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Evening star., 1936-02-09
$172,O|)D ALLOTTED
FOR MALL PROJECT
Ickes Announces Release of
Funds to Complete Work
on Eastern End.

An allotment of $172,O00 to complete
the planned development of the Mall
and Union Square at its eastern end
was announced yesterday by Public
Works Administrator Ickes following
the receipt of Executive approval.
The plans previously had been sub
mitted to President Roosevelt, who
on more than one occasion has shown
interest in the huge Federal scheme for
beautifying the Mall and developing
the West Potomac Park area north of
Constitution avenue. A week ago the
President accompanied Secretary
Ickes and Secretary of War Dern
on tour of the latter area to get
first-hand information regarding the
sites of future Federal buildings.
The new allotment, which comes
from old P. w. A. funds, will be used
to complete the work previously started
in the Mall area at a cost of s618,892.
The work to be done in Union Square
will require only $4,000, leaving the
remaining $164,000 for carrying out
improvements in the Mall proper.
Opening of Second street, from
Pennsylvania avenue to Maryland ave-
nue., providing much needed traffic.
way, is included in the program. This
provides an easy outlet or intake for
traffic passing through the parkway
drives in the Mall.
The improvements in the Mall, sub
Jected to some public criticism because
OF the months of disorderliness in the
area, were carefully planned by the
National Capital Park and Planning
commission and the Office of National
Capital Parks, as well as the Fine Arts
Commission. Recently In answer to
criticism directed at the removal of
trees, Supt. c. Marshal Finnan of
the parks Office replied confidently
that the completed project would be
a thing of beauty"
Newly authorized funds will COM
plete the ree-planting program along
the parkway, which affords an un-
broken vista between the Capitol and
the Lincoln Memorial. Sidewalks will
be installed, landscaping projects COM
pleted and the plans carried out to
the last detail
Evening star., 1936-02-09

the event of war, but not ito march
around in fancy capes Of beautiful
colorS."
The duty Of women in wartime
is to care for soldiers in hospitals
dying from peritonitis. gangrene, legs
or arms blown to bits and all other
kinds Of mangling conceivable" as
serted Maverick, who was himself
wounded during the World War.
There Is nothing romantic about
scrubbing hospital floors. giving an
aesthetics. stitching up gaping wounds
and neither the students nor the girls
should be led to beleave there is.
ANY real army should be a mans
outfit and soldiers should be taught
the facts and how to face them
realistically"
Maverick said he could see no sense
in taking an oath not to engage in any
war. that it was as silly as requiring
teachers to take oaths to be patriotic. "
Will Have Enough Soldiers.
IF We are called upon to fight a
war in defense of our country, we will
have all the soldiers we need. But I
don't believe they should be pushed
around ike dumb oxen. They should
know the economic phases of the war
and what is likely to happen if We get
into one.
To preserve our neutrality, we need
Evening star., 1936-02-09
lNT0xICATI0N CHARGED
TO MAIL TRUCK DRIVER

Peyton B. Larkin, 81. a mail truck
driver living at 213 H street, was
charged with driving while drunk at
Police Court yesterday.
Larkin, according to Policeman G. D.
Mcdonald, was arrested Friday morn
ing after being taken from the back
Of his mail truck on Wisconsin avenue
near w street. Mcdonald said Larkin
was lying down on the mail sacks when
he arrived in answer to a radio call.
He said the information that drunken
man was driving a mail truck was
telephoned TO police headquarters by a
street car motorman. The name of
the motorman did not appear on the
information sheet.
Mcdonald, In his report to George
d. Nelson, assistant corporation coun-
sel, said Lawrence J. Carrico, an en-
ploye OF the Post once Department,
had interviewed Larkin at the seventh
precinct station and pronounced him
In no condition to drive.
Larkin made $500 bond. The date
OF trial will depend upon when wit
nesses are located by the arresting
ofhcer.
Evening star., 1936-02-09

