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Evening star., 1937-05-02
Citizen Welfare Board
Replacement by Paid Group.

A MOTHER attack on our citizen
boards is seen in proposals
contained in bill introduced last
week in the House This bill would
substitute a board of three mem
bers at salaries of $4,000 per year
for the present Board of Public
Welfare Of nine members who
serve without pay. 1t would also
abolish the Offices of director and
assistant director and provide a
secretary at $4,000 per year.
Organized civic Washington has
spoken repeatedly and in no un-
certain terms in opposition to every
attempt either to abolish or cur
tail the powers of any Of the few
boards which offer the only op-
portunity for citizen participation
in the government of the District.
Civic leaders can see no reason for
the proposed change and many
against it.
1t Is pointed out that at the
very time when the District is
experiencing difficulty in finding
funds to cover its budget and is
unable to provide badly needed
items under the Public Welfare
Board there is no reason to substi-
tute more expensive Set-up. To
adopt the new plan would be to
increase the cost for salaries
$15,4o0
The present board of prominent
citizens, whose services could not
be hired by the District, serve with
out pay. The proposed board would
cost $4,000 and, adding the salary
OF the secretary of $4,000, would
make a total of $4,000. When the
salaries Of the present director of
public welfare, $4,000. and assistant,
$500. total Of $l3,600, are de-
Quoted the net increased cost is
sl5,400. This amount, it is con-
tended, could better be spent for
other purposes if it is to be spent
at all.
But there is another angle in
which the local citizens are in
terested, and that is proposal to
substitute three headed admin
strative organization for the single
executive operating under compe-
tent citizen board. Our system
OF public welfare has long been
recognized as one of the best in
the country. 1t has been pointed
out as model of administration
which the States and municipali-
ties of the country would do we'll
to follow.
The indications are that this pro-
posal will not be sold to the civic
bodies readily until it can be shown
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Bladensburg Road Citizens
Complete Their First Year.

TOMORROW NIGHT Bladens-
burg Road Citizens Associ-
alton will close the first year of
operation by electing officers for
the next year. This association,
located in rapidly developing
territory, has made a fine start
and is confronted with a multi
tude Of neighborhood needs well
calculated to require earnest work
by an alert civic body
A part of this area was formerly
served by the Rhode Island Ave-
nue. Citizens Association, but much
OF the territory embraced within
the boundaries of the new associ-
alton is virgin soil. The associ-
alton recognizes the importance of
enllstlng in its ranks a large per-
centage of the owners and resi-
dents of property in the section.
To this end systematic prepara-
ton has been made for an inten-
sive membership campaign, which
is to be put on at once. New men,
bers are being admitted at each
meeting, and the careful combing
OF the neighborhood as planned.
is aimed at as near 100 per cent as
possible.
The association sends out to its
members each month a mimeo-
graphed bulletin designated Civic
News, which gives very compre-
henslve resume of the business ac-
tlvltleS OF the association and its
Executive Committee. While the
new organization has affiliated
with the Northeast Conference it
has not yet sought admission to
the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations.
The very definite accomplish
ments Of its first year encourages
the leaders to 90 forward with the
confidence that there will be an
appreciation Of property values,
more comfortable living conditions,
better sanitation and better public
service through corporate action.
Their final word to the neighbors,
who are urged to joine forces in
this work, is that "A great deal
depends upon you!"
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Friendship to Act Wednesday
On Nine Proposed Tax Bills

Confirmation of the Executive Com
mittee's action on tax legislation will
be sought at meeting of the Friend
ship Citizens Association Wednesday
night in the Janney School, President
Samuel J. F1ickinger declared yester-
day.
At meeting of the executive group
last week the pending tax bills in Con-
grcss introduced by Representative
Ross Collins were considered. Action
taken on these measures include the
following:
Approved in principle a tax on in
surance companies, privilege tax on
corporations, tax on estates Of de-
cedents, parking lots tax, increase in
amusement tax, higher and more
uniform tax on public utilities.
Opposition was expressed on a pro-
posed automobile weight tax, increased
gasoline tax or diversion of gasoline
revenues to the Districts general fund.
This latter proposal Is opposed be-
cause 1t would disbar the District,
under the Hayden-Cartwright act
from receiving Federal grants for street
improvements as do the States,
F1ickinger asserted.
An income tax was opposed Is q
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last resort and instead a proposed tax
on personal tangible and Intangible
property. The argument that this
latter tax Is not enforceable does not
now hold true, he said, since the
Federal Government has adopted the
system OF requiring the filing Of
duplicate income tax returns for ex-
animation by other tax collecting
agencies.
Other matters to be taken up by the
association Wednesday include the
proposed transfer Of some Fairgrounds
from the Playground Department to
the Community Center Department of
the public schools; the Jefferson
Memorial in the Tidal Basin area;
action to replace old street car equip
ment, the existance Of which was
demonstrated by a recent Georgia ave-
nue. car fire in which more than .
score of persons were injured.
The proposal of Traffic Director
William A. Van Duzer to route through
truck and bus traffic through Friend
ship by way OF Nebraska avenue will
probably meet vigorous opposition,
Flickinger predicted. Residents regard
this street as most prominent
thoroughfare.
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Tak0ma Transit Change
Due to Begin Today.

