Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1934, Page 68

F—2 CITIZENS PLANNING YULE CELEBRATION IN MANY SECTIONS Aid for Needy, Tree Light- ings and Parties Feature Scheduled Programs. ‘While almost every citizens' asso- ciation has made plans to assist in some way in the Christmas relief work, several organizations have an- nounced plans for special celebrations to mark the annual visit of that jolly old fat fellow with the benevolent grin and long white whiskers, who dresses in red and hails from the Northlands. Most of these celebrations and parties will be featured by a Christ- mas tree, with all the colored lights and trimmings, and laden with toys, food and clothing for the needy. In most of the events, the traditional Christmas carols will be sung by va- rious groups, and in one of the cele- brations, a special candle-lighting ceremony will be held during the community singing. Conduit Road Plans. For instance, if Santa Claus should happen to arrive a little early on Christmas eve—say along about 6:30 pm—and drive his reindeer out on the newly-paved Conduit road in the Potomac Heights section, he will wit- ness the lighting of a Christmas tree, which will be placed in the center parking space between Weaver and Galena places. This tree is being sponsored by the Potomac Palisades Garden Club with the Conduit Road Citizens' Associa- tion and seven other religious and civic organizations assisting in the celebration. One side of Conduit rcad will be blocked off from vehicular traffic, while the celebration is taking place. One of the attractive features will be the singing of Christmas carols by the united choirs of St. David's Episcopal Church, Our Lady of Vic- tory Catholic Church and the Com- munity Church. Of course, Santa probably will not be able to attend the Foxhall Vil- lage celebration since it is being held on Friday, December 21, at 8 p.m. in the Rose-Lee-Hardy School. At that time the citizens of the village, in co- operation with the school authorities, will present a religious pageant to be staged by the school children of the village. Lighted and colorful Christ- mas trees will be placed both inside and outside the school along with other Yuletide decorations. After the pageant it is expected the citizens and their children will follow their custom of singing carols in dif- ferent parts of the village, according to Clarence M. Charest, retiring presi- dent of the citizens’ association. Another celebration arranged by members of the Summit Park Citi- zens' Association will be held Friday, December 21, at the home of Mrs. George H. <Marshall, 3703 Bangor street southeast, who is chairman of the Entertainment Committee, Grand March Planned. One of the highlights of this event' will be the grand light march, when | the members, marching in pairs and carrying lighted candies, will sing Christmas carols around a decorated tree. Progressive games and dancing also have been arranged. and each member will receive a gift. This is the second year the group has spon- | sored such a celebration. A celebration, with a lighted tree as a highlight, is being sponsored by the Hillcrest Citizens' Association, President Rudolph Malth announced recently. Plans as yet are incom- plete, he said, but it is expected the tree will be placed on the southeast corner of Branch street and Alabama avenue southeast. The Summit Park group has been invited to participate in this event. The Southeast Citizens’ Association, while sponsoring no tree of its own, is working in co-operation with the fifth precinct and other organiza- tions in a special celebration to be held at the police precinct the day before and during Christmas day. At this time, those participating hope to distribute between 5.000 and 6,000 baskets of food in addition to gifts of clothing and fuel. A tree will be lighted in front of the precinct house and gifts and do- nations will be placed under the tree after their collection by members of the police force at No. 5. Capt. J. E. Bobo of No. 5 and William A. Maio, president of the southeast citizens’ group, have been putting forth special efforts to make this year’s celebration one of their best. Candy, clothes and toys will be distributed at the celebration spon- sored by the Michigan Park Citizens’ Association. A Christmas tree will be placed in the parkway near Michigan avenue, Twelfth and Shepherd streets, and a program will be held similar to the kind held in other years. Will Sing Carols. The Citizens' Association of Ta- koma, D. C., will present an interest- ing program in connection with a | tree-lighting ceremony on Thursday. | December 20, in the Takoma Park Playground, near Fourth and Whit- tier streets. Besides the distribution to the needy of clothing, food, fuel. toys, etc., Christmas carols will be sung by several different groups. The tree probably will be lighted by one of the past presidents of the association and members of the Ta- koma Citizens’ Association have been invited to attend. Other organization plans: Members of the Kenilworth Asso- elation will participate in a party to be held December 21 in the Kenil- worth Recreation Center. Southwest Association members, while holding no special celebration, except to donate a large part of the money in their treasury to supply needy persons with coal and other necessities this Winter, EAST WASHINGTON UNIT SEEKS MEETING PLACE ‘The major problem confronting the East Washington Heights Citizens’ Association is a centrally located and, at the same time, a suitable meeting place for the organization. Its first meeting of the year was held in the home of one of the mem- bers. This, however, proved unsatis- factory