painstaking creation since the famous
Rhapsody in Blue"
Gershwin does most of his compos-
ing at night. he says, when most Of
my friends are in bed" His telephone
is not listed In the New York direc-
tory, but friends ferret him out never
the less. His apartment is virtually
soundproof and he has no neighbors
sufficiently near to disturb with his
playing. Lawrence Tibbett, it may be
recalled, does.
Those who heard the 37-year-old
piano in his Mayflower Hotel rooms
while photographers snapped, won-
dered that any one could be disturbed
by the smooth procession of notes en-
gendered by the nimble fingers. Gersh-
win solicited professional advice from
the photographers on their speciality.
a hobby with him. He also paints
works in oils.
Besides a new camera, GerShwin
carries with him on trips long black
rectangular case. In it is soundless
piano keyboard of reduced size. He
uses it to timber his fingers. It's very
necessary, he says, when on intensive
tours like the one he made with Leo
Reisman's orchestra in 1894. He
played in % cities on % consecutive
days.
Prize find" for the "Porgy" cast,
according to GerShwin, who made it.,
was Todd Duncan, music professor at
Howard University, who is bass
baritone and plays the role of Jake,
the fisherman. Paul Robson had
been considered for this part, but
Gershwin feels Duncan fills the bill
SO we'll that he can be called zone Of
the greatest artists ever developed in
the Negro race"
Gershwin may try another Amer
lean opera when he can find suitable
subject, "a very hard thing to do"
Right now, he's looking for a light
libretto for a musical comedy. He
thinks the American West might be a
good opera subject-without Indians.
Indians would never do as an opera
subject, because in the public mind
they never say anything but Ugh. "
Gershwin said. "It doesn't seem nat
ural for Indians to sing a love song"
Gershwin believes opera should be
good entertainment. as well as good
music. The better the show, the bet
ter the public response, he said.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
BOUNDARY REPORT
VERDICT EXPECTED
Fate of Commission Find
ings Up to House CON-
mittee This Week.

The fate of the report of the Dis
trict-Virginia Boundary Commission is
expected to be determined this week
by the House Judiciary Committee.
The commissions findings would fix
the boundary at the low water mark on
the Virginia side of the Potomac River
with a headland to headland line
across bays and inlets. The Supreme
Court has held the proper boundary
Is the high water mark on the Vir-
ginia side of the river as it ran at the
time of the Lord Baltimore grant.
Since the committees hearings on
the commission report about 10 days
ago, Chairman Summers made a per-
sonal inspection of the territory in
volved in the century-old boundary dis
pute, accompanied by officials of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission. He said he intends to
make another trip over the same
ground with Representative Smith,
Democrat of Virginia, who introduced
a bill to have Congress confirm the
findings of the boundary commission.
The park and planning commission
wants the committee to reject or
ignore the report.
Recent reports indicate there is a
disposition on the part of some men,
bers of the committee to let the Su-
preme Court adjudicate the controversy
because of the complex legal questions
involved in the contradicting claims
of the Government and private prop
erty owners.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
Moves to Keep War Realistic
Maverick Would Take sex Appeal From Military Training
BY BEN H. PEARSE.

Cadets in the District High School
Cadet Corps, with others throughout
the Nation, would be prohibited from
giving their sweethearts their arm
bands, medals or other cherished tro-
phies to wear by the provisions of
bill introduced in the House today by
Representative Maury Maverick of
Texas. member of the House Mill
tary Affairs Committee and its sub
committee on education.
The bills are designed to eliminate
"sex appeal and false glory, the emo
tional by-products of militarism, from
military training" Maverick declared.
Through provisions prohibiting girls
from participating in drills and pa
rades with the junior and senior r.
o. T. G. units, one of the bills strikes
at the procedure followed in many
schools where military training is q
part Of the curriculum Of appointing
girls as sponsors" or honorary off,
GERS. or having them present medals
or awards to cadets.
Books Prescribed.
The other bill seeks to take the
false glory" out of military training
by including several realistic" books
on war in the required course of read
ing. such as "All Quiet on the Western
Front" by the German author, Eric
Remarque; THE Martial Spirit" and
The Road to War" by Walter Mills:
THE First World War" a book of
realistic war photographs edited by
Lawrence Stallings.
The bills would effect more than
100000 students in r. o. T. c. units
in approximately 275 high schools.
military academies and colleges, not
only In the District High School Cadet
Corps. but units at Georgetown Uni
versity and University of Maryland.
Students in the Citizens Military
Training Camps and members of the
National Guard and Organized Re-
serve Corps also come under the pro-
visions of the bills.
Maverick explained the bills do not
curtail any Of the military training
program nor appropriations for it, but
are designed to eliminate the by
products of militarism, sex appeal and
false glory"
No Sex Appeal in War.
Every boy or young man who
wants 1t should have a real military
education. and I want them to have
it," Maverick declared. But they
ought to be told how to be real SOL
diers. not romanticists.
There is no sex appeal in war,
there ought to be none in peace
time training for war. I believe every
student should know what real war
is like, why nations 60 to war, what
may happen to him if he goes to war
and what he must do to the enemy"
Maverick explained that it is good
thing for girls and young women to
be prepared for what may happen in
Evening star., 1936-02-09
BANDIT TAKESS17
AS CLERK RES|STS
Woman Clutches Silver in
Cash Drawer, Although
Menaced by Gun.

