The Washington times., 1938-03-01
THOMAS SUBWAY
ESSENTIAL, SAYS
MID-C|TY GROUP
24-Hour Ban Sought
On Needless 'Honks'
By A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

By A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor
The proposed Thomas Circle
underpass through Massachusetts,
Avenue, was approved by the Mid
City Citizens Association at last
! nights meeting in Thomson
! School.
The action was taken following
an outline Of the plan by Capt. H.
G. Whitehurst, District engineer
Of highways.
ELDRIDGE STRESSES NEED
M. o. Eldridge, assistant di-
rector Of vehicles and traffic, said
one.fourth the traffic in the Dis
trict passes the circle during the
"a hours and, by actual count,
4,274 pass between Ais and Sis
p. m. He declared the underpass
Z was the only means Of relieving
"a serious traffic congestion.
s The association indorsed recent
regulations against unnecessary
shonking Of auto horns between
midnight and a. M, and recon.
Z 4mended 1t be extended to cover
all hours Of the day, with par
. ticular reference to Capital Tran
sit buses.
: Approval also was given a pro-
: posed tax Of 81 per barrel tax on
beer sold in the District, and the
meeting commended broadcasts Of
trials Of traffic cases.
George A. Warren, Maud r.
Miller and DR.. F. Thomas Evans,
were named representatives to the
! city.wide meeting Of the District
Of Columbia Suffrage Association
scheduled for the District Build.
ing March 18.
POLICE CRITICIZED
The North Capital Citizens AS.
sociation voiced sharp criticism
last night against the police for
tagging and sometimes towing in
cars left in non parking zones by
out-of.town owners, thought due
to ignorance Of regulations.
The association opposed q bill
to be introduced shortly by Sen
ator King, giving a proposed board
control over school buildings and
grounds when being used for
recreation, and also opposed con.
troll Of the Board of Education by
the District Commissioners.
. It was voted to recommend the
legislation to relieve abbuting
property owners from assessment
when streets are widened for busi-
ness purposes.
PASTOR FELICITATED
! The Rev. Michael j. Riordan,
77'year.old pastor of st. Martins
Church, was felicitated upon the
occasion Of his golden jubilee of
ordination to the priesthood.
Edward w. Ireland, Anthony
Ludwig, T. j. Williams, F. Nor
ton and e. j. Beller were elected
to membership.
Trinidad Citizens Association
last night, unanimously approved
proposed legislation providing by
fine and imprisonment, for false
and misleading statements made
to obtain either District of Fed.
eral relief.
Favorable action also was taken
On the proposed Congressional in.
veStigation. of relief in the Dis.
trict, with the suggestion it in.
clude both employables and un-
eimployables.
TROLLEY FIGHT RENEWED
The association renewed its
fight against the extension of one
man street cars, and suggested
the Public Utilities Commission
prohibit use of the recent Transit
Company loan for purchase of
that type of equipment.
Traffic lights were asked for
Seventeenth Street N. E. at K. L,
and M and it was urged that it
be made a through boulevard
from Bladensburg Road to Ben.
nings Road.
Police regulations were re.
quested to prohibit keeping do
mestic fowls in densely populated
areas.
The proposed relief probe was
sanctioned by the Georgetown
Citizens Association. but the pro.
posed $4,000 for study of the
Potomac Electric Power Com
pany, as forerunner of Govern.
lnent ownership, was disapproved.
The citizens also diSapproved
increase IN the present speed regu-
lations and the plan for pedestrian
control at street intersections.
PUBLIC HEARINGS ASKED
Public hearings were asked on
bills proposing sabbatical leave for
public school teachers, and on the
Jenckes bill, permitting the teach
.ers to name a beneficiary for their
relief fund.
The question of permitting sex
education in the public schools
was referred to the committee on
education.
Edwin c. Radue, w. B. Poland,
Col. C. A. Seoane, Rev. w. F. Az
kinson and Rev. H. A. Kester were
elected new members.
With members asserting the
crime wave in the District is obvi-
ously beyond the power of the in
adequate number of police to con-
troll, the Deanwood Civic AsSocia-