Evening star., 1936-01-06
Question of Establishing
Permanent Commission
Here Considered.
CUMMINGS, KING,
MRS. NORTON LISTED
Former War Secretary Newton D.
Baker to Speak on Possible
Accomplishments.

ComuuCtee, CndlrIuan NorLOn OF t1e
House District Committee and other
dignitaries from the Board Of Com
the courts and religious
circles have accepted invitations to
be guests Of honor at the Crime Com
dinner to be held at the May
flower Hotel January Is ito consider
washington might benefit
through establishment here Of a per-
crime commission"
The dinner Is sponsored by a COM
mittee Of 81 citizens. who, it was ex-
planned. "are not committed as being
either in favor Of or opposed to the
in Washington of a
crime commission" They
are backing the movement to present
to the people of this city authentic
information upon . subject worthy
Of consideration"
Speakers Of national reputation will
discuss the subject. Newton D. Baker,
former Secretary of War and now
president Of the Cleveland Associa-
ton for Criminal Justice, will speak
on "A Criminal Justice Commission: :
It's Place in the Community and Its
Possible Accomplishments"
Civic Responsibility.
Justin Miller. chairman of the At
torney Generals Advisory Committee
on Crime. will discuss Civic Respon-
sibility In Combating Crime
James M. Hepbron, managing d.
rector of the Baltimore Criminal
Justice Commission, will speak on
Organizing. Financing and Managing
a Criminal Justice Commission
Invocation will be delivered by
Right Rev. James E. Freeman, Bishop
Of Washington, and the chairman of
the committee. Eugene Meyer. will
preside
Guests Of honor. made public today
include the following: Attorney Gen.
eral Cummings, Joseph B. Keenan,,
Assistant Attorney General; Sanford
Bates, director Of the Federal Bureau
of Prisons; Chairman King Of the
Senate District Committee, Chairman
Mary T. Norton. House District Com
mittee; Alfred A. Wheat, chief justice
Supreme Court Of the District.
Gus Schuldt, presiding Judge, Po-
lice Court of the District. c. Melvin
Hazen, president Board of District
Commissioners. E. Barrett Pretty.
man, corporation counsel of the Dis.
trict; Maj. Ernest w. Brown, super
Metropolitan Police; Right
Rev. James Z. Freeman. Bishop of
washington; Rev. Lawrence J. She
han, assistant director. Catholic
Charities; Rabbi Abram Simon,
Washington Hebrew Congregation;
w. Calvin Chestnut, Federal Judge,
Baltimore, Md: Col. d. w. MacCor-
mack, United States commissioner of
migration; Gen. ]. Weston Allen,
chairman National Crime Commits
sion; c. Delano Ames, president Bal
timore Criminal Justice Commission;
DR.. A. r. L. Dohm, member Of the
board, Baltimore Criminal Justice
Commission.
Dinner Committee.
The Dinner Committee, in addition
to Chairman Meyer. publisher of the
Washington Post, includes the follow
ing: Mrs. Anne Archbold, member
Board Of Visitors st. Elizabeth's
Hospital; Edward C. Baltz. secretary
Perpetual Building Association: Jessie
K. Biddle, president District of Co.
lumbia Federation Of Women's Clubs:
Henry N. Brawner, tr., president
Chestnut Farms-Chevy Chase Dairy;
Mrs. Losiis B. Castell, president Dis
trict Congress Parent Teacher Asso-
ciation; Beatrice Clephane, president
District women's Bar Association;
James Z. Collinower, president Mer-
chants and Manufacturers Associa-
ton: J. Harry Covington, former chief
Justice Supreme Court of the District:
DR.. w. L. Darby, executive secretary
Washington Federation Of Churches;
c. B. Dulcan, ST, vice president the
Hecht Co.
w. w. Everett, vice president, Wood
ward & Lothrop; Robert W Fleming
American Bankers Associa.
ton; Right Rev. James e. Freeman
Bishop of Washington; Malcolm q
Gibbs, president, Peoples Drug Stores;
z. c. Graham, president, National
Electrical Supply Co.: Mrs. g. Mad.
den Grimes, State Regent, D. c
Daughters of the American Revolution;
Charles Hillegeist, president. Lions
Club; Frank ]. Hogan, past president
District Bar Association; Cecil D
Kay Jewelry Stores; w. M
Kochenderfer. executive secretary
Hotel Association Of Washington;
Mark Lansburgh, superintendent
Iansburgh Bros; r. Dickinson Let's
associate justice, Supreme Court Of the
District; Thomas ELLIS Lodge, presi-
dent, D. G. Federation Of Citizens
Associations; Harold N. Marsh, presi-
dent, Kiwanis Club; Curtis E
McCalip, president, d. c. Federation
Of Business Mems Associations.
Mrs. McClintock Member.
Mrs. James K. McClintock, presi-
dent, Twentieth Century Club; ]. e.
McCombs, president, District Of Co
lumbia Life Underwriters Association:
Justin Miller, chairman, Attorney Cen
erals Advisory Committee on Crime;
william c. Miller. w. G. & A. N. MIL
Ter; George Maurice Morris, chairman
of the General Council, American Bar
Association; r. J. Murphy, manager,
Automotive Trade Asso-
citation; Frank r. Nesbit, director, Dis
trict Bar Association; Dorothy A
Nichols. president. Washington Branch
American Association Of University
Women; Newbold Noyes, associate edi-
tor, The Washington Star; Claude w
Owen, president, e. @. Schafer Co.;
John A. Remon, general manager
Chesapeake q Potomac Telephone Co.;
Joseph z. Rice, president. Optimis'
Club; Vincent Saccardi, manager
Metropolitan Life Insurance Co.
John Saul president washington
Board Of Trade; Henry schanezt. pas1