due to lack of space. The last meeting was held in the newly com- pleted Junior Order of United Amer- ican Mechanics’ hall at 2407 Minne- sota avenue southeast. Members complained of this as their meeting place as it is located about two miles from the area in which most of them live. This fact, they argued, would tend to decrease the attendance at meetings, as several of the members have no way of traveling that far. Visualizes D. Vote, Police Protection and Transportation Betterment Cited. John H. Small Repre- sented North Carolina inCongress 22 Years. OHN HUMPHREY SMALL, J former Representative from North Carolina for 22 years, and recently elected president of the Georgetown Citizens’ As- sociation, has visions of a Nation's Capital with national representation, improved civic government, unpar- alleled police protection, miles of modern subways and traffic fatalities reduced to 8 minimum within the next five vears. “The day of the street car is come and gone,” says Mr. Small. “Five years ago such views would have been called visionary, imaginative and un- | reasonable, but today transportation | has assumed such proportions of speed that the street car is no longer a necessary public utility.” Active for Transportation. All his life, Mr. Small has been in- fluenced by the speed and safety of transportation and especially during his 11 terms in Congress, most of which were spent in getting authoriza- tion and Federal appropriations for the “Intra-Coastal Waterways” from Boston to Florida. He started the movement by getting Virginia and North Carolina interested in the 200- mile Norfolk to Beaufort Canal in 1902. It was 1912 before he attained any mark of success with his project. His aim was to avoid the choppy, rough waters of Cape Hatteras for commerce through the Atlantic Ocean down to Florida. Speedy, safe busses through sub- ways from all suburban districts to the present congested areas will solve the traffic problem, save the Govern- ment vast expenditures in rerouting street cars, and be the initial step toward the reduction of traffic fatal- ities, Mr. Small believes. “The time is ripe and the people are ready for this improvement,” he declares. Believes Views General. Because of his interests in speedy transportation for pleasure and com- merce, Mr. Small's views on the pres- ent traffic question here just about mirror the public sentiment, he be- 1 Public opinion and the relation- ship of the Government with the peo- ple are the two principles that the Monday, December 17. Interfederation Conference, 8 p.m.. room F, United States Chamber of Commerce. Program—Report from Jesse C. Suter on proposed connecting route through the District between Maryland and Virginia; report from Washington I. Cleveland on proposed rerouting; discussion of crime situ- ation; report from Arthur Orr on newly appointed delegates. Lincoln Park Citizens' Association, 8 p.m., Bryan School. Program—Re- port from C. C. Gillikin on 12 traffic safety proposals; report on crime prob- lems and appointment of a vigilance committee; report from Joseph L. Gammel on proposed District legisla- tion in Congressy report on joint con- ference of Northeast Citizens’ Associ- ations and appointment of permanent delegates. Mid-City Citizens’ Association, 8 pm., Thomson Community Center. Program—Discussion of the Weir re- | port on proposed changes in super- | vision of playgrounds. Tuesday, December 18. Citizens'’ Forum cf Columbia Heights, 8 p.m., Powell Junior High | School. Program—Appointment of new committee chairmen; action on ;proposed abandonment of street car | tracks on Kennedy street from Geor- | gia avenue to Fourteenth street; re- | port from Education Committee on playground improvements. Joint conference of Northeast Citi- zens' Association, No. 12 precinct. Program—Address by William A. Roberts, people’'s counsel;: address by Thomas E. Lodge, chairman of the Laws and Legislative Committee of the Federation of Citizens' Associ- ations; report by A. F. E. Scheer on proposed stamp tax on all forms of tobaccos and cosmetics; completion of committee appointments; report on a proposed District airport; discus- sion of proposed downtown all-night parking ban; report on proposed Dis- trict inheritance tax. Logan-Thomas Circle Citizens' As- sociation, 8 pm, Northminster Church. Program—Address by a rep- resentative of the National Airport Corp.; report by E. H. Young, chair- man of a special committee on a proposed District airport. Petworth Citizens’ Association, 8 p.m.. Barnard School. Program— Action to discontinue future meetings at Barnard School: Transportation Committee report on proposed regu- lation of parking spaces; announce- ment of Crime Suppression Commit- tee; Education Committee report on discontinuation of high school foot ball series; Public Welfare Committee report on relief methods; discussion of limited parking on Upshur street between Second and Third streets; action on Municipal Center. Southeast Council of Citizens' As- sociations, 8 p.m., Buchanan School. Program—Announcement of stand- ing committees; report by the Civic Improvements Committee; address by C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of National Capital parks. Wednesday, December 19. Chevy Chase Citizens’ Association, 8 pm., E. V. Brown School. Pro- gram—Mass meeting on transporta- tion; Fire and Police Committee re- port on the crime situation: address by John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Transit Co.; address by Rich- mond B. Keech of the Public Utilities Commission. Dahlgren Terrace Citizens’ Associa- tion, 8 p.m., Crosby S. Noyes School. Program—Action on a proposed Dis- trict