Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-29
US. DEPARTMENTS:
CANVASS WORKERS
|NC|T|zENS' DRIVE
Telephone and Street Rail-
way Companies Also Aid
Membership Campaign.

Five big government departments
started canvassing their employees
today in behalf of the organ
lied citizenship membership drive.
They were the Departments of Agrl-
culture, Interior. Commerce, justice
partments already have become mem
bers of citizens associations.
Today and Monday every employe
Of these departments is to be solicited
to become a member of the citizens.
association within the territory OF
which his or her home IS located.
At the Library of Congress today
membership application blanks were
inclosed in the pay envelopes OF all en-
ployes.
The Chesapeake and Potomac Tele-
phone Company today began a mem
bership canvass of all OF IT'S empioyes'
while the two street railway COM
panies also inaugurated Il drive for
organized citizenship.
Open Air Meeting Tonight.
Weather permitting, a band concert
and speaking is to be held in front OF
the District building this evening just
before the theater hour, with RABBI
Abram Simon. Earl Goodwin, Rev. Dr.
Prettyman and others speaking.
Tentative reports from most OF the
citizens associations indicate that
every association practically has
doubled or tripled it's membership as
result of the drive, which is to close
Monday night.
Special attention is to be devoted to
the southeast section of the city Mon
day, and w. Il. Westlake, president of
the Federation of Citizens Associa-
tions; Jesse c. Suter. chairman of the
drive committee, and w. l.. Peet, sec
rotary of the committee, are to speak
at a meeting of southeast residents
at Donohue's Hall, 314 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast.
Nearly $50 new members were added
to the Trinidad Citizens Association
as a result of the labors of a Flying
squadron" of eight members on
Thanksgiving day. The association is
the baby" organization Of the fed
alton.
| A special request was made by the
drive committee today that each cti-
zens' association in the District of
Columbia send to the committee at it's
headquarters, room sol District build
| ing, the date Of it's regular meetings
and the place at which peetings are
held. This information is desired at
once.
Gen. Pershing and Mr.. Glass Apply.
Another cabinet member gave his
application blank to West End Citi-
ZenS Association yesterday. this be-
ing Carter Glass. Secretary of the
Treasury. This gives the association
six cabinet members.
Gen. John J. Pershing also signed an
application blank yesterday and will
be assigned to the proper association.
Plans have been made for Il cui-
mination of the campaign in the
southeastern section Monday night
with a mass meeting to be held at
Donohoe's Hall, 314 Pennsylvania
avenue southeast. when the officials
of the Southeast Citizens Association
will confer with the officials of the
big drive. William Il. Westlakc,
president of the Federation of Citi-
Zens' Associations: Jesse c. Sutcr.
chairman of the drive committee, and
w. l.. Peet, secretary of the commit
tee. will address the mass meeting,
pointing out the advantages to be de-
rived by the citizens of that section
in 100 per cent organization of Cit
iZens'~ associations. Capt. W. +.
Luckett. Clarence F.. Donohoe, HUI
bert Roberts, William G.. Greenwich,
George r. Gill. Rev. Howard J..
Stewart. George A. Emmons. James
A. Donohoe, Ferdinand Benheim. Will
liam w. Keller, Rev. J. Phelps Hand,
r. H. Bagby. f. p. Weller, Thomas
Johnson, A. D. Jowe. Lemuel Fugett
and Albert Carry, progressive mem
bers of the Southeast Citizens Asso-
citation, are Cooperating with the
drive masters for the big mass meet
ing,