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The Washington times., 1934-01-30
Vice President
Dinner Host

The President and Mrs. Roose-
velt were the guests in whose
honor the Vice President and
Mrs. John Nance Garner en-
tertained at dinner last eve
ming at the Washington Hotel.
The guests included Senator
and Mrs. Joseph T. Robinson,
Senator and Mrs. Charles L.
McNary, Mr.. Lewis W. Douglas,
Representative and Mrs. Joseph
w. Byrns, Representative Bert
rand H. Smell, Mrs. Silliman
Evans, the Right Reverend and
Mrs. James e. Freeman, Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Robert q. Patter-
son, the Chairman Of the Re.
construction Finance Corpora
tion and Mrs. Jesse Jones, the
Mayor Of Philadelphia and Mrs.
Hampton Moore, the former
Governor of North Carolina and
Mrs. o. Max Gardner, Judge
and Mrs. J. c. Adams, the Mill
tary Aide to the President, Col.
Edwin M. Watson and Mrs.
Watson, the Naval Aide to the
President Capt. Walter N. Ver-
nou and Mrs. Vernon, Mr.. and
Mrs. Will Rogers, Mrs. ]. Bor-
den Hartman, Mr.. Anon G,
Carter Of Fort Worth, Texas:
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph P. Tumulty,
Mr.. and Mrs. Gene Buck Of
Long Island: Mr.. and Mrs. W.
C. Murphy, jr., and Mr.. and
Mrs. James L. Wright.
Musical Follows
The roof garden Of the hotel
formed the setting for the din
ner. It was decorated with
palms and ferns, which formed
an effective background for bou.
quets of American Beauty roses
and AZalea. The long table
was adorned with placques of
Hollywood roses, pink snap
dragons and white Budlea. Be-
fore and during dinner music
was furnished by the United
States Navy Band.
After dinner, the ladies ad-
journed to the rose room, which
was decorated with Australian
ferns and spring flowers, for
after-dinner coffee. Later, the
President, the Vice President
and the other gentlemen Of the
party joined them for the mu-
sical entertainment which fol-
lowed, when q program was
given by The Travellers, Of radio
fame, and Tito GuiZar, Mexican
tenor, who sang songs Of his
native land to his own accom-
paniment on the guitar. Robert
Armbruster was accompanist for
The TravelerS-JameS Stanley,
Paul Parks, Walter Scanlon and
Carl Matheiu.
The Minister Of China, Mr..
Sao-Ke Alfred SEE, returned to
the Capital today from 1Eew
York. yReFe he went eu1sdSy.
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ence, being addressed sympa.
thetically as ''Senor."
Mrs. Charles G. Ross and
Miss Blanche Smick, very lovely
and leisurely beside uncalled
for cups of coffee and tea.
Mrs. F'iske O'Hara working
out plans for a pocket mega.
phone to be used at successful
teas.
Mrs. Eddie Steffe, singing
like an angel.
Mrs. j. Harry Cunningham,
real prohibitionist and having
asked for fruit juice--straight,
being presented by an pre-repeal
waiter with a glass of gin
straight.
Governor Olsen of Minnesota,
a particular guest of the George
Holmes, bigger and more ambi.
tious than ever.
Mr.. Norman w. Baxter, who
is doing a very special job with
the Reconstruction Finance
Corporation, singing almost The
best Negro song in the world
with the refrain "Oh LaWd, take
a sniff wild mel"
Mr.. Gableman doing his clas-
sis, Just Break The News To
Mother"
Various other Gridiron stars,
contributing impromptu stunts
and delighting the professional
taste of Mr.. William F. McDer-
mott, the dramatic critic of the
Cleveland Plain Dealer, who is
in town looking the city of
Washington over.
Phyllis, the little gossip, has
brought me in several neWsy
bits. She says that
Eleanor Roosevelt, who would
have been one of the most pop
ular debutantes of the season.
even if she had not been the
daughter Of the Assistant Sec
retary of the Navy and Mrs.
Henry Latrobe Roosevelt, is
feeling a little low n her mind
these days because a begulllng
young gentleman named Jock
Mclean has departed with his
brother Ned for three-monthS
trip through South America.
Mr.. and Mrs. George R.
Hearst, of Los Angeles, are
pauSing in Washington on their
way to Palm Beach, and are
making an almost every eve
ming foursome of contract or
dancing with the Donald Wood
wards.
Out Heigh-Hoing recently,
Phyllis saw:
Alobar Price in stunning black
velvet, high in the front and
low in the back, and Laddie
Snowden at a cozy little table
for two, practically in the or
chestra'S lap.
jamie Brazelton, raviShing in
black new with yards and yards
Of ruffles, being cut in on vio-
lently as she gracefully man
aged a long and swishing train.
Black-haired Kitty Fuqua, very
vivacious anad smiling in red
velvet.
Two pretty blonde Tumulty
daughters in exquisite black
and white frocks, complete with
gardenias, looking up to two
tall dark escorts.
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Dinner Thursday

