Evening Star Newspaper, September 15, 1935, Page 48

ALLTINE RECORD FORVTORS SET 312, 031 Persons Pour Into District in August to Set New Peak Figure. The month of August surprisingly set an all-time record for the number of tourists to visit Washington, it was revealed yesterday by the Greater National Capital Committee of the ‘Washington Board of Trade. The first eight months of the year have been the most active since statistics have been compiled on the number of visitors to come to the Capital. The figures are based upon the number of visitors at the Smith- sonian Institution, including the Na- tional Museum and the Aircraft Building. Last month's total was 312,031, an | Increase of 62,219 over August, 1934, when the total was 249,812. In August, 1933, there were only 164,743, and in | the preceding August the total was | 206.402. August is not usually regarded as an active tourist month here because, ordinarily, it is one of the hottest | months' of the year, and virtually all | the Capital’s special activities stazed | to attract tourists either come pefore | or after that month. There was not‘g one special attraction to draw tourists | here last month. | Figures for the three preceding | months were: May, 189,076; June, | 208,463, and July, 230,714. The total since the first of the year, {ncluding August's unexpected high record, was 1481,767, which was much larger than the eight-month mark of the last four years. The total increase in the eight months over the corresponding period a year | ago was 295,673, the committee showed. Another new record at the Smith- sonian was the one-day flow of visitors on Labor day, when 24,329 individuals called to see the thousands ©of exhibits there. Art Committee to Meet. The Board of Trade's Committee on Municipal Art will hold its first meeting of the Autumn season at the board’s offices in The Star Building, it was announced yesterdsy. Subcommittees will be named by Chairman Louis Justement, and plans for the Fall and Winter season will be made. M. & M. to Plan for Season. Plans for Fall activities of the Merchants & Manufacturers’ Associa- tion will probably be made during the coming week, when the first meeting of the season will be held by the board of directors in the offices of Edward D. Shaw, secretary. | James E. Colliflower, president of the M. & M, is also chairman of the | board. Its members are elected by ‘the several trade sections of the asso- clation, ‘The meeting will be the first of the year since the annual Summer lull and vacation period. Louis Justement. Cites Advertising Laws. Mrs. Sallie P. Muchmore, merchan- dising manager of the Washington Better Business Bureau, explained in | her radio address last week just what steps can be taken against an adver- tiser who refuses to abide by the | bureau’s recommendations ‘against false advertising. The District of Columbia, she said, is armed with a criminal statute against false advertising and prosecu- tion of an offender is possible. In ad- dition the postal laws and regulations have provisions against using the mails in schemes to defraud and by permitting the newspapers carrying the false advertising to be mailed, the false advertiser subjects himself to prosecution under this law. Other agencies available to the bu- reau include the Federal Trade Com- mission and the pure food and drug section of the Argiculture Department. She cited & number of cases and rulings to show how the false adver- tiser is or can be frustrated. ‘Will Study Traffic. John A. Bresnahan, chairman of the subcommittee on traffic law en- forcement of the Washington Board of Trade, has called the first meeting of the year of his group, to be held at the Har- _ rington Hotel Thursday at 12:30 pm. The committee will hegin the draft of its report on future activi- ties, to be sub- mitted to tne ‘Traffic Committee Geptember 26. Col. Lawrence A. Crawford heads the general o committee. J. A. Bresnahan, Convention Men Return. Curtis Hodges, executive director of the Greater National Capital Commit- tee, and Roy Miller of the committee’s hotel bureau staff, have returned from Atlantic City where they attended a number of conventions last week. NATIONAL UNION Meetings this week are: September 16, Potomac, 8 p.m., Pythian Temple; September 18, Congressional, 8 p.m., Typographical Temple; September 20, United, 8 pm., Pythian Temple. McKinley Council met last Tuesday. Preparations were made for new bowl- ing teams. Owing to the sudden death of J. Harry Jones, for the past 40 years recording secretary of Victory Council, the regular meeting. was very short. Harry L. Stroh was elected recording Becretary. Scott Council met last Friday. The Executive Board will make plans for Fall ceremonial at next reg- ular meeting. Get Two New Members. Mrs. M. E. Wagner, 4205 Mitchell avenue southeast, and J. A. Smith, 1119 Forty-fourth place southeast, were admitted to membership in the East W Heights Citizens’ Association at its first meeting of the season last Tuesday. . 