Evening Star Newspaper, December 11, 1923, Page 4

Board of Trade Hears of : Plans for Capi M_éeting Marked by tal Developmen_t Committee Reports - and Addresses by :Men of National Prominence.” Wegds and ideals of Washington were discussed last night at a large- 1y attended meeting of the Board of Trade held in the ballroom-of the New Willard, at which, n addition | to the transaction of the regular business of the organization, ad- dresses were made by several men prominent In national aftairs. This, meeting was an auspicious opening of the season, which ls marked by the resumption of relations. so to epeak, between the District and Con- gress. Two representatives of that body, in thelr remprks ~before the Board of Trade, gaye assurances of continued work ahd probable suc- cesE in securing important improves| ments in and fof the National Cap-! 1tal. | The board heard reports from its{ committee on national representation the committees on universities and pri- vate schools, river and, harbor im- provement, American ideals, commu- nity affairs, municipal finance and| from the national councilor on the Ch ; .John. Ihider, | Washington Council president of the Repr Social Agencles; entative Jokin W. Langley of Kentucky, chair- | man of the House committee on pub- ‘ez buildings; Representative Frank “lgrk of Florida, Brig. Gen. Charles | H.3Sawyer and Bishop Freeman. | = Bond I Gareful study of the boBd {ssue for the District of Colum- bia was commended by the commi tes on municipal finance to ita suc- cegaors for the ensuing yoar. Roger J. AVhiteford, chalrman of the com- infétee, said that the question of th District in the one outstand- ing matter affecting local municipal finance during the vear, and cen- | tinged 15 matter being In the special| o of tho citizens’ joint commit the the Treasury 1 relations’ between federal government of Columbia, and which embr. 115~ membership representatives allieivic and business ‘nterests, your ommitteo has coneldered it Its Auty to support the larger committee in 3ts succesafnl advocecy of the ex- ce of the surplus and the right of “the District of Cblumbla to the #amp. Our dommittee Is much gratl- | fiad that success ha crowned the effgrts of the citizens' joint com-| migee.” - For Distriet Representation. Vigorous efforts will be made before the-Sixty-elghth Congress, stated Theo- . Noyes, chairman of the special ramittee on natlonal representation, ave adopted the constitutional @ment which has been pending for empowering Congress to t -representation In Con- the eleétoral college. Mr. ‘e shall begin the battle in the new | Congress with renewed and increased | enthusiasm and cpnfidence inspired by our: success in sscuring from the strong and’ Influential Sengte District commit- | tee: of the Bixty-seventh Congress a favgruble repart upof our constitutional amendiment, -aetting forth clearly, fully nd: convincingly the reasons upon p the committes’s approval of our t s bused. ) betbre the which has been comsidering -in the eventh Congress Severt] brop. | ositions of municipal and territorial suffrage for the District, and which, taking ®p_guickly the gereral sub: ject: of suffrage in the District, may wish to <onsider the question in its| brogdesit aspects, including cur prop- ositlon for national representation b constituional amendment. The Sen- ate ‘District committee followed this line of procedure and insisted upon having bafore it for simultaneous comgideration all_of the pending propositioms for District suffrage— mupiclpal, erritorial and rational: 1} the,; House District dommittee, with ¢ assent of the House, takes juris diction of our constitutional amend- | ment we shll push our campaign be- fore the Hbuse Disirict committes witl) the Same earnestness, and we hope with the same success, as hefore the Senate District commlittee in the, last Congress.'” Approval was given by the board Starting Some bi§ Excitement floi;ou Real Shoe Sale ~ right in the . I;'Illdst of the Holiday . Rush ~ e [OmoITow a. | ernment ! secretary. to the campalgn of the George Wash- irgton Uniyersity ase fts en- dowment, when it v avorably o & regolution contained in the report the committee on universities and E nted by Willlam & acting man. The report pointed the necessity of legislation to prevent K from overliberal incc universities and colleges in the Dig- trict of Columbia. N “There are at the present time in the District of Columbia & rumber of educational institutions bearing the name ‘college’ and ‘university. the report sald. number of them are really colleges and universites, doing work of college and university rank and granting degrecs gpon high standards of education. There are other educational Institutions known &s ‘colleges’ which do excellent work, but not strictly of collegiate grade, There have been and doubtless silll a alled “‘colleges’ ‘univer- hich are not doing bona fide educational work of any kind o legislating against the last clags great care must be taken nof to interfere with the legitimete ao- tivities of established institutions 0w designated as ‘colleges and uni- ersities, which are not within defini- tions designed for the future. up .the case of George ington, Uniyersity. the repont | pointed out that this university gives i number of wcholarships to the pubs lic schools, ) As State University. “It serves ta & lurge degre: in thls District the functions of a state