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Evening star., 1934-06-24

of America" and Garry On" In these
compositions he grasped the move
ment of wartime with quick skill. and
both songs were sung by troops at
home and overseas. and have been
taught in the public schools. Lieut..
William H. Santelmann, leader of the
United States Marine Band at the
time Sons of America" was written.
wrote to the Secretary of the Navy
describing the song as "" so filled
with patriotic spirit, both music and
words I am sure it will find a
place among the airs of the Nation" !"
In response to an invitation by the
North Capitol Citizens Association
and by several leading citizens to
write a municipal song for Washing
ton, he elaborated, in 1920, with his
mother in writing the song, Wash
ington."
1t is this song which seems to have
best brought out the personality of
the man-his deep love for the city
in which he was born and has lived
all his life. And the song seems to
have caught the fancy of all Wash
Ing tOll, DCSduoC IL 10 llON lioCu CAtCIl-
sively by civic organizations, as
convention song. and is taught in the
Washington public schools.
Turning to another phase of his in
teresting career. he told me of his
work in the field of radio. From 1928
to 1926 he was program director Of
Station WCAP here when it was
owned by the Bell Telephone c.. and
during this time he broadcast many
national events.
He left there in 1926 to become
program director and general man.
ager of Station WMAL where he
stayed until March, 1888, at which
time this station was made a part of
the National Broadcasting Co.
Modestly. he admitted that while
he was with WMAL he had given
Kate Smith her first radio addition.
Hazel Arth. another local girl who
later won the Atwater Kent addition.
also made her first broadcast during
the time Mr.. Pierson was program
director.
Evening star., 1934-06-24
Unique Summer Services.

i
THE entire membership OF Foundry's
volunteer choir has been recalled
for the services this Sunday in honor
Of DR.. Frederick Brown Harris, who
leaves for Europe this coming week
The evening service will start at 7:45
O'Clock. The guest artists will be Helen
Eckman. harpist, and Martha Lynn
Davenport. violinist. The soloists, of
tie service are Ruth Linger Fernsler
Harold G. Stepler and Justin Lawrie,
who will sing two request numbers
Harkers How Beautiful Upon the
Mountains" and Sankey's Ninety and
Nine" Mabel Lintin Williams is
organist and Justin Lawrie. choir
master.
Immediately following the evening
service the instrumentalists known as
Southern Strings will play for one
hour in the vestry during the reception
to the pastor.
Justin Lawrie and family will leave
tomorrow for Nantucket, Mass, where
they will Summer until September S
During Mr.. Lawrie's absence from
Foundry Church seven of Washing
tons leading choirmasters will put on
programs of various singing groups
and special soloists. The programs for
the Summer months will be as follows
July Ruby Smith Stahl and the
A Cappella Choir. from the First Con-
gregatiorfal Church (both morning
and EVENING".
July 8-Dr. Robert Howe Harmon.
choirmaster of Chevy Chase Presby-
terian Church and director Of the
combined Glee Clubs of George Wash
ington University. DR. Harmon will
present a varied program of group
singing and soloists.
July l5-Thelma Burton King. So
prano, and Martha Lynn Davenport,
violinist. at the morning service. Trio
Of Foundry Singers at the evening
service.
July 22-Robert Frederick Freund.
baritone soloist of st. Thomas Epis-
copal Church, at the morning service
He will present his Gipsy Singers at
the evening service dn costume) in
an elaborate program of deeply reli-
gious music.
July 2s-John H Marville, choir
master and bass soloist at Hamline
Methodist Episcopal Church, soloist
for the day.
August 5-Harlan Randall. baritone
and choirmaster at Metropolitan
Methodist Episcopal Church, assisted
by Mrs. Randall, soprano, and the
Randall Male Quartet.
August 12-George Ross, choirmas-
ter of National Baptist Memorial
Church, presenting soloists and q
mixed quartet.
August l9-W. E. Braithewaite,
choirmaster and tenor Of National
City Christian Church, presenting
soloists and the Columbia Male Quar-
tet.
August 26-Charlotte La Fond, con-
tralto, and mixed quartet of Foundry
Singers, morning.
September Especial mixed quar-
tet of Foundry Singers, evening. Ruth
Linger Fernsler, soprano, and Martha
Lynn Davenport, violinist, at the
morning service The Euphonic Male
Quartet at the evening service.
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STUDENT PROGRAM.

