The Washington times., 1938-11-04
PROTESTS RISE.
AT PLAN TO BAN
NIGHT PARKING.
Business, Civic Heads
Unite in Battle

Unite in Battle
Opposition to night parking ban
piled up in the District Building
today at a public hearing on Trat'
flc Director William A. Van Du-
xcr's plan to prohibit parking
alongside Fairgrounds which are
In use and on the opposite side Of
streets adjacent to the play
grounds ,
washington I. Cleveland, local
manager of the American Automo-
bile Association, added his voice to
the general denunciation Of the
ban proposed by Engineer Com
missioner McCoach against night
parking.
OPPOSED BY HAZEN
The plan already had been op-
posed by Commissioner Melvin c.
Hazen and a score of business and
civci leaders, and the A. A. A.
spokesman pledged that his aSso-
ciation will continue the fight un-
less adequate facilities are pro-
Sided.
Questioned as to whether he
Thought the Government should
provide parking space for local
motorists, Cleveland replied the
local government should aid in
such construction.
: Louis Bowdler, president Of the
Society of Natives, said if night
parking is to be prohibited, he
would favor a ban on all parking,
"a hours a day.
He told the Commissioners they
should amend the building code so
as to require all apartment houses
henceforth to construct garage IA
cilities.
ARLINGTON CITED
! This view was shared, in part,
by Harry S. Wender, chairman,
traffic-safety committee, Fedora
.tion Of Citizens Associations, who
pointed out Arlington county, Va,
has such a requirement for garage
construction in conjunction with
erection of apartment buildings.
The play ground parking tabu.
which was the subject of the
hearing won approval from most
OF those attending. It was pre-
sented to the traffic director last
summer by Mrs. Elizabeth K.
Peoples, of the Community Center
Department. as a means of COM
batting the wave of fatalities
among children in Washington
streets.
George E. Kneipp, manager of
the Keystone Automobile Club, as
serted parking of vehicles near
Fairgrounds constitutes "a serious
hazard"
He said his association, how
ever, does not favor indiScrimi-
nate prohibition of parking every
where in the vicinity of play
grounds, because we feel it would
be unduly burdenSome and in
some instances might serve no
useful purpose"
MAJOR BROWN APPROVES
Others who endorsed limited re-
strictions near Fairgrounds were
Miss Sibyl Baker, District play
grounds supervisor; Major Ernest
w. Brown. police chief; Mrs.
Ernest William Howard, of the ,.
C. Federation of Women's Clubs;
George Corbin. president of the
Manor Park Citizens Association,
and Whitney Leary, chairman,
traffic advisory council.
To perfect the language of the
proposal and to study the matter
further, Commissioner Hazen
hamed Van Duzer, Miss Baker, DR..
Thomas w. Goslang, assistant
school superintendent, and Ed
ward W. Thomas, assistant corpo-
ration counsel, as committee.
The Manor Park Citizens AS
sociation planned to take the mat
ter up at a meeting next Monday
night.
Alfred D. Calvert, president Of
the Lincoln Park Citizens AsSocia-
.tion, said:
Z Our association opposed a
parking ban two years ago, and
am sure the members will
: take the same action at this
!, time"
Z Samuel j. Flickinger, president
OF the Friendship Citizens Asso-
citation, also voiced opposition to
the move,