Evening star., 1935-11-04
S|MONDS TOOPEN-
TOWN HALL N0V.&
Program for 1886 Will
Include Mills, Ludwig,
Hutchins, Durant.

Town Hall Of Washington. which
successfully presented series of 20
forum addresses last season, will open
its second series of lectures and panel
discussions at the Shoralam Hotel on
the night of November "a.
Frank H. Simonds, well known
newspaper correspondent and authority
on foreign affairs, will be the speaker
at the opening session and will dis
cuss the current situation abroad. A
panel to question Simonds after his
formal address is being selected and
will be announced before the meeting.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, one Of
the original sponsors OF the Town Hall
here, has agreed to lead one Of the
discussions in February. She will dis
cuss Should Women Be Allowed to
Work."
Schedule Not Completed.
Although the entire schedule OF
speakers, who will appear on success
sive Sunday nights, has not yet been
completed, arrangements have been
made for the appearance of Ogden l..
Mills, Sir Norman Angel, Felix Nor
ley, Emil Ludwig, Andre Siegfried,
President Robert Hutchins of the Uni
yersity of Chicago and Will Durant.
The program will be completed by
the engagement of other distinguished
public men. authors. lecturers and ed
ucators, and complete program prob
ably will be announced before the
opening session.
DR.. John w. Studebaker. United
States commissioner of education and
chairman Of the Town Halls EXecu-
tive Committee. congratulated both
its organizers and the public of the
Capital upon the success of the first
season and the bright outlook for this
year.
Specialized Forum.
Where" he asked. could such a
public forum be placed more appro-
prlately than in the Nations Capital?
Washingtonians have public forum
on current affairs going on for many
weeks every year in the legislative
halls on the Hill. A large number
of the residents are directly con-
nected with public service and
eratuitously lead their friends and
neighbors in discussions at dinners.
teas and evening gatherings OF all
sorts. Still. I think that even in the
city of continuous talking the great
mass Of the people can benefit from
organized. well-managed forums. Our
Town Hall gives to Washington a
very specialized kind of forum. be-
cause Washington is very specialized
kind of community
DR.. Studebaker presided at most of
the forum discussions held last sea-
son and will again preside this year.
DR.. George F. Bowerman, city
librarian, will repeat this year the
compilation Of weekly reading list
TO accompany the Town Hall speaker S
topic.
Governed by Board.
The Town Hall is governed by 9
Board of Trustees composed of Hustor
Thompson. president Newbold Noyes
vice president; Admiral Mark Bristol
treasurer; Mrs. Richard v. Oulahan
secretary: Dean Acheson, Frank S
Bright, Grace Roper Bohn, Mrs
Albert Dean. Mrs. Preston Delano
George v. Denny. jr.: Frederick r
Gibbs. Mrs. j. Borden Hartman
Demarest Lloyd. Canon Albert H
Lucas, Felix Morley. DR.. Harold G
Moulton, Robert Lincoln O'Brien. Mrs
Mary Roberts Rinehart, Mrs. Franz
Hiram Smell, William T. Stone, DR.
Studebaker. Mrs Hugh Campbell
Wallace. Wayne C. Williams and DR.
George F. Zook
Included In the list of sponsors are
Mrs. Roosevelt. Mrs. Louis D. Bran.
deis, Mrs. Owen Roberts, Secretary
and Mrs. Hull. Secretary Ickes, Sec
retary and Mrs. Wallace, Secretary
and Mrs. Roper. Senator and Mrs
Joseph T. Robinson, Senator and Mrs
Charles L. McNary. Senator and Mrs
Edward P. Costigan, Senator Millaro
E. Tydings, Representative and Mrs
Robert Low Bacon, Gen. John J
Pershing. John Dickinson, Mrs. Nelli.
Tayloe Ross. DR.. Leo S. Rowe, Rev. DR.
Edmund A. Walsh.
Mrs. Truxton Beale, Mr.. and Mrs
Clifford K. Bergman. Mr.. and Mrs
Robert Woods Bliss, Oscar L. Chap.
man. Col, Oscar Crosby, Mr.. and Mrs
Clarence Phelps Dodge, Mrs. Johr
Allan Dougherty, Mr.. and Mrs. vii.
liam Phelps Emo. Mr.. and Mrs. J. FREQ
Essary. Mrs. William Corcoran Eustis
Judge and Mrs. D. Lawrence Groner
Miss Belle Gurnee. Frederick C. Howe
Mrs. Frederic Keep, Miss Ellen La
Motto, Maj. and Mrs. Henry Leonard
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Gould Lincoln
Mrs. William Beverly Mason, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lowell Mellett, Mr.. and Mrs
Eugene Meyer, Mr.. and Mrs. Arthur
NeWmyer, Mrs Eleanor Medill Patter-
son, Mr. and Mrs. Duncan Phillips
col. and Mrs. E. Alexander Powell
MISS Janet Richards. Mr.. and Mrs
Perclval Ridsdale, Mrs. Henry C.
Rowland. DR.. and Mrs. James Brown
Scott, Mr.. and Mrs. Frank H Simonds
Mr.. and Mrs. Lothrop stoddard Mr.
and Mrs. Elliott Thurston. Mrs. Frank
West, Mrs. Harvey w. Wiley, Pau
Wilstack and Mrs. Hamilton Wright