1,123,600,000 on British Trains. Passengers on British railways last Year totaled 1,123,600,000. THE SUNDAY STAR, WASHINGTON, Detail of Lincoln Road Closing Shown PROPOSED NEWROADS NORTH CAPITOL ST. COLLEGE PROPERTY ST. GLENWOOD CEMETERY FRANKLIN ST. v ofi“‘efi The above map illustrates the proposed closing of Lincoln road and substitution of transportation routes that some feel will provide better service, The Commissioners will hold a hearing on this project on Monday, September 30. District Civic Problems and Civic Bodies Voteless and Unrepresented District to Celebrate Signing of Constitution. Organization Information Service Provided by Board of Trade. Hearing Planned on Lincoln Road Closing. BY JESSE C. SUTER. IVIC and business bodies are joining forces with the patriotic societies and veteran organizations in celebration of the 148th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States at Philadel- phia on September 17, 1787. On Tuesday, with torch-light proces- sion, pageantry and speeches the voteless and unrepresented people of the District of Columbia will ob- serve the completion of that im- mortal document in its original form. It is doubtful if there is any community in the land where the Constitution is better known or better understood than in this District. To most of our people it is a revered but incomplete document from which has been omitted provision for the estab- lishment and maintenance of fundamental American conditions at this, the seat of the Govern- ment of the United States. Close students of the Constitu- tion and the proceedings of the Constitutional Convention are con- vinced that failure to provide for the participation in the councils of the Nation by the future ine habitants of the territory to be ceded for the seat of Govern- ment was due to the indefinite- ness of its location and a confi- dence that fundamental Ameri- can justice would prevail. When the Constitution was framed there were far more vital issues involved than the fixing of definite provi- sions for preserving the funda- mental rights and privileges of the future inhabitants of & small ares, the location of which was then entirely unknown. Augustus Brevoort Woodward, in & pamphlet published in 1801, dis- cusses this question in a most in- teresting way which is as timely as if written in 1935. Speaking of the Constitutional Convention, he says: “They have provided for the exclusion of the State jurisdic- tions, but they have declined any consideration of the subsequent relation of the severed parts to the rest of their fellow citizens. The novelty of the measure and the uncertainty which then pre- vailed whether the government they proposed would ever pass into actual operation may serve as an apology for their not entering more into detail—if that term is pardonable toward & body which deserves 50 much the respect and gratitude of America. There can, however, be no apology for us of the present day, who have seen this Government prosperous and happy for 13 years; * * * if we refuse to turn attention to it at this very period, and to make de- liberate, effectual and constitu- tional provision both for its par- ticipation in the general councils and for its domestic government.” To correct this age-old, un- American condition has long been recognized as our civic problem number 1. Organized civic Wash- ington in participating in this ob- servance of the anniversary of the birth of the Constitution will dedi- cate itself anew to the cause of having that document so amended as to Americanize the Washing- tonian. The District’s proposed amendment will empower Con- gress to grant to the District of Columbia voting represéntation in the Senate and House of Repre- sentatives, the vote for President and Vice President and give its residents the same right of access to the courts of the United States as are possessed by the citizens of the States or even the citizens of & foreign state. Citizen Bodies Join The Star’s Safety Campaign. REUMING after the Summer vacation, the associations, as they meet, are lining up in the Safety Council movement. This movement has as its foundation stone the recognition by the driver of a motor vehicle of his or her individual responsibility for his or her own driving. The observance, by the vast majority of drivers, of the 12 basic rules for safe driving contained in the driver’s pledge will prove far more effective in pro- moting the cause of safety on our streets and highways than the very necessary traffic rules and police son to feel proud of civic work done. Credit may be taken f ducing the slaughter h