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Evening star., 1938-07-01
107PLAYCROUNDS
WILL OPEN TODAY
Varied Programs Listed for
Children-Free Pools
Also Ready.

The gates to Washington's l07 play
grounds, with their varied facilities,
including swimming pools, will be
thrown open today for the summer.
The pools, the biggest attraction to
youngsters, will serve white children
at the Georgetown and Rosedale Play
grounds, Takoma Park, lexington Rec.
reation Center, Anacostia and East
Potomac Parks. Those for colored
children are at the Francis and Ban
neker Recreation Centers.
Some Of the pools have been open
for some time. but today marks the
beginning Of the free periods.
The Georgetown and Rosedale SWIM
ming pools will be free At ali times,
with special days reserved for boys
and girls. The Welfare and Recrea-
tional Association and the Loedler
Operating Co., which operate the six
park pools, are cooperating with the
Playground Department in. conduct
ing free swimming periods for children
from 9 am. to noon daily, except
Saturdays, Sundays and holidays.
During the free hours the Playground
Department will furnish instructors
at all pools and swimming classes will
be organized as will classes In all other
types Of water activities.
Barrett Director.
The playground program, As an
nounced by the D. G. Recreation
Committee. has been developed under
the direction Of Lewis r. Barrett,
co-ordinator of recreation; represen-
tatives of the Playground Department,
the Board of Education, the office Of
National Capital Parks, the National
Capital Park and Planning Commission
and the Welfare and Recreational As
sociation.
The program calls for the operation
Of l8 major recreation centers. with
a total Of lot playground units. OF
the LOT Fairgrounds the District Play
ground Department will operate Its 10
municipal Fairgrounds, and the Board
of Educati ton the remainder.
Hobby shops will be open at the fol-
lowing junior high schools: Elliott,
Mcfarland. Jefferson, Powell and
Shaw. They will come under the gen
eral supervision Of the Community
Center Department Of the Board Of
Education.
City.Wide TourneyS.
The recreation committee revealed
that city-wide tournaments and leagues
will be conducted in swimming, soft
ball, tennis, track and football. De-
tailed organization Of these tourna-
ments and leagues is being worked
out by the Central Games Committee
Other sports included in the pro-
gram are archery, badminton, baseball,
handban, shuf1eboard, table tennis and
others.
More than $50 recreation leaders
and supervisors have been selected to
conduct programs on the public school
Fairgrounds. They were chosen after
a special training course.
Another recreational feature viii be
the beginning tonight Of outdoor dane
ing on the plaza of the Mckinley
/ Langley Community Center. Music
will be provided by = phonosraph and
an amplifying system, Dancing viii
be held every Monday, Wednesday and
Friday evening. II the weather Il
bad it will be held In the gymnasium
Evening star., 1938-07-01
DIVISION |SSET Up
BY. CIVIL SERVICE
UNDERNEW0RDER
Change by Commission to
Bring Two Promotions
in Official Staff.
FISHER AND YADEN GIVEN
CHANGES IN STATUS
Service Records and Retirement
Split Into Two Parts-Miss
Carlson Boosted.

