Evening star., 1934-12-02
FRANK WILL OPEN
Town HALL SERIES
Wallace. Gruening, Stod.
dard and KipIinger Also
on Program Tonight.

Dr. Glenn Frank. Secretary of Ag-
riculture Henry A. Wallace, DR.. Ernest
Gruening, W. NJ. Kiplinger and Loth-
rop Stoddard will jointly launch. the
recently founded Town Hall of Wash
ington at o'clock tonight in the
auditorium of the United States
Chamber of Commerce.
DR.. Frank, president of the Univer-
sity of Wisconsin, will deliver the
inaugural formal address, discussing
Americas Hour of Decision" He
will raise 10 points in his remarks,
and these then will be taken up by
the four members of the panel
designated to be the first to revive
the ol dspirit and tradition of public
debate in American political life be-
fore the Town Hall audience.
DR.. John w. Studebaker. now
United States commissioner of educa-
ton, will preside. Incidentally, his
appearance on the platform with
Wallace will re-establish a personal
association that began in Des Moines
several years ago At that time DR..
Studebaker received a grant from the
Rockefeller Foundation to establish
city-wide forums on public affairs in
Des Moines. and Wallace was an ac-
tive participant in the panels which
were established as the best means Of
stimulating public debate.
Views Vary Widely.
The four panel members represent
widely divergent views and in order
to allow them perfect freedom in their
discussion, the addresses will not be
broadcast.
Wallace, as author Of America
Must Choose" and as executive head
Of the Roosevelt administration S
radical farm policy, is regarded as a
facts and face them with due regard
to the consequences, but without
ignoring traditional theories.
DR.. Gruening, director of the Bu-
reau of Territories and Insular Pos
sessions in the Department of the
Interior. is the author of standard
book on Mexico and was conspicuous
for leading an editorial fight in the
State of Maine against the insult
utilities. Regarded as liberal jour-
nalist, he is expected to assert the
social and humanitarian viewpoint
as distinguished from the traditions
of international finance in foreign
affairs.
kiplinger, economic and financial
analyst and Washington business
writer whose reports are widely cir
culated throughout the country, main
tains judicial attitude-neither
conservative nor liberal land is held
a realistic commentator on the eco
nomic significance of Government
action.
Stoddard a Nationalist.
Stoddard, author of The Rising
Tide Of Color" is regarded as a
stanch nationalist and realist who
has specialized in international af-
fairs. His views are expected to be
in sharp contrast to those of DR..
Gruening.
DR.. Frank was famous as the edi-
tor of Century Magazine before he
was called to the presidency of the
University of Wisconsin. Regarded
as bold and unconventional thinker,
he is credited with making the uni
versity the center of academic liberal
ism in the Middle West.
DR.. Franks address will be the first
in series of 20 weekly Sunday night
lectures which will be presented this
Winter. The panel" system will be
used throughout the series.
Other Notables Will Speak.
Among other speakers scheduled in
the Town Hall series are Norman
Thomas, Donald Richberg. the Earl
Of Lytton. Maurice Hindus, William
Green. Lewis Corey. Prof. A. A. Berle,
jr., and DR.. s. Parkes Cadman, whose
address on the evening of Easter Sum-
day will conclude the first season in
this new experiment in public opin-
ion.
The movement is being sponsored
by group Of distinguished Wash
ingtonians, including Mrs. Franklin
D. Roosevelt, Secretary of State Cor
dell Hull and Mrs. Hull, Secretary
Wallace and Mrs. Wallace, Secretary
Of Commerce Daniel c. Roper and
Mrs. Roper, Gen. John J. Pershing,
Senator and Mrs. Joseph T. Robin
son, Senator and Mrs. Charles L. Nc
Nary, Senator and Mrs. Edward P
Costigan, Senator Millard E. Tydings,
Representative and Mrs. Robert Low
Bacon and many other prominent
officials. journalists. editors and So