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The Washington times., 1939-01-30
civic GROUPS
TO REPORT ON
DISTRICT VOTE
Seton Darr to Speak
On Suffrage Issue
BY A. J. DRISCOLL
Citizens Associations Editor

With suffrage for the District
as the foremost point Of consid
Grafton, nine citizens associations
including the federation, and two
business mems groups will meet
this week.
Scheduled tor reports on the
suffrage question are the South
east, Friendship and Trinidad
Citizens Associations.
Seton Darr, president Of the
District Of Columbia Bar Associa-
tion, will speak on the suffrage
movement at the meeting Of the
Central Business Mems Associa.
ton.
SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS
Tonight - Trinidad, Wheatley
School.
Tomorrow night - Southeast,
Buchanan School.
Wednesday night-Friendship,
Janney School.
Thursday night Bra dbury
Heights, M. E. Church: Connecti-
CuG ANCAAuC, AA 0ON4o NAANA NAA ,
Northeast Conference, No. IL Po.
lice Station, and Washington
Highlands, 1919 First st. s. E.
Friday night, Chillum Heights,
John f. Keene School.
Saturday night, Federation Of
Citizens Associations, board room,
District Building.
STAG PARTY FRIDAY NIGHT
The Columbia Heights Busi-
ness Mems Association will meet
at 1915 p. m. Tuesday at a cafe
in the 300 block Fourteenth St.
N. w.
With the police, firemen and
letter carriers of the community
as guests, the Metropolis View
Citizens Association will hold a
stag party Friday night at the
clubhouse Of Bunker Hill Post
American Legion.
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ACTION ON WPA
|. IS SPEEDED AS
FUNDS DWINDLE
Congress Leaders Push
Farley on Measure
By WILLIAM S. NEAL

I.N.S.0 With WPA funds rapid
/ ly dwindling, Congressional lead
erS today planned to speed con-
ference agreement on the $725,-
900, 900 emergency relief fund bill
so that it can be laid on Presi-
dent Roosevelt's desk this week.
While the Senate adopted many
amendments to the House meas
ure, House leaders voiced conf.
dence that d tferences between the
two bodies can be ironed out with
out prolonged conference.
Faces Disruption
Unless the measure If passed
within the next week, leaders were
told, there Is danger Of complete
disruption Of the far.flung relief
agency.
President Roosevelt was said to
be prepared to sign the bill, but
may issue a blast against Congress
because it slashed the $875, 5,000, 900
fund sought by him by $150.000,.
900.
With both House and Senate in
agreement on the figure Of $725,-
000, 900 to conduct WPA until June
80, chief differences between the
bodies were on anti-politics and
pay differential amendments.
Under the bill,' as passed by
the Senate, not more than 5 per
cent Of WPA employees may be
dropped during February and
March. The President is, in ef-
feet, invited to seek more money
in April If he finds 1t necessary.
New Plea Likely
Because Of the Ctrong stand
taken by Mr.. Roosevelt against
wholesale slashing Of WPA rolls
at this time, q second emergency
fund may be sought by him within
three months.
Senator Hatch (D.) Arizona,
was hopeful the House would &C.
cept his drastic Senate amend
ments designed to purge relief Of
politics. The amendments provide
a $1,000 fine and a years i'm.
Iprisonment to anyone threatening
jobs Of WPA workers, or promis-
ing job, for political purposes.
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Behind the News By Paul D1aLlon

ton and as ineffective. The
President saw it differently.
MIR. ROOSEVELT did not pre-
4VA sent his differing reasons
for getting so deeply involved,
but he could have made a good
argument for staying in after
his feet were wet.
Whatever mistakes in WPA
arithmetic initiated the contest,
it finally developed into an in
side struggle to control the new
big relief bill for next year. The
big one will be coming along in q
few weeks.
Congressional cutters want to
take hold and revise the WPA
practices. Downtown spenders
want to keep their free-and-easy
unrestricted ways.
Defeat Of Mr.. Roosevelt, there
fore, now means his influence
will not be paramount in writing
the relief program for next year.
1t also suggests that if he can
not win this Congress on relief
policy-an issue which enables
him to bring strongest city and
State pressure upon the legisla-
tureS-he can hardly expect to
win On anything.
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NeU Beam
AdSShipS,
Planes

