Evening star., 1924-01-17
I0NQR I!0FRANKl|N
! IN THRIFT Week..
Eeaths Laid at Statue by
latriotic Bodies-NeW Is
Speaker at Keith'S.

Il 21stil anniversary Of the birth
Of knjamin Frahklin and the open
inStf the local ':srhrift week" cam
paif were celebrated coincidentally
toY by patriotic aud civic organ
iza)ns.
ercises conamemorating the life
or fanklin were held at the Frank
linfatue by the Sons of ths Reuolu-
fl1 at 10 O'Clock, marked by the
iaNg of wreaths at the foot of the
mdbrial and short speeches by Off
ceAo the society
IF ceremony was followed at noon
whAths Sons of the American Revo-
luti} and members Of the thrift /
weacampaign committees met at the
samplace and placed wreaths st the
baseff the statue.
Program Mt keith's.
=, Th1 Thrift week campaign proper
11:39 when Thomas p. Hickman.
chaif Of the bank day committee.
onenf the program. Rev. DIR p. J.
McCtmick. of Catholic University,
pronbnced the invocation and was
follofd by William Knowles Cooper,
geneN secretary of the y. M. C. A.
Who Atrodueed Postmaster General
"A Try wonderful man and a very
great american" was the eulogy of
frankf by Mr. New.
Few nlen have filled or can flil
the .pfe occupied by Benjamin
IranklA and it is well for US as
Americas to pay him tribute"
C8s His Postal Service.
Postmaker General New dwelt on:
the fact lat Franklin was the first
Postmast4 General OF the federal
governme3 and was Postmaster Cen
eral betort the formation of the fed
eral govek kment. having charge of
the colonit post service under King
George, ptor to the revolution. Mr..
New also held him up to the people
as an example of thrift.
A lettrt from President Coolidge
commencing the national Thrift week
movement resolved by Howard
MeraR. III irflan Of the thrift com
n1istee OF THIS city, aud addressed to
tAdolph Lewissehn. chairman rof the
national Fhrfft wsek committee. was
In Ais tetter the President says:
eeopie See Advantages.
.fhc American people. taken as a
whole, have1been very quick to grasp
the benefits that result tfrom thrift
ana iuuuSlIy tue CQitiNd NioiS - "a
saving disposition. They have net
only deposited money in the banks,
but invested it in all kinds of bust
ness cnterpr Uses. -
Those who have started In this
direction have always found that rea
satisfaction arises, not from indui. %
gence. but from achievement. Those
who save regularly And an tncrca 81 g
power. not only OF finances, but ol
character. 1t is through the uSs o.
such power for wise and just eHns
that we can better our whole indus.
trial and commercial establishment
Calls sasfnE ConatractiSe.
1T is not. too. much to say that the
growth Of America, as we know it
has been the result Of those agencies
1t has been. not only the vision and
high purpose of Our furefathers. but
likewise, their work and their saw
ings, which have -created>our country
and, on the continuation of which the
whole future welfare Of our people
nfhe habit of saving is a constructive
virtue Your efforts to bring this te
The attention OF the public, with re-
iterated emphasis, is a highly com.
mendabie service. l indorse your ac-
ton and wish you every success In this
iandabie enterprise"
A letter; from, ,Secretary of the Treas
ury Mellon, commencing Thrift week
was read by Harry V. Haynes. The
Secretary declared that the prosperity
Of the future rests largely .onI the abil-
ity to learn the advantages otesaviug
cannot be ovefcmphastzed Thrift IS a
cardinal virtue" declared Secretary
Mellon in his letter.
.tMetion Praises Campaign.
c. F. Fleming. secretary of the To-
,ral thrift committee, read prociama-
ton from the. District Commissioners
urging the people of the District tc
work and earn, make budgets, record
expenditures, have bank accounts
make wills, invest in safe securities
carry life insurance, own homes, pay
The Commissioners in their procla.
nation asked each president. firm ant
organization to help the thrift com
mtttee.
Introduced by J. E. Eynon, president
of the Washington -Typothetae, Johr
the life of Benjamin Franklin, out
lined Poor sRichard's". career. Bene
diction was pronounced by Rev. Johr
Weidiey Of the Church of the Reforma
ton, and the music was furnished By
the Marine Band.
George Curtiss Shinn. chairman ot
the Make Will Day" committee, an
nounced that arrangements had beer
made with banks, trust companies, TIL.
Public library, Y. NJ. Z. A. and Dis
booths where volunteer lawyers woulc
give out information in regard to wills
Subject Of School Essays.
Until January 90. the end of Thrift
week. all essays and English studies
in: the public schools of the Distrie
will deal with the subject Of thrift.
In every store club, government de
partn1ent and in all places where per
sons congregate addresses on thrift
will be heard.
In the national campaign the Cnitet
States government will be represented
by Lew Wallace, jr., director of tn,
United States savings system:
DR.. Emmett j. Scott, sacretary.
treasurer of Howard University, j.
chairman of a committee composed
of DR.. e. D. N. Jones and DR.. d. E,
Wiseman, president and treasurer.'re
spectfyely, of the Ministerial Alliance
OF the District of Columbia, which
will bring the, call of thrift to tn,
colored population of the city.
Ministefx' Aid Enlisted.
DR.. w. /. Darby, secretary of the
Federation of Clutches OF Washing
ton, has announced that letters have
ters Of the city asking their co-epera
ton. Similar letters have been SEN
to the Catholic clergy, which has beer
reinforced by "a letter commencing
Thrift week" from Archbishop Cur
ley.
Senator S. P. Spencer Of Missouri
VIII broadcast by radio a thrift mes
sage At Sis o'clock tonight. Tomor
row night. John Poole cof the Federal
american Bank Will make simflal
Stephen Takes of the Retail Credf
Mems Association will -broadca i;
Sunday morning Rev. ia
son Noble Pierce. and in the ,after
noon, Bishop James E. Freeman, will
deliver sermons on Thrift"
Speakers today addressed the Civi
tan Club, Kiwanis Club, the Y. M. C
A. and the Railroad Y. m. c.. A. III
the evening talks will be made a
Walter Reed Hospital.