considerable damage to property. ‘The Star has all the parapher- nalia for participation in this movement by your organization. Apply to room 600, Star Building, and get the pledge blanks and the stickers for your windshield. According to an old story, the streets of ancient Jerusalem were kept clean by every one sweeping in front of his own door. Our streets and highways are to be made safe by every driver ac- knowledging responsibility for his own driving and promising to fal- low the basic requirements for safe driving. The Board of Trade's New Community Service. TH!:R! is a constant demand for detailed information re- garding the multitude of organiza- tions in the District of Columbia and the metropolitan area. The names of the associations, socie- ties and clubs, their officers and addresses and the time and places of meetings are always sought by organizations, Government agen- cies and individuals. The late Daniel E. Garges, who was secretary to the District Com- missioners, endeavored to maintain such lists for the benefit of the public. He had fair success, but lacked the practical co-operation of the organizations, whose officers habitually neglected to keep his office advised as to changes. The secretary of the rederation of Citizens’ Association has for years supplied applicants with such information regarding the organizations affiliated with that body. The secretary of the Fed- eration of Women's Clubs has rendered a similar service as to their clubs. But there has never been one place to which you could turn for the entire organization layout. The Board of Trade is well equipped to act as a clearing house for this useful information. It has well appointed and centrally lo- cated offices in The Star Building. It has an efficient trained staff who see things from the civic angle. This undertaking is in charge of Miss Betty Glenn, sec- retary to Executive Secretary Cot- trell. She will surely make this service a successful feature of the Board of Trade work if she has the co-operation of the organizations. Every organization is liable to want this information from time to time ana the officers of the organizations must realize that the information will be only as com- plete as their composite contribu- tions make it. The solution of many a community problem is made easier by having such in- formation readily available, so that all bodies are urged to give Miss Glenn a “break” in this work she has undertaken for the entire community. Motor Vehicle Taxation, Logical and Otherwise. le varieties and increasing amounts of taxation on ‘mo- tor vehicles continue to be sug- gested for the District, together with the diversion of the tax on motor-vehicle gasoline to other uses. The gasoline tax which was originally proposed locally as a sub stitute for the personal tax on mo= tor vehicles was saddled on the Dis- trict as an additional tax. There was resentment against this at the time and local residents were made more cautious in supporting any proposal to substitute one form of taxation for another for fear of getting both. A fair tax on each gallon of gas through road improve- ment with the funds derived from this tax. For years there has been a g | gk : i E. j T Fg Zh gE i : : i i - Efi £ b | oline used for motor vehicles is that it will be used for roads. Ifit wasa general sales tax on gasoline and other petroleum products there might be logic in the argument to remove the “earmarks” from these funds. The registration fee of $1 is simply designed to make the identification system for automo- biles carry its cost of operation and the price of the tags. The fee for operators’ permits is also de- signed to carry the cost of the service incidenta. to insure the qualification and the identification of drivers of motor vehicles. It is understood that the fees in both of these instances are adequate to the needs of the service. These fees, therefore, seem fair and rea- sonable. There is logic in the imposition of a personsl tax on motor ve- hicles, as they are tangible per- sonal property. This tax is fair because it is governed by the value of the vehicle at the time the re- turn is made, when the vehicle is registered each year. It is assumed that the owner with the new and high-priced car is better able to pay on its high value than the owner who has had to worry along with an old model of diminishing value, One of the Commissioners ic understood to be sold on the idea of substituting a weight tax for the personal tax. While this idea has some followers, it is far from popu- lar in civic and business circles. It is contended that the gas tax is the fluctuating tax governed by the extent use of the streets and highways and that large, heavy vehicles have a heavy gas con- sumption and consequently pay & correspondingly heavy