The Washington herald., 1913-11-09
DELEGATE Plan
VIEWS SOUGHT
Chamber Of Commerce Com
mittee Win Feel the
Pubic's Pulse.
HEARINGS MAY BE HELD
Important Matters VIII Be Considered
at Meeting Of Organization
Tuesday Evening.
HEARINGS MAY BE HELD

In the consideration of the question
whether the District Of Columbia should
be represented by delegate in Congress-
the, Chamber Of Congress of Washington
is desirous Of securing the fullest meas
ure of public judgment on the matter.
Realizing that this is one of the most
important matters before the Washing
ton public at the present time, president
y. ]. Callahan has exercised great care
in the selection Of the special COMMITTEES
that is TO prepare report for the consid-
Grafton Of the Chamber at a special meet
ing. The committee, consisting Of Chaplin
Brown, Albert Schultels. z. c. Graham.
william z. Shannon, and Harry King,
will organize at a meeting to be held
tomorrow.
It is contemplated that the COMMITTEES
will hold a series Of meetings that will
be open to the public in advance of the
preparation of its report, and the men,
bers of the committee are said 10 be
ready 10 receive written expressions
from those with decided views on the
question Of q District delegate in Con-
gress.
President Callahan and the other on
GERS Of the Chamber are Jubilant over the
announcement that the United States
Chamber of Commerce will hold its con-
vention< in this city next February. This
great national organization. OF which the
Washington Chamber OF Commerce Is a
member. is growing In influence every
day, and when the delegates from the
hundreds Of Chambers OF Commerce
throughout the country gather in the Ma
tional Capital next year 1t is promised
that the local organization win take an
active part.
From the standpoint Of dollars and
cents. this is a big thing for Washing
ton.
Citizens generally are interested in the
plans of the convention committee of
the Chamber. of which John Dolph is
chairman. Mr.. Dolph had a meeting of
bis committee last Friday, when definite
plans were made for collecting a fund for
convention-getting. This is one Of the
fundamental works Of the Chamber, one
that brings thousands OF dollars annu-
ally to the local Golfers.
The membership committee Of the
Chamber will have a meeting next Tues
day, at noon. Ralph w. Lee, chairman,
Is planning a campaign to add new
names to the rolls Of the Chamber. The
committee also will be called on to elect
large NUMBER OF candidates IN prepara-
tion for the meeting of the Chamber Of
Commerce, to be held in the evening.
A bid turnout OF members of the Cham
Der is looked forward to for the meeting
Tuesday night. Business OF importance
is to be considered, and in addition, the
Chamber will be entertained with an ad-
dress by Franklin D. Roosevelt, Assist
ant Secretary Of the Navy, on 'Subur-
ban Development
1t is declared that there Is no more
timely topic than the one selected for
Secretary Roosevelt's discourse, nor one
in which the speaker Is more thoroughly
at home. A buffet supper is to be served
following the meeting
Universal sympathy is felt for Thomas
Grant, secretary of the Chamber, in the
loss of his wife, and the further fact that
Mr.. Grant is now i'll with typhoid fever
at Washington Sanatorium. Iowa Cir
Gle. Mr.. Grants physician has given
strict orders that the patient is to re-
ceive neither callers nor COMMUNICATIONS.
In the meantime the Chambers phone
and the daily mail bring many messages
OF sympathy.