Evening star., 1938-01-06
BIRTHDAY FETE
TO HIT NEW HIGH
Program to Aid Paralysis
Victims to Be Strung Out
for Two Weeks.

gram than ever before has been plan
ned for Washingtons participation
this year in the Presidents birthday
celebration, held to aid victims Of
infantile paralysis.
The program will be strung out for
almost two weeks it was revealed last
night in radio talks by Commissioner
Melvin c. Hazen general chairman
for the celebration, and Richmond B.
Keech, executive vice chairman, who
were interviewed by Earl A. Nash,
head Of the Publicity Committee.
Outstanding, of course. will be the
birthday ball, to be staged January %
at seven OF the city's leading hotels.
One ticket will be good for all the
dances, as was the case last year. Two
big name" bands, George Olson's and
the Casa Iona Orchestra. will tour
the hotels and provide some of the
dance music.
Almost a week before the ball, on
January %, special program feature
has been arranged in the form of a
single presentation at the National
Theater of Between the Devil" cur
rently popular Broadway musical
comedy.
Horse Show at Fort Myer.
Other performances to aid the
paralysis fund will include horse
show at Fort Myer on February l and
2, basket ball games in which leading
local college teams will participate,
boxing bouts and midnight shows at
practically all downtown theaters.
TOP flight" movie stars, among
them Myrna 10y, will be invited from
Hollywood to lend glamor to the
birthday parties.
Funds from the celebration this
, year will be used to endow a new
foundation which will conduct Ma
tion-wide fight against paralysis. Mr.
Hazen said, in explaining the national
celebration is in charge of an execu-
tive committee consisting of Keith
Morgan, chairman; Commissioner
George E. Allen, Walter j. Cummings,
Fred j. Fisher, Edsel B. Ford, W.
Averill Hartman, S. Clay Williams,
Nicholas M. Schenck and J. F. T.
OConnor These men will have
charge of establishing the national
foundation.
Mr.. Hazen quoted President Roose-
welt as to the need for such founda-
ton, calling attention to his statement
last fall that he had been very much
concerned over the epidemics of in
fantile paralysis which have been
prevalent in many cities in different
parts of the country" and that he
believed "the time has arrived when
the whole attack on this plague should
be led and directed, though not con-
trolled, by one national body
Committee Is Selected.
Mr.. Hazen has assembled a notable
committee to aid in making the Wash
tngton celebration a success. 1t con-
sists Of Commissioner Allen, Judge
George c. Aukam, Carter Barron,
Frank E. Birgfeld. Col. Edward o.
Bliss. Maj. Ernest w. Brown. A.
Julian Brylawski, Fred Buchholz,
Harry Butcher, Robert F. Cahill, Louis
Caldwell. Arno B. Cammerer, L. A.
Carruthers, Thomas D. Carson, E. F..
Colladay, James E. Colliflower, John
B. Colpoys. Joseph j. .Cotter. Robert
Cottrell, Frederick M. Davenport,
Joseph E. Davies.
Floyd E. Davis, Frederic A. Delano,
Edward A. Dent, Clarence Phelps
Dodge, John H. Dodge, William Dolph,
Harvey c. Donaldson, Maj Daniel j.
Donovan, Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
Riley E. Elgen. Robert v. Fleming,
Isaac Cans, John o. Gheen, Augustus
E. Giegengack, P. L. Gladmon, Arthur
Godfrey, Earle Goodwin, S. J. Gompers,
Edward c. Graham, Admiral Cary T.
Grayson, Mrs. Cary T. Grayson, Clark
Griffith, Judge D. Lawrence Groner.
Thomas j. Groom, A. w. Hall, Edwin
A. Halsey, George c. Havenner. Ar
thur HELEN. Charles B. Henderson, J.
Thilman Hendrick Gordon Hitten-
mark, Harry L. Hopkins, Frank R.
Jellef, A. F. Jones, Charles A. Jones,
Jesse H. Jones, Maurice H. Kafka,
Joseph D. kaufman, Richmond B.
Keech, o. A. Keen, Maj. Gen. l.. B.
KRONER.
Maj. Henry Leonard, E. w. Libbey.
John S. Locher, Thomas E. Lodge,
Harry Lohmeyer. Karl D. Loos, David
Lynn, James L. Martin, Reed F.. Mar
tin, John w. Martyr, Mrs. William
Beverly Mason, William Mcclellan.
Arch Mcdonald, Judge John P. Nc
Mahon, Frank R. McNich, Hardie
Meakln, c. B. Merriam, E. D. Merrill,
l.. Gardner Moore, Edgar Morris, Eu-
gene Meyer, Newbold Noyes, George
w. Offutt, John T. O'Rourke, DR..
Thomas Parran, jr.: Mrs. Eleanor Pat
terson, George Henry Payne, John
Pelley, David A. Pine, Ralph Polio,
j. E. Powell, E. Barrett Prettyman.
Henry I. Quinn, Arthur Reilly, Seth
w. Richardson, DR.. Sterling Rufin, F.
M. Russell, H. L. Rust, jr.; John Saul,
G. c. Schiffeler, Charles E. Chrom,
Elwood H. Seal.
G. Melvin Sharpe, Henry c. sheri-
dan, Maj. Horace B. Smith, Harry
Somerville. w. w. Spaid, Commits
sioner Dan I. Sultan, G. H. Sweet. ]
B. Switzer. Frederic H. Taber, e F.
Iancer. Corcoran Thorn, Geoffrev
Thornett. Merle Thorpe, Frank T
Tracy, Joseph P. Tumulty, Col. j. M.
wainwright. Paul A. Walker, Judge
Alfred A. Wheat, Roger J. Whiteford,
capt. H. c. Whitehurst, DR.. William
L. Whitman, Aubrey Williams. 1loyd
3. wilson. Ellen S. Woodward, H H
Wright, Edward Yardley and Ford =
Young.