MAY 2 is the date set by the
Public Utilities Commission
to discontinue rail service via
Fourteenth street, Kennedy and
Third streets to Takoma. A feeder
bus service will make the connec-
ton between Takoma and the
Fourteenth street car line at Four
teenth street and Colorado avenue.
The Capital Transit Co. has
erected an attractive rail-bus ter
minal at Fourteenth street and
Colorado avenue so that transfers
may be made under shelter, and
those waiting for car or bus may
be protected from the elements in
a comfortable waiting room. An
other improvement at this point
will be the doing away with the
plow pit and the wide circular loop
which was used to turn back the
cars whose terminus was at COL
orado avenue. The cars now will
turn on the company-owned prop
erty at the terminal building.
AS part Of this new plan for
the Takoma section the rush. hour
express service is to be split be-
tween Third street and Fifth street
and an all-day non-rush- hour ex-
press service, starting from the old
terminus Of the Fourteenth street
Takoma line, will complete the new
set-up.
The rush-hour express bus serv-
ice will start tomorrow morning
over the new routes. The busses
which will travel the Third street
route will start at the intersection
OF Laurel and Eastern avenues, and
those covering the Fifth street
route will start on Fifth street be-
tween Cedar and Dahlia streets.
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BY JESSE c. SUTER.

S0A 3AOAAA0y "SA sAASSAASA ~
those small District days in
the House of Representa-
- tives, Of which there have
been several this session. Again
the House calendar was cleared OF
District business and once more
the score was two bills passed
unanimously and without debate.
One OF these was a bill to prevent
the use OF metal slugs or spurious
coins in public telephone pay sta
tions or vending machines and the
other bill raised the amount under
which petty larcency can be
charged from $35 to $50. Both
bills 20 to the Senate for action.
The House District Committee
on Wednesday voted to report IA
vorably, with minor amendments,
the bill creating real estate COM
mission and also a bill to regulate
barber shops. The real estate bill
Is designed to bring that business
under proper control. The barber
shops are to be regulated by the
Health Department. These are the
crop SO far, for the next District
day, May 10.
A number OF new bills affecting
the District were introduced in the
Senate during the week. Among
these are those prescribing rigid
system Of motor vehicle inspection,
limiting the number OF taxicabs,
prohibiting the transfer Of liquor
licenses, imposing new license fees
on liquor solicitors for out-of-town
concerns and to set up new pro-
cedure for the adoption Of chill
dren.
Legislative interest, so far as the
District is concerned continues to
center around the Subcommittee on
Taxation OF the House District
Committee, which has been holding
hearings on the proposed gas tax
increase and the automobile weight
tax. The sentiment expressed by
civic and business leaders Is against
ANY uiFClololl VA 6oS va iS'SAa>p'
1t Is also against any increase OF
the gas tax unless it is required to
meet some OF the costly expendi-
lures which will be required to re-
lieve traffic congestion. The weight
tax appeared to have no civic
friends. The District Commits
sioners have offered substitute
weight tax plan which will con-
tinue the personal property tax
on vehicles instead of being sup
planted by the weight tax
The row over the proposed loca-
ton of the jefferson Memorial in
the Tidal Basin site has continued
unabated. There is pronounced re-
joicing at the omission Of the item
OF half a million dollars. to start
the memorial. from the first def
cheney appropriation bill. The most
recent development as to the me-
mortal is that, in all probability,
on the District taxpayers would be
saddled all extra cost OF street
and road changes made necessary
through carrying out the plans for
the Tidal Basin site.
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CIVIC GROUP ASKS
PURCHASE Of LAND
Federation Body Seeks Re.
placement for High
School Site.