The Civil Service Commission today
announced creation of a new division
and shifts in personnel which will
promote two members Of the ofiicial
staff.
The set-up in the commission is
being changed by splitting the Service
Record and Retirement Division into
two parts-a Retirement Division and
q Service Record and Status Division.
At the head of the Retirement
Division will be Lewis H. Fisher, now
chief of service records and retire.
ment Heading the new Service
Record and Status Division will be
Miss Vivian Carlson, now assistant
to Mr.. Fisher who has been with the
commission since 1911 and has served
in her present post eight years.
Miss Carlson, who becomes the only
woman division chief in the commits
sion, is now on leave in Finland.
Yaden Succeeds Hesse.
James B. Yaden, chief Of the Exam
lining Division, becomes chief OF the
investigations Division, succeeding
Henry A. Hesse.
Mr.. Hesse, who has been with the
commission since 1898, is retiring late
In August on reaching the statutory
age of 10. He is a brother Of the
late Edwin B. Hesse, who was super
intendent of police.
Advancing to the post held by Mr..
Yaden. who is widely known in civic
affairs here. is w. A. Mccoy. at pres
ent administrative consaltant.
The changes in machinery, it was
said at the commission, were in view
of the added duties to be imposed by
President Roosevelt's reform program
for civil service.
E. Claude Babcock. president Of the
Federal Personnel Association. said
last night that the language Of the
Presidents executive order, which
blankets 100000 Federal employees into
the civil service, might greatly under
mine the merit system.
His criticism was directed at section
8, rule 3, which provides for the rating
Of prospective employees.
Lashes at Order.
. Apparently somebody has thrown
several fast balls past the President
In the new compilation Of the civil
service rules" Mr.. Babcock said.
'Tlae way is open for the biggest rape
Of the merit system since the civil
service act was passed"
Referring to the section in question,
he added:
This new section permits applicants
who meet every specified requirement
to be excluded from the competition
behind closed doors, and without any
public opportunity for anybody to find
out whether the exclusion was fair or
not. I don't think that the intention
was necessarily criminal or anything
like that, but somebody apparently
wanted to permit the commission to
rate fewer than all the applicants.
1T is true that rating costs money,
but the rating of all the applicants
is one Of the fundamental guarantees
Of the fairness of civil service practice" F"
Evening star., 1938-07-01
Health Course
May Be Giuen
InD.C. Schools

II expsrimsnts to b made during
the next term work out, course in
health WIN be included among the
required claases IN Warrington Junior
and senior high schools.
The course would stress these phases
Of health education: Personal. mental
and social hygiene, community hy-
giene, alcohol, narcotics and tobacco;
first aid and safety, particularly safe
driving.
Beginning next fall such . course,
calling for four or 1ive class periods
. week during one semester. will be
elective In an Junior and senior high
schools. Should II be deemed feasible,
the course will b required thereafter.
This deciEion was reached By the
School Board todAy wisn II. approved
. report subatt*sd b. DF. Frank W.
0aneA a1sE1a1mA1n4 g aeAoeaA Is
Evening star., 1938-07-01
Here's How Any One Can Help
To Make the Children Happy

borhood Council Of the Council of So
cial Agencies In the hope that Wash
ington will provide that long-awaited
splash in what is now an empty tank
The wisdom Of operating this pool
has been demonstrated conclusively in
the last three years. Almost forgotten,
the pool came to life in 1888 after
eight years by means of a campaign
Evening star., 1938-07-01
White HOUSE POLICE
PRIVATE IS PROMOTED
B. B. Bradley Il Made Sergeant In
Line With other Advancements
in Forca.

Pvt. B. B. Bradley of the White
House police was promoted to sergeant
today. after a service Of Is years at the
White House.
This promotion was in line with
other promotions brought about by the
retirement Of Capt. A. A. Walter. The
other promotions, all effective today.
were 1t. John M. D. McCubbin to cap-
tain, First Sergt. Herbert L. Marcey to
lieutenant, Second Sergt Virgil Co.'S
tello to be first sergeant and third
Sergt. Ole Jacobson to second sergeant.
Sergt. Bradley Is = native Of Virginia
and after serving in the Army served
with the United States Park Police In
Washington from 1919 to 1925, when
he was assigned to the White House
force. The greater part Of his time
is spent on guard duty inside the White
House and during the past two years he
has conducted visitors through the va
rious rooms and lectured on the objects
Of interest.
Evening star., 1938-07-01
HOLIDAY PAY GRANTED
Roosevelt Signs Bill Affecting
Federal Per Diem Workers.

