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The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-18

FIeesom
dangerously close to being broken, however-and
not by the New Deal but in the reign Of the con-
servatives delight, Cautious Calvin Coolidge.
The handsome and gracious Mrs. Grace
Coolidge a devotee of the vogue, who enjoyed fol-
lowing the fashion and took exceptional pains to
appear soignee, longed to cut her heavy dark hair
as all her friends during that postwar period of
prosperity, the early 'twenties, were doing. She
talked and talked of it, and, wonderful to relate
won her conservative husbands consent. But she
had reckoned without her younger son, John, who
in this instance outdid his father in belief that
the old ways were best.
Johns Persu0SiOns Won
John protested, begged his mother not to cut
her long wavy locks His persuasion won. She
didn't
And, do you know, when John got married
q few years later he picked q girl with long
hair?" pointed out N. Leon. 1T was very in
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1937-08-18
5000, 900 Navy Hospital
Urged by the President

President Roosevelt has called upon the Senate to insert in the
third deficiency BILL which will be before that body today
preparation Of 100000 begin construction of Naval
Hospital
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PROVIDES
EXTENSION OF
MERIT SYSTEM
Civil Service Plan
Up in House

A bill carrying out President
Roosevelt's recommendation for
reorganization Of the Civil Service
Commission and extension Of the
merit system was laid before the
House today by it's reorganization
committee.
The bill provides for abolition Of
the existing commission Of three
members and substitution Of a
single administrator and a civil
service board of seven members.
The administrator would be ap"
pointed by the President and
would serve for an indefinite
term.
WATCHDOG" BOARD
The civil service board of seven
members would exercise import
ant investigatory and advisory au.
thority. The report on the bill
says:
This board will serve as the
watchdog of the merit system.
To it will be drawn representa-
tives of business, industry, labor.
education and other walks Of
life interested in the promotion
of an efficient civil service.
1T will meet the need for an
indepen dent citizen agency
charged with the duty Of recon-
mending broad policies, of max
ing Investigations into civil ser.
vice practices and methods, and
of safeguarding the integrity Of
the system by bringing to the
attention of the President, of the
Congress and Of the people con-
ditions or abuses demanding cor.
rection."
UP TO PRESIDENT
The section concerning extension
Of the merit system would vest in
the President authority to cover
into the classified civil service of.
fees and positions now outside
such service, except those which
are filled by Presidential appoint.
ment.
The report points out that so per
cent Of the present Government
employees are under the classified
civil service, and that about one
seventh of the total employees are
in new and emergency agencies.
MUST PASS TESTS
The bill provides that incum-
bentS of offices or positions cover.
ed into the classified service by
the President under the authority
of the bill will acquire such CLASH.
fled status only upon recommends
ton by the head of the agency con.
cerned, and upon the passing Of q
non-competative examination to
be given by the Civil Service adj
miniStrator.
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caution. Several days ago, Senator Vandenberg
introduced resolution designed to make Mr..
Roosevelt fill the Supreme Court vacancy before
Congress adjourned. You never saw anybody so
indignant as Connally professed to be. No, sir,
Notwithstanding he had disagreed with the Presi-
President was within his rights in holding up the
appointment, and Connally was one to see fair
play
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Then Supported Black

Then Supported Black
There wasn't SO much attention paid to that
little bit Of loyalty on the part Of Connaly. But
10 and behold, he didn't bob up as one Of the
outstanding Administration supporters in the con-
firmation of Black.
There is hardly any doubt in any fair-thinking
mind that Black was ineligible for the place. The
Senators can argue until they blue in the face,
but the fact remains that the vacancy would not
have existed had not this Congress taken action
to create it. But Connally couldn't it that way
The gentleman is beating it back to the shelter of
the White House. He will be back so far If he
keeps up that everybody will forget he was once
away.
This would certainly seem to mean that either
his conscience hurts him terribly in having been
away or that he thinks Mr.. Roosevelt is still ace
high down in Texas. If this is the case we don't
really mind his back-tracking. It just shows what
Spunk it took for him to oppose the Supreme
Court bill. He rendered good service there and
if he now must hedge to hold his job it is per-
fectly all right with us.
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Evening star., 1937-06-12
INTEGRATED HOUSES
GO UP AT HILLTOP

