Evening star., 1922-03-14
TAKOMA PARK ASKS
] 3-FOR.2O TOKENS
Senator Ladd, a New Mem.
ber, Speaks on Treaties
Before Congress.

The Takoma Park Citizens Asso-
citation went on record last night as
favoring the sale of three street car
tokens for twenty cents al a meet
ing held in the Takona Public Library.
The recommendation was made by
Maj. d. S. Fletcher. chairman of the
public utilities committee and was
followed BY the adoption of resoiu-
lion requesting the Public Ctilltles
Commission of the Dislrict to direct
the local railways to sell tokens at
this rate. Ii. 3. hendrick presided.
The association viii also >endeaVor
to secure transfers Ut Georgia avenue
and Kennedy street between the Cap
ital Traction Company and the WASH
ington Railway ana Electric Com
pany, in all directions.
j. Bond Smith. reported that an
item of $4,000 had been included IN
a bill presented to the Maryland leg
islature for bond issue fGr the con-
struction of new public school on
the Maryland s.dc. He stated that
there was little doubt tnat the
measure would PASS. as the delegates
from Montgomery county Eere favor
able to its passage.
Will Improve Highways.
With a view to tho improvement
of the thoroughfares Oh the Maryland
side, the ASSOCIATION adopted a reSO-
luton, presented by II. ID Lille, rec
council OF Takoma Park. Md, that
they devise some plan by which the
services of the three highway en-
gineers who volunteered their serv-
ices free to the town could be util-
lied In the interest OF the town, and
that three citizens be appointed by
the council to act in connection with
the street committee of the council
In order to carry out the recommen-
dations in the report of the town
cred possible ard advisable.
The following were elected to
membership: Edgar h. Markham, H.
u. Kennedy, Senator Edwin +. Ladd
OF North Dakota. Joseph b. Simpson,
Charles H. Anderson, Victor Lento
and John j. Stanley.
The following new appointments to
committees were announced: Busi-
ness interests committee: H. K. Ho-
bart and Frank H. Lancaster; en-
tertainment committee. Miss Mar
garet Lancaster; school committee.
Senator Edwin +. Ladd and Roy Y.
Ferner.
The association approved the rec
ommendation of the executive COM
mittee that hereafter vice chairmen
OF committees, together with the
chairmen, should form part Of the
executive committee.
Earlier Mail Delivery.
c. C.. Waters. chairman of the
postal facilities committee reported
that an earlier mail delivery Tor the
business section of Takoma Park had
been completed through a rerouting
system now in operation.
The meeting concluded with an ad-
dress by Senator Ladd, who gave the
members the benefit of his expert
ence in school matters while sery-
ing on city and state boards of edu-
cation in North Dakota. He urged
the members to get behind the move
ment for new school building and
playground on the Maryland side, and,
II necessary. secure a bond issue. He
told of the Importance of such a step
and how opposition was overcome to
a bond issue and modern schools con-
structed by long-term loan. He
regretted. he said. that group gen.
orally existed. which was opposed to
increased taxes when il came to new
school buildings, which were neces-
sary il the young Americans were
to be educated in the proper, man
ner. He urged the members to use
every effort to secure better school
opportunities for their children and
better Fairgrounds.
Senator Ladd dwelt lightly on the
treaties now before Congress follow
ing the sessions of the disarmament
conference. He said that Congress
how had before 1t one of the most
important matters for consideration,
in fact. the last chapter. as he termed
1t, in the most important event in the
history of the world in the last 500
years. In the event they are ap-
proved he said that it would mark
q new era of a warless world for
the benefit of civilization for all time.