Evening star., 1920-02-26
COMMUNITY WORK
OFFERS CITY VOTE
Organization Hopes to Make
Washington First to Act
Under New System.

washington Will be the first city In
tho country to establish real COM
munity effort based upon the voice Of
the people of the community. 1t Is de-
clared, II the plans outlined at
meeting Of the executive board of
Community Service. Inc. yesterday
afternoon are carried out It was voted
| to make every one in Washington
member on a yearly membership ba-
| sis.
! A committee. OF which Roland Rob-
bins and w. r. Westlake aremembers.
is to work out the voting plans. There
! will be subcommittees from various
districts of the city. which will be d.
vided, according to the present plans
| of representation.
| Washingtonians are to have the
vote" said Mr.. Robbins today. and
they are going to have a voice in the
| community and municipal activities
| Of this c from now on. Community
Service Is going to mean more to the
! people of Washington than to any
| other city as a result OF this epoch-
| making move on the part OF the
! WaShingtonianS who now make up
| the board of Community Service.
That the people of Washington viii
welcome this innovation l have no
! doubt" said l.. H. Weir, acting direc-
| tor StINlIe' w LO 49, ~
| shortly for the west. AS 1 see the
| future, the people of Washington VIII
| be able to come together as IN no
other city in harmonious union TO 90
| big things"
| hoard is to be held at / o'clock Sat
urday afternoon at Community SerV-
! ice headquarters, 140S Pennsylvania
! avenue.
! PreparatfOns for Pageant.
| AS a result of the invitation to tell
| what YOU know about the hlstory VI
Washington" given on Weonesu;aS,
volunteers are making Suggestions
for the big pageant of AmerlcanlZa-
ton to to be but on by Community serv-
ice in MAY in conjunction win 'he
nationwide campaign. ..;
Suggestions for the AmerlcaniZatlon
pageant will be welcomed oH WI
Marie Moore Forrest. who has charge
Of tbat department for community
Sar1-;ce There have been many re-
lsponses. and numerous Things h',ie
jknown about Washington Will pe
brought out.
Outliue Of Years Work.
The outline of work for the year
was decided upon at the board meet
ing yesterday. These aims cover tai .ne
| TO extend n hearty welcome and any
assistance necessary to strangers anu
visitors to the city through the main
tenance of the Travellers Ana at .ne
| Union station and other poihts VI
trance into the city.
| To maintain a city-wide ln1ormatiQh
and homes registration SerHice loi
leyery one, stranger or resident ci.i-en:
| To cooperate in the maintenance OF
the employment service LOT eX-sefNiee
inen and the general pubic.
| To serve the soldiers, sailors ana
| marines as War Camp Community
Service served them during the war.
| To bring JOY to people VINO spenu
asylums and other institutions in and
near the city.
| To cooperate with the Amerlc'il'
Legion and the Veterans OF Foreisn
Wars Of the United States in the fur-
, ,therance of their AmerlcaHi@a'io'i
plans.
To encourage the widest possible
iopportunity-for the people to particl-
| pate in musical. dramatic, sociai,
physical, civic and educational actiFl-
| ties.
| To place its facilities. equipment and
staff at the service of the federal gov
ernment. the municipal government
| the schools. public and private; the
ichurches neighborhood citizens aSSo-
Citations clubs or any other organlza-
| ton. agency or institution working
| for the welfare of the people of the
| city.
! To give special attention to CO.
operation with those who labor IN
their efforts to secure opportunities
for self-development and the enjoy
ment of the better things of life.
! To oppose duplication and over
! tapping of effort by any industrial.
commercial and social agency.
/ To stand for maximum use of every
possible social. cultural. civic. educa-
/ tional, recreational resource OF the
community.
. To stand for the application of
business-like scientific methods of
! study of all the aforementioned re-
: sources of the community to the end
| that practical plans may be developed
! for cooperation and that the people
! may secure maximum service from all
the social and other resources OF the
community.
To stand for the application of
principle in social work long ago ap-
piled by industries and commerce viz.
the employment Of trained workers in
the respective fields of social. recrea-
| tional, cultural, educational civic.
personal service, etc, efforts.
/ To consider Washington, the capital
! of the nation. as belonging as much
to the people of the nation as to
the people who make the city per-
manent home remembering that its
public institutions and some of its
private institutions are partially sup
ported by the people of the nation.
War Risk Bureau Drive.
The war risk bureau opens it's drive
for Community Service today, when
team captains will compete as they
are competing in other departments.
/ One team captain has turned in $500
thus far and is at the top to date.
Records of these teams are being kept