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Evening star., 1943-04-16
Removal Of Ceilings
Sought in Public
Assistance Cases
Welfare OfficioIs Want
Reorganization for Use
In HundIinq Budget
BY CAMBRIDGE CRIsT.

Renewed demand for removal of
ceilings" in public assistance, 4
$195, 900 increase in the cost Of st.
Eizabeths Hospital, and the need
for reorganization of budget and
appropriating language for public
welfare are among the high lights of
the hearings on the So, 8,245, 900 vel
fare budget as outlined to House
subcommittee by the Commissioners
and welfare officials.
+ At the same time, the testimony
released today reveal that Chairman
Mahon of Texas was persistent In
his inquiries as to why the appro-
priation sought for 1914 was only
slightly less than the 1885, PAS for
1943. In reply, Welfare Director
Ray L. HUFF cited legislation which
has required "a considerable In
crease" in certain salaries and the
general increase in the cost of living.
In regard to the relief ceilings,
which were first set for all types of
public assistance in the Appropria-
ton Act for the fiscal year 1910,
Commissioner Guy Mason said the
Commissioners have advocated for
years raising the ceiling on keeping
unemployables," and added this
specific recommendation:
Burden on Director.
II suggest that the Committee put
the burden on the director Of public
welfare or the Commissioners
through the director of public well
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Church Recreation Plans
Lag, Says Judge Bentley

Churches could do much more in
arranging recreat ton for young
people than they do, Judge Fay l..
Bentley declared in hearings re-
leased today on the Juvenile Court
appropriation for 1914.
Churches are already doing all
they can to prevent cases from COM
ing to the Juvenile Court, the Judge
told the House subcommittee. But
in her opinion church workers
could do more in offering more op-
portunity for sociaGzing and recrea-
tional programs"
IF it were not for the support
that we get from the Couhcil Of
Church Women" Miss Bentley con-
tinued. I'VE would be less effective
than we are"
She revealed to the committee
that despite wide publicity given to
general increase in sex delinquency
of girls. that delinquency here has
not increased much in the last two
and one-half years. On the other
hand, she said, the large number Of
working mothers has helped in
crease delinquency among white
children at the same time that i'm
proved economic conditions has re-
duced cases among colored children.
Ratio of cases now stands $3.50,
Judge Bentley said, in comparison
to the two thirds colored that used
to prevail.
General unrest" has caused more
eases of violence, she added.
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fare to cut down the employables tc
an absolutely unemployable status
and then say, no ceilings. Take
care Of them IS they should be taken
care Of, like human beings and not
like animals
The present monthly ceilings for
one person in public assistance is
$24; for . family Of two persons
$50, and for each person in excess
Of that number under 16 years of
age not more than $6 and not to
exceed $50 to any one family. Old
age assistance is limited to $50 q
person and $40 to blind.
In justifying the $195 900 increase
requested for 1914 for st. Elizabeth'a
Hospital, Mr.. Hun pointed to the
increase in the number of patients
in recent years. He said that the
daily average number of District
patients were: 1899, 3.S43; 1910
4,074; 1941, 4,212, 1912, 4,376 (esti-
mated), 1850, and 1914 (estimateO
1900.
During this part Of the hearing
John Russell Young, president Of
the Board Of Commissioners, told
the group that there were many
people at the hospital VINO were not
really insane"
They are people," Mr.. Young
added, who should be with the peo-
pie that are aged and infirm. They
are just little senile. They should
not be adjudged insane and We
should not be paying for them"
In explaining an increase Of 372,-
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transportation
Strs Concern
LAT Hearings

Concern over the ability of the
mass transportation system to con-
tinue to stand up under the strain
of wartime loadings was voiced at
House hearings on the District
budget.
James H. Flanagan, chairman OF
the Public Utilities Commission, said
the principal difnculty of the Capt.
tai Transit Co. now was to get
enough manpower. quite a few
scheduled trips are not being made
for lack of operators, he said, adding
that some women operators now
are being trained.
Chairman Mahon of the House
Appropriations Subcommittee asked
If workers would be able for an
other year to travel to and from
homes and offices fairly welr' on
buses and streetcars, and Mr.
Flanagan replied:
II am still hopeful. But If we dc
have q serious gas shortage. and ii
the rubber situation is worse than
some people are saying it is, I am
not too optimistic that we will have
rs good service six months or q year
from now as we have now"
The PUG reported there had been
q 10 per cent increase in numbers
of streetcar passengers and IS pe1
cent increase In bus passengers car
Red BY the Capital Transit co. in
1e42 - compared With lezi.
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GoI|inger and Glenn Dale Hit
By Severe Shortage of Nurses
Superintendents Tell House Members
They Cannot Obtoin Needed Employees