Efforts Of the Federation OF Civic
Associations to secure additional funds
for the purchase of land at the Ban
land proposed for use for junior
high school, have been supported by
the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission.
Howard D. Woodson. chairman,
Public Improvement Committee and
vice chairman of the colored fedora
ton, last week received q letter from
Arno B. Cammerer, assistant superin-
tendent of the park and planning
group, informing him of the commits
sion's Endorsement.
At the last meeting OF the federation
a resolution was adopted asking that
100000 be appropriated in the 1888
District budget for the purchase OF
compensatory land for the proposed
new colored junior high school.
The school building has been sug-
gested for the southwest corner OF
Georgia avenue and Euclid street,
WoodSon said, which lies in the north
east territory Of the recreation area
The federation is anxious to secure the
new school, he said, but it wants ad-
ditional property added to the center
SO that its original size will not be de-
creased.
The federation will be represented
before the Senate Subcommittee on
Appropriations in behalf of the prof.
ect by Woodson and z. F. Ramsaur.
Members voted to protest to Presi-
dent Roosevelt the failure OF the Dis
trict Commissioners to appoint fedora
ton representatives to the committee
OF 81 members on reorganization and
efficiency in the District government
Woodson pointed out that although
former Judge Cobb and Will Huston
were named to the committee, neither
represents the civic group.
The federation adopted a measure
authorizing the Executive Committee
to seek a ward for tuberculosis patients
at Freedmen's Hospital. DR.. Cyril
WalWyn, chairman, Public Health
and Sanitation Committee, introduced
this measure
Other action taken at the last meet
ing held in the board room OF the Dis
trict Building, included request te
the District Commissioners to be given
representation on board to govern
minimum wages and hours for women
and approval Of the proposed increase
in District quotas to West Point anc
Annapolis.
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With the Associations
Seventeen Groups Oppose Jefferson Memorial Site
at Tidal Bdsin-Sixteen Bodies to Meet
During Week ahead.
WEEKLY REVIEW.