u verst the report continued. It affords an opportunity for higher education to the boys und girls who graduate from the public schools and whose flnancial . circumstances ane such that they must go to college and live at home, If they are to go to college at all. It further serves the important national need of giv- ing mn oppertunity for higher edu- cation to students who are in gov employ and can devote a of their evenings to intel- lectual tmprovement. It Is an im portant adjunct to the civil servic of the government.” The report pointed portion other large citles. adding that the need is greater here ‘The board adopted anothér resolu. tion contained In the report direct- ing this committee to formulate and present to Congress a bili to prevent abuses {n the orgahization and opera- tion of colleges and pniversities in this District not properly entitled to such designations Engineering Improvemen! Domands of the present adminis- tration for the exercise of unusual economy have made it difficult to obtain consideration for improvement projects, however meritorious they may be, the report of the commit tee on river and harbor Improveme pointed out. The report, read by the scoretary, was signed by Frank P. Leetch, chalrman of the committee. The report told of the progress being made in the improvements be- low Bepning bridge on the Anacos- tia river, and ‘pointed out that the War Department order directing that draw-spans be placed in the two bridges over the Anacostia river at Benning had been delayed until Congress authorizes reclamation at or above these bridges. A board of enginesrs now is pre- paring a report-on the desirability of continuing_this' reclémation project above the Bennihg bridg ucce ful efforts of the committee In having the proposed memorial bridge de- signed for.a draw were pointéd to in the report. . s hile actual accomplishment with respect to the preparation of satis- factory plans for the permanent treat- ment of the Washington harbor front has not been materlalls report said, as crystallizatiop of sentiment as to the merit of the proposed undertaking. Community Affairs and Ideals. The report of the committes on eommunity affeirs, Perry B. Turpln, chairman,” read by Secretary Arthur Carr, told of the efforts to decide on a large public or semi-public stadium. Several meetings have been held, and a subcommittee of thls committee and the law and public buildings committee {s still considering ways and means to advance such a projec The repert of the committee on American ideals, A J, Driscoll, chair man, was read by D, A. Edwards, it It outllned the Amerl THE EVENING 'STAR, WASHINGTON, e lon work . among the_ f n element, but inted oul fi'l“("‘tfu work wi gring 1 Jaghk ‘The school now | 3 of & school buildin the hope to make ral part of th ory day instead only two or three Btter interest could he maintal etter work done. Report of Councllo; " The report .of the natjon: allor, Samusl-J.’ Prescott, r ing the local board on the of Commerce of the United States: was read by tho secrotary. ed the work at the annual meeting of the chambet,:and told of the next res Sim“l conference in’ Philadeiphia, January 37 and 18 wext. It recom- mended 'that the board be represent- ad at the National School for Com- mercial Organization Becretaries oach year, and.also urged a close co-oper- ation hetween the boerd and the na. tional chamber, ? Followinx the adoption of the re- ort President E. F. Calladay of the oard, sg{d that if ®ny members ~ [EXENECTREN) &} The! )} of Soclal nei ] 'S‘f Sonn thiters pras dire! Wished to attend. the resionsl_con. Te J: Fllflldplnhl.‘ l-to zfl!ld :"-fl'an Loy iy e e 3 em as delegates, : @ ?fll wo?f of the Washinkton Coun- s was outlined dent, and also ctor of the oivic development de- partment of United tes, Chamber ot,Cnmm;tco- ¢ sald fhe” council ‘Washington had been going for pointing out that its pur. Ppose.was not financial but to set defi- nite standards of work for the vari- gus organizations, bringing (i weak up, to the standard of the a.. . and p. joonterences developing .. .iif %a at one organization did uo. d the field of the other. It I pose to get a dollar's worth for every dollar spent, and he urged that or- ganizations not now n the ageacy should come in, Telly of Hardiag Memorial. Brig. Gen. Charles H. Bawyer teld of tho proposed Harding memorial and asked for support to make the DroETAM & BUGC He sald that t arganization must have something 0 the neighborhood of $2,000,00 adding that not all of it would be #pent in erecting the mausoloum and x;un)u-lnx the Harding home in rlon for the preservation of relics, Sy e " . TUESDAY, DECEMBER 11, 193, but that an endowment would be whether it would be possible to get roug Referring to the Prestdent’s oft-re- Washington withoyt takiag care of established to maintain them. a bujlding program peated statement of more business in other places in the country. government and less government in business, he told of the late Fresl dent’s, desire that there be estab- 1ished ‘i some institution a place for teaching the fanstions of gove: Qut of that augkestion. he s coms the idea of creating a chair in some pniversity where this coud be one,énd he thought there could be mo moré fitting memorial. Congrespional Sympathy. Congress 18 in sympathy Wwith the lans for the District of, Columbla, epresentative Langley H said he wasn't ashamed to