Evening star., 1937-08-10
.|RKEO RESIDENTS =.
URGE VAN DUzER
TO BAN PARKING
Those in 1900 Block of 28th
Street Place Responsible
ity on Him.
CITE DEATH OF CHILD
IN SIGNED PETITION
Are Innocent Lives of Our Pre-.
cious Little Ones to Be Sac.
rifced!" They Ask.

Aroused by the failure of Traffic
Director William A. Van Duzer to re-
strict parking in their block as a safe
ty measure, residents of the 1900
block of Twenty eighth street-Scene
OF fatal accident week ago-today
warned the traffic head full respon-
sibility'' for future accidents would
rest with him if he continues to dis
regard their plea
The warning was contained in a pe-
tition, signed by all residents in the
block, which demands immediate ac-
ton to limit parking in the block to
one side of the street only.
Failure in this regard" the petition
stated, will result in placing souarely
upon your shoulders full responsibility
and accountability for consequent
traffic accidents caused thereby"
Child Killed Last Week.
The petition pointed out that, In
addition to the fatality which in
volved 4year-old Richard Levy. 1929
TWenty-eigFh street, who was killed
last Tuesday while crossing the mar
row one-way street in front of his
home, another serious mishap was
narrowly averted within the last two
months. The second accident, the
petition stated, resulted in injuries to
Richard Powell, 1925 Twenty-eighth
street, who was knocked down by
truck in front of his home
Both accidents occurred after resi-
dents of the block had petitioned Van
Duzer about year ago to have park
ing In the block restricted to one side
of the street.
According to newspaper accounts
following the Levy child's traffic kill
ing the second petition read, "the
statement was attributed to you that
this block cannot be limited to park
ing on one side Of the street on the
ground Of public convenience and be-
cause parking is at a premium
For whose convenience and vhom7
We cannot help but consider this
statement to be in the interest OF the
residents of the large nearby apart
ment houses, such as Cathedral Man.
sions, Woodley Park Towers and the
Kennedy-War
Are Lives to Be Sacrifced?"
Are the innocent lives of our pre-
clous little ones to be sacrificed in
dlscrlmlnately in order to provide a
public garage and dumping ground
for the cars of those who have abso-
lutely no other interest in this block
than to clutter it up with their silent
engines Of destruction and, perhaps
unWlttingly enough, to endanger our
little ones lives?
This is more aggravated when the
fact is considered that there are avail
| able to these apartment dwellers the
large garages operated by the apart
mentS for their private convenience.
These garages can accommodate hun
dreds of cars. but for some unknown
reason or reasons these apartment
dwellers do not or just will not use
those garages. Perhaps there are even
other parking facilities open to them
that they will not use"
An unusually large number of small
children live in the Twenty-eighth
street block, the petition added. On
the east side there are II children un-
der 10 years of age and on the west
side eight. There also are at least six
other children between the ages of 10
and IA, There being no playground
in the immediate vicinity. the children
are forced to play on the sidewalks,
the petition said.
Van Duzer was out of the city today
and could not be reached to comment
on the petition.