Evening star., 1937-03-21
With the Associations
Southwest Group Comes Out in Support OF Nd
tional Representation-Fiye Meetings Seized.
nled for the Coming Week.
WEEKLY REVIEW.

X LEW Ol Vic ClVlC week lrOIn
Thursday, March II, to Thurs
day, March 10:
CONGRESS HEIGHTS-Held bit
ter verbal battle on admittance of the
newly organized Congress Heights
Progressive Improvement Association
into the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations and the Southeast Council.
BRIGHTWOOD - Asked complete
repeal of the red rider" to District
appropriation bills; paid tribute to
John H. Hanna, Capital Transit Co.
president, recently made president of
the board Of directors of the COM
pany; asked enforcement of law COM
pelllng motorists to draw up to the
curb at the approach Of fire engines;
reafflrmed Endorsement of congress
Slonal bills providing for primaries for
District residents; authorized William
Mex. Clayton, Public Utilities Com
mittee chairman, to appeal recent
ruling abolishing Third and Kennedy
street car service.
MOUNT PLEASANT - Opposed
compulsory block booking of motion
pictures.
INTERPRETATION CONFER-
ENCE-Refused to intervene in efforts
to extend American University Park
bus line to the District line; named
special committee to work out food
control work in Prince Georges County
near Bladensburg road.
SIXTEENTH STREET HEIGHTS
Favored primaries in the District to
choose delegates to national political
conventions; Endorsed Neely-Pettingill
bill to abolish block booking and
blind buying" of motion pictures;
approved efforts of Washington Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies to have 5000
unemployed employables taken care of
by congressional appropriation.
PETWORTH-Opposed the LIQUOR
licensing of two stores near the Roose-
velt High School area; asked for re-
moval of bus service on Buchanan
street; held joint meeting with sew
eral other groups and adopted pre-
amble and program of action for a
permanent Committee on Suffrage for
the District.
SUMMIT PARK - Opposed the
Jacobs Committee report on fiscal re-
lations between the United States and
the District.
WEST END-Voted support of
Surg. Gen. Parrans social disease con-
troll drive and commended publicity
given this movement by local neWspa-
perS; opposed the Jacobs Committee
report; opposed legaliZed horse racing
bill for the District: opposed diversion
OF gasoline tax funds; asked appro-
prlation of $4,000 for planting 10000
more trees throughout the city; asked
more funds for modern fire depart
ment equipment.
CHEVY CHASE-Acoused Fedora
ton of Citizens Associations of de-
parting from its original purpose of
getting an expression of opinion and
has taken upon itself authority it does
not possess, and asked the federation
to conform more closely to its consti-
tuition; authorized President Edwin S.
Hege to call meeting with officers of
civic bodies north of Calvert street
and west of Rock Greek to organize
Far Northwest Conference of Cit
izens' Associations.
DAHLGREN TERRACE - Asked
that q tax be imposed on all out of
town trucks selling or delivering mer-
chandise in the District with the ex-
ception of farmers trucks; asked that
be prohibited from stand
ing in front and back wells of street
cars; approved "skip-stop" system for
street cars whereby two cars travelling
the same direction would stop only at
every other corner alternately; favored
the Neely-Pettingill bill prohibiting
block booking and blind buying Of
motion pictures.
SIXTEENTH STREET HIGH
LANDS-Opposed request of Council
Of Social Agencies for funds for relief
OF 5000 unemployables as being ex-
cessive; asked better control OF traffic
at Seventh and H streets and Rhode
Island avenue and L street.
SOUTHWEST-For first time in its
history indorsed national representa-
ton for the District; opposed House
bill to give representation in the
House, but no representation in the
Senate; Endorsed House bill providing
for election of national committeeman
from the District to national political
conventions; approved plan of con-
trolling city street lights by use Of
photoelectric cell, now used in In
dianapoli, Ind; voted increase in
age limit for automobile
permit applicants from is to 18 years;
favored compulsory registration Of
titles for automobiles 1t the Traffic
Bureau.
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