The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1923-03-07
FAV0RS CHEST
PLAN FOR
CHARITY
United States Chamber of
Commences Stand Given
BY John IhIder.

Rejection of Commissioner Kel.
ler's proposal that local civic and
trade bodies pay to retain the
services of Conrad H. Syme as
counsel of the Public Utilities Com
mission in valuation cases was
voted by the board of directors of
the Washington Chamber of Com
merce at a meeting last night. The
plan has already been rejected by
the Washington Board of Trade.
A request by Edouard Albion for
endorsement of the Washington
Opera Company was referred to a
special committee composed of Leon
S. Ulman, Edna Sheehy, Meyer
Davis, Meyer Goldman and James
p. Schick.
Urges Thirteen-MOnth Year.
A plea by NJ b.. Cotsworth for
month year, was referred to a
special committee comprising Leslie
M. Shaw. M. Kallmann, Charles B.
Russell, Donald c. Conn and E. III.
DeGrott.
A proposed law compelling chill
dren to support dependent parents
and a proposal for action regarding
poor street lighting were referred
to committees.
The following were elected to
membership: Bernard w. Boutz,
M. e. Buckley, John T. Crowley,
Meyer Davis, J. Edward Fowler,
Meyer N. Goldman, Clayton Graft,
A. r. Hayley, Frank r. Jelleff,
Lyon and Lyon, James l.. Madden,
Aqua Creek Quarries Corporation,
Alvin L. Newmyer, Marcus Notes,
Ernest l.. Riley, w. J. Robertson,
Charles Edward Russell, Jacob B.
Shapiro, d. Roger TROUT. Stanley
II. Williamson and Henry M,
Wiegand.
Committees Named.
President Isaac Cans announced
the following new committees:
Committee on Public Schools
Henry Fl. Classic, chairman; Mrs.
Giles Scott Rafter. vice chairman;
DR.. Truman Able, DR.. Bernard A.
Baer, DIR. Frank w. Ballou, DR..
Lewis ]. Battle, S. r. Bosen, Joe
C.. Brown, B. r. Cameron, Percy
Crawford, Louis H. Crook, Ernest
H. Daniel, Henry B. Davis, William
Douden, Proctor l.. Dougherty, Mil
ton Fairchild, Edward T. Fenwick,
Peyton B. Fletcher, Leopold v.
Samuel Gompers. e. G..
GrahammJ. N Halper. w. o. Hilta-
bidle, A. Hopkins, A. l.. How
ard, william D. Hurd. j. Walter
Jacob, Rudolph Jose, Miss c. Lari-
more Kelley. Maurice p. KING,
Philip King, Jacob Kohner, DR..
Benjamin K. Leon, James T. Lloyd.
F.. f. Lucas, w. J. Manley. Rob-
ert l.. Middleton, Frank Morrison,
Arthur c. Moses. Mrs. Mary M.
North, e. H. Parry, Albert r.
Peters, Horace ]. Phelps, Mrs. Ethel
K. Pollard, Leon Pretzfelder,
Charles p. Ravenburg. DR.. Boyd
r. Read, Charles F. Roberts, George
w. Rue, Leslie NJ. Shaw, Miss
Edna J. sheehy, H. G. Siggers.
John r. Small, Mrs. Caroline B.
Stephen, r. C. Steward, Ben. J..
Summerhays, Richard ]. Taggart,
Mrs. Clara Sears Taylor. DR.. j.
Themper. e. l.. Tucker, William c.
Tufts, Nine Marie Won Unschuld.
Miss Mollie B. Weyman, Wayne B.
Wheeler. Oscar M. White. George
M. WhitwelI, and Oscar T. Wright.
On Building Industries.
Committee on building industries
Henry d. DdNlSp CtIdAI man. EASAA
Fl. Rogers, vice chairman; w. c.
Balderston, Charles 3. Carroll,
Meyer r. Chidakel, William Dou-
den, Harry S. Evans. Leopold V.
Freudberg, J. H. Galliher, B. L.
Grove, Vincent A. Hughes, H. G.
Kennedy, Charles E. Langley, Ed
gar Morris, Robert ]. Rothstein,
Ivan K. Strasburger, Arthur J.
Tholl, Arthur r. Tucker, A. G.
Waller, L. e. Williams, George
Wright, and John Zanier.
Committee on charities-Joseph
B. Dreyfuss, chairman; William b.
Hardy, vice chairman; William Ad-
Ter, j. L. Bowles, Charles T. Clag-
EFT, ]. Fl. Entwisle, c. Phillips Hill,
DR.. Louis w. Hoffman, Milton Hop
fenmaier, Miss G. Larimore Kelley,
DIR. Harry S. Lewis, E. w. McCul-
Tough, Arthur ]. May, Arthur c.
Moses, D. S. Porter, Miss Edna j..
Sheehy, H. G. Siggers, James Sloan,
jr., DIR. j. Themper, Oscar M
White.