and charts. The figures
come from the annual reports OF
the District auditor" The de-
scriptive text contains striking
headings such as The District
has no Debt" "The Federal Gov
ernment's Share" "SurpluSes,"
Relief Costs and "Fiscal Sur
vey.''
Under the heading where Does
the District Get Its Money!" there
are five disc diagrams and two
tables very clearly illustrating the
various sources of the District in
come. These charts show the per-
centage of the whole received
from the United States, the per-
centage of receipts from real
estate tax, personal property, in
tengibles and miscellaneous. The
charts cover the years 1920, 1925,
1882. 1898 and 1884. The tables
give the amount for each of the
years 1910 to 1884 inclusive.
The companion exhibits are un-
der the heading Where Does
Your Tax Dollar Coz" The anal
ysis of expenditures covers the
same years and is made under 10
general heads as follows: Gen
eral Government, Protection OF
Life and Property, Health and
Sanitation, Highways, Public well
fare, Education. Recreation, Mis-
cellaneous, Public Enterprises and
Interest and Debt"
This material was prepared and
presented by Mrs. S. H. Horne be-
fore the joint meeting of the
Housing and National Representa-
tion study groups, on Housing and
the Districts Fiscal Problems. 1t
was prepared for the Department
of Government and Its Operation.
OF which Mrs. Charles Weston is
chairman.
Again these able women register
q high civic score which the mere
men will have difficulty in attain
ing or even approaching.
Conspiculously displayed in this
pamphlet in box Is this state
ment which all can take to heart:
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CITIZENS WILL ASK
GAS INVESTIGATION
Takoma Group to Urge
Special Study of Possible
Merger Violations.

A thorough investigation by the
District Public Utilities Commission
of the interlocking arrangements of
the local gas companies with out-of-
town companies will be demanded
by the Citizens Association of Ia
koma, D. c.. at the public gas rate
hearing to be held tomorrow.
President Wallace c. Magathan
and others will urge the commission to
give special attention to any violations
of the La Toilette anti-merger act
and suggest that by no act should
the commission condone or aid any
violations of law. especially in view of
President Roosevelts recent message
to Congress strongly condemning
similar set-ups and calling for ma
tional legislation on the subject.
Virginia Case Cited.
The association representatives will
take the stand that gas rates have
been reduced approximately 20 per
cent in Virginia, and if that was pos
sible in a system surcharged with
high operating costs, it should be
even more possible in the District.
especially since such reduction must
have been effected largely in the cost
of the gas supplied. 1t also will be
pointed out that the users in the Old
Dominion are supplied from the
same company which supplies the
District.
With respect to the excessiveness Of
the existing scale Of rates in the Dis
trict, the attention of the commits
sion will be invited to the fact that
gas consumers in two large Ohio
cities have recently been granted sub
stantial reductions which were less
than those in force in the National
Capital.
The So-called demand charge in
use in this city, the association will
reiterate, Is an unscientific and un-
fair method Of fixing gas rates. and
the public utility officials will be in
formed that such a charge has been
discontinued from the domestic elec-
trio rate schedules.
Suggest Natural Gas Study.
Another request will be that the
commission investigate the use of
natural gas, citing the fact that the
Ohio Legislature has just ordered an
investigation of the use and poSsibili-
ties of the use of natural gas to a
greater extent in that State; that
Secretary of the Interior Ickes Is re-
ported to be considering making P.
w. A. allotments for the construc-
ton of Government-owned pipe lines
for the purpose of piping natural gas
from the gas field and Of supplying
it to municipally-owned plants and
directing the local company to aban-
don and remove its unSightly and
smelly gas generating plants, which
will be saving to gas consumers.
While the association favors an
early conclusion of the gas rate hear
ing, it does not favor other than q
careful and thorough treatment OF the
subject, since to do so might result
in an ineffective order which could
be reversed by the courts after a long
delay.
The association has requested the
chairman of the public utilities COM
mittee of the Federation of Citizens
Associations and the Peoples Counsel
to lead and direct an organized effort
in presenting the case for the con-
Sumers,
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EXTENDS BOUNDARIES
Takoma, D. c., President An.
nounces New Territory.

The Citizens Association of Ia.
koma, D. c., will extend its boun-
Diary lines as the result of an amend
ment to the constitution and bylaws
of the organization, according to
President Wallace C. Magathan.
The association in the future will
cover that territory bounded on the
west by the eastern boundary of
Rock Creek Park; on the south by
Underwood street; on the north by
the northern boundary of the WAL
ter Reed Hospital grounds and easterly
from Alaska avenue at Sixteenth
street to Georgia avenue and Fern
street.
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Public Protest Only Key.

Aroused public opinion is the only
recourse of District citizens against a
recent Public Utilities order, calling
for 10-cent fare on certain bus serv-
ice, declares William A. Roberts, Peo-
pies counsel, in letter to the North
east Citizens Association, which re-
Gently adopted resolution opposing
''any transportation service calculated
to increase the fare now paid"
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by the Junior Board of Commerce
and has been presented to many of
the various civic organizations and
individuals for expression Of opin-
ion. Some organizations and in
dividuals declare for it with real
enthusiasm. some express bitter
opposition and others seem indif-
ferent. Many Of the recreation en-
thusiasts and suburban gardeners
are strong for setting back the
clock, while others regard tam
pering with the clock as almost as
much a sacrilege as moving back
the sun itself.
Unless the movement acquires
more speed some of its advocates
express the fear that the Summer
with its precious daylight will be
disappearing before the community
sentiment Ia learned.
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Joy Comingling With Gloom
Near Despair hut Still Hopeful.
~RGANIZED civic Washington

NNChNAAcO CiEic WoohAiS"on
- was overjoyed with the very
fair District of Columbia
appropriation bill, passed by the
Senate, and exceedingly grateful to
the chairman, Senator Elmer
Thomas Of Oklahoma, for his in
terest, his patience and desire to
be fair and equitable. Senator
Royal s. Copeland of New York.
another tried and true friend of
the District, called attention to
the fine job which Senator Thomas
has done in the handling of the
District bill and suggested that
District residents are indebted to
the Senator from Oklahoma.
The civic bodies did not need
this reminder, for the meetings had
already begun passage Of resolu-
tions Of appreciation and thanks
and these were made to include
the other members Of the COM
mittee and the Senate itself.
There never was more widespread
feeling of grateful appreciation
than engendered by the passage OF
the fairest District appropriation
bill in years.
Mingling with this feeling OF
joyful achievement Is one OF anx.
iety at the prospect of the gantlet,
which the bill will have to run IN