Evening star., 1921-03-22
CHRISTIAN To Be
H0N0RED BY c. 0.P.
Presidents Secretary Will
Be Guest of District
Republicans.

In honor Of George B. Christian. jr..
the Presidents secretary, dinner is
to be given under the auspices of the
finance committee and the republican
state committees for the District of
Columbia at the University Club to-
morrow night. Besides members of
these two committees and a number
of prominent local party leaders and a
few personal friends of Mr. Christian
there will be representative gather
ing of possibly a hundred or more
men prominent in the various bust
ness and civic activities of the city.
Aside from affording an opportunity
20 meet the new presidential secre-
tary this occasion is intended to serve
as q means Of bringing about thor
oueh and clear understanding between
the new administration and those en-
trict of Columbia.
Speeches During Dinner.
w. T. Galliher. chairman of the re-
publican state committee and also the
finance committee. will preside, and
there will not be more than four or
five set speeches during the dinner. T.
Lincoln Townsend. who served as
president of the Harding and Coolidge
Club during the past campaign and
who is member of the finance coz
mittee. is chairman of the committee
arranging for the affair.
Edward F. Colladay, republican ma
tional committeeman, who has been
out of the city for more than a week.
will return in time to be present.
With his return tomorrow the local
republican leaders will set about COM
pleting the list of names to be pre-
sented to President Harding, with the
republican state committees indorse-
ment, for consideration in connection
with appointments to the more impor-
tant local federal positions, such as
postmaster, United States marshal.
recorder of deeds. register of wills
and United States district attorney.
Following the republican state COM
mittee's announcement that it would
follow the custom of years during re-
publican administrations and recommend
the appointment of a colored recorder
of deeds for the District. number of
names of colored aspirants have been
received at the White House. The latest
one to be presented is that Mrs. Nonen
ems National Republican League. II
is thought. however, that DIR. j. AL
phonZo Harris, a druggist, a [ 1905 I'd
street. will receive the Endorsement of
the local state committee.
This being cabinet day. the Presi-
was a noticeable looping off in the
number of callers at the executive of
fees
At AIS this afternoon the President
will formally receive the Chief Justice
and Associate Justices of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia and
the judges of the Court of Appeals of
the District. They will be accom-
panied by Marshal Splain. and the oc-
casion will serve simply as a means of
shaking hands with the new executive
and extending their good wishes.
Venezuelan Mission to Call.
The President will, at o'clock, re-
ceive a special mission from Venezuela !
which will extend to him an invitation |
to attend the unveiNng ceremonies of /
the Gen. Bolivar memorial in New /!
York city next month. This mission |
includes Senior Don Santos A. Dominic, |
Senior DR.. Don Segunde Sanchez and |
Senior DR.. Don Francisco Yanes.
On behalf of the Howard University |
DR.. Emmett J. Scott, |
ecretary-treasurer, called at the |
White House today and left with Sec |
.etary Christian an invitation to Pres |
dent and Mrs. Harding to attend the /
of The Emperor Jones'"
with Charles S. Gilpin. famous negro |
actor, in the leading role, at the Be |
asco. Theater the morning of March !
IS. Mr.. Gilpin will be supported by !
he Howard University Players.
President c. d. B. King of Liberia |
and the members of the Liberian
commission, who will be in /
Washington at the time, have accept
I'd Invitations to be present.
General labor matters and labor!
legislation were discussed during a
,rief conference at the White House
.oday between President Harding and
Q. H. .>Dunnigan of this city. Mr. Dun
ligan is a former president of the
union of the District of
Columbia, and is delegate from that
to the Central Labor 4
Union. He also is chairman of the
on laws of that local body.
1e haa known Mr.. Harding for a
lumber of years and was especially
Lctive in his behalf during the last
He devoted his attention
o labor circles in New York state.
Among other things during today's
Mr.. Dunnigan advocated
stringent legislation to combat radi-
a sm in this country and legislation
o promote Americanism. In this con-
lection he told the President that
ocal labor men generally favor the
,assage of the Kenyon bill in prefer
nee to the Smith-Towner bill, believ-
ng that because of it's provision for !
mailer appropriation it's chances of
this session are better than
he latter bill.