Evening star., 1923-04-21
Is CITIES IN MODEL
i. S. CAPITAL MOVE
Civic Leaders to Mobilize
Best Thought in Develop
ment of Washington.

Civic leaders from fifteen cities,
meeting today at headquarters Of the
American Civic Association. formulat-
ed final arrangements for "a nation
wide plan to mobilize the best
ming for development of Washing
ton. More than a score of men and
women active in Washington in plan
ming for the future of the city Joined
with members OF the executive com
nlittee Of the American Civic Asso-
citation this afternoon in a trip Of in
spection. visiting public parks and
buildings and viewing developments,
of the capital. with a view of en-
bodying their conclusions in a Wash
ington plan to be indorsed and foster
ed by committees on Washington In
fifty cities.
Civic leaders in Washington, in
Guiding members OF the Fine Arts
Commission. Will present a Symposium
OF the Immediate and more obvious
needs of the city at a conference dim
ner TO be held tonight at 1884 1 street,
when the conclusions reached at 4
meeting of the executive board of tfhe
American Civic Association will be
made known.
Arrangements TO Be Aired.
The executive board today dis
cussed arrangements for carrying the
greater washington plan into fifty
cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific
seeking the cooperation of commit
tee In every city for the Identification
and development of the capital. The
American Civic Association will serve
as cooperating agency in the COM
L..
fostered and developed by the ma
ton" In direct connection with the
plan for advertising Washington TO
the nation and encouraging assist
ance In planning for it's future. Miss
Harlean James. secretary of the
American Civic Association. will leave
Washington about May l for a five
month trip through the north and
west, on which she expects TO visit a
major part of the cities whose CO.
operation in the greater Washington
plan will be asked.
Business and civic organizations
through the country will be urged 10
put their energy and influence behind
the move to engage the best minds of
the nation on the future needs of the
Capital city, and through them pres
sure will be brought to bear on Con-
gress to make possible whatever de-
velopments are found necessary in the
opinion OF Congress and civic experts.
ShnirmanShtp Accepted.
Representative citizens in nearly a
dozen cities have already accepted the
chairmanship Of committees in their
cities, all of which will work with
the association toward greater
Washington. Gustavus T. Kirby has
accepted the craftsmanship of the New
York committee; Frederic A. Delano
is chairman of the committee in
Washington; william NJ. Ellicott is
chairman Of the Baltimore committee,
and Mrs. Edward Biddle. a leader in
civic development in Philadelphia. will
take the chairmanship for that city.
Among those who are on the in
specticn trip this afternoon and will
attend the dinner tonight are Charles
Moore, chairman of the Commission
of Fine Arts; Col. c. O. Sheriff., offfcer
in charge of public buildings and
grounds: Frederick A. Delano, Fred
G. Coldren. DR.. John NJ Cries, Col.
and Mrs. Archibald Hopkins, Senator
and Mrs. Medill Mccormick, Maj
Wheeler, assistant to the Engineer
Commissioner; Stephen E. Kramer as
sistant superintendent of schools:
Fairgrounds; Civil Service Commits
sioner Helen Gardener. Rev. Charles
Wood, Arno B. Cammerer, assistant
director Of the national park serv-
ice. DR.. and Mrs. Whitman Cross, Mr.
and Mrs. William Ellicott and Jeffer-
son Grinnalds of Baltimore, Clinton
Rogers Woodruff and Mrs Edward
Bidd1e Of Philadelphia and J. Horace
Mcfarland. president of the Ameri-
can Civic Association, from Harris
burg, Pa.