This evening at $3.50 o'clock students
Of Tamara Dmietrieff will be heard in
a program at the washington College
Of Music, this being the last Of series
Of five programs played and sung by
students Of the preparatory school Of
the college. Other teachers whose
work has been represented are Doro-
thy Neff Tyler, Robert Ruckman, Lena
Kash Holther, Charles Gauss, Will
liam Holden. Victor Neal, Fritz Male.
Wilhelmina Amiss, Margaret Oxenburg
Ditz and Sara Cooper Wolloch.
The exercises for the presentation of
the certificates to those in the first
five grades will occur Wednesday aft
ernoon at o'clock, when a program
will be played by members Of the class
attaining highest standing The grad
uation exercises for those finishing
their work in the preparatory school
occur on the same eevning, at which
time they will be given their sixth
grade certificates by Fanny Amstutz
Roberts, president of the college. The
graduates are Marion wolberg, Lucille
Leighty, Marjorie vesta wilkins, Ruth
Bordow, Sylvia Cohen. Judy Cole,
Mary Leigh and Frances Stahler. They
win give . program.
Evening star., 1934-06-24
BY JESSE C. sUTER.

BY JESSE C. SUTER.
TINE long-expected report by
the Alcohol Beverage Con-
troll Board on the question
of whether or not Takoma
is to be declared a dry
area by regulation Of the Com
missioners under authority Of
section of the liquor law
has at last been presented to
the Commissioners. The report
simply submits certain facts ascer-
tanned by the, board at hearings
and through surveys made by its
inspectors.
Immediately after the passage
of the law the Citizens Associa-
ton of Takoma, D. c.. by formal
action, requested the Commis-
sioners to enact the necessary regu-
lation to preserve Takoma as dry
area. The Commissioners referred
the matter to the A. B. C. Board
for consideration and report. At
that time the Commissioners
seemed reluctant to exercise the
authority given them under Sec
ton Z, but they have since in at
least one case declared a certain
area dry in the vicinity Of the
grounds of the Government Hos
pital for the Insane.
Section 7 provides: "The Com
missioners shall have specific au-
thority to forbid the is
suance of licenses for manufacture,
sale or storage of alcoholic bever-
ages in such localities in. and
such sections and portions Of, the
District of Columbia as they may
deem proper in the public in
terest. 4" This provision
was written into the law in re-
sponse to the very earnest demand
of some of the civic bodies that
there be in effect a certain degree
of local option regarding the
granting of licenses within some
of the residential areas.
The report of the board shows
the sentiment is decidedly against
the granting Of liquor licenses in
Takoma. 1t is the intention of
the Citizens Association Of Ia
koma. D. c.. to urge the Commits
Sioners TO promulgate the desired
rule. In this action they are con-
fident, as expressed by prominent
members, that they will have
rather wide support from other
sections because of the principles
involved.
Evening star., 1934-06-24
ROADFUNDSOUCHT.
IN COUNTY BUDGET
Arlington Citizens Also Are
Interested in Program to
Rename Streets.
BY a Staff Correspondent Of The Star.

( By Staff Correspondent Of The Star.
CLARENDON, Va, June 23-De-
spite a rather bleak outlook for any
great amount of road and street work,
the various civic organizations of Ar
lington County are turning their at
tention to the county budget which
becomes effective July l, in the hope
some permanent and much emergency
work may be done under the new
set-up.
Road and street work, the one sub
ject in which all civic organizations
are largely interested. will play a
minor role in the county program for
the coming fiscal year, it having been
announced by the county board and
county manager that little work can
be expected on those thoroughfares
which are to be torn up in the install
lation of the county wide sewerage
system.
Every Area Affected.
While every community in the
county is to be affected by this deci-
sion, certain sections now have their
own laterals, and some of these are
considered to be of a sufficiently per-
manent nature to permit their con-
nection with the county system. On
the streets having such lines it is ex-
pected that the county will proceed
with its regular improvement program.
Included among these sections are
ClorpnhnT1 PollSfnr1
Lyon Park.
In order that residents may be in
formed on this subject, the Arlington
County Civic Federation has requested
County Manager Roy S. Braden to
prepare a list of those roads and
streets which are not to be torn up.
and when this is ready citizens who
are interested can tell by a study of
the list whether it will be logical for
them to ask for improvements in
which they are particularly interested.
Seek Street Remaining.
Another matter in which the Civic
Federation and most of the affiliated
organizations are interested Is the
street remaining program, which was
P4SPdlC Gu Wy d ldI &c CitlZcIlS COIIlIlllI-
tee working in cooperation with the
county manager, but which has not
yet been put into effect. despite ap-
proval by the county board and an
authorized appropriation for the erec-
ton of street markers. The Civic
Federation has been particularly ac-
tive in efforts to have a uniform sys-
tenn OF street names and numbers.
The county will enter the new fiscal
year still without any direct ap-
proaches to the Arlington Memorial
Bridge. although the civic bodies have
been pressing fights for these for the
past several years.
With the surfacing of the Lee Bou-
levard from Falls Church to Lyon
Park already under way and most of
the grading having been done on the
Wilson Boulevard approach, the civic
bodies feel that some definite action
must be taken within the next few
months. AT the present time, it is
pointed out, there is no indication as
to what the State Highway Commis-
sion expects to do with respect to the
construction of a connection between
the eastern terminus of the boulevard
and the bridge. Until this has been
definitely settled and the connection
built, the boulevard will have little
practical value, they point out.
Evening star., 1934-06-24
RESERVE OFFICERS
TO STAY INACTIVE
Restriction Is Necessary to
Remain Within Current
Appropriations.

