The Washington herald., 1911-06-15
MILK FOR POOR
BABIES RECEIVES
An ENDORSEMENT
Chamber of Commerce Com
mends the Work.
MR.. OYSTER rs PRAISED

1t took one hour and twenty
seven minutes of debate last night
by the lawyer members of the
Chamber of Commerce to raise seri-
Gus doubts in the minds of the lay
members as to whether the Cham
Der is incorporated or not, and at
the same time thoroughly to con-
vince them that they did not want
to be incorporated just now, any
way. After they had said 50 by a
vote that was unanimous, except
for the opposing vote of the chair
man of the committee on law and
legislation, the Chamber got down
to the business of the evening.
MILK PLAN PRAISED.
By a standing vote the members re-
corded their hearty and unanimous COM
mendation of the philanthropic work that
George NJ. Oyster. jr.. has done by es-
tabIishing four milk depots at which the
worthy poor Of the city may receive gra-
tuitously, if necessary, modified. pasteur-
lied milk, as well as free medical at
tendance and the services of nurse at
their homes. The Chamber looked upon
the work that Mr.. Oyster is doing in this
respect as deserving of thankful recog-
milton by the community. which. so far
as that body is representative Of 1t, was
generously accorded.
Albert SchuIteis reopened the matter of
recommending that the District Com
mittee of Congress have control of ap-
propriations for the District instead of
having them handled, as now, in the
House by separate committees. He pro-
posed a slightly different wording Of the
resolution which the Chamber passed,
recommending this feature at its last
meeting, which did not impair the former
action. Chaplin Brown cautioned the
Chamber against hasty action in con-
frming the former act and said that 1t
is quite possible for vicious legislation to
be tackled onto an appropriation bill
which in regular course of dual commit
tees would never have the slightest
chance of passing. The motion of Mr..
one vote.
D. J. Callahan, vice president of the
Chamber. asked the support Of the bill
in the Senate to PURCHASE the Mount
Pleasant playground for District use. c.
G. Lancaster proposed a substitute reso-
luton, providing that support would be
offered If the purchase price is to be di-
vided equally between TIE Federal and
the District governments But that If the
bill intends that the full cost of the pur-
chase be borne by the District, as he
interpreted it, the Chamber should de-
nounce the infraction of the act of 1878
and the encroachment upon the rights
OF the District.
Body Is Reassembled.
This substitute was carried. But after
adjournment the reading of the proposed
bill did not convince some of the mem
bers that the whole expense is designed
to be imposed upon the District, and an
informal reassembIy of the members was
had and the action Of the Chamber on
this matter was held up by President
Oyster for further consideration.
D. J. Callahan brought up the Ques-
tion of the best means of advertising
Washington as a residence city, and, at
his suggestion, the publicity committee
of the Chamber was authorized to con-
slider the best method of doing this
work, and report to the executive COM
mittee.
At the meeting of the executive COM
mittee of the Chamber held yesterday
it was agreed that no action was ap-
propriate at this time on the Straus
milk laboratory, as this question was
under consideration by the experts in
the Department of Agriculture and the
Public Health and Marine Hospital
Service. Until these bodies should re-
port upon the question, it was not felt