Evening star., 1915-04-17
Meeting in Board of Trade
Rooms Puts Finishing
Touches to Campaign.
ORGANIZATIONS PLEDGE
WHOLESOULED SUPPORT
City to Be Divided Into Districts,
Three Days Given to Each.
Reports on the Work.

Final plans for the District ide
cleanup and paint-up campaign, which
is to start Monday and continue two
weeks. were made at d meeting last
night at the Board of Trade rooms
when the clean city committee, the
members of the executive committee OF
the Master House Painters and Deco
rators' Association and delegates from
many civic, commercial and other or
ganizations discussed the details for
the two weeks warfare against dirt
disease and general untidiness.
Wholesouled support of all organiza-
tions working for the betterment Of
general conditions in the District. was
pledged, and those present declared
which, they asserted, would make
Washington the cleanest and most
healthful, as well as the most beauti-
full. city in the United States.
Additional support was given to the
maker, delegate from the local cha apters
of the Daughters of the American Rev
olution, reported that the organization
which she represented was ready TO
aid in every way possible in the gen
eral clean up-paint up movement
To See Work Is Thoroughly Done.
Representatives of citizens associa
tions stated that clean up and paint up
committees have been appointed in
these organizations, the work of these
committees being to inspect the terri
tory embraced in the activities Of the
associations and to see that the work
of cleaning up Is thoroughly done.
Reports made at the meeting indi-
Gated that in many parts of the city
the clean up and paint up campaign
is already well under way and that
much has been accomplished, in ad-
vance of the actual opening of the
campaign, to eradicate dirt and TO
cleanse the city, as well rs to beautify
neglected buildings. etc, with coats OF
fresh paint.
Cards were distributed to delegates
present at last nights meeting. on
which reports of the progress OF the
clean up work are to be made. These
cards are to be distributed among
home owners and occupants of houses
in the territory of the various citizens
associations. the recipients to fill in
the blanks and return the cards to the
clean city committee, showing how the
clean up work is progressing. the
cards are also designed to show the
location of premises where no clean
up work has been done. so that such
places may receive attention.
City Divided Into Districts.
According to plans the city is to be
divided into what may be termed clean
UP districts. Beginning Monday. the
clean UP activities are to be centered
in the southeast section, the work there
continuing three days. or until Wednes-
day. Thursday to Saturday. inclusive.
the clean up forces are to centrallze
their attacks on the southwest section.
The northwest section is to be attended
to April 26 to %, inclusive, while the
northeast section is to be the battlefield
of the campaign from April 20 to May
], inclusive.
Clean up committees of the many Or
ganizations cooperating in the cam
paign are to go over their territory
during the last week of the campaign
for the purpose of locating premises
that have not been cleaned up and re-
porting the facts to the clean city com
mittee and the District authorities. At
the close of the two weeks campaign
reports are to be made to the clean city
committees secretary, DR.. Arthur l..
MURRAY, and to A. H. McGhan, chair
man Of the master painters executive
committee, showing the total amount
of clean up and paint up work actually
done in the territory of the several Or
ganizations during the two weeks.