Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1919-11-30

Every member of Congress when
he opehs|his mail tomorrow morning
win had therein a personal invita-
ton 10 join a citizens association
and an application blank ready to be
filled out and returned to room Sol
in the District building, accompanied
by one dollar.
W. 3. Westlake, president OF the
Federation of Citizens Associations.
spent the greater part of yesterday
evening signing the letters to sem
ators and representatives, and he con-
fidently expects a number OF member
ships in return.
The band concert and open air meet
ing scheduled to be held last night in
front of the District building was
abandoned because of the rain, but tho
weather did not prevent the corps OF
volunteer solicitors from continuing
their work in every part of the city.
Officers of the federation remained in
the District building until late hour
last night classifying the application
blanks already turned in.
Letter to Congressmen.
The letter signed by Mr.. Westlake
and sent to the members of Congress
reads as follows:
Il have the honor to extend to you,
in the name of the Federation of Citi-
zens' Associations of the District of
Columbia. an invitation to become a
member of the association covering the
territory in which your Washington
residence is located.
I'VE are just completing a member
ship drive which is most remarkable
development of the present critical
need of good citizenship. The re-
Spouse of the people of Washington
has been an inspiration to those who
are working to make organized citi-
zenship a bulwark against dangers
which today assail the governments
OF the world.
Citizen Woodrow Wilson was the
first man to join. The members of
the cabinet followed. The District
Commissioners and thousands of
other men in all departments of Of
fetal Iife,4 the Army, Navy and, in all
walks of private life, have enrolled.
Many members of the Senate and
House of Representatives have also
Joined; but in the spirit of this new
bl otherhood the cordial fellowship
and cooperation of the entire legis-
lative branch of the government is
essential. We consider ourselves
your constituents, and we need you
to complete the civic structure.
Enclosed is an application blank.
Please sign it and return it to me
promptly, together with 81, to SOL
District building, and you will be
ticn in which you belong. A get
together night is planned for the
near future. when We can all become
acquainted"
Praise the Solicitors.
Those in charge of the campaign for
new members are much ENCOURAGED by
the spirit of the volunteer solicitors,
who are showing willingness to
work any place in the city they are
needed. For example, there were sixty
members of the Trinidad association
who live in the northeast section of
the city, engaged last night in can
wasting the southeast quarter, where
there has been shortage of workers,
though none of the members so OBJ
tanned will belong to the Trinidad Or
ganIZation.
Indiatiye of the energy displayed by
solicitors, the story was told in tx
District building last night that i'm
one of the large bakeries of the city
Waahingtno Topham saw man work
ing at the top of ladder who ap-
peared too busy to come down. Ac-
cordingly Mr.. Topham climbed the
ladder and did not come down until
he had the mans signature and dollar
initiation fee.
Thomas Kearney offered his services
to the committee without solicitation
and short time later turned in a
full book of twenty-five memberships
from the Southeast section.
1877 Added to List.
Incomplete reports from the South
ern railway building, at 18th street
and Pennsylvania avenue, last night
showed a total of 1877 memberships.
The work there is being handled by
P. E. Parke.
The drive committee asks that re-
ports of solicitors be forwarded to
headquarters in the District building
as soon as possible, SO that they can
be checked over and an accurate es-
innate made Of. the work accom-
plished.
The work of canvassing the Depart
ments of Agriculture, Interior, Com
merce, Justice and Labor, which be-
gan yesterday. will be pushed with
vigor tomorrow. Tomorrow night
there will be a mass meeting at
Donohoe's Hall, 314 Pennsylvania.
avenue southeast, where President
Westlake and others active in the
drive will speak.