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failure To OBTAIN
NEWBR|DGES CITED
Northeast Citizen Believes
Railroads Should Build
Needed Spans.

The District Commissioners over
looked an opportunity to supply the
northeast section of the city with
railroad bridges without cost to the
District, when the terminal act of
1903 was amended last year, William
P. Thomas, jr., vice president of the
Bladensburg Citizens Association, be-
lieves
The terminal act, by which the
railroad companies were authorized
10 construct the Washington terminal,
also called for the construction of
three bridges at the expense of the
railroads to cross their tracks running
parallel with New York avenue at
Ninth, Twelfth and Fifteenth streets,
Thomas declared yesterday.
The amendment passed at the last
session of Congress, he pointed out,
provides that the railroads should
construct only two bridges within the
near future at Eighteenth street north
east and between Eighth and Ninth
streets northeast. This amendment
was both an advantage and dis
advantage to the District, Thomas
said.
It enabled the Commissioners to
order the immediate construction of
the two spans and the underpaSS at
Eighteenth street is today almost COM
pleted while work on the Eighth street
overpass has not been started, he
stated.
The railroads were obliged to build
these three) bridges" Thomas as
serted" such was the intent of
Congress. Why should they not be
obliged to build another underpass
to compensate for the one which was
eliminated in the new act?"
Two or three more crossings are
needed in the area, he said, and it
will "be some time before money Is
available for the District" to build these
spans. The need for them is increas-
ing every day as the community is
constantly enlarging, he added.
Site Is Suggested.
Thomas suggested that the Baltl-
more & Ohio Railroad should build
an underpass where TWenty-fourth
place merges with Charming street
and West Virginia avenue, as re-
placement for the Queens Chapel
road bridge A new bridge one block
away from this location would serve
the purpose, of localizing traffic on
Queens Chapel road, much better.
Queens Chapel road is narrow, the
traffic would be diverted in other
directions and a much better ap-
proach to BAdensburg road would be
afforded in Twenty-fourth place.
The Pennsylvania Railroad under
pass should be constructed to open
up South Dakota avenue northeast
to the AnacoStia River or to extend
Eastern avenue to the river, he said.
Both of the above streets will meet
New York avenue extended when this
project in completed, New York
avenue and South Dakota avenue are
prominent arteries which will become
more important as they are extended
to their limits. Eastern avenue, he
added, will form part of the proposed
Fort Drive parkway development.
The further development Of the
northeast area is being hindered by
the lack of crossings at railroads and
rivers, he said.
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OFFICER ADDRESSES
SOUTHWEST CITIZENS
Sullivan Tells Parents to Inform
Children of Safety
Rules.

Parents were asked to instruct their
children in all traffic safety rules by
Capt. jeremiah A. Sullivan of No.
precinct at recent meeting of the
Southwest Citizens Association.
Alarmed by the excessively high
fatality list this year, Capt. Sullivan
said Maj Ernest w. Brown, superin-
tendent of police, is doing all that is
possible to prevent further accidents.
Maj. Brown has instructed all precinct
captains to appear before local civic
group meetings with plea for more
trafflc consciousness on the part of
themselves and their children
MY advice to every one present."
Capt. Sullivan said, "is to cross the
street only at the cross walks, keep
your children from playing in the
streets and before crossing streets
stop, look and listen.'"
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subcommittee in the appropriat ton bill
reported last week; asked congress
sional investigation of the Public
Utilities Commission; indorsed bills to
regulate barber shops; opposed parking
OF commercial trucks on streets ada
cent to public parks.
CIVIC CALENDAR.
THE following citizens associations
L are scheduled to meet during the
coming week:
Monday, April 5.
Bladensburg Road. pm, Church
of Christ, Twenty eighth and Douglas
streets northeast.
Citizens of Takoma, D. c., 8 pm,
Takoma School Auditorium.
Dupont Circle, 4:45 pm, Pan
American Room, May11ower Hotel.
Forest Hills, pm, Ben Murch
School.
Kenilworth, pm, Kenilworth Rec
reation Center.
Manor Park, 7:45 pm, Whittier
School.
Michigan Park, pm, Bunker Hill
School,
Progressives of Georgetown, 8 pm,
Curtis School.
Tuesday, April 6.
Columbia Heights, pm, Fourth
Presbyterian Church.
North Cleveland Park, pm, 1928
Window place.
Wednesday, April !.
Association of Oldest Inhabitants,
7:30 pm, Old Union Engine House.
Friendship, 8 pm, Janney School
Thursday, April 3.
Congress Heights, 8 pm, Congress
Heights School.
Friday, April >.
Brightwood, 8 pm, Paul Junior
High School
Saturday, April 10.
Mount Pleasant, pm. Mount
Plea san Mt Rranch I,ihrnrv
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Shared Lion Trees Two.

