Evening star., 1936-05-24

ance of tax-sustained Public Library
for Washington.
The outstanding work in the
establishment and protection of our
park areas"
A further resolution Of note was
the one adopted by the Board of Ii.
brary Trustees of the Public Library,
at its first meeting held on July 2.
1896, when it adopted the following
fine expression of its appreciation for
the services Of Mr.. Noyes:
Whereas the Municipal Library Of
Washington owes the act of incor-
poration, which is its life to the un-
wearied efforts. great tact, and good
Judgment of Mr.. Theodore w. Moves,
Therefore. Be it Resolved, that We
enter on the first page of our reccrjs
acknowledgement of our obligation 10
MI. .Noyes."
PASSNG over the vast amount of
important work accomplished by
the board and its 81 committees of
1889, now enlarged to 110 committees
and subcommittee, it might be inter-
esting to mention just a few of its
present-day activities, which have
grown from fostering merely local
matters to those of a Nationwide
scope.
To begin with, it now employs %
persons to carry on its local and out
side work, which includes a coast-to.
coast broadcast over 237 radio sta
tions, advertising Washington as a
convention city and illustrating its
charm and beauty and its facilities for
the sightseer and student. These
broadcastS, entitled The Nation
Capital" are received in Washington
every Friday morning from l0:30 to
II o'clock over Station WMAL, and
in the last three years, since the COM
mittee has been using motion pic
ture of Washington for promotion
work, the total number Of ShowingS
of this picture is approximately 1000.
Fifty copies of this film are now in
circulation in this country and in for.
eign countries.
tee has distributed to trade journals
and other publications 669 pictures
showing views Of the City of Wash
ington and 526 cuts.
THE question of national repre-
sentation for the District of Co
lumbia is matter that the board has
not only repeatedly Endorsed, but has
ole-heartedly worked for and urged
as a matter of sheer justice 10 the dis
franchised citizens of Washington,
whose population today Is estimated
to be larger than States Of the
Union, each Of which has two United
States Senators. and one or more
members of the National House of
Representatives.
The board is also 100 per cent for
fiscal equity between the Federal Gov
ernment and the District of Columbia,
and strongly urges, at every opportu-
nifty, that Congress bear its just pro-
portion of the running expenses of the
Nations Capital.
AS the two major political parties
are now preparing for their conven-
tions and the presidential campaign.
the boards Committee on National
Representation, as q part of the
Citizens Joint Committee on National
Representation for the District of
Columbia, is preparing to urge upon
these parties the inclusion of a plank
in their respective platforms pledging
their support to constitutional
amendment that will give the District
of Columbia representation in Con-
gress. the right to vote for the Presi-
dent, and equal rights before the
courts of the United States, believing,
as did our forefathers, that taxation
without representation is tyranny
If the reader happens to be a Wesh-
ingtonian, he will appreciate all the
more the type and character of the
outstanding men who have served this
body as president from its very begin
ming, in 1889, to the present time,
some Of whom he may have known
personally. They are: Myron M.
Parker, B. H. Warner, S. W. Wood
ward. Theodore W. Noyes, John Joy
Edison, Thomas w. Smith. william v.
Cox, Brig. Gen. John M. Wilson, Cuno
II. Rudolph, j. H. Small, jr.; Maj.
Gen. George H. Harries. Thomas c.
Noyes. Arthur G. Moses, Edward II.
Droop, William H. Singleton, Edwin
@. Brandenburg. W. T. Galliher, WAL
ter A. Brown, James F. Oyster,
Thomas Bradley, 4. r. Colladay,
Samuel j. Prescott, J. Harry Cum
ningham. Edwin C. Graham, w. w.
Everett, Edward j. Murphy, George
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