Evening Star Newspaper, November 23, 1930, Page 4

WILBUR DISCUSSES CHILD CONFERENCE Radio Forum Speaker Says New Charter for Children to Come From Sessions. Y it night mm«m out of the White House erence on Child Health and Pro- tection here would come a co-operative effort to give the American child “a new charter of health, hlgrl ess, - , freedom and citizenship. jpeaking over the National Radio Forum arranged by The Washington Star and broadcast over the coast- to-codst network of the Columbia Broadcasting System, Dr. Wilbur scored “our vulgar, degraded marginal maga- gines™ and declared there was a need “to Bring drama and comedy back again to serve in the uplift instead of the degradation of our civilization.” ‘The speaker reviewed the broad lu"gc of the White House Conference on the child. He thought that the best way 1t into practical operation would :%‘;‘"{M e rob]:r:'blek to the spot where the child is. This primarily mun:, and should mean, the home,” he said. midst of growing eager- B”A.n &‘:el;hslm our children to higher levels,” Dr. Wilbur it would be wise “to guard them against our own_overzealous {lrwnmin:—w leave to them lu%c;erx:e ly 'lde! u‘:‘mn:r ':{ space free time an A srowml o er of and joyous adventure ity ites ting un motive pomw Text of Address. Secretary Wilbur's address was as follows: Two weeks ago, at this National YForum hour, T had the pleasure of mak- ing a statement upon the plans for the ‘White House conference. This evening 1 am reporting some of the results of this great meeting. Several thousand men and women from every part of the country came to Washington upon the invitation of President Hoover. The first meeting was held in Constitution Hall and was addressed by the Presi- dent, who ussed the problems of children in a simple, sympathetic and affectionate manner. During the last few days reports have been presented by 120 odd committees of the confer- mené-. These were enthusiastically re- ceived and have been carefully studied and analyzed by the experts present. Since the war I have not seen such a fine spirit of service and such & splen- did atmosphere of co-operation and in- terest in ghl discussion of any public question. You will remember that it has been ihe hope of this White House ce. TR, aa il B £ E 3 3 i i & test tubes for opinionated with no worked-out basis of science or of fact, and that those who have de- plausible methods without more or whose hearts " to children are untrained or ided by fixed fantasies of the crank Just as we have wisely applied the findings of science in other must we apply them for the our children. I think we that the health of our children is worth any price, and that in so far as the community can do so, it should see to the environment of the child, so that the water and food will be pure and there will be no unnecessary exposures to the micro-organisms causing disease. Our knowledge of nutrition is complete tnafi and our food supply is ample, 80 t illy nourished children are & community responsibility. . Life that constantly pro- vital and valuable ity in the child is elasticity to meet new and the unexpected. Early ity of the human mind, uncon- developed at times, leads to most of our mass habits and our mass follles. There is a menace in our mar- shaled athletics, in our dominated rec- reations for all ages, in our yelling sec- tions and our overevident coaches. ‘There is, t00, much seeking out of spe- cial lormers, and not enough play of personal initiative and juvenile leadership. Co-operation is requisite, team play necessary, but the coercion of | ma“hwh!mmuunnuwe‘ o of strain, e meed. 1o . tion in af ., We ne fiw&n&dfln‘ effect of habit '&’:‘"fifim‘? particula. ?' 'lt.h" 'nl:: rly i to the school curriculum or with ;‘hflr Grotpe. The machinery. of oot . The mac) . o of all wn:y for chil- dren must move at as rapid a rate as the rest of our civilization. Diversity Is Striking. One reason for the conference was to us to & common understanding t0 where we are in our children. of life is the diversi terial. More the need of dlvcnla civilization. of the few outst race, we must remember that there are eds of are to have ty of human ma- order to safeguard our thousands of individuals of | e way for those of superior must also vigorously dis- artificial factors which often HH géfi $ E| 2| H . adg i i R i k THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGT OUT! PLANS LINES CHILD WELFARE SECRETARY WILBUR. pressions every hour. It is not easy to develop sound habits and sound at- titudes in the presence of many diverse influences and varied associates. I imag- | ine, too, that the modern parent with | his or her ideas regarding vitamins, cod: liver oil and conduct, at tim undesirable associate in the view of| many of our children. Children, like the sick, respond to what they under-| stand. More time in explanation often leads to less in correction for disobed- fence. My sympathy, too, goes out to the | children whom have classified as| the handicapped—those who in some | way are different from their fellows and et hope to win out in the e of life. It has been shown that these can be = great social asset to us and that there is much that