Shortage of nurses has proved one
Of the biggest problems Of both Gal
lnger Hospital and Glenn Dale Tu-
berculosis Sanatorium, according to
testimony by superintendent Of
these institutions before the House
subcommittee on District appro-
priations.
At Gallinger. DR.. Edgar A. Bo-
cock, superintendent, said there
were 80 vacancies.
THE graduate nurse situation is
very difficult" he testified. There
are simply not enough graduate
nurses in the United States to meet
the demands. No improvisation, no
substituting. no attempt at pro-
curement will meet the problem"
rs Vacancies 1T Glenn Dale.
DR.. Daniel Leo Finucane, super
intendent Of Glenn Dale, testified
there were 637 patients at the sana-
torium for whom there were sup
posed to be II general duty nurses,
IL supervisors, two assistants and
| one superintendent. On the day
he testified, DR.. Finucane said there
were 26 vacancies.
Attempts were being made to get
along with nurses aides to compen-
safe for lack of nurses. he said, but
owing to the number of ambulatory
patients sent to the Upshur Street
tuberculosis Hospital, reopened last
year, he said there were fewer
ambulatory patients left at Glenn
Dale, and consequently more de-
mand for nursing. There were 63
patients at the Upshur Street
building.
DR.. Finucane and some commit
tee members favored allowing pa
tients who are recuperating to work
part time in the institution.
DR.. Bocock, asking for an associate
medical officer at 5000 to be an
assistant chief obstetrician at Gal
linger. said this post was needed to
help the chief resident in obstetrics
who was in full charge of the service
which last year delivered 1897
babies. and lost cnly two mothers
| out of that total.
Terrific Strain.
This man." said DR.. Bocock, with
four relatively unframed young men
in training. is in charge of all of
the conduct and care of these
mothers plus the genealogical di-
vision, numbering about 80 women,
constantly. The strain upon them,
in our opinion, has been rather ter
rife.
1--WE are just opening a new build
ing to house these services. It will
have $50 beds for mothers and like
number Of beds for infants. We
feel that at the very minimum this
man should have at least someone
who. on the basic of having had
sufficient experience. can share a
part of that terrific load"
Collections from pay patients at
Gallinger Hospital have been much
more substantial under a new sys-
tenn, DR.. Bocock said.
The collection system until two
years ago was not particularly ef-
fective," he said. During the past
two years 1t has been splendidly
improved. Since July more in
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tensive effort than ever before has
been made to evaluate the eligibility
of every person coming in. including
those outsiders or nonresidents.
Collections Double.
THE collections for 1912 were
so, 1000. For the first 23 days OF
March, 1913, the collections were
exactly double that for the entire
month of March, 1912"
Questioned by committee mem
bers concerning possibility of nurses
contracting tuberculosis from pa
tients, DR.. Finucane said:
I'VE feel that employees in q tu-
berculosis sanatorium are probably
less likely to develop the infection
Of tuberculosis because of contact
with the patients than the general
public"
Later DR.. Finucane testified that
"less than half a dozen" employees
have contracted tuberculosis by
working among tuberculous patients
At Gallinger. DR.. Bocock said, the
number OF nurses contracting tuber-
culosis from patients had recently
declined. Formerly he said about
five to eight young women nurses
out OF the 120 taken In every year
contracted the disease. But within
the past nine months this propor-
ton was going down. He said their
hours had been shortened to "A
week. which may have helped.
The ratio was not out of line for
general hospitals, he said, because
sometimes patients come in for 9TH
er treatment and transmit tubercu-
losis before 1t is realized they are
tubercular.
Tn general wards" he said,
nurses and physicians do not take
the same precautions as do those
who are assigned to the tubercu-
losis service"
Increased Rate Sought.
Children's Hospital asked the
committee, through C. D. Drayton,
president of the board of trustees,
for an increase in the rate of COM
pensation from the Health Depart
ment from $3.50 to $3.50 per day for
in-patients, and from 50 to IS cents
for dispensary visits.
I'VE did ask originally" said Mr.
Drayton. "for 81 for in-patients
but we have reached a compromise
with the Health Department, and
the District commissioners are now
satisfied with $3.50 per patient day
in the hospital, and IS cents for
each dispensary visit made by one
of the INDECENT patients sent to us
by the Health Department. even
though the cost In each case is con-
ceded to be considerably higher"
Mr.. Drayton said the hospital had
only q private beds, out Of 210 beds
In all. From IS to 80 per cent OF
the hospital work is charity work, "
he testified.
Mr.. Drayton also asked the COM
mittee to amend the appropriation
act to eliminate the specific require
ments as to expenditure Of sepa-
rate dispensary funds and funds
for in-patients, 80 we can use the
total amount OF the appropriation
for either purpose: that is for dis
pensary visits or for disqualification
Of in-patients."
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the District Of Columbia at the
most prosperous time In history"
Mr.. Mason replied that the
greater part Of that 5000, 900 will
60 to permanent activities" and
that in q city Of 5000 I'VE think
that $1,000, 900 appropriation for
welfare Is not out of line. As q
matter Of fact, it Is lower than most
communities, and particularly the
State of New York and the State
Of Pennsylvania. We have reduced
our public assistance down to the
absolute unemployables."
Asked by Chairman Mahon If the
subcommittee could be Of help re-
ducing personnel and cutting
through procedural red tape. Mr..
HUI replied that there was need
Evening star., 1943-04-16
"A New Fairgrounds
Lack Supervisory
Personnel Funds
Christensen Testifies
To Stuff Needs in
D. c. Budget Hearing

