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better pay for teachers. more teachers
/ in all grades a business management
| for the schools to be placed in hands of
an experienced business manager and
| entirely divorced from the teaching
! forces, and that fair and reasonable
retirement law for teachers be made.
w. F. GUIDE, chairman of the parks,
highways and bridges committee, was
lcomplimented by Mr.. Harper for the
work accomplished by his committee.
Some of it's recommendations for the
coming year are: That the Key bridge
be pushed as rapidly as possible to-
ments be renewed with increased vigor,
and that the temporary buildings con-
structed for war purposes only, De re-
moved as soon as practical.
| Recommendations Made.
| The committee further recommends.
according to Mr.. Harper's report, the
purchase by Congress of the following
tracts. to be made into parks ts ana a,opean pup,
| lie recreation grounds: The Paterson
| tract, the Mount Hamilton tract, the
Dean property, the Klingel Ford. Piney
Branch parkway, fort drives ana sites
from 18th street to the Anacostla
river, and the fort drive and site OIL
! fort from Pennsylvania avenue soutn-
ca st to Fort Stanton.
The determined fight for better pay
for policemen and firemen by the ponce
and fire committee, of which Isaac
! Cans is chairman, was favoraoly
| touched upon by Mr.. Harper.
! Subjects of vital interest to the health
and sanitation of the District Of Column
! bia were taken up during the year oy
| the public health committee. DIR. c. r.
Dufour, chairman. said Mr.. Harper. A
more rigid examination for applicants
for automobile licenses in the District /;
more visiting nurses for the public
| schools and an investigation OF the neat
/ ing and plumbing of the portable
! schools, were matters taken up by this
! committee.
! Fight for Half-and-Half.
| The progress of the fight by the joint
citizens committee Of the District OF
Columbia, represented by H. B. Mac
A. S. Worthington. for the continuation
! Of the half -and-half system of financing
Washington, was related by Mr.. Har-
per.
Urging fairer understanding be-
| tween capital and labor. Mr.. Harper
said. that when he first called attention
| to the condition existing in the District
of Columbia, in his report of 1907 and
1908, the controversy was of entirely a
local nature, but that now 1t had as
| sumed national importance. and that
1 the general public can no longer be an
| Indifferent onlooker.
| A plan for settlement Of labor trou-
bles should be worked out by properly
appointed tribunal in which the public
participates and whose conclusion should
be final, in the opinion of Mr.. Harper.
An arch of triumph for Washington, to
commemorate the heroism Of the Ameri-
can soldiers. is the desire Of the Cham
Der Of Commerce and practically all the
civic organizations in the city. said Mr..
Harper. He said that the idea of the
arch developed in the board Of directors
| of the chamber and that resolutions ad-
vocating its erection had been passed
by seventy-five organizations In this
city.
Other matters touched upon by Mr.. Har-
per in his report were: The approval by
government estimates and expenditures.
the rapid growth of the chamber, which
necessitated new quarters in the Homer
building; the report OF the city post
Office committee and the financial as
sistance rendered the Prisoners Relief
Society by the chamber.
Membership Totals LOLA.
Membership in the Chamber Of Com
merce now totals LOLA, according to the
Seymour. Ninety-nine per cent Of these
members, said Mr.. Seymour, are In good
standing.
Believing that the name Booster is
not commensurate with the dignity OF
the publication issued by the chamber,
under the direction Of its secretary, Mr..
Seymour urged that some other and
more suitable name for the publication
be adopted. Mr.. Seymour has been the
writer of every article in the Washing
ton Booster save one since coming into
the secretaryship of the organization.
"It has been my endeavor." said Mr..
Seymour, ito make 1t the news letter
Of the chamber. to fill it's pages with
the doings of the organization and
with articles intended to help and in
terest the members 1t was first tried
without advertisements. Then a page
was given up to advertising, because
the space was required by some Of our
business men who had used it's COL
umns before. l had an opportunity to
secure a goodly number OF advertise
ments for the latest issue and did SO
ir order to find out which style our
members preferred"
Mr. Seymour concluded his report
by urging members to look back over
the past year, review it's accomplish
ments, note it's mistakes and then turn
squarely about and face the future,
with the determination that the year
1920 shall be an even better and more
fruitful year for the Chamber Of Com
merce than 1919 had been.
Report OF Treasurer.
The report of Ralph w. Lee. treas
! |
organizations finances are in excellent
condition. Including balance on hand
January /, 1919, of sS84S0. the treas
u1er reported total receipts to Decem-
ber 81, 1919. $2O.716.39. Dues, interest
etc, during the year amounted to
s19,S31.59. Disbursements for 1918
were $19,315.37. leaving in the treasury
at the close of the year $1,401.02
, Dues. ETC., received since January 1
1920. the treasurer reported. have in.
creased that amount to $5.048.13. The
, chambers assets. including four hber.
{ ty bonds and one victory bond, tota
$5,148.13.
Eleven New Members Admitted.
Preceding the election last nigh
. eleven new members were admitted
, to the chamber. These were: William
! l. Browning. 40 Southern building
: James C. Dulin. 1411 F street north
= = west: Empire Film Distributing Co.
, by H. E. Coffey. 500 Mather building
Charles D. Hall, 1901 F street north
!. west; George C. Hilleary. 906 Louisi
2 ana avenue northwest; DIR. l.. +. Keb
J Ter, 1922 Park road northwest: c
? Rivers Kent. 403 Riggs building
Liberty Film Exchange, by S. M
Flax. GOT Mather building; J. F. Man
lining. 914 18th street northwest; Vita
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