Approximately $4,000 Government
workers, including the Navy Yard staff
here, will benefit by legislation just
signed by President Roosevelt allowing
per diem, per hour and piecework en-
ployes to be paid when they are forced
into idleness by the occurrence Of
holiday. irrespective Of the nature.
The legislation was sponsored by the
American Federation Of Government
Employees.
Evening star., 1938-07-01
WORKSHOPS OPEN
TO DERBY RACERS
Manual Arts Teachers Will
Supervise Work at Four
Junior High Schools.

The door is still open for boys to
enter The Star American Legion Soap
Box Derby. scheduled for July %. it
was announced today by o. c. Hol-
leran. director of the derby.
simultaneously, the Community
Center Department opened to boy
derby candidates the facilities Of
woodshops in four junior high schools
where they will be allowed to work
daily on their soap box racers under
supervision of trained manual arts
teachers.
Mrs. Elizabeth K. Peoples, head of
the department, said the shops at
Eliot, Jefferson, Powell and Macfar-
land Junior Highs will be open from
10 am. until noon. and / to 8 pm.
each day beginning today, except
Sunday.
Regular Teachers Retained.
The regular manual arts teachers at
these schools have been retained by
the Community Center Department to
supervise their own shops during the
summer months. H. A. Cleary is in
charge at Eliot. Walter ]. Wondrack
at Jefferson. John A. Williams at
Powell and E, L. Cooney at Macfar-
land.
THE opening Of these shops means
that boys still can enter the derby now
or within the next few days and have
ample time in which to build a racer
to compete for the fine list OF prizes
offered to the winners on July. 49," Mr..
Holleran said. Our entry list already
Is growing daily and Is in excess Of
cities of similar size where derbies
are being held. but we want to make
Washington's first derby the biggest
in the United States this year."
Mr.. Holleran also reminded boys in
nearby Montgomery County, Nd, that
they may work on their derby racers
in the manual training shops at Be-
thesda Chevy Chase High School and
Leland, Takoma-Silver Spring and
Montgomery Hills Junior Highs, if
they make application to the County
Board Of Education at Rockville.
Rules for entering the Soap Box
Derby. open to boys not younger than
8 nor older than IS and living in the
metropolitan area, will be found else
where on this page.
More Derby Entrants.
The latest Of derby entrants IN
cludes:
Francie Cecil, 13, of ~ M street
NV. Blake School; Joseph L. Tryon,
IL. Of 1928 Jackson street NE, Brook
land School; Charles Haley, IL, of 66
New York avenue NV, Baker School;
Walter ]. Posey. II, of 816 Sixth street
S.W., st. Dominic's School; Samuel
Harvel. Is. of 1924 Third street NV,
Terrell Junior High; James Bur-
nett. Is, of 4446 Holiday street,
Brentwood. Nd, Mount Rainier High :;
Theodore Trowell. IL, of 334 Bryant
street NV, Shaw Junior High; George
Revitz, Is, of 4504 Iowa avenue NV,
Mcfarland Junior High; H. Leo No
Ian. Q, Of Fendell and U streets Sc,
Van Buren, School; Robert s.. Pierce.
IL, Of 507 Third street Sc, Hire
School; Donald Pray, 10, of f7o1
Twenty-ninth street Sc, Randle
Highlands School; John Wilkerson, IL,
OF 1918 Twenty fifth street Sc, Ana
costa Junior High; Benny Jack Young,
IL, Of 1341 L street Sc, Branch
School; Charles F. Fowler, jr., IA, OF
1887 w street Sc, and Jack Kaiser,
IA. Of 1904 D street Sc, Eliot Junior
High.
Evening star., 1938-07-01

Schools out, and three months Of
fun and frolic lie ahead for thousands
Of Washington youngsters. The prob
lem Of where to- find the fun and frolic
doesn't bother large number Of these
boys and girls. Some will be fortunate
enough to attend summer camps;
others will be taken to resorts. and a
great many Of children remaining in
Evening star., 1938-07-01
Youthful Irreverence.