inheritance tax; action on pro- posed District airport; discussion of proposed extension of New York ave- Next month's meeting is to be held in the Bradbury Heights Methodist Church. This is only a tentative meeting place pending a more definite location, nue northeast; action on proposed ap- pointment of two field agents to in- vestigate tangible and intangible tax returns; report by A. F. E. Scheer on proposed stamp tax of 10 per cent New Georgetown President C. Civic Utop proposed civic exposition; report on, THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, D. C, DECEMBER 16, 1934—_PART FOUR. JOHN H. SMALL. know nothing or very little of,” he declares. “With national represen- tation and a voice in the govern- ment and taxation, the residents of Washington would be better served than they are at present,” says Mr. Small. All his life he has been a public servant. Born in Washington, N. C., and educated in Trinity College, now known as Duke University, Mr. Small's first public office was that of attorney for a board of county commissioners. Next he was mayor of his home town for six or seven consecutive terms, then he came to Congress. His life has been an unusually colorful one, he believes. Resembles George Arliss. Small of stature, with a striking re- semblance to George Arliss, the actor, Mr. Small has an outstanding char- acteristic about him—that of meeting a man on his own level. Whether you're & huckster or Congressman, Mr. Small can immediately launch into an absorbing conversation most_suitable to your taste or profession. Eccentric is his tricky way of shaking hands— that of clicking his heels together after a military fashion and extending his hand on a level with his heart. “Much of the flavor of the old Georgetown that once approached ro- mance is still there today,” said Mr. Small, speaking of the community of which he is a civic leader. “If more Washingtonians knew of the genuine hospitality of Georgetown and the old Southern pride of its social order, there is no doubt that it would be the leading community in the Nation’s Capital.” Civie Association Calendar Interfederation Conference to Consider Maryland- Virginia By-Pass; Groups to Act on Traffic and Recreation Proposals. [on all tobacco and cosmetics: report | on proposed capital stock tax. Georgetown Citizens’ Association, 8 p.m., St. John's Church Parish Hall. | Program—Public Utilities Committee |’report on recent hearing on rerouting |by People’s Counsel William A. Roberts. | Randle Highlands Citizens' Associa- tion, 8 p.m. 2407 Minnesota avenue southeast. Program — Past Presi- dents’ night; Police and Fire Com- mittee report on A. A. A. traffic safety proposals; report from A. H. Bacas on proposals of Southeast Council of Citizens' Associations: resume of past activities and accomplishments of the group by past presidents; musical pro- gram by the Tech High School Quar- tet. Sixteenth Street Highlands Citi- zens’ Association, 8 p.m., Brightwood School. Program—Action on proposed rerouting of the Kennedy street car line; Public Utilities Committee re- port on recent rerouting hearing by People’s Counsel William A. Roberts. Southwest Citizens’ Association, 8 p.m. Fourth Precinct Station. Pro- gram—Public Health Committee re- port on proposals to increase health in southwest schools; Public Utilities Committee report on rerouting. Friday, December 21. Society of Natives, 8 pm. Wash- ington Club. Program—*“Christmas party”; presentation of gifts for chil- dren of the Foundling Hospital; musi- cal program. Glover Park Citizens' Association, 8 p.m. Industrial Home School. Pro- gram—Election of officers; report on | rerouting; refreshments. . FRIENDSHIP CITIZENS TO HAVE PUBLICATION The Friendship Citizens’ Association the oldest community papers in Wash- ington when Top Notch resumes pub- lication Thursday. Top Notch will be published by J. Wallate Talley. who acquired the rights to the paper at the death of its former owner, Alfred G. Seiler. It was founded in 1923, and for many years was an outstanding community paper in Northwest Washington, having an active part in building up the Friend- ship Heights area. In addition to news of the associa=- tion, it will carry local items of in- terest to those living in Friendship Heights. Howard Ennis, the editor, does not plan to compete with the large daily papers by covering the whole city, but, by specializing in local news and editorials, to build up & strong monthly of interest to the im- mediate neighborhood. Samuel J. Flickinger, president of the association, believes that it will be of real value to his group. He thinks every citizens’ association should have a newgpaper of some sort, “not only for neWs of the association, but for a better knowledge of what is going on in the community as a whole.” LAUDS CITIZEN GROUPS Housing Official Says Influence Is a Great One. Since District natives are a voteless people, the citizens’ associations are a powerful influence on legislative mat- ters, John Pool, executive director of the Federal Housing Administration, told members of the Burleith Citizens’ Association at a recent meeting. Commenting on the many talks made by F. H. A, representatives at most of the citizens' associations within the past six weeks, Mr. Poole said, “We are not going around ad- vocating that you spend money on repairs which you do not now need,” and added that when needed it is “g good investment to put money in home improvements.” present District government heads | will have for its official organ one of | MEETING PROGRAM City Officials to Be Present With Transportation as Topic Wednesday. A mass meeting, at which the vari- ous plans of