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The Washington times., 1938-02-21
THOUSANDS FLEE
|ARKANSASFLOOD

LITTLE ROCK. Ark, Feb. 81
G.NS0.-Precipitating a critical
situation. flood waters forced new
breaks in Arkansas levees today.
Approximately 5000 fled from
their Iowland homes to higher
ground. At least 20 counties are
affected.
Officials looked to the Miss
issippi River, chief offender in the
past, to offset general disaster.
The comparatively low stage of
the Mississippi is drawing water
off the main tributaries and SLOW
ing their rise, 1t was said.
Levee breaks were recorded In
these counties: Faulkner, Jeffer-
son. Clark, Pope, independence,
Jackson, Woodruff and Prairie.
Experts predicted a threatened
disaster would be averted If no
more rain fell before the gorged
rivers dropped back into their
regular channels.
The chilly weather, however,
increased the hardships Of hun
dreds Of farm families In the river
lowlands.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Commons Hears
Resigned Official;
Is Defiant
Nazi Expansion
Seeks to Take in
Central Europe
BY PIERRE J. HUss

B ERLIN, Feb. 81 Q.N.S0
Adolf Hitler, given an unlocked
for victory in the resignation of
Anthony Eden as British foreign
secretary, today plunged into his
drive to bring all Central Europe
into his camp and win autonomy
for the 100000 Germans in
CzechoSlovakia.
His policy speech before the
Reichstag, with its ringing def
ance Of Germany's foes, its threat
to use "steel and iron," its demand
for colonies, and its pledge to fight
for German minorities abroad,
Ii m m ensely impressed" Yugo-
slavia, Hungary, and Bulgaria, ac-
cording to high German official
quarters.
RUSH TO NAZISM SEEN
Those nations are expected to
rush pell-mell into Hitler's fold
leaving Rumania to come to terms
also or be isolated.
Bets are already on in diplo'
matte quarters that by the end OF
next summer President Edouard
tBenes Of CzechoSlovakia viii pay
a visit to Hitler similar to the one
the premier Of Austria made,
which resulted in AuStria's nazifi-
cation.
Hitler's triumph was completed,
| his cup Of Joy overflowing, when
he sat in the chancellery last
night and heard over the tele-
phone the London embassy's de-
scription Of the fall Of Eden, the
young proponent Of the League
Of Nations, whose activities have
long been Snarls in the hair OF
Fascist dictators.
JAPAN, ITALY GLEEFUL
France was dismayed, Britain
was indignant, Czechoslovakia and
Lithuania were alarmed, and
italy and Japan were gleeful over
the tone taken by Hitler in his
three hours speech, the most mill
tant in his five-year career.
He told the world:
/. There Is no rift between
(COntinued ON Page 4, Col. u
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

LONDON-Former Foreign Secretary
Eden told a tense House Of Commons
today he had resigned because Italy failed
to lay the groundwork of mutual respect
essential for enduring peace. He assailed
Mussolini for anti-British propaganda
and for failure to make good promises Of
withdrawal of Italian troops from Spain.
AS Eden spoke, Britain pressed forward
with plans for an immediate peace agree
ment with Italy. Prime Minister Cham.
berlain received from Ambassador Dino
Grandi Italys reply to the British pro-
posal for withdrawal Of volunteers from
Spain. <- - ..
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
|U.S.NAVYYARDS'
INADEQUATE TO.
meet PROGRAM
Private Aid Needed
Says Du Bose