tax. Thus the gas tax automatically apportions the heaviest cost to the vehicles which make the heaviest wear and tear on the road surfaces and their foundations. The weight tax, it is said, is further unfair in that it does not take into consideration actual use of the vehicle. A vehicle of a given weight, only occasionally used, would have to pay the same tax as though it was used constantly on the streets and roads of the District., Proposal to Abandon Part of Lincoln Road. A HEARING will be held by the District Commissioners on Mon- day, September 30, on the proposal to abandon Lincoln Road between Franklin street and Michigan ave- nue. This is desired by Trinity College and other institutions own- ing property on both sides of the road between these points. In place of the road abandoned, there would be opened up a new diagonal road running northeasterly from near the intersection of Lincoln road with Franklin street and into Fourth street. This would permit a connection with the Harewood road, which now connects direct with Lincoln road. It is also pro- Pposed to divert the Harewood road at Michigan avenue and cut off the acute angle at the southwest corner of Michigan avenue and Fourth street. In addition it is proposed to extend Franklin street from Michi- gan avenue through the Trinity College grounds following the northern boundary of Glenwood Cemetery and connecting with - Franklin street east of Fourth street. Some triangular and other park spaces are contemplated in this change of the highway plans. Lincoln road, from the main en- trance to Glenwood Cemetery has been in need of rebuilding for a long time: and its improvement would, of necessity, require its widening. Lincoln road is used by many as a short cut from the Brookland section and also by those using Harewood road, which forms a part of the eastern bound- ary of the Soldiers’ Home property. It is understood there is opposi- tion on the part of some of the citizens’ associations to the aban- donment of the part of the road in question. A map showing these proposed changes appears on this page. The Maccabees. National Tent will entertain the CIVIC BODIES JOIN IN TRAFFIC DRIVE Six Associations Meeting This Week Will Act on Star Campaign. In a city-wide effort to curb Wash- ington’s high fatality rate, Washing- ton’s organized civic bodies have re- sponded whole-heartedly in support- ing The Star's traffic safety campaign. This week every citizens’ associa- tion scheduled to meet has this ques- tion slated for definite action, officers of the groups annoumce. In addition, the Lincoln Park Citi- zens' Association, whose first Fall meeting is to be held next month, will have an Executive Committee meet- ing this week and, if the safety drive is approved, will distribute the pledges among its car-driving members at the October meeting. ‘The Brookland Citizens’ Association may meet this week, President M. M. McLean declares. If so, announce- ment will be made to members in ad- vance. The safety campaign is slated to come up before this group for ac- tion also, he states. During the past week many of the associations which have met have re- ceived cards on which the “Safe Driv- ing Pledge” is printed, at the bottom of which is included the name of the citizens’ association indorsing the move. These cards are to be distrib- uted at the next regular meeting of the bodies so that the membership may show its earnest desire to de- crease the fatality rate by pledging to carry out the 12 promises. Thomas E. Lodge, chairman of the Laws and Legislative Committee and for many years delegate to the Fed- eration of Citizens' Associations from the American University Park Citizens’ Association, last week told members of the civic body the 12 promises should be called “The Twelve Commandments of Traffic Common Sense.” The groups opening the Fall season this week are as follows: Monday, September 16. Interfederation Conference, 8 p.m., United States Chamber of Commerce. After a Summer recess since May, this group will consider the application of the Prince Georges County Federation for membership, Secretary E. Lester Bennett reveals. The first Fall meet- ing was to have been opened with an annual dinner, but this will be post- poned until later in the season. West End Citizens’ Association, 8 pm, No. 3 precinct, 2014 K street. The topic occupying the position of major importance before this body after a recess since May is “traffic,” Secretary Almon C. Barber states. Other than action on The Star’s traf- fic safety campaign, several different phases of the traffic question will be considered. Objection to the location of the gas tanks in the vicinity of New Hamp- shire avenue and G street has been brought to the attention of the asso- ciation. This will be discussed also, Barber