The Washington times., 1916-01-12
Also Asks Chamber Of Com
: merce to Advocate New
Hours for Departments.
WOULD RELIEVE CONGESTION
All Officers Of Organization Are
Unanimously Re- -eIected-10
: Directors Chosen.

Home rule for the District. a change
In the schedule Of office hours In the
Government departments to relieve
street car congestion during the early
morning and late afternoon hours. the
conversion Of the banks Of the Potomac
river. east Of the highway bridge, into
. great public recreation ground, and
the establishment Of swimming pools in
Rock Creek Park, are the principal
projects Of a public nature which the
Chamber Of Commerce is urged to take
up this year.
These policies were outlined last night
at the annual meeting of the chamber
at the New willard by President r.
T. Moran. and were greeted with hearty
approval by the several hundred MEM
bsrs present.
he election Of officers resulted in the
Unanimous reelection of Mr.. Moran as
president: A. Leftwich Sinclair as first
vios president, and Albert Schulteis, as
second vice president.
Directors Elected.
The ten directors selected and their
respective votes were: Cuno H. Rudolph.
ia; Joseph I. Weller. 1H; D. ]. Kauf-
man. los; DR.. Lewis J. Battle, l02; Clar-
ence p. King, 9S: Merritt o. Chance, 9S:
Louis Gutenberg. IS; B. w. Guy. SO:
Charles j. Bell. II, and John G. Capers,
Mr.. Moran was placed in nomination
ny H. H. Classic and seconded by Col.
Robert N. Harper and D. J. Kaufman.
William F. GUIDE nominated Mr.. Sin
clair, and Capt. James F. oyster and
Shapin Brown seconded the nomination.
-. ]. Callahan nominated Mr.. Schulteis
and the seconding speech was made by
John E. Capers.
Mr.. Moran urged that the members
give serious consideration to the sug-
Gestion that the organization establish
itself in home of its own. In this
connection he said that during the la ST
seven years the chamber had expended
siS;Wo IN rentals, and. with the rent
paid by the National Association OF
PhotoEra piers of America. which now
occupies a portion of the present cham.
ber could expend s2,4OO year on a
permanent investment. The home con.
templated, he added, would be of suffi.
Client proportions to house s5 per cen,
OF the conventions that come to Wash
ington.
In outlining his plan for relief Of ca,
congestion President Moran proposed
that the heads Of the executive depart
nents OF the Government change tn,
hours SO that the employees would re-
port at the different departments al
different hours IN the morning, as 70,
and navy, s:so The gam sma ersie or loss wa a.
one end Of the day. he said could be
offset at the other.
Discussing the idea of establishing
swimming pools m Rock Creek. Mr.
Moran said that portions Of the stream
could be damned and concreted o.
tiled, and bath houses of rustic De
signed might be erected without in any
way marring the natural beauty of the
park.
Should Have Experts.
Referring to the work which thu
chamber did through the year in re
lieving the unemployed Presiden
Moran declared that Congress shoulc
by proper appropriation provide ex
perts to care for such needs.
Mr.. Moran recommended that thu
presentation OF three medals to Bo,
Scouts who have passed a series o
tests demonstrating their fitness for thu
decorations be made a permanent fea
ture OF the chambers activities.
In concluding. he remarked that th'
action Of the chamber on the ques
ton Of the appointment OF the schoo
board, which was in opposition to th
proposal Of the District Commissioners
correctly indicated the feeling of tn
membership on that question.
William r. Guide presented Mr.. Mora,
with a gavel on behalf of Franklin A