Evening star., 1918-01-09
Chamber of Commerce Ap-
pIauds Recommendation in
J Presidents Annual Report.
FIRST WOMAN ON BOARD

Tho members OF the chambef aP-
plauded the report and few minutes
Ater unanimously reelected Mr. sin'
clair to head the chamber during 1919
ALBERT schulteis, first vice presideh'
and Isaac Cams, second vice president
also were reelected unanimously
First Woman Put on Board Directors
Cheers lasting several minutes Went
mn when il was announced .'!at " "ios
Hhe nrst time in the history or IN
cha mber a woman-Miss Mary y looie si
had been elected to the boafd OF VI.
rectors. The other nine members eIecI-
I'd to the board are: Charles j.. beit i.
p. ": Yolgiano, Earl GodNin, Eooei ,e.
E H.rpsn ]. Leo kolb. jams ,, IL ltsoS PooIe =
fs~nrE Il. F. Macfarland. Johh foo'e
and = A. Van Reuth.
Miss p'Toole is lawyer anu h.ts
Haken an active interest IN the VI o., :,
NJ the chamber for several yea s. ~
always from seat In the paeN
Resolution Favoring Canal Use.
After Isaac Cans had called a,,en.,1l ,,e oon1
N the need for relieving freight con
~est;on IN the District the chanoel
adopted this resolution
.Whereas legislation has been ihtIo-
Auced in Congress seeking 10
Z RECOMMENDATION facilities into w Washlns-
ton by use of the Chesapeake ana ohio
aWIeraas. this would greatly aid in
che shipment of freight and necessary
COMMODITIES. particularly COAL iiieo '"e
3 eity therefoTe. be II
"Re.oIvs we'd. that the Chamber OF COM
merce heartily indorsess such ieEis :
fion and pledges full support to Its
enactment.
241 Feet of Paper Clippings.
Part of the annual report of Thomas 5
Grnt. secretary of the chamber, was
= chain of newspaper clippings, z4i
feet long, which Mr.. Grant said repre-
eensed the total amount OF space az
5 fotted to the chambers news IN me
local newspapers during the year. ne
chain extended completely around the
& spacious hall.
81 IN his annual report Mr.. Sinclair
recemm ended that the chamber work
FOR a larger and better paid pol,ce
force the two-platoon system for fire.
men and pay increases for the pupiac
school teachers of the city.
Discussing national representation
for the people of the District. Mr. SIN
lclafr said:
i Pressing for Representation.
N is encouraging to note that the
people Of tho District of Columbia have
Organized to press for representation in
ScngreSs aga in rh e eiee,orit mo This eoae ones
tion, about three years ago. sentiment
IN favor of this form of representation
has grown and Spread to such an e1-
Sent that 1t Is now favdred by nearly
everybody In the District. This is Pc
culiarly opportune time to press for
representation. In the eloquent Ian
guage Of Gov. Folk, who addressed US
s at our December meeting:
notwithstanding are learning the
Salue of American citizenship as they
never knew that value before. They
have responded to the calls of the ma
tion with money ana personal service.
They have been Americanized and de-
mocratiIed as to tho obligations OF
American citizenship: let them now be
Americanized and democratized as to
che privileges of American citizenship:
The residents Of the District should
not be the only Americans In the re-
nublic denied the rights Of American
edtixenship Washingtonians give their
money and their lives for American
orfncSnle0 and traditions, and the time
Has ,come when they should have rep
reasntat}bn in the halls Of the Amer
lean Congress. There shodld not be
my place in tho United States where
the people are subjects rather than Cit
azens. Above all, the Capital city itself
American citizenship and be kept In lg-
norance Of American ideals. knowl-
edge Of which can only come through
! the exercise of the ballot in accordance
win a 1foSmdu WILL
Would Not Affect Congress.
@congress will surely favor this form
Of representation for the District, when
a fuds that we really desire 1t. for the
< granting of 1t would not In any way
Sfroct ti1e exclusive jurisdiction Of Con-
gress over tho District, nor involve any
Ghang> In the municipal government
via he approval Of Congress the rat
1dcatien of an amendment TO tne Con
6en. by the Legislatures of three
eUurthS of the states, II necessary
could be secured without difficulty. The
state legislatures would promptly and
unanimously ratify an amendment to
the Constitution of our country abol-
5shinE political slavery at the nation's
eapital'
local public school teachers MI. Sinclair
I'm the present crisis the public schools
0f our country should be given even more
attention than ever I before; before. as & mere s ~. !.
schools than ever before.
& IF We arc to have real efficiency In the
schools of the District, it will be abso-
1utely necessary for Congress to provide
more Illegal salaries for the teachefs-ssd.
nxfes which will enable the board Of edu-
cation to secure and retain the services
- capab9e and experienced instructors.
125 Teachers Resign.
~gfnee our country entered the war 12s
teachers, receiving salaries Of from $60(
% $500 year, have resigned and &C
Oepesd clerical positions in the depart
sa5s 1saoss ~ p i'' '.'''' :, =
Appealing for a larger and better PAID
police force, the sneaker continued:
s1Knowing that n Of you are interested
n the police service in the District, anf
IN the welfare OF the police department
and2of the men in that department, in
vites your attention to q recommendation
made by Maj. Pullman, superintendent o
$orse be increased and that the salarie
Of the men bo increased.
1T strikes me that the question thu
Dresented by Maj. Pullman Is one o
large conaern to the people of the Dis
&rfct. It must be apparent to all of u
that tho police force is at present en-
firely inadequate for the proper pro
lection of the people and property IL
the District, and that the salaries nov
paAd 10 the members of the police fore,
are Inadequate. Let us give seriou
attention to this matter and do wha
~ can do to induce Congress to carr.
out tho majors recommendation.
Present System Inhuman.
TN this connection I also call atten
zion to the proposed adoption of tn
ko-piatoon system for. our fire depart
mt which was recently indorsed b.
the chamber. and which has been ap
proved by the District Commissioned
In their report for 1917 the Commits
a10nors State that the adoption Of thi
&yutem would relieve the members o