Evening star., 1927-04-24
SPEED CAMPAIGN
FOR D. c. MEMORIAL
Practically All Agencies in
District to Help Honor
World War Dead.

With the work of organization near
ing completion, campaign workers
will be ready to launch their appeal
on Monday May 2, for $140 600 neces.
sary to assure erection of a memorial
to the 535 men and women of the
District Of Columbia, who gave their
lives in the World War. The appeal
will last for one week, during which
N'ashinEtonian will find on every
hand something to direct their atten-
tion to the project and the importance
to the city of answering In the affirma-
tive the question whether the Capital
city is to commemorate in a lasting
form the service of these men and
women.
While scores Of men and women are
enlisting as workers in the appeal,
the campaign will be emphasized by
other agencies of the city. The street
car and bus companies, the two radio
hroadcasting companies, the motion
picture theaters and vaudeville houses
and q number of hotels, banks and
large stores all have promised their
cooperation. In addition, work IS 60
ing forward with the view to or
ganizing the Boy and Girl Scout
organizations, the school children, the
police and fire departments, members
workers in the Government depart
ments, the directing heads of which
have offered actively to ally them
selves with the campaign.
From present indications, those
directing the campaign said yesterday,
virtually every agency in the Dlstflct
will throw it's force into the movement
to build a memorial to the men and
women of the District who died or
who served in their country's forces
in the war.
Completing Enrolment.
The enrolment of all team cap.
tains. team members and individual
workers will be completed during the
course of the coming week and their
organizatio soldifed at two pre-
campaign luncheons, Tuesday, Mrs.
James f. Curtis, executive secretary
of the women's committee or the
| Memorial Commission, Will give
luncheon at her home, 1925 + street
northwest. Members of the executive
committee of the women's committee,
team captains and the heads or
women's organizations will attend this
luncheon, at which plans of the cam
paign will be discussed and detailed in.
structions will be given to the team
captains.
Next Saturday, at ! o'clock, a gen.
eral pre-campaign luncheon will be
held at the New Willard, which will
be attended by all men and women
| division leaders, team captains and
| team members Newbold Noyes, chain
man of the campign, will address the
| workers and give them detailed in
| structiOns concerning the task which
| lies ahead of them.
The wOmen's committee Uf the Me
mortal Commission is headed by Mrs
| Frank b. Noyes, chairman. Other Of
| ficers are Mrs ustis, vice chairman
| Mrs. Curtis, executive secretry; Mrs
| John Philip Hill, chairman of Person
| mel: Miss ppes Hawes, vice chairman
| of personnel and Mrs. Wallach Mer'
! riam. chairman of supplies
| The executive committee of the
woman's committee is composed of
| Mrs. Chandler Anderson, Mrs. James
M. Beck, Mrs. Charles j. Bell, Mrs.
| Woodbury. Blair, Mrs. Frederick II
| Brooke, Mrs. Wallace ChisweA, Mrs.
| Edward f. Colladay. Mrs. Charles b.
| Dewey. Mrs. Tracey Dows. Mrs. Digit
| Davis, Mrs. Edward +. Eberle, Mrs.
| r. G. Erwin, Mrs. Eustis, Mrs. James
| Carroll Frazer. Mrs. George Gilling-
| ham, Mrs. G. c, Glover, Mrs. Eldridge
| Jordon, Mrs. Victor Kaufman, Mrs.
| George II. Marye, Mrs. Merriam, Mrs.
| Ogden Mills, Mrs. Hope Slater, Mrs.
Virginia White Speel, Mrs. Thomas
| Sweeney, Mrs William Howard Taft,
| Mrs, Corcoran Thorn and Miss AIDE.
| laide Wolstenholme.