Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-06-09

JAMES E. WEST,
The Boy Scout campaign for a mil
lion associate members, which opened
yesterday and will continue this
week, is being carried forward in
every part of the city today by the
various committees in charge. An ef-
fort to put Washington over the top
in the matter of it's quota of the mil
lion associate members, within the
first half of the week, is being made
1t is the hope of the committee in
charge here that by Wednesday night
it will be possible to announce that
the capital is over the top A mass
meeting at Liberty Hut has been ar
ranged for Wednesday night, at which
Secretary Glass of the Treasury Will
award medals to more than 400 Boy
Scouts of the District who did SPLEEN
did work for the victory liberty loan.
The Boy Scout Band will play. and
other features are being arranged for
the program.
Campaign in Departments Opens.
A well organized campaign for as
sociate members of the Boy Scouts
opened in the government depart
ments and bureaus today. The COM
mittee in charge is headed by c.
Melvin Sharpe. and is made up of the
chief clerks in the various govern
ment organizations, as follows: c. E.
Stewart, Department of Justice; John
c. Schofield. War Department.; Paul
F. Myers. Treasury Department.; l..
S. Curtis. Navy Department.; Benx G.
Davis. State Department.; Ruskin Nc
Ardle. Post Office Department.; Sam
uel ]. Gompers, Labor Department.:
E. ]. Ayers. Interior Department.: E.
" Tjhhev Danart M N
Robert NJ. Reese. Agriculture Depart
ment; Lawrence Bennett, secretary
War Trade Board. ]. S. Skidmore.
United States shipping board; A. F.
Fincher, railroad administration; w.
NJ. Steuart. secretary tariff commits
sion; H. w. Dorsey, Smithsonian In
stitution; A. L. Flint. Panama Canal
Commission; ]. K. Lee. Washington
navy yard: A. r. Boyd. Library of
Congress: w. NJ. Lockwood. Interstate
Commerce Commission: ]. l. Alver-
son, government printing office; AL
bert W. Crabbe. fuel administra ton !;
Sam Shrout. Federal Trade Board:
Maj. D. j. Donovan, secretary board
of District Commissioners; John F..
Doyle, Civil Service Commission; Mer
rit o. Chance. postmaster for city post
office; George NJ. Johnson, Office alien
property custodian; James L. Will
meth. director of the bureau of en-
craving and printing.
All Are Asked to Join.
The organization in the depart
ments under the committee is SINH
lar to that employed in the liberty
loan drives. All of the government
employees interested in the scout
movement and the development of
the American boy will be invited to
become associate members in the
Boy Scouts of America.
Mr.. Sharpe, in letter to the mem
bers OF the committee, explains the
reason for the campaign and says in
part: Each individual subscrip-
tion in excess of s1-the dues of as
sociate membership-will be devoted
TO the growing needs of the local
washington Boy Scout organization
which now numbers 1000. Every man
and woman, especially at this time
when Americanism' in it's full sig,
nihcance is so vitality important, must
see that no better plan of action can
be utilized than having the boys of
America reared as healthy. clean
tomorrow. It's a big brother idea
and splendid in theory and produce
tive of results in practice"
Canvassing Business Section,
Under the leadership of Eugene f
Adams. chairman of the special So
Hc1tation committee, teams today are
tohSdSSiHS lne business section of
the city for applicants for associate
membership in the Boy Scouts of
America. VI
The boys themselves, by the rules
of their organization. may not so.
licit contributions for Boy scouts
Consequently. the men and women
who are interested in the movement
nave put their shoulders to the wheel,
Yesterday two meetings were held
IN the interest of the campaign-one
at the Church of the Covenant. where
Rev. DR.. Charles Wood pastor. deliy-
cred an address strongly supporting
the Boy Scout movement, and the
other at Peck Memorial Chapel, where
huston Thompson. president of the
District of Columbia scout organiza
ton. spoke and the Boy Scout Band
played large number of subscribe
tons were taken at these meetings.
The Rotary Club of the District is
credited with 100 per cent subscrip-
ton to the campaign for associate
members. Its president, Roland s.
Robbins. is member of the District
committee in charge of the drive here.
and an associate chairman of the
committee on churches