The Districts IA new Fairgrounds
are in danger of opening this sum-
mer with no Recreation Department
personnel to supervise them, it was
disclosed to the House subcommittee
conducting hearings on 1914 budget
estimates.
Recreation Supt. Milo S. Chris
tiansen said Lanham Act funds had
been granted to develop the play
grounds but no money granted them
for supervision. The auotments for
grounds were made, he said, after
department budget estimates of need
for employees had been drawn up
and submitted.
Both Representative Stefan, Re-
publican, of Nebraska and Repre-
sentative Mahon, Democrat, Of Tex
as inquired sharply into the nature
Of the recreation activity under the
department. Earlier Mr.. Stefan
asked Supt. of Schools Frank w.
Ballou If there was duplication be-
tween the department and the
schools. DR.. Ballou denied any du-
plication.
Mr.. Mahon complained of the
large recreation estimates to Juve-
nile Court Judge Bentley and asked
her If she considered supervised
recreation helpful in cutting down
delinquency Judge Bentley de-
clared 1t was necessary.
Are you going to continue these
playground units during the warp
Mr.. Stefan asked Mr.. Christensen
"and have perhaps 10 or IS or 1s
people play baseball game and
5000 to 5000 sitting along the side
lines?"
Mr.. Christensen described the
new Victory Builders program de-
signed to test and improve every
child and adult on the District
Fairgrounds.
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Pearson Is Praised
For Hospital Collections

Activities of Tax Collector Guy
Pearson in collecting fees for care
of District patients at St. Eliza
beth's Hospital brought praise from
District Budget Omcer Walter l.
Fowler at recent House hearings on
the 1914 budget.
For the first eight months OF this
fiscal year such collections totaled
S185,3l4, or an increase Of SIS per
cent over the same period the pre-
vious year. February, 1943. collec-
ttons increased 178 per cent over
the same month last year.
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Mason Sees Income
0uadrup|ed ifD. c..
Ran Liquor Stores
Hos All the Figures He
Says, as ABC Boord Heoe
Disoqrees at Hearing

