Evening star., 1923-03-09
BOARD Of TRADE
WORK OUTLINED
Activities Reported at Lunch
eon-ConferenCe Held at
New Willard.
Snapshots.

The officers of the Board OF Trade.
members of the executive committee
and chairmen and vice chairmen Of
committees held an important lunch
con conference yesterday at the New
Willard.
The chairmen Of the different stand
| ing committees of the board reported
on the activities OF their committees.
the completion of congressional work
falling within their province, and of
the work remaining to be accomplish
ed for the District of Columbia
George w. Offutt, jr, chairman of
the committee on bridges, reported
that his committee was devoting its
activities at the present time to Sc
curing proper approaches to the new
Key bridge.
The community chest campaign is
under consideration by the commit
tee on charities and corrections. in
conjunction with the joint citizens
committee.
The committee on community af-
fairs. Perry b. Turpin. chairman, is
preparing report on the question
| ton which will be large enough to
meet the demands OF all national con-
| tests on the athletic field.
Inv Amendment Proposed.
| An act to amend the act approved
March 3, 1901, has been drafted by
| the law committee, Alexander Wolf.
| chairman. The amendment provides
| that "if and when in the judgment
! of the Chief Justice of the Supreme
Court of the District of Columbia. or
\ in his absence of the senior associate
| judge of that court then on duty. or
upon the written request of the judges
| Of the Police Court. public interest
ira a q a
| and assign one or more judges of the
Municipal Court of the District of
Columbia for service from time to
time in the Police Court of the Dis
trict
whenever so designated. such
| judges of the Municipal Court shall
have all the authority and power of
the judges of the Police Court and
shall hold separate sessions and car
! ry on the business of the court sep
arately and simultaneously with the
| holding of separate sessions by the
regular judges of the Police Court.
''The judges or judge so designated
shall take the Same oath prescribed
for the Judge of the Police Court"
To BE Submitted for Suggestions.
Copies of this proposed bill will
| be sent to the judges of the Supreme
Court of the District, the Municipal
Court and the Police Court. with the
request that any suggestions or criti-
ciSmS be made for the benefit of the
| committee. The committee also has
under consideration the final draft
! Of bill requiring the bonding OF all
| automobile drivers in the District of
Columbia.
Under the auspices of the commit
| tee on military and naval affairs,
! Maj. Frederick A. Fenning, chair
man, a series of talks on the Ques-
| tion of different phases of finances
| have been made before the officers
| Of the finance department, United
States Army, as we'll as civilian en-
ployes of that department. The next
! talk is scheduled for Tuesday Of next
! week and will be made by Mr.. Joshua
Evans, jr.
Appleton P. Clark. jr., chairman of
| the committee on municipal art, re-
ported that letters had been sent to
practically 200 architects and build
| ers, requesting them to send in a list
of buildings erected in Washington
D