A new development Of "integrated
houses" known as Hilltop and located
in Sligo Village Park, near Silver
Spring, was announced today by
Modern Housing Of Washington. Inc.
The houses are being erected to sell at
low prices.
Every house In the development
was designed to the last nail before
construction began. Every board,
every bit OF plumbing and every
piece of equipment is planned to fit
perfectly with the rest of the struc-
ture, so that building costs are low
cred and lasting '1ntegration" is as
sured.
The Hilltop dwellings range in size
from cottages with four rooms, kitch-
en- and bath to seven rooms, kitchen
and bath. The prices range from
S6,500 to $3.50. Each house is the
'last word" in up-to-date construc-
tion and boasts the latest in materials
and insulation.
AS a community Hilltop departs
radically from the usual design Of
monotonous rows Of houses. Lots are
OF irregular dimensions, fitted to the
contour of the land, and the houses
are spaced differently. The effect is
of individually built homes rather
than homes erected by one builder.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

windows may be added. Construction
features include insulation, weather
stripping, Bryant gas heater and air
conditioning.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
TWO Developments
BEGUN IN MARYLAND
E. Brooke Lee Begins Operations
in Two Sections Overlook.
ing Sligo Park,

6recial Dispatch to The Star.
SILVER SPRING, Nd, June IA
Two new residential developments,
with space for erecting approximately
760 homes, have been launched in this
area.
Known as Forest Hills OF Sligo Park
and Country Club View, they are being
developed by the North Washington
Housing Corp, Of which E. Brooke Lee
Is president.
The communities will feature a
novel type OF house, combining both
low price and charm, and designed
to appeal to the family Of modest in
come. All Of the houses in both To-
calities will be known as Park View
Cottages" as they will overlook Sligo
Park.
Fifteen homes Of this type will be-
gin the development at Forest Hills
OF Sligo Park, and three OF the FIRST
unit OF is homes have already been
started in Country Club View. The
former tract has space for 400 homes
OF this type and the latter subdivision
has room for $50 homes.
A sample house has been erected
on Georgia avenue, Just north OF the
District line, and will have its formal
opening tomorrow.
The basic structure includes two
bed rooms. q living room, a kitchen
and bath and a sun porch. 1t can be
enlarged by the addition of basement
or upper story, or porches and dormer
Evening star., 1937-06-12
HARTFORD ROSE GARDENS
TO BE SEEN JUNE 1890

Rose blossom time in Elizabeth
Park, Hartfort, Conn, the most IA
nous municipal rose garden in the
United States, will be celebrated off,
cially again this year from June l3
to 80. Annually, hundreds OF thou
sands OF visitors plan tours to in
clude Hartford and view this world
famous garden. Fully 40 per cent
Of the vehicles are from the provinces
Of Canada, other States OF this coun-
try and from such distant points as
Idaho, California and even Hawaii.
Not all the varieties are at their
best at the same time. The hybrid
teas, or monthly blooming ones, will
come first into full bloom, about
June 13 and continue with moderate
bloom throughout the Summer; while
the hybrid perpetuab, or recurrent
blooming roses, come into full bloom
few days later.
The special features Of the entire
rose show, Transforming the whole
area into q veritable fairyland of
beauty, will take place during rose
week." June 20.
Evening star., 1937-06-12

believe IN sunshine, but long for its
private ministrations? You can have
1t by buying an enclosure to put on
your lawn, your roof or your terrace
The new sun cabinets, modernly
constructed for the most modern
therapy We have-that Of old DR..
sun-make 1t possible for you to bask
to your hearts content, quite invisible
to the surrounding world. They are
made Of four walls equipped with gal
vanized steel floor braces, which are
bolted to sills and attached to 4 ro-
tating tube.
It's this tube which does the trick,
for it acts as steering wheel" You
can turn your metal roofless house to
admit the sun, from whatever direc-
ton it comes. With just touch OF
finger, while reclining on the cot
that makes up the inside Of the sun
cabinet, you can harness the sun to
your body for as long as she Is IN the
skies. You can direct the rays so
that all your body Is exposed or only
part Of it, as you wish. The height
OF luxury, We say.
The sun-bathing unit Is so COM
plete that you can stay in 1t all after
noon and turn yourself around to
catch most OF the sun as 1t travels
through the heavens. 1t even has a
built-in ash tray!
Quickly and easily assembled or
dismantled, you can take the sun cab
met with you on vacation and be the
envy Of all the other guests at the
camp or cottage or hotel to which
you are headed. And besides enjoy
ing the luxuriousness of sun bathing,
you will be surprised at the beneficial
effects on your health and beauty.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
F, H. A. FEARS OLD
| MORTGAGE PLAN
Mcdonald Argues Against
Return of Multiple
Lien System.

