Evening star., 1942-09-13

tied it's request that the budget be
kept within the anticipated in
come" of the District. The board
authorized committee chairmen to
appear at the hearings, and stressed
its favor for the increased appro-
priations asked by the recently Gre
ated District Board of Recreation,
it was said by Harry s. Wender.
acting president of the Federation.
increase Sought.
The new recreation board has
asked in its request to the Com
missioners an increase of s162, ,436
over the funds allotted for l943
recreation expenditures, and supple
mental appropriation requests will
be forwarded If occasions arise.
Among recreational activities pre~
posed for 1914 by the board Is in
cluded the opening of seven new
recreational units and keeping many
of those already in operation open
for longer periods.
In supporting the recreation ap-
preparation requests, the National
Gateway Citizens Association will
ask for drastic improvement" in
sanitation facilities at Langdon
Park, Twentieth and Franklin
streets NE Mrs, Marie C. Mold,
secretary, said that the park, under
Federal jurisdiction, also lacks ade-
tn t1xyt :, Dar artr rnlfaa
John J. Watson, president of the
Anacostia group. declared that his
association will urge early construc-
ton of recreational center, chiefly
for servicemen, on Fairlawn Park.
bordering the Anacostia River. The
park, Mr.. Watson stated, is sur
rounded on all sides by military
bases and detachments, which have
no easily accessible recreational IA
cilities." The Anacostia unit also
has asked that a small triangle of
land at Sixteenth and Minnesota
avenue Sc. be acquired and con-
verted into a park.
Play Sites Proposed.
Other associations seeking addi-
Oioilol VI uIllbS
include the West End, Southwest,
Southeast Council and Connecticut
Avenue. Charles c. Grove, president
of the Connecticut Avenue group,
cited several unused, vacant lots in
his area as possible recreational
sites.
Although requests of the Board
of Education lack plans for perma-
nent school construction or even
purchase of equipment and furni-
ture, the appropriation asked ex-
ceeds funds for the current fiscal
year by almost 81 100000 Plans for
the purchase Of IL sites for schools
to be erected in the future and wide
expansion of physical training pro-
grams in junior high and vocational
schools were revealed in the report
to the Commissioners. Further
school construction was held down
because of the shortage of critical
materials.
Long needed improvements"
however, will be sought by the Pet
worth Citizens Association in grade
schools of the area and particularly
in Roosevelt High and Mcfarland
Junior High Schools, according to
George w. Potter, president. De-
velopment of land west Of Roosevelt
High on Upshur street NV. for con-
struction of an additional building.
If possible, was suggested by Mr..
Potter.
Declaring the need for a high
school in the vicinity of Sixteenth
and Rhode Island avenue NE. to
be primary concern of the North
east Conference at the budget hear
ings, Marvin M. Mclean, president.
also cited shortage of police and
flremen in his area. Certain street
improvements will also be brought
up at the hearings, Mr.. Mclean
added.
Completion and Improvement in
several Southeast schools will prob
ably be urged by the Southeast
Council, it was declared by Frank
P. Randolph, secretary. However,
no delegates have as yet been
authorized to act for the council.
The opening or completion of GER
tain streets of the area, where no
great amount of critical materials
Is called for, may also be brought
up, he said.
While several associations, par
ticularly in the Northeast, appear
anxious to obtain sewer improve
ments, Water Department budget
estimates are more than 100000
smaller than those for the current
year. 1t is particularly after heavy
rainfalls that the inadequate sewer
system" becomes most evident,
member of the National Gateway
Association said.
The Chevy Chase group will in
dorSe the requests for increased
service and facilities in the esti-
mates of the Board of Library
Trustees, Herman v. Schreiber,
president, stated. Full 72-hour-a-
week operation of the Chevy Chase
and Woodbridge sub-branch libraries
and increases for books and for
bindings of old volumes are among
requests entered by the board.
Heads of many of the associations
declined to comment on the hear
ings until authorization for action
is issued to delegates by the groups,
Several executive committee meet
ings, at which instructions will be
issued, are scheduled for this week.