Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-28
ENROLL CITIZENS
ATTIRE ANDPOL|CE
STATIONS Of CITY
Associations Drive for Mem
bership Favored by De-
partments' Heads.

Every police station and fire engine
house will be an enrolling place for
the citizens associations during the
remainder of their drive for mem
! bership of $4,000.
This was made possible today by
| the heads of the two departments
Fire Chief Frank j. Wagner signed
an application blank this morning
| and promised to urge the members OF
| his department to assist in the drive.
| Maj. Pullman. superintendent Of po-
lice. Joined an association several
days ago and today agreed to have
| the Application books placed in the
| of men and women who are over
| looked by the canvassers and do not
| know where to go to join their neigh
| borhood organization.
Westlake Addresses Captains.
W. B. Westlake, in charge of the
drive in the downtown section, ad-
! dressed a meeting of the police cap
! tains at the District building today.
asking their aid in enrolling the peO-
pie of their precincts who are not
| taking an active interest in the al
| fairs of their community or the city
as a whole.
1t was brought out at the meeting
that nearly all of the captains already
are members of the associations in
their respective sections.
Refreshed after the holiday yfSter-
day the solicitors, both in the rediden-
tial sections and downtown, wdpt to
work again this morning in theiSet-
fort to have every adult in the city
become an organized citizen.
Encouraging reports continued to
come in to headquarters of the drive,
in the District building. Evidence of
the spirit of determination which the
drive has aroused among the associa-
tons was furnished today, when a
representative of the Trinidad section
announced that that association in
tends to continue soliciting after De-
cenber l until it has every avail
able man and woman in that part of
town enrolled.
Since government workers make up
such a large part of Washington's
population. the downtown committee
is directing it's efforts at the federal
bureaus. Soliciting also is going
ahead in all office buildings Scores
of new members are being obtained
in the government departments.
People Eager to Join.
G. NJ. koockogey of the .>orth Cap
itol and lexington Association stated
today that all of the solicitors he
has talked with say the people seem
eager to join, but that many of the
get enough canvassers out to visit
all of the homes in their respective
neighborhoods.
In view of this situation attention
of the people again is called to the
| fact that if solicitor does not call
on them they can sign up at the
headquarters Of the drive, room Sol,
! District building.
An example of how many of the
| citizens association men spent
Thanksgiving day was furnished by
| the report from Columbia Heights
H. N.tff in aI hnr
! ed in twenty-five new members yes
! terday.
The Trinidad association is PLAN
ming ito muster as many solicitors as
possible on Sunday morning and make
| a thorough canvass of its section for
| any men or women who may have
| been overlooked SO far.
| Senator sherman to Speak Tonight.
| Interest of the civic workers will
center tonight on the meeting of the
Brightwood Association, where Sena-
tor Sherman. chairman of the Senate
District committee, is scheduled to
make an address.
| The West End Association reports
good results thus far. The solicitors
| for that section are: DR.. B. w Sum
my, George Z. Russell, Charles II.
Raub, Capt. George w. Evans, Morris
Hahn, Isadore May. William r.
Brown, Patrick O'Toole, Edward W.
| Zea, II. L. ROtnroch, WliIidih l. oiiip-
son. Robert Klotz, ]. Eldridge Burns,
John T. Meany, Walter A. Gawler. H.
| Randall Webb, A. D. Effer, Daniel
Folkmar, William H. Shipman, DR..
William P. Herbst and DR.. Elmer
| Sothoron.
| In the course of, four-minute talk
| to employees of the government print
| ing office at noon today, william
NICK. Clayton recited a pledge which
he said every member of a citizens
association, old or new, should take.