Evening star., 1931-12-01
BOARD OF TRADE
PLANS CELEBRATION
Annual MidWinter Dinner Will
Serve as Challenge
to Depression.

Hurting a challenge to the depres-
sion, the Washington Board of Trade Is
preparing to stage next February the
most spectacular annual midw1nter din
ner and entertainment In its history,
according to plans announced today by
Harry H. r. Helwig. general chairman.
This motif Is seen in the decision Of
the committee to give the huge BAN
quet spirit Of the Mardi Gras in the
Msison de rOpera in old New Orleans"
and decorations and costumes In keep
ing with the carnival spirit.
Both the large and small ball rooms
of the Willard Hotel are to be trans
formed to suit the occasion, and already
three proposed designs for decorative
effects have been submitted.
"speechIess" Meeting.
The meeting is to be speeches." in
that no after-dinner orators will be
allowed. the entire evening to be given
over to the banquet and entertainment
for which professional performers now
are being selected.
George w Offutt, president Of the
board. heads the organization Of Is
committees now at work making ar
rangements Serving with Mr.. Helwig
on the General Committee are A. K.
Shipe, Robert E. Lee, D. Randall Buck
iagham and Raymond M. Florance.
Fred A. Smith Is chairman OF the
Advisory Committee, assisted by John
T. Bardroff. Jerome F. Bernard, D.
Randall Buckingham, Elmore T. Bur-
dette. Robert J. CottrelE Thomas l..
William r. Ellis, Mr.. Florance, Edwin
M Graham, Mr.. Lee. George Miller, j..
Mitchell Owens, Wallace B. Robinson,
John Saul. Milton F. Schwab, Mr.. Shipe
and Ben T. webster.
Committee Personnel.
Other committees are as follows:
Invitations-George Pitt, John T.
Bariroff. Joseph A. BurkArt, +. e. Cum
ningham, J. Harry Cunningham, G. J.
Gockeler, Frank p. Leetch, Charles w.
CLAUDE w. owen ana OdelI s. Smith.
Reception-Claude w. Owen, z. g.
Brandenburg, Arthur Carr, Edward r.
Colladay, John Joy Edison, w. w. Ever
cit, Robert v. Fleming, z. c. Graham,
John H. Hanna, Frank s. Hight, e. j.
Murphy, George Pitt, Ben T. Webster,
Lloyd B. Wilson, F. A. Fenning, Howard
Moran and Theodore w. Noyes.
observation-disclosures L. Eagan.
daniel, T. Brooke Amiss, Frederick M.
Bradley, Thomas A. Cantwell, Fred
East, Robert e. Lee, Joseph G. McGar-
raghy, c. Hayward Marshall, George
Miller, william F. Raymond, w. Z.
Read, John G. Scharf, j. Hawley Smith,
Richard D. Stimson, Harry p. White,
L. E. williams, Charles A. Appleby, L.
Pierce Boteler, L. Lee Combs, DR.. Joseph
D. Rogers. Richard D. Stimson and
John H. Davidson.
Dinner and Wallace B.
Robinson, Karl e. FARRELL, Granville
GUIDE Robert F. Beresford, Lowry N.
Coe, Hollis B. Fritts, william H. Harri-
son, Carol M. Farquharr, John G.
Coffey, Frank w. Lee, j. Stanley Long,
Henry S. Owens, George Pitt, jr.;
Herbert W. Primm, John F. Webster,
r. X. Ferguson, Hugh w. Barr and W.
Glenn Phelps.
Tickets-George J. Adams, J; Hawley
Smith, T. Brooke Amiss, Wilbur N.
Baughman, Benjamin Carow. oliver T.
Carr, DR.. Edwin H. Etz, Herbert W.
Gill Paul r. Grove and G. j. Waters.
Souvenirs-John T. Bardroff, L. T.
williams, Joseph A. Burkart, George A.
Emmons, Lloyd F. Gaines, Luther w
Linkins, Odell S. Smith, Frank M. Per-
ley. w. H. Waters and Fred j. White.
Floor Committee]. B. Edmunds,
Harry Dean, w. Crosdale Wits, Ralph
H. Bangs, T. r. Bean, Donal L. Cham
UCL LII, ~ w. SACECk1
George B. Farquhar, George v. Ora
ham, Harry G. Grove, Ralph H. Houser
r. L. Lockridge. Henry j. Klinge,
Stephen z. Kramer, William G. Linton,
Robert B. Montgomery, William E.
Rabenhorst, L. L. Reeves, Otho L. Rog-
ers, j. A. L. Sayer, Ro~s H. Snyder,
Frank r. Strunk, z. G. iomas, r. b
Thomas, A. Willige, p D. Allen
Harry F. Almond, John III. Cherry
Charles r. Grams, Herbert L. Davis
William H. Lanham, H. J. Leesnitzer
H. E. Mockbee, ST.; Charles w. Pimper
and Alex H. Varela.
Lights-Herman r. Carl, Charles T.
Clagett, william H. Ross. Wilmot w
Trew, j. Paul Ward and William e
Wise.
Printing-Dwight K. Terry, Joseph C.
McGarraghy, Beverly M. Coleman, Rob-
ert j. Cottrell, Frank A. Sebring, o. r
Evans, John T. Meany, George G. Shinn
and Max Walten.
Publicity-Charles H Jerman, Ross
H. Snyder, Richard D. Stimson, Edward
s. Pardoe, Frank M. Perley, w. P. Coz
and Theodore M. Judd.
Property-Herbert A. Poole, J. Stan
ley Long, Gilbert z. Stringer, Harry
Dean and c. Hayward Marshall.
Transportation-W. e. Reed, Edwart
S. Pardoe, Frederick M. Bradley, Henry
S. Owens, William Z. RabenhorSt anC