Sale OF liquor by the package in
stores owned and operated by the
District would quadruple the present
revenue received by the municipal
government in liquor taxes under the
present system, Commissioner Mason
told a House subcommittee during
hearings on the 1914 District appro-
priation bill.
Thomas E. Lodge, chairman of the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board,
disagreed with him, but Commission
er Mason was adamant.
The subject was developed by Rep
resentative Stefan, Republican, of
Nebraska, and the official transcript
shows the following exchange:
Mr.. Stefan: Would you make more
money If we could have them 0iquor
stores) under State control or Dis
trict control like they have In other
States?
"Mr. Lodge: I think not.
Mason Backs Claim.
"Mr. Mason: do not agree with
you on that. think We would make
four times as much money.
Mr.. Lodge: You do?
"Mr. Mason: Definitely. I have all
the figures"
Representative Mahon, Democrat,
OF Texas interrupted to ask Mr.. Ma
son why he thought District revenues
would be increased.
Because we would get all the
profit that these fellows are now get
ting, with not much more cost than
they have" he declared. I'm other
words, If they are making Is per cent
net, the District would make that
The State stores make much more
money than we do"
Commissioner Mason pointed out
that State control Of liquor stores
is now being advocated in Kentucky
as a substitute for private liquor
stores such as those now in Wash
ington on the ground that State
control is superior TO the regulation
and licensing of private stores and
that the States revenue from liquor
would be increased seven times.
Tax Increase Reported.
The monopoly versus the licensing
system of liquor control was burn
ing issue in Washington Before
Congress approved the latter.
Statistics submitted the subcom-
mittee showed that taxes were col
lected in 1912 on 3,714229 gallons of
spirits, 14.124!767 gallons Of beer,
CSC, 1854 gallons OF wine. 1884 gallons
of champagne and 2,ol8 gallons of
alcohol. Corresponding figures for
1941 were: Spirits, 3053 ,209 gallons;
beer, 12.040 ,258 gallons; wine, 516,672
gallons: champagne. 22,748 gallons,
anad alcohol. 3,503 gallons.
The total revenue from the liquor
tax, including license fees, amounted
to $2,482, 700 in 1941. and $2.859, ,438
in 1912. an increase of $376,738.
Mr.. Lodge explained that the in
crease in revenue was due primarily
to higher consumption resulting
from the population growth, coupled
with the fact that because liquor
prices are lower here, case loads of
it are finding their way into such
States as Maryland, Virginia, PENN
sylvania, New York and even Flor
ida, where the bottle price Is higher
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28l for the workhouse and refoema-
tory at Iorton, Va. Mr.. Hun said
more than $50, 900 was required to
take care Of legislative changes in
salary ranges. He also asked for q
director of education, with q salary
Of 5000 year, to establish and
operate curricula in academic sui :
jects in cooperation with industrial
and maintenance work supervisors
to interview new admissions and to
supervise instruction Of in-service
training for personnel.
Appropriation Low.
As for the general budget, Chair
man Mahon commented that he did
not think it was consistent to want
So 1000, 600 plus for the administra-
ton Of the public welfare system In
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first for permission to reorganize
the budget, and next, inclusions IN
the language that will give us some
latitude and not keep us tied up
into vertical organizations"
Those are things that are OBJ
vious," he continued. The things
that are worse have to do with the
children's situation in general. I
do not believe that we should look
upon the money that is expended
for children in the same way as We
look upon relief proposition. It is
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Get the Axis on the run. Buy .
War savings stamp and start .
sSa@pooA
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The sooner you get that War Saw
ings stamp In your book the sooner
you will get victory in the bag.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Nye 10 Resume Talks
On Food Price Study

Senator Nye. Republican. of
North Dakota said yesterday he
expects to resume conferences this
week with officials of the Federal
Trade Commission and other Gov
ernment agencies assigned several
months ago to study food prices in
Washington for Senate Agricul-
ture subcommittee.
Acting under a Senate resolution,
the subcommittee purpose is to
ascertain the spread between prices
at the farm and those paid by the
ultimate consumer on agricultural
commodities.
Senator Nye believes the inquiry
will bear out his contention that
the increase in retail levels is not
attributable to farm prices. The
inquiry is national in purpose, but
the retail study is being made here
for the convenience of the sub
committee
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Arlington TO Issue
Book 4 at Schools
On October III

George D. Kicker, chief clerk of
the Arlington County Ration Board,
yesterday announced that war ra-
ton book will be issued October
81 and % at all county schools.
One person from family may
apply for all its members on presen-
tation of all No. 3 books belonging
to the family unit, Mr.. Kicker said.
Renewals of gas rations for per-
sons whose books expire October
% must be mailed in Immediately
gas division officials said. All re-
newals must be signed by trans
portation officers or employers. New
rations will be mailed out
Renewal application for Basic A
books must be filed before October
81, 1t was said, in order that motor
lists may receive requirements be-
fore present A coupons expire.
Applications for A books must be
obtained from the board Offices or
tire inspection station and rcust be
sent in with the current tire in
spection record and the back cover
OF the present A book.
Arlington countys tire quota for
October has been reduced one-fifth,
Mr.. Rlker said, and only car owners
who drive 60l miles per month or
more will be eligible for new tires.
The quota for other types of
tires remains unchanged, he said,
except for farm tractor and ir,nIe
ment tires which will be reduced
because OF seasonal decline in
demand.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Virginia Schools Plan
New Drive 10 Buy
Jeeps With Bonds
BY the Associated Press

