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tentative but comprehensive
plans take care of the entire area
outside of what Is occupied by
the Dennison Vocational School
for Girls and the Allison Health
School.
A new problem as to this tract
has been precipitated by an item
in the pending District appropri-
alton bill as passed by the House.
The budget as sent to Congress
by the President included an item
Of $4,000 for the preparation of
plans and specifications for
new building for the Teachers
College to be located at Thirteenth
and Upshur streets. This item
was changed by the subcommittee
by reducing the amount to $20,-
600 and substituting the Abbott
Vocational School for the Teach
ers' College. The bill passed the
House in this form and is now
before the Senate subcommittee.
And now the superintendent of
schools comes forward and recon-
mends that, in addition to plac-
ing the Abbott School on this
property, the Teachers College
be erected on the Fourteenth
street side. The superintendent is
quoted as saying that the space Is
ample for the two buildings. The
organized groups, before men
toned, and officials of the Ma
tional Park and Planning Com
mission do not concur in this
opinion.
Opponents Of these proposed
changes of plans declare that it
will be an outrage to overcrowd
this area, all of which should be
reserved for a recreational CEN
ter. They hold that the Teach
ers' College alone would be bad
enough but to add another great
building would be intolerable.
In the discussion of this prob
lem in the civic groups all are
agreed in their support of voca-
tional training and it's expansion
in modern building constructed
for the purpose. There are many,
however, who are insisting that a
more accessible location could be
found which would not upset
plans which have been prepared
after careful and mature study.
Griffenhagen Plan
To Be Reviewed by Committee.
Chairman Kennedy of the
House District Subcommittee on
District of Columbia reorganiza-
ton has called a meeting for
Wednesday for a review of the
plan for undermining the District
government. The local suffragists
are reported to be accumulating
petitions for inclusion of a pro-
vision for election of the proposed
council by popular vote. They
are also insisting that the coun-
Gil be larger body than the
number carried in the pending
tentative bill.
In advocating a council of seven
members elected at large the ex-
perts are following the modern
trend in municipal government.
1t has been pointed out that most
of the ineff1ciency and scandal in
the old mayor and council mu-
nicipal governments are charge
able to the large councils elected
from geographical districts. It is
expected that there will be strong
opposition to the introduction of
so outmoded and discredited
setup for the District.
The alternative plan, offered
by experts, if the proposed coun-
Gil is to be elective, provides for
only seven members elected at
large and by proportional repre-
sentation.
The Griffenhagen plan is to be
considered by the District of Co.
lumbia Legislative Conference at
its luncheon meeting at Brook
ings Institution on Tuesday. The
matter will come before the con-
ference in the form Of subcom-
mittee report which was SUBJ
mitted at the April meeting. This
conference is precisely what its
name implies and it cannot COM
NIT any of the participating
groups to the support of any
matter considered. Any resulting
unified action is purely voluntary
among the organizations between
which there is complete agree
ment.
Organizations and individuals,
both official and unofficial con-
tinue to discover features in the
plan about which they are anx-
ious to be shown before joining
the ranks of supporters. Many
hope that the subcommittee will
make many notifications to meet
the views of District citizens be-
fore the report Is formally intro
duced in the House.
Gallinger Hospital
Due for Another Setup.
Galnnger Hospital on July l.,
1887, by rider on the appropria-
ton bill, was transferred from
the Jurisdiction Of the Board Of
Public Welfare to the Health De-
partment. There has been trouble
. plenty ever since the change