Evening star., 1934-11-25
Civic Calendar
Change in Meeting Date of
Two Groups Made
This Week.

| This Week.
THIS week two associations viii
meet on dates not regularly
scheduled. The Sixteenth Street
Highlands body permanently changed
its regular meetings from the first
Monday to the fourth Wednesday Of
each month and the Conduit Road
ASSOCIATION is meeting Wednesday be-
cause its meeting night conflicts with
Thanksgiving.
Associations meeting this week are:
Monday, November Is.
Georgetown Citizens Association, 8
pm, st. Johns Church parish hall.
Program-Annual election; committee
report and discussion Of rerouting
problems.
Joint Conference of Northeast Citi-
zens' Associations, 8 pm, No. II pre-
cinct station. REORGANIZATION OF
officers; study of the crime situation;
discussion of the following: Proposed
merger of the Park and Metropolitan
Police Departments to obtain greater
cooperation, abolition Of TRAFFIC Bu-
reau, proposed elimination OF parking
restrictions south of Pennsylvania ave-
nue. in an effort to relieve the Police
Department of enforcement Of minor
traffic regulations, proposal to replace
patrol wagon drivers and telephone
operators in the Police Department
with civilians, so that the officers now
on duty may be available for police
work: discussion IF proposed plans for
the construction of an airport with
District funds; recommendations that
member bodies oppose the Chain
Bridge project; talk from William A.
Maio, president of the newly-named
Southeast Council of Citizens Associa-
tions.
Mid-City Citizens Association. 8
pm, Thomson Community Center.
Program-Address by E. Barrett Pret-
lyman, corporation counsel, on pro-
posed legislation for the District; re-
port from the Executive Committee
on crime prevention and the re-es-
tablishment of No. 2 police precinct;
discussion Of methods of financing the
new Municipal Center; appointment
of standing committee members.
North Capitol Citizens Association,
8 pm, Room 1870, Mckinley High
School. Observation-Disclosures and
annual election of officers; report on
crime report submitted by George E.
Sullivan at the last meeting of the
Federation of Citizens Associations;
Executive Committee report and dis
cussion of the Board of Trustees Of
the Public Library
Trinidad Citizens Association, 8
pm, Library of the Wheatley School
Program-Action on the crime pre-
vention movement; efforts to secure
a traffic control light at Eleventh
and H streets northeast; discussion Of
inadequate police force with action to
secure additional police protection;
action to better street car service; ac-
ton on proposed Endorsement of
Northeast civic groups in their efforts
20 secure the completion of the Sher-
wood Playground and also action to
secure a playground in Trinidad.
Tuesday, November 27.
Logan-Thonas Circle Citizens As
soc1at1on, pm, Northminster
Church. Program-Action to retain
the present Board of Trustees of the
Public Library; discussion of the
crime situation; motion pictures on
traffic problems.
Southeast Citizens Association. 8
pm, Buchanan School. Program-In-
auguration of three-month member
ship drive; report from delegates to
the Southeast Council of Citizens
Associations; Bylaws Committee re-
port on proposed revisions Of the by
laws including the creation of the
office Of financial secretary; appoint
ments Of standing commmittee chair
men; report from the Executive Com
mittee on the crime situation; discus
sion of the following: The need for
better school facilities in Southeast,
proposed comfort station at Seven
teenth street and Pennsylvania ave-
nue. southeast and discussion of the
needs for a recreation center and
street improvements.
Wednesday, November 2S.
Conduit Road Citizens Association,
8 pm, Community Church. Program
of proposal to change the
name Of Conduit road to PEnfant.
drive; Inauguration of a membership
drive; report on the Chain Bridge
project; moving pictures from the
Aetna Life Insurance Co. showing the
causes of automobile accidents; re-
port Of George E. Sullivan's crime
report at the last federation meeting
and appointment of a Vigilance Com
mittee should the report be adopted.
Rhode Island Avenue Citizens Asso-
citation, 8 pm, Sherwood Presbyterian
Church.
Sixteenth Street Highlands Citi-.
zens' Association. 8 pm, Brightwood
School.
Saturday, December I.
Federation of Citizens Associations,
8 pm, board room, District Building.
Program-Report from Thomas Ellis
Lodge, chairman of the Laws and
Legislative Committee, on several
bills submitted by Corpora
ton Counsel E. Barrett Prettyman, in
cluding laws governing small loan
agencies and the numbers racket.