Evening star., 1927-05-08


Architects and member of the Ma
tiona1 Capital Park and Planning
Commission
bringing the L'Enfant Plan Up to
Date" Charles w Eliot I'd, city plan
ner for the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission,--illus
ted with lantern slides or maps.
Good Planning is Good Economy.
]. G. Nichols, x-president of the Ma
tionaI Capital Park and Planning
Commission.
Encouragement for most optimfS-
tic reaction from this meeting lis
found in the fact that it was the
American Civic Association, under
the presidency of Mr.. Delano, that
took the lead in organizing the rep
resentatives of leading technical or
ganiza tions for the drafting of a bill
which resulted in the establishment
of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission, under which
new impetus has been given to the
elaborate program Of Capita! develop
ment.
Hosts to Conference.
This conference has the support of
the leading local and national organi-
Zations that stand for civic advances
ment. The hosts are: Commissioners
of the District of Columbia, National
Capital Park and Planning Commits
sion, National Commission of Fine
Arts, Maryland National Capital Park
and Planning Commission, Virginia
Park and Planning Commission.
Washington Board of Trade, Wash
s~1 = SNf
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton. Twentieth Century Club and
Women's City Club.
Included in the cooperating organ
izations are: Local - Washington
branch of the American Automobile
Association, Washington branch Of the
American Society of Civil Engineers,
Federation of Citizens Associations,
Washington Builders Exchange,
Washington Chapter American Insti-
tute Of Architects, Washington City
Club, Washington Real Estate Board,
Washington Society of Fine Arts,
Civitan Club, Cosmopolitan Club, XII
| wants Club, Lions Club, Rotary Club,
the Montgomery County Civic FEEDER
alton and the Arlington County Civic
Federation
National Bodies Aiding.
The national associations cooper
ating are: American Automobile AS
sociation, American Federation of
Arts. American Society of Civil En-
gfneers, American Society of Land
scape Architects. American Engineer
| ing Council, American Forestry Coun-
| ell, American Forestry Association.
American Home Economics Associa-
ton, American Tree Association, Bet
ter Homes in America, Inc; Chamber
of Commerce of the United States, Ma
tional Association of Builders Ex-
changes, National Parks Association,
| National Conference on Outdoor Rec
reation and National Association of
| Real Estate Boards.
The committee on local arrange
ments' includes the executive commit
tee of the Committee of One Hundred
| on the Federal City-Frederic A.
Deiano, chairman; Charles f. Con-
saul, vice chairman; John de la
| Mater, secretary; Joshua Evans, jr,
| treasurer; Col. Alvin B. Barber, Frank
+. Leetch, William T. S. Curtis, Arthur
O'Brien, EdwipzC. Graham, Claude w.
| owen, John Ihlder, Horace w. Pease-
lee and Evan H. Tucker
| The special cfairmen are: Co-operat-
| ing organization, Claude Owen; down.
| IoWH CIflC ~. ,
| automobile trip, Maj Carey E. Brown;
boat trip, Capt. Chester Wells; at
tendance. Robert Cottrell; publicity,
Dorsey Hyde, ir.; information, Arthur
| Carr.
| A report win be made by the insti-
| tute's committee on the plan of Wash
| lngton, of which Horace w. Peaselee
| of Washington is chairman. ard the
| subject, 1t is expected, will be dis
| cussed in the annual report of the
| board of directors of the institute to
| be submitted to the convention on
Thursday morning, when nominations
| OF officers, directors and honorary cor
| responding members will be made
Profit by Successes.
Now that Washington Is embarking
! on regional program through the
| cooperation Of Virginia and Mary
! land authorities, the experience of
| other communities where problems of
| great Importance are being met in
regions larger and more popular than
| the District Of Columbia and its en-
virors win prove of especial interest,
as they enable the District to profit
by the successes and to be warned by
the mistakes elsewhere.
At the conference tomorrow after
noon Hugh r. Pomeroy, secretary of
the Los Angeles County Regional Plan
ming Commission. will he one of the
| principal speakers. describing the serv-
| ice that his commission, is%giSing to
an area of some 1900 square miles,