Evening star., 1927-05-17
BACKS NATIONWIDE
DRIVE FOR BALLOT
National Representation for
D. c. Prominent in Board
of Trade Program.

The Board OF Trade will continue to
lend its full support to the movement
for national representation for the
District of Columbia, which now is
being sought in a nationwide cam
paign under the direction of the Citi-
zens' Joint Committee on National
Represen entat ton. Theodore w. NOyeS.
chairman OF the joint committee, who
also is chairman of the committee of
the Board OF Trade on national rep
resentation announced that plans are
being laid for raising funds in the
Fall for carrying on this movement.
~ A survey also will be made of the
library facilities of the District of
Columbia in preparation for a state
nent TO Congress OF the urgent need
of a five-year library-extension pro-
gram. Public hearings are planned
on this question and DR.. George +.
Bowerman, public librarian. is to he
asked to present first-hand data re-
garding the needs.
Other Activ. les Planned.
A bridge-replacenlent program also
will be advocated on the basis of a
study Chain Bridge, it was pointed
out is one of the few remaining
hollow steel tubing, which makes it
impossible for engineers to determine
accurately if the bridge is safe for
use, due to the possibility of rusting
on the inside of the trestle tubes.
The committee of the board of in
dustrial interests will cooperate with
the Joint Industrial Council in the
survey of the industrial developments
pf the District, which now is being
made.
The traffic problems will be CON
sidered in conjunction with a study
of the great public building program
and an additional feature of this sur
vey will be devoted to the possible
new developments along the north
side of Pennsylvania avenue.
The location of an airport in Wash
tngton, the water supply system, de-
velopment of the river front and har.
Dor facilities, the proposed develop
ment of electric power on the Potomac
River, the purchase of parks and park
sites also will be studied.
ID. c. Street Extensions Desired.
The Board of Trade also laid plans
Tor seeking new data in support of the
proposed extension of the following
streets to the District boundaries:
Fourteenth street, New York avenue,
New Hampshire avenue and Ritten.
house street. Widening of Wiscon-
sin avenue beyond Tenleytown also
will be advocated.
A study also will be made of wavs
of correcting the very situation here"
which permits the incorporation of
diploma mills" the board officials
decided last night. The public and
private schools committee is at work
IN conjunction with the Better Busi-
ness Bureau and with the committee
on laws and legislation of the Board
or Trade in seeking to remedy this
need.
To weld together the efforts of all
these committees, the board officials
decided to form legislative steering
committee which would co-onmrat re-
with and coordinate the efforts a sII
groups Of the board.
Committee Chairmen Present.
President Edwin C. Graham pre.
sided over the conference. Committee
chalrmen present We're as follows: r.
Il. Averill, bridges committees; Thomas
u. FARRELL, community affairs: c. Phil
dips Hill, industrial interests; Paul B.
Eromelin, insurance and fire protec.
ton; Alexander Wolf, law; Appleton
u. Clark, municipal art; Joshua
Evans, Jr., municipal finance; Charles
4. Consual, parks and reservations:
Robert +. Beresford, public and pri.
vate buildings; DIR. D. Percy Eick-
ling, public health; Stephen f.
Kramer. public library: Odell s.
Smith. public order; Thomas p. Little.
page, public schools; Frank P. Leetch,
river and harbor improvements; Asa
u. Phillips, sewerage: George C.
Shinn. streets and highways; George
w. Ofutt, traffic and safety; Francis
r.. Weller, water supply; b. f. Saul,
coming; Theodore w. Noyes, national
representation; A. ]. DriscoIi, Ameri-
can ideals, and Howard Moran, mill.
tary and naval affairs.
Executive officials Of the board pres.
ent, besides Mr.. Graham, included w.
w. Everett, first vice president; Ben
II. Webster, secretary; Walter III.
kiopfer, treasurer; Edwin c. Braden-
burg, general counsel. and Richard L.
Conner and Robert j. Cottrell, assist.
ant secretaries.