U.NS) If a normal, economic |
cal" rate OF building IS pursued, it
will take eight to ten years tol
complete the proposed billion
dollar naval expansion program,
Rear Admiral William g. Dubose,
chief Of construction, declared to-
day.
Opening the fourth week Of
testimony before the House Naval
Affairs Committee, the admiral's
assertion marked the first official
estimate Of building time by the
Navy.
$3.50 PLAN CONSIDERED
The estimate, he said, includes
the replacements under the Vim
SON. n!Trammel act which would
have to be built concurrently, and
is promised on the hope that pri-
vats builders can share the build
ing with the Navy yards on q So
SO basis.
But unless the Government
makes it possible for private bid
ders 'to take long time contracts
with some assurance they can
make a reasonable profit" Adr
miraI Dubose indicated the NAVY
expects little aid from private
yards in speeding completion OF
the program.
Similarly. he added, Navy yard
facilities are inadeCuate to bear
their share of the increase in build
ing, and from 100000 to $s,O0O.-
loco must be spent at the New
York, Philadelphia, Norfolk and
possibly Bremerton, wash, yards.
AMENDMENT DISCUSSED
"On Thursday you told us
that you had an amendment to
the bill which would enable the
Government to give the private
yards aid so they could compete
with the Government" Chair
man Vinson Cd Of Georgia,
interposed. els that what you
propose to do?"
"Weu, it would enable the
Government to do that II 1t
wished"
eff shipbuliders are going to
form combinations and hold up
prices, it is your plain duty to
build in Government yards"
Vinson declared. ST think you
ought to amend your amend
ment to make it apply only to
the navy yards. This commit
tee has no Jurisdiction for legis-
lation to help private builders"
AGREES UNDER PROTEST
Admiral DuboSe reluctantly
agreed to make the change. But
he said the $3.50 basis Of construc-
tion is thoroughly approved by
the Navy and some way must be
worked out so private builders can
be assured q reasonable profit.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
BABY FOUND.
TRIO CAPTURED
AS KIDNAPERS
Man and 2 Women
Seized in Shack
By THEODORE KINcAID

A golden-haired baby boy, 18
months old, object of a far-flung
search by G-men since he was kid
naped from his parents near Bed
ford, Va, four weeks ago, was
found today with his alleged
captors in an abandoned shanty
near ounce Orchard, Md.
A man giving the name Of H. +.
Esteppe, 27, Of Gordonsville, Va;
his wife. Elizabeth, 18. and mother
-in.law, Mrs. Mary Lee, Il, Of Dan
vile, Va, were being held in Mont
gomery county police headquarters
In connection with the kidnapping.
SNATCHED FROM MOTHER
serg. Roy Bodner, Of the
Montgomery county police, found
the baby, smiling and unharmed.
when ne traced the trio to the iso-
lated shack while investigating
the robbery Saturday night Of the
general store and post office at
Dickerson, Md.
A man and two women in q
roadster were seen leaving Dick
erSon shortly after the robbery
and when Montgomery county au-
thorities communicated with vir-
ginia police to check nn the cars
license numbers, they learned Of
the kidnapping.
The baby, Nelson Henry Booth.
was literally snatched from the
arms Of his mother, Mrs. Loreen
Booth on January IS, by a middle
aged woman who fled with .
younger woman and her huS-
band, police we're told.
G-MEN CALLED
The elder woman first told MIS-.
Booth she was q Government
agent and had an official order
calling for the surrender Of the
baby. When Mrs. Booth refused
to give up her child the woman
grabbed it, Mrs. Booth related,
after exclaiming:
''I'll get q baby II I have to
kidnap one."
G-men were called into the case
at once and picked up the trail Of
the kidnapers. They followed
close behind them to Henderson,
n. c., where they lost the trail.
At various times the agents
learned that the baby. described
"as a beautiful child with big
bright blue eyes, golden hair and
dimples in his cheeks" was alive
and apparently well cared for.
After the Dickerson robbery, a
description Of the car used in. the
kidnapping was broadcast by radio
to all Maryland and District
police.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Railway Seeks
Control of Line

(r.N.s.) The Colorado and
Southern railroad today asked the
lICC for authority to acquire con-
troll Of the Fort Worth and Den
yer Terminal Railway Company
by purchase Of 141 shares Of the
$50, shares Of capital stock now
Outstanding.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

