Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1943-02-28
Civic Problems, CivicBodies
Express Bus Changes Deferrcd;
General Approval of New Amendment
BY JESSE c. SUTER.


BY JESSE c. suffer-
The Public Utilities Commission.
Columbia governmental which
scuous place in civic affairs With the
back on its hands through action
Co rate hearing under the sliding appeal
RECREATION OF Citizens Associations and of its constituent
organizations from changing
the lakoma Manor Chllum
1t has a large order
Usually the commission has only deal with conendng
eroupshe utilities representing
public In each
Wit, the Federal Government through
In the the director
OF economic s1aozaoh ana the Treasury Department the
agencies concerned In the bus
Transportation is the
In the companies sliding
scale which popular
utilities scheduled these
way AS to the electric threat Government
is made unless the rates lowered to suit.
What the will predicted
the commission has long job ahead
Citizens Fight Changes in Express Bus Services
On Wednesday the Federation
Manor Park Citizens Association the Citizens Association of Ia
koma c. the Chlum Heights Citizens Association
civic leaders OF the Takoma Manor Park Chum Heights Pet
worth filed application for reconsideration
of the bus step appeal
the of
application would have become effective February
The application operates a temporary stay
the odso the il express line and the other services will
tinue without change through this week, longer The
arguments support application on
Friday March a
The allegations support of the petition grouped
peculiar
citizen this time All of them we'll
but will not permit "details of but No regarding peoples
counsel.
To quote Said petitioners alege and that people
of the District Columbia
by peoples counsel provided
OF the code OF 1910 of the District OF Columbia and that the
posal at issue In this proceeding initiated
Utilities Commission suggestion
of the Office of Defense Transportation proceeding
antagonisc of petitioners
the District of Columbia in which the people and
entitled to the services of peoples counsel
petitioners alge
proceeding appearance
peoples provided by
the
of the features the the
vigorous objection proposed disseminating of the
Il express line change by
but opposed by the representative ODT But the order
is claimed to be the policies The
petitioners strong showing point
The challenge of the validity of the proceedings without the
people having peoples the first time that
question before
associations have continued to demand the filling of the
Office of peoples counsel but somehow the question of legality Of
without
overlooked completely
1t is understood that an appeal will be made to the court if
the commission declines the relief. ruling
gadng the office of peoples counsel will be awaited
In the meantime citizens in the sections affected by these
proposed changes services
travel time between home and places of employment not to be
abandonment all operating
Victory garden And that the particular section where
they really do gardening.
New Representation Proposal Being Generally Approved
AS the organizations meet they all appear voting ap-
posed amendment Federal Constitution
enabling provision for amending the Constitution
legls-
latve detail and its reascnabness appeals
that they believes
lying American principles find either
giving hearty support to the proposal
The civic keep House
Representatives
proposal task requiring united front ntel
gent persistent effort quality
Organizations individuals
all they please unless they everlastingy
be real helpers "Americanzng
tonan."
Some organizations individuals always running
tangent to support some supposedly easily obtained ega
ton toward the goal But while they
climbing
determination
real goal.
Now is the time earnestly
Capper amendment. 1t reasonable