Evening star., 1926-10-03
THREEFEDERAT|0NS
TO ACT IN L|A|S0N
District Citizens Vote to Join
Hands With Bodies in
Nearby States.

Heralded as the beginning Of 3
new era of cooperation between the
organized citizenry of Washington
and its environs, the Federation ot
Citizens Associations. meeting last
night in the board room OF the Distric,
building, formally Joined with The
Montgomery County and Arlington
County Civic Federations in forming
an Interfederation Conference.
Jesse c. Suter as president of the
District Federation, will serve as one
of the Washington delegates. He
named William Nick. Clayton, Edwin
s. Hege and j. G. Yaden as his asso
ciates.
The move to align the Federation
Of Citizens Associations with the citi
zens' organizations in nearby Mary
land and Virginia in a liaison, me
meeting. only two delegates snokt
on the proposition after Presiden+
Suter had outlined it, and both spoke
in CONNIE ndatory vein.
The federation adopted a resolution
declaring that the coming commission
had gone outside its authority in ex
tending the effective date for a new
regulation barring seni-detachet
homes from "A" areas. and requested
that the commission reopen the mat
ter and provide for a public hearins
upon the question as to whether there
should be any postponement of the
effective date of the amendment.
The amended regulation, according
to Chairman E. B. Henderson of the
coming committee, changed the effec
nf
l, 1927, to January l. 1928.
At the same time, the federation
accepted an invitation. sent in the
name of the zoning commission BY
Capt. II. {. Whitehurst. executive
officer of the commission, to NEE
with the zoning body in advance o1
the monthly public hearing or
changes in the Zoning regulations
The zoning committee of the fedora
ton was named to sit with the zonins
commission headed by Engineer Com
missioner Bell.
Ratified I'm Counties.
The Inter Fedora ton Conference
plan already has been ratified by tn,
Montgomery County Civic Federation
and the Arlington County Civic Fed
Grafton. President Suter explained.
Recognizing the necessity and ad
vantage of personal contact between
the concurrlng bodies" he said q
working method of cooperation il
desirable. and it is mutually agreed
by the concurring bodies that ther,
be established liaison body to b.
known al the Inter Federation Con
ference, to be composed of the presi
dent and three members selected b!
each of the concurring bodies.
1T is deemed advisable and of dis
tinct advantage that an intimate re
lationship be established between tn,
| organizations mentioned for the pur
pose of concerted action on all mat
ters of common interest concerning
the National Capital and it's en-
virons, as we'll as to secure a bette
understanding regarding such mat
tiers in which there may appear di
yergent interests"
William Nick. Clayton, one Of thos
who have attended the informal in
terfederation conference during tn,
| Sumner, was the first to speak in
| favor of the federation joining in tn,
| movement.
This is not League of Nations o
! even World Court" Mr.. Claytol
| said, lit is merely an attempt on tn,
| part of ex-citizens of the District o
Columbia who have moved out int,
the hills of nearby Maryland or Vir
| ginia to help us and to have US hell
them solve our mutual problems. Fo
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