increasing transporta- be presented, will be held Wednesday night at the E. V. Brown School. Many prominent transportation of- ficials, who will give opinions, will be present, including Col. Daniel I. Sul- tan, District Engineer Commissioner; Riley Elgen, chairman of the Public Utilities Commission; Richmond B. Keech of the Public Utilities Commis- sion, James J. Martin, secretary of the commission, and John H. Hanna, president of the Capital Transit Co. Regular Program Short. The regular meeting date of the Chevy Chase Citizens' Association is scheduled for Wednesday night, but its meeting at that time will include only a short business session, so that the remainder of the time can be given to an open forum on transpor- tation problems, Edwin S. Hege an- nounced yesterday. This forum is the result of a resolution introduced by Mr. Hege at the November meeting. Several hundred posters have been distributed throughout the Chevy Chase and neighboring areas prom- | inently advertising the meeting and inviting the public to attend. A local theater has for the past week been showing announcements on its screen with invitations to the public to at- tend. Mr. Hege declared the idea of the meeting is to get the opinions of not only the members of the associa- tion but of non-members living in Chevy Chase, Forest Hills, Devonshire Downs, Priendship Heights and other areas affected by the proposed trans- portation changes. Officers and mem- bers of all other civic groups along upper Connecticut avenue have been invited. J. R. Manning, chairman of the Public Utilities Committee of the assoclation, proposed several changes in transportation at the last meeting of the Executive Committee, which will be considered. They are: 1. To augment present street car service, not less than 10 per cent during morning and evening rush hours only. Seek Better Bus Service. 2. To augment present bus service, not less than 20 per cent, during rush hours only. 3. To establish one cross-town bus line in the vicinity of Porter street, | to run between Connecticut avenue and Fourteenth street or Georgia avenue. 4. To establish transportation for residents of Military road and Rock Creek Ford Road section, in the area between Connecticut avenue and Rock Creek Park. § 5. To secure adequate transporta- tion to the Alice Deal Junior High School and Woodrow Wilson Senior High School. A petition of 102 persons has been placed in the hands of the associa- tion requesting removal of the car tracks fram Connecticut avenue, to be substituted by bus service, and will be presented by proponents of this theory, as well as other petitioners who are now active and who will be present to present their views The mass meeting is to be held in the auditorium of the Brown School and an attendance is expected which will fill the meeting place to its ca- pacity, Mr. Hege declared. 'WANTS NEW POWELL SCHOOL BUILDING Principal Cites Only Remedy He Sees After Appeal to Citi- zens' Associations. ‘With District school officials saying | they can find no solution to the over- crowded condition at the Powell Junior High School, Lester T. Walter, princi- pal of the school, proposes that the adjacent land be purchased by the District to erect a new school. Not only is actual building space badly needed, Mr. Walter points out, but playground space and playground facilities. | An appeal to the Columbia Heights | Citizens’ Association was made by Mr. Walter two months ago, asking it do something to relieve the overcrowded condition existing at the school, and elso toward securing proper playground space for use by the children. The Citizens' Forum of Columbia Heights, which meets in the Powell School library, has fought consistently toward securing & gymnasium for boys at the school and passed reso- lutions asking for relief of the over- crowding. | The 1932 enrollment of the school was 861. At present it is 1,197, Orig- inally a 16-room building, a third floor, with nine rooms, was added to the school recently. This was in- tended to relieve the overcrowding, but soon afterward it was necessary to take over six rooms of the John- son Elementary School, across the street. This served the purpose but for a short time, bringing forth the pres- ent problem. — CHAIRMEN APPOINTED Committee chairmen for the Six- teenth Street Heights Citizens’ Asso- ciation were appointed recently by i President Samuel B. Loveless. Those appointed were the following: Public Utilities, Irving Bolotin: Leg- islation, Milton Dunn; Fire and Police, Earl W. Sapp; Health and Sanitation, Dr. E. C. Schneider; Education, Mrs. H. M. Phillips; Streets and Sidewalks, Perry Cleveland; Membership, J. Preston Swecker; Publicity, Mr, Swecker; Special Program Commit- tee, Reginald C. Dilli, and delegates to the Public School Association, Joseph H. Wilson and Mrs. Lucille McCall. PROPOSAL PROGRESSES Partial success was reported at the last meeting of the Randle Highlands Citizens' Association in its efforts to have land on both sides of Naylor road south of T street southeast cleared off. A letter from C. Marshall Finnan, superintendent of national capital parks, was read, stating. “We will have a study of the problem made with a view to accomplish this work, if possible, through a C. C. C. or emergency relief project, and will advise the Randle Highlands Citizens’ Association of our decision within the next two weeks.” o tion service from Chevy Chase are to! " ANNOUNCES MASS| SEEKING HELP T GET LARGER AREA Want Impounded Funds to Improve Inadequate Sherwood Site. In an effort to complete the pur- chase of the Sherwood Playground with impounded funds from the 1933 District budget which have been