Mr.. and Mrs. George Hearst
will entertain at dinner Thurs
day evening at the Shoreham.
They plan to leave the
Capital the latter part of the
week for California following
q Today visit here.
*k
Mrs. Farley, wife of the Post.
master General, will be "at
home" tomorrow afternoon, from
4 to 6, in her apartment at the
Mayflower. She will be assisted
by Mrs. Henry A. Wallace, Mrs.
Daniel C. Roper, Mrs. Morris
Sheppard, Mrs. Alva B. Adams.
Miss Stella Akin, Mrs. Jouett
Shouse, Mrs. Harry w. Blair,
and Miss June Sickel.
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Mrs. ROOsevelt's Conference
Mr.. John Powell, the eminent
Virginia composer-p pianist, and
Mrs. Powell sat in for a few
moments yesterday at Mrs.
Roosevelt's press conference at
the White House. Mr.. Powell
came to Washington from Rich
mond, Va, to play his "Rhap-
Sodie Negre" at the National
Symphony Concert, Sunday, at
Constitution Hall, at which the
First Lady was present.
Mr.. Powell has made an in
tensive study of American folk
music, and is an authority on
the subject. He touched lightly
yesterday on the origin of this
music, and told Of the awaken
ing of interest in Southern ma
tional music.
Mr.. Powell will start a series
Of eight broadcasts, of the music
which comes from the mountain
people Of the South, over the
NB.C. on February 81, and Mrs.
Roosevelt, speaking from here,
will introduce him. She is a
leader in the movement to pre-
serve the folk songs Of this coun-
try, and believes in bringing
out" the music of the people who
settled this country for by do
ing so, it will gain the recogni-
tion it so richly deserves.
Some Of the singers who took
part in the White Top Folk Fes-
tival, which Mrs. Roosevelt at
tended on August II and IL,
last, will take part in these
broadcasts which will all be
given from Richmond, Va, with
the exception of one from Nash.
vile, in which the old harp
singers will take part.
Mrs. Roosevelt, whose interest
in historic things is not limited
alone to music, will make pill
grimage Friday to Williamsburg,
with Mrs. Morgenthau, wife Of
the Secretary of the Treasury,
to see the work Of restoration
being carried on there by Mr..
John D. Rockefeller, jr. She
will return to the Capital on
Saturday.
This afternoon the First Lady
will attend the Boston Symphony
Concert accompanied by Mrs.
Hull, wife of the Secretary Of
State.
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Envoy Host

The Ambassador of France
and Nine. de Laboulaye will
entertain at a dinner this
evening, at the Embassy in
Sixteenth Street, in honor Of
the Speaker Of the House and
Mrs. Henry T. Rainey.
The Ambassador and Nine.
de Laboulaye, with their
daughter, Mile. Marie Therese
de Laboulaye, will leave at the
end of the week for New York,
where they will spend a few
days.
-
The Ambassador Of Brazil
and Nine. de Lima e Silva were
hosts at q luncheon today ct
TIE EiinlEbSSsSiy- m AF4f1eenttS oSfeet.
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Mrs. Lea to Fete
Debutante

