The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1928-05-03
BANKERS PL AN
! THEIR ANNUAL
FARLEY
By RICHARD HATTON


: Preconvention activities heraldins
the approach of the annual meeting
z Of the District of Columbia Bankers
Association are about to swing into
: full stride, it is indicated by reports
from several important committees
now working out their programs.
Chairman George o. Vass called
the press committee together last
night at an informal dinner at the
Press Club, where a general discus.
sion of publicity and press arrange
nents resulted in a tentative out
line of how this angle of preconven-
ton work fs to be handled. Several
local newspaper men were included
In the Vass committee with a num-
Der of bank officers.
Sports Committee Meets
Yesterday Luther e. Schreiner held
meeting of the sports committee,
of which he is chairman. A gem
nraI outline Of events to be sched-
uled during the four days at Mon
tank. L. l.. was discussed.
While figures were not made
yl1tlic. Chairman Lawrence A.
Slaughter, of the transportation
committee. said requests for reser'
vations have been coming in stead
ily. AS to the program, Chair
man John NJ. Riordan, who has
been working industriously and say
ing very little, intimates he al
ready has arranged for number
of speakers and will be able soon
to announce the full program.
The regular weekly luncheon of
4ha ID. G. Bankers Association yes
terday served to elicit the informa'
/. ton that there is increasing inter.
est in the coming convention and
an especial urge to visit the much
taIked-of Long Island resort.
At the luncheon the bankers en-
Enthusiastically welcomed /. A. Flem-
ing, the most popular financial
writer in Washington, who has
lust returned from a long vaca-.
ton in Florida.
The committee of the local chap
ter. American Institute OF Bank
ing. which is in charge of
campaign to elect T. Hunton Lelth
to membership on the executive
council of the National A. l. B.
organization, met yesterday in the
sroonns of the chapter under the
Craftsmanship of Vice President Ed
ward j. McQuade, of the Liberty
National Bank.
There was an informal discus
sion of the general plan of cam
paign to be followed until the
election takes place at the annual
convention at Philadelphia in June.
) eith, who is one of the outstand-
ing figures in the local A. I. B.
and nationally known for his work
for the organization, Is regarded
as one of the best-qualified men
in the country for membership in
the national executive body.
Those Who Will Attend
The following members of the
Washington chapter will attend the
PHILADELPHIA. convention as official
REPRESENTATIVES and will be in charge
Of the Leith movement on the
floor:
I. ]. Roberts, Riggs National
Bank; James A. Soper, Lincoln
National; A. e. Henze, w. B. Hibbs
and Company; Lois A. White. Fed
eral.American National: H. H. OAR
nellie, National Metropolitan; Cath
crime NJ Krieg, Riggs National;
Frank nj. Perley, American Sc
-curity and Trust Company; II. W..
Burnside, Farmers and Mechanics
National; A. o. Dooley, CONNER
ciaI National; T. Hunton Leith, Sc
curity Savings and Commercial;
Mabel V. Royce, Washington Loan
and Trust Company; Alfred w.
Sherman, American Security and
Trust Company; Robert G. Whit.
ton, First National Bank, Alexan-
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