Evening Star Newspaper, April 30, 1930, Page 4

A4 i = dw sk EVENING S’I‘&R__:{ ASEINGTOX, D. C, WEDNESDAY, APRIT 30, 1930. TRADE PROMOTION Business Men Form Associa- tion, With “Buy in Wash- ington” as Slogan. A new co-operative organization un- der the name of the “Buy in Washing- ton Business Council,” designed to stim- ulate local business as a means of strengthening the economic structure of the city and to provide increased em- ployment for local citizens, was launched last night at the Mayflower Hotel by heads of 18 commercial, labor and pro- fessional organizations, including the three major trade bodies of Wash- ington, The stated objective of the council, which is similar to the earlier “Buy in Washington” campaigns conducted here, 1s to bring to the highest possible de- gree the employment of Washington talent and labor, the use of Washing- ton-made products and the purchase of merchandise and commodities from firms whose financial interests are Ccentered in this city. E. J. Murphy Elected to Preside. E. J. Murphy, past president of the Board of Trade, was unanimously elected temporary chairman of the council which is to be operated for six months without an assessment against its charter members, after which forma- jon of & permanent organization is to effected. % with the consent of the assembled fdelegates at the dinner meeting, Mr. Murphy named the following as an -executive committee to c out the bjectives of the associatio ohn Col- vs. prominent local spokesman for jabor and editor of the Trades Unionist; PH, W. Heine, president of the Hudson upply Co.; Horace W. Peaslee, a past Zpresident of the Washington chapter of ithe American Institute of Architects; . H. Rosengarten, president of the ocal Buildings Trades Employers’ As- jation; Charles H. Tompkins, gen- feral contractor,” and Mr. Murphy, frepresenting the paint trade. Louis thehild, director of the Better Busi- “ness Bureau, was invited to sit with %the executive committee to advise the “pody concerning its contemplated pro- geram. Thomas Grant, secretary of the uilding Trades Employers’ Association, Zvolunteered to serve as secretary of the Zcouncil without pay. The secretarial work of each group is to be carried on its own organization and all work is to be provided voluntarily by member bodies. 3 Two-hour Discussion Marks Session. % ‘The new organization was formed fol- “Jowing a two-hour discussion of busi- iness and economic problems facing SWashington, in which speakers asserted that this city is losing several millions f dollars from circulation here annually ‘because building contracts, architectural work, labor jobs, purchase of building Zmaterials and general merchandise Zwere made out of Washington. %" In the round table discussion repre- Esentatives of various groups cited in- “stances in which business which might Sbe let in Washington was being given £to out-of-town organizations which, it #was declared, means not only that lo- cal dealers and trades were losing the Jestimated profits on such work, but that Zthe money representing the total cost ;o( such developments and work is go- £ing out of Washington and thereby re- sducing the amount of money in local %eirculation and thus weakening the seconomic structure of the city. % One speaker protested rously Zagainst,_the amount of building con- izmu oi local school buildings as well fas Government construction work #which has been awarded to contracting §firms from a Southern State which, heé ;nld, not only ships the necessary build- {ing supplies here from its own State, but also imports cheap labor with which %loral organized building tradesmen can- *aue compele because of the higher standards of living and overhead costs to local concerns. Others cited instances in which local private business organizations have awarded contracts for work to out-of- town commercial and labor organiza- Mogl insu;dul:f local men. jome of e leaders present urged that the council, as lk?e Bpokel:gen for the organization members, should 80 to the heads of such concerns and protest against this practice of sending local business and employment to out- side organizations. Others advocated an educational movement, rather than one of “economic pressure,” as a means of home-town boosting. ‘The executive committee is to meet shortly to map out a program, draw up & constitution and by-laws for presen- tation at a later meeting of the mem- bers of the council, to be held at the call of Chairman Murphy. Effects of Competition Cited. In the severe competition that exists bétween progressive cities and sections of the country today, it was declared, each city is forced to adopt a home- town program in order to survive com- wercially, 3 Among those who urged the forma- of an active organization to this end at the session last night were Mr. Murphy, Mr. Rosengarten, J. R. Skin- ker, president of the Master Builders' Association; Mr. Tompkins, Mr. Col- ggs. Thomas Lane, business agent of local bricklayers' union organiza- tlon; Claude Owen, prwident of the E. G. fer Co.; Mr. Heine, Rudolph Jose, first vice president of the Wash- ington Chamber of Commerce; George PIitt, the new president of the Board of Trade; Mark Lansburgh, president of the Merchants and Manufacturers’ Association; Arthur Carr, first vice president of the Washington Real Hstate Board; William J. Eynon, pres- ident of the Washington Typothetae, and Luther C, Steward, president of the National Federation of Federal Employes. ‘Two suggestions made by Mr. Roths- child, Better Business Bureau execu- tive—that the council should be incorporated before its program of activity is launched and that competent legal advice be sought in the program 10 be carried out—met with general ap- proval of the gathering, —— e Examination Is Canceled. -Announcement has been made by the United States Civil Service Commission that no examination for unskilled la- borers will be held this May, as has been_the custom in former S. ¥ 810.50 NATURE LOVE THIS RS ASK PROTECTION FOR » i Some of the flowering dogwood now in evidence around the Capital, to which the Garden Club of Americs and the Wildflower Preservation Society call attention in their annual appeal, issued to guard against its destruction. Care of the arbutus and judas tree blossoms also is urged, that useless stripping of the flowers may not result in their extinetion in this area. ILLINOIé PRISON RADIO KEEPS DOWN CONVICT RESTLESSNESS Warden Also Installs Cafeteria, Sanitary Barber Shop and Target Practice Among Guards for Safety. By the Assoclated Press. JOLIET, I, April 30.