Evening star., 1932-09-08
PARK ANDP[ANN|N
PARLEY ON SEPT. 18'
TO UNITE 8 GROUPS|
BicentenniaI Conference to
Continue 8 Days-FinaI
Arrangements Made.
CAPITALS DEVELOPMENT |
WILL BE STUDY TOPIC
Round Table Discussions to Be
Held-Experts Will Make Ad-
dresses During Meeting.

centennial Conference on Planning,
Parks and Government, calling to-
gether eight national organizations of
allied interests, will open here Septem-
Der 18.
Final arrangements for the gathering
have been completed, it was announced
today. The opening date was chosen, 1t
was said, in commemoration of the day
on which the corner stone of the north
wing of the Capitol was laid by George
Washington.
The program of the meeting, ar
ranged by the participating organiza-
tion, includes a study of the planned
development of the National Capital,
including the parks, highways and new
Government building program, and
round-tab.e discussions of general
planning, park and governmental sub
jects. There will be formal addresses
by prominent persons and experts on
the subjects to be discussed during the
meeting,
Participating Organizations.
The participating organizations are:
The American City Planning 1nsti-
tute, American Civic Association,
American Institute of Park Executives,
American Legislators Association, Ma
tionaI Association of Civic Secretaries,
National Council for the Protection OF
Roadside Beauty, National Municipal
League and the Proportional Repre-
sentation League.
The Joint Committee on Program is
as follows: American City Planning In
stitute, Frederick Bigger, Flavel Shurt-
left; American Civic Association, Fred
eric A. Delano, E. C. Graham, Lieut..
Col. U. S. Grant, Sd; DR.. John M. Cries
and Harlean James; American 1nsti-
tute of Park Executives, Col. Grant,
Frank T. Gartside. William A. Mann
and Conrad L. Wirth; American Legs
lators' Association, Henry Toll; Ma
tional Association of Civic Secretaries
Harold S. Buttenheim and H. Marie
Dermitt; National Municipal League
and Proportional Representation league
Louis A. Brownlow, Russell FORBES,
Murray Seasongood and A. R. Hatton;
National Council for Protection OF
Roadside Beauty, Mrs. w. L. Lawton.
Albert S. Bard.
Other committees are:
Committee on Local Arrangements
Frederic A. Delano, chairman; Horace
M Albright, U. S. Grant, Sd, and John
M. Cries, vice chairmen; Joshua Evans,
ir.. treasurer; Miss Harlean James, sec
retary: Arthur c. Christie, Miss Cert
rude Bowling. Harold Allen, Helen At
water. Sibyl Baker, c. H. Birdseye, Sol
Bloom. j. F. M. Bowie, Mrs. Charles
A Browne. Ovid M. Butler, Mrs. Flor
ence M. Cannon, A. c. Case, EdWard
Clifford, c. H. Collingwood, Charles r
Consaul, Julia D. Connor, Mrs. William
j. Cooper, Mrs. William Lee Corbin,
Charles Doe T. Howard Duckett, Charles
w. Eliot, Cd; Herbert Evison, II. A.
Fellows, F. Stuart Fitzpatrick, r. j.
Cottrell, Miss Alice McHeaven, James
Ford, Frank T. Gartside, John G. Got
walls, E c. Graham, Rose Greely,
George c. Havenner, Curtis F. Hodges,
w. S. Hoge, Robert G. Howard, Beau
dric Howell Dorsey w. Hyde, jr.; Cole
man Jennings, jr.; Oliver owen Kuhn,
Mark Lansburgh, David Lawrence, E.
Brooke Lee, Frederick P. Lee, Mrs. A.
j. McKelway, Mrs. T. H. B. Mcknight,
Liefur Magnusson, William s. Mann,
Cloyd Heck Marvin, Mrs. Francis D.
Merchant, A. j. Montgomery, Charles
Moore, R. Walton Moore, Mrs. Nell b.
Hysong, Lynch Luquer, Daniel Moor
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jr.; Claude w. Owen, Irwin Owings,
Miss Elizabeth Peoples, Irving c. Root,
j Henry Scattergood, L. F. Schmecke-
bier, Mrs Thomas w. Sidwell, Ernest
N. Smith, E. F. Ticer, Mrs. Charles H.
Tompkins, L. B. Tuckerman Mrs. Wal
ter r. Tuckerman, L. w. Wallace,
Richard w. Westwood, H. C. White
hurst, Charl Williams, Conrad L.
Worth, r. E. York.
Hospitality Committee.
Hospitalty-Mrs. William Lee Cor
bin, chairman, and Mrs. Francis D.
Merchant and Mrs. Walter Tuckerman,
vice chairmen.
Hosts-Commission of Fine Arts, Dis
trict of Columbia Commission for the
George Washington Ricentennial, Dis
trict of Columbia Commissioners, Mary
land-National Capital Park and Plan
ming Commission, National Capital
Park and Planning Commission. Ma
tional Park Service, Public Buildings
and Public Parks of the National Capt.
tai. United States Commission for the
Celebration of the 200th Anniversary
OF the Birth of George Washington,
Washington Branch of the American
Association Of University Women, Dis
trict of Columbia Section Of the Amer
ican Automobile Association, Commit
tee of One Hundred on the Federal
City of the American Civic Association,
Washington Chapter of the American
Institute of Architects. District of Co
lumbia Section of the American Society
of Civil Engineers, Arlington County
Board Arlington County Civic Fedora
ton, Community Center. District of
Columbia Business and Professional
Womens Club, District of Columbia
Council of the Boy Scouts of America,
District of Columbia VotelesS League
of Women Voters, Federation Of Citi-
zens Associations. Committee Of the
National Capital of the Garden Club of
America. Girl Scouts of the District Of
Columbia, Kiwanis Club, Merchants
and Manufacturers Association, Mont
gomery County Civic Federation, OPP
timist Club Potomac Appalachian Trail
Club Quota Club. Rotary Club, Sorop-
timist Club. Suburban Sanitary Com
mission Twentieth Century Club,
Washington Board Of Trade, Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce. Washing
ton Real Estate Board, Washington So
ciety of Fine Arts and the Zonta Club.
Cooperating national organizations
American Association of University
Women, American Automobile Associa-
ton, American Engineering Council,
American Federation of Arts, American
Forestry Association. American Home
Economic Association, American Library
Association, American Society Of Civil
Engineers, American Society Of Land
scape. Architects, American Tree Asso-
citation, Better Homes in America,
Chamber of Commerce Of the United
States, Garden Club of America, Ma
tional Conference on City Planning, Ma
tional Conference on State Parks Ma
tional Federation Of Business and Pro-