Evening Star Newspaper, November 13, 1929, Page 26

26 THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON. D. C.. WEDNESDAY. ROV "hpfd 10 COMMERCE GROUP NAMES PROJECTS Fifteen Items Listed by Body for Accomplishment in Capital This Year. A program of activities looking to- ‘ward the improvement of existing civic enterprises and the inauguration of new civic undertakings was announced for the coming year by the Washington Chamber of Commerce at its monthly g&l:"n[ last night in the Mayflower In announcing the program President Charles W. Darr said it may be supple- | mented at any time during the year should the need arise. The individual needs of the District which the cham- ber has indorsed and for which it will work were set forth as follows: Aims of Chamber. 1. A model airport and increased air mail and air passenger service for ‘ashington. 2. The inauguration and successful conduct_of Washington's first annual cnotry Blossom Festival. appropriations for the erec- flw of public school buildings. 4. Continuation and extenston of the chamber’s “buy-in-Washington” move- ment. 5. Publication of the first dlre(‘loryi of Washington's private univessities, m‘h“ and other educational institu- 5. 6. To secure needed legislation to enforce personal liability for automobile accidents. 7. To improve automobile parking situation and secure freer movement of mmc 8. To work for a proper merger of local transit systems. 9. To secure national representation for Mt!;! citizens of the District of Co- lumbia. Want Greater Parks. 10. To improve and extend the public park and recreational system. 11. To aid nt local industries and secure supplementary industries of the proper type. 12. To fight for fair fiscal relations and a lower tax rate. | 13. To improve and exund the use of the port of Was] ‘To encourage t.ha coming to wuhlnmn of more conventions and ‘more tourists 16. To promote all worthy measures for the advancement of the public health, social welfare and business pros- perity of the citizens of Washington. l‘r Darr laid pnrucullr emphasis on prwuld Cherry Blossom Festival. such l festival, properly h‘ndhfl would attract thousands of commented on the highly success- ful nature of the last industrial exhibi- He read a letter from Theodore of the citizens’ joint m for national r:&reununon the chamber for the space made avail- lor the committee's exhibit, and | writer’s gratification at the success of the exhibit as a whole. ber adopted a motion to annual banquet this Winter in the Mayflower Hotel during the of January. Dorsey W. Hyde read a re- port on the condjtion of the District af Guard, calling attention to the fact that the Government’s building | themselves, and eventually will leave it without any boulln facilities. announced the names of the chu.rmen and vice chairmen of the sev- eral committees, and said that the per- sonnel of these committees had been made up and that they are ready to commence work. Elwood Street, dlreflor of the Com- munity Chest, spoke on “Civic Service.” The “conscriptions of peace,” he said, are fully as important as the conserip- tions of war, and should not be dodged by patriotic citizens. He named waste, crime, disease and poverty as being among the greatest social problems to be dealt with today. and stressed the/ fact that private citizens often can be as valuable as governmental agencies in coping with them. He urged that all citizens co-operate to “make our city| safe for our lives and our ideals.” { The Red Cross was described as an organization ‘“international, semi-gov- erymental and popular” in its ramifica- tions by James L. Feiser, its vice presi- dent. He outlined the accomplishments of the Red Cross during the past vear. and spoke of the numerous ways it | participates in movements to improve | civic welfare. | INGALLS KEEPS IN TOUCH WITH CAPITAL BY RADIO| Assistant Secretary of Navy, on: Plane Tour, Is in Oregon Today. | While Assistant Secretary for Aero- | nautics Ingalls is on the other side of | the continent, he is maintaining con- | nections with his office in the Navy| Department by radio. The Assistan Secretary, who left Washington recent- | ly on a transcontinental fiight, is at | Pendleton, Oreg.. today, his office "U advised in a radio dispatch Mr. Ingalls is_accompanied by Lieut. Comdr. Robert P. Molten, jr., his aide on_his fiying inspection trip. ‘The Assistant Secretary is able o] keep in touch with his office by radio | arrangements made with the Army and | the Department of Commerce in co- operation with the Navy Department. ‘The Commerce Department exchanged its working frequency in order to me-| commodate the plane’s transmitter, naval officials said. | AR Austria and Poland, finding the United States almost closed to pro- spective emigrants, will send their sur- | plus inhabitants to Peru, which country | mtmn"d 2,500,000 acres for settle- | nient. | Fighter Does Not Succumb to Cold! Army men learn to take care of don’t pamper program has resulted in the razing of some buildings used by the Guard and Can your and furniture take care themselves? 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