Plucky resistance by Mrs. Muriel
Klotz, clerk, failed to prevent two
holdup men from taking about SIT
from the Frazee-Potomac Laundry
branch at 1882 Fourteenth street early
last night.
Mrs. Klotz was alone in the office,
about to close for the day, when a
young man in dark cap and black
raincoat pushed open the door and
approached the counter. Outside, Mrs.
Klotz noticed, was another man who
seemed to be her visitors companion.
Mrs. Klotz thought her visitor a
customer until he walked behind the
counter. displayed an automatic
pistol and demanded: II want your
money"
"You can't have it," Mrs. Klotz cried.
The man pushed past her to cash
drawer in the counter and scooped up
all the bills but Mrs. Klotz grabbed
the change and held it tightly. She
shouted to a colored helper in the coal
yard maintained next door: Come in
here"
The colored man ran to the front of
the laundry ofice, but was halted by
the bandits lookout" who also dis
played a gun, Mrs. KlotZ said. This
seemed to distract the hold-up man,
however, and he left hurriedly, john
ing his companion and walking Oh
down Fourteenth street.
Mrs. Klotz then called police.
Evening star., 1936-02-09

opposite direction.
Sporting goods stores did a brisk
business yesterday as enthusiasts out
fitted themselves for recreation in the
Wintry out-of-doors. There was a
demand for skis, sleds and Winter
sport wear.
A number of hills throughout the
suburban district were roped of fol-
sledding and drew throngs Of coast
ers last night. Ice skaters, however
will have to wait until Tuesday at least
before the Ice on the Rejecting Pool
at Lincoln Memorial can be cleared of
the heavy snow.
Great Falls presented a scene remi-
niscent Of the Arctic region.
Crews Remove Snow.
Snow removal crews toiled all day
yesterday on the highways of Mary
land and Virginia. Drifts had closed
many secondary roads, particularly in
the Virginia mountains and on the
Eastern Shore of Maryland
No. 1 highway to North Carolina
through Richmond is open and has
been sanded all the way to the State
lines.
Additional light SHOWS were predict
ed for Virginia today. with the tenn
perature remaining low.
At Alexandria late yesterday Charles
Turner, colored laborer, froze his
hands while shoveling snow without
gloves, AmputationS NAV be neces-
sary.
Yesterdays sunshine softened but
failed to melt much snow from the
local streets, as the temperature re-
mained below freezing.
Meanwhile, hundreds of automo-
biles in Washington we're marooned at
the curb by snow banks. piled by pass
ing plows. Some of the banks were
four feet deep and partially frozen
The autmobiles were showed in after
they were parked Thursday night.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
BUS VENTILATION
OFFER ACCEPTED
Utilities Body Will Be Aided
in Study by Heating
Society.

The Public Utilities Commission
yesterday accepted an offer by the
Washington Chapter of the American
Society of Heating and Ventilation
Engineers to aid in solving the prob
lem of proper heating and ventila-
tion Of buses in the District.
The offer was received by Commis-
sion Chairman Riley E. Elgen after
he had directed the commission chief
engineer, Fred A. Sager, to ask the
Bureau of Standards to cooperate in
studies of the best means of improv-
ing bus ventilation.
Thomas M. Urdahl, vice president Of
the society, wrote Commissioner Elgen:
II have read with much interest the
newspaper articles setting forth the
difficulties encountered and the vari-
GUS theories advanced for their cor
rection, and am quite confident that
some of the members of our group
may be able to offer very valuable
suggestions, based upon the very eX-
tensive research which has been con-
Quoted by our society.
There has not, to my knowledge,
been any research work done in con-
nection with bus ventilation. How
ever, in general, it has been found
that comfort in places of assembly Is
controlled largely by temperature and
air motion, with concentration of
odors as variable factor depending
upon the first two, and that the con-
centration of carbon dioxide in the air
is very unreliable index of ventila-
ton.
Very little heating should be re-
quired, inasmuch as riders are warmly
clothed and themselves add q great
deal to the heat load which effects
comfort"
Evening star., 1936-02-09
HOUSE TOCONS|DER
ID. c. PAY ROLL BILL
Only One Local Measure Is
on Calendar for To-
morrow.

