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portant and Indispensable place In
Washington, and that 1t was tnstru-
mental in the guidance, organization
and promotion in their leisure moments
of a large number Of wartime work.
ers. He said the government looked
after these people during their work.
Ing hours. and 1t was part of the SerV-
Ice to provide entertainment for them
in their leisure hours. He also said
that he thought the Community Serv-
ice was as large as the community.
not a rival of other organizations. but
as a stmulator for them.
Mr. UfTord said that he thought it
would be just as fair to ask the Cham
her of Commerce. and the Board oil
Trade to go out of business on ac-
count of conflict of work with citizens
associations. as it would to ask the
service TO discontinue on account OF
other organizations. Mr.. Ufford. in
reply to questions from members of
the committee. stated there were sixty
cities In the United States now under
to peace service.
no black man ever marched under
the red flag of anarchy. said Judge
Robert Terrell. in praising the work
Of the Community Service for the
colored population of the city. and
emphasizing the Americanism of the
colored people. He said that the
community house maintained on
Georgia avenue for colored people
was Of immeasurable help in keep
ing them out Of places where they
should not . and said that it's dis
continuance would work a real hard
ship He also spoke of the COM
munity house at North Capitol and
L streets. and said that 1t was
means of uplift for the colored race.
Rev. Charles Wood. pastor OF the
Church of the Covenant. spoke of the
entertainment features provided by
the Community Service for the
churches. He said that he always
had found the service ready and viii
ling to furnish entertainers without
remuneration.
RI Rev. Mgr. Thomas of st. Pat
rick's church was unable to be pres
ent at the hearing. but DR.. Wood
said Mgr. Thomas told him that he
would indorse anything he said and
was heartily in favor of the Com
munity Service.
Tells OF Aid mt station.
A. Z. Shalet chairman of the citi-
Zens' committee of the Chamber of
Commerce. which made an investiga-
ton of the Travellers Aid at Union
station. told of the work being done
by this branch of the Community
Service He said the Travellers Aid
rendered distinct service to 100000
persons in three months. He said
that a Neutrality-suspicious. service was
maintained in the station. eight wom-
en- doing shifts so that in the day time
there were constantly three on duty.
and at night, two.
Mr.. Shalet said that every kind OF
aid was rendered to people coming
to Washington whether tourists or
residents, and that it was the aim OF
the Community Service to welcome
every one to the city through its
Travellers Aid
hA Il
when there are to be a large number
of conventions in this city. complete
record Of the conventions, time and
places of meeting will be made up to
hand to each individual who re-
quests it,
Roland Robbins, chairman of the
committee of the service.
told of the value of drama and music
to the community and said that he
knew of no other amateur organiza-
ton which undertook the work on
such a large scale as the Community
Service.
L. H. Weir. chief executive officer Of
the service. told in detail of it's organ
zation, and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins.
acting chairman of the executive com
nittee of the service, related some OF
he value of a well organized Commu-
nifty Service She gave SPECIFIC in
stances of how she and other officers
Of the service had helped girls who
:ame as strangers to Washington.
Miss Cecil B. Norton, head of the
center department. said