can be done to make them more effective and happler. Supreme Gift to Humans, ‘We cannot stop for' a moment to| argue with those who would dodge the responsibllity of care for established | human life. us humans, and we must preserve it at all times. The wretched frame of & little body may have in it the brain d spirit of & Caesar, a Cicero, a Keats, a Washington, a Steinmetz, a_Shelley, a Stevenson or a Roosevelt. It is not for us to foretell the potentialities of & baby. My sympathy goes out even more to those litle children whose normal mo- tivation unguided has brought them into the domain of the court. If there i is in this fleld, even though this pre- vention goes back to the very basic structure of our physical civilizati We ena: 11l afford to save expense along .. 'his then covers in rapid fashion of the different grooves into which major problems of the conference Restated they are, the problem of to steady our children against the -power im) of new forces which devel in our modern civiliza- f how to protect them physically ‘mentally to the utmost of our abili- d with the widest possible appli- EE no§ forces which stand to child of many of the ear! ties of home and parents. m;l‘o cvuh u?u our ufil‘awl curricula in t of rapid changes our so- cial ll’gheme. expanding their functions at those points where meumxond":ll ldwme no longer equipped to train ci ren. At the other end of the line to find ys and means to strengthen the e oL e e a8 equipping . ww' owiote concerning children as it develops. Free Time and Free Space. To discover the machinery by which the benefits of preventive medicine and sanitation, of community social and cul- tural agencies, can be extended to all children—in the country as well as the ecity—which too often now are enjoyed by the privileged few. And the midst of our growing eagerness to help lift our children to higher levels, to guard them against our own_overzealous programing—to leave to them sufficiently wide margins of free time and free space for the great and joyous adventure of growing up as personalities operating under their own motive power. ‘With this all that is now open before the conditions for children are de- plorable, and also in the Philippines. ‘What are we going to do to take advantage of the great opportunities offered by the findings of this confer- ence? I realize that this is a zone in which the art as well as the science of wernment must be considered. We ve the information, we have a large program. How shall it be put into effect? In the first place, it seems to me that we must force the problem back to the spot where the child is, This primarily means, and should mean, home, Our function should be to the help parents, not replace’ them. The | accessories which our civilization has brought for the care, protection and development of the child, should be accessories to the home and not sup- lant it. The success of our clvilization as come through the relationship of the home to children and consequently to citizenship, In other words, there must be a decentralization into the Jocal fleld of the great mass of the gmbhml which we have been studying. 're must likewise be decentralization f the information which we have | thered so that it will reach every mother and father, school board, health officer and tor in the country. Hits Vulgar Magazines. ‘The great need for us to deal with in this conference is that of getting the it of our discussions back {;m action the lives of children in this country and poor, | since | development, For all, we | the environment about us our children constantly in lligent control of our human & fundamental solution of —black and white, yellow and red, rich and all that lies between. child is growing or developing | am for One of the most lmxl tacts | an'of his training It is the supreme gift to, too | all of the time, not just when he is at home or in the school room, we must think in terms of playmates, radios, moving pictures, gangs, books and m: zines, both good and bad, and all that the child sees in environment, as a part process. We have a foul nest to clean out in our vulgar degraded marginal magazines, and need to bring drama and comedy back to again serve in the uplift instead of the degradations of our civilization. ‘We need to keep little hands busy, we need the discipline of accepted regular tasks, we ni to permit our yout! receive & reward for ir own efforts, but can we not so organize that these little hands can be kept out of the day to_day operations of our industries? By a study of vocational aptitudes and interests fsom infancy on we should be able to hten th@ ordered life of the school child by lppmrrhu por- tunities rather than to dull the edge of youth with the “has beens” of the past. ‘We adults are full of outworn ideas and inclined to think we are equal to the experts in the flelds of education. The_ superiority of the forelgn worker to the American in many branches of industry, among both men and women, lies in the fact that they have been trained from their early years in manual skills, Vocational triining be- ginning only a year or two in advance of youth’s entry into his life’s job is like to develop a