Mrs. Charles M. Lea will en-
tertain at a small tea at her
residence at 1735 Massachusetts,
Avenue on Thursday, February
8, from 4 to 6 o'clock.
Miss Suzanne Hill, debutante
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Philip Hill, will be the guest in
whose honor Mrs. Lea will en-
tertain at dinner on Saturday.
February 10, the guests later at
tending the dance which Mr..
and Mrs. Demarest Lloyd will
give that evening.
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lngton and Lincoln, PRESIDENT FRANK
lin D. Roosevelt is cleaning his laurels
during his lifetime.
The keynote of the Birthday Ball"
at the Shoreham this evening will be
simplicity. 1t will be the sort of party
the President and Mrs. Roosevelt like
best-a gathering of friends who are
embracing this opportunity to wish
the Chief Executive joy, health, and
happiness on this, his natal day.
There will be a noticeable lack of
pomp and ceremony such as sur
rounds balls of this size in the Cap
ital, and for that reason the tables
at which the guests will be seated will
be scattered about in the lounge and
bathrooms without any regard to prec-
nSnnoo or ronk
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For First Lady

Mrs. Roosevelt will be the
guest in whose honor the
Secretary of Labor, Miss Fran.
ces Perkins, will entertain at
luncheon on Thursday.
The Secretary is in Indian
apoliS today, where she is
making an address. She will
return to the Capital tomorrow.
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Legation Dinner

The Minister of Canada and
Mrs. William Duncan Herridge
were hosts at dinner last eve
ming, entertaining at the Lega-
tion, in honor Of the Secretary
Of Agriculture and Mrs. Henry
A 'Vo9S1oS$~
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Dinner For Envoy

The Ambassador of Argentina
and Sonora de Espil were the
ranking guests at the dinner
which the Secretary Of the
Treasury and Mrs. Henry Nor
genthau, jr., gave last evening
at their residence In Kalorama
Road.
The Washington times., 1934-01-30

MRS. ORMON LAWsON-JOHNSTON, who resides in
London gracousy posed yesterday for photographer
while on a brief visit in Washington. Mr.. Lawson
Johnston will join her here Thursday and together
they will go to Palm Beach for a sojourn of several
weeks She will be remembered in the Capital Mrs.
Lyman Kendall and is the mother of Mrs George Grant
Mason, of Havana Mr.. and Mrs. Lawson-Johnston will
return to the Capital in March for stay of several
weeks en- route to England. (Times Staff Photo)
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Mrs. Roosevelt to Light Candles
On Mammoth Cake. Occasion To
Be Marked With Simplicity
q 8e29 y co"''">

