Evening star., 1935-06-23
SHR|NERS PRAISE
CONVENTION HERE
ConcIaVe Management
Draws Favorable Comment
From Many Visitors.

A food of congratulations is pour
ing in from all parts Of the country
to Robert P. Smith, potentate Of AlmaS
Temple and director general OF the
recent Shrine conclave.
Letters from potentateS Of visiting
temples, imperial officers, leaders OF
the administration here and many
others express appreciation for the
hospitality shown in the National
Capital and for the entertainment fur
nished by Alnlas Temple.
w. Freeland Kendrick of Phila-
delphia, past imperial potentate, who
Is chairman of the Board Of the
shriners' Hospitals for Crippled Chill
dren, wrote: THE convention was q
perfect success. can hardly COM
prehend how such wonderful en-
thusiasm and well-planned entertain
ment could be accomplished in such
distressing times"
Frank E. jerks of Albany, potentate
Of President Roosevelt's temple, Cy-
prus, expressed appreciation for the
cordial" reception. "Your boys were
on the job every minute" he said,
''and heard nothing but words Of
commendation and praise on our train
when returning"
Steuart Adds Praise.
L. P. Steuart of this city, new i'm
perial potentate of the Shrine, who was
potentate of Almas Temple and direc-
tor general of the great 1928 Shrine
convention here, wrote to Smith: AL
low me to congratulate you upon the
successful handling of one of the
greatest, If not the greatest, Imperial
Council session ever held in North
America. I think Washington did
herself proud and when say this
! cantruthfully say that the burden
of it fell on you, and you are tobe
congratu on the wonderful man
ner in which you handled the affair. ="
One of the communications in which
Potentate Smith takes particular pride
is an official resolution from the
Knights of Columbus In state con-
vention, Just prior to the Shrine con-
clave. The K. c., in their formal
communication, extended to the
Shrine "our fraternal greetings and
cordial best wishes for a successful
convention" In reply, Potentate
Smith expressed his appreciation for
the greetings, and said he believed
''there is a civic atmosphere to these
gatherings that brings us closer to-
gether and results in better under
standings
Brewster Lauds Work.
Representative Ralph o. Brewster
of Maine, the home State Of the retir-
ing imperial potentate, Dana s. Will
Iams, expressed appreciation for ''the
splendid program conceived and car
ried out for the great Shrine conven
ton"
Past Imperial Potentate Conrad "
Dykeman Of Brooklyn, who was elected
imperial potentate here in 1923, wrote
he had attended three Shrine con-
claves here-during the terms of Pres
ident Mckinley, President Harding
and President Roosevelt. He congrat-
ulated Potentate Smith on successful
management of this conclave, and de-
clared, you put over sterling per-
formance."
John Sebrell, past imperial poten-
tate, of Norfolk, Va, congratulated
Potentate Smith and Almas Temple
upon a most complete and perfect
convention"
Boumi Temple of Baltimore is in
terested in a proposal Of Potentate
Smith to hold joint ceremonial next
Fall at College Park, Md, between
the two temples. Whitney W. Jones,
potentate of Boumi, and Potentate
Smith are planning to confer with H.
C. (Curley) Byrd, first vice president
of the university, on arrangements.