DID YOU KNOW that the special rad1O
GRAND JURY will hear the charge
against him over VOL for six nights
beginning Feb. 20?
DID YOU KNOW that q. s. Senator
David ]. Walsh, Of Massachusetts will
act rs Chief Justice Of the radio
jurisdiction and charge the Grand
Jury?
DID YOU KNOW that q. s. Senator
Robert F. Wagner, Of New York viii
sit as Presiding Justice in the trial?
DID YOU KNOW that Mrs. Louis G.
Caldwell, Miss Ruth OvertOn, and
other society leaders will testify?
For Other facts about the Washington
Times and VOLS new radio mystery
by Kenneth M. Ellis, author Of The Trial
of Vivienne Ware, the Trial Of Dolores
Divine and the Trial Of BarOn Won Blau,
turn to page II. -..
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

Entering its second week, the
hearing being held by the House
District fiscal affairs Sub-commit'
tee was enlivened by comparisons
likening the District to a "glori
fled Indian reservation" and the
Kingdom of Heaven" and also
the pyramiding of seven taxes on
Baltimore business as "the seven
dwarfs in Snow White"
KENNEDY IN BLAST
Representative Ambrose Ken.
nedy, Cd, of Maryland, whose
district includes a section Of Bal
timore, criticized Baltimorians for
requesting exemption from the
business privilege tax, and at the
same time complained about the
corporation counsels office.
1.-THE Interpretation Of this
tax by the Corporation Coun-
sell" he said, "haS resulted in
some ridiculous ruling that has
not been guided by common
sense. It was never the intent
of Congress to go as far as these
rulings do"
Rulings of the District have
made the two-fifths Of i per cent
tax on gross receipts applicable
wherever business concerns send
representatives into the city. Mr.
Kennedy, although not a member
of the subcommittee at the pres
ent time, was chairman Of the
special tax committee which last
year designed the business priv
lege tax. :.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Britain Tense AS Eden Accuses Mussolini
Crucial Events Today in European Crisis
International News Service

PARIS-France, according to H. R.
Knickerbocker, is faced with the dilemma
of following Britain into peace talks with
Italy and Germany or fulfilling her treaty
obligations to Czechoslovakia in the face
of threatened Nazi expansion in the
Balkans.
BUCHAREST-Ruma went whole
heartedly into the Fascist fold under a
new cooperative constitution decreed by
King Carol.
BERLIN-Hitler plunged into his drive
to win complete autonomy for Germans in
Austria and C8echoslovakia.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
George Jennings
Accused of Fraud

NEW YORK, Feb. 81 UN.SO.
George c. Jennings, member of
the New York Stock Exchange
and a former partner in Marks,
Laser & Co., Of Chicago and New
York, was arrested today by As
sistant Attorney General Ambrose
". Mccall Of the Bureau of Secur-
titles on a warrant from Illinois,
charging violation Of that States
blue sky laws.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Critics of Hitler
Sentenced to Pen

PARIS, Feb. 81 Q.N.S0-The
newspaper Ce Soir today published
a report that many persons" had
been arrested in Berlin during the
past week for circulating false
interpretations" concerning the
army reorganization and cabinet
changes Of February 4.
Some Of those arrested, the
newspaper said, were tried before
q special court on Saturday and
sentenced to prison for terms rang
ling from four to five years.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Denied
In AnSu'er by
Chamberlain
BY KINGsBURY SMITH