virtuoso with a correspondence course in music. Two Agencies at Work. America Fas become great in its so- cial organization because of two co- ordinated operations. One is that of the volunteer agency, and the other is that of the Government agency. In the field of child care, for decades a whole series of volunteer ncies, such as the churches and welfare organizations of all sorts, have been omrl'.ln(. When these volunteer agencies have tested out certain procedures and shown the desir- ability of giying them a wide spread, they have in the course of decades and generations been adopted by the Gov- ernment itself, so that we now have public schools and teachers, hospitals and health officers and a growing num- ber of Government services directly for the children. It seems to me that our the results’ ger in trying to carry out of this mnt'u-mu would be to have too scattered a or to centralize it too much. safety will lie in its trial in the small units of the counties |and the States. We must go back to the local unit for effective education or health or welfare work. We want & ‘lmlnlmum of national legislation in this field No one should get the idea that Uncle S8am is going to rock the baby to sleep. There is, though, much that can be done l.hmu’h wise legisiation in the securing of information, In keeping of this information up-to-date |and in sending it out to all parts of the country as it is digested and unde; stood. We can, too, provide examples |and give stimulation in the early pe- | riods of local organization. It seems to me that this conference offers a challenge to each of us, no matter | where he may live or what he may be doing, to see tnat in his community our nnm are underst6od and acted upon. I there will come from it an in- creased range of activities for the schools and in public health. I think, too, that the forces of law will soon learn to use the expert in a dozen fields in attempting to solve the problem of e child that has breached some stat- atesf-dan- th Tields, o | us, we have the challenge of the future. | Demefit of | We find 1 not only here in the Unted | ULOCY provisian. 1 count it & major sin ‘will all agree | States, but also in Porto Rico, where of our country that we permit imma- | ture boys and girls to be contaminated | :n !’:n sordid pool of our confined crim- | inals. | The proceedings of the conference will be published in a series of publi. cations. In order to present in a sim. | ple, concise form the ouuundlnf rec: | ommendations of the conference in the form of a statement of the rights of the American child, at the final session of the conference this morning an in- troduction of the report to foliow was unanimously adopted. May I ask for | your " earnest consideration “of every | item of this important and historical pronouncement: | Introduction to the Report. | Every American child has the right to | the following services in its develop- ment and protection. ‘The conference is mindful of the special emphasis needed upon these services in child health and protection in Porto Rico, the Philippines and our other insular possessions. % understood, and all dealing with him | should be besed on the fullest under- | standing of the child. 3. Every prospective mother should have suitable information, medical supervision during the prenatal period, competent care at confinement. Every mother should have post-natal medical supervision for herself and child. 3. Every child should received pe- riodical health examinations before and during the school period, including adolescence, by the family physician Important!!! T - s || Show Boat geniuses of the ! Audience ! Because of the height of the dock, the Famous SHOW it will open Monday and Original BOAT Cannot tie to the 7th Street Wharf, BUT at Alexandria at the [ foot of Cameron Street, with the same repertoire advertised for Washington. Those holding tickets for Sunday night can have them excl hanged at Grotto Head- quarters, 1212 G Street, all day today. A 10| children where poverty is an element in N, or the school or other publio physician, or such examination apecialists and such tal care as ita apecial needs MAY req . 4. Every child should have regular dental examination and care. 8. Kvery child should have instrue- tion in the schools In health and in safety from accidents, and e teach- er should be trained in health pro- grams, Every chlld should be protected from communtoable disenses which at home, in school or at play, protected from impure milk and food. . Every child should have proper sleeping rooms, diét, hours of sleep and Ey"' and parents should receive expert formation as to the needs of children of various a8 to these questions. 8. Every child should attend a school which has seating, lighting, ventilation and sanitation. younger children, kindergartens and nursery schools should be provided to supple- ment home care. 9. The school should be so organized as to discover and develop the ..g«:m abilities of each child, and should assist in vooational guidance, for chil- dren, like men, succeed by the use of w:g “m'on'ul qualities and special in- Has Right to Play. 10. Every child should have some form of religious, moral and character | training | 1 very child has a right to play, MQTAIOA facilities therefor. With the expanding domain of community's responsibllities for children, there should be proper pro- vision for and supervision of recreation and entertainment. 