| EV1EW OF tNe CIVIC week from
~ Thursday, April %, to Thursday,
April 20:
ANACOSTIA-Opposed abolishing
the Receiving Home for Children and
placing them in foster homes, opposed
Tidal Basin site for the proposed
Thomas Jefferson Memorial.
BURROUGHS-Aske for funds in
1888 District appropriation bill to con-
struct a new Bunker Hill School
TRINIDAD-Asked a closer inspec-
ton Of street cars to determine fitness
for public service by the Public Util-
tiles Commission; opposed double
parking by trucks to load and unload
merchandise; urged enactment of the
Sacks bill in Congress, providing for
daylight saving time in the District;
indorsed request Of Navy Yard en-
ployes for increase in size of boiler
shop to permit more ordinance work.
NORTH CAPITOL-Opposed provi-
sions in the District appropriation bill
providing for the payment Of District
Government employees on the per diem
basis urged amendment to bill for
committeeman to national political
conventions from the District to pro-
vide that "those up for nomination
must be without privilege in any other
part OF the United States in any man
ner whatsoever"
MID-CITY-Unanim opposed
proposed increases in relief appropria-
tions for the District for 1898; op-
posed proposed weight tax on automo-
biles; approved slight increase in gaso-
| line tax and a tobacco sales tax; ap-
proved compulsory automobile inspec-
ton: favored increase in age limits
for marriage from IA for girls and l6
for boys to Is and Is respectively;
favored control of Fairgrounds by the
Board Of Education.
GEORGETOWN - Opposed diver
sion Of or increased gasoline tax; OPP
posed any increase In automobile
some District Fairgrounds from the
Playground Department to the Com
munity Center Department OF the
Public Schools.
BENNING - Endorsed request Of
District Jail employees for shorter work
week, higher wages and better work.
ing conditions; approved Appropriation
for more shop space at the Washing
ton Navy Yard in the gun factory.
LOGAN THOMAS CIRCLE - FA-
vored slight increase in gasoline tax
and tobacco sales tax; opposed pro-
posed construction Of Jefferson Memo
rial at Tidal Basin.
SOUTHEAST-Opposed abolition Of
the Receiving Home for Children; op-
posed gasoline tax diversion; opposed
automobile weight tax; opposed any
proposed increase in item for local
relief over the amount specified for in
the District budget; indorsed Boiler
makers Union request for construc-
ton of a 100000 addition to Wash
ington Navy Yard; approved $4,000
item for school gardens in the 1898
District budget, which was stricken
out by the House.
CIVIC CALENDAR.
THE following citizens associations
are scheduled to meet during the
coming week:
Monday, May ;.
Bladensburg Road, 8 pm, Church
of Christ.
Michigan Park, 3 pm, Bunker Hill
School
Citizens' Association of Takoma, D.
c., SPIN, Takoma School auditorium.
Dupont Circle, 4:30 pm, Mayflower
Hotel
Forest Hills, 3 pm, Ben Murch
School.
Kenilworth, 8 pm, Kenilworth Rec
reation Center.
Manor Park, 7:45 pm, Whittier
School,
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definitely that the present citizen
board and its organization are in
efficient and the new set-up will
be an improvement.
Liberalizing
Liquor Regulations.
R,ROAD powers for regulating
the liquor trafic in the Dis
trict are given the Commission
ers under the alcoholic beverage
control act Some of these powers
have never been exercised, even
though citizens have earnestly Pc
titioned the Commissioners to use
such powers to increase the citizen
control over the location and lie
censing OF liquor selling places.
Members Of the Alcoholic Beverage
Control Board have recently pro-
posed that the regulations be
amended so as to permit that
board to grant class A licenses to
establishments within 400 feet of
churches
Hearings were held by the Com
missioners on this proposal on
Thursday and church and civic
leaders entered a vigorous protest
against such change. Representa-
tives of the liquor interests and
Representative in Congress, mem
Der Of the House District Commit
tee, urged the Commissioners to
liberalize the laws as requested.
Civic leaders express fear that
il the bars are let down as to re-
strictions as to location near
churches it is only a question of
time when an insistent demand
will be made to permit the grant,
ing OF licenses near schools.
When the present liquor law was
being framed there was an earnest
plea from citizen organizations
that it include some definite local
option features and some of the
safeguards Of the old Jones-Works
law, which the Sheppard prohibi-
tlon law repealed. Members of the
House and Senate assured these
citizens that the Commissioners
were given full powers to promul-
gate regulations which would give
the citizens all Of the projections
which they asked. The result has
been that the Commissioners have
refrained from imposing such re-
strictions, and resident neighbor-
hoods, schools and churches have
only been protected through the
eternal vigilance of the neighbor-
hood groups.
Instead OF further liberalizing
the liquor law and regulations,
there appears to be a growing
sentiment in favor of amendments
which will materially tighten up
the control. particularly in resi-
Dental neighborhoods. 1t has not
been so long ago since the pastor
of church who was protesting
against the granting of a liquor IL
cense nearby was asked why he did
not move his church. The arro-
CANT attitude Of some aligned with
the liquor interests is building a
sentiment for a greater restriction
Evening star., 1937-05-02
DUPONT CIRCLE GROUP
TO ELECT TOMORROW
Action on Jefferson Memorial Res
olution Also Expected at
Final Meeting.

The annual election of officers will
be held at the final meeting of the
season for the Dupont Circle Citizens
Association tomorrow afternoon at
4:30 pm, in the pan-American room
OF the Mayfower Hotel.
The group will recess until October
4, Secretary Rowland s. Marshall an
nounced yesterday
Action is expected on a resolution
opposing the Jefferson Memorial in
the Tidal Basin, he said.
At meeting of the Executive Com
mittee Wednesday the Sacks bill pro-
viding for daylight-saving time in the
District was approved. Reasons for
the action were that other large East
ern cities are using this system and
confusion on train and radio sched-
ules result from this difference Is
well as the additional hour of daylight
provided for workers, Marshall said.
Evening star., 1937-05-02

Members Of the Department of the
District of Columbia, Spanish War
Veterans, will attend divine service
next Sunday at 8 pm, with the de-
partment chaplain, Rev. William M.
La Roche, pastor Of the Christian
Church at Suitland, in honor of
Mothers day. All who desire to at
tend meet at 921 Pennsylvania avenue
southeast at tbs pm.
Comdr. Thomas F. Donovan pre-
sided at the last meeting Of Astor
Camp. Thomas P Lynch, Company
C, 1st Connecticut Volunteer Infantry,
and John Kran. Company H, 1st Ter
ritorial Infantry, were mustered into
membership. Frederick N Davis de-
livered lecture about a trip he re-
Gently made through Puerto Rico and
Central America. Capt. Thomas Hud-
low and Department Graves Regis
tration Officer Appich spoke.
Admiral George Dewey Naval
Auxiliary was presided over by Presi-
dent Mary Burke. Rennie Constable
and Anna Perkins were initiated
The auxiliary held a bingo party last
night at 1901 K street northeast.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
Daylight-Saving Law
Proposed for the District.

