Evening star., 1915-02-12
Master Painters Association
Ends Convention Here After
Indorsing Campaign.
ORIGINATOR OF PLAN
TELLS OF ITS SPREAD
Committee Appointed to Assist in
Observation-Disclosures Enjoy Ban
quet at Raleigh.

Clean up and paint up" was the key
note Of the closing session today Of the
thirty-f1rst annual convention of the
International Association of Master
House Painters and Decorators of the
United States and Canada. at the Ra-
leigh Hotel During the session the
active cooperation of the association in
the clean up and paint up propaganda
was pledged. and a committee of three
was named to work with the "clean up
and paint up bureau in spreading the
idea
Allen w. Clark of st. Louis. head OF
the bureau and originator of the clean
gates of how the plan originated and
how 1t has spread. He took for the
keynote of his talk the expression
credited to Abraham Lincoln:
Il just naturally love the man who
sticks up for his own home town"
Good citizenship begins at home"
declared Mr.. Clark. mo man can be a
good citizen who doesn't take pride In
his own home, his own home town. and
who isn't willing to do his part to
make conditions better in the place IN
which he lives.
The clean up and paint up propo-
ganda Is a frank alliance Of business
and altruism-the kind of altruism that
respects itself and pays its own way,
he asserted.
Over 1890 Towns 'Painted Up"
Mr.. Clark displayed a largo map Of
the United States in which red stars
out a spring cleanup and pa;nt-up
campaign. These cities and towns In
1914 numbered more than 2,200. and
had planned such campaigns for the
spring of 1915.
The movement. he said, had spread to
Paris. France. to Honolulu. Manila and
Brisbane. Australia. Press clippings
said, il pasted end to end, would make
q string" more than ten miles long,
these clippings representing only those
collected by two press clipping serv-
ices.
At the close of Mr.. Clark's remarks a
resolution was adopted unanimously
pledging the active support and CO.
operation of the international Associa-
tion of Master House Painters and
Decorators to the cleanup and paint
up movement throughout the entire
country. F. M. Michael Of Waterloo.
Iowa; W. F. Andrews of Washington
and George Butler Of Philadelphia
were appointed as committee to rep
resent the association in the cleanup
and paint-up bureau.
Towner Speaks Of Lincoln.
The first address Of the session was
by Representative Towner of Iowa, who
spoke on Abraham Lincoln, eulogizing
the memory Of the martyred war Presi
dent and holding his life up as an ex-
ample to be emulated by American
The thanks of the convention we're
extended to A. H. McGhap, chairman of
the local executive committee, and to-
the other members of the committee
for the manner in which arrangements
for the convention had been carried
out. and for the admirable program
which was prepared.
Reports of a number of committees
followed by brief discussions. these
being along technical lines of particu-
lar interest to the delegates. completed
the session, which adjourned shortly
after noon. This afternoon the dele
gates and visitors toured the Ma
tional Museum, the Smithsonian In
stitution, the navy yard and the naval
gun foundry.
Annual Banquet.
Clean Up and Paint Up in Politics"
was the topic of an address by Repre-
sentative Perl D. Decker Of Missouri
at the annual banquet of the associa-
night Cuno H. Rudolph. former Dis
trict Commissioner, acted as toastmas-
ter. his toast to the President Of the
United States being the signal for the
banqueters to stand and sing THE
Star Spangled Banner" G. Grosvenor
Dave spoke on "a Mans Duty to His
Community" and Barry Bulkley enter
tanned the guests with motion pictures
of "Rambles Through Washington,
Your Capital and Nine"
Guests and Delegates.
Those at the speakers table were
Cuno H. Rudolph. President Alexander
Vice President W. ]. AL
brecht and wife, Secretary Joel Ken
nedy and wife. retiring President WILL
liam E. Wall and wife. George H
Markward and wife. A. H McGhan and
wife. E. r. S. Embrey and wife, Gros-
venor Dave and wife, Barry Bulkley,
Representative Perl D. Decker and
A1leE ". Clark.
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