Evening star., 1924-06-02
REALTORS POUR INTO
CITY CONVENTION
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1000 Expected fer Session When
Last Special Train Arrives
Tomorrow Evening.
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BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETS
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Considers Changes in Bylaws and
Code of Ethics.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEETS

tlnental United States, some from
Canada and Hawaii, were pouring into
the Capital city today preparatory
to the seventeenth annual conven-
tion of the National Association of
Real Estate Boards, which convenes
tomorrow morning in it's first gen.
eral session at Keiths Theater. 81
The attendance at the convention.
will reach close to the 1000 mark, it
f3festimated, of which about 35 per
cent are women, probably the largest
number of the fairer sex ever in
attendance at one OF the conventions.
Those who have directed these con-
ventions for years ascribe this to the
National Capital as drawing card:
Aside from meeting of the board
Oh directors and the ethics committee
today. practically the entire day will
be given over to registration, meet
ing delegations at the trains and
placing them in the hotels assigned
TO them.
The Washington Real Estate Board
Under the direction Of John A: Petty,
executive secretary. is handling the
arrivals in excellent style. The local
board is furnishing the transportation
and the registration clerks at all OF
the hotels, and early today every
bopth was fully manned. a matter
which brought forth praise from the
6Rcers of the national association.
and all of the information gathered
at these is sent to the central regis
tration.
Bylaw Changes Considered.
The board of directors today is con-
sidering a number of matters vital
~ the organization, including a con-
sftutional change which would per-
r1,if hor hna ard n Ia m a
city to be admitted to the national
association under certain conditions.
1t also is considering change in the
bylaws regarding reciprocal mem
Jurisdiction. The latter question is
spRsidered an important one, and
Will lay down the rule as to how far
a real estate board may go in dis
missing a realtor from it's member
ship and restricting his operations.
The ethics committee is revising
the code for realtors, which original
ly was adopted in 1905. This commit
tee will attempt to put teeth" in the
e9de. with a view to placing the pro
the highest possible plane, both fo-
the protection of the public and the
profession itself.
Many of the large delegations al
ready have arrived and have been
placed in their hotels. The Califor-
mia special arrived last night and
local realtors took them in private
machines to their hotels in the heavy
rain, another matter which brought
much praise for the effective ar
rangements of the local board The
California delegation came in 100
strong, and the Chicago delega ton,
on a special train, brought 10. H. r.
Ennis, president of the association,
arrived last night also.
Special Trains Coming.
The Florida special. with $50 real
tNrs and their guests. is expected
totiisht at 6 o'clock, and at the same
hour the Philadelphia and Pittsburgh
delegations will arrive on a special
train. Arrivals today include: 8
asM-Cincinnati 1l2s; Kansas City,
a1Siis, 10; Madison, Wis, To- s:so
p:m.-Tulsa. Al; 2:45 pm Louis
Vile, 25; 4:20 p.m.--Fprt Wayne, Ind,
u; 8 p.m-Pittsburgh. 102; Phila-
delphia, 202; p.m.-Atlanta, Ga, 90
S;,J.. 81: 6:45 p:m.-Boston, so; F:Is
p-fl.-Indianapolis, u.s. Q pm.-St.
Petersburg, Fla, 25; s:I5 p.m.-New
York city, A: 1915 p.m.-Akron,
Ohio, 25; 1890 p.m.-St. Louis, 81.
the $3.50 regular 10 realtors will ar
rive from Houston, Tex, and 13 from
Dallas.
Tomorrow morning will see the
tsa iasf OF the arrivals: The schedule:
EARLY" Huntington, w. Va. II; am, L.,
Winston Salem; So; 700 am, Spring
field, Mass. IL: 7:15, New Haven,
Conn. 81; 1850 pm, Cleveland, ohio,
~; $50 pm, Toledo. 3S: $40 pm,
canton. Ohio, 80 Q 10 am, Michigan,
125; 1920 am, Canada, 35.
Group TO Hear President.
4 visit to the White House Thurs
day afternoon ait 1916 o'clock to hear
an address by President Coolidge, fol-
lowed by trip to the Arlington ma
'fspal cemetery. where special exer-
the Unkown Soldier, are among many
SIDE features on the program which
has been arranged for delegates.
The delegates, amopg whom are
number OF Canadian members who
give an international aspect to the
4athering. will go to Arlington in
special trains. The trains will leave
18th street and Pennsylvania avenue
beginning at 3 o'clock. The cere-
Secretary OF War Weeks will make
the, principal address. President II. r.
Ethis. Kansas City, will place
wreaths on the tomb Of the unknown
soldier in behalf of the American
Toronto. in behalf OF Canadian real
tors. The Rev. DIR. ]. j. Muir, chap
lam or the United States Senate, will
pronounce the invocation.
vfsitOrs to Our City.
The entertainment program for to-
mtfrow, when the business sessions
OF the convention begin, include an
informal reception and dance in the
ballroom of the Willard Hotel, at $50
O'Clock. A tea will be- given for the
women OF the convention at $3.50
o'clock tomorrow afternoon at the
Wardman Park Hotel. This will be
followed by an automobile sightsee-
ink tour The women will visit the
Pan nAmerican Union at 10 o'clock
Wednesday morning, and at o'clock
the ladies will go to Mount Vernon
by boat. A sightseeing tour of Wash
ington has been set for o'clock, and
at $50 in the evening the presiden-
tial dinner will he held in the ball
raom of the Willard Hotel. Thurs
dAs program includes a luncheon to
visiting board secretaries at o'clock
at the Willard Hotel
realtors of Baltimore to visit that
city Friday afternoon. A boat trip
has been arranged. The boat will
leave from the pier at the foot of
Broadway. Baltimore, at 1880 o'clock
in the afternoon for a two hour inspec-
tion trip of the harbor. after which the
party will return for an automobile tour.
IsNncheon will be served on board the
steamer.