Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-04-25
HOOVER TO SPEAK
ON CAPITAL PLANS
Washington 0fficiaIdom Also
to Hear Mellon and Others
at Meeting.

Signalling great movement forward
in the development and identification
of the National Capital, President
Hoover Secretary of the Treasury
Mellon and others will speak tonight to
an important gathering of Washington
officialdom and, over two great radio
networks to the whole country, on the
plans for making Washington one of
the most architecturally beautiful cities
of the world.
The meeting tonight, to be held at
the Chamber of Commerce of the
United States, will be followed by a
second gathering tomorrow night at
the same place, with different speakers.
"TOy City" to Be Presented.
AT both meetings there will be pre-
sented for inspection the "toy-city"
model of public buildings to be erected
In the Federal triangle, and at the
conclusion of both the speaking pro-
gram tonight and tomorrow night.
there will be presented new motion
picture prepared by experts under di-
rection of Secretary Mellon and hts
assistants.
The speakers tonight include. in addi-
ton to President Hoover and Secretary
Mellon, who is sponsor for both meet
ingS and who will preside. Senator
Smoot of Utah, chairman of the Public
Buildings Commission; Representative
Elliott, chairman of the committee on
public buildings and grounds of the
House, and Milton B. Medary. member
of the National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission and the Treasury
Board of Architectural Consultants.
Senator Smoot will speak upon the
subject. Appropriations for Public
Buildings; Representative Elliott will
discuss Congress and the Nations Cap
ital," while Mr.. Medary will take for
the subject OF his address, Making q
Capital City,"
Motion Picture Is or Program.
The motion picture which will con-
clude the program is entitled THE City
Of Washington" and Is the complete
story of this city from the time 1t was
founded up to the present, with vision
of its future. The motion picture will
run about half an hour.
It will be shown elsewhere In motion
picture theaters after its first exhibit
tions before the audience invited by
Secretary Mellon.
The meeting tonight will be strictly
Official consisting of representatives of
the executive, legislative ana judicial
branches of the Government. The only
additional guests will be the members
of the American Institute of Architects
now holding its annual meeting in
Washington.
Old Prints Are Displayed.
The toy city model was placed in
position this morning in room adj
jacent the council chamber. In the
same room with the model will be also
displayed a significant array of maps
and pictures and old prints Of interest
in the story of this city.
The meeting will open at $3.50 o'clock
with inspection of the model while the
Marine Band Orchestra is giving con-
cert. President Hoover will arrive
shortly before o'clock and will begin
speaking at 9.
The meeting tomorrow night will have
as its speakers Charles Moore. chairman
of the Fine Arts Commission; Repre-
sentative Cramton, Representative Mon
tague. Edward H. Bennett. chairman Of
the Board of Architectural Consultants
of the Treasury Department and Maj.
L. E. Atkins of the District of Columbia
Government