The beloved President of generation is being
honored today the occasion of his fyscond birthday
anniversary with five thousand parties given in practically
every city and hamlet throughout the land In fact it
will be in the nature of national event Unlike Wash
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Think calmly, if you can, Of
the Siege OF the Starlings. The
absurd plans to rid the city OF
the birds! The loud speakers
to frighten them away! The
fireman's hose to wash them
away! And now the Supreme
Effort-the use of poison gas!
If 1 were a City Father or
City Mother. I should manage
somehow to make the Starlings
an attraction for tourists. Just
as the cannier City Fathers OF
Europe have encouraged The
pigeons in the public squares
to entice American dollars.
No doubt the same gentle
men whG have been most an
noyed by the Washington birds
have been delighted with the
pigeons in Venice Have been
astounded at the way they an
Swer the church bells at feed
ing time Have watched the
pigeons of the Milan Cathedral
fly down from their percheS on
the angels crowns and the
cherubims' knees Have SOL
emnly admired the magnificent
English custom Of feeding the
pigeons that live at night in
st. Paul's Belfry. Have GER
tainly murmured, If City
Fathers can murmu1, "How pic
turesque," when the birds have
come to their hands for the
corn bought from the street
boys.
Have even had their pictures
taken feeding the pigeons! Il
know they've had their pic
lures taken at Saint Marks
Square. I've seen them. And
the City Father in the case was
trying to look benevolent)
OF course, Starlings have
their faults. But so have pig
cons. Generations of pigeons
have been raising their fami-
lies and nesting in the Gothic
spires of Europe. And the ca
thedrals attached thereto have
borne up pretty well.
We say, fondly: They have
a mellow, old world look!"
Well, why can't we have a
Saint Marks Square in Wash
ington. We have the Starlings
and we have the parks. Why
shouldn't that open space in
front of the Commerce Build
ing be made Startling sanctu-
ary?
Don't laugh! It's really a
sound idea. Think it over,
City Fathers. It has its COM
mercial advantages. Besides,
the Starlings are going to win
any how. You might as well
lose gracefully and profitably.
Mr.. Richard Grain has re.
turned to his home, Westover-
on-the-James, the beautiful es-
tate built centuries ago by
William Byrd, after trip to
Washington especially to hear
"Rhapsodie Negre," written by
his old friend, John Powell, Of
Richmond, and presented for
the first time in washington
on Sunday afternoon by Hans
Kinder and the National Sym.
phony Orchestra.
Mr.. Grain was deeply inter
eSted in the concert. While
the exquisite and moving music
was being played, he sat with
eyes closed, intensely concen-
trating.
Notes on the afternoon party
at the Columbia Country Club
given by the Edward Gable
mans, CMr. Gableman is the
Chairman of the Music Commit
tee of the Gridiron Club for
the Gridiron Clubs new preSi-
dent, Mr.. James Lloyd Wright
and Mrs. Wright.
The Gableman-Wright mixed
quartette received the 200 guests
and looked extremely handsome
in black broadcloth and velvet
and gardeniaS. Mr.. Uric Bell,
nicely tanned and smiling, Just
back from South America, where
he acted as Press Liaison Off
Ger at the Montevideo Confer
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SERVICE MEN OCCUPY TABLE AT PRESIDENTS BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
LOO]A AinS on
w ith
HELEN ESSARY

When see how the City Fathers behaving about the
Sarngs wonder if City Fathers what they ought to be-
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For Justice Stone

The Associate Justice of the
United States Supreme Court,
Mr., Harlan Fiske Stone, will
be the guest of honor at the
dinner to be given this evening
by Representative Allen T.
Treadway, at the Shoreham.
The Ambassador Of Great
Britain and Lady Lindsay have
as their guest at the Embassy
Mai. and Mrs. Reginald l.. Ben
son, whose London home is in
Sussex Place, Regents Park.
London. Mrs. Benson is the
former Miss Leslie Mast.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wade H. Ellis
will entertain at two dinners,
one on Tuesday, February g.
and the other on Friday,
February 9, at their residence
in Massachusetts, Avenue.
The Military Attaches Of the
Foreign Embassies and Lega-
tions held their regular monthly
luncheon in the patio OF the
Carlton Hotel today. The COM
pany numbered twelve and
Lieut., Col. Marco Pennaroli OF
the italian Embassy was IN
charge of the arrangements.
X 4
Miss Mary Howry and her sis
ter, Miss Elizabeth Howry, Will
entertain at dinner this evening
at their home in Georgetown in
honor of Mrs. Jacob Bauer, OF
Chicago. Later they will attend
the Presidents birthday ball at
the Shoreham as the guest OF
Col. Henry M. Lindsey, OF New
York.
Dinner Tonight
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Corrin
Strong will entertain at din
ner this evening, at their resi-
dence in Thirty-Second Street,
later attending the Presidents
Birthday Ball at the Shoreham
with their guests.
+
Baron MarcelluS D. A. r. Won
Redlich and Baroness Won Red
hch, are at the ST.. Regis Hotel
m New York ft1' a fgw DAYS.
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men were taken aboard, dried out, fed,
bunked and transported to their original
destination The freighter's radio sped
the news of the ship loss to Capt Johnny
G. Murphy, her owner, at Mobile.
Capt. Johnny forthwith notified the
maritime insurance company. The off,
Gals of that organization commented at
some length on Murphy'S hard luck, for
this was the second of his ships which
had been lost in six months, the sister
of the Rose Murphy being burned at
sea. The insurance men ordered rigid
investigation. The shipwrecked officers
and certain members of the crew gave
straightforward testimony. Eventually,
the insurance company made an initial
payment of $4,000 to Capt. Johnny
Murphy. The balance was to be settled
later.
THAT payment hardly came soon
enough for Capt. Murphy. The three
officers and chief engineer of the Mary
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BY GEORGE H. DACY~

