The Washington times., 1936-11-30

Rerouting of downtown street
cars by the Capital Transit Com
pany has resulted in serious in
convenience to night shift en-
ployes Of the Bureau of Engrav-
ing and Printing, complaints re-
vealed today.
From barely adequate service
received during the former sched-
ule. it has developed that they
now receive almost none.
The night shift, principally
feminine, is composed of several
hundred workers who leave work
at 10 minutes before midnight.
Many Of them live in suburban
regions, and depend entirely on
making connections" in order to
get to their homes during the
"Wee sma' hours.
Before the rerouting occurred,
they complain, the Capital Transit
Company schedule provided three
street cars that were waiting as
they came out. The three We
hicles provided sufficient accom-.
modation for about two hundred
workers in hurry to make their
uptown bus or car connections.
Now, however, only one car Is
provided-that routed for Four
teenth and Decatur Streets North
west-and they usually must wait
five minutes for it to arrive. A
oneman car, it is slow in taking
on passengers, and according to
complaints employees have missed
all of their connections by the
time the car has reached F Street
a good many minutes past mid
night.
Those needing the Mount Rain
ier line point out they must either
run from the F Street stop or
back from that at New York Ave
nue. to get their transfer car" "
and that a miss means a wait OF
IS or 20 minutes. In cold weather
it looms seriously. Complaints to
Capital Traction and the Public
Utilities Commission have availed
nothing to date.
The cab drivers, however, have
"gotten wise" to the situation.
They flock nightly at 11:45 to the
Bureau.
Although a good m any OF
them are over the 40 or 50-year
mark, it's school time for many
Government guards.
Under auspices of the National
Park Service buildings manage
ment branch, a guard training
school is going full blast in the old
Land Office Building, where all
guards except those stationed IN
the Capitol, Treasury. Bureau of
Engraving and Printing, Supreme
Court and Government Printing
Office-over which N. P. S. has
no jurisdiction - must take d
weeks course.
Federal reorganization probably
will not touch the Food and Drug
Administration, at least it won't II
any Of the reorganizers have a
weak stomach.
The FDA's latest action, in %
tober, concerning fines against
firms, revealed the following
foodstuffs which were kept from
the market:
Zone lot of dried chilli pep
pers showing excessive arsenic.
...312 cases of tomato paste in
active decomposition 1872 con-
tainerS of grated cheese contain.
ing insect particles, mouse hairs
and other dirt 18,2OO pounds
of a cereal product intended as
q binder for sausages, infested
with weevilS. -"
And 80 on. Guess we'll skip din
ner tonight.
The following editorial excerpt
from the Trades-Union News o1
Philadelphia will interest numer
our Federalities:
"The American labor move
ment is an American institu-
ton dedicated to American
ideals. 1t is not a dumping
ground for foreign agitatOrs
nor a school for radical, pOliti-
cal doctrines. It's officers rep
resent the best type Of Ameri-
can citizenry, they are loyal,
patriotic and Jealous of the
perpetuity of American institu.
tions. That is why communism
can never gain control of the
American labor movement"
I'm several organizations
where agitatOrs gained high pO-
sitionS in large influence, they
were summariIy expelled as
soon as they were found out.
Groups that avOwed cOmmun.
list doctrines could not regain
affiIation with the American
Federation of Labor. Every
where trade unions have been
quick to put down the red men,
ace in IabOr's ranks"
right or wrong, all Of
us are here because America
Is the one country in all the
world where every man has a
chance, and we are not going
to let the Communists take that
precious heritage away from
u.s."