It takes ones own children to be
irreverent. Years ago, when the Ger
man Kaiser was at the height Of his
power, the Crown Prince, looking at
some new order Of plant. was asked,
What is it?" "Oh, some new order
bestowed by my imperial father on
the Almighty" he answered.
Evening star., 1938-07-01

cies are anxious to hear the splaShing
and yelling Of happy children climax
the campaign.
So let's keep that adding machine
in the cashiers cage working at .
fast clip. For the convenience of con-
tributors. . coupon is printed below
with the list Of yesterdays dona-
tions,
Evening star., 1938-07-01

clIIlll6I W LIlC OllC
being carried on to-
day. It was soperated
last summer. when
more than 100 boys
and girls used 1t
every day.
The pool has
been cleaned and
painted and needs
only q few repairs
before 1t can be
filled with water
and ready for use.
But the repairs
cannot be made
u ntil Sumcient
funds are contrib.
uted. The Play
rou n d Depart
ment is ready to
furnish swimming
instructors and s0-
peryisors, and suits
have been repaired
and remAde by
Works Progress Ad-
ministration work
ers.
The pool is 40
feet long and 80
feet wide. When
filled to the brim,
it has . maximum
depth Of Z feet and
q minimum Of 4
feet. When the
younger and less
experienced young
SterS are SWIM
ming, the water
level can be low
cred according to
the demands of
safety.
These youngsters
really need this
swimming pool. The
Star and the Coun-
ri1 ~ Sor{N1 A nan.
Evening star., 1938-07-01
Tries to Stop Craze.

South Africa Is trying to stop the
craze among native children for plac-
ing oostructions on railway tracks, 10
cases being reported In a month in
spite Of numerous arrests.
Evening star., 1938-07-01

hcAAAAA6t toAA W !
find healthy recre-
alton centers near
their homes.
In one section Of
Washington. how
ever-the so-called
c e n trail area
there's another pic
ture. In this area
Of crowded homes
and busy streets,
stretching between
the Mall and North
Capitol. o and
Eleventh streets,
there are probably
some 1000 children
who find that the
oppor r tunity for
play is limited
enough and-what
is even more i'm
portant In the hot
SUNNI er days
that there's no
place to swim at
all.
That's the rea-
son The Star CASH
Ter cage in the
lobby of The Star
Building Is keeping
its adding machine
well oiled to do
some rapid calcu-
latiol1s with dona-
tions to . fund to
reopen and operate
q free swimming
pool for these
youngsters at the
e Street Young
Women's Christian
Association Build
ing.
The faster that
machine operates,
the quicker the I'M
derprivileged chill
dren in the centra
brighter vacation
$40 will give thes'
the fun Of the 20
without the dirt an
Evening star., 1938-07-01

dren in the central section will have
brighter vacation days. The sum of
$40 will give these boys and girls all
the fun Of the "ole swimming hole"
without the dirt and danger.
It's the first of July already. and
more than $400 still is needed to re-
open the pool. The Star is accepting
contributions for the Central Neigh
Evening star., 1938-07-01
BAND CONCERT

BY the Navy Band at Walter Reed
+ Hospital at $50 O'Clock tonight. 1t.
Charles Benter, leader; Charles
Brendler, assistant.
+. Program.
March, Chicago Tribune" Chambers
Overture, Morning, Noon and
Night In Vienna" Won Suppe
eolo for euphonium, Selected"
Harold Brasch
a. "springtime" - Drumm
(b) March. "The Rockies"
Drumm
Popular,
(a) TN the Shade Of the New
Apple Tree" --- Arlen
~ Josephine" .---------- Kahn
Waltz, THE Skaters" -Waldteufel
Selections from FOLLOW the
Fleet" Berlin
"Czardas," from "Ghost Of the
Warrior" --------- Gro6sm4n
THE Star Spangled Banner"
BY the Army Band in the auditor
ium 1T 1890 am. tomorrow. Capt.
Thomas F. Darcy, leader; Karl Hub
ner, assistant.
Program.
Novelty march, "Ciribiribin,"
Afford -PestaloZza
/. Two scenes from Pictures at an
Exhibition" --- Moussorgsky
(a) The Hut on Fowls Legs"
% THE Great Gate at Kiev."
Excerpt, "Southwards" ~ Coates
From the suite Pour Ways"
Symphonic sketch, Rhapsody in
Rhumba" --- Bennett
Waits, LA Serenata" -------- Jaxone
March, "Cheerio" Goldman
THE Star Spangled Banner"
Evening star., 1938-07-01