Murphy bounded him for their pay, and
particularly for the full amount of a
secret bonus" With the result that
the same day that he deposited the
insurance money at his bank Capt.
Johnny cashed a check for $4,000, the
maximum amount of money which he
had ever been paid by his home banker.
That was the transaction which even
tually led to his undoing. Tab was being
kept on Murphy's receipts and expendi-
lures by order of the Department of
Justice.
Under the caption of another marine
fraud, the case finally reached court. 1t
was then that B. C. Farrar, handwriting
expert of the United States Treasury
Department, was requisitioned as. an
authority of international repute to aid
in solving the mystery. Capt. Murphy
claimed that he withdrew the $4,000 to
pay an overdue note which he owed
to a Southern planter. The Govern
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ment specialists maintained that Murphy
had really used the money to pay the
officers and engineers of the Mary
Murphy for sinking the ship. One or
these officers killed himself when threat
ened with arrest, another escaped, while
the other two were captured and COM
feSSed.
Capt. Murphy offered a receipt from
the planter as evidence of settlement
of the debt paid with the disputed
$4,000 in cash. Mr. Farrar demonstrated
to the jury that the receipt was .
forgery, that the planter who supposedly
had signed it had been dead several
years before the receipt was written. He
also proved conclusively that the plant
ers wife had been bribed to make out
the fraudulent receipt.
The tricky puzzle about the case was
how the Mary Murphy was sunk The
testimony of the surviving officers who
ultimately turned States evidence
cleared up that matter. The simulated
shipwreck which had fooled the sea wise
crew had been accomplished by the
chief engineer on signal, reversing the
engines while the ship was ploughing
through wild waves at full speed Tor
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~ IDING out a gale, the veteran
vessel, Rose Murphy, seasoned to
the seas buffetings rounded the
l Florida Straits pointed for jack
sonville, her next port of call. Her
motley crew, tempered by the longtime
challenges of the tempest, were salts
fed for the once. A few days and they
would be frolicking and FOSTERING ashore
again. Wages to waste.
Then by the flip of fate what had
been orderly seamanship was shifted
almost at the turn of the wheel into
seafaring chaos. Disaster nipped at the
Rose Murphy even when she had appar-
emily weathered out another raging bat
tie with the ocean. Full-bent forward,
the ship seemed to collide with an I'M
charted shoal The collision to all intents
and purposes had opened up her hull.
She sank rapidly. The officers ordered
the crew to take to the lifeboats. That
nautical getaway was but barely con-
summated before the Rose Murphy sank,
never again to float.
Fortune favored the castaWayS. Just
before darkness enveloped the ocean,
the storm tossed boats were sighted by
coastal freighter. The officers and
Evening star., 1934-04-17
GOTWA[S URGES
WIDER F STREET
Engineer Favors TWo-Way
Traffic Between Sew
enth and Ninth.

