Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1914-03-14
Activities of Committee of
100 Widened in Effort in
Behalf of District.
PLAN TO ENLIST SERVICE
OF LARGE ORGANIZATIONS
Members of Executive Committee in
Conference With Mrs. Story, Head
Of D. A. R., on Subject.

! The scope of the intended activities OF
7 the committee of 100 was widened to-
day when it became known that the
executive committee of the organization
l headed by Henry b. F. Macfarland, in
! tends to make an appeal for assistance
! to all the larger national organizations
! of the United States as soon as the pres
] ent work in hand is under way.
I This means that the Grand Army of the
Republic, the Loyal Legion. the Sons of
| the American Revolution and other sim
liar organizations will be enlisted in the
cause of protecting the capital from any
alteration of the present half-and half
plan. if possible.
| This announcement was made today in
| consequence of an inquiry based on the
| fact that the Daughters of the Ameri-
| can Revolution are included in the list
! Of organizations having headquarters III
| Washington co which the committee OF
| 100 is appealing, and the fact that the
Grand Army of the Republic is not in
that list
| Mr.. Macfarland stated that the list of
| organizations presented at an executive
committee meeting last night as the list
4 of those to whom the appeal is to be
tions having headquarters in Washing
ton. AS soon as these organizations
have been appealed to, he said. great ma
tional organizations without national
headquarters in Washington will be urg-
| ed to take part in the work to be done.
| At the head of the list of this latter
| class of organizations. he said stands
the Grand Army Of the Republic. the
| Loyal Legion, the Sons of the American
| Revolution and others of that character.
| The value of the support of such organ
| izations. he said, is self-evident.
Confer With Mrs. Story.
| Members of the executive committee
! have today been in conference with as
sociates of Mrs. William Cumming Story.
president general Of the Daughters Of the
American Revolution. Mrs. Story is to
arrive in Washington Tuesday for a
meeting of the national board of the
| Daughters which is to take place at Me-
mortal Continental Hall Wednesday.
| Associates of Mrs. Story expect to ex-
plain the situation as to the peril OF
| washington to her. and 1t is certain that
| the .matter will come up for discussion
before the national board OF the body
Wednesday.
At the offices of the D. A. r. Miss
Julia rernald. who is in charge in the
absence of the general officers, said to-
day that she has been noting the con-
troversy now going on in Washington in
| regard to the various bills before Con-
gress. and that she has arranged to
| expedite through the routine channel OF
| correspondence any communication re-
| ceived from the executive committee OF
| the committee of 100 asking for the as
| siStance of the d. A. R.. SO that it may
! be placed in the hands of Mrs. Story a,
the earliest possible moment.
| Chamber of Commerce Acts.
| William F. GUIDE, president of the Cham:
ber of Commerce, and Cuno H. Rudolph
president of the Board of Trade both
called meetings of their executive COM
mittees to arrange for suitable action
| looking to requests from those organiza-
| tions to the Chamber of Commerce OF the
| United States that the latter national
body will render such assistance in CO.
operation with the committee of 100 as
| may be. in its power. The chamber s
committee met today and voted to make
| the appeal at once to the Chamber OF
| Commerce of the United States. 1t is ex.
pected that by Monday afternoon the
Board of Trade will also have acted. AND
| that the matter will thus officially be
| brought before the national Chamber OF
Commerce by its two constituent men,
| bers in Washington.
The executive committee of the COM
| mittee of 100 held meeting last night
at the offices of Henry B. T; Macfariant
! in the Evans building, at which each Of
| the ten members of the executive com
mittee pledged themselves to see the
| Washington officers of several of the
| great national organizations with head
quarters here. The long list of nationa
| organizations was divided into groups
| of three or four, each member of the
executive committee piedging himself
, to see certain ones. report on these
activities is expected by Tuesday.
The list was supplied by Richard B
Wa:rous. secretary of the American
Civic Association. who has been addec
to the membership Of the executive
| committee by DIR. Harvey w. Wiley
| chairman of the committee of 100 The
| following resolution was adopted:
Resolved That the national orsaniza.
tons of a civic. educational and pa
triotic character having headquarters II
the District of Columbia oc requested Il
communicate 70 their constituent mem
bers the facts contained in the report o
the executive committee to the commit
tee of 100. in order that they may exercise
the right of petition to Congress in di
recting the attention of senators and rep
resentatives to the facts and requestin;
them to avert the danger to the progress
of the National Capital threatened b,
pending Legislation"
Pleased at Senate Action.
The executive committee also expresse,
its qualification that the Senate yester
day eliminated from the District appro
priation bill section s. which provided
that unused funds of the District SHOULD
so into the general fund of the Treasury
and the Borland amendment, which at
cost of pavements. The sense of the meet
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