13. Every child should be tected nst labor that stunts growth, either physical or mental; that limits educa- tion, that deprives children of the right of comradeship, of joy and play. 14. Every child who is blind, deaf, crippled or otherwise physically handi- rapped should be given expert study and corrective treatment where there is the possibllity of relief, and appropriate development or training. Children with subnormsl or abnormal mental condi- tions should receive adequate study, protection, training and care. | ‘Where the child does not have these services, due to inadequate in- come of the family, then such services must be provided to him by the com- munity. Obviously, the primary neces- sity in protection and development of 11. with 13, the problem is an_adequate standard of living and security for the family within such groups. 15. Every waif and orphan in need must be supported. 16. Every child is entitled to ‘the feeling that he has a home. The ex- tension of the services in the commun- ity should supplement and not sup- plant_parents. 17. Children who habitually fail to meet an behavior the | standards are defined in many particu- Every child is entitled to_be| norgpal standards of h should be provided special care under the guidance of the school, the com- munity health or welfare center or| other agency for continued supervisicn or, if necessary, control. | 18. The rural child should have as| satisfactory schooling, health protection | and welfare facilities as the city child. | Needed for Protection. | 19. In order that these minimum | protections of the health and welf: of children may be everywhere avail able,” there should be a district, ocounty | or community organization for health education snd welfare, with full-time officials, co-ordinating with a State- | wide program, which will be responsive ‘ to & Natiol ide service of general in- formation, statisticc and scientific re-‘ search. This should include: (a) Trained full-time public health officials with public health nurses, | sanitary inspection and hb:r-wry’ workers. (b) Avallable hospital beds. (c) Full-time public welfare services | for the relief and ald of children in special need from poverty or misfortune, | for the protection of children from abuse, neglect, exploitation or moral | hazard. 20. The development ®f voluntary organization for children for purposes of instruction, health and recreation through private effort and benefaction | bot should be encouraged. When possible, | existing agencies shouid be co-ordinated | with each other and with governmental | services. | It is the purpose of these conferences to establish the standards by which the efficlency of such services may be tested in the communjty and to develop the creation of such services. Those lars in the reports of the committees | of the conference. The conference rec- ommends that the Continuing Com- mittee to be appointed by the President from the conference shall study poipts upon which sgreement has not besn reached, shall develop further stand- ards, shall encourage the establishment of services for children, and report to | | the members of the conference through the President. I think that from the great interest shown by the participants in this White House Conference from every rt of the country our country will g: enabled to take a number of firm steps forward in the care of our chil- dren. We have the information. We have a general attitude of heart-felt | co-operation. All that we need to do !is to join our efforts together in all | parts of the country and give to the | American child @ new charter of health, | happin zenship. 'MAYOR'S STOLEN AUTO | CRASHES POLICE STATION | By the Assoflated Press. | EATONTOWN, N. J., November 22— State troopers in the Eatontown bar- racks leaned over the automatic tele- graph printer last night and read: “Automobile of Mayor Frank Dorsey of Perth Amboy, stolen in Asbury Park, '4 o'clock this afternoon. Belleved—" ! They read no further for there was great racket out in front; a banging il.lnd & smashing and a cracking of glass. ‘The troopers extricated Felix Hughes of Fort Monmouth from the wreckage ‘of an automobile and held him for theft and reckless driving. ‘The car was Mayor Dorsey's The Term For each $120 borrowed you agree to deposit $70 a month for 12 months in an account, the pro- ceeds of which may be used to cancel the note when due. De- posits may be madeonaweekly semi-monthly or monthly basis as you prefer. Losns $120 $180 $240 $300 $360 $540 $1,200 $6,000 D, - C, | for | growth and development as & , training, freedom and citl- | [EASY TO PAY NOViMBER 23, CHILD CONFERENCE LAYS BROAD BASE White House Delegates Work Out Details for Protection and Advancement. Continued From Pirst Page) hook-up of the Columbia Broadcasting Co. There is no sound basis, the section of education and training determined, “for loose statements that the youth of today are running