Evening star., 1913-04-01
.C[EAN.C|7y PLANS !
TAKE WIDE SCOPE
All Civic Bodies Are Urged to
Help Make Dirt Fly
-. April ID to 19.
POLICE TO TAKE HAND;
BOY SCOUTS WILL AID
Street Cleaning and Health Depart
ment of District Government As
sure Their Cooperation.

PractlcalIy every CIVIC dSehCy VI INT
National Capital, together with severa
departments of the local government
will be called upon to assist in making
the dirt fly in Washington during the
sanitary campaign to be waged during
the week of April IA to 10.
This was decided definitely yesterday
by the executive committee. of the clean.
city organization when steps were taker
to enlist the aid of the Chamber of Com
meree.- Board of Trade and Retail Mer-
| chants Association the police depart
ment public schools. Boy Scouts, pastors
| of the various churches, citizens asso-
Citations. and other civic bodies and resi-.
! dents of Washington generally.
| Every member of the executive COM
| mittee was in attendance at yesterday
| meeting which was held at the health
! department. Considerable progress was
made in the direction of formulating a
| program for carrying. on the cleanup
crusade. Briefly, this was what the COM
mittee decided TO do:
| Procedure Agreed Upon.
! Request the Chamber of Commerce,
Board of Trade and Retail Merchants
Association to take whatever, steps those
bodies deem advisable for cooperating
with the committee, to the end that the
downtown section of the city may be
properly cleaned during the crusade.
Confer with Commissioner Johnston,
who has supervision of the police depart
ment, as to the character OF assistance
the police should be asked to give during
the campaign.
Petition all real estate firms to cooper
ate with the committee by removing rub
bish from the vacant property over
which they have control.
Devise plan of action for the children
of the public schools and Boy Scouts in
order that they may be able to participate
actively in the campaign.
Urge upon the pastors of Washington
that they call the attention OF their con-
be suggested that this be done Sunday,
April 13,
The committee did not consider the
problem of districting the city for the pur-
pose of the campaign, inasmuch as the
list of organizations which are to be
given supervision of various territories
has not been completed. AT its next meet
ing, however the executive body probably
will give attention to this matter
Police Ready to Help.
There was careful discussion yesterday
of plans for participation in the CAM
paign by the police department. 1t final
ly was decided that Chairman w. HI.
Richardson should head a committee to
confer with Commissioner Johnston as to
the method to be adopted The sugges
ton that the police make a house-to-
house canvass and request citizens to
clean up their premises was considered
by several members to be impracticable,
but the committee was unanimous in the
belief that the police may render effective
service by making reports of insanitary
PROMISES. attention
Chairman Richardson read letter from
Maj. Sylvester assuring the committee
that the police department desires to CO.
operate with it in every way.
A letter from DR.. William M.-David-
son, superintendent of schools, assuring
cooperation from that source, also was
read. DIR. Davidson stated that plans for
the participation of school chrden in the
crusade are being considered by the su-
pervising principals of the schools and
that a definite outline of the work to be
undertaken soon will be completed.
DR.. Arthur L. Murray, secretary, stated
that he had been assured by E. s. Mar
tin, director of Boy Scouts, that the mem
bers of this organization would be ready
to assist the committee when called upon.
definite plan for their cooperation will
be worked out at an early date.
Official Inspection of City.
Communications from number of or
SdniZdtiOHS expressing interest in the
sanitary work about to be undertaken
were read. Chairman Richardson said
that the District Commissioners prob
ably will make an official inspection of
the city at the conclusion of the cam
paign. n. R. Ready. District refuse con-
tractor, was represented at the meeting
by one of his assistants, who supervises
the collection of rubbish. A refuse recep-
tacle, which Mr.. Ready believes to be
the most practical device of the kind
that has been invented, was explained
to the committee.
Organizations which sent in names of
delegates to represent them on the gen.
eral clean-city body were Civic Better
ment Association, Mayo c. Mitchell;
Mount Pleasant Citizens Association
Fred G. Coldren Connecticut Avenue
Citizens Association, DIR. T. A. Poole;
South Washington Citizens Association,
Louis Johnson. and North Washing
ton Citizens Association, DR.. Thomas
E. Will.
The members of the executive commit
| tee in attendance at the meeting were
w. III. Richardson, chairman; Dr. Arthur
L. Murray, secretary; John G.. McGrath,
chairman of the committee on member
| ship; Richard B. Watrous. chairman of
| the committee on sanitation; Fred G..
| Coldren, chairman of the committee on
| publicity. and Mrs. Frederick v. Coville,
chairman Of the committee on finance.