PALO ALTO, CAL, Jan. 80
u.N.SJ.-HaiIed by scientists
as "the greatest advance in
radio engineering since In.
ventiOn of the vacuum tube"
perfection of q new device
emanating powerful ultra
short waves whose direction
can be controlled was an
nounced today by Stanford
. University.
The instrument, dubbed
the "kIystron," may revolu-
tiOnize all electrical trans
mission facilities, including
telegraph, telephone and tele-
vision, its inventors report.
Its most immediate pos
sible use Is to provide air.
planes and seagOing vessels
with a near-perfect radio
beam, eliminating many Of
their navigation hazards, it
was said.
Inventors Of the apparatus
are Sigurd Variap, formerly
a Pan.American Airways pilot
In south America; his
brother, Russell, a Stanford
research assistant, and Prof.
William w. Hansen, associate
professor Of physics at Stan.
ford.
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not be satisfactorily presented
there. The President has prom
ised to attend the first time he
goes to New York
An impasse has been reached
between Commander In Chief
Roosevelt Of the United States
Army and the Army's Chief Of
staff, Brig. Gen. Malin D. Craig.
However, the Senate Military
Affairs Committee can spare it
self agitation over this one-it's
purely social.
Conspicuous at important din
ners and receptions at the
White House are the military
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BELL WILL Get
REEL DINNER

Fish from the seven seas and
10000, or is it ten million lakes
and rivers, are being rushed to
Washington to be served tomorrow
night at a dinner in honor Of the
retiring Commissioner Of Fisheries
Frank T. Bell, his friends an
nounced today.
The banquet committee further
states that it "is rather secretive
about our plans but enough has
leaked out to insure a good time
for all who come" The banquet
will be held at Hogate's Seafood
Restaurant. walter Bramhall.
clerk Of the District Police Court,
Is accepting reservations.
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lawyer GUILD
ASKS U. S. TEST
FOR ATTORNEYS
Request Made in 0per
Letter to President

Turing President Roosevelt to
extend the merit system to legal
positions in the Federal service,
the National Lawyers Guilds COM
mittee on civil service, In q letter
to the President, declared oppo-
nents of the move ARE battling
furiously to defend q diScredtted
system and are seeking to defeat
needed reforms"
The letter, made public today BY
the guild, declared attorneys VINO
are opposing extension Of the
merit system do not speak for the
legal profession. They certainly
do not speak for progressive law
yers. They speak only for them
selves"
RIDICULES OPPOSITION
The letter took thrust at the
fear "that the installation OF a
competitive system will result In
denial Of positions to the types
of attorneys who have cuStomarily
obtained them, including the Sc
lected graduates from three or four
favored law schools.
I'VE submit that seldom has
O more undemocratic point Of
view been advanced. Certainly 1t
can not be supposed that the
three or four favored law schools
have a monopoly of the coun-
try's best legal brains" it added.
The Guild belittled the conten-
tion that competitive examina-
tions for legal positions are i'm
practicable.
LAWYERS HUMAN, TOO
1--WE can not agree that law
yers are such unique creatures
that it is impossible to fathom
their qualifications in open COM
petition"
The letter pointed out the policy
Of the U. s. Civil Service Commis-
sion which, it said, maintains that
"it is highly proper and desirable
to test the qualifications Of attor-
neys by competitive examina-
tions."
sThe Guilds letter was released
dn the eve of the February 1 dead
tine, the date when the Executive
order was to become effective" on
1 vast extension Of Civil Service,
the letter pointed out.
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there arises the embarrassing
possibility that SPANS new
rulers will sue to recover art
treasures from Spain's looted
museums, churches and ShrineS
which loyalists have peddled
abroad or given to influential
friends.
The American Red Cross is
also strictly on the spot. There
is plenty Of the yeast of diplo-
macy and world politics in the
tons Of surplus American
wheat which the Red Cross is
shipping to Spain for distribu-
ton to the civilian population
on the "basis of need"
The need, of course, Is much
greater in the terrain still held
by Francois enemies what
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1T looked bad for Bill Green
- Of AFL when the Admins
tration slipped the news out
that his local leaders were writ
mig in to the White House. ask
ing Mr.. Roosevelt to reappoint
Donald Wakefield Smith.
It looked like Green's outfit
was not behind him in his sue
cessful efforts so far to block the
of the National Labor Relations
Board ran. In fact. that was
the purpose in letting the in
formation slip QUITO make Mr..
Green purple.
It may still look bad to you,
but perhaps not for long. Some.
one else may get purple out Of
this situation, and not solely in
cthe face. When Mr.. Green meets
with his executive council in
Florida this week he will place
before it two or more letters on
the same subject from his local
Headers. One is from a large
Eastern city, the other from a
Midwestern city. The letters will
say that two local AFL officials
were approached by certain par
ties and asked to write letters
to the White House approving
.Smith-and the parties will be
definitely identified aS the local
regional officers Of the National
Labor Relations Board.
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Paddle Changes Hands