District Reserve officers drawing a
pension. disability allowance, diSabil-
ity compensation or retired pay from
the Government will continue on an
inactive status during the 1885 fiscal
year. This restriction on active duty
of members of the Reserve Corps OBJ
tanned during the 1884 fiscal period
by the appropriation act for that l2-
month period, and it has been con-
tinued by the War Department ap-
preparation act for the fiscal year
Of 1885.
In the event this prohibition be-
comes the permanent policy Of Con-
greSS, District officers so affected
would cease to receive practical mill
tary training and it is to be expected,
in most cases, that they would cease
to take any active interest in the
units to which they may be assigned.
In order to bring records at corps
area headquarters up to date, all
District officers affected by this de-
cision should furnish this informa-
ton to their respective corps area
headquarters.
Arrangements are being made for
holding the active duty training
camps of District Reserve regiments.
First to undergo the Summer train
ing are the 428th and 429th Infantry
Regiments, which will train at Fort
Washington Md, from July l to IA.
The training schedule of these two
regiments will consist of the school
of tactical exercise. Next Of the
District regiments to go to camp
is the 364th Medical Regiment. which
will undergo active duty at Carlisle
Barracks, Pa, beginning July 8 and
concluding July 81 Three other
Washington units will be on active
duty during the month of July, this
training beginning July % and con-
cluding August L. They include the
320th Infantry, which will receive
training under 80th Division school
OF tactical exercise at Fort George G.
Meade, Md; the 343d Engineers,
which will train at Fort Humphreys,
Va, and the 913th Coast Artillery
(anti-aircrsft), which will undergo
active duty at Fort Monroe, Va.
First Lieut.. Howard KatZman as
sumed six months active duty with
the Civilian Conservation Corps on
June 49, He will be on duty with
Civilian Conservation Corps Company
No. 383 in Sullivan County, Pa. Lieut..
Col Ralph c. Bishop assumed IA days
active duty training last week at Fort
Hoyle, Md. Two District Reserve
officers have been continued on active
duty with the Civilian Conservation
Corps for another Six-month period.
They include First Lieuts. Joseph B.
Stanley and Joseph A Roman.
Capt. Thomas E. May, Infantry,
who has been on duty as ub-district
supervisor Of Civilian Conservation
Corps Sub-District No. II, with sta
ton at District Reserve headquarters,
has been relieved of this duty. He
will report for duty on July II at
Salem. Greg. for duty with the
Oregon National Guard. His c. c. c,
supervisory duties in the District
will be assumed by Capt. Harry
Henry. 34th Infantry, who is on duty
at Fort George G. Meade Nd
Peter r. Lavezoh has been appoint
ed second lieutenant in the Mill
tary Intelligence Reserve.
Evening star., 1934-06-24
Districts Legislative Score Low
In the Seventy-third Congress
TT MAY seem inorotit,,da