The future stability of the home
mortgage market will be endangered
by return to the old-fashioned lend
ing practices which the depression
proved to be thoroughly unsound, ac-
cording to Stewart Mcdonald, Federal
housing administrator.
AS recovery progresses in the real
estate market, Mcdonald is fearful
that many families in their eagerness
for home ownership may be induced
to gamble on the old second and third
mortgage plan.
1T hardly seems necessary any
more to extol the virtues of the sin
gle mortgage, paid off on a direct
monthly reduction basis" Admins
traitor Mcdonald said. But as more
prosperous days loom ahead with
borrowers and buyers again seeking
accommodation, am little appre-
hensive that second and third mort
cages may re-enter the market. 1 be-
lieve we all agree they are unfair to
the buyer-borrower and create an
unhealthy condition in the entire eco
uomic structure.
II feel all persons interested in the
continued stability of the home mort
gage market will want to join us in
all that We now do to protect them
selves and the public interest in
sound system of home financing.
Therefore, the whole system OF
the Federal Housing Administration
insured mortgage is not to be con-
sidered in the light of today alone, but
must be looked at from the point Of
view Of the future. The insured
mortgage from the point of view of
the borrower is in every respect safer
method Of financing home, even
though it may be harder to meet the
Initial requirement OF 20 per cent
cash equity, than to pay down only
or 10 per cent, finance the rest
through second or third liens-and pay
them off on catch-as-catch-ca can
basis at a higher rate Of interest. But
every banker knows the headache
and gamble which of necessity is in
any mortgage not representing prior
lien. Even taxes cannot rise up to
take precedence over the mortgage,
since they are paid monthly by the
buyer. along with the monthly mort
gage payment"
Evening star., 1937-06-12
BY DOROTHY DUCAS AND
ELIZABETH GORDON.

w YE CAN all afford to bathe
M between marble walls now
" " adays-and real marble, at
that MT snr,o afhian alr,a1l-
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and pattern is the endearing thing
about marble tile. You can't get
bored with marble, because no two
pieces are precisely alike. When We
We're little We used to play at seeing
pictures in the design Of the marble
along the corridors in our school
building, and our imagination still is
aroused by the sight OF those wavy
lines and cloudlike patches.
We asked the company's represent
tative how many colors the tile came
in, and he assured us in all gravity
that there we're 400 varieties Of mar
bic quarried all over the world, and
IS dug out of the Vermont hills alone,
50 the color and pattern OF the tile
might run the gamut.
1t costs about IS cents a square
foot, or $ll0 installed, which means
that for q vaulscoting I feet s
inches by feet you would pay ap-
proximately sl00.
A novel idea is to outline your
fireplace with it. It would cost about
SIS for the marble tile and perhaps
Evening star., 1937-06-12

4l2 for 4 tile.Setter's labor for one
day, giving you good-looking and
durable fireplace rim for only $27.
How many coats Of paint do you
need to cover house?
We are asked this question more
than almost any other one, as Sum-
mer days lengthen and the condition
Of the outside OF house becomes
more and more noticeable. Answering
1t definitely is about as possible as
answering the question. How long
is . piece Of string?" 1t depends, in
each case. on your particular house.
Common sense shows that home
needs two kinds Of paint, anyhow
one to go next to the wood and resist
its tendency to drink the life-giving
oil out of the paint, and the other to
60 next to the sun and resist fading,
staining and attack by ice and rain.
But If each does its job. according to
one reputable paint manufa cturer, you
won't need more than two coats,
even on new wood.
nAtcA 4OAlS 4CSCdICll, CIlcIuSLS SIl~
ployed by this paint company have de-
veloped an under-coat paint which
they declare won't even soak into
blotter. They challenge you to paint
q blotter with some Of 1t. and with
some conventional paint, then check
after 60 seconds. They claim their
paint will stay on top. while the other
seeps through. They even have
blotter painted to prove the theory.
The top coat should be Of different
sort, with its chief asset hiding
power" This comes from pure white
pigment which can withstand the
sun.
The company making the two kinds
OF paint allows installment- plan buy
Ing. 1t costs about $575 a month un-
der their special budget plan, and
there is an agreement that goes with
the job-that If you find it faulty at
the time the paint Is put on or after
wards in the wear. the company will
make satisfactory restitution.
SUN worshippers. attention! Do you
want to get tanned all over. with
out joining nudist colony? Do you
Evening star., 1937-06-12

