Evening Star Newspaper, July 21, 1929, Page 16

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INSTITUTE PLANNED ON PUBLIC AFFAIRS Prominent Men and Women to Take Part in Sessions at University. of the United States and of American countries Haring of Harvard will preside over the discussion. clal representatives of the two South American governments and of the State Department will be on the program. will Dr. Warren n iday. gndmzr Walsh of Massachusetts will be the principal speakers on farm relief. force, work to best advantage el the Lati involved?” Prof. 1t is expected that offi- The rural church and its problems be discussed y evening by H. Wilton of the Presby- Board of Missions and James teria 1. Finney, editor of the Nashville Ten- nesseean, will speak on the *Church and the Press.” The farmer will have his innings Senator Connally of Texas and The program includes many other do- mestic topics and includes a Wednesday More than 100 nationally prominent men and women will take part in the program of the Institute of Public Affairs which will hold its third annual session at the University of Virginia from August 4 to 17. Dean Charles G. Maphis, director of the 1nstitute, has made public the pro- gram which will deal with such im- portant questions before the American people as crime ‘and law enforcement, the tariff, farm relief and Latin Amer- ican relations of the United States. Un- like the international institute which meets annually at Willlamstown, Mass., the Virginia institute deals solely with national domestic problems. Discus- sions this Summer will represent many schocls of thought on acute issues of the day, including the problems of rural churches, the industrial development in the South and the effort to unionize Southern cotton mills, the tariff and various phases of newspaper and public relations. Prominent Speakers. Among some of the prominent speak- ers listed are Senator Tom Connally of Texas, Senator Carter Glass of Vir- ginia, Senator David I. Walsh of Massa- chusetts, James M. Doran, United States commissioner of prohibition; Alfred P. Dennis, vice chairman of the United States Tarift Commission, besides numerous educators of the lead- ing universities. Others from Washington include Dr. Ricardo Alfaro, Minister from Panama; Miss Heloise Brainerd of the Pan-Amer- ican Union; Miss Julia Connor, assist- ant director, Better Homes of America; William Jett Lauck, independent co: sultant engineer; Dr. Edwin V. O'Ha director of Rural Life Bureau, Natio Catholic Welfare Conference; Dana G. Munro, Latin American Division, De- partment of State; Lewis Radcliffe, deputy commissioner. Bureau of Fish- eries: T. R. Snyder. Chamber of Com- merce of the United States; Frank Tannenbaum, Brookings Institule; Ca- milo Borcia Trelles, Carnegie Endow- ment for International Peace; Leon E. Truesdale, Bureau bf Census: Miss Florence Ward, Department of Agri- culture; Sumner Welles, formerly head of the Latin American Division, De- partment of State, and Dr. Emma ‘Wold, treasurer of the National Wom- an’s Party. The institute will open with a ves- per service the night of Sunday, August 4, at which Dr. Walter Russell Bowie, rector of the Grace Episcopal Church of New_York, will speak on “Religion 2nd Public Affairs.” The program each week day will begin with round-table conferences at which some | topic of national interest will be com- sidered. Each evening there will be a public address. ‘Will Honor Edison. A reception at Monticello, the home ©of Thomas Jefferson, is on the program | for Saturday afternoon. At this fime Thomas A. Edison will be awarded the | scroll of honor as the first “Jefferson guest at Monticello.” The first three round tables will start Monday evening, August 5, and will continue on Wednesday and Fri- day. The subjects are “The Country Life of the Nation,” led by Dr. E. C. * Branson of the University of North | Carolina: “Our Latin American Rela- tions,” led by Dr. Clarence H. Har- ing of Harvard University, and ‘De- mocracy as Operative in America,” led by Dr. Thomas H. Reed of the Uni- versity of Virginia. | Senator Glass will speak on “Legis- | lative Farm Relief” at the first puklic meeting the night of August 5, after Dean Maphis has made an introductory statement opening the session of the third Institute of Public Affairs. | “Is the South Following tne Right | Policy With Regard to Labor?" wili be the question before the open forum the following evening. led by Le Roy Hodges, managing director of the Virginia State Chamber of Commerce. Dean Maphis bhas not made public the open forum topics for August 5 and 7. “Tariffs as Trade Barriers,” a sub- Ject made acute by the numerous for- eign protests received by the State Department against the new tariff bill of Congress will be discussed August 6 by Vice Chairman Dennis of the Tariff Commission. A Republican member of the Senate flnance committes is expected to be added to the program. Candidate On Program. ‘Two public addresses are on the