Evening star., 1938-02-06
TRADE BOARD HAS
BIG TOP PARTY
$50 Guests Attend Circus
Fete Held as Annual Mid
winter Dinner.

The circus atmosphere was not ac-
cidental, as the theme of the dinner
was Under the Big Top" and the
more than $50 guests who filled the
Mayfower Hotel ballroom came on
the scene through huge tent en-
trance The first attractions that met
the eye were series of side shows
outside the ballroom
Before the main dinner the diStin-
guished guests, including members Of
the diplomatic corps, cabinet men,
bers, judges, members of Congress
and other officials of the Federal and
District Governments, were welcomed
at reception by officials of the
Board of Trade.
Throughout the dinner it was Some-
thing of problem to eat without
getting bursted balloon on a fork
or a barber shop tenor in the ear.
Leon Brusiloff's Music Masters played
throughout the meal, and the diners
stopped frequently to join in favorite
songs
"Speechless" Program.
The only semblance of a speech was
q brief welcoming by Edward F. COL
laday, president of the board. and this
was not spoken. but was printed on
the dinner program.
Clifford K. Bergman. cartooniSt for
The Star, drew two cartoons for the
program, one showing Mr.. Colladay
looking over the roster of the Board
Of Trade for possible candidate for
the G.. O. P. in l94O
"DeWeyS too young" the cartoon
shows the Republican national COM
mitteeman saying. La Guardia has
flew the coop. Maybe I can find a
winner here!"
The affair was climaXed by series
Of vaudeville acts by talent imported
from New York City, and by diStribu-
ton Of souvenirs to the revelerS.
F. George Clendaniel was in charge
Of the general committee for the din
ner. Edgar Morris, immediate past
president of the board, headed the
Reception Committee, and Thorton
w. Owen was chairman of the Enter
tainment Committee
iiS 1i'C VI SuS'lo VI lloliOI 1OlIOWS.
The Ambassador of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics, the Ambas-
sador of Turkey, the Ambassador of
Mexico. the Ambassador of Poland, the
Ambassador of Ecuador, the Ambassa-
dor of Italy, the Ambassador of Spain.
The Secretary of War, the Minister
Of Guatemala, Mr.. Fernando Lobo,
Charge d'Affaires of Brazil, the Gov
ernor of Maryland, Commissioner
Melvin C. Hazen.
Engineer Commissioner Daniel I.
Sultan, Senator William H. King, SEN
ator Royal S. Copeland, Senator Rob-
ert R. Reynolds, Senator John H.
Overton, Senator Arthur Capper, Sem
ator Warren R. Austin, Senator H.
Styles Bridges, Senator Carter Glass,
Senator Elmec Thomas, Senator Ger
aid P. Nye, Senator Ellison D. Smith,
Senator Theodore G.. Bilbo.
Marvin Hunter Mcintyre, Secretary
to the President; Guy T. Helvering,
commissioner of internal revenue.
Judge Fenton w. Booth Judge Will
liam R. Green, Judge Benjamin H. Lit
Teton, Judge Thomas S. Williams.
George H. Davis, president, Chamber of
Commerce of the United States: Leo
T. Crowley chairman. Federal Deposit
Insurance Corp.
Representative H P. Fulmer Repre-
sentative Jennings Randolph. Repre-
sentative Jack Nichols, Representative
Lawrence F. Arnold. Representative
Edward L. O'Neill. Representative Ev-
erett NJ. Dlrksen. Representative Dewey
Snort. Representative Ralph o. Brew
ster, Representative w. Sterling Cole.
Representative George j. Bates, Repre-
sentative Paul w. Shafer, Representa-
tive M!llard F. Caldwell. Representa-
tlce Joe Starnes, Representative Allen
T. IreadWay. Representative Fred M.
Nlnson, Representative T. S. Mcmillan,
Representative G. Haywood Mahon.
Richard N. Elliott, Acting Controller
General.
DR.. L. S. Rowe director, Pan-Amer-
lean Union. D. w. Bell, Acting Direc-
tor OF the Budget; William P. Fogler.
chief national bank examiner; C.
Rogers Arundel, chairman, Board of
lax Appeals; Arthur H. Kent. assistant
general counsel, Treasury; Frank I.
Bell, commissioner of the Bureau of
F1sherles; Charles E. Jackson, deputy
commissioner, Bureau of Fisheries:
ElWood Seal, corporation counsel of
the District; Richmond B. Keech, vice
Chairman, Public Utilities Commission.
Capt. H. S. Bishop, jr., Assistant En-
elneer Commissioner; Capt. Patrick H,
ramsey, Assistant Engineer Commits
sloner; Capt. Don G. Shingler, Assist
ant Engineer Commissioner; Mai, Err
nest w. Brown, superintendent. Met
ropolitan Police Department; Theo-
dore Cogswell, register of wills; William
A. Van Duzer, director of vehicles and
traffic: Arno B. Cammerrer, director.
National aPrks
David A. Skinner, secretary, United
States Chamber of Commerce; Edward
Z. Baltz, president, United States
Building and Loan League; Ford E.
Young, president, Merchants and
Manufacturers Association: Edward
ID. Shaw. secretary, Merchants and
MANUFACTURERS Association; Edward
her moore, president. Hotel Mems As
ISOLATION; Lanier P McLachlen, chair
man, Better Business Bureau; Thomas
j. Groom, president, District of Co.
lumbla Bankers Association; Arthur G.
Bishop, president, District of Colum-
bia Building and Loan League; L. A.
Carruthers, president, Federation of
Citizens Associations; Charles J. Rush,
secretary, Washington Real Estate
Board; John S. Bleecker, jr, president.
Junior Board of Commerce; Fred B.
Linton, executive secretary, Junior
Board of Commerce; Alexander F.
Jones, managing editor, the Washing
ton Post
Other guests included:
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Abernethy. A. T. Anderson, j. A.
AddlSon. F. G., Ir. Anderson. J. G.
Aoluns. w. E. Armstrong, p. NJ.
Asee. W; T: Arnold, G. K.
AKers. r. D. Arnold DR.. j. s.
Aioan. J. c: Arnold, James R.
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