Evening star., 1921-10-21

Out Of meeting called for the
purpose of organizing a citizens
campaign for beautifying Washing
ton for the armament conference a
permanent organization was formed
last night at the District building
which proposes to make constant war
on filth and unsightly conditions in
the capital.
District Commissioners oyster and
Keller. Col Sheriff.. in charge of
public buildings and grounds. and pr.
schools. assisted in the formation OF
the organization which will include
representatives Of the citizens asso.
Citations, trade bodies and principal
civic organizations of the city.
At the invitation of the Twentieth
Century Club representatives OF a
large number of associations attend
ed last nights meeting, the object of
which was to bring citizens and Of
ticials together in a unified drive for
a cleaner Washington. 1t was decid-
ed to incorporate those present Into
the charter membership of the per-
manent cleanup organization and
make such additions to the roster
later as would insure representation
in the body of every section of the
District.
TO Name SOm"ittSes
Authorization was given for the
appointment Of an executive commit
tee of five members which Immediate
ly will devise ways and means for
putting into effect suggestions made
at the meeting for dressing the capi-
tai in its best garb for the armament
parley.
The most favorably considered of
these suggestions were:
That for the purposes OF an I'M
mediate cleanup campaign the city
be divided into districts. each sub
division to be specially looked after
by an individual organization.
That sanitation propaganda be car
ried to the homes through the public
II is expected the executive COM
mittee to be named will adopt these
proposals.
At the suggestion of Edward F.
Colladay. campaign slogan, What
Are You Doing to Make Washington
Beautiful" was adopted.
Several general resolutions offered
by Col. Sheriff. also were adopted.
These recite that 1t is the sense of
the organization that responsibility
for a clean and attractive city rests
primarily with the individual citizen;
that the public schools should fnau-
gurate a continuing course In basic
sanitation principles, and that the
cause of civic cleanliness should be
promoted through the churches.
Call for war ON Dirt.
The resolutions also call upon Dis
trict and federal government officials
to make the most vigorous war on
dirt at all times that 1t Is possible to
make.
Commissioner Oyster told the citi-
zen crusaders that the municipal gov
ernment since the issuance of the
Commissioners clean-up proclamation
in August has employed all means at
it's command to get Washington in a
spick and span condition for the arm-
ament meeting.
this respect was recit. in detail by
Col. Keller. Since July. he said. the
health department has issued notices
for the cutting Of weeds on 1910 lots.
we're ordered in cases
where the notices were ignored. The
Of trees and parkings OF
the District. the Engineer Commits
sioner continued. had cut weeds on
$40 miles of parkings.
The work Of the District govern
n,ent was lauded by Coz, Sherrill. He
told of what is being done to clean
up the parks that come under ms
The federal omclal said
the Districts street cleaning depart
ment should redeuble it's efforts dur
Ing the period of the armament gath-
efing.
washinEton Clean City.
Both Col. Keller and Col. Sheriff.
declared that Washington is the cleafi-
est city they have ever seen. The
former EXPRESSED the belief 1t is the
best governed of any municipality in
The country. II q plan can be devised
for securing the active cooperation OF
the citizens with the government estab-
Iishmehts concerned with promoting
washington easily can be
maintained AZ the tleafest ana most
be eAutiful city In the world. they said.
Superintendent Of Schools Ball0u
use OF the schools in inter-
esting the homes Of the city in the
clean-up campaign, declaring that the
most effective way to reach the
parents IL through the children. Two
thousand teachers are ready to do
Lheir part also, he said.
Robert N. Harper and walter A.
Brown pledged, respectively, the 90.
Defation In clean up. work Of the
Chamber OF Commerce and the Board |
Il Trade. Both organisations already
nave made active response to the