—Psychology, distributed by radio, is the instrument used by Warden Henry C. Hill of Illi- nois State Penitentiary to fend off un- rest that has culminated in a series of prison rebellions throughout the Nation. Back of it is a corps of straight- shooting guards. Warden Hill last August found him- self confronted with the task of keeping several thousand convicts obedient to the commands of a handful of jailers. ‘Thus far his plans have worked. Since his appointment by Gov. Em~ merson Warden Hill has made innova- tions which should, he said, help pre- vent such insurrections as those in Ohio, Colorado, New York and elsewhere. ‘Three of the principal ones are radio, & cafeteria and a sanitary barber shop. The radio has two purposes: Through loud speakers in the cell houses it gives the ners for about two hours daily the base ball scores, music and the like. It also gives the warden & chance to voice his ideas on prison behavior. The prison cafeteria was instituted as the only system by which prisoners could obtain their food hot; the barber shop, where 25 student barbers are now being trained, was founded as a sanitary measure. Both these and the radio have elicited hundreds of appre- ciative letters from prisoners, the war- den said. Despite the doses of radio psychology and other changes, Warden Hill ad- mitted that he has no illusions regard- ing the docility of all his prisoners. He NION has instructed all guards to go to target plx;uoalce regularly and to become crack shots, “Young Judea” Celebration. ‘The twentieth anniversary of the founding of Young Judea will be cele- brated tomorrow night at 8 o'clock at the Jewish Community Ceriter with a speaking and musical program arranged by the Naphtali Club. Ammnual Concert Scheduled. ‘The Glee Club and Eurydice Or- chestra of Trinity College have sent out invitations to their annual concert at lth: college Friday, May 2, at 4:30 o'clock. WANTED 2 Experienced Automobile Salesmen to Sell Graham Cars Replies will be treated strictly confidential See Mr. Leverton Semmes Motor Co. 1526 14th St. N.W. Potomee 0772 OF THE TRISTCOMPAN Y DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Before You Lose your papers and valuables is the time to rent a box for $3 and upwards per annum in our modern, fire and burglar proof Safe Deposit Vault here at the Union Trust Company. Learn the value of such’a box by USING ONE—not by losing papers or valuables which you keep in some secret place in your home or office. b e 29% paid on Checking and 3% on Savings Accounts ., SOUTHWEST CORNER v FIFTEENTH AND H STREETS NORTHWEST EDWARDJ.STELLWAGEN PRESIDENT For your active outdoor days this MAIN SPRING ARCH Model SEX EQUALITY SOUGHT A delegation from the National Wom- an's Party, appearing yesterday before the House foreign affairs committee, urged support of the Fish resolution to opj participation by the United States in the Conference for the Codi- fication of International Law until the conference reopens consideration of nationality rights on a basis of sex equality. 'The delegation was headed by Mrs. Max Rotter of Wisconsin and Miss Laura Berrin of Georgis SCHOOL CAMPAIGN 10 SAVEDOGWOOD Trailing Arbutus and Redbud Are Feared Threatened With Destruction. Ten thousand school children in Washington are being appealed to in a campaign this Spring to preserve the flowering dogwood, the arbutus and the Judas tree, sometimes known as the redbud, from destruction. Courses of instruction are being car- ried out in the nature classes of the white and colored schools of the city under direction of the nature study teachers. Outline drawings of these flowers for coloring have been pro- vided by the Wild Flower Preservation Soclety, through P. L. Ricker of this city, and the children learn to color the flowers their natural tints while learning also the lesson of presetvation. ‘The redbud, now in bloom, Mr. Ricker sald today, is not so abundant in Wesh- ington as the dogwood and thus is really in more need of preservation, as il seems to be used in increasing amounts for decoration. Breaking off of red- bud, he said, has served to decrease largely the supply of this beautiful flowering tree. Th arbutus is almost through Ricker sald, but emphasis is also in the campaign to pre- wild M“l!,npopuhr e FURRIER FALLS DEAD FROM WITNESS CHAIR “She Did Tt,” Wife Shouts, Point- ing at Aetress, Who Brought Suit Against Husband. e bloom| being lal serve this lovely in this region. By the Assoclated Press. NEW YORK, April 30.—While testi- fying in his own defense in a civil actlon yesterday, Harry Garfunkel, 50, a furrier, slumped from the witness chair and to the floor, dead. As he fell his wife, who was present with their two sons, shouted, “She did it, she did it!” pointing to Mrs. Mabel Taormina, & motion picture actress, who was suing Garfunkel's firm for $50,000 for alleged falsc arrest and imprison- ment. Mrs, Taormina, known to the screen as Mabel Stapleton, had a fur coat re- paired at the shop of Garfunkel & Gerth, Inc, in 1926. 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