BY the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Oct. 9.-Pupils of
1000 Virginia schools have launched
campaign to buy the equivalent of
at least 365 jeeps and a similar num-
Der of smaller pieces of war equip
ment before December 7, Pearl Har-
Dor Day, the Virginia War Finance
Committee said
DR.. Edward Alvey. jr, committee
official, noted that Virginia schools
exceeded their quota of 174 jeeps by
more than 1000 per cent last term,
investing in War bonds and stamps
nearly s1,8OO,0OO or enough to buy
1875 jeeps.
The campaign is termed triple
threat one, and DR.. Alvey said this
was symbolic Of the attack our BOYS
are making on the enemy on land,
on sea and in the air.
The schools of America he said.
will back our fighting forces by buy
ing for them the jumping jeep, used
In every campaign, the duck am
phibian jeep, used successfully in
landing troops in Sicily, and the fly
ing 'grasshopper' jeep, used for
aerial reconnaissance and for di-
recting artillery fire. The total cost
Of all three jeeps is S6,255.
Smaller schools may symbolic
the triple-threat attack by 'purchas-
ing a motor scooter, used on land,
sl85; parachute. used by our para
troopers, SOS; and lifeboat for four
persons, costing $3.50. This group
totals $500"
Schools which successfully COM
plete their campaigns by December
will receive special Treasury
citation.
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ImmonueI Lutheran
Cornerstone Rite Todoy

The cornerstone of the new I'M
manuel Evangelical Lutheran
Church in the 1900 block of Russell
road, will be laid at p. m. today.
The pastor, the Rev. William
Menslng, announced that a list of
all the church members now in
armed services as well as other i'm
portant documents will be sealed in
the cornerstone
Chaplain Herman H. Heuer, now
on duty at the ONCE of the Chief
OF Chaplains of the Army, will be
the principal speaker.
The Rev. J. l.. Summers. Char
lotte, N. c., executive secretary of
missions, as we'll as pastors from
Washington and vicinity, have been
invited.
The building will be of Colonial
design, in brick with white wood
work, and will contain the altar
from the present church at Alfred
and Cameron streets, which has
been used by the congregation for
73 years.
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Motion 10 Quash Verdict
Filed in Quarry Case
By the Associated Press,

By the Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, Oct. 9.-Counsel
for Walter Paul Harrison today filed
with the court its reasons for con-
tending that the verdict should be
set aside in the case of the 34-year-
old former streetcar motorman, con-
victed by a jury of drowning his
wife and four children in a quarry
The jury which convicted him Sep
tember Is fixed Harrison's punish
ment at death, but formal sentence
has not been passed.
Arguments on the defense motion
will be heard October l8 before
Judge Willis C. Pulliam in Hastings
Court. Part Two, here.
The attorney for Harrison, A.
Clair Sager. maintained that the
court erred on several points
notably in refusing to grant the
motorman's motion for a change of
venue, in allowing improper aues-
tions, and in making prejudicial re-
marks from the bench during the
interrogation of prospective jury
men.
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Corpl. SorreII in Britain

Corpl George Sorell, graduate
of Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School, is doing his bit to promote
British h-American good will Mrs.
Massey Black. a member of the high
school faculty, recently received a
red, white and blue poster from
Corpl. Sorell featuring his inter-
pretation of The American Utter
bug" as the principal attraction at
a benefit somewhere in England for
the Merchant Marine Navy Comfort
Fund
Evening star., 1943-10-10
Montgomery Dispensaries
Experience New Run

Liquor dispensaries in Montgomery
County Yesterday reported one of
the biggest days in their history,
with customers standing in line at
one dispensary in the Montgomery.
Area.
Beryl r. English, general manager
Of the county dispensary system, at
trihuted the run on the stores to the
fact a number of liquor stores were
closed in the District because of the
Jewish holiday.
However he said. many Virginia
and District residents have been pa
tronizing the dispensaries lately and
sales have been especially heavy.
Because of this trend. the sale of
whisky has been restricted to Tues
Gays, Thursdays and Saturdays. This
policy was placed in effect as form
of rationing several months ago, but
vas lifted recently when liquor sales
fell off. The tremendous demand
has again made it necessary to re-
strict selling days Mr.. English said.