YE GAN AL 0uOrd 10 oatne
~ between marble walls now
" " adayS-and real marble, At
that, not something sinu-
lating the stone, for marble has taken
its place as regular bath room ma
terial
Marble is available in tile forms in
all the subdued and beautiful natural
colors OF the stone. at price COM
parable to that of faience or ceramic
tile, and installed in precisely the
same way. For the first time, when
you can indulge it lavishly The
reason is: A thinner tile than there
ever has been before.
Marble used on walls in bath rooms
kitchens, vestibules. etc, formerly was
seven-eighths of an inch thick, and
had to be anchored to the wall with
great brass bowels. The new tile is
only half an inch thick, and is set
with cement. just like familiar faience
You can get the same amount of
space covered today for 70 cents that
% Wo0lu nave DOuSllJ DNAOi lhSG SOs
ruary. when the new marble tile made
its debut.
New machinery introduced into the
quarries OF well known New Eng
land company made it possible to pro-
duce the marble cut to standard tile
sizes and grooved on the back, like
tile, with two parallel bonding grooves
about one-quarter Of an inch wide.
The quarry people tell us the marble
and cement cling so closely that when
the marble is split OF the wall with
a clisel layer Of cement usually
comes of with the marble.
An unusually low rate OF absorp-
ton Of moisture makes this material
particularly good for bath rooms, while
its finished surface Is an integral part
Of the structure and thus tends not
to crack. chip or erase. It is, Of
course. firproof, and fast in color,
both tricks being done by nature in
stead Of by man.
The unusually wide varsity Of color
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Subdivision Lots Sold.

MCLEAN, Va. June II Especially -
Mr.. and Mrs. D. S. Mackall Of Lang
ley have sold two lots in West Nc
Lean subdivision to Mr.. and Mrs.
Herbert B. Steadman OF Mclean. A
house and lot in Franklin Park has
been sold to Mr.. and Mrs. Marvin N.
McRaney.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Buys 90-Acre Tract.

ANNANDALE, Va, June IL (Spe-
ciaD Former United States Senator
Joseph l.. Bristow has purchased
tract Of approximately 80 acres of
the old Ossian Hall land. The prop
erty, located in Falls Church district,
belonged to the late Josie NJ. Sheads.
Evening star., 1937-06-12
Mirrors Decorate Rooms.

The use OF mirrors in small rooms
for decorative purposes, when properly
designed and installed, is both pleas
ing and practical. Large mirrors as
part Of the end or side walls give the
illusion Of space.
The Washington times., 1937-01-26
.MRS.R0OSEVELT
ANSWERS FISH

The endless round of social calls
in Capital society, which Repre-
sentative Hamilton Fish calls a
social frankenstein," has its
points, believes Mrs. Roosevelt, but
some of them are bad.
Mrs. Roosevelt, who as chate-
laine of the Viii House, doesn't
have to go around town leaving
and returning cards, commented
today at her press conference on
Fish's House resolution to do away
with this practice.
Reminiscing about her early days
in Washington, when as the wife of
Assistant Secretary of the Navy
Franklin D. Roosevelt, she had to
make the calls, she said she re-
membered the card-leaving as
quite an ordeal. She used to do
it "religiously" though, she said
On the other hand, however,
she said, there are so many strang-
ers coming to Washington every
year, that there ought to be some
way for them to make friends, and
for lack of something better, Mr..
Fish's social frankenstein" will
have to do, she said.
The Washington times., 1937-01-26
THREE BURNED
IN EARLY FIRE

