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menI, bring banking nearer to the
banking public and place the banking
fraternity back In the position for
Merly held in the business leadership
Of the Nation.
The delegation from Washington
will include Hans w. Ireland, Ameri-
can Security & Trust Co.; Thomas
j. Groom and Francis E. Robey, Bank
OF Commerce & Savings; Clarence F.
Burton, City Bank; Wilmer J. Waller.
Joshua Evans jr., Walton l.. San
derscn and Ernest Gerstenberg, Ham,
ilton National Bank; James A. Soper.
Lincoln National Bank; L. p. Nc
Lachlen, McLachlen Banking Corp;
C. H. Pope, Munsey Trust Co.; Harold
F.. Stokes, National Metropolitan
Bank; Robert v. Fleming H. G. Hos
kinson, Nelson B. 'O'Neal, Kenneth F.
Brooks and r. Earle Haycock, Riggs
National Bank: Victor B. Deyber,
Second National Bank: Fred Mckee.
Security Savings g. Commercial; w.
Frank D. Heron. Union Trust Co..
Charles H. Doing, Leonard Marbury,
George NJ Fisher and Ralph Endl-
colt, Washington Loan &. Trust Co.
Donald w. Larson. secretary of the
District Bankers Association, will also
attend.
The conference will be divided into
four sessions. Such subjects as a
Nation wide program for banking de-
velopment, customer and public re-
lations, Federal Reserve Board rules
and regulations, bank investments,
bank earnings, sound public policy IN
chartering banks. bank taxation, re-
placement of Government in credit
fields by banks new credit problems
and possibilities, mortgage Lending,
Federal Housing Administration loans,
installment financing and smail-loan
departments will be discussed.
Banking Education Stressed.
In stirring address before officers,
consuls and members of the faculty
of Washington Chapter. American
Institute Of Banking. at the Raleigh
Hotel last night, DR.. Elmer Louis
Keyser of George Washington Uni
versity stressed the tremendous I'M
portance of higher education in the
banking world. The Midwinter dinner
meeting of the Educational Commit
tee was presided over by Edward M.
Blailock of the Washington Loan &
Trust Co., who is chairman of the
committee Short speeches were made
by J. Earle McGeary of w. B. Hibbs
& Co., president of the chapter and
Paul j. Seltzer, American Security u
Trust Co, first vice president.
Announcements regarding the an
nual banquet Of the chapter, an out
standing event in local banking circles,
were made by Richard A. Norris. as
sistant treasurer of Lincoln National
Bank, who Is chairman of the Banquet
Committee. B. Bruce Frantz of the
American Security & Trust Co., chief
consul, made an inspirational talk on
the value OF the chapters work to the
men and women in bank employ,
while Raymond B. Dickey, dean OF
the institute faculty, spoke for the
instructors
Chairman of the annual Essay Con-
test Committee, James G.. Dulin,
treasurer, American Security & Trust
Co., outlined the details of the con-
test, which will entitle the three
winners to an expense-paid trip to the
1896 convention of the District of
Columbia Bankers Association at
White Sulphur Springs. A number
Of senior bankers we're also present.
Trust Company Elects Officers.
Directors OF the American Security
& Trust Co. elected these officers at
their organization meeting yesterday
afternoon: Corcoran Thorn, president;
Howard Moran and William L. Beale,
vice presidents; Frederick P. H. Sid
dons, secretary; James c. Dulin, treas
urer; T. Stanley Holland, trust officer;
William L. Beale, real estate officer;
James D. Barrett. auditor; Albert H.
6hillington and Robert L. Flather, as
sistant secretaries; David N. Houston,
Arthur G. Nichols, J. Eliot Moran and
Earl G. Jonscher, assistant trust Off
GERS; Frank NJ Perley. trust invest
ment officer; William w. Keck, Hans
w. Ireland, Percy c. Brady, Charles
C. Boswell. Edward E. Swan, Richard
e. Harris, Harry p White and William
E. Schooley. assistant treasurers.
Four new members were added to
the Advisory Board of branches: John
g. Bell, vice president Peoples Drug
Stores. in charge of sales and mer-
chandise: Robert J. Cottrell, executive
secretary Of the Washington Board
Of Trade since 1926: Andrew Saul,
secretary of the B. F. Saul Co., and e.
E. Swan. assistant treasurer of the
Central Branch. Members reelected
to the Advisory Board of branches in
clude:
John NJ Beane, William E. Brad.
ley, Joseph P. Burke. Charles r. Dem
ny, John B. Geier, Henry Foote Gibbs,
John D. Green, Gilbert Hahn. Charles
N. Hammett, Sidney L. Hechinger. L.
A. Herman, j. Philip Hermann, Frank
A. johnson, Ralph A. Judd, Charles
Kattelmann, A. Magruder Mac Donald,
William Miller, william E. Miller,
Howard Moran. James c. Nealon, M
Frank Rupert. John Saul and Henry
Wahl.
Hill Addresses Bank Section.
walter b. Hill of the Government
Income Tax Bureau addressed the
Aduciaries section OF the District
Bankers Association on Charges in
Income Tax Law" at meeting late
yesterday at association headquarters.
David Bornet, National Savings b
Trust Co., chairman of the section.
presided.
The January meeting of the safe
deposit section Of the association will
be held at O'Clock this evening In
the board room Of the American Sc
curity d Trust Co. Granville b.
Jacobs Of New York. IN expert ON Gus
toner relations, will be the guest
speaker. The National Safe Deposit
Convention will be held in st. Louis
on May 81, ~ and %. with the st.
Louis Safe Deposit Association Is host.
E,lans for this important meeting will
A considered tonight.