Evening star., 1943-06-22
Trade Board
Backs Welfare
Powers Shift.
Voices DisopprovoI
Of Federal I-Owned
Liquor Stores Here

Approval of the House resolution
which would transfer present ad-
ministrative powers of the Board OF
Public Welfare to the Commission
ers was voted yesterday by the Ex-
ecutive Committee of the Washing
ton Board Of Trade.
The resolution provides that the
Welfare Board shall have power to
visit, inspect and investigate any
institution, and make recommended
tions to the Commissioners. The
board. or a committee, would be re-
quired to visit each such institution
at least once each month. All pres
ent powers of the board would be
vested in the Commissioners.
In another action, the executive
committee disapproved a bill intro
duced by Representative West, DEM
ocrat of Texas, providing that the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
establish and maintain Government
liquor stores in the District.
Indorse Baby Broker Bill.
Approval was given a recommen-
dation of the charities and correc-
tions committee. headed by j. Aus
tin Latimer, that the Board of
Trade indorse the baby broker bill
reported yesterday by the House
District Committee. Minor amend
ments will be urged by the Board of
Trade when the measure reaches the
Senate District Committee.
The Executive Committee also
approved two recommendations
made by the Public Schools Com
mittee. of which George E. Keneipp
is chairman. One urged that voca-
tional schools be given the status
of vocational high schools and
diplomas be granted. A second res
olution called on the Army and Navy
to detail commissioned officers to
act as instructors in carrying out
an efficient physical education pro-
gram in District high schools, thus
giving replacement to staffs being
depleted through calls into the
armed services.
AS to vocational schools, a Board
of Trade committee after making a
survey said low enrolment was due
to lack of understanding by students
as to the schools operations. and
sufficient encouragement given STU
dents attending such schools. Stu
dents winning diplomas would find
their employment chances enhanced,
the report pointed out 1t was en-
phaSized that cities of comparable
size award vocational school diplo-
mas.
Physical Training.
Adequate physical training de-
manded by the armed services can
not be given high school students if
the armed forces take the instruc-
tors. the public schools committee
said the present unhealthy condition
could be rectified by Army Navy
assignment of qualified instructors
to District high schools.
The Executive Committee Endorsed
the stand taken by the Commits
sioners and Fire Chief Stephen T.
Porter that firemen are prohib-
tied from engaging in other occu-
pations while off duty. 1t was
pointed out that the firemen re-
Gently have been given $500 in
crease in salary. and that the well
fare and protection of our entire
city must come before any individual
enterprise" Attention was called in
the resolution to the fact that fire.
men are subject to call "a hours a
day, and that the possibility of air
raids with destruction by fire. could
not be overlooked by the District
authorities.
E. Barrett Prettyman. first vice
president of the Board of Trade
the Executive Committee chairman,
presided.