promises. ‘Tuesday, September 17. Citizens’ Forum of Columbia Heights, 8 p.m., Hillcrest, Thirteenth and Girard streets—This group, which has met all through the Summer months, will hold its last meeting of the year at Hillcrest. Starting next month, O. E. Foulk, secretary, re- veals, the body will return to its old meeting place, the Powell Junior High | School. Southeast Council of Citizens’ As- sociations, 8 p.m., Buchanan School— This being Constitution day, an ad- dress on the Constitution will be made by Dr. E. E. Richardson, president of the Congress Heights Citizens’ As- sociation and vice chairman of the| Southeast Council. The proposed conversion of gasoline tax funds into the general revenue fund will be considered and probsbly acted upon that night, President Wil- liam A. Maio announces. ‘Wednesday, September 18. Randle Highlands Citizens’ Associa- tion, 8 p.m. 2407 Minnesota avenue southeast—The Nominating Commit- tee will report for the annual elec- tion of officers next month, says Presi- dent Adelbert W. Lee. Since there have been a few changes in the bus service during the Summer, a report on the transportation service is expected. Friday, September 20. Petworth Citizens’ Association, 8 p.m., Petworth School—Because the meeting date for this association falls | on Constitution day, Tuesday, this week’s meeting has been postponed until Priday, Lyster H. Dewey, presi- dent, declares. During the Summer recess Horace J. Phelps, chairman of the Library Committee, appeared before the Dis- trict Commissioners during the 1937 budget hearing. Phelps will report on his efforts to secure an appropriation for a new Petworth branch library. Other matters will include a dis- cussion of one-man street car opera- tion and a report from the Street Im- provement Committee on removal of trolley poles from Upshur street. l B. P. 0. ELKS I ‘Washington Lodge will have a large delegation of marchers in the Con- stitution day parade on Tuesday. Ex- alted Ruler James J. Murray is chair- man of the Fraternal Societies Com- imttee of the Constitution Day Com- mittee. Elks, who will participate in the parade, are requested to report to George E. Beyers on the north side of Fourth street and Constitution avenue at 7:30 pm, The unit will be led by the Elks’ Boys Band. A group of members will go to Alex- andria on September 23 for the first Fall initiation of that lodge. District Deputy John E. Lynch made visitations of the lodges on the East- ern Shore of Maryland last week. Crisfield, Salisbury and Cambridge Lodges were visited. He was accom- panied by George E. Strong. Arrangements are being made by the trustees of the Maryland, Dela- ware and District of Columbia Elks’ Association to hold a regional meet- ing at Hagerstown on November 10. GETS SEVEN MEMBERS Seven new members were admitted to the North Randle Highlands Com- munity Citizens’ Association at its last meeting, increasing the membership to 68. Those admitted are: P. Partello, P. L. Kingsbury, John Etcher, Bruce Yates, E. Mothershead, Mrs. Willlam Parron and Mrs. McCann. ‘The following have been nominated for office, instead of elected, as an- nounced recently in The Star: Presi- dent, Fred H. Christianson; vice pres- ident, Pratt Chroniger; secretary, Eva D. C. SEPTEMBER 15 1935—PART TWO. C. Rule, Not Giving Vote, Held Antiquated by Finch D. Burroughs Officer Suys Need That Caused It Is Gone. Franchise Described as No. 1 Civic Project in District. HE voteless and unrepresented citizens of the District today are living under 4a system brought about by emergen- cles long past and never intended by the framers of the Constitution, Wil- bur 8. Pinch, secretary Burroughs Citizens’ Association, contends. PFinch, in last week’s civic broad- cast, declared the Federal Govern- ment took over control of the District after early forms of suffrage were not entirely successful and conditions ex- isting here after the Civil War made Government control necessary. Each week, a speaker from one of Washington’s civic bodies makes an address over Station WMAL on topics of interest to local residents. The series is sponsored by the Federation of Citizens’ Associations and is under direction of L. A. Carruthers, the federation’s vice president. Saul to Talk Thursday. ‘This week's speaker will be John A. Saul, who has been a delegate to the federation from the Brightwood Citi- zens' Association for the past 16| years, Saul, a memoer of the Bright- wood group since its inception over | 40 years ago, is & native of the Dis- trict and alumnus of Georgetown and George Washington Universities. He is a member of the District and Amer- ican “Bar Associations. Saul's early life ‘was spent with his father in the tree nursery business and the title of his address over WMAL Thursday at 7:45 p.m. will be | “The Trees of