HOUSE OF COMMONS, West
minister, London, Feb. 81 Q.N.SO.
Principles that his conscience for.
bade him to ignore compelled his
resignation as foreign secretary.
Anthony Eden told a deeply.moved
House of Commons this after.
noon.
The youthful Yorkshire states.
man. who quit the cabinet In .
dispute with Prime Minister
Chamberlain over the latter's de-
termination to seek immediate
peace with Italy and Germany,
told Parliament that peace for
Britain was foremost in his mind.
WANTS UNDERSTANDING
But, he said, peace to be endur.
ing must rest on foundations Of
frank reciprocity and mutual UNI
derstanding."
Chamberlain answered Eden'S
raking denunciation Of Italy by
stating Britain's foreign policy
was based on promotion of friend
ship with nations which are will.
ing to reciprocate land who keep
those rules of international con.
duct without which there can be
neither security nor stability"
The prime minister admitted,
however, that unfortunate Incl.
dents" in the Mediterranean had
delayed successful launching Of
Anglo italian peace conversations.
The attitude Of Italy toward
international problems in general.
Eden declared, sis not yet such
as to justify the opening Of nego.
tiations."
Eden was greeted by tremen-
dous ovation when he rose from
the resignation" seat below the
gangway where he had sat for an
hour Of the tensest session parlia.
ment has known since the abdica.
ton crisis IA months ago.
PARALLELS ABDICATION
There was almost a parallel be.
tween the situation then and now.
Eden announced what amounted
to his own "abdication" as chief
Of the foreign office because his
personal convictions told him he
was right.
1t was the same theme that
Edward VIII stressed in his his.
toric broadcast Of December, 1896,
when he told the world his love
for Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson
compelled him to step down from
the throne.
"On both political and per.
sonal grounds" Eden said.
''this is most painful occasion
for me.
There are occasions, how.
ever, when strong political con-
victions must override all other
considerations.
PEACE is AIM
"Of such occasions only the
individual himself can be the
judge. No man can be the
keeper of another's conscience.
No man willingly sewers the
links which bind him to his col
leagues and his friends.
LET me make it most plain
that the ultimate aim Of us all
in the objective foreign policy
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The Washington times., 1938-02-21
China Protests Hitler'S
Recognizing Manchuku0

ton Of Manchukuo. The protest
will say that Hitler's action is
regretted 'in view Of Sino.G German
friendship"
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Kennedy Assails
Seal on Tax Stand
By JULIA BoNWIT

The corporation counses office accused of unreasonable
Interpretation of the business representatives
of 1000 business firms of Baltimore today protested the
posao continue the business privilege tax at congressional
hearing on the Districts new threepont program.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
HOLIDAY CLOSES 'cHANoE

NEW YORK. Feb. 81 Q.NSo. i.
All security and commodity maE
kets will be closed tomorrow, in
observance Of Wsshington's birth
day.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

HANKOW, Feb. 81 QN.SJ.
The Chinese foreign office today
prepared a formal protest to the
German government aga inst
Chancellor Adolf Hitler'S recogui.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21

PITTSBURGH, Feb. 81 GNS0.
Swollen by unceasing rainfall,
PittSburgh's rivers were expected
to attain a crest of 20 feet today,
three feet below flood level, street
car and automobile traffic already
was diSrupted.
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
Did You Know?--.

DID YOU KNOW that Friedrich Wilhelm WOfgang HOhenlO
the Baron been charged with the fictiOna
murder Washingtons prominent architect Ronald Brooks?
The Washington times., 1938-02-21
WASHINGTON FORECAST

Fair tonight: Tuesday cloudy and
warmer. low about 20; northerly winds.
"Details on Page 81
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

with R-K-O Radio. There's nothing
"wrong-way" about that .. George
Raft and Dorothy Lamour will take
up where they did not begin in "St.
Louis Blues" and be paired f1rst"in
Moon Over Burma" then in Two
Time Loser" the original by Arthur
Sheekman Gale Page is Edward
G. Robinson's leading lady In
Brother Orchid" >. Dick Powell is
head man in 1.-The Fortune Hunter"
from the Winchell Smith play which
was produced on the stage with John
Barrymore. But. first of all, Dick
must complete always Leave Them
Laughing" and And 1t All Came
True"
Give Brook Is being tested for
role in Metros London produce
ton of Good by, Mr.. Chips" {.
John Litel plays the title role in
Warmers THE Story of Benjamin
Franklin"-in a short. You would
think that the great statesman of
early America rated full-length
film. Louise Platt joins Claire
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Frankensteins Join Hardys
In Family Saga Cycle
Little Theater Plans Film Festival
OF Pictures of IL Countries;
Miss Garrett Gets a Job
By JAY CARMODY.