Two officials of Messina, South
Africa, set out to kill lion that had
been destroying live stock. Policeman
Coetzer and Stock Inspector Osthuizen
suddenly caught sight of the beast
hidden behind a tree The lion roared
and the hunters ran for their automo-
bile, jumped in and raced toward q
tree several hundred yards from the
roaring peril. Although armed, they
decided it would be wise to climb the
tree. From this point of vantage they
had a clear view of the lion and sue
ceded in shooting it.
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Citizens Federation Calendar
Unusually Heavy 1T Present.

INLESS some extraordinary
" method is invoked or some
relief devised delegates are unable
to see how the Federation OF
Citizens Associations will be able
to clear its unusually heavy calen-
dar before the end of the season.
The calendar, which goes semi
monthly to the delegates, covers
eight pages. There was. according
to the last calendar, pending be-
fore the Is standing committees
a total of SO separate subjects
covering ISL individual references
or items. In addition three special
committees had before them an
equal number Of items and three
other subjects were pending for
Joint action by two groups OF stand
ing committees.
Under the federation's constitu-
ton there are two meetings In April
and only one in May and in June.
It is expected that special meetings
will have to be called in an attempt
to get rid Of all matters requiring
action before the Summer recess.
It has been recently suggested that
committees ready to report file a
copy of the report with the secre-
tary so that such readiness may be
noted opposite the corresponding
item on the calendar. The practice
would then be to call for those re-
ports 80 entered. Fair progress was
made at the federations' last meet
ing in the handling of committee
reports and 1t WAS expected that
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With Civic Units
Work Slowed by Easter
Season; Is Meetings
Slated This Week.
WEEKLY REVIEW.

r EVIEW of the civic week from
Thursday, March 25, to Thursday,
April l.
Trinidad-Protested numerous no.
parking signs posted in downtown
areas and termed them confusing"
and asked that the sign system be
simplified; opposed use Of residential
streets by intercity trucks and vans.
Logan n-Thomas Circle-Reafdrmed
opposition to repeal Of the "red rider"
to District appropriation bills; in
dorsed request of District Jail en-
ployes for better working conditions
and higher salaries; indorsed proposed
bill regulating "pan-handlers" in the
District.
Southeast-Asked the Senate Sub
committee on District Appropriations
to replace the Pennsylvania avenue
southeast bridge replacement item
which was struck out by the House
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Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Need for Legislative Teamwork in House Is
Stressed Citizens Ponder New Tax Proposals.
Federation Calendar Heavy

vehicles. Large, heavy vehicles
idle in garage would be required
to bear a heavy burden without
using the highways. On the other
hand, the gasoline tax is regarded
as q fairer method of taxation as
the users OF the highways pay as
they go and the heavier machines
are the large consumers of gas per
mile and they consequently pay in
this way for their excessive weight.
The proposed income tax Is pref
ty sure to encounter widespread
civic objection and prove COM
plicated problem to adjust equit-
ably and to the satisfaction OF en-
ployes Of the Government and our
neighbors Of Maryland and Vir-
ginia who earn their living, in
whole or in part, in the District.
One of the questions being asked
in this connection is: Are the
members of the Districts exclusive
Legislature going to tax their own
incomes so that Uncle Sans bur-
den OF supporting his Capital may
be lightened?"
Among other varieties of taxes
are the following: Inheritance
tax, insurance companies, corpora
ton privileges, theater gross re-
ceipts, public utilities and parking
lots. There is no increase planned
for real estate and the Appropria-
tions Subcommittee has in mind
that these other sources of taxa
ton will eventually permit a re-
duction OF the tax on real estate
The indications are that the sub
ject Of local taxation will eclipse all
other civic problems from now un-
til these bills are finally disposed
OF by the Senate 1t is too early
to say II there will be concerted
action on this tax program, as has
been the case in the past, but some
are OF the opinion that such course
Is the only one giving any promise
of having these threatened taxes,
in a measure at least, reflect the
wishes of the voteless and unrep-
resented people who must pay
them.
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John Philip Sousa Bridge
Omitted From District Bill.

