Evening star., 1932-04-08
GREATER CAPITAL
DRIVE GAINS AID
Plans for Promotion and
Publicity Get Widespread
Response.

Widespread response to the movement
of the Greater National Capital Com
mittee Of the Washington Board of
Trade to publicize and advertise Wash
ington as a convention center and tour
ist Mecca was evidenced at a meeting
of the Campaign Committee of the or
ganization, held in the Mayflower Hotel
yesterday to report progress in the
drive to raise funds to finance the pro-
motion group until 1893.
The compaign workers, convassing in
the business and professional circles of
the Capital, reported enthusiastic reac-
ton on all sides to the activities of the
committee during the first year of its
operation, and the first three days of
the two-week drive have given virtual
assurance Of its success, according to
sponsors.
Goal Fixed at $4,000.
With a goal fixed at SIS, 900 to carry
on the work of the Greater National
Capital group for another year, pledges
and contributions totaling more than a
third of this target were reported at
the meeting yesterday.
Pointing out that $4,000 900 in busi-
ness was brought back to Washington
last year at a cost of four -tenthS of l
cent for each new dollar, Robert v.
Fleming, president of the Riggs Ma
tional Bank and co-chairman of the
Campaign Committee. outlined the ad-
vantages that accrue to practically
every channel Of business through sup
port of the committees work.
The success of the first few days of
the drive this week, he said, far over
shadows the efforts of the campaign of
year ago, when the. work of the COM
mittee was being initiated. The start
of the committee work was made by a
group Of civic and business leaders who
for years had been intensely interested
in the welfare of the city, and the plan
to promote the Capital came about
after weeks of study and preparation.
Work Of conducting the drive for
funds has been allocated to several sub
committee chairmen, each in charge of
various business groups and all under
the joint direction of Mr.. Fleming and
Lloyd B. Wilson, co-chairman Of the
campaign.
Committee Work Divided.
The committee work is divided as
follows: Banks, George Vass; retail
stores, A. C. Case, Mark Lansburgh, w.
w. Everett, Frank Jellef and j. D.
kaufman; transportation John Hanna;
public utilities, L. B. Wilson: graphic
arts, w. J. Eynon; food products, F. A.
Dodge; contractors and builders,
Charles H. Tompkins; express, transfer
and storage companies, A. C. Smith;
physicians, DR.. Charles S. White; ice
cream and dairies, Edgar Brawner, jr.;
drug stores, M. G. Gibbs; investment
brokers, Carl Kurtz; automotive trade,
Chester Warrington; cleaners and
laundries, Albert r. Mckenzie; news
papers, Edmund F. Jewell; florists,
Granville GUIDE; bakeries. John Luttes:
accountants and auditors, r. A. Flor
ance; bottlers, L. G, Goode; COAL wood
and oil, James E. Colliflower; electrical
fixtures, E. C. Graham; real estate,
Hal Rust and j. F. M Bowie; chiropod-
lists, DR.. Albert o. Penny; architects,
Arthur B. Heaton; building associations,
E. c. Baltz, and restaurants, Fred
Buckholz.
A tribute to the work Of the commit
tee in securing the chiropodists' con-
vention for the Capital this year was
paid by DR.. Penny. head of the local
chapter Of the organization.
The campaign group will hold an
other meeting in the Washington Hotel
Monday.