Three persons were burned, one
seriously. by blaze which fire
men declared was caused by a
woman smoking in bed early to-
day.
Those burned were Mrs. Hannah
Warren, 65, of 1907 Twelfth ST..
N. W., her sons, Kermit War
ren, 27, and Joseph Warren, 81.
Mrs. Warren suffered burns on
the back and arms, and is still
in Emergency Hospital Her sons
were burned on the hands as they
beat out the flames. They were
given emergency treatment and
released.
Firemen said they believed Mrs.
Warren fell asleep while smoking
in bed. Damage from the blaze
was slight.
The Washington times., 1937-01-26
BARKLEY SEEKS
NEWS0F KIN

Senator Alben w. Barkley, Of
Kentucky, today was attempting
to learn some definite word re-
garding his 77-year-old mother,
who is some place in flood-swept
Paducah, KY.
Yesterday, the Senator learned,
she was all right. But he has been
unable to learn if she is among
the thousands who have been
taken from the city. Today he
will attempt to get in communica
ton with her by radio.
The Senator served as chairman
of a forum which sent a broadcast
to the flood victims yesterday
The Washington times., 1937-01-26

>She holds a rating as Junior clerk
stenographer with the personnel
division. Dramatics and dancing
are her foremost recreations.
Talented Writer
Almost everyone in the main
building of the General Account
ing Office is acquainted with Mrs.
Learn, who is not only known for
her interest in dramatics but is a
talented writer of short stories
and a poetess of ability. Mrs.
Learn, who now lives at 142 F St.
S E., is a native of Wayland, N.
Y, where she attended high
school, and is a graduate of Buff
falo State Normal School.
A resident of the Capital for
13 years, she spent six of them in
various temporary Government
positions and since 1888 has been
one of the more efficient clerks
with the G. A. O.'s receiving and
computing section. She has four
children, Helen, 10, Martha, II,
Allan, Is, and Philip, IL.
Naturally talented at writing, she
is pursuing an intensive course in
short story writing at present and
her numerous friends soon may
see her "by-line" in various pub.
lications. Among her recent
achievements was the writing of
almost a hundred different pieces
of verse to be placed on prizes at
a social fete, her friends disclose
The Washington times., 1937-01-26
U. S. Workers Appear
I'm . One-ACt PLAYS

Half a dozen popular Govern
ment employees areNto take part in
two attractive one-act plays Spon
sored by the Universalist National
Memorial Church tomorrow night
in Perkins Hall, Sixteenth and S
SITS. N. w.
The Universalist Players Society
which will present the plays, has
scheduled 1.-THE China Pig" a seri.
Gus drama, at 8:15 p. M, and i'm.
mediately afterward has slated
SOS Your Old Antique" a side
splitting comedy. DramaticS over,
audience and players are to inter
mingle in dancing to end the eve.
ming of pleasure, additional songs
being furnished by the male quar-
tet of the Lutheran Church of the
Atonement.
The cast of "Sos Your Old An
tique" contains four folk well
known in the Federal service,
Martha Mccain, of Soil ConServa-
ton Service; William Molloy, of
Internal Revenue; C. F. Roberts,
of Agriculture, and Cornelius Fer
ris, recently retired from the Dip
lomatic Service. The other mem
Der of the cast is Betty Smallman,
a talented amateur actress who is
not on Uncle Sans rolls.
Mrs. Learn in Cast
Mrs. Ruth Learn, of the General
Accounting Office, is one of the
three persons who will appear ir
THE China Pig" which has been
coached by Arthur Wiley, of the
Department of Justice. Virginia
Chapman and Mrs. Wiley are the
others who will take part in the
more serious presentation.
Both Mrs. Learn and Miss Nc
Cain are typical of the numerous
Federal employees who have made
amateur dramatics one of theil
principal hobbies during leisure
hours, and are exceedingly enthu
siastic over the dual presentation
After the current effort has beer
concluded they plan to induce the
Universalist group to produce an
other pair of performances in early
spring.
Miss Mccain, Of 1712 New
Hampshire Ave. N. W., is a slen
der and attractive young woman
who came all the way from hel
home State of Arkansas to joir
the Government service, her home
town being the small but thriv
ing little community of Pine Bluff
A graduate of the ArkanSa;
State Teachers College, Miss Nc
Cain was teaching school in Pint
Bluff when the opportunity came
in June of last year to become 6
temporary employe with the Blu
reau of Internal Revenue.
She accepted and worked with
that unit until late last Novem
Der, when she transferred to the
Soil Conservation Service, where