Only one District bill-an amend
ment to the unemployment compen-
sation act-will be considered by the
House tomorrow on the fourth So
called District day" of the current
session Of Congress.
The proposed amendment, rushed
through the District Committee at a
hurriedly called special meeting Thurs
day, is designed primarily to exempt
religious institutions and non-profit
making universities and colleges from
payment of the pay roll tax.
The amendment is not as far-reach-
ing as some members of the committee
desired, but even so, opposition is ex-
pected to develop on the floor of the
House, because it will exclude en-
ployes of the institutions exempted
from the pay roll tax from unemploy-
ment compensation benefits.
To Conform to Act.
The formal committee report on the
amendment. filed with the House by
Chairman Norton, points out that its
real purpose is to bring the District
unemployment compensation act into
conformity with the national social Sc
curitieS act.
I'm the national securities act" the
report declared, there is an exemp-
tion from taxation in favor of reli-
gious and educational institutions not
operated for profit which is not found
in the District social securities law.
The principle upon which this ex-
emption was made in the national
act is that these institutions are serv-
ing a public purpose and have every
right to be considered as a part Of
the educational system of the United
States. Though privately admins
tered, these colleges, universities, art
galleries, etc, are operated for the
public welfare and their existence
constitutes contribution of magnif1-
cent proportions to the education and
welfare Of American citizenship.
States Exempt Institutions.
"The States, recognizing this princi-
pie, have exempted such institutions
from taxation. Contributions made to
them are deductible from income
and inheritance tax. The Federal
Government exempts them from in
come tax and also provides that con-
tributions made to them by taxpayers
may be deducted in computing tax
able income.
"The existing District social securi-
ties law violates traditional procedure
of the United States in this regard
and is direct invasion of the freedom
of privately administered educational
institutions and the freedom of re-
ligion. 1t may very well serve to be-
come a precedent for other invasions
of the same kind, and in addition
leaves such institutions less free by
increasing their financial burdens. The
scope Of their activities must of neces-
sity be narrowed and the ability to
achieve the purposes for which they
exist weakened and perhaps eventually
destroyed"
The report also pointed out that in
stitutions in the District affected by
this legislation would be forced to bear
q large burden Of taxation, and that
the employees would receive very small
benefit In return" Moreover, 1t de-
clared, records show the educational
and religious institutions here, instead
Of contributing to unemployment from
1928 to 1886, actually increased their
personnel.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
MORE SNOW SEEN
FOR CAPITAL WITH
PROSPECT Of FLOOD
Weather Bureau Issues
Warning of Danger in Event
of General ThaW.
DROP IN TEMPERATURE
FORECAST FOR TONIGHT
Ice Continues to Thicken on Ches.
apeake Bay, Potomac and
Tributaries

Possible light snow or rain was in
prospect today as the Weather Bureau
warned against the possibility OF a
food on the ice-locked Potomac IN
event of a general thaw.
Somewhat warmer weather was ex-
pected early today. with minimum OF
about II degrees, followed by increas-
ing cloudiness. 1t probably will be
colder tonight, and tomorrow should
be fair.
The mercury yesterday afternoon
rose to the thawing point for a brief
time under a bright sun, but soon the
snow-crusted streets froze again. No
thawing weather was in sight today
Ice continued to thicken on Chesa-
peake Bay, where shipping was almost
at a standstill, and on the Potomac
and its tributaries. Norfolk-WaShlng-
ton boats have been ice-locked for
more than a week now.
Three Hurt in Accidents.
Three persons were injured yes
terday, one seriously, in accidents on
SIlCCUos ZIG oCAtOho
jury was suffered by William Joseph
Quinn, Al, of $500 Wisconsin avenue
who was run down by an automobile
yesterday afternoon while crossing
G street in the 1400 block.
Quinn was taken to Emergency
Hospital, where his condition was de-
scribed as undetermined. In addi-
ton to possible internal injuries. the
pedestrian received bruises about the
face and body. William Pryor, IS
of 81 Randolph place, was the driver
Of the automobile which struck
Quinn.
Policeman M. B. Novitny of the
Traffic Bureau received possible in
ternal injuries, cuts and bruises late
yesterday, when he was knocked down
while directing traffic at Fourteenth
and G streets by street car which
split switch.
Injured While Coasting.
While coasting in the 5000 block Of
Porter street yesterday afternoon H.
year-old Robert Parrish of BOAT Porter
street was caught under the wheels of
Evening star., 1936-02-09
Maloney to Attend Y. D. Dinner.