bring contributions the swimming fund
cashier in the lobby Of The Star Building
Previous total $ll750
McChesney 400
I 500
Shirley 100
Robert q. 500
D. Congress Teachers 5000
LOO
100
J Hughes 200
Mr. and Mrs. Observation-Disclosures 500
H, 200
swimming fund
Evening star., 1938-05-01
Start Building Now.

After careful survey of the Gov
ernment's building needs, a committee
appointed by President Roosevelt has
sent to the White House an interesting
report containing recommendations for
an ambitious 1o-year Federal construc-
ton program in the District of Colum-
b.a, TO cost in excess of s142, ,0o00o0
The program would be divided into
two fiye-year periods, with construction
costing nearly se5, 900 600 allotted for the
initial period and auxiliary and addi-
tional projects costing more than s47,-
100000 reserved for the second half Of
the program. A supplemental program
for construction Of nearly $4,000, 900
worth Of buildings required by the Dis
trict government, the Public Library, the
National Guard and other local estab-
nsllments was suggested.
Among major projects during the first
i've years would be new buildings for
the War and Navy Departments, the
Social Security Board. National Mu-
scum, General Accounting ONCE and
other agencies. The second term would
bring construction of such long -adyo-
Gated projects as the National Arboretum
and huge stadium for sports and other
purposes. Removal Of that architectural
misfit. the old Post Office Department
Building, also is called for.
The committee pointed out that this
own-your-own-home program for Uncle
Sam would save $4,000 900 year In rent
paid by Government Offices now made
quateiy housed in private structures.
Shortage of ONCE space in Washington
has forced at least one Federal agency
TO lease quarters in Baltimore.
The report left the problem Of fnanc-
Evening star., 1938-05-01

that the Presidents foes are. ~ Mr..
Williams insists. merely fractions aor-
ton Of the population. Just . little
group Of selfish men," Does It follow
that they should submit to expropria-
ton In silence? To argue that is to
contend that democracy has perished in
the United States. The philosophy upon
which the Nation was founded did not
discriminate against those who had
raised themselves above the poverty line.
Rather, the sponsors Of the Republic
definitely provided for the sanctity Of
property. The motives Of the signers of
the Declaration of Independence and the
trainers of the Constitution included de-
cent regard for thrift and economic in
dependence. If now the country is to
be sovietized, there should be no camou-
faging Of the intention. Reducing every
body to a proletarian level might be de-
sirable in the judgment Of some reform
ers, but they should be frank about it.
Meanwhile. 'the people who are usually
the most articulate members Of their
communities" may be performing a pa
triotic service. Perhaps they are putting
into words the convictions Of their less
courageous neighbors.
Evening star., 1938-05-01

advisers urged early steps to deal with
the setback by reversing some of the
Governments deflationary policies. But
the President. instead, insisted upon an
attempt to balance the Governments
budget by curtailing expe aSes. He made
up his mind to sit out any new depres-
sion.
This policy was followed for months
while the Nation plunged deeper and
deeper into defiation. Valuable time
and effort was wasted in q futile and
relatively unimportant fight to get power
to reorganize the Federal Government.
Then, after losing that fight, Mr..
Roosevelt suddenly made up his mind
to try to tackle depression that was
allowed to gain powerful headway.
And again, In the opinion Of presiden-
tial advisers Of both schools, there are
grave mistakes Of judgment The choice
lay between an attempt to ride out the
deflationary storm and attempt to turn
deflation into relation.
AS expected, President Roosevelt chose
the second course. But, the advocates
of this course say, the Presidents choice
was made reluctantly and was not
backed by an adequate array Of dollars
In their opinion, Mr.. Roosevelt, by
using startling figures Of new billions to
be spent. has frightened the country
when actually there is the greatest doubt
whether those billions really are going
to be spent. People are led to expect a
new outpouring Of cash that is not even
Intended for the present year.
t0opSrisht 1850 Nv
Evening star., 1938-05-01
New Deal Opposition.

