Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1913-04-03
PLAN To CONFER DAILY
ON CLEANUP CAMPAIGN
Every Advance in City-Wide
War on Dirt to Be Directed
by Executive Committee.

| Dally conferences for the purpose o.
directing every advance in the city-widt
war on dirt to be waged during the week
of April IA to 10 will be held by the
executive committee of the clean-city or.
! ganizatlon While the campaign is in
| progress
rms decision has been reached by the
cleanup leaders. who plan to have the
facts as to the progress made each day
presented to the executive committee at
the close of the same day. In this way,
1t is pointed out. the executive heads will
be able to keep up with the work and
learn without delay whether any changes
| In the plans for making Washington
healthier and cleaner are required
The hour for the conferences has not
oeen determined. but it probably will be
or clock each afternoon. Numerous
complaints of insanitary conditions in
Guiding premises. alleys and other places
Where rubbish is apt to collect, will be
made by citizens during the crusade, it
| is expected, and these will be turned over
daily to the executive committee
Civic Bodies Make Reports Daily.
1t is likely that arrangements will be
made whereby the civic bodies charged
with the supervision Of the crusade in
certain territories will be required to re-
port each afternoon to the committee
Thus, the executive body will be given
clearing house duties. as it will be called
upon to handle matters that originate
with the civic organizations participating
in the campaign.
II a citizens association, for instance,
finds itself unable to cope with the prob
lem Of removing refuse collected in the
section which it represents. the executive
committee may be appealed to to provide
funds or wagons or, at least, to advise as
to the best means of meeting the situa-
ton.
The thoroughness with which Chairman
Richardson and Secretary Murray are ar
ranging for the prompt and satisfactory
handling Of all matters mat may be pre-
scented for the consideration of the COM
mittee is having the effect of impressing
the members OF that body that the cru
SADIE is to be conducted in a busineSSlike
manner and that results worth while are
in q fair way Of being accomplished.
Duties to Be Clearly Defined.
1t is proposed to make the plans so
complete that each civic body aiding the
work will know exactly what it is ex-
pected to do and will realize that it is
under responsibility to make good. Like
wise, individual citizens, who are house
holders or property owners, are to be ap-
pealed to in such way that they can
not be in doubt as to what the committee
expects them to accomplish in the move
ment directed toward the cleaning UP of
the city generally.
Boy Scouts will be a big factor in the
campaign this year, it is assured. Chief
Scout Master Edgar S. Martin has re-
turned to his Office in the District
building, after an illness Of several days,
and will give immediate attention to the
devising of ways and means for obtain
ing effective work on the part of the
scouts in the big sanitary undertaking.
The youthful members of this organiza-
ton participated In the cleanup crusade
of last spring and probably will be called
upon to take an even more active part
this year.
The exact work that the police depart
ment will be asked to do still is in doubt.
Chairman Richardson expects to confer
with Commissioner Johnston in regard to
the matter as soon as the latter re-
turns to the city. One plan under con-
sideration is the printing of placards
containing valuable cleanup suggestions
which the police department will be ask
ed to see are distributed throughout the
civ