The Washington herald., 1921-11-09
CHAMBER DELAYS
FINAL ACTION ON
HEALTH MEASURES
Businessmen to Debate
Next Tuesday on 7. B.
School Site.
DISCUSS MILK BILL
Fowler's Proposed Law Will
Be Taken Up at a Later
Meeting.
DISCUSS MILK BILL

Action on the Fowler milk bill
was delayed for some future meet
ing by the board of directors Of the
Washington Chamber of Commerce
last night. while the Fourteenth
and Upshur site for the Tuberculosis
school was made a special order
for the whole Chamber to discuss at
the general meeting to be held in
the New willard next Tuesday
evening. Two hours at that time
are to be set aside for the debate.
At last nights meeting the rec
ommendation by the Public Health
Committee of the two measures re-
suited in warm debate DIR.
Charles p. Campbell, as chairman
Of the committee. submitted the re-
port DIR. Lewis J. Battle objected
emphaticaliy to the school site and
declared that whether the District
Commissioners had Recommended IL
or not made little difference, that
the matter would be carried to Con-
gress. Charles w. Darr demanded
that the residents of the neighbor-
hood be given a hearing. Henry II.
Classic PROPOSED that IL be settled
by the entire Chamber. As a result
it was decided that no outside
speaker be asked for the meeting,
but that the debate be the chief
feature of the evening.
Attacks MIX Producers.
The question of the Fowler milk
bill was deferred. but before such
action was taken II led to charges
by Charles W. Darr that the tdber-
culin test was merely a subterfUge
on the part of some milk producers
to corner the Washington market
He declared that the test was worth
less with proper pasteurizing.
A letter from Postmaster General
will Hays was read in which, he de-
clared his department is not being
run for politics but for service, and
thanked the members for their CO.
structed to reply to Mr.. Hsys. con-
graduating him upon his separation
of politics from the Postofice De-
partment. and asking that in line
Herewith he retain the services of
the present postmaster of this city.
n. o. Chance, who is a member of
the chamber.
support for JobIess Committee.
Cooperation with the American
Legion and the National Welfare
Association in holding american
education week December 4 to 10,
was voted. Also an invitation from
the Washington Elks' Lodge to take
part in it's carnival November l9 to
| 26 was accepted. On request cf
| Rudolph Jose the chamber voted to
ask its members to support the citi-
zens' employment committee with
subscriptions. 1t has found jobs for
40 per cent of the applicant3, Mr.
Jose reported. The fifth roll call
Of the District Red Cross was in
dorsed.
New members were elected: r. L.
Lamb. E. S. Burgess. William F.
Simpson, Emergency HOSPITAL. II.
Dec. Adams. Arthur W. Davidson.
Herbert ]. jacob. c. II. Neely, J. F.
White. William p. Doing. jr., John
A. Robinson, Jerome Marshall, Ber-
nat Weirs. Mary A. Lindsey. Arthur
Lazarus, A. H. Baker and Company,
d. II. Sherman. Joseph B. Trew. I'm
perial Fiber Products Company, o.
| c. Pope, Walter J. Proctor. F E.
Lucas, Ralph Lee. Gerald D. Gros-
ner, District National Bank, Ma
tional Metropolitan Bank, American
Security and Trust Company. Riggs
National Bank, Liberty National
Eank, George +. Burns, J. H. Neetz,
Mary NJ. North, J. Francis Hillyard.
Joseph Abel, Lydia Sylvester Draper.
| Raymond Neudecker and John M.
| Noonan