Evening star., 1920-01-07
c. Of c. DIRECTORS
WILL AID SCHOOLS
T0BETTERMENT
Messrs. Harper and Moran
to Cooperate With Other
Organizations.

| At meeting Of the board of di-
| rectors of the Chamber of Commerce
| last night Robert n. Harper, president
| of the chamber, and p. T. Moran,
| chairman of it's committee on public
| schools. were designated as repre-
| sentatives to cooperate with other
| civic and citizens organizations IN the
campaign for improved conditions in
| the public schools of the District -,
| The directors also pledged the
! chambers support OF the five points
| advocated in the campaign for better
| ment of school conditions, which IN
! clude additional teachers. more pay
! for teachers, a teachers retirement
! law, more and better school buildings
and business manager for the
schools.
| Action taken several weeks ago to
| double the chambers quota to the
! building fund of the Chamber OF
| Commerce of the United States was
| ratified by the directors at last nlght
meeting. the organization voting to
| contribute 1000 to the fund instead
| of the $500 that was asked.
1 Secretary Seymour reported that
| $50 new members had been added to
| the rolls in the last year, bringing the
| chambers membership above 1,0oo.
| Capt. Oyster Bids Farewell.
| Capt James F. oyster. whose term
! as a director expired last nlsht py
| constitutional limitation. in fare"eil !
! speech declared that while ne couio
| no longer serve as a member OF the
| board, he intended to- take an active
/ part in the affairs of the chamber.
| Capt. Oyster and A. Leftwich Sinclair,
both of whom were present at last
nights meeting, were feilcltateo oy
Chaplin Brown on their appointment
by the President as members OF the
new rent commission.
Mr. Brown also expressed the ap-
probation of the chamber for the Ia
bors of Henry b F. Macfarland Theo-
dore w. Moves and Col. A. S. Worth
ington in behalf of the ha1f-and-ha1f
principle of District taxation. In his
remarks Mr.. Brown urged that i1f
Congress is determined to do away
with the haIf-and-half plan of raising
revenues for the District, some defl-
mite plan be adopted for raising the
necessary funds. rather than to ap-
propriate on hit or miss basis. and
said that opposition to the plan on
the part of House members was due
largely to the fact that members of
the House are not as familiar with
local conditions as are members of
the Senate, because the latter do not
change as often as do the former.
Mr.. Macfarland also spoke on the
half-and-half question. urging mem
bers of the chamber to continue their
efforts for the retention of the prin-
C1ple, saying tndC tne proper metHOu
was to furnish all possible informa-
tion on actual local conditions to
members of Congress who are not
fully familiar with such matters.
Forty New Members.
Forty new members were admitted
at last nights meeting. which. it was
stated, was the largest number voted
upon at any one meeting of the di
| rectors in recent years. The new mem
bers are n. Horn. C. F. Sewers. B. r.
| Back, William D. Buck. H. T. Wood
| field. Chester A. Harrell. Amin Fayed,
Adolph Kuntz. Max David. Sigmund
Silverberg, F. B. Croso Max Cohen,
Arnold Hirsh. H. Colman. Martin
Schwarz. Morris Needle John r.
Shields, w. F. Pendleton. Charles NJ
Emmons. Oscar NJ. White. Ernest H.
Daniel, H. N. Goddin. John H. Law
renee, David r. Lehman. F. Eliot Mid
| dleton. r. J. Murphy. r. J. Nash. Ho-
race T. Phelps. Joseph Schiavone,
! Robert E. Stein. Lawrence Beatus, c.
H. Moore. A. Dresner, P. J. Swift, Jean
]. Cranda1l. Tom Moore. E. r. Cham
pion, w. H. Rippard. Robert B. Smelt-
ger and George T. Lenehan.