Washington.” ! Last week’s address by Finch was | “Some Aspects of the District Suf-| frage Question.” He declared: “It has always been my conviction thae~the question of suffrage for the disfranchised citizens of the District should be uppermost in the minds of all those who, like myself, are vic- tims of the anomalous political situa- tion in which we find ourselves and that it should be urged on all ap- propriate occasions,” Pinch declared. { Not wishing to minimize other prob- {lems, he stated, “the problem of | | remedying the present unfavorable | | political status of District citizens, in | my opinion, transcends in fundamen- | tal importance all other civic matters with which we concern ourselves.” The campaign for national repre- sentation for the District is “already | well organized,” he stated. “It is my sincere hope that a successful conclu- | sion of that campaign will not be long | delayed.” Lack of Vote Not Intended. In considering the intent of the framers of the Constitution as to what extent the District should be governed by the Government, he said the words contained in the provision for the District of Columbia do not, in themselves, connote any intention on the part of its authors that Dis- trict residents should have the right to suffrage. “However, according to subsequent | interpretations by the Supreme Court ® * * the power which those words conferred upon Congress was not, in | the minds of those who framed the | Constitution, intended to be absolute. Such power, in the words of our highest judicial authority, was meant to be subject to the prohibitions con- tained in other sections of the Con- stitution. For instance, in & case | | which came before the Supreme Court in 1888, it was held that ‘there is nothing in the history of the Consti- tution or of the orginal amendments 1o justify the assertion that the people | of this District may be lawfully de- prived of the benefit of any of the constitutional guarantees of life, lib- erty and property.’ ” Because the right of suffrage is granted specifically to the States and the District is not one of these States is no reason, Finch believes, why the District should be denied this priv- ilege. Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, two principals in the Con- stitutional Convention, found it neces- sary for Congress to exclusively legis- late for the District, “because of the opposition in New York to the adop- tion of the Constitution by that State 10 explain in detail what the members | of that convention meant by each of | the provisions of the instrument they drafted.” | In a volume known as “The Fed- eralist,” these two statesmen had several essays which, in the words of the late Senator Dodge in his intro- duction to the 1886 edition of it, “was the first authoritative interpretation of the Constitution * * * it has ac- quired all the weight and sanction of a judicial decision and has been con- stantly used as an suthority in the settlement of constitutional ques- tions.” Words of Madison. In one of the essays contained in the volume, Madison first sets forth the necessity for excluding all State authority from the seat of Govern- ment and, secondly, the District was to be appropriated to this use with the consent of the State ceding it and, in Madison’s words, “the State will no doubt provide in the compact for the rights and the consent of the citizens inhabiting it * * * that they will have had their voice in the elec- tion of the government which is to exercise authority over them,” and that “a municipal legislature for local purposes, derived from their own suf- frages, will, of course, be allowed them.” Finch declared: “Thus do we have a definite mandate, emanating, as it were, from the Constitutional Con- vention itself, the rights of those who inhabited the territory that was to become the seat of gov- ernment and subsequently the rights of those who were to inhabit it after the assumption of Federal jurisdiction over it. It is particularly clear, from the mandate, that the power which the Federal Congress was to exercise over the seat of government was to be further limited to the extent that the citizens residing therein were to control their own local affairs through & municipal legislature of their own choosing.” For more than 70 years Congress provided various forms of local suf- frage, which were necessarily in the form of experiments, but represented | upon the shoulders of Congress. The | the part of a city council. he con- | | the safety of life and property. * * * JOHN A. SAUL. circumstances which brought about that unhappy result.” Congress Is Blamed. Many of its members placed the| failure of these experiments squarely fact that the people of the District became poverty stricken, debt-ridden and burdened with taxes during