Evening star., 1919-12-17
BOARD Of TRADE
MAKES PLANS FOR
ANNUAL BANQUET
Event Will Be Called mid
Winter Dinner of Member
ship Committee"

To consider plans for the annual
banquet of the organization, the eX-
Board of Trade, presided over by
Capt. James w. Oyster. met Yesterday
afternoon in the board rooms. While the
definite date has not been set it is
he called the midwinter dinner of the
membership committee Of the Washing
ton Board Of Trade. will be held in the
latter part Of January or the first week
in February.
the organization has led the entertain
ment committee, composed of c. J.
Waters, George Pitt and F. J. White,
to make elaborate plans for profess
sional entertainment. Dancers and
singers will be imported from New
York especially for the occasion.
with the personnel drawn from the
Board of Trade.
President oyster was authorized to
appoint delegates to attend the for
eign trade council. to be held in San
Francisco. May IL to Is.
Indorsed Sedition Bill.
To curb the activities of the reds"
in this country and. if possible. to
make punishment more drastic, the
committee indorsed the bill intro
duced by Representative Martin =.
Davey. known as the Davey sedition
bill. The law committee Of the Or
ganization of which l.. f. Colloday is
chairman, will make a complete in
vestigation and report at a later date.
In regard to bolshevik propaganda in
this country. the Board of Trade
adopted resolution last October con-
demning it and asking that heavy
penalties be given for all offenders,
according to an official of the body.
Six new members were admitted to
the board. They are Henry F. Saw
telle. Robert l. Hughes. Norman F.
Jones and Raymond J. Vierbuchen.
1t is planned to hold the next meet
ing of the board at the Willard Ho-
tel January 9.
Recommending that Congress take
over the land on the north and east of
Connecticut Avenue bridge. the parks
and reservations committee of the
Board of Trade, at meeting yesterday
afternoon. urged that approximately
10000 feet of this area be made into
a District playground.
Favors Recreation Site.
DR.. Harvey Wiley, member of the
committee. has received assurance
that the playground department is
heartily in accord with the PROPOSE
ton of making this site a recreation
center. .
Mrs Susie Root Rhodes expressed
satisfaction at the recommendation of
the committee, and said:
II want to strongly emphasize the
need of a well equipped playground in
many homes and large apartments,
and there is no playground within
reach of the many children. This sec
tion is rapidly being built up. and
acquisition. I am heartily in SYM
pathy with the plan, and stand ready
to take up the matter with the Com
missioners or Congress" :
The committee also expressed itself
as heartily in favor of connecting up
all the old civil war fort sites in the
District with boulevards. A resolution
was adopted asking Congress to au
thoriZe the necessary survey and to
perfect a plan for the proper parking
to connect up these forts. 1t was urged
that the government purchase the fol-
lowing tracts: Paterson, Dean, Klingle
road, extension of Piney Branch park
way and Fort Stevens. Judge Charles
s. Bundy, chairman of the committee,
presided.
Health Questions Considered.
Questions of health and sanitation
for the District were taken up last
health committee Of the Board of
Trade, of which DR.. D. Percy Hick-
ling is chairman and DR.. Harvey
| Wiley, vice chairman. The committee
| indorsed the plan for the inspection
| of nurseries and places where chill
| dren are cared for. A strict record
| will be kept of women who take in
children by the day Or night. while
/ their mothers are working or other
! wise engaged, and steps will be
| taken to see that these children re-
ceive the proper attention The COM
mittee also indorsed the bill for reg
! ulation of social diseases.
| In regard to the building fund for
the proposed United States Chamber
| of Commerce building, to be located
! on the old Corcoran estate, Con-
| necticut avenue and H streets, this
city, letter has been received from
Harry A. Wheeler. former president
of the United States Chamber of
| Commerce and chairman of the build
ing fund committee. explaining that
some confusion exists as to subscrip-
! tions for the building. Mr. Wheeler
says it has been brought to his at
| tention that some firms and corpora
| tions, members Of national trade or
| industrial associations, are under the
impression that they will be required
| to subscribe to the building fund
| through each organization of which
| they are a member. Mr.. Wheeler
says that any firm or corporation sub
| scribing it's full share through one or
! ganization need not subscribe again,