MAY seem ingratitude but
Il many civic leaders express keen
disappointment that measures
Whlch had wide community organ
lzation support failed to get
through the legislative mill and
sun other matters against which
there was considerable opposition
went through in record time
When Congress convened in Janu-
airy 1t was the ardent hope of
organized civic Washington that
through joint consideration of the
District budget by the appropri-
alton subcommittee of the two
Houses an equitable fiscal plan
would be arrived at and the old
controversy buried. The House
Committee would not play ball in
response to the urgent invitation of
Chairman Thomas of Oklahoma of
the Senate subcommittee. As
usual the District appropriation
bill dragged on to the end of the
session and the Senate had to
give in.
Many major items for schools,
abolishing railroad grade cross
ingS, old age pensions and the
badly needed courts building of
the proposed municipal group
failed even though generally and
officially lndorSed. Most of these
were blocked by a single objection
and were not permitted to come
to a vote.
There is rejoicing in some sec
tionS over getting through local
projects for which they have long
been striving - Georgetown, its
branch library; Anacostia, its
Junior high school, and Southwest,
additional funds for the site for the
new Jefferson Junior High School.
Another item over which all good
citizens are rejoicing Is that the
large mcinerator goes into COM
mission as a substitute for the
systematic nuisance of burning
trash on open lots.
But there are other things over
which organized civic Washington
is not rejoicing. The District
budget is still under the Bureau
of the Budget, we still have the
obnoxious Borland law, there are
still deadly grade crossings, where
even a Congressman and his
family might be killed, and finally
the Seventy-third Congress took
no action to remove the residents
of the District from the same
political classification with the
imbecile, the lunatic and the
convict.
Organized civic Washington is
already getting itself together in
preparation for another legislative
program. The unfinished items
from the deceased Congress will
be carried over and many new
ones added. The District always
has an accumulation of needs for
it always has. 30 many legislative
leftovers,
Evening star., 1934-06-24
Actire District Ciric Worker
Gaze Kate Smith Radio Start
". T. PiersOn, Jr.,
KnOWn as Business and
Music Leader.
Composed First Sacred
Song Riding Home
on Street Car.
BY JOHN II. CASSADY, JR.

Y YE GAVE Kate Smith her first
radio audition-he wrote an
accepted sacred song while
L Il riding home on street car
he has proved himself an ac-
complished songwriter ands business
man, although he was trained to. be
an electrical engineer and, despite all
these activities, he has taken an active
interest in his city through the civic
organizations
This is William T. Pierson, jr., 821
1ngraham street.
Smilingly, he related the other day
the story of how he wrote that first
sacred song, BE Still and Know" in
1920.
Il was at church one Sunday morn
ing when man by the name of Por-
ter c. Fox of Tacoma, Wash, came
up and asked me to write some music
to some verses he had written. Up
until this time l had never thought
much about writing sacred music. but
when I started home on the street
car the tune began to take form in
my mind. BY the time l had ar
rived home-it was 45-minute ride
l had the whole song written"
Active in Civic Circles.
Such a man is Mr. Pierson. For
many years, as a member Of the
Executive and several other commit
tees, he played an active part in the
civic affairs of the North Capitol and
lexington Citizens Association, but
more recently his interests have been
in the Brightwood section. He also
is charter member of the Society
Of Natives of the District.
To this man, that oft-repeated
statement-"This is an age of spe-
llzation"-cannot very well be ap-
piled. He is a successful composer
of music in all categories, from
martial to hymnal. Although an cleo
trlcal engineer by professional train
ing and for number of years en-
gagged in that field, he is also busi-
ness man Of no mean ability. amply
demonstrated through his work in the
progress and development of radio.
His greatest happiness in life,
though, is in composing music.
Even while I was studying cleo
trical engineering at George Washing
ton University" he said recently, Il
always had deep desire to compose
music, but it was not until some years
later that I began to compose and
publish music"
Composed War Songs.
Perhaps he is best known today for
two songs which he composed in the
hectic days of the World War: Sons
Evening star., 1934-06-24
How May Civic Meeting
Attendance Be Increased?