K EEN disappointment is felt in
the Southeast section of the
District at the failure Of the 1888
appropriation bill to carry an item
for beginning construction of the
bridge over the Anacostia River at
Pennsylvania avenue. Last year
there was provided funds for sur
vey and sketch plans have been
made. All the civic bodies along
the Anacostia have been urging
this improvement. which also has
the approval Of the Federation of
Citizens Associations and the
Washington Board of Trade.
Instead Of providing funds to be-
gin construction of this bridge, the
District bill carries an item of
$4,000 for repairs to the present
structure. Citizens who have been
actively interested in this project
claim this will not meet the needs.
The real problem, they asert, is one
of relieving a traffic congestion sit
uation. Traffic from a wide high
way at either end of the bridge
must of necessity pile up during
rush hours in these bottlenecks.
Aside from the utilitarian pur-
pose of the proposed bridge, it has
been suggested that 1t would be
most appropriate to erect it as a
memorial to the late John Philip
Sousa, the march king. Sousa was
born in the city of Washington, in
the Southeast section. not far from
the site of the present bridge. As a
boy he played, f1shed and swan
in the river near this place.
His musical career began and
developed in the Marine Band, 10
Gated in the nearby Marine Bar
racks. 1t was here that most of
his early marches were heard
for the first time Here he at
tracted Nationwide attention as
leader Of the Marine Band.
1t was in this nelghborhood that
he was educated and attended
Sunday school and church. and it
was to this same church his body
was brought prior to being taken
to its last resting place. Standing
beside his grave In the Congress
sional Cemetery, you can see the
bridge which 1t is proposed be re-
placed with a memorial structure
in his honor.
The appropriateness Of thus
honoring the composer of THE
Stars and Stripes Forever" is fur
ther seen in the fact that at the
western end of the city a great
memorial bridge spans the Poto-
mac River in honor Of Francis
Scott Key, author of The Star
Spangled Banner" Key, while not
a native of the District, was
closely identified with local af-
fairs. He had his home and law
ONCE near the north abutment OF
the bridge bearing his name.
Several organizations have in
dorSed the idea of honoring the
great SouSa with the proposed
bridge, among these being the
Society of Natives Of the District,
Of which he was a member. The
idea also has the Endorsement OF
the Federation OF Citizens As
sociation There has been no
concerted movement to advance
this memorial proposal, but 1t has
attracted considerable attention in
some circles where there has been
a disposition to erect q suitable
national memorial to Sousa in his
hnS,on fnun
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Civic Groups Must Now Study
Increased Old and New Taxes.

AhNAG~SNu olO ~hu 1NCW AAACS-
MOST of the civic groups have
for some time past been
endeavoring to stave of the evil
day when existing taxes would be
increased and new varieties added.
It has been the common practice
to withhold making any definite
recommendation as to the numer-
Gus kinds Of taxes suggested to
relieve Uncle Sam Of part OF his
share OF the cost of running his
National Capital.
With the Federal share for 1888
fixed at s5,000,000 and an appar-
ent deficit OF seO0O,ooo the study
Of this problem Of taxation can no
longer be delayed. The new tax
program proposed by the Appro-
priations Committee Of the House
is variously estimated to raise from
$4,000, 900 to s15,o0o,ooo annually
of additional revenue.
The idea of levying additional
taxes twice as large as the amount
needed Is to create surplus to be
built up to take care of future
large expenditures. This surplus,
it Is proposed, would be invested
by the Treasury in Government
securities and would bear interest
until needed to be appropriated.
This would be entirely different
from the experience Of the District
as to its accumulated surplus which
it had 50 much difnculty in hav-
ing made available for District
uses.
The owners Of motor vehicles
are threatened with heavy in
creased taxation through q dou-
bling Of the gasoline tax and the
substitution of a weigh tax for
the present personal tax on motor
cars. While the weight tax Is
supposed to be in substitution for
the personal tax there Is consid-
cred danger of the personal tax
remaining. That was the case
when the gasoline tax was intro
duced as q similar substitute.
A weight tax has always been
unpopular with District residents
as they have regarded 1t - An
unfair method k taxing motor
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citation asked for additional school
teachers in the schools.
Woolsey W. Hall and Col. Howard
D. Queen of the Federation OF Civic
Associations asked for construction
of . new Bannaker school for col
ored children to relieve congestion
elsewhere and additional commun-
ity center needs.
A. s. Pinkett Of the Pleasant Plains
Citizens Association asked for An
assembly hall and gymnasium for the
Monroe School and an addition to
the Margaret Murray Warrington Vo-
cationAl School.
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Steals evidence" "

