Evening star., 1932-01-11
TRADE BOARD ASKS
BRILLIANT THR0NG
Leaders of Capital Invited to
Willard Banquet Feb
ruary 8.

Leaders of the diplomatic, admins
trative, congressional and business cir
cles of the Capital have been invited to
attend the annual banquet of the Wash
ington Board of Trade February 6, it
was announced today as plans were
completed for colorful decorations and
full evening of professional entertain
ment.
The event this year is to be given the
character of THE Spirit of the Mardi
Gras" in New Orleans, and local artists
and mechanics are at work on gay
scenic effects designed to carry out the
character of the program.
Both the exterior and interior of the
Willard Hotel, scene of the banquet, will
be dressed up for the occasion, the two
ball rooms to contain nkenesses of the
Vieux Carre in New Orleans. There
will be show boat tied up to a make
believe levee in the reception ball room,
with band of musicians playing
aboard. In the main ball room, profess
Slonal entertainers will appear on a
stage representing the famous New Or
leans street, with large scenic flats rep
resenting buildings on either side.
Formal Addresses Banned.
Gargantuan dragon and clown heads
Will be placed at either end of the room
and huge masks on ceiling high COL
umns will rise along the walls of the
room, with festoons of lights hanging
from the ceiling, it is announced BY
Harry H. r. Helwig, committee head.
lengthy entertainment by profess
sional performers is being arranged by
a committee headed by Thomas Eagan.
Formal addresses will be banned
Guests OF honor invited to attend in
clude Sir Ronald Lindsay, British Am
bassador; Secretary of State Stimson,
Secretary of Treasury Mellon, Secre-
tary of War Hurley, Attorney General
Mitchell, Postmaster General Brown
Secretary of Navy Adams, Secretary of
Interior Wilbur, Secretary of Agriculture
Hyde, Secretary of Commerce Lamont,
Secretary of Labor Doak, Gen. John j.
Pershing, and John N. Garner, Speaker
of the House.
Senator'S Reed Smoot, James E. Wat
son, Wesley L. Jones, John j. Blaine,
Arthur Capper, Hamilton F.. Kean,
Robert D. Carey, Otis F. Glenn, War
rem r. Austin, William H. King, Carter
Glass, Royal S. Copeland, Millard E.
Tydings, Thomas P. Gore, j. Hamilton
Lewis, John H. Bankhe2d Henria Ship
stead, Hiram Bingham, Gerald F. Nye.
John B. Kendrick and Samuel G.. Brat
ton.
Representatives Joseph w. Byrns, Ed
ward w. Pou, Fritz G.. Lanham, Henry
B. Steagal, Bertrand H. Snell, Vincent
L. Palmisano, Robert S. Hall, Wright
Patman, Howard w. Smith, Lynn S.
Hornor, Loring D. Black, j. Bayard
Clark, Ralph Gilbert, Robert Ramspeck,
Byron B. Harlan, Allard H. Gasque,
Clarence J. Mcleod, Edward N Beers,
Gale H. Stalker, Frank L. Bowman,
Patrick j. Sullivan, James L. Whitley,
c. B. McClintock, Frederick M. Daven-
port and Pehr G. Holmes.
Service Chiefs Asked.
Gen. Douglas Macarthur, chief of
staff, U. S. A.; Rear Admiral William
A. Moffett, U. S. NJ; Trubee Dawson.
Assistant Secretary of War; Clarence
Young, Assistant Secretary of Com
-merce; Col. U. S. Grant, Sd, director
Office of Public Buildings and Parks;
District Commissioners Luther H.
Reichelderfer and Gen. Herbert. B.
Crosby; Maj. Donald A. Dawson, Act
ing Engineer Commissioner; Maj. H. L.
Robb, Assistant District Engineer Com
missioner; Capt. H. c. Whitehurst, chief
Pelham D. Glassford superintendent of
police; George S. Watson, chief Wash
ington Fire Department; Silas H.
Strawn, president United States Cham
Der of Commerce.
Theodore G. Joslin, Walter H. New
ton and Lawrence Richey. secretaries to
President Hoover; Mark Lansburgh,
president, and Edward D. Shaw, sec
retary, Merchants and Manufacturers
Association Harry King, president, and
Dorsey w. Hyde, secretary, Washing
ton Chamber of Commerce; Corpora
ton Counsel w. w. Bride, F. L. Haller,
president, Washington Automotive
Trade Association; w. A. Van Duzer,
director of traffic; w. H. Harland, as
slstant director of traffic
Inspector E. w. Brown, assistant
Of police; Inspector
Frank S. w. Burke, assistant superin-
tendent of police; Robert F. Beresford,
r. M. Hicks, Aubrey Taylor, B. M. Nc
KelWay, Herbert r. Corn.