A TENDANCE at meetings Of
n Citizens Associations and
other civic bodies has been
during the past season, and is now,
a serious problem for presidents
and officers of a number Of these
organizations. No longer is the
collection of dues the most per-
picking Of the membership ques-
tions. Some of the bodies having
the largest paid-up memberships
have the poorest attendance.
Recently several presidents have
expressed themselves as intending
to give the matter careful study
with a view to a discovery of the
reason for the apparent apathy
and to devise a remedy. These
men point out that actions of the
organizations lack greatly in in
fluence when the small percentage
Of attendance is learned. They
say that when they explain what
their paid-up membership is. it
only seems TO make the matter
worse because Of the apparent in
difference Of the membership.
Some of the habitual absentees
have been heard from occasionally
when taken to task for their alb
sence, with the remark that the
association Is doing fine in repre-
Senting the community. and that if
it was not these same habitual abb
sentees would 60 to a meeting and
voice their opposition. 1t seems
to be largely the same old game of
letting George do it.
Suggestion has been made that
the presidents of the association
get together this Summer and ex-
change ideas and experiences on
the attendance problem.
The Randle Highlands Associa-
ton is claimed to have about the
largest percentage of attendance
OF any of the associations. They
nave found 1t necessary to make
several purchases of chairs in
order to seat their members at
tending meetings. When President
Ice WAS aSAeQ 10 what he attrlb-
uted the uniformly large attend
ance, he explained that Randle
Highlands has some real problems
OF general community interest and
the people of the section have a
real public spirit. He says they
always make it a point to make the
meetings interesting. The work is
invariably given careful considera-
ton IN the respective committees.
Ine Executive Committee meets
between association meetings and
carefully threshes over the business
TO come before the general meet
ing. Through this plan most of
the differences of opinion are ironed
out and the matter comes before
the association in good form. and
usually is approved without the
tlresome wrangles which so often
are features of such meetings.
Evening star., 1934-06-24
Receives Degree.

CHRISTOPHER S. TENLEY, dean
of the District of Columbia
Chapter of the American Guild of
Organists, announces that Macon Nc
Artor, secretary of the local chapter,
has successfully passed the national
examination for the degree of associate
membership in the guild Mrs. McArtH
has been appointed by Mr. Tenlev as
the official delegate of the District of
Columbia to the national convention
of the guild, which is to be held at
Rochester, N. Y, June 25 to 90. Other
Washington organists who are attend
ing the convention include Claudine
Ferguson, Charlotte Klein, Florence
Welty and Dean-elect Mary wilkins
Evening star., 1934-06-24
DRIVE IS PLANNED
FOR DISTRICT VOTE
League of Women Appeals
for Membership in Suf-
frage Body.

Leading its most recent news letter
with the statement that one of its
principal aims next season will be to
campaign for national representation
for the District, the VoteleSs District
Of Columbia League of Women Voters
announced last week it will take the
leadership next Fall to obtain the
support of other community organ
iZationS.
Text Of Announcement.
The text of the announcement SAYS:
For years citizens have been work.
ing OH this problem. Now the forces
are gathering, and next year will see
vigorous, organized drive to attain
the long -takled-of objective. 1t will
take a constitutional amendment,
difficult enough process when an issue
Vitally concerns the States, hence even
rect concern. Our objectives need to
secure State action
BE sure that you understand them
yourself. Nobody wants machine-rid-
den politics in Washington. The pro-
poSal does not deal with municipal
government. The Commissioners, un-
der Congress. will continue to govern
us as in the past What we want
is representa- ton in the House and
SeIate, and the privilege of voting for
the President of the United States.
Our affairs now are in the hands of
men and women whose first duty is
to represent the regions from which
they come: their attention to our needs
and problems must and should be
secondary to their local concerns.
Some of these men-and women
have been earnestly devoted to the
Districts welfare; others have sought
the power of q place on a District
Committee for their own purposes.
Protection Possible.
eff we had duly elected representa-
tives in Congress, Thomas L. Blanton
of Texas would be unable to accom-
plish such a personal, bitter, one
man filibuster as killed the Districts
old-age pension law, for which the
citizens of the District and the mem
bers of both District Committees had
worked so faithfully. There would be
some one armed with vote to voice
the Districts needs-the long-con-
demned school buildings, the made
Quate libraries, the Municipal Center,
the terrible tuberculosis death rate,
the sanitary disposal problem, bridges.
"Civic organizations, led by the
Citizens Joint Committee, are uniting
to secure the cooperation of as many
District citizens as possible, for only
by widespread participation and
interest among the people can such
movement be put over The league
urges its members individually to join
the District Of Columbia Federal Sui
frage League. to urge other District
citizens to join, and to inform them
selves fully of the conditions which
have brought about the formation of
such an organization. The Evening
Star will send reprints to any inquirer,
Mrs. Edna Johnston will make avail
able the resources of the Citizens
Joint Committee, Mrs. Samuel Horne
will lend extensive materials, and the
Federal Suffrage League itself win
send you all its information"