Evening star., 1923-06-13

dent Isaac Cans, on behalf OF the
Washington Chamber of Commerce,
when the board of directors. at
meeting in the chambers rooms in
the Homer building, 18th and F
streets. approved the letters. The
dispatch of the letters marked the
first real efforts to get for Wash
ington these two big events. about
which there has been much discus
sion in business circles recently.
AS an evidence that Washington can
take care Of the crowds the manner
i'm which the visitors at the recent
Shrine conclave were handled was
cited in the letters, which were ioen-
tical and were sent to John L. ADAMS
chairman of the republican national
committee, and to Cordell Hull. chair
man of the democratic national COM
mittee.
Text of Letter.
THE Washington Chamber of Com
merce" says the letter. takes great
pleasure in inviting the repuniicsan al
national committee to arrange @ lui
holding the republican national con
yention in Washington. ID. c., in 1924.
I'VE believe there can be no more
appropriate place in which to hold
the convention which Is 10 seH1ec.
candidates for President and vice
President of the United States than
in the National Capital. .
"rThis is the one city in TINS couh
try in which your convention can 'I pe
held and be entirely free from ali
entagling alliances anu ioS"' fi
difficulties.
Reference TO shrine Week.
.rrhere can be no doubt of the
ability of our city properly to care
for and entertain this great con
yention. We have just had the
largest convention gathering as
semblod in any city-the Shriners-
and the hundreds of thousands OF
Visitors were unanimously enthusl-
astic in their praises for the spiendid
reception and entertainment furnlsn-
ed We also point to the many
notable inaugural gatherings in
Washington, which brought mn
mense crowds of visitors to the city.
I'VE especially invite your atten-
on ~, to the fact tSa1 w bsve e Splendid
auditorium which will be fully
equipped to take care of the national
convention. 1t occupies most de-
sirable location and with Its mag
nificent auditorium. exhibit hall ana
numerous committee rooms 1t pro-
vides an ideal place for the meeting
of the national convention.
Can Meet All Conditions.
I'VE know that we can meet all
conditions contingent upon the hold
ing Of this convention in washing
ton. The national convention in the
National Capital will be an enthusias,
committee to give careful considera-
tion to our invitation. Come to
Washington to nominate the men who
may live in Washington for the next
four years"
The letters were read to the board
by Secretary Seymour and unan-
imouSly approved.
The efficient manner in which the
recent Shrine convention was handled
by the District officials. the Shrine
committee. the police department and
citizens was the subject of a COM
mandatory resolution unanimously
adopted by the board of directors last
night.
After calling attention to the uni
versal praise of all, coupled with the
lack of criticism, the resolution espe-
cially commended "Almas Temple. and
particularly its general Shrine COM
mittee. for the very efficient manner
in which this great convention was
conducted.
THE services rendered have re-
.dlted in putting Washington square
ly upon the map as a convention city
capable of caring for any gathering
or organization which may visit our
city. The ultimate result must be
greatly for the benefit of all our
people"
Fair Committee.
President Cans was authorized to
name a committee representing the
large stores of the city to represent
the chamber at the merchandise fair
to be held in New York City July 23
to August 8. He named William
Everett, chairman; Sigmund Kann,
n iuQ
Goldenherg and a. Lisner.
Authorization was given to PreSf-
dent Cans by the board to name
standing committee on private
schools, to handle problems affecting
those institutions. During the dis
Leese that this was one of the largest
industries of the city, bringing as
1T does hundreds of thousands of dol
lars into the city each year. He
pointed out that 1t was as much a
matter Of commerce as other busi-
the chamber should have such a COM
mittee. 1t will be known as the COM
mittee on universities, colleges and
private schools.
Ball Game Support Asked.
Following the reading of a letter
from julius Garfinkle asking the sup
port of the chamber for the base ball
gam" to be held here June FL for
II, nefit of the Boys Club, the
b.. voted to support 1t.
-. ns,ard indorsed the movement
to raise 100 to maintain the Amer
icanizatiua sch j work during the
summer, following the reading of a
letter from A. c. Moses outlining the
problems. Charles w. Darr pointed
out, however. that l. the people con-
tinued to raise funds to do strictly
state work, that Congress would get
in the habit of expecting it. He
cited the example of the people con-
tributing money for sending the
last year, and pointed out that Con-
gress again refused to appropriate
money to send him to the police
chiefs convention this year. This
also was state function, he said.
adding that the police chief should
be at the convention, representing as
ne does the nations capital, but that
Congress should provide funds to
SEND MIN. The matter was referred
to the committee on law and 1egisla-
tion with instructions to work for
larger appropriations for the Amer
icanization work in the next esti-
mates.
The request of Miss Cecil B. Norton
that the Chamber of Commerce as
sist in underwriting the community
center opera program this summer
was referred to the committee on
schools.
Report ON Outing.
F. A. Van Reuth, chairman of the
house committee, reported on the ar
rangements for the coming outing Of
the chamber on July 20 at Chesapeake
Beach. Tickets will be $5 each, in
Guiding luncheon and a dinner, and
Mr.. Van Reuth promises some sur
prises in the way of entertainment.
Robert N. Harper pointed out that
there had been some discussion in the
city of the falling off Of bank deposits