Evening star., 1916-12-12
RRESENTS R THE ACTION
OF DISTRICT HEADS
Piney Branch Association Vigorous
ly Opposes Site Named for
Municipal Hospital.
Associated Charities Also Severely
Criticised-OHicer Of Organ
ization Reelected.

west. for which provision was naue III
the latest Commissioners estimates,
was planned at a meeting of the Piney
Branch Citizens Association last night.
Declaring that the Commissioners are
the Districts worst enemies and that
they are backed in their efforts to es-
tablish the hospital on the Upshur
street site by the Associated Charities,
S. T. Cameron, the associations newly
elected delegate to the Federation of
Citizens Associations, suggested that
members of the association discontinue
giving their aid to the Associated
Charities. A motion also made by him
that Charles P. McCurdy. chairman OF
the associations committee on the To-
cation of the hospital, be instructed to
associations was unanimously passed
following the adoption of the sugges-
tion.
Mr.. Cameron severely scored the AS
sociated Charities for it's stand in the
matter and declared that it has,
through the Commissioners, been con-
ducting it's fight in an extremely un-
fair manner. He cited an attempt to
use the Boy Scouts for the purpose OF
circulating petitions asking that Con-
gress locate the hospital on a site
recommended by the Commissioners,
which was frustrated by a member of
the association interested in the scout
movement
Called "Continued Persecution"
President George A. Finch called the
renewed attempts to place the hos
pital on the Upshur street site con-
tinued persecution of that section. He
declared that those favoring the hos
pital on that site are maneuvering to
place the residents of the community
in the light of not being public-spirited
by claiming that they want no hos
pital and that they have no interest
urged that members of the associa-
tion write Representative Robert NJ.
Page, chairman of the subcommittee
on District appropriations in the House.
at it's last session, when it passed a
resolution forbidding the establishment
of the hospital at 14th and Upshur
streets. He declared the further at
tempts to place it there really are
endeavors to discredit the Senate.
Charles P. McCurdy. who led the fight
against the proposed location of the
hospital during the last session OF Con-
gress, and who is to retain his posi-
ton as chairman of the committee on
it's location, stated last night that he
did not believe the Senate will resc1nd
its action of last session. He urged
the association. however, to De pre-
pared for further action in regard TO
campaigning in the House.
The association is to prepare BRIEF
to be presented to the members OF the
House showing how the expressions
from citizens associations, the Federa,
trade bodies and the Senate have been
ignored 'by the Commissioners in their
latest estimates, following motion
to that effect by Louis G. Julihn, which
was unanimously passed.
Association Officers Reflected.
Mr. Finch was unanimously reelected
nresident of the association last night.
being the first executive of the or
ora 1anization to retain the position more
than one term N. L. Collamer was
unanimously reelected vice president;
V C. Croissant was reelected secre-
tary and Amos Tyree was reelected
treasurer. S. T. Cameron was elected
Associations and Edward E. Clement
was chosen alternate. John F. Robb
and Charles P. McCurdy were named as
members of the executive committee:
President Finch announced that all
committees will remain the same 1or
the ensuing year.
The campaign for cleaner motion pic
lures being carried on under the aus
pices of the District of Columbia Fed
Grafton of Women's Clubs was in
dorsed by expressions of individual
opinion from members of the associa-
ton, but the letter asking the coop
Grafton of the organization was refer
red to a committee for definite action.
Work of Committees.
The committee on entertainment is to
take up the matter of having free ten
mis- courts established in that section,
as recommended by the Petworth Citi-
zens' Association.
The committee on membership is to
confer with representatives of the
nd ri oh hf1l,n Do rl1