wild,” he report de- clared. “But the problems which youth faces are trying and have many new phases due to the rapidity of social changes. Institutions like the school, home and church, which are Nation- wide in their scopa, make changes and adjustments slowly.” Life Grows Complicated. “In times past,” the committee con- tinued, “it was easy for a father and mother to live on terms of intimacy with their children. The home was simple, and yet very rich in the kinds of valuable experience in which parents and children could join. Now parents find these contacts not only greatly re- duced In number but characterized by artificiality and lack of genuine interest. “For the increasing number of chil- dren, especially in the cities, activities tend to be centered outside the home. To maintain now the very desirable intimate and sympathetic relationships between children and parents calls for the sharing of these outside activities by both. They must be made family activities.” Such recent developments as the radio, the moving picture and the maga- zine, the commitiee held, have great potentialities for both good and evil and must not be allowed to exploit children by supplying base thrills, Avold Flat Sameness. ‘The committee struck into the heart of the future in its declaration: “Democracy demands universal edu- cation. Equality of opportunity has long been the ideal of the American people. There is grave danger, however, of confusing equality of opportunity with sameness of educational training. No other type of government so much as democracy demands the adaptation of educational training to individual differences. The danger of a dead level of mediocrity in democracy is more grave than in any other form of gov- ernment.” It protested against educational | methods devised for “the theoretically verage child.” “There is,” it declared, such chil ‘Character,” the committee sald in its final report. “does not just happen, but is the result of careful cultivetion. | ‘To the doctor the child is a typhold patient, to the playground supervisor a | first baseman, to the teacher a learner | of arithmetic, but he is too rarely a whole child to any one of them. But only as the whole personality expands can character develop. Respect for a child’s personality is an absolute requi- site for character development. The philosophy behind the modern demand a child centered curricuium in the school is valid also in all other rela tionships of child life. Wants Weeds Destroyed. “While beet flelds must be weaded | nd glass factories must be kept run- ning, yet children have but one child- hood. During that childhood, child labor must wait on child welfare. N economic need in prosperous America can be urged as justification for rob- bing a child of his childhood.” The controversy which arose duripg the conference between Miss Grace Ab- , chief of the United States Chil- dren's Bureau, and Dr. Haven Emerson of Columbia University, head of a sub- committee of the section on public health, over a recommendation that strictly medical activities of Miss Ab- bott's bureau be consolidated under the Public Health Service, was passed on to the continuing committee to be ap- pointed by the president. The report of the sub-committee as originally pre- | rented together with the subsequently issued dissenting opinion of Miss Abbott, the final report states, will be included | in the final report of the conference. Want Mothers Guarded. Need for better obstetrics, both in application and in theory, was stressed in the final report of the committee on ! ns of cutting down the unnecessarily nigh mortality of mothers in childbirth and the number of still births. ‘The committee urged as specific im- provements a more thorough correlation of obstetris teaching with the basic | sclences, enlargement of women's clinics | wholly under the control of medical schools, residence of medical students | in such clinics to receive practical teaching in maternal and infant care, personal supervision by an obstetrical | teacher of all home deliveries by stu- dents. and postgraduate training for| specialists and investigators in the sclence of obstetrics. First Days Important, It stressed the need of making avail- able adequate maternity care in every community and more adequate sta. tistical data of death i® childbirth. Midwives, it reported, still are needed in some rural communities because of racial and economic conditions and ‘*mm should be adequate provision for their training and supervision. ‘The committee concluded that the greatest need for more exact knowledge was concerning conditions of growth and development during the first few weeks of life and during adolescence. “Mothers,” it declared, “should be en- couraged to nurse their babies. Human milk from healthy and properly nour- ished mothers is the ideal food for in- | fants. Artificial feeding may be a satisfactory substitute when conducted with understanding medical super- vision.” “Periodic health examinations,” the committee sald, “should begin with the new-born in: and not cease with s of Morris Plan Loans Are Simple and Practical— It is not Necessary to Have Head an Account at this Bank to Borrow LMO:;:_I are j’””d A in & da y _Of g Hiing for 12 Months $10.00 $15.00 $20.00 $25.00 $30.00 $45.00 $100.00 $500.00 two after application— with few excep- tions. MORRIS PLAN notes are usually made for 1 year, though they may be given for am period of from 3 to 12 months. MORRIS PLAN BANK Under Supervision of U. S. Tressury 1408'H Street, N.