Evening star., 1950-01-08

succeeding to the Presidency
for Jacob Rs Of New YORK city an
Washngtons report led the fora
ton Of Presidents housing committee headed by George M
mad s any e
rental houses @ occupied in Washington today built that
borhood Of the Capitol in manner somewhat similar
considering housing appropriation he
o U n by
was raining at the time and that laundry being dried within
Barber Shop hardly add appropriation
in laid down policy of caring for tho
eydwelng population District Alley Dwelling Au-
alley dwellings as rapidly as possible
be-
to the streets and made minor streets
greatly handicapped the local housing public
Originally established replace
or lowren projects
m Of a's seg % no relation with " original
In ls4s there was created BY Act Of Congress the District
be important duty Of the Although authorized
funds for sum clearance and redeeopmen
In 1879 under the National Housing
act Of lsa was restored to that authority Under this latter
the m @ @ rss M sv IT m ask dv for funds o
ngton having total population 1887 Capital
than 1900 substsnasrd dwellings, in the
on aEs 9 to the nea en
to be solved without delay u OH ''A' pl''''l
District Judicial System Expanded and Reoraanized
No more notable change has occurred in the District
the so years than in the expansion Of the courts both in number
made
in 1905 and modernized in 1885,
Of the justices of the and the incumbent
Municipal Court under the latter the having
The District Of Columbia Court Of appeals
and the Supreme Court Of the District Of Columbia 1885
s
@ G0TE S \ United mite States Court peal
materially increased and that the District Court copondnsy
Metropolitan Police Woman's Bureau
For the civicminded and public
s s pss the Of
by executive order in 1915 set up such bureau
mrs spnsssn the a head q the
Wrinkle her assistant She was succeeded by Mrs Van Wrinkle
the bureau succeeded
m the s to hold the rank rank of
m was ss su ACTIVE ea at IT, the m time the plan
s that shers were
Baker Secretary and others were among
tiS raj 'ff the
has indicated completely the Judgment Of its advocates
bureau statutory both to increase It's prestige definite
at time eliminated by executive order the Commissioners
Board of Recreation Created
An act Of Of 1912 created the
consisting OF seven members four citizens appointed by the
OF the District Of Columbia and three members
sent respectively the Board Of Education the District
and the ONCE National Capital Parks This
bring about unified control Of the public recreation facilities
District consolidating the Playground Department District
the community center the public schools
and the operation OF recreation features the Once
Capital Parks.
The once Of National Capital Parks branch Of the Federal
OF the Interior has been reluctant to requ
its recreation activities to the Board Of Recreation District civic
leaders rule regard this attitude of the Department Of the
being unwarranted and cite the
that considerable part Of the in question purchased
with District tax Though the title United
States the District Of Columbia tax had supplied most
Of the purchase Efforts being
able hope Of for placing all District Of Columbia recreation
and facilities under the control and direction the Board
Of Recreation.
REGIONAL Problems Require Regional Solution
The of the District Columbia adjacent
urban Metropolitan Area has different
confronting problems Relief upper
River pollution regional problem
and Interstate Commission making substantial
Other regional problems such
highway extensions and uniformity municipal
federation Council opportunity for constructive planning and
leadership