Evening star., 1920-01-06
BOARDO TRADE TO
HEARCOMM|TTEES
Representative Burroughs
Also Will Address Session
at Willard Friday.

| Representative Sherman h. Bur-
roughs of New Hampshire VIII be the
principal speaker at the meeting OF the
Board of Trade at the wizard Hotei
next Friday night. according TO an
! nouncement made last night at a meet
ing of the board of directors
| Three committees of the board VIII
make their reports and recommenda-
tions to the board They are: Commit
tee or public health. DR.. D. Percy
lie schools, Roy c. Clafin. chairman,
and committee on industrial interests,
Isaac Cans. chairman
Mr.. Clafiin will lay before the board
the five urgent needs OF the public
| schools of the District. They embrace
q substantial increase in salary for
teachers. at least 132 new teachers for
| the schools. large and adequate
building program. so that the present
overcrowded condition can be relieved
as far as possible: a business manager
and staff of clerks to handle the buSi-
ness of the schools. thereby divorcing
! the business part of the schools work
from the teachers, and teachers re-
| tirement law.
Need of More Manufacturing.
! Tlle industrial committee, headed by
Isaac Cans. will emphasize the need
OF increasing ma manufacturing IN
Washington Steps to avert another
! ice famine such was experience ced
| last summer also will be considered
, The committee is particularly anxious
TO have the project OF harnesslnS
Great Falls for power for Washing
ton undertaken t the earliest pos
Sib!e moment.
DR.. d. Percy Hickling of the pub
, lie health committee will call the at
| tention of the board to various GueS-
| tions regarding health and SANTA
tion in the District. The committee
j is at present Investigating the care
given children by women who look
after them while their mothers are
at work. Some complaint has been
received by members that these t-a.i-
! dren do not receive the proper a;tcn-
| tion in the absence of their mothers
On recommends tions of the mem
| bership committee nine new members
were admitted last night. They are
| Frank D: Blackstone. George E. Cor
| bett. E. j. Clarkson, G. B. keferStein
+. L. w. Owens, H. L. Brooks, Gus
tave f. Bittner, Raymond +. HUNT
and Clarence Fisher.
John Joy Edison. treasurer Of the
United States Chamber of Commerce
spoke on the building fund of tina.
| organization and of the plans for the
| building itself. Mr.. Edison said that
the method of raising funds would be
! Iy organization ami private suhS:rIp-
! ton. A nationwide drive will also
| be held by the United States Cham
| Der of Commerce for this project from
! TIE 18th to 26th of this month.
! According to plans now made. no
other organization will have offices in
! the proposed building. There viii be
! large meeting rooms and assembly halls
! to be utilized by national organiza tons
| and by constituent members of the
/ United States Chamber Of Commerce.
| A letter was read to the board from
| this body asking that a contribution of
| five times the yearly dues of the board
| be subscribed to the building fund. No
| opposition was made, but the matter
was referred to the executive commit
! tee for action.
| The question of adopting a resolution
| relative to the peace treaty, IS request
| ed in letter from the New York Cham
| Der of Commerce was given considera
| ton. The resolution was tabled.
! A special meeting of the military and
naval affairs committee of the board
has been called by Chairman George
w. Evans for tomorrow night Ques-
/ tions of increasing the National Guard
! and promoting recruiting for that Or
! ganization will be discussed.
The regular meeting of the member
ship committee will be held tomorrow
at II 80 o'clock in the board rooms
L. L. Ramey is chairman.