Widening of F street between Sew
enth and Ninth streets SO it may
carry two-way traffic was urged by
Engineer Commissioner John G. Got
walls last night as a means OF re-
ducing traffic congestion, not only on
the two block section of that street
but also on neighboring thoroughfares
Maj. Gotwals expressed hope ap-
proval might be given to a plan the
Commissioners have prepared for this
improvement, which is awaiting final
action by the National Capital Park
and Planning Commission and the
Fine Arts Commission. Commissioners
Hasen and Allen favor the change.
The proposal, in one form or an
other, has been under discussion for
many months Organized civic and
business interests have campaigned
for widening of the street.
The plan now under discussion calls
for elimination of the s.eps of the
south portico Of the old Patent Office
Building, to provide space needed for
the street widening. Another plan
called only for elimination of the
parking space ins d. the north curb,
and a reduction of the width of the
north sidewalk.
The cost of alteration of the south
portico of the old building has been
estimated at $4,000. Widening of the
street would cost about 100000, it is
estimated.
Since the section of F street now is
used for one-way traffic, the detourS
of cars resulting from this system
serve to add to congestion and con-
fusion at nearby intersections, Maj.
GotWals believes.
Evening star., 1934-04-17
Mfantile Paralysis
Victim Viii Sing
At White House
I8-Year-OId Girl Attains
ambition of Her Life
This afternoon.

Miss Nan johnson of Columbus.
Ohio. cripple since nearly childhood
will realize the ambition of her life
this afternoon when she sings in the
White House to President and Mrs.
Roosevelt.
Some weeks ago this 18-year-old
girl, who walks with both legs in
braces, wrote letter to the President
in which she requested the privilege
of singing to him and Mrs. Roosevelt.
She mentioned in her letter that she
was the victim of infantile paralysis
and that in her struggle to carry on"
and to improve her conditions, despite
her affliction, the President had been
her inspiration.
: The answer the young woman re-
ceived made her very happy because
the President had written that he
would be glad to hear her sing. How
ever, the suggestion was made IN the
Presidents letter that it was a long
trip for Nan to make just to sing a
few songs This did not discourage
her.
Finally the date was set for her
appearance before the President and
Mrs. Roosevelt. and with her mother
Nan arrived in Washington today
from Fairmont. w. Va, where she
sang last Sunday at the First Pres
byterian Church. The girl and her
mother will be accompanied to the
White House at o'clock by Repre-
sentative Dow w. Harter OF Ohio
and Mrs. Harter.
The concert will be in the famous
east room and besides the President
and Mrs. Roosevelt small group OF
friends have been invited to be pres
ent. There is a possibility that Stenio
Vincent, President of Haiti, who is
in Washington on official business,
may be in the guest party.
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MANY THOUSANDS
EXPECTED AT FETE.
0. c. Residents to Celebrate
Religious Freedom in
Baltimore.

Thousands Of Washingtonians are
expected to be present in Baltimore
Stadium on May 80 when the 300th
anniversary OF the establishment OF
religious freedom will be celebrated.
Rev. Louis v. Vaeth, director of
the celebration, made the estimate
last night when he addressed the
quarterly meeting of the Washington
section of the Baltimore Archdioce-
san Union of Holy Name Societies, at
st. Gabriers Hall.
Brig. Gen. Michael j. Lehman,
U. S. A., retired, will serve as grand
marshal of the Washington section,
which will be headed by the Catholic
University Band. Members Of the
Washington Holy Name Societies,
members of the Sodality Union and
members of other religious organiza-
tionS are expected to make up the
delegation.
Msgr. Eugene j. Connolly, rector
of st. Peters and spiritual director
of the Washington Holy Name So
cities, likened the May celebration to
the great religious festivals Of the
middle ages.
The program at Baltimore includes
the pontifical high mass to be cele-
brated by Archbishop Michael j. Cur
ley and with a chorus of 10000 chill
dren's voices. Rev. Peter Guilday,
professor of church history at Cath
olic University, will preach the SER
mon.
Members of the Washington Com
mittee, in addition to Gen. Lenihan
and MSgr. Connolly, are Caesar Aiello,
Rev. James Koch, chaplain at Walter
Reed Hospital, and Leo A. Codd, pres
ident of the Washington section of
Holy Name Societies.
At last nights meeting plans also
we're announced for the annual con-
vention of the ArchdioceSan Union at
Holy Trinity Church and Georgetown
University on April %.