re- leased, the Northeast Playground Com- mittee has sought aid of the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Associations. A. H. Gregory of the Playground Committee and of the Stanton Park Citizens’ Association has presented & report and proposed resolution to the federation and to the last Stanton Park meeting in which it was shown the Budget Bureau made $507,000 available to the National Park and District appropriation. the children of Northeast for many years, but was closed in October, 1930, with no provision for replacement. The Northeast Playground Committee was organized in June, 1931, and is com- posed of about 24 civic organizations, History Is Reviewed. Briefly, the progress of the Play- ground Committee up to the present time, in securing new playground fa- cilities for that quarter of the city is as follows: November 20, 1931, a hear- ing attended by about 40 representa- tive members of the committee before the National Park and Planning Com- mission at which a sub-committee was formed to confer with the commis- sion on proposed sites. On May 18, 1922, the committee ap- oeared before the Senate Sub-Commit- tee on District Appropriations to pro- test the Collins amendment to elimi- nate from the 1933 District budget the $1,000,000 item to the National Park and Planning Commission under the Capper-Cramton act. The Play- ground Committee requested a $500,- 000 appropriation for the purchase of a square in the Northeast section for playground purposes and as a result of expressed senatorial interest, the commission was enabled to allocate funds to this project. ‘The square between F, G, Ninth and Tenth streets northeast was selected in July, 1932, at a meeting with the commission as & site for the pro- posed playground. Subsequently, however, the com- mission failed to purchase the whole | square. It appropriated less than half of the amount needed and pur- chased only the central portion of the roposed site which, the Playground ommittee contends, is wholly inade- quate. Houses Still Standing. Only part of the houses in this central portion have been demolished to date and only a relatively small space has been made available for play, without any playground equip- ment whatsoever. The Northeast Playground Commit- tee is convinced that the most essen- ton act is the completion of the purchase of this playground with funds from the $507.000 released to the National Park and Planning Com- mission by the Budget Bureau, and |that the Senate Sub-Committee of gDisY.rkL Appropriations means that | the needs of this project were to be | fully met out of the funds allocated to the commission, of which the sum of $507.000 is the balance. In the resolution submitted to the federation the northeast section is one of the most densely populated quarters of the city, there being about 7.000 chil- dren in the area who have had no adequate play space and equipment for the past four years and several of whom have been killed during that time largely due to this lack. The report and proposed resolution was referred to the Federations Edu- cation Committee of which Harry N. Stull is chairman. for report at fits next regular meeting. 'MEETINGS SHIFTED BY HOLIDAY SEASON Advancements, Postponements and Omissions Announced by Many Associations. The Christmas season has shifted the schedule of many citizens’ asso- ciations. The West End and Brookland Citi- zens' Associations, which were to have met on Monday and Friday, will omit the December meetings entirely, offi- cers announce. The calendar for this week has been increased by three be- cause of advancements from regularly scheduled meetings next week. They are the Logan-Thomas Circle, George- town and Mid-City Associations. The Sixteenth Street Highlands unit this week adopts its new policy of meeting on the third Wednesday in- stead of on the fourth Wednesday of each month. The Southeast Association was scheduled to meet on Christmas day, but has announced postponement until January 4, Orrin J. Davy, the secre- tary, announced. The regular meet- ing on January 29 also will be held, he added. The Rhode Island Avenue Citizens will meet the night after Christmas as scheduled, George Gee, president, said. On Wednesday of next week also the Conduit Road body meets, as usual, President Ellis R. King revealed yes- terday. However, the Anacostia As- sociation scheduled for Friday of next week will omit this month’s meeting, Dr. George C. Havenner, president, announced. The Richmond Park As- sociation also will omit a December meeting. e 0. E. ROBBINS ELECTED HEAD OF ASSOCIATION East Washington Heights Group Reorganizes for “New Deal” in Its Community. ‘The East Washington Heights Citi- zens’ Associationat a recent meeting of the organization elected Orland E. Robbins president for the ensuing year. He succeeds W. K. Harmon as head of the group. Other officers elected were Cyril E. Albrecht, vice president; Mrs. Florencc L. Jackson, secretary, and Charles H. Baumbach, financial secretary. Robbins stated that the association had reorganized for the year and that he would see to it that the group had a “new deal” with all the mem- bers having & chance to express their views on any matter concerning the ) Planning Commission from the 1933 The old Plaza Playground served tial project under the Capper-Cram- it was pointed out that| . |CHEVY CHASE BODY PLAYGROUND UNIT | Civic Problems, Civic Bodies District Still Lacks Political Equity as Boston Tea Party Is Recalledd—Richberg to Address Trade Board Tomorrow. BY JESSE C. SUTER. ECEMBER 16, 1773—161st anniversary of the “Bos- ton tea party'—is a date which should be marked for observance on the