The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-04-14

Merchants and individuals
Also Increase Activity State
ment by Gen. Stephan.

The Electric Consumers Fund
of The Washington Times and
The Washington Herald was in
creased more than 500 today.
The contributors included citi-
zens' associations, a labor union,
q Federal employees organization,
and several individuals.
Local No. 26, international
Brotherhood of Electrical Work
ers, made the largest subscrip-
ton, q check for $50. This
amount was voted at a recent
me citing and is assessed directly
against the members.
Federal Employees Views.
Federal Employees Union No. 262.
at a meeting last night voted an
appropriation of $40. In a letter
addressed to The Times, +. l..
Woodruff, OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, said:
|'Your efforts in behalf Of the
citizens are deeply appreciated by all
of us and I take great interest in
following the matter"
z. II. Ramsaur, president OF the
Northeast Boundary Citizens AssO-
citation, forwarded SIS to the fund,
the amount voted by the member
ship.
Mr.. Ramsaur's letter said:
1.-THE Northeast Boundary Citizens
Association heartily indorses The
teal reduction in the electric power
rates.
1--WE are entirely dependent upon
electricity for modern methods of
lighting in this section and wish to
help little
Louis Mamakos, S31h Pennsyl-
vania avenue southeast, contribu-
Other individual donations were
received from p. w. Cahill,
$3.50 Georgia avenue northwest,
who sent 81 to aid in the valuation
case fight, and Charles e. Kern,
attorney in the Albee building, who
subscribed s..
In making his contribution to the
fund, Kern expressed the sentiment
Of thousands OF Neutrality-suspicious..
He said:
1.-THE important reason for the
employment of Conrad H. Syme as
counsel to assist the Public Utilities
Commission in the Pepco case is to
IL this case should be decided with.
out competent counsel to represent
the people. If Mr.. Syme is EN-.
ployed there will be absolute conf.
dence that nothing was wanting in
the trial to care for the public in
terest."
Two more citizens associations
Joined in contributing to the fund
at meetings held last night,
The Brookland Citizens Associa-
ton voted $50 to the fund while
the Northeast Citizens Association
made an appropriation OF SO.
The action Of the two civic bodies
is in accordance with the recommen-
dalton OF the Federation of Cittzens'
Associations, which Endorsed the
campaign.
AT 8 o'clock tonight the Mt.
Peasant Citizens Association will
meet at the Martha Washington
Seminary, 1922 Sixteenth street
northwest. to consider the question
OF contributing to the fund.
Merchants to Aid Fund.
Brig. Gen. Anton Stephan, pres-
dent OF the Merchants and Manu-.
facturers' Association. which recent
ly Endorsed the fund, said TODAY
lndI the merchants Oh washington
could be counted on to do their
share towards aiding in the fight
for fair electric rates in Washing.
ton. While the association will
not begin an active campaign in
behalf Of the fund until after a
meeting Of the board of governors,
General Stephan has announced
that he will accept any contribu-
tons the merchants of the District
might care to make. These sub
scriptions will be forwarded to the
Electric Consumers Fund as from
the Merchant and Manufacturers'
Association.
Today's contribution brings the
total amount collected up to 81, $50. 80.
This leaves a balance to be sub
scrlbed OF $469.70 before the goal of