these experiments was blamed solely upon agents selected by Congress to rule over the people in the District. Nor were local residents responsible for abnormal conditions existing here | after the Civil War, Finch stated, | which played a prominent part in the | decision by Congress in 1874 to take | away the right of suffrage, and substi- tute instead a temporary form of com- mission government. Washington was for a long time| headquarters for an army during the | Civil War. It was a fortified camp. It was the place of refuge for Negros from the South, as it was for many white people who claimed no perma- nent residence. It was dependent for its subsistence from rations issued by the Commissary Department of the Army. It was dependent a little later, j either upon charity of the local gov- | ernment or upon employment which | was made by District authorities to| give these people a means of livell- hood. | While under these conditions, no | critic would blame Congress for tak- ing control, this was not meant to be permanent. But the temporary act of 1874 authorized a select com- | mittee from both Houses to adopt a suitable form of government for the District. The commission form was only a solution of the temporary con- | ditions, Finch argues. | In later years when peace again ! returned, the organic act of 1878, in its original form provided for a city council to be elected by the people, | drafted by the House District Com- | mittee. The Senate Committee sub- stituted for this City Council the elec- | tion of a delegate to Congress. But | both of these proposals were thrown out before the measure was passed and therefore was continued the per- manent commission form of govern- ment. Present System Antiquated. “Thus,” Finch summarized, “we are living today in this District under a system of government which is pre- | mised upon the existence of emer- | gencies long since past and was never intended by the framers of the Con- stitution to be the type of permanent government to which they believed us entitled in due course.” ‘The fact that Congress may play tinued, does not make it either neces- sary or right to do so. The fact that | it may, if it will, disfranchise the peo- ! ple, does not justify the act. Quoting | a member of Congress, Finch declared, the people of the District “have an inalienable right to the freest, the most poplar form of municipal or- | ganization which is compatible with | For us to give them' less, will be false | to the most fundamental principles of | American liberty.” “To these words,” Finch asserted. “I ! know that every thoughtful and un- | biased student of District affairs will | join with me in answering with a fervent ‘Amen.’* SOUTHEAST CITIZENS | SHIFT MEETING PLACE More Centrally Located Hine Junior High to Be Used Instead of Buchanan School. | A change in meeting place for the Southeast Citizens’ Association this year has been announced by President | William A. Maio. MANY CIVIC UNITS AID CELEBRATION Representatives Announced for Constitution Day Exercises. More than two score civic groups will be among the 100-odd organi- zations scheduled to participate in the Constitution day cei¢rwnon Tues~ day night. Features of the observance will be a parade, the route of which will be down Constitution avenue from Fourth street, and an elaborate pageant on the Monument Grounds. The citizens’ associations which have signified their intention of takIng part and their chairmen follow: American University Park—Thomas ill.od(e. Anacostia—F. Tracy Camp= 1. Benning—C. W. Sheriff. Bright- wood—John A. Saul. Brookland— George R. Ellis. Burleith—Charles 8. Embrey, Burroughs—David Babp, Cathedral Heights, Cleveland Park— John A. Remon. Central—Dr. W. P, Kenealy. Chevy Chase—Edwin S. Hege, Chillum Heights—E. F. Blanche ard. Columbia Heights—George H. Brown. Conduit Road—Ellis R. King. Congress Heights—Mrs. Alfred E. Da- vidson. Dahlgren Terrace—John H. Wil liams. Dupont Circle—E. G. Bliss. East Washington Heights—Cyril E. Albrecht. Friendship—C. D. Franks. Hills, L. A. Carruthers. Georgetown—B. A. Bowles. Glover Park—W. D. Harris. Hill Crest—Charles Foster. Kalorama—John W. Holcombe. Lincoln Park—Joseph L. Gammell and Mrs. Helena Reed. Logan-Thomas Circle—Walter W. Stout, H. M. Fulton and Edward H. Young. Michigan Park—E. J. Brennan and W. M. Deviny. Midcity—A. J. Driscoll, G. Howard Dunnington and Frank B. Hoffman. Mount Pleasant—Henry H. Bur- roughs and Dr. A. A. Chenay. North Capitol—Selden H. Ely. North Cleveland Park—W. J. Neale. Association of Oldest Inhabitants— J. F. Duhamel and John Claggett Proctor. Park View—F. E. Smith, F. 8. Walk- er. Petworth—George W. Potter, Har- vey O. Craver, Lyster D. Dewey, James G. Yaden. Piney Branch—Capt. G. L. Shorey, R. C. McLane. Progressive Citizens of Georgetown—John