\W. Washington, D. C. “Character and Earning Power Are the Besis f Credit” | equipped physician, 1930—PART ONE. 64 YEARS IN CENTER MARKET, JACOB J. WEST TO QUIT TRADE Meat Stand Veteran Remem- bers Mrs. Grant as Shopper. Life on Virginia Farm Given Up at Early Age for Mart. Jacob J. West has so many associ- ations with Washington's famous old Center Market, wheére he has done busi- ness since its erection, that he can’t So at the age of 80, after spending years of his life in the meE: business here, he's going out of business when the is closed to be razed in At 80, Mr. West looks no more than 60 years. He ‘takes life philosophically. “Early to bed and early to rise,” he quotes as the secret of good health and 2 long life, Many of Washington's most prome inent housewives have bought over Mr. West's counter in the years he has watched the gradual change in dally marketing conditions. “In the old days almost every woman did her own mar- keting personally,” he said, as his eyes glanced over the small Saturday morn- ing crowd in the big market hall. “It wasn't so long ago when this market was so crowded you could hardly get through it.” Remembeys Mrs. Grant. Mrs. Grant, wife of President Grant, he remembers as one of those women who did her own marketing. She was followed by a colored woman who car- ried a big basket. And Mrs. Grant knew just what went into that basket. Mr. West was born in Pairfax, 80 years ago last June. His wife eight years ago, seven months befoye what should have been their golden wedding anniversary. Now his five children are all married and the vet- JACOB J. WEST. eran market man thinks after 64 years of hard work, he is due for a little rest. As a boy on his father's dairy and truck farm, West would get ulp at 2 o'clock in the morning and help milk the cows and deliver milk in Alex- andria. He was doing this one morning at the outbreak of the Civil War when the New York Zouaves were in the little Virginia city. He heard a shot fired and was told that Col. Ellsworth had been shot and killed for hauling down the Confederate flag from its l{‘fl on the old Marshall House. 2 Farm Life Too Hard. Life on the farm was too hard at his e, Mr. West said, so one day he ap- plied for an apprentice job in a slaugh- ter house in “Foggy Bottom.” He was 16 years old and the Civil War had been over a year. For 57 years Mr. West has been in business for himself. He recalls the fire that destfoyed the predecessor to Center Market on Pennsylvania avenue and said he rowed across the avenue in a boat during the big flood in Washington. “THE GREAT DIVIDE” 10 BE PRESENTED Drama Guild to Open Third‘ Season Friday Night With | Western Play. | g ‘The Drama Guild will open its third season with the presentation of “The Great Divide,” the well known Western drama, Priday and Saturday nights at the Community Playhouse, McKinley Auditorium, Second and T streets north- east, A special committee is assembling rare blankets, gm.ur!u and Navajo rugs to lend atmosphere to the stage settings, | besides authentic pleces of furniture of the Victorian age, through the assist- ance of the National Museum. This committee is comprised of Miss Helen Kennedy, Mrs. L. F. Safford, Mrs. Cecil Wry, Miss Ina Hawes, Mrs. Edwin Paul and Mrs. A. Saks. Local drama groups are supplying the cast for the play, and J. Milnor Dorsey is its producing director for the Drama Guild. Members of the McKinley High School stage crew have volunteered their servicesfor the two performances. Miss Ethel Prince is chairman of the Snyder of the Community Center De- partment built the settings for the en- tire play. The work of painting the set- tings is now going on, with members of the George Washington University dra matic group and others assisting. The public is invited to become lub—} scribing members of the Drama Guild for the season, and may apply to the Guild office in the Franklin Adminis- tration Building. Tickets for ** Great Divide” are on Smith’s and the A. A. — entrance to school, but be conducted at least through adolescence.” Throughout the committee stressed the need of the competent, adequately “There is an enormous amount of preventive work,” it sald, “being carried on by individuais and groups of individuals which is in- complete and wasteful because unco- ordinated. “The practice of oral hygiene, car- ried on for a number of years, while improving general health, has failed to decrease the incidence of dental care among children and extensive experi- mental and clinical work should be undertaken to definitely determine the part played by mineral metabolism.” Studies also were urged of the effect on health of body posture.” -;:e at T. A.&?.? TO ADDR E | | Miss Grace Abbott Will Also Give| ARKANSHSBANKERS SUEDFOR 144759 Receiver Also Asked for Com- pany Interested in 35 Sus~ pended Institutions. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., November 22.