The family stopped wanted
them se which heretofore been
simple human and full of warmth about find its sarp var
alton family movegoers the Frank
enstes unlike the Hary the oneses and the others
horror is unlike Sunday at the
"Frankenstein" and Frankenstein" will
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

Trevor in "stage Coach" the Wan
ger epic TO be directed by John
Ford. Others In this Aim include
Andy Devine, George Bancroft,
John Wayne, Thomas Mitchell,
John Carradine and Donald Meek
as nne q bunch Of character actors
as you could hope to get in one
picture. Slim Summerville ap-
pears in "Winner Take ALL" which
will be his 627th picture!
Gov. A. B. Chandler of Kentucky,
his wife and two daughters have
been INVITED to Hollywood as the
guests of Twentieth Century Fox
for the preview premiere of Ken
lucky" which will have all the
lights and trimming Il. e., stars in
formal attire-we hope) George
Murphy replaces Lew Ayers as lead
ing man to Jeanette Macdonald in
Broadway Serenade." Lionel
Barrymore joins Nelson Eddy and
Victor McLaglen in Song Of the
West" Loretta Young will prove
the inspiration for Don Ameche
when he portrays 'The Life of AL
exander Graham Bell" Metro
is trying to get Stage Actress Ina
Claire for IT Take This Woman"
the Spencer Tracy-Hedy Lamar
picture.
F. Scott Fitzgerald scrfpting
Madame Curie" for Greta Carlo.
:. Deanna Durbin gets two leading
men in Three Smart Girls Grow
Up"-Robert Cummings and Will
liam Lundigan-but they make
love to two other girls. ELIZA
beth and Essex" has been pur-
chased by Warmers for Bette Davis
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Where and When
Current Theater Attractions
and Time of Showing

National-"I Am Different" Tai
lulah Bankhead in new comedy by
Zoe Atkins: 2:30 and $3.50 pm.
Capitol-"The Shining Hour"
Joan Crawford in a sophisticated
romance that misses being trag-
edy: II am, las, 4:3O, 7:15 and
10 pm. Stage shows: 12:45, $3.50,
6:15 and pm.
Earle-"The Sisters" Bette DAVIS
in the screen version of the Myron
BRING novel: IL am, lao, 4:20,
7:05 and $50 pm. Stage shows:
12:45, $3.50, $40 and 855 pm.
Palace-"The Great Waltz" screen
version of the stage musical, full of
Strauss music: 1920 am, 1:50, 4:25,
7 and 9:35 pm.
Belasco-"Orage," Charles Boyer's
newest film: 2:45, 4:30 and 6:15.
Premiere at $3.50 pm.
Keith's- Bad Boy With
the Circus" Tommy Kelly and Ann
Gillis have adventure under the big
top: 11:40 am, lbs, 3:05, 4:50, $780,
$40 and 1905 pm. March of
Time: Ills am, 1855, 2:40, 4:25,
$40, 1855 and 9:35 pm.
Metropolitan-"Girls School," tale
of the difficulties adolescents face:
11:25 am, 1870, 1885, 5:35, 7:40 and
Gas pm.
Columbia-"Just Around the Cor
ner," and there Shirley Temple
meets prosperity: HAS am, las,
3:45, 5:45, 7:45 and GAS pm.
Little-"Mr. Deeds Goes to Town"
Mr.. Capra's famed pixilated comedy
comes back to town: II am, LOS,
$40, $40, 7:25 and 9:35 pm.
Trans-Lux - News and shorts:
Continuous from 10 Am.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

and an American Army officer in
1.-The Last Frontier" are all on his
Samuel Goldwyn schedule. The Sam
Houston movie Is from 1.-The Raven"
by Marquis James, and will have
Walter Huston in the role of Andrew
Jackson.
Wrong Way Douglas Corrigan gets
$50, 1000 apiece for his next two films
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