Col- burn Bridwell, Mrs. Elizabeth Sulli- van, Randle Highlands—Herbert F. Marti. Richmond Park—William J. Calnan, J. W. McGarry. Sixteenth Street Highlands—Mrs. H M. Phillips, J. D. Rhodes. Society of Natives—H. H. Burroughs, Fred A. Emory. Southeast Council of Citizens' Associations—Orrin Davy. Southeast Washington—Vernis Absher. South- west—J. M. Schaeffer. Stanton Park— A. G. Gregory. Takoma Park—David T. Blese, W.C. Magathan, George E. Sullivan, Trinidad—George J. Cleary. Washington Highlands—Miss Bes- sie B. Warren, W. B. Lovejoy, jr.; F. R. C. Ross. West End—Robert D. Lyons. Forest — Y.W.C. A. EXECUTIVE GROUP WILL MEET 'Board of Directors Called Also. Group Plans to Aid in Parade. The Executive Committee of the Y. W. C. A. will meet tomorrow at 11 am. in the board room. The Board of Directors will meet Thurs- day at 10:30 am. with Mrs. Albert ‘W. Atwood, president, presiding. | The Girl Reserves, in uniform, will represent the Y. W. C. A. in co- operation with the Junior Citizens" Group, representatives of the Chare acter Building Organizations in the District, for the annual exercises Con- stitution day, Tuesday, at 7 pm.: Martha Gay, Martha Moss, Alice Fracker, Frances Hill, Helen Sher- wood, Ruth Linthicum, Betty Craig, Erva Barger, Ellen Lauck and Grace Hendershot. Miss Jessie Smith, chairman of the Business and Professional Women's Department, is calling together the committees to plan for the Fall activ- ities. The Recreation Committee of the Blue Triangle Club will meet to- lmomw at 7:30 p.m. Mrs. Hannah Hill and Miss Gene Hoffman will be hostesses for the Practice Bridge Group. which will meet every Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. beginning October 1 A foreign doll exhibit will be pre- | sented by Mrs. Sarah Calendar, as- The new meeting place will be &t sisted by Mrs. Herman Byer, for the the Hine Junior High School and is the result of many members’ request for a more centrally located gathering point. During the past year the group met at the Buchanan School and prior to that met at Chambers Hall, 517 Eleventh street southeast. The action is the result of an Exec- utive Committee meeting during the past week, Maio said. The first Fall meeting of the body will be on Sep- tember 24. SHEPHERDS OF BETHLEHEM National Lodge was called to order by the commander, Mrs. Lula B. Jen- nings. Deputy Supreme Commander Mrs. Margaret J. Walters spoke on the national convention to be held at the Hotel Washington commencing September 30. The next meeting will be tomorrow night at 808 Eye street. A party and reception will follow the meeting in honor of Mrs. William A. Domdera, deputy supreme com- mander. The lodge will officially re- ceive the deputies of the District of Columbia, Maryland and Virginia in compliment to Mrs. Domdera. Star of Virginia was called to order by the commander, Mrs. Amelia Stombock. Deputy Supreme Com- mander A. Don Moarecco spoke of the national convention. The next meet- ing will be Tuesday night after which | a party will be tendered in honor of | A. Don Morecco, deputy supreme commander to the lodge. Hope Lodge was called to order by Comdr. William A. Domdera. Mrs. Margaret J. Walters made an address. ‘The next meeting will be Wednesday night at 7 Fourth street northeast, after which a party will be held. Justice Lodge was called to order by | children’s recreation hour at 614 E | street tomorrow at 4 pm. The chil- :dren will participate in a program of | song and dance under the direction | of Mrs. R. E. Espy. ‘The children of the music hour will meet Friday at 4 for a special musical arranged by Mrs. R. E. Espy. Mrs. L. A. Schaaff and Mrs. J. W. Anderson will be hostesses for the ‘Wednesday Afternoon Women's Club at 614 E street September 18 at 4 p.m. Civic Group Faces Financial €Crisis With Only 32 Cents Stanton Park Will Hold Membership Drive to Get Funds. The Stanton Park Citizens’ Asso- ciation, with but 32 cents in its treas- ury, faces a financial crisis. Against this sum theve is an out- standing debt of $3, William E. Mon- roe, treasurer, reported. Despite this fact the association adopted a motion at a recent meeting to pay, “so far as it can,” a bill of $4.60 for post cards, etc. From Harry N. Stull came the re- minder of $10 in dues to the Federa- tion of Citizens’ Associations, due next month, plus the janitor's fee for September. So Mrs. W. M. Bartle, as chairman of the Entertainment Committee (who is looked to to raise funds), has & problem on her hands. The association under no circum- stances will disband, however. Its record of accomplishment for the community is a fine one. Members wonder why the citizens of the community won’t show their patriotism and neighborhood spirit honor of Deputy Supremsend join the association. A member- | ship drive will be instituted. L]