Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1945-05-03
Permission Refused
School Cadets 10 Sell
Flowers for Veterans


fused permission to its high school
cadets to sell "forget-me-nots" on
behalf of the Disabled American
Veterans on the protest of a men,
Der that the Government is already
providing for veterans and that
such a benefit sale should in any
case be part of the Washington
Community Chest.
The Student Activities Committee
of the board at a meeting yesterday
had been asked to allow cadets to
aid in the public sale May IL. After
the objections of C. Melvin Sharpe
that veterans already have many
sources of aid available, the COM
mittee refused official permission
but stated that any student out of
school hours and out of uniform
could volunteer to sell the flowers if
he wished. Mr.. Sharpe added that
the drive should be a part of the
Community Chest designed to COM
bine all financial appeals except the
Red Cross and War Bonds.
Criticize Police Department.
Criticism of the Metropolitan Po-
lice Department for failure to pro-
.tect the old Patterson School at
chesapeake street and Nichols ave-
nue. S.W. from neighborhood van
.dalism was expressed by Adelbert w.
Lee, board member. Mr.. Lee said
children were making targets out
of all the windows" in the building
which was abandoned a month ago.
He warned that if the destruction
was not stopped. the children would
extend their vandalism to other
buildings in the community.
The matter was brought to the
attention of No. II precinct station
about week ago by school officials
Mr.. Lee pointed out. but a police
guard was not furnished until this
week.
The board also voted to resubmit
two projects for the erection and
improvements of Negro schools to
Government agencies which pre-
viously denied requests for priori-
ties. A new proposal to build a two
story school at Fourteenth and
Jackson streets NE. for Negros will
be filed with the War Production
Board. The WPB had approved
plans for a one-story building, but
Adelbert Heinmiller, school budget
officer, pointed out the Board of
Education could not build a one
story building because the appro-
priation was for two-story one.
In addition the board was ad-
vised by the War Manpower Com
mission to resubmit its priorities
application to improve three Negro
schools in the vicinity of Twenty
fourth street and Benning road
NE. after June l.
May Take Over Repair Shop.
The board also decided to investi-
gate further the possibility of taking
over control of the District repair
shop; to await advice from the cor
poration counsel before deciding to
accept the offer of w. T. Piper. air
plane manufacturer, of cub
plane to demonstrate flying prin-
ciples to students. and to ask Con-
gress during 1916 budget hearings
next week to appropriate $4,000 for
the education of children of vet
Grams of this war.
Request of the WAVES to look at
school records to get the names and
addresses of alumnae for recruit
ment purposes was disapproved on
the motion of Mr.. Lee, who
said that with the approach of We
day he could not see that the
WAVES would need to recruit any
more girls He also objected to out
side agencies looking at school rec
ords, no matter how patriotic" the
purpose.
Only 48 old drinking fountains
out of 1853 obsolete ones listed a year
ago still remain to be replaced and
will be removed by September, the
board was told.
| Robert L. Haycock, superintend-
ent, said that offer of a training
plane by Mr.. Piper included free
transportation of the plane to and
from the factory and insurance for
the plane and passengers. but no
insurance for the pilot Corpora
ton Counsel Keech is expected to
report on other legal aspects in a
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