For passing counterfeit bills, which
he had taken from the Toxic Court OF
Appeals safe, where they had been
placed as evidence in a forgery case,
Hideo Yamamoto, a court clerk. was
arrested at Yokohama after wild
night In cafe.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
BY JESSE C. SUTER.

TIME big secret Is out and now
the voteless and unrepre-
sented District of Columbia
knows the intentions Of the
House Appropriations District SUBJ
committee. On Tuesday the sub
committee reported the 1898 Dis
trict appropriation bill with 81 leg
islative riders. Ten OF these met
with positive objection on the part
Of the House District Committee
because OF the ursurpation Of au-
thority
General debate on the District
bill began Thursday, we'll in ad-
vance of any opportunity for civic
leaders to digest its provisions and
agree upon any course Of action.
District Government officials are
in the same fix as the citizens as
the legislative mill at this stage
moves too swiftly for anything to
be accomplished in the House.
Consideration of the bill was
completed with its passage late
Friday. Most OF the legislative
riders, opposed by the District Com
mittee, went out on points OF
order.
The report of the hearings before
the Appropriations Subcommittee
appears to contain interesting read
ing from what extracts have been
printed in the papers. The volume
itself has so far had very limited
circulation among organized civic
Washington so that little, if any.
comment by civic leaders has been
heard either on the hearings or
the appropriation bill
The bill carries total Of $45,-
228,024 with a s5,000,000 lump sum
share to be paid by the Federal
Government. The District paid
into the Federal Treasury last year
in internal revenue a total Of
S17,322,92 This was greater
than the payments made by each OF
25 States and even greater than the
combined payments Of nine States.
The s5,O00,000 lump sum from
the Federal Treasury is drawn from
the fund to which the District resi-
dents in the last fiscal year con-
tributed more than II million dol
lars. Every year there is allotted to
some of the States in grants and
subsidies amounts far exceeding
the amounts collected in Federal
revenues from those States.
These facts, though rejected by
the so-called Jacobs Committee,
are considered by Washingtonians
as worthy of consideration in de-
termining the share Of the Govern
ment in the support of its own
Capital City
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equal results would be obtained At
last nights meeting.
Simplifying its procedure and re-
ducing the volume of its business is
conceded to be one Of the most
bafning problems this central civic
body has yet encountered.
Evening star., 1937-04-04
Better Business Official Here.

Stephen Toadvine, president of the
National Association of Better Busi-
ness Bureaus, now on tour of the
East, was in Washington Thursday.
Friday and yesterday visiting the bu-
reau here.
Topics during the past two weeks
emphasized by the weekly broadcasts
Of Joseph Marshall and Mrs. Sallie P.
Muchmore of the bureau, have been
on borrowing money the easy way"
investing in mining and oil property
and long-range farming, secondhand
automobile advertising, tung oil in
vestments and bogus" lotteries.
Both warned radio audiences TO be-
ware glowing reports of far-distans
ventures, in which vital statistics were
omitted or colored; of automobile deal
ers advertising as private owners; to
read contracts thoroughly and never
to sign blank contracts and lump-sum
contracts.
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"SCRATCH" IS HELD
BY CO0T|E ORDER
Top-Notch Tent Arranges
for Observance of
18th Birthday.
Meetings This Week.

Meetings This Week.
Monday-Department Council,
board room, District Building.
Wednesday--Federal Post, 1926
Massachusetts avenue.
Friday-Follow Me Post, North
east Masonic Temple.
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Teamwork in the House
Needed on District Matters.