MANY are the advocates of
daylight-saving law for the
District. Representative Leon
Sacks of Pennsylvania, member Of
the House District Committee, has
introduced bill to give the Dis
trict a regular daylight-saving law,
such as in force in a number of
the States. The response to this
gesture has been prompt and en-
thusiashc on the part of business,
labor and civic leaders.
The District had the benefit Of
the national daylight-saving law
during the World War until that
law was repealed at the behest Of
the farmers. Some years later on
the petition of some Of the business
leaders, the President issued an
executive order putting the Fed
eral establishments in the District
on daylight schedule. Some pri-
vate businesses adopted the plan,
but the railroad schedules were not
changed and many businesses
would not observe it. So much
confusion resulted that the same
business leaders who had urged
the President to put the plan into
operation went back and begged
that the order be revoked.
Experience has proved that the
only way in which the people Of
any section can be induced to get
up and 60 to work in the early
hours Of the sunshine Is by setting
forward the clock. There are some
who say, why tamper with the
clock? Why not change the
various schedules and leave the
clock alone?" The most simple
handling OF this entire project is
through moving up the clock one
hour. Then every schedule re-
mains just as always before; no
mental calculations are required
Evening star., 1937-05-02
In Recess for Season.

The North Cleveland Park Citizens
Association will not meet again until
September, DR.. H. N. Roberts, presi-
dent, announced yesterday. The final
meeting Of the present season was
held last month and further sessions
were suspended because of the DISPOSE
ton Of all local business matters, he
said. Should new problems arise, q
special meeting may be called during
the Summer.
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TO MEET LAST TIME

The final meeting OF the season
for the joint conference of Northeast
Citizens Association will be held
Thursday evening in No. IL precinct.
Chairman A. F. E. Scheer announced
yesterday.
Business will include action on the
proposed automobile, tobacco and some
other forms Of taxes and the pro-
posed construction Of the Jefferson
Memorial in the Tidal Basin area,
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Georgetown Progressives, 8 pm
Curtis School,

Georgetown Progressives, 8 pm,
Curtis School.
Tuesday, May 4.
Columbia Heights. 8 pm, Fourth
Presbyterian Church.
Wednesday, May S.
Association of Oldest Inhabitants,
7:30 pm, Old Union Engine House.
Friendship, 8 pm, Janney School
Thursday, May s.
Bradbury Heights, pm, 1900
Bowen road southeast
Northeast Conference, 8 pm, No.
II precinct
Washington Highlands, 8 pm, 1919
First street southeast.
Friday. May7.
Chillum Heights, 8 pm, Keane
School.
Saturday. May 8.
Mount Pleasant, 8 pm, Mount
Pleasant Branch Library.
Evening star., 1937-05-02
TAK0MA BODY TO AIR
VIEWS ON BUS SERVICE
Group Will Also Decide at Meet
ing Tomorrow Whether to
Meet in June.

In what may be its final meeting
of the season, the Citizens Association
OF Takoma Park, D. c., will discuss the
newly inaugurated bus service to its
area when it meets tomorrow night
at the Takoma School auditorium.
The new bus schedules and routes
were scheduled to have started today
This includes the Fourteenth and
Kennedy street shuttle bus which
caused stir in citizens associations
Of the area several months ago.
President Wallace c. Magathan de-
clared action will be taken at to-
morrow nights meeting to determine
whether or not June meeting will
be held. A June meeting is provided
for In the constitution without calling
. special meeting he said The group
will convene again in the Fall in
September or October, although it is
the usual practice to begin activities
in the latter month, he said
Entertainment will be provided by
the American Automobile Association
with motion pictures on historic and
scenic localities in Virginia.
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Capt. Kelly to Talk.

Capt Patrick B. Kelly of the lnsti-
tute Of Criminal Science, will address
the Junior Board of Commerce at its
luncheon Thursday at 1915 pm, at
the Lee House.
Subchairmen OF the Membership
Committee of the Junior Board, are
scheduled to meet at luncheon Tues
day at Childs New York Avenue Res
taurant