remember that this terrifying couple
were the kind to produce something
appalling in the way of offspring.
But Universal studios, nursing the
progeny into the fullness of awful life,
promise result that will exceed the
widest imaginings. "Son OF Frank
enstein" is the name of the coming
picture and the terror technique
has been so highly developed in
present-day photography that the
mama and papa films are guaran-
teed to look like a pair of celluloid
lambs.
BY the time the Frankenstein
series reaches the point where they
are producing the Love Comes to
Frankenstein" and "Frankenstein
Goes West" chapters names as
sumed on the basis of the Hardy
series the result should be scream
ing to behold. Screaming, if not
actually paralyzing.
There is not much doubt about the
Frankensteins moving into the
peaceful precincts heretofore occu-
pied by the Hardys and Joneses.
The recent revival of the first horror
films proved so successful, not Nicely
in Washington but elsewhere, that
the Frankensteins may even become
the films first family in the course
OF time.
Now comes the film festival.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Newest Film Success Story
That of Cagney's Double
Four Years Ago a Hitchhiker,
Frankie Burke Now Makes
Personal Appearances
BY SHEILAH GRAHAM.
HOLLYWOOD.

story H. named Frankie Burke
hihhked to Hollywood His only
Six months
angels With Dirty Faces signed
a
New York with wardrobe and the supeche to
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

S i m u ltaneously
on Thanksgiving
Day in 375 the
aters. The War
ner boys antici-
pate t h a t this
first release will
bring back $780,
900 from the
81 S t h e a t e rs
which is what
the picture cost
them.
While on the
S u b j e c t of Mr..
@ a G n e y, n e
makes the movie
-"V011 Have tn
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

Learn Some Time"-about a rich
mans son-played by Ronald Rea-
gan-whose father hires a detective
-Cagney-to keep him away from
chorus girls. etc. This follows Each
Dawn Die" in which Cagney stars
with John Garfield.
Gary Cooper is going biographical
In big way. Abraham Lincoln, Sam
Houston, Hans Christian Andersen,
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24
Mary MacLaren
In Comeback

Hitting the difficult comeback
trail, Mary MacLaren, famed star
Of silent picture days, is seen in
1.-The Duke of West Point" an Ed
ward Small production for United
Artists release. Louis Hayward,
Joan Fontaine, Tom Brown, Rich
ard Carlson and Alan Curtis are
others featured.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

and Erred Flynn. Also Barber Of
New Orleans" for Flynn. Jimmy
Stewards next picture-"Salute to
the Gods"-penned by Speed De-
mon Sir Malcolm Campbell.
Copyright, 1888. By the North American
Newspaper Alliance, Incl
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1938-11-24

make personal appearances WITH the!
showing of the "angel"
epic, which, incidentally, opens
The Washington times., 1938-10-03
CENTENARY
Metropolitan Church
Observes Founding

Celebration Of the Tooth ami
versary Of the founding of Metro
politan A. M. e. Church, M Street
between Fifteenth and Sixteenth
Streets Northwest, began yeSter-
day with special services and will
continue through to October II.
Bishop Monroe H. Davis, Of Bal
timore, prelate in charge Of the
second episcopal district Of the
African Methodist Episcopal
Church, preached the opening an
niversary sermon. DR.. Charles
Wesley, dean of the graduate
school Of Howard University, and
the Rev. H. M. Shields were the
other speakers during the day.
Metropolitan Church was or
ganized in 1888. The present
building was erected in 1885. The
Rev. J. Campbell Beckett, present
pastor of the church, came to
serve in 1896. He succeeded the
late DR.. w. H. Thomas, who held
the longest pastorate in the his
tory of the church, from 1927 until
his death.
The Washington times., 1938-10-03
ALUMNI GROUP
srsr "-'
PLANS MEETING

KENsINGTON, Md, Oct. 3.
In order to complete organization
Of the new chapter which was
started last summer, the Mont
gomery County Chapter Of the
University Of Maryland Alumni
Association will meet here tonight
in the elementary school building.
Lawrence Smoot, president Of
the chapter. said all members
signing up by tonight would be
considered charter members. The
meeting will be addressed by Ed
die johnson, PRESIDENT of the stu
dent council; George H. Pollack,
of the university staff, and DR..
w. w. Skinner. president Of the
board of regents.
DR.. H. C. Byrd, president Of the
university, has been invited to
attend and has indicated he would
be present If possible.