cal- endar of every citizen of the Na- tional Capital who values liberty and the fundamental American principles. Organized civic Wash- ington strives for both financial and political equity for the Dis- trict. To many of eur leaders there has come a realization that real financial equity for the Dis- trict is only possible and sure through obtaining political equity. By political equity is meant the granting of voting representation for the District in both Senate and House of Representatives, the right to vote for President and Vice President and the same access as citizens to the courts of the United States as possessed by the citizens of the States and even aliens. Observance of an anniversary could not be more timely than the present. Right now while bodies in which the District has no repre- sentation are framing our annual budget and deciding for what pur- poses and in what amounts our tax money is to be spent it is well for us to harken back to the period when the American Colonies were experiencing a similar form of tyranny. Of course none of our civic bodies, no matter how mili- tant, would propose strong-arm methods as used by the Boston brethren, but there is in the air a spirit of unity of sentiment in vigorous demand for a square deal for the District. The local press and the citizen bodies are united in backing up the Commissioners for a better financial deal and many believe the press should unite with the citizen body in demand- ing political equity as the only real assurance of fair treatment as re- gards taxation, appropriation, Fed- eral financial participation, or legislation. Board of Trade December Meeting. HE December meeting of the Washington Board of Trade will be held at the Willard Hotel tomorrow night. The prin- cipal guest speakers will be Donald R. Richberg, executive director of the President’s National Emergency Council and J. Howard Ardrey, deputy administrator, Federal Housing Administration. So large an attendance is expected that the meeting will be limited to mem- bers. The members are cautioned not to leave their membership card home. Plans are under way for the Midwinter dinner at the Mayflower Hotel on February 2, 1935. From an entertainment and spectacular standpoint this affair will main- tain the board's well-deserved rep- utation. Even at this early date the Ticket Committee reports an excellent advance sale. The bulletin of the Board of Trade announces the personnel of additional subcommittees and lists some of the problems under con- sideration. The Public Utilities and Transportation Committee, of which John J. Esch is chairman, has the following subcommittees: Telegraph and telephone, Victor Deyber, chairman; busses, trucks and traction lines, Henry J. Saun- ders, chairman; legislation, E. C. Graham, chairman, and the mer- ger of Washington and George- town Gas Light Cos, William B. Willard, chairman. The Law Committee under chairmanship of George W. Offutt has the following subcommittees: Changes in the powers of the Dis- trict Commissioners, Paul E. Lesh, chairman: lunacy law, Joseph C. McGarraghy, chairman: small loans, Wilbur L. Gray, chairman; primary law, Robert N. Harper, chairman; foreclosure of mort- gages, J. Leo Kolb, chairman: taxi= cab insurance, Godfrey L. Munter, chairman; liquor law amendment, Henry I Quinn. chairman: com- bination of small courts and small courts building of the Municipal Center, H. Winship Wheatley, chairman; new paving law, Alvin L. Newmyer, chairman: amend- ment to the gambling law, James B. Flynn, chairman and amend- ment to the prostitution law, Jo- seph A. Burkart, chairman. Getting Acquainted With New Members of Congress. N A recent bulletin of the De- partment of Legislation of the District of Columbia Federa- tion of Women's Clubs, the chair- man, Mrs. Edith L. Phelps, casu- ally remarks: “The people of Washington have been studying with interest the list of newly- elected members of Congress. Many of these” she says, “are strangers to us and we are strang- ers to them, but our welfare is in their hdnds.” These members of the Congress, both in the Senate and House of Representatives, by the grace of the Constitution of the United States, are both our national and our local legislators. We should know them and they should know us, but just how are we to become acquainted? They feel a first al- legiance to the folks back home who elected them to office, and many of them doubtless really know nothing of these other con- stituents at the National Capital who have been wished on them by the Constitution. Here is a civic job for all of our voteless or- ganizations to go systematically after getting acquainted with these new people in Congress. Some civic leaders see a big help in learning who among the mem- bers of our civic organizations are acquainted with the new members. Drawing our membership in the civic bodies from all over the United States, there are, no doubt, many among us who recognize friends in these new arrivals in Congress. It is considered a good rule, out in the United States, to know your Congressman, and it ought to be just as good a rule in this voteless community to know your Congressmen and Congress- women. First Lady Joins Voteless D. C. League. ECEMBER News Letter of the Voteless District of Colum- bia League of Women Voters announces as & new member of the District league Mrs. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt has been a leaguer in New York State for many years. She will meet with the District league at luncheon on Saturday, January 19, 1835. In referring to the pending fiscal relations situation between Federal ter states that the proposed survey order of the President is badly needed and that the fact that it is being made this Winter indicates | strength the subject of Federal suffrage for the District is at the boiling point. The letter adds, “The financial issue is the core of the District's fight for representation.” The group on national repre- sentation is following the progress of the District budget closely. This group already this season has re- viewed the history of the District government, including the period from 1871 to 1874, “when we actu- ally had a representative in the House—but he had no vote.” Indicative of the care of this or- ganization in the selection of its officers, announcement is made that at the November meeting three members were elected on a nominating committee, to which the president will add two, with the approval of the board. This committee will present one nomi- nee for each office at the annual meeting, April 15, 1935. The only §20.000,000 SPENT HERE BY VISITORS DURING PAST YEAR Steam Turned On in Final Effort for Early Yule Shop- ping and Mailing. The Greater National Capital Com- mittee estimates that visitors to the city will have spent in the neighbor- hood of $50,000,000 in Washington by the end of 1934. The number of conventions already held this year and those scheduled before January 1 equal the record of 1932, which was the George Washing- ton Bi-centennjal year, Curtis Hodges, director of the committee, stated. He estimated that the number of sight- seers here this year will exceed the 1933 total by some 300.000. “Washington’s second largest in- officers to be then elected are presi- dent, second vice president, treas urer and two directors, Selling Public Welfare to , Organized Civic Washington. IVIC bodies have been prompt C to respond to the offer of El- wood Street, director of pub- lic welfare, to furnish competent speakers to tell of the expenditures of District tax money under the Board of Public Welfare. This is applying to a governmental agency methods which have made friends for agencies under the Community Chest and prbduced a much more widespread interest in our welfare and character-building agencies. With Mr. Street's letter is a list of speakers available, together with their subjects. This list includes members of the Board of Public Welfare and officers of some of the institutions and departments under the board. Most favorable coms ment has been heard in civic cir- cles on this innovation to tell the taxpayer what he gets for his money. Chevy Chase Citizens’ Transportation Meeting. HE mass meeting of citizens called by the Chevy Chase Citizens Association is to be held on Wednesday night at the Elizabeth Brown School. Other sections will watch with interest the outcome of this meeting for the discussion of the transportation problem as applied to the section. Street cars or busses is one of the questions at issue. People’s Counsel Roberts has ex- pressed a desire to have other neighborhood groups hold similar meetings. but so far there appear to have been no others announced. NORTHWEST COUNCIL PLAN IS CONSIDERED | Forest Hills President Names George Esch to Study Prob- lem by Next Month. Formation of a northwest confer- ence of citizens' associations has be- come the aim of the Forest Hilis Citi- | zens’ Association. is Believing united all - important toward achieving community accomplish- | ments, L. A. Carruthers, president of the group. has appointed George Esch to study the matter and report at the | next meeting. The conference would include all territory north of Massachusetts ave- nue and west of Connecticut avenue, ! with two members from each body ! designated to act for their respective groups in a joint committee. Forest Hills, Friendship, North Cleveland Park, Chevy Chase and others would be included in the confererce. The idea originated about & year ago when Esch introduced a resolu- tion before the Forest Hills Citizens' Asociation calling for the banding to- gether of the four bodies for discus- sions on matters relating to the slice Deal Junior High School and the Woodrow Wilson High School. Let- ters were sent to all groups concerned, | but only Friendship seemed in favor of the idea at that time. Forest Hills plans to undertake the organization of the conference with renewed effort after having seen the success of other similar groups. MEETING TO HONOR PAST PRESIDENTS Randle Highlands Group An- nounces Special Plans for _Gathering Wednesday. Past presidents’ night will be fea- tured Wednesday by the Randle Highlands Citizens’ Association. President Adelbert W. Lee an- nounced yesterday that, after a brief business meeting, the program will be turned over to A. H. Bacas, vice presi- dent, in charge of the committee ar- ranging the program. There have been 18 presidents of the group since its organization in 1906, 12 of whom are expected to attend the meeting and present a brief resume of their administrations. The presidents of the group and those to be represented are as follows: Robert F. Bradbury, president in 1906, 1907 and 1918, who is to be present; Charles G. Robinson, 1908, 1909, to be present; Charles A. Bark- er, 1910, 1911, 1915 and 1919, to be present; the late J. Walter Mitchell, 1912; Dr. B. T. Woodward, 1913 and 1914; Samuel E. Snyder, 1916, 1917 and 1926, to be present; Rex B. Duck- ett, 1920, to send greetings; Thomas Crane, 1921 and 1922, to be present. The late Alfred K. Ware, 1923; Reuben H. Randall, 1924, to be pres- ent; Joseph G. Herbert, 1925, to be present: Clifford Shoemaker, 1927, will not attend; Paul E. McKinney, 1928, to be present or send word; Wil- liam G. Gath, 1929, to be present; J. Milton Collins, 1930, to be present; John