— | A suit asking judgment for $144,359 | from A. B. Banks & Co., and for ap- | pointment of a receiver, h for this company and the Home Wccident In- | surance Co., was filed in Chancery | Court here today, by the lxehAAn&e Bank & Trust Co. of Dermott, Hearing was set for next Saturday. ‘The suit grew out of a merger in 1920 of the Exchange Bank & Trust Co. and the Dermott State Bank. The lat- ter also was named a defendant. After filing of the suit, W. E. Floyd, | State insurance commissioner, an- | nounced actuaries of his department were examining affairs of the Home Fire Insurance Co. and Home Acci- dent Insurance Co. associated con- cerns, headed by A. B. Banks. A. B. Banks & Co, or its president, ;gr. rnt‘;andl'l“ lm.eru|uddln more mni of banks closed or si led IncA"I':ln?lll;hll week. A wel Co., investment banker: of Nashville, Tenn., now in rewmf ship, purchased control of the Home Insurance Companies about a year ago, but Mr. Banks announced this week the | Caldwell interests had disposed of their | insurance holdings in Arkansas. | CHIEF JUSTICE WHEAT ESS WOMEN’S BAR' Talk at Association’s An- nual Banquet. Chief Justice Albert H. Wheat of the District Supreme Court and Miss Grace Abbott, chief of the Children’s Bureau, Department of Labor, will be samong the speakers who will address the Women’s Bar Association of the Dis- trict at its annual banquet December 2 at the Mayflower Hotel. Miss Mary M. Cannelly, president of the associa- tion, will preside, and Miss Margaret Lambie will act as toastmaster. assisted by Miss Miss Nellie F. In- COMMITTEE MAKES PARK SUGGESTIONS Would Encourage Growth of Holly Grove and Kalmia Trees in Rock Creek. The Office of Public Bulldings and Public Parks has under consideration the suggestion of the Ad Com- mittee 3 the Natural Features of the Public Parks, which met last Saturday, and proposed that in Rock Creek Park extensive holly -rrovel be encouraged ;;:fi ".nhntt the i‘ b':hhu:m on Kalmia par] ter 1a; ‘ay the unde; i dlr:‘p ik, ry Committee, which is headed by Dr. John C. Merriman, presi- dent of the Carnegie Institution of Washington, desires that definite geo- graphic locations be established in Rock Creek Park as a further means of iden- e ol ut. . U. 8. Grant, 3d, director of public buildings and public parks, has under advisement another sugges- tion by the Advisory Committee, that in order to preserve numerous natural features in Rock Creek Park above Boulder Bridge, several paths, now ex- isting, be by-passed through the con- struction of small foot m!l!l. Officials of the office of Col. Grant are anxious to see a study made of the street lem in Washington, as sug- sted by the Advisory Committee. First deut. F. B. Butler, assistant director of public bulldings and public parks, said yesterday that the lrgoutum board of the Department of Agriculture might make a study of Washington's street trees if funds are made avatlable. pointed out that while great concern is shown over the architectural features of the National Capital, the trees de- serve just as much attention, as they are an integral ?t.‘“ of the picture of the National Capital, A study of Wash- Angton’s street tree problem, Lm. But- ler eaid, would have to extend over s great number of years. THANKSGIVING DINNER SET FOR THURSDAY Y. W.C. A and ¥ M. C. A, Dormi- tory Residents to Be Entertained at Girls’ Club House. The annual joint Th: ving - ner and entertainment .;‘(hr:‘embm' m%f the Elizabeth Somers Club of the Young Women's Christian Association and dormitory residents of the Young g(?;u C{lfl_‘._u;hn Assoclation will be eld nex ursday at the 3 house, 1104 M ltre:t. gl In addition to a turkey feast, the young men and women will have dance and card party during the after- noon.. The program is for the specidl benefit of dormitory residents the two organizations who will not have an opportunity to to their homes various of the country for Thanks- giving day. Arrangements for the Y. M. C. A. participation are in charge of Paul Brindle, dormitory secretary of the Central Y. M. C. A. He expects & larger attendance of “Y” men than year, when 54 dormitory residents were present. b gaaisntt oy SEEKS $10,000 DAMAGES Suit Filed on Basis of Injuries tained in Automobile Mishap. George P. Lawrence, 156 Tennessee avenue northeas, has filed suit in the District Supreme Court to recover $10,000 damages from Raymond E. Kremer, 902 K street northeast, for in- juries alleged to have been sustained September 17, when he was struck down by an automobile whi'e attempting to board a street car near and D streets northeast. Negligence in the operation of the automobile is charged in the declaration filed through Attor- ney Milton King. WILL GIVE TWO TALKS Dr. Frances Moon Butts, teacher in Wednestay 13 il ‘o spenkin y wo ments in Birmingham, Al-.. mercia) Education. Bocil Ay a] lucation, Social Adjustment Section of the World Federation of Education Association. The first of her talks, “An Office Practice Demonstration,” will besmade November 28 at the annual meetilig of the Southern Commercial Teachers' Association in the Alabama metropolis. 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