Wed- nesday night program. Prof. Willlam | E. Dodd of the University of Chicago will speak on “The Passing of the OId | United States,” and Norman Thomas, | Socialist candidate for President of | the United States in the last election, will speak on “A Realistic Approach to the Problems of Democracy.” One of the interesting topics of the | table conferences. day will begin morning. At 11 o'clock there will be an open forum discussion on each day, with a public address each evening. Ceremony open forum, on Thursday morning, will be “Does the policy of refusing to recog- ' nize Latin American governments set "Mdfher, let us go to Wildwood . . Washington, D. C. After my husbands death, fn 1921, Sor (he resttul ea Vilincod, po fot thet forum on “Has the Majority the Right to Rule, ing day on the effectiveness of the pro- hibitio; an. the subject of an address on Saturday by Hugh Gordon Miller, New York at- torney. and a conference the follow- ws, led by Commissioner Dor- ‘The Monroe Doctrine” will be There will be eight general round- The program each at 9 o'clock in the FIREPLACE IS GIVEN T0 CAMP GOOD WILL in Rock Creek Park Transfers Stonework to Outing Committee. Lieut. Col. U. 8. Grant. 3d, director of the office of public buildi and public parks in the National Capital, yesterday afternoon transferred to the use of Camp Good Will, in Rock Creek Park, the new stone fireplace just completed on the camp playground. It was re- ceived on behalf of the Summer outings committee by John Joy Edson, chair- man. The ceremony of transfer was con- ducted in the presence of the whole camp population, children and mothers and workers, who were assembled under the direction of Miss Rachel Haviland, superintendent, at 4 o'clock. In addi- tion to the remarks of Mr. Edson, a few words were spoken by H. K. Hobart, & friend of the camp, who called attention to the need of a play pavilion builg around the fireplace, and predicted that the money would be found to build it another year. Mr. Edson was the special guest last. Friday of Camp Pleasant, where he and Miss Louise Beall, assistant secretary of the Associated Charities. were enter- L:lnfd ‘by thedc!dmpe{s with a program SURRENDER Cleveland arli Homes 3060 Porter St. Builder of the most attrac- tive $20.000.00 homes in Cleveland Park will person- ally be at houses all day Sun- day, to sell to the highest bid- der. These homes are fully de- tached brick, containing seven large rooms, and will be sold Sunday. The architec- ture is excellent, Every pos- sible convenience is included. The construction is too good for competitive work. T will sell at less than builder’s ac- tual cost, but don't want trades. Come prepared to grab the best buy in all Cleveland Park. ERNST W. SPINK Wildwood has evervthing to offer for the amuse- ment, comfort and convenience of the summer vaca- tionist. on the Jersev coast A Derfect, gently sioping beach, the safest or bathing, and miles of fasci- nating boardwalk lined with stores, amusements and rest pavilions. 15-hole golf course, ail contribute in makin resort a rendezvous of lovers of sport are famous for tages, apartments ‘and ‘bungaiows are Fishing, tennis and the this e hotels tality. Cot- offered at £ailing, their cuizine and moderate rentals. (For list of hotels and boarding houses see the Resort Page of this paper Booklet and further information from Bureau of ‘Publicity, Chamber of Commerce, Wildwood, N. J. WILDWOOD &y THE SEA WILDWOOD CREST NEWJersey THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C., JULY 21, '1920—PART 1 WILBUR DEFENDS BAN ON OIL PROSPECTING Interior Secretary’s Answer to Cal- ifornia Applicant Denies State Right Invaded.’ Ray Lyman Wilbur, Secretary of the Interior, yesterday filed in the District of Columbia Supreme Court an answer to the suit for mandamus recently brought against him by George O. Retherford of Taft, Calif, to compel him to grant a permit to prospect for oll on a tract in California. Secretary Wilbur denies that he is invading the rights of the Legislature in rejecting all applications for prospecting permits follow] the announcement by Presi- dent Hoover of a policy of oil conserva- tion, and asserts that he is acting within his discretion in a matter which he con- aslaa&. for the best interest of the United Secretary Wilbur points out that a prospecting permit is a privilege and not a right and that the granting or rejecting of such applications fall within the discretion of the Secretary of the Interior. over which the court has no power of review. Lint Price $155 DEBTOR’S CREDITOR WITH BONDS FOUND By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, July -20.—Another creditor of Milton C. Quimby, real estate man and promoter who says he owes the Clarke Bros. defunect private bank $185,000, came to the front today and hdn:‘dfiu:l:;‘ In‘:lo .k d Ju oy rented by y ewark and Jersey City banks contain millions of dollars® worth of securities and bonds. 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