Gibson, 1931, to be present; Herbert F. Marti, 1932, to be present, and the present incumbent, Adelbert W. Lee, 1933 and 1934. Half of the past presiding officers’ are still members of the group, Mr. Lee said. They are Bradbury, Rob- inson, Barker, Snyder, Randall, Col- lins, Gibson, Marti gnd Lee. Marriages Gain; Births Drop. Marriages are increasing and births decreasing in Scotland, the number of ceremanies the last year being the the birth dustry, from the standpoint of the amount of money put into circulation in the city and therefore the degree of help it offers to business interests, is the visitors’ industry—second only to the Government pay roll” Mr. Hodges asserted. “The amount of money put into circulation annually through this industry has been esti- mated roughly at $40,000,000. But there are good reasons to believe that the total for 1934 will go considerably beyond that figure. “The record number of conventions in 1934, many conventions with at- tendances of several thousand, are chiefly responsible for the great strides made in the visitors’ industry. These conventions, together with the in- crease in sightseeing tourists and the great number of people who have come to Washington on Government busi= ness, give ground for the estimate that the total amount of money expended in Washington in 1934 through this source will be much larger than the normal $40,000,000,” Hodges pointed out. “At this time, we believe the indica« tions are that 1935 will be a good year for the visitors’ industry in Washing- ton. Three events—the meeting of the Shriners, the jamboree of the Boy Scouts, and the Cherry Blossom Festival—that are scheduled for next year, alone should bring from a half million to a million visitors to the city. This figure, of course, does not include the hundreds of thousands of other persons who will be here for other important events, for their na- tional conventions and on Government business.” Already a total of 105 national con- ventions have been scheduled for 1835. Two Committees to Meet. Two meetings of important Board of Trade committees are scheduled for this week. The first will be a luncheon of the Public Order Committee tomorrow at 12:30 p.m. in the Harrington Hotel. | Dr. Allen A. Stockdale, pastor of the First Congregational Church. will be the guest speaker. Committee mem- bers were notified by Chairman Odell S. Smith that there will be other speakers, to be drawn from the ranks of District officials. A meeting of the Public School Committee has been scheduled for Tuesday at the same hour and place. Dr. Sidney F. Taliaferro, former Dis- trict Commissioner, is chairman. Push Buy-Early Drive. | With only eight more shopping days before Christmas, the Merchants and { Manufacturers’ Association is expected | this week to redouble its efforts to persuade the buying public not to | wait until the last minute rush to purchase presents. The association points out that the shopper who waits until the last mo- ment to buy, has a picked-over stock | from which to make a selection, be- sides incurring the discomfort of the | final frantic rush. The Christmas shopper who takes pains to select carefully a present will save the recipient of the gift and the store from which it was pur- chased much trouble, Mrs. Sallie Muchmore, assistant director of the Washington Better Business Bureau, declared in a radio talk on the prac- tice of exchanging Yuletide gifts. She counseled against buyving un- usual gifts on the grounds that more often than not they are unsuitable to the person who receives them and must be exchanged. The public was invited to take ad- vantage of the services of the Better Business Bureau in all cases where there was suspicion of misrepresenta- tion or fraud. PROGRAM ON TRAFFIC WILL BE CONSIDERED Lincoln Park Executive Commit- tee Draws Up List of 12 Recommendations. With a view to improving traffic conditions of the District the Executive Committee of the Lincoln Park Citi- zens’ Assciation last week drew up a | 12-point traffic program to be pre- sented to members of the association tomorrow night. The suggestions are as follows: That the Commissioners be given full power to regulate traffic laws; that a ban be placed on the ‘fixing of tickets' where accidents occur, that police personnel be increased; that all automobiles be inspected for safety requirements. That a law for the control of reck- less and financially irresponsible mo- torists be passed by Congress; that an investigation be made of court han- dling of all traffic cases; that the laws be amended so the driver of an auto- mobile whose car injures any one at an intersection, be charged with in- tent to kill; that parking be prohibited within 24 feet of any conjested in- tersection. That a study shall be made of the speed limits, and what effects the placing of speed limit signs on certain streets might have in reducing acci- dents; that drivers under the influence of liquor be given the full penalties of the law; that a thorough study of the street lighting be made;that the association indorse the proposed municipal garage. e NAMES CHAIRME Dr. E. E. Richardson, president of the Congress Heights Citizens’ Asso- ciation announces chairmen of com- mittees for the ensuing year as fol- | lows: Highways, streets and water, E. J. Read; Parks and playgrounds, E. J. Newcombe; schools, Mrs. MacAgney; sewers, R. O. Russell; public utilities, H. G. Costello; zoning, Thomas Bowles; lights, E. G. Beagle sr.; membership, Mrs. Alma Allen; relief, Dr. Richard- son; entertainment, E. M. Richardson: application for membership, R. O. Russell; legislation, C. J. Benner; po- lice and fire, Aurthur Newcombe, ¢