The Washington times., 1936-03-27
BUDGET SLASH
DEN0UNCEDIN
RESOLUTION
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

CI6lZenS ASSOCldGAOHS GuAtV
In vigorous terms the Trinidad
Citizens Association at last nights
meeting in the Wheatley School,
denounced members of the House
who sanctioned the $4,000, 1000 cut
in the Federal Government con
tribution in the 1897 District sup
ply bill, and passed resolutions,
offered by j. H. Thomas, petition
ing the Senate to restore the en-
tire $5,700,000 that had been orig
inally recommended by the
Budget Bureau.
Association action followed the
reading of a letter from Robert L.
Haycock, assistant superintendent
Of schools, notifying Robert Koh-
Ter, crippled pupil living in the
TOO block of Ninth Street N. E.,
that because of reduced appropria-
tions it would be impossible to
provide free transportation to
crippled children attending the
Weightman School, at Twenty,
third and M Streets Northwest.
President George j. Cleary said
he knew of 16 other children living
in the associations territory who
had received similar notices.
On motion by George Shilling,
the association registered oppoSi-
ton to a bill introduced by Rep
resentative DirkSen that would
permit the sale of alcoholic bev-
erages in the District on Sunday.
It reaffirmed a former stand
in favor of compulsory inspection
of motor driven vehicles at pro-
posed District owned garages,
and tabled for further conSidera-
ton the magistrates courts bill
sponsored by the District Com
misSfoners.
A letter was ordered sent to
the Commissioners protesting the
excessive speed and reckless man
ner in which District-owned ash
and trash trucks are being oper-
ated after unloading at the Ben
ming dump. It was revealed
that recently two of the trucks
had smashed into a parked auto
mobile.
The Public Utilities Commits,
sion was asked in a resolution
by J. j. Began to have the 81
weekly pass made universal on
all bus and street car lines and
to compel the Capital Transit
Company to remove what was de-
scribed as "old rattletrap" equip
ment from the Trinidad bus line.
The association indorsed a
former request to the Washington
Terminal Company to improve
the lighting system in the H
Street viaduct. Captain Dick
Mansfield, commander Of the
ninth precinct, spoke on the boys
club movement as q means of
eliminating juvenile delinquency.
N. e. Business Men
The Northeast Business Mems
Association at their regular
monthly meeting held last night
in the Northeast Branch of the
Hamilton National Bank, pro-
tested the recent order of the
Director of Traffic w. A. Van
Duzer. in making Fourth Street
and Sixth Street one-way traffic
between Florida Avenue and East
Capitol Street. It was voted to
enlist the support of the Union
Market Dealers Association, and
for business reasons have the
order reScinded.
Louis L. Bowdler was named
chairman of a membership com.
mittee drive to be continued dur.
ing April. when the association
hopes to double it's present mem.
bership Of $50 members. The
drive will end with a dinner-dance
to be held at the Lotus restau.
rant April 20. DR.. James j,
GreeveS heads the dinner com,
mittee.
Conduit Road
During a brief meeting of the
Conduit Road Citizens Associa