'TU1E letters would seem to take
L the barrel stave out of the
hands Of the gentlemen who
have been whacking Mr. Green
and put the paddle in his hands.
1t may ease NLRB's embar.
9raSSment very little to say the
board members may not have
sdirected this activity or have
known about it. Fact is, the
regional officers have so much
authority over local unions that
r any such involvement carries
the implication of coercion, not
to mention what Mr.. Roosevelt
will think when he learns some
OF his own friends are thus try.
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WILLIAM GREEN
Turn About's Fair Play

ing to bring pressure on him.
Papa certainly won't like it.
Garner Loses Decision
DIGIT and leftwing Demo
~ Gratis fought as bitterly in
side over the $50 million dollar
relief cut as If 1t had been. q
billion, although up to then
nothing was Of smaller considera-
ton than q couple Of hundred
millions among Administration
friends.
Mr.. Garner. the Vice President,
made a strong personal appeal
at a cabinet meeting before the
Senate vote, urging Mr.. Roose-
welt to relax White House pres
sure.
Garner thought it impracti-
cal strategy for the President to
use his big stick so heavily on
the Senators, over such a small
issue. so early In the session.
Even If the President were right
about the amount needed, he
could well afford to let the issue
slide. Within go days everyone
will know whether he was right.
If lime proved him to be, he
could come back to Congress
effectively and say:
"See, I told you So you will
have to appropriate more
money" to fill out the fiscal
year to June 30.
The Vice President was Ss
Strong IS usual In his presOnta-
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Hogan TO Address
Women S Bar Group

Frank J. Hogan, president OF
the American Bar Association;
Representative Jessie Sumner OF
Illinois, and Dr.. Phoebe Morrison
assistant professor Of interna'
tional law at Yale University Law
School, will speak at the annual
banquet Of the Women'S Bar AS.
sociation at the Mayflower Hotel
on February 8.
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Sador de Los
Rios has an
nounced in
WaShingt on
his orders to
offer them to
M RS. RooSe-
welt. But with
the national
lists winning
a n d Wash
ington's con-
viction t h a t
recogni tion
of Frances
rule Is now
only a mat
ter of time,
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and n q val
aides. Gl it.
tering with
gold braid,
they serve as
social traffic
p 0 licemen.
steering the
guests to
proper posi-
ton to file
p q 8 { FeSA-
d e n t o n d
Mrs. Roose.
welt, dispens-
ing the little
maps tn @ t
Sl00w on ca
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Toy Airpla11e and Hot Tea .
Burn Two Capital Children

A toy airplane and hot tea
painfully burned two Washington
children yesterday in their homes.
Charles Tucker, IL, of the 1900
block Of Wisconsin Ave. N. W.,
was taken to Georgetown Hos
pital for treatment after his
sister accidentally spilled hot tea
on him.
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The second child to be burned
was Bernard Brown, IA, son Of
Roy Brown, a fireman with No. 16
Engine Company, whose toy air.
plane exploded in his home in
the 200 block of Upshur st. N. w.
The boy had filled the tiny
motor In the plane with an ounce
of gasoline preparatory for .
"test rim"
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|. Q. Answers
Questions on Page 81