THE District 1888 supply bill
with its 21 legislative riders
and the nine revenue bills drawn
and introduced at the instance of
the House Appropriations District
Subcommittee point anew to the
need for a reform in the House
methods. Chairman Mary T. Nor
ton endeavored at the opening Of
the present session of Congress to
bring about some sort of co-ordi-
nation between the Appropriation
and Legislative Committees on
District affairs. She sought ap-
pointment of some member Of the
Legislative Committee to serve on
the Appropriations Subcommittee.
1t is understood that the Speaker
was not favorably inclined to this
change for fear of mixing up the
appropriations and legislation.
Civic leaders have long favored
a liaison between these two House
committees such as has existed in
the Senate for many years. Fine
teamwork has been possible usually
between the Senate District Com
mittee and the Senate Appropri-
ations District Subcommittee
The chairman and members Of
the House District Committee feel
that their prerogatives have been
ursurped by the Appropriation
Subcommittee in the attempted
legislation on the appropriation
bill They recognize that while
some Of the legislative features
have merit, 1t is their firm belief
that all of these measures should
be first considered and acted upon
by the District Committee.
OF course there is nothing new
for District appropriation bill to
carry legislative riders. Some very
important permanent legislation
for the District has gone on the
statute books by the rider method.
Among such legislation was the
District public utility act. This
had, however, been previously
passed by the Senate and when 1t
failed to get House action was
added by the Senate as a rider on
the then pending appropriation
bill. Other important riders fol-
lowed the same course.
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Leaders Of Federation
Cite Needs During
Hearings on Bill.

~ ELECTION of the Jacobs three
- point fiscal formula by the
N House Appropriations Subcom-
\ mittee. in reporting the 1898
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DOLLARS TO TRACE
MONEY TURNOVER
Post Cards to Reveal How
Long to Trade Trans
actions Require Here.

| Twenty silver dollars, each with 20
post cards attached, to be spent here,
were given away last night at the
broadcast of the Board OF Trades
Committee of Industrial Interest to
show people how rapidly money turns
over in Washington business.
| Receivers of the money will fill out
one card each until the 400 transac-
tions have been traced and the time
taken in their consummation COM
puted The date, amount and
character of the purchase will be
placed on the cards and they will be
sent in to the committee. On sub
sequent Saturday nights the progress
Of the dollars through the city will
be announced
| On Thursday the Executive Com
mittee of the Traffic Committee, Board
of Trade, will meet at IL 80 pm at
the Army and Navy Club to discuss
problems heightened by the high
death toll SO far this year
Annual Dinner Tuesday.
The annual dinner Of the Junior
Board Of Commerce will be held Tues
| day night at the MayfioWer Hotel.
| Harper Sibley, president of the United
| States Chamber of Commerce, will
speak on "A Message to Young Men"
| Newly elected officers Of the Junior
Board will be indicted at the banquet,
Lyle ORourke of the Board of Di-
rectors acting as POSTMASTER.
Also at the dinner two round-trip
airplane tickets to Cleveland will be
presented to those two Of the Mem
berShip Committee responsible for
election Of the most members during
the year The tickets have been
donated by Pennsylvania Airways.
Edgar Morris, president of the Board
of Trade, addressed members of the
Junior Board of Commerce at their
weekly luncheon Thursday, pointing
out the number of matters of con-
sistent interest to the board since
/ it was started and the improvements
effected by it.
He also outlined the growth Of
Washington since 1890 and traced its
development into the eighth largest
market in the country and one of
its more prominent educational and
cultural centerS. The Mellon Art
Gallery will materially enhance the
city's already high standing as an
art center, he said.
In the Junior Boards Round Table
Of Youth" radio program from Sta
ton WJSV on Wednesday afternoon
Miss Margaret Hutchinson of Strayers'
Business College answered questions
Of two Montgomery Blair High Scnool
I students on stenography and secre-
/ tarial work The broadcasts are de-
/ signed to cover businesses of appeal
to high school students.
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Laboratory Use On
The establishment of

The establishment Of laboratory
in the District would reduce the 40
per cent fatality list Of pneumonia
patients. There are four types of
pneumonia and each requires a spe-
cial type Of serum to counteract 1t.
While the high cost Of the serum