Henderson daily dispatch., 1941-07-01

l. OF me representa-
Jack .1ichols ,ives' aviation &C.
cident investigating
committee for congressional creation
OF a federal office of aerial control.
Jack wants the head of this set
up TO have charge Of air lanes
throughout the whole country;
they're all congested, he says, es-
peclally IN the vicinity of landing
and ~taklng-otf ports. However, its
over and around the District of Co.
lumbia that he declares conditions
are the worst. He got his idea
from his observation of the lam in
the capitals especial atmosphere.
Being unfamiliar with the situa-
ton as loftily above-ground as
Representative Nichols discusses,
! don't know how good a case he
makes out. I'll say, though, tina:
1t must be awful, if the airs my
thing like as crowded as Washing
ton IS from the street level to the
top Of the tallest buildings in town.
a community likes to grow. It
implies prosperity. Yes, an in
crcaslng population is alright. But
a multiplying one, at a rate Of
thousands and thousands per month,
IS an overdose. It's hopeless to try
10 state figures, The gravitation of
eWromer into this burg has been
far too rapid to keep track of. Re
ports from other emergency centers
throughout the land indicate that
they're chockful also, but Washing
ton isn't merely chockful; to say
that its overlooking is a ma1er-
piece of an understatement.
Rental Roof. Maybe.
Oh course, rentals are skyhoot-
ing. There's talk of putting a COM
pulSory roof on EN-, but the trou-
bic is, it's feared that, if that's
done, landlords won't rent,
You al scarcely get into a res
taurant OF up TO a bar or find trans
portatlon downtown in the morning
or home at night. Government work.
erS' hours have been staggered in
an effort to relieve the rushes. but
it hasn't had any ~appreciable effect.
And that isn't all. There's been
a terrific crime outbreak. Slug
glngS (many Of EN- fatal) occur
nightly, right and left. Outrageous
attacks on women, ending up in
stranglings in many instances, are
fairly epidemic. A huge army of
girl workers are secretarilly en-
ploy by the governments Their
home folk, out in the sticks. afraid
to have their daughters stay in
such a place, are barraging their
congressman with letters on the sub
jeCt.
The Washington police are un-
der investigation, on grounds of in
efficiency.
But the fact is that a Washing
ton police force was provided for,
numerically, when the city was only
q fraction as large as it is now. To-
day the number of coppers is ridi-
culously too small. They're simply
SWamped.
A lot Of Uncle Sans troops are
litdlDy XIX ClSllICl. AOIl-
gresham Michael j. Kennedy of
New York is clamoring to have
plenty Of 'em assigned to police duty
in the capital. Even if they don't
turn out to be very good cleuths,
he says they can attend to jobs like
bossinW traffic, relieving profess
slonal cops for service at murder
prevention or catching the murderers
after they've done their dirty work.
The only question is, Can soldiers
be SO Employed" Mike Kennedy
thinks they can.
Move En- Away?
Congressman A. J. Sabath's plan
is to thin the capital out by scat
tering a good many governmental
agencies away from Washington
to Chicago (his own home town.
and elsewhere.
That likewise would present some
problems, though. Most OF the places
he suggests are crowded, too,
though not like Washington. Futh-
ermore, many federal workers own
Washing loIl IlOlIlcS. ~ "Oulu De Il
ordship to uproot 'em. Besides, this
is the natural center for the U. S.
government to concentrate itself in.
T ng that for granted, numerous
private organizations, which have
business to transact with Uncle Sam,
have long maintained headquarters,
here. Commerce and industry would
be seriously joggled by a govern
mental scatteration.
But there's no doubt about it
the Jam is fearful.
1t used to be queried, "How many
angels can stand on the point Of
a nssd1e?S Nowi How many Of