Aubrey w. Williams, deputy w. P. A.
administrator, recently analyzed in
creasing opposition to New Deal policies
as coming from "the people who are
usually the most articulate members of
their communities; they are usually the
wealthiest; they frequently own or con-
troll the newspapers; they are on the
school boards. church boards, etc.; they
usually own majority of the stock in
the towns main industries. This gives
them many chances to express their be-
hefs and their will. The past five
years have been different and much of
the Ill feeling and ungraciousness at the
present time is due to the fact that their
power has been thoroughly challenged
in national affairs and in many local in
stitutions. public and private"
This view, Of course, is subject to chal-
lenge. II Mr.. Roosevelt had no critics
but economic royalists" and princes Of
privilege" 1t would be difficult to explain
his defeats at the hands OF Congress
representing an awakened electorate"
The theory advanced by Mr.. williams
suggests that only minority of citizens
are unfriendly to the administration
while 1t is matter Of history that pro-
tests against packing the Supreme Court
and against reorganization outnumbered
expressions Of approval for those pro-
posals ten to one.
But suppose for purposes Of argument
Evening star., 1938-05-01

where He was faced with conditions
that indicated moral turpitude and moral
degeneration, He exercised a power that,
In every instance, proved efYicacious. It
was His kindly judgment, coupled with
His stern rebuke Of that which was evil,
that, In every instance, effected a cure.
Where one was brought to Him with the
strong condemnation of the legalists.
saying that, Such should be stoned"
He saved the offending woman by His
chivalrous conduct towards her and bv
the winsomenesS of His overmastering
love. He saved her from her sin. II
was In fulhllment Of His great word:
God sent not His Son into the world
to condemn the world, but that the
world through Him might be saved"
He did not ease the penalty Of sin. that
the offender might again fail into evil
ways; His inevitable method was to
show the folly Of sin and to open before
the sinner q better and more satisfying
way. His method has again and again
been tried, and 1t has not failed.
Over against all our. conceits, our
many plans, our restrictive laws, and our
excess Of organization He sets His
method today, that calls for obedience
to His viii and the full recognition Of
His power as SAVIOUR and Redeemer of
mankind.
We must reckon with the fact that at
the root Of the alarming disorders that
threaten both our peace and security
resides moral dereliction, our disobedi-
ence of those consistent rules of conduct
that must govern men in all their rela-
tionships. Mr.. Coolidge's phrase comes
to mind, ''You cannot substitute the
authority Of law for the virtue Of man"
Religion is the basis Of our moral and
ethical codes, and it is indispensable to
orderly ways of living.
Evening star., 1938-05-01

ins the far-rsachins program 10 others.
Money probably win be the only STUN
bling block In the way Of such develop
ment, for the program Is highly desir-
able-in fact. an inevitable necessity.
The Star ventures to make q sugges-
ton. What better way of priming the
business pump could there be than to use
some of the billions of the latest recovery
proposal for a substantial start on this
l0-year building program? Money ex-
pended for such construction would
benefit the whole country, for virtually
all of the products and most Of the labor
used in these public buildings would
originate outside of Washington.
The administration could take some Of
the sting out Of its spending proposals
If it could show the country that at least
part Of its expenditures would reap the
taxpayers dividends in rentals saved and
operating economies effected at the seat
of Government.