Evening star., 1931-05-15
WOULD ABOLISH
STREET BEGGING
Women's Clubs Adopt Reso-
luton to Be Presented
to District Heads.

At the concluding session of the an
nual meeting Of the District of Colum-
bia Federation of Women's Clubs at
the Hotel Roosevelt this afternoon a
resolution was passed to request the
District Commissioners to take steps
to abolish beggars from the city streets.
The resolution. presented by the chair
man of the division of civic develop
nent Mrs. Harry V. Schnabel, declared
that now that the Community Chest
is an established and growing organ
ization, begging on the streets OF the
city should be done away with.
Walter w. Husband, Assistant Sec
retary Of Labor and former commits
sioner Of immigration, brought forth
interesting facts relative to the imni-
grafton situation today in an address
delivered at the morning session.
Practically No immigration.
"The most interesting thing concern
ing immigration today" he said, us that
there Is practically none"
The decrease in immigration In the
past few months, said the Assistant
Secretary, had enabled the immigration
officials to give more attention to those
illegally residing in the country, and as
the immigration decreased, deportationS
had increased so that within the last
four months, those going out of the
country Exceeded the number coming in.
Reports of presidents of federated or
ganizationS were made at the morning
session. Organizations included were
Abraham Lincoln Circle, No. 8, Ladies
of the G.. A. R.: Aid Association for the
Blind of the District of Columbia, Cap
itol Hill History Club, Chapter B,
P. =. o.; Clover Club. Columbia Heights
Art Club, District of Columbia Auxiliary
to the Woman's National Sabbath AL
lance. Entire Nous Club, Excelsior Lit
erary Club, Florence Crittenton Home
Board, HouSekeepers' Alliance, Legion
of Loyal Women. Park View Women's
Club Petworth Woman's Club. Phil
Classics, Rowac Club, Sunshine and
Community Society, Takoma Park
Women's Club, William H. Beck Circle,
No. 4. Ladies of the G.. A. r.; Women's
Christian Temperance Union of the Dis
trict of Columbia, Woman's Clinic and
the Woman's Single Tax Club.
Vocal Solos Presented.
A musical program at both morning
and afternoon sessions included vocal
solos by Miss Ellen M. Shreve and Mrs.
Mildred Couch, and violin numbers by
Mrs. Ivalee Newell.
Announcement was made of the an
nual Lincoln and Grant Memorial Serv-
ices to be held next Sunday afternoon
at the Capitol under the auspices of
the D. A. r.
Memorial services were held this
afternoon for deceased members of the
District of Columbia Federation.
At the opening session yesterday two
measures were passed, one a resolution
indorsing the request for an additional
$4,000 to be added to the Community
Center department fund, the other Civ
ing Endorsement to the campaign for
union-made Washington bread in an
effort to combat out-of-town competi-
ton from non-union bakeries.
Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley. a member Of
the council of the Community Center
Department, presented both measures.
James r. Brown, president of the
Single Tax Club of New York. deliv-
cred an address on the single tax law,
stressing the unfairnesS of taxing i'm
provementS on property rather than on
the land itself. Mr.. Brown declared
that such methods were discouraging to
the property owner who endeavored to
improve his property, while his neigh
Dor. who made no effort to improve his
own land, and consequently paid no in
crease in taxes, profited by the i'm
provement of the land next to him.
Department and committee chairmen
occupied most of the afternoon session
with reports. These included Mrs
Ellis Logan, chairman OF the depart
ment Of education; Mrs. Frank H. Smell,
chairman Of the department Of leeisla-
ton; Mrs. Jason Waterman, chairman
OF resolution: Mrs. Jerome j. Lightfoot
chairman Of the division of patriotism;
Mrs. Anna Smith, chairman OF the
Committee on Fairgrounds; Mrs Charles
A. Langley, chairman Of hospitality:
Mrs. Wallace Sherwood, chairman Of
the Committee on Law Observance;
MrN. z. G. Criswell corresponding sec
retary; Mrs. w. w. Husband, chairman
OF the department of American citizen
ship, and Mrs. w. A. Winkelhaus, chair
man OF the department Of the American
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