Mai. Leonard ]. Maloney Of New
Haven, Conn, national president Of
the Yankee Division Veterans Asso-
citation, will come to Washington to
attend the annual dinner of the
Y. D. Club Of Washington. to be
held at the National Press Club Tues
day. Most Of the Representatives
from New England, some Of them
Yankee Division veterans, are ex-
pected to attend the dinner.
Evening star., 1936-02-09

~ cOrtIG oEr~oli"AN WIZ
4 walk onto the stage Of Con-
I T stitution Hall this afternoon.
~ swing his baton and bother
inwardly about his throwing arm"
Conducting isn't regular business
with the greatest of modern American
composers, and he is concerned over
the behavior of muscles customarily
used for piano composition. His sinews
have become especially adapted for
sending his fingers rippling over a
keyboard A rare, but not new, ex-
perience is the more violent gymnas-
tics of leading a great symphony
orchestra. It's like a croquet player
taking up base ball.
Gershwin is to play one OF his
concertos in his appearance with the
National Symphony Orchestra in Con-
stitution Hall at 4 pm. today, then
lead the orchestra through the five
movements of suite from his new
hit opera, "Porgy and Bess."
It's American Folklore.
He's pretty enthusiastic about that
opera, is this lively little musical
genius, who also paints and photo
graphs, and he talked about it lot
before Hans Kinder stole him from
an audience of newspaper folk yes
terday and hustled him off to Central
High School for rehearsal.
Critics have called "Porgy and
Bess" the opera truest to American
folklore. The idea and music were
Gershwin's, the inspiration Du Bose
Heyward's "Porgy," a tale of the
Negroes around Charleston, S. c.
Gershwin visited Charleston to
absorb atmosphere" for the creation
of which he is most proud He didn't
jot down notes, musical or otherwise,
but retained mental impressions of
street cries, prayers and songs he heard
in colored churches where the African
influence is still strong. Then he
''recreated" the things he'd heard, in
terpreting them according to his own
mode of musical thought.
Took Two Years to Do It.
1t took Gershwin two years to COM
plete "Porgy and Bess," and he be-
heves it time well spent, though he
had to put aside all other compost
ton. Now the Metropolitan Opera Co.
is considering producing it. 1t is
Gershwin's most important and most
Evening star., 1936-02-09
SANITARY ENGINEER
POST STILL VACANT
Commission Will Not Name
Morse's Successor for so
Days, Duckett Says.
By q staff Correspondent Of The Star

BY staff Correspondent Of The Star,
HYATTSVILLE, Md, February g.
A successor to Robert Brooks Morse,
chief engineer Of the Maryland Sub
urban Sanitary Commission from 1918
until his death, January 81. will not be
named for so days, it was indicated
today by T. Howard Duckett, COM
mission chairman.
Meanwhile, Harry R. Hall, deputy
chief engineer under Morse, will be
acting head of the department. Hall
has been with the commission for o
number OF years.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
YOUTH WORKER TO TALK
Council of Social Agencies Will
Hear Owen LoveioY.

Hear Owen LoveJoy.
owen Lovejoy of the American
Youth Commission will speak at the
February meeting of the Council OF
Social Agencies at 1890 pm. tomor-
row in the Y. M. C. A. Seventeenth
and K streets.
Lovejoy is q former president of
the National Conference Of Social
Work and the American Association
of Social Workers. He was secretary
of the National Child Labor Commit
tee for several years.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
Capt. Ira Keck Honored.

Capt. Ira Keck, recently designated
assistant chief of the Police Depart
ment Detective Bureau, yesterday was
honored by District government en-
ployes and officials at a testimonial
luncheon held at the Mayhower Hotel.
Evening star., 1936-02-09

an q u I o m o ollie
operated by Maj.
Henry E. Minton
of 3427 Quebec
street. The boy
was t re a t e d at
Georgetown Uni
versity Hospital
for scalp lacera-
tions an d a
sprained back.
Young Parrish
was said to have
been hitching a
ride on the rear
end Of another
machine W h e n
his sled swung
ipto Mai Mintnn'
Evening star., 1936-02-09
More Cars Sold.

Cuba is importing three times as
many automobiles a o year ago.
Evening star., 1936-02-09
BY WILLIAM A. BELL, JR.
FORGE GERSHWIN will

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