Evening star., 1937-04-20
TEN ARE NAMED
|. TO DIRECTORATE
OF TRADE BOARD
Way Cleared for Selection
of New President at
Annual Session.
COLLADAY Is LIKELY
TO SUCCEED MORRIS
New Appointed Group to Meet
Friday With Holdovers-"Press
Night" Observed.

Ten new directors we're elected by
the Washington Board of Trade a. ..5
annual meeting last night at the May
flower Hotel. clearing the way for
selection of new president of the
organization.
The newly elected directors will meet
with the 20 holdover members on Fri
day to choose their new president.
Edward F. Colladay, who has been
first vice president during the last
year, probably will be elevated to the
highest office in the trade group, sue
ceeding Edgar Morris, retiring presi-
dent. If the usual procedure is fol-
lowed, the election fight will center
around selection of a new second vice
president and the other officers will
be promoted.
Those elected to three-year terms
as directors we're: DR.. Arthur c.
Christie, physician; Fred A. Smith,
secretary-treasurer of the Floyd E.
Davis Co.; w w. Everett, first vice
president and general manager of
Woodward e. Lothrop Inc; George
w. Offutt, chairman of the Alcoholic
Beverage Control Board; Ralph L.
Polio, manager of the Mayfiower
Hotel; Theodore w. Noyes, editor of
The Evening Star; j Harry Cunning
ham, president of the Lanham En-
craving Co.; Odell S. Smith, secretary
treasurer of the Norfolk & Washing
ton Steamboat Co.. Granville GUIDE,
secretary-treasurer of Guide Bros. Co.,
and Morris, the retiring president.
Press Night" Observed.
The annual meeting, marking the
end of the trade groups fiscal year
was designated as press night" in
honor of the editors and publishers
of all local newspapers. as we'll as
Washington correspondents of out-of-
town newspapers,
Lenox R. Lohr, president of the Ma
tional Broadcasting Co, was the
principal speaker. Discussing The
Future of Radio" he told the several
hundred board members and guests
not to delay buying new radio sets
because you want to wait for tele-
| vision"
"Television is still at least a year
away--and I'd hesitate to say just
how long it will be before it can be put
to practical use" he said "It would
be hazardous at the present time to
put television receivers on the market
because this new field is so compli-
Gated, the slightest chance in the
transmitter necessitates a change in
every receiver. Obviously, it would be
impracticable to sell receivers while
transmitters still are in the develop
nent stage"
When the radio does turn the cor
talent will be considerably harder to
find and programs will be conducted
in different manner since the ques-
ton of scenery will enter into the
picture, and artists will have to wear
makeup and r1emorize their Zines"
Representative Robertson Of Vir-
ginia also addressed the meeting, and
expressed the belief that the beauties
of Virginia and those. of Washington
should be combined to promote
| greater tourist trade in this part of
the country. The tourist business, he
said, is one of the Nations largest,
and is the best method by which the
circulation Of currency can. be in
creased.
Morris Presents Report.
Presenting his annual report to the
board, President Morris recalled some
Of the outstanding accomplishments
of his administration. He listed the
following: Defeat of the proposal to
cut the Federal contribution toward
District expenses to s2,500,00o in
the 1887 supply bill; defeat of
the Jacobs fiscal relations report;
securing legislation for an audi
torium, and establishment Of a traffic
school He also cited the pending
| legislation providing for the Districts
| participation in the Federal housing
act, the recent Potomac Valley Joint
Conference on River Pollution, and
report of a special committe in con-
nection with a proposed subway sys-
tenn for the Capital.
Paying tribute to the press and to
his fellow officers and committee chair
man, Morris said the boards member
| ship increased by over 800 during the
past year, bringing the total member
ship to nearly 4,000-one Of the larg-
est organizations of its kind in the
country.
Lloyd 3. Wilson, chairman OF the
Greater National Capital Committee
Of the board discussed the S50,000,000
visitors industry" which the COM
mittee manages He said the number
Of tourists here has been increasing
every year and probably will approach
the 100000 mark this year.
Heading the list Of guests were
Judge Eugene o. Sykes, chairman Of
the Federal Communications Com
| mission; Charles o. Gridley, presi-
dent OF the National Press Club, and
G. Gould Lincoln, president Of the
Gridiron Club.
Besides Morris and Colladay, other
officers whose terms expired last night
are F. G. Addison, jr second vice
president; Lawrence E. Williams, Sec
retary; ]. Harry Cunningham, treas
urer; George Pitt, sr, assistant treas
urer, and Frank R. Strunk, sergeant
| at arms