Evening star., 1935-11-10
Named
: FOR TOWN HALL
Leading Thinkers Of Amer
lea and Europe to Appear
in Series.

Leading lecturers and thinkers OF
two continents have been selected to
appear n>the second winter of Town
Hall of Washington to be held IN
the main ball room of the Shoreham
Hotel for 20 weeks, beginning Novem-
Der "a. Lectures, followed by panel
discussion, are scheduled for Sunday
night at 8 o'clock. The series lasts
through April S.
Speakers have been secured for all
dates except March 20 and April 5.
which are held open for discussion
Of important future events. such as
some major armed conflict, political
upheavals or other subjects in keep
ing with developments, and February
9, for which a speaker will be an
nounced later. The audience will be
asked for suggestions for speakers
tor these two lectures.
Discussions of topics will be held
by a panel of six members. These
panels will be selected shortly before
the lecture is to be held Each men,
DEBATE with the speaker either pro
debate with the speager either pro
or con over individual microphones.
Open to Subscription.
All meetings are open to public
subscription. with various classes of
memberships A special membership
has been added this year for the
benefit of a limited number of stu
dents attending Washington schools
and colleges.
A new departure is the inaugura-
ton of the reserved seat plan. Res
ervations will be made in the order
in which they are received in the
Town Hall Offices in the National
Press Building. All arrangements
for the meetings are under the di-
rection of Mrs. Richard V. Oulahan.
The speakers. their subjects and the
dates they will appear are as follows:
November 24-"Should America Stay
at ,Home?" Frank H. Simonds
journalist and historian, foreign
editor. Review of Reviews; author
of History of the World War
(5 volsD. Can Europe Keep the
"Peace?" America Faces the Next
War" etc.
December 1.-The Fate of Europe
19l4-1940." Emil Ludwig. historical
biographer: author Of Napoleon,
"Bismarck" and "Hindenburg.
Sir Norman Angel to Speak.
December 8-"Why a World Wanting
Peace Gets War" Sir Norman
Angel, former Labor member OF
British Parliament; winner OF
Nobel peace prize, 1898; author Of
"The Great Illusion" etc.
December 15-"The Ways of Dictator
ship" Gaetano Salvemini, educator
and lecturer, former member of
Italian Parliament; author Of
"The Fascist Dictatorship in Italy,
la Terrew Fasciste" and Mus
solini Diplomatic
December 22-"The French Concep-
ton Of Democracy Facing a
Dictatorship Wave" Andre Sieg-
fried. celebrated French economist,
formerly chief of Economics Sec
ton of League of Nations Service,
French Foreign Office; author of
America Comes of Age"
December 29-"The League of Nations
Comes of Age" Felix Morley,
editor the Washington Post, direc-
tor of Geneva Office of League of
Nations Association; author of
1.-The Society of the League Of
Nations" etc.
january SIS There a Need for
Constitutional Reform?" William
Yandell Elliott, chairman of De-
partment of Government. Harvard
University; author of THE
Pragmatic Revolt in Politics" and
1.-The Need for Constitutional Re-
form"
January 12-"The Crisis in American
Civilization" Will Durant, philoso-
pher and lecturer: author of THE
Story of Philosophy" Studies in
Genius The Story of Civiliza
ton" etc.
January 19-Subject to be announced.
Ogden Mills, former Secretary Of
Treasury.
Secretary Ickes on List.
JduuhTy 10 WHY 1 TdfOl d uoAN
Works Program" Harold L. Ickes,
Secretary of Interior, author Of
THE New Democracy" and Back
to Work.
February 2-"Should Women Be AL
lowed to Work." Mrs. Franklin D.
Roosevelt.
February 16-"The Growing Menace
Of Propaganda" Harold D. Lass
well. associate professor of politi-
cal science, University of Chicago;
author of propaganda Technique
in the World War" "Psychopathol-
ogy and Politics.; co-author of
Propaganda and Promotional Ac-
tivities."
February 23-"Scarcity or Plenty
What to Do About It.; joint dis
cussion, Leverett S. Lyon and
Mordecai Ezekiel
Leverett S. Lyon, executive vice
president Of Brookings Institution,
author of Economics of Free
Deals" and co-author of THE A B
G Of the N. r. A."
Mordecai Ezekiel, economic ad-
wiser to Secretary Of Agriculture,
author of twenty-five Hundred a
Year" to be published in Feb
ruary. 1886.
March 1-Fiorello H. La Guardia,
mayor of New York City. former
member of United States House
Of Representatives.
March 8-Philip La Toilette, Gov
ernor of Wisconsin.
March l5-"Who Shall Inherit Amer