Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1937-10-18
TOWN HALL IP[ANS|
CHINA WAR DEBATE
Shift in Meetings and Cut
in Prices Announced.
Opens November IA.

The program for Town Halls en-
iarged series Of 20 forum discussions
this Fall and Winter was announced
yesterday, along with a ticket price
reduction and shift of meetings from
the Shoreham Hotel to the Rialto
Theater on Ninth street, north of
G street.
Among debates on world topics of
current interest will be pro and con
discussion of the Sino-Japanese con-
f1ict between Dr. No Yong Park of
China and D.. Yutake Minakuchi of
Japan, each recognized authority on
Far Eastern affairs. The debate is
scheduled for December 10.
Town Halls fourth and largest
season will be launched on November
Ia. with a discussion of the present
crises in Europe" by James G. Nc
Donald, authority on international
affairs and former League of Nations
high commissioner for German ref
ugeeS.
New Series Extended.
All programs will begin at S:l5 pm.
The new series has been extended to
include three programs to be devoted
to music. drama and literature. An
innovation will be appearance of
Reinald Werrenrath. outstanding bari
tone and music authority in lecture
recital tracing the history of American
song.
The new location will increase po-
tential audiences to nearly 1000. and
minimum season subscript ions have
been reduced from $40 to S., with a
corresponding reduction in a single
tickets. Season and single tickets
will be available at Town Halls offices
in the National Press Building. accord
ing to Mrs. Richard Y. Oulahan,
director
Others on the Executive Committee
this year are Mrs. Grace Roper Bohn,
associate director; Admiral Mark L.
Bristol, treasurer, and George V.
Denny. jr. Huston Thompson again
is president of the Board of Trustees.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, who has
taken an active interest in the Nation
wide Town Hall movement. heads the
list Of sponsors.
Two Dates Left Open.
Two dates, January % and April 3.
have been left open for speakers on
questions Of then-current Importance
The complete schedule of speakers and
topics Is.
November l4-Jamcs G. Mcdonald.
authority on international affairs and
member Of the editorial staff of the
New York Times: The Present Crisis
In Europe"
November 2l-Raymond Leslie
Buell.. author and chairman. Foreign
Policy Associate, What Is Americas
Responsibility in the World CrisIs?"
November 26-Daniel A. Polling.
civic leader AND ed yor of the Christian
Herald: The Youth Moyements-Na-
tlonal and Intern tional"
December 5-Beatrice Forbes Rob-
ertSOn Hale. forme. actress and suf-
fragist leader: The Woman Move
ment-Where Have We Moved?"
December 12-Robert A. Mi"'kan.
eminent scientist: The Social Values
OF Science"
December 19-Debate No Yong Park
of CANA and Yutake Mi akuchi of
Japan: The Sine japanese Conflict"
January 2-Debate, Aldous Huxley,
British essayist and novelist and
Gerald Heard, British scientifl~ writer:
THE Roads t T ace"
January 9-Count Hermann Keyser-
ling, German philosopher and author:
THE Psychology of Marriage
Il,
economist and former member Of
British Parliament: The Drift of
World Affairs.
January 23-Reserved for current
topic.
Movie Producer Scheduled
January 30-William :. De Mile,
motion picture director and producer:
Does the Public Get What 1t Wants."
February 6-Walter Lippmann, po-
litical commentator, New York Herald
Tribune Subject TO be selected later
February l3-LouiS Untermeyer. poet
and literary critic: What Americans
Read and Why"
February 20-H- Try o. Overstreet.
head of department. of philosophy,
College of City of New York: "Educa-
ton and the Job head of Us"
February 27-Isaac Marcosson,
author and journalist: The Interna-
tional Economic Background"
March 6-Charles A. EllN cd. author
and professor of sociology, Duke Uni
versity: Mans Social Destiny"
March 13-Norman Thomas, Social
ist candidate for President in 1928,
1892 and 1886: The Choice Before
Us"
March 20-Philip Guedalla. British