Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1929-02-09
COMMERCE BODY
WILL Dine TONIGHT
Senator Bingham and Others
to Address Chamber-,400
Guests Enrolled.

Leaders In the business and official
life of Greater Washington will be
guests this evening at the annual ban
quet of the Washington Chamber OF
Commerce at the May1ower Hotel
which will mark the twenty-second
anniversary Of the founding of the
organization Arrangements have beeen
made for about 400 guests.
The principal speaker on the after
dinner program will be Senator Bing-
ham of Connecticut, chairman OF the
District subcommittee of the Senate
appropriations committee, who will dis
cuss some of the problems concerning
the management of District affairs.
William Butterworth, president of the
Chamber Of Commerce of the United
States. will discuss briefly some Of the
outstanding features of civic organiza-
ton work.
Honors Question Mark Commander.
The annual banquet, In part, will take
the form of a testimonial to the achieve
ment of a Washingtonian, Maj. Carl
Spatz commander of the Army plane
Question Mark, which last month
established refueling endurance flight
record on the West Coast. A tribute
to Maj Spatz will be given by Thomas
p. Littlepage, who will be postmaster.
Among the other guests OF honor will
be Senator Capper, chairman of the
alive Zihlman, chairman Of the House
District committee: Representative Sim
mons, chairman of the District sub
committee on appropriations; Lieut.. Col.
U. S. Grant, Sd, director of public
buildings and public parks: Commits
sioners Dougherty, Taliaferro and
Ladue; Robert v. Fleming, president Of
the District Bankers Association; w.
w. Everett, president of the Washing
ton Board Of Trade: Gen. Anton Ste
phan, president of the Merchants and
Manufacturers Association: Ben T.
Webster, president of the Washington
Real Estate Board; C. r. Ahalt, presi-
dent of the Arlington County Chamber
of Commerce, and r. C. Goodnow, presi-
dent of the Alexandria Chamber of
Commerce.
Special Features Listed.
A feature of the entertainment pro-
gram, prepared by committee headed
by Charles III. Frame, will be the depic-
ton of the aims and activities Of the
chamber by group Of girls from the
Marjorie Webster School of Expression.
Another group of dancers from the
same school will present "A Garland of
Roses.
Miss Rose Polio. member of the
Washington Opera Company and radio
and concert artist, will be presented In
group of numbers as will Miss Frances
Bingham Cole, concert soprano. Several
dance numbers will be given by Miss
Elizabeth German and Orme Libbey
Songs will be offered by George 'O'Con-
nor, accompanied by Matt Horne. The
orchestral portion of the program will
be by Sidney Seidenman's orchestra.
Ivan C. Weld, president of the cham
Der, will preside at the opening of the
banquet and after commenting briefly
on the work of the organization will in
troduce the POSTMASTER. DR.. w. l.
Darby of the District Federation OF
Churches will offer the invocation.
Reception Precedes Banquet.
A reception will be held in the Chi
nese room before the banquet. c. Mel
vim Sharpe heads the reception COM
mittee, which includes Warren G. Ken
dali and Ernest e. Herrell. Serving with
Mr.. Frame on the entertainment COM
mittee are s. B. Burgess, Marjorie Web
ster and Sidney Seidenman. @
Charles w. Darr Is chairman of ar
rangements and serving with him are
Rudolph Jose and G. Melvin Sharpe.
The decorations committee is composed
of Joseph d. Dreyfuss, chairman John
S. Hornback, Arthur G. Smith and r.
L. Polio Seating arrangements are in
the hands of group headed by Henry
C.. Cole, assisted by DR.. Bernard A.
Baer, Ernest T.. Herrell and w. NICK.
Stowell. r. L. McKeever is chairman
of the publicity committee, which also
comprises Judge Mary O'Toole and
Dorsey w. Hyde, ir.