Show r capital housing problem iy ay vexes district Offid officials als iz school and water supply facilities are also seriously taxed by influx of defense workers by BAUKHAGE national farm and home hour flour commentator service 1343 11 street N W washington D C washington millions for defense but not enough sense to contribute sufficient funds to the district of columbia budget that is the washington city governments present charge against congress the other day I 1 sat in the office of one of the district commissioners and an army officer who had been drafted to help work out the cites housing problems and they seemed pretty helpless we got the money to meet the emergency situation that is growing in the district as a result of the defense program was the burden of their song washington is run by a commission three men our three mayors if you will appointed by the president our board of aldermen are the district committees of the house of representatives and the senate the federal government bears a share share of the expense of running the city but not enough say the citizens of the district all they can do is say for they have no vote either locally or nationally the emergency is bringing thousands of new workers here from june 1930 to january of this year nearly new government employees moved in the figures for february due to be released in a few days are expected to show a big increase the washington board of trade estimates that new residents have moved into the district of columbia in the last year question of schools in addition to these extra beds and baths that must be provided there is the question of schools the commissioner with whom I 1 was discussing the situation cited one example down there between bolling boiling field which will soon be the center of american aviation and the naval re search laboratory he said the federal government has built family units it will probably be increased to 1000 these are just for the navy yard workers right there will probably be enough children to fill one schoolhouse alone A million and a quarter dollars it is estimated should be spent on schools alone in washington as a result of the influx of residents this is to say nothing of the next most pressing need facilities to increase the water supply the canal zone is not much hotter than washington in the summer people take a lot of showers we have a potomac ful fui of water but we need more pipes arid and pumps the greatest portion of the cites expense however goes to taking care of the homes and the offices and people which make up the federal government anyone who thinks the life of a government worker is all roses frankincense and myrrh in these days needs only to listen to the local director of the housing association who says doubling up complaints frequent complaints of doubling up in apartments and froomin rooming 9 houses come to us one bath for 15 to 20 persons is a common grievance three to six unrelated roomers in the parlor of a once fine private residence is not uncommon very bad say the health authorities for sanitation very bad for mo morale ale too and then washington has on its periphery a number of army camps cantonments canton ments and forts by july the boys on leave will be flocking in in from an army of nearly a hundred thousand men their welfare and amusement have to be taken care of too the district government therefore is struggling with the congressional committees attempting to convince them of needs A bill is now being considered d which would increase the proportion which the federal government contributes to the federal city but the officials cannot bank on the money until it is in hand american housewives and vitamins an efficient secretary laid a newspaper clipping on my desk the same days mail brought a letter en closing a magazine article from a farm woman listener the newspaper clipping said the housewives of the united states are soon to receive the most thorough education in how to feed their families ever provided by any nation in the world the american housewife is going to learn a great deal about vitamin B and about all th the e other vitamins I 1 ran through the magazine article it was written by velma carson 12 years ago and in it she remarked on what a misapprehension most city people have concerning the modern farm woman the author told how a companion in a pullman made some pitying remark about a woman they passed who was hoeing in a garden miss carson said 1 I explained that quite likely the pathetic creature we recently had passed would be in a chiffon dress by afternoon powdered with the same brand lady her name has indorsed endorsed indor sed marcellea mar celled into shining waves and driving her car to a meeting where a professor from the state university would give latest gossip on vitamins a subject so fascinating cina ting to farm women ever since they have discovered hidden forces in the old familiar greens As one progressive earnest white haired lady said to me once after a home demonstration agents lecture well I 1 always fed my family on just what we had on the farm milk butter eggs cheese and vegetables and such it sure was a piece of luck these things all had vitamins flapjacks Flap jacks for the navy when the cooks of the U S S wyoming or any other ship with a complement of 1200 men get their pancakes it is quite an undertaking to provide them down at the navy department you can see a cook book with recipes just like any cook 1 1 10 sea air makes for big appetites A cook in the galley of the battleship wyoming prepares flap lacks by the hundreds for breakfast book but the figures are different I 1 looked at the recipe for flapjacks flap jacks the other day here it is is lbs ibs flour vt lbs its short 10 dozen eggs ening 10 ibs sugar 10 lbs ibs evaporated ivi lbs ibs baking milk powder 70 ats water wi ills ibs salt the same men who dispose of this order of cakes in one day will eat 1500 pounds of fresh meat 3 pounds of fresh vegetables 1300 pounds of fresh fruit and dozen eggs to say nothing of the canned goods consumed bears get friendly in national parks the bears in our national parks are getting too pally with tourists so the national park service has issued a warning it seems that when humans begin fraternizing with a bear the bear begins to treat them as equals this means that when a human huma n gets between a mother bear and her offspring ma chases him out of the way sometimes administering a well aimed swat in the process bear incident is the governments name for damage to property i and injuries to persons as a result of the publics disregard of rules against getting too familiar with bruin moral dont treat bears as equals BRIEFS by baukhage fl von has been able to fool most of the small nations of europe but after the revolt in go slavia he can no longer be called hillers Hit lers ace dupe lomat C leopold has been commissioned by the war department to modernize army bands that see seems m S to call for hand or organs gans and music boxes in a mechanized army 41 L washington has the highest ratio of mental patients of any jurisdiction tio n in the country this record is not no t based on the ravings of the politicians tic ians nuts from all over the country come here to tell the president how to end the war or balance the budget or make two rabbits in his hat grow where one grew before they are tenderly turned elizabeths hospital over to st |