Evening star., 1948-12-12
Civic Problems, Civic Bodies
Roses to Substitute for Jap Beetles;
Posting Legislators Needs More Effort
By Jesse c. Suter
If Metropolitan and Park Police

Proposed Merger
Last July Representative Democrat of Alabama
introduced of the Ehtieh Congress bill
Of the superintendent Metropolitan
of the epamen iq of the It principle
the Federal that any te%p p
opposition emphasized the
the nrdsueon pHss th b aueson
This great and Other par parks in the D e e ce
National Parks of the M the IT .n hs
District.
opposition Police with the Metropolitan
would increased taxation to meet
address December before the Junior Board
ounns history the Park reported that he
m thee M1oposn T po The he
would on be- from to
idea challenged by local. civic leaders who point to the fact
under fs Of National
include and the United states Park Police
purchase maintenance exchange and
revovers uniforms and radio equipment and the
motor cycles and self-p propelled machinery -"
Even appropriation would
natural that the OF the District OF
BY the DEPARTMENT the interior would Of
would add little ANYTHING No the Districts financial burden
with the ber. % M m n m a ea't n other s e
wi within the o o. nt o.nt to the nd. .oa the nus
buildings guards
Manor Park Residents Expect Fine Roses Next Year
During of Manor Park have been
hard hit by japanese beetles leadership
S m disease dust which nfects the erub
citizens base their optimism fine roses on their belief that they
Park of the residential sections Of washmgtGn
activities Of aggressive citizens association
the sinele-famiy detached dwellings
al and nT mo Of e r sne @
the launching Of the control % had been
given the association BY the suresd o a % r f
that the Manor Park 1Se Son TH Sa o o n
The @ .pd sssd xss e
last May and completed in the latter
part Of August.
of the treatment applied by the residents to their areas the
area to the extent Of per therefore
question were the Whittier School grounds
the Calvin Coolidge High School
in sE see's Of sepsDer 5ppar ~
of the Department of Agriculture and in
area area nnS nd % as
through the public the cent infection
% cm area near the Coolidge School II the
already present has surely spreas promptly from the
RrSpsf"sl Tors While ss"so nearby 0''''' "''N'
In this private surround
recreation treated part tor
conducted by the Citizens association of Iss0ma ma
the necessity adjacent citizens sssocia
japanese eses vel .
n systematic mat and thorough manner
the during the campaign OF which the residents OF
1856 declined
applied with the remaining 2s6 contacts could
Manor Park section
has had highly association 1t eawakened
interest in the organization brought many
forward hopefully to the spring OF 1s4s II the
anticipated elimination
will result pGfson Of hns Towering
activities
LEGISLATORS Lack Vital knowledge District Affairs
legislators regarding vital District OF
truly probably matched by
the regarding the District of Columbia believed
practical method
of handling problem them the knowledge Of the truth
with which they cud
presents a dfncu problem
before
organization
Capital miss the target completely These
legislature OF
the which from all parts of the Nation
vialy affected people
permanent residents of the District
striking incidents in Illustration OF this practice might be ctea