Martinsburg journal. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1920-1977, 1921-06-22
RETIRING AND INCOMING PRESIDENTS OF
COT C. ARE HON0RED At "PEP" DINNER;
new PRESIDENT MAKES KEYNOTE ADDRESS
All Members On Committees One Feature Of New Admin
stration-HagerStoWn Representative Shows Necessity OF
o-operation-WeStern Police Chief Tells Experiences.

| the logical and proper machinery
/ for expressing community co-opera.
! ton. and urged the incoming presl.
dent to teach the members of the
organization to say that they will
Do anything for the organization.
Finds City Beautiful
I Congressman James A. FTear, Q
/ Wisconsin, an associate of Con
gresham George NJ. Bowers, this
! city. on the Ways and Means Com
mittee. expressed his pleasure
being present and at having seer
/ something OF Martinsburg which had
been painted % him by Congress
man Bowers, he said. as the garden
/ spot of the world: and he added
that he thought Congressman Bow
ers' description not exaggerated. He
spoke OF the satisfying community
! life in cities Of this size and declar
ed it was preferable to the big
ness of the metropolitan cities. He
/ also referred 10 the work of Con
gress in Washington, the impati
ence with which some apparently
view the progress that is being
made, and warned that normal con
4 dltlons could not be restored in
day. Complete normally will not b.
fega med within ten years. he said
ana he advised the people to face
the facts as they are and then set
tie down to helping work back l.
normal times.
Mr.. D. Gold Miller. of Gerard
town. spoke briefly of the relation.
snip between the farmers of the
county and people of the city. de.
ciarlng that the relationship is more
cordial today than it was ten wears
ago and that ii is constantly be-
coming more cordial The Berkeley
county Fsfa Bureau. for which he
spoke, has done in the country fields
what the Chamber OF Commerce
seeks to do in the city fields. he
said, in teaching cooperation
Police Experiences
Chief OF Police Charles Edwards
OF Kansas City, Missouri. told an
interesting story of his own expert
ences as chief In Kansas City, eX-
planning that he did It merely 70
show how effectively and cordially
the Chamber of Commerce there
had backed up him and the League
| for Law Enforcement in its reform
work. He related how he had found
/ il necessary as chief OF police II
dismiss tie major part OF the pol
ice force in order To get the laws
enforced. how he had to direct that
robbers and hold-up artists be shot
on sight, how martial law was
found necessary in order to restore
order in one section of the city.
how he had been tempted with
brides. had been threatened by let
ter and by political bosses, and how
he had found it necessary to deal
with a stern hand in the early stages
of the fight against evils of the city
/ The city, he said. had the deserved
reputation as being the most boss
ridden city in the country, honey
combed with the influence Of the
/ bosses, the latter OF whom we're
/ firmly entrencbed; and his first
task, after appointment under the
new administration as chief OF pol
ice, was to abolish some of the old
/ bonds which kept the people under
/ the domination Of the bosses. He
| found it necessary to call upon the
American Legion for policemen and
/ guards. and described how some OF
/ the work was done under difficult
circum He laid it down as
a general principle that every de-
cent citizen should consider himself
obligated to do whatever he can to
support the program for law en-
forcement, even though this sup
port called sometimes for fighting.
Congressman George NJ. Bowers
acted as postmaster last night in
PRODUCING all of the speakers.
The membership present last night
voted in favor Of an amendment to
the bylaws under which the var
/ ious committees Of the organization
will be named by a committee on
/ committees, subject to the approval
| OF the president
Secretary Thomas F. Burley, and
Directors G. B. Chapman and A. II.
i Jackson. Of the Winchester Cham
/ Der of Commerce, were present last
/ night. Simms Jameson. secretary
! Of the Hagerstown organization, ac-
companied Vice-President McCauley,
The dinner served ldst HlSut -DE
( the Ladies Auxiliary Of the Y. VI. G.
/ A. included chicken in patties cold
country ham. creamed string beans,
potatoes in casserole. egg and let
! tuce salad. ielHes. rolls and butter,
pineapple ice with waters and cot
/ Zee. Immediately after the dinner
DIR. G Bruce Geyer sang one verse
Of 'Danese" as solo, with Mrs.
+ G. {. McKown as accompanies, and
then led the diners in some general
/ singing Of nunular songs.