admit that more than half of his life had been spent in this city. « He gaid that he-thought that the commercial impariance of Waashing- ton had been over: mated, bt add- @4 that it had great possibilftfes and that he 14 be glad to do what Iittle he could. \ The ' Kénjucky representative sald that Washington needed more bufld- When Representative Clark was in- troduced, she pointed out that the speaker before him hadn't told them what he would do. Publfo Bullding Neeods. ley hadn't saild he woul {ngton $5,000,000 a yea: stepped the question, and created much laughter, when he added: “I'll net sidestep the question. I am willing to glve Washington every- thing on earth she needs, provided we get ours back home. 11 favor & great omnibus building bill Depart- ment of Justice building, a magnifi patent office, bulldings you nee: we'll give you & beautiful n_ 1 all But Reuben back home, supports us. “We are all proud of Washington. It is the best capital In all the world, and I am with you to bulld it up. But ings and it needed more hospitals, but teil your papers to stop writing ‘pork’ that this is & big country and -other | whe; places needed them, tos, but that he 'yp, in a position to wag not - » lIni|||n'|u|>mmmn-nnummnuj[l:”“fl"w%,.. v (1 uAnru £ Gifts Men Like! 5,000 Plain, Fancy and White Shirts Emery, Eagle and Excello Makes 1,200 Fine Madras -and Repp Shirts 2,500 Silk Stripe Madras Shirts (3 for 1,300 English Broadcleth, Poplins, -Fiber8ilks and Jersey Shirts 1724 Pa. Aw Money’s Worth or D. J. Kaufman 1005-7 Pa. Ave. Inc. (3 for $4.75) 2 (3 Money Back Sl 65 2 $6.75) 2,500 pairs of our regular $5 and $6 **Hahn Special’’Men’s Shoes Reduced for 3 days only Vbl ] E275—Scotcl{ Gfain, overweight soles ./ D127—Black or Tan D197—Patent or Black E196—Patent, Tan E197—Patent Calf with or Black Calf Calf, Tan Calf top " These-and-Others ' Reduced to s Beginning Tomorrow at. . 8 AM.—at All Our - N .. Stores EXCEPT G St. Tan Scroll top - D300—Tan Calf, Munson-last Army Shoe Cor. 7th & K Sts. 414 9¢k St. 19 14-16 Pa. Ave. 233 Pa. Ave. SE.. T T AT T T A S A LA LA LA 3 AT T A A LA AT T AT T LA A A L e i i w g g ¥ v v @ & y. @ ¥ EEVEREVEVETET & public bulldings biil comes That's how you can get bulld- predict ingg, “Don’t deny us & $50,000 or $75,- e ofulius Lanshu oSurniture Go. Entrance, 909 F Street Ninth at I Some Striking Evidence of “Quality That Endures”—at Low Prices BEAUTIFUL AMERICAN WALNUT VENEER BEDROOM SUITE, as pictured; in four pieces—Bow- end Bed, Full Vanity, Chifforobe and large Dresser. An unusual value. . . .. “KROEHLER” Hall Chair Torchieres $1.85 Each Tor He sald Mr. Lang: In other words |4 th you know, 000 bulldiag back home, when you are demanding millions. We are willing to ®ive it te you, but stop your news- papers from talking ‘pork berrel.’ " Bishop Freeman spoke groat need “for He said that there is & great need of a revival of the ofd-fashioned religlon—the kind that mother used to teach, lddlns that he was not speaking along denomimational lines. He sald that he had made in Washington wans some- thing commensurate with the great bulldings that reflect the material things of life. Bishop Freeman sald that there in ss partisanship in America today than ever before and less narrowness than ever before. Difficulties facing the Shipping Board in trying to operate its fleets, particularly the efforts of Great Britain to prevent the establishment of ~an American merchant marin, were detalled by Commissioner Plu He gave to the board numerous instances of the British methods, which served to kill the American merchant marine, and pleaded for government aid to keep these ships, now going to waste, on the seas. “I make the unqualifizd predic« tion,” he ®aid, “that faflore to give government a§d means the scrap heap for the bulk of these vessels within ve ars. That it must be so the following facts unquestionably dem- onstrate. Since the world war Eng- land alone has bullt six millfon tons of shipping, or nearly three times the amount of our government ves- sels now in operation. Every one of thoss new ships was built and equip- ped for a particular service, while most of our ships were built solely with an eye to quick construction for the purpose of saving the necks of those who now are so ambitious to push us off the sea He sald that the only proper course {8 to select the most directly eftective legislation for American shipping and put it in force, regard less of how hard the other nations squeal. President Colladay read a resolu- tion, prepared by direction of the ex- ecutive committee, the board, thanking 3 er for his gift of land above George- town for park purposes. A buffet super was served follow- ing the business meeting. % § MAHOGANY-FINISH CANE PANEL BACK DAVENPORT-BED SUITE, as pic- tured; consisting of Davenport Bed, Chair and Rocker; upholstered in fine grade of Velour.. ... $28.00 ‘Here are just a few of the many small pieces which are displayed on the first floor of our big building as gift sugges- tions. Even if the size of the gift is limited by the amount you want to pay—youw'll find some- thing this display that fills every require- ment. in o cipiaibieTe wiasiste oisieiein s iweie s e e s o i0io BTl Bl b e b Tl e B e BTl B e BTl BT B e e St B - =1 ) S B TS Mo SN S0 B e TN B e 3T BT 3T S T S T BT &3 e Rush-Bottom Chair $24.00 PES- TS T Book Trough $11.50 BBARIIARANSIARAHAIAINBHAIFAIIRIIHAIAHEID: