The Washington herald., 1918-01-09
IS
SET AGAINST
ARMORY LEASE
Elects New Directors But
Opposes Move to Gust
District Guard. .

The Washington Chamber OF Com
merce. at its annual meeting at
Rauschers last night, went on record
as being emphaticaIly opposed to the
occupancy of the District National
Guard Armory by civil administration
departments.
While the old District National
Guard has been, recruited into the
service, a new National Guard num-
bering about 800 members, including
q separate battalion. desires the use
OF this armory.
After a vigorous speech OF opposi-
tion to any attempt OF the District
Commissioners to turn over the Dis
trict National Guard Armory, to civil
administration departments, Capt.
Winfield Jones, secretary Of the Ma
tIonal Defense League, and chairman
Of the National Guard committee In
troduced a resolution OF protest
against such action. The resolution
was passed unanimously.
District Commissioners are now
trying to despoiI the District Of Co
Iumbia National Guard OF its armory
, at 4o6 L street northwest" declared
Mr.. Jones. The real facts Of the
case are that they have nothing more
TO do with the National Guard than
the man in the moon"
Earlier in the day, Mr.. Jones is
sued a statement in which he said
that the "Commissioners are prob
ably unwittingly being made the
tools of real estate speculators who
are trying to earn a big commits
sion by getting possession OF the
armory and then renting IL to the
government at a much higher rem
tai than is now paid for the build
ing.
81 will at the proper time name
men in the real estate ring that
are endeavoring to put over this
deal with the District Commission
ers," the statement said.
A. Leftwich Sinclair was reelected
unanimously to the presidency of the
chamber. James T. Lloyd, who last
year nominated Mr.. Sinclair for
that ofice, again named him for the
top position. AlbertSchulteis and
Isaac Cans were elected FIRST and
| second vice presidentS, respectively.
New Directors Chosen.
The ten directors elected to ONCE.
in the order of the popularity OF the
! choice. are: Col. Robert n. Harper.
James T. Lloyd. II. B. F. Macfar-
land, Miss Mary O'Toole (the an
nouncement of which choice was her
aided with round after round Of APP
plause). John Poole. Charles j. Bell,
Earl Goodwin, ]. Leo Kolb. F. w.
Bolgtano and F. A. Van Reuth.
The last named two and ]. B.
Henderson all received the same
number Of votes, and in the. draw
Ing on, Mr.. Henderson was the un-
successful candidate.
A resolution introduced by Isaac
Cans and passed unanimously puts
the Chamber of Commerce on rec
ord as favoring legislation to. put
| the Chesapeake and Potomac Canal
! again into active use for transporta-
! ton.
Shortly after the opening Of the
meeting. President Sinclair made his
official report for the year.
he spoke strongly on the work for
local representation I'm Congress ana
the electoral college, and stated that
1t was most encouraging to note the
manner in which the people had taken
up the work OF pushing the campaign
for representation"
Extracts for the report follow: 'If
We are to have real efficiency in the
schools Of the District, It will be abb
solutely necessary for Congress TO
provide more liberal salaries for
teachers-salaries which will enable
the Board Of Education to secure and
retain the services. of capable and
experienced instructors"
May call attention to the proposed
adoption, of the two platoon system
for our fire department. The present
system recurring continuous duty. is
cruel and inhurnan. unreasonable, and
unfair and should be, abolished. II
is not IN accord with the sentiment
of the time.s n sf-