Questions on Page 81
/. All true except b and (. His
son was appointed governor Of
N. ]. 2. Harmonica (musical
-glasses). 3. Franklin stove. 4.
Gulf stream (his chart published
At that time is still basis for our
,charts). S. Saturday Evening
Post.
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h q d be en-
their territory
up to 10 days
a go. N on e
could object
on humanitar
rian grounds
although the
A m e rica n
W h e at did
stiffen tn e
morale OF the
3 rc lon q
govern m e n t
and pa t ~
circu m v e n t
F r q n C o'S
blockade Of
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place at table and introducing
gentlemen to their dinner part
nerS. Alone among the male
guests the representatives Of
the Army and Navy wear black
ties instead Of white. So do
their superior officers-usually.
General Craig was the excep-
ton who recently arrived at a
stately White House function,
complete with gold braid and
decorations, but wearing a white
tie. This deviation from estab-
lished practice did not escape
the Sharp-eyed Roosevelt who
promptly sent word to the chief
Of st&ff-di automatically, of
course-that black tie, not
white, set Of the splendor Of the
army dress uniform much bet
ter.
General Craig grunted, hauled
from his bookshelveS q copy Of
the Army regulations and tri-
umphsntly pointed to a rule
which states that generals can
wear what they please.
There the matter rests.
Attorney General Frank Muir
phys swift investigation Of U. 8.
Circuit Court Of Appeals Judge
Martin Manton's judicial con-
duct, following publication Of
charges against the New York
senior jurist, is public notice Of
what other Federal judges and
Federal prosecutors may expect
II their behavior is called into
question.
The young bachelor New Dealer
is, incidentally, the social lion
If the hour here and is eating
his meals from the finest china
in Washington these days. Two
years ago this distinction in
dubitably belonged to John L.
Lewis; last year to Solicitor Gen.
eral Bob Jackson, who then was
being heralded as the Presi-
dents hand-picked successor.
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Bv JOHN o'DoNNELL AND DORIS FLEEsoN

Frances smashing victories in Spain have created
highly embarrassing here the Capital There
the little Of Goya etchngs from the Barcelona
Museum These valuable Goya reproductions have been
scheduled presentation to the First Lady by the
fleeing Barcelona government its gesture Of appreciation
for Mrs. Roosevelt's sympathy for wartorn Spain.
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The etchlnGs are now IN the
offices Of the Spanish consul
general In New York, Ambas-
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ing to bring pressure on him.
Papa certainly won't like it.
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Evening star., 1939-04-30
Engagement
Of Miss Howard
Is Announced

ROCKVILLE, Md, April 29.-An-
nouncement has been made Of the
engagement of Miss Dorothy Llew-
ellyn Howard, daughter of Mrs. Lucy
G. Howard and the late Mr.. Clifard
L. Howard of Rockville. and Mr.
John P. Engle, son Of Mrs. Edith
r. Engle and the late Mr.. John P.
Engle of Gaithersburg, Md. The
wedding will take place in June.
Col. L. Mervin Maus, U. S. A., re-
tired, and Mrs. Maus. who spent the
winter at Hot Springs. Ark, are now
occupying their Rockville home
DR.. and Mrs. Robert c. Warfield
and Mrs George NJ Hunter have
returned from St. Petersburg. where
they spent the winter. Mr. and Mrs.
Harry A. Dawson, who also spent
the winter there, are expected back
the coming week
Mrs. Harry Shoemaker of San
Francisco is visiting her sister-in-
law, Mrs. Lee Ofutt. in Rockville.
Mrs. Charles G. Holland of Rock
vile is a guest of her sister, Mrs.
Frank La Moyne, at Eccleston, Md.
Miss Elsie England was a bridge
party hostess during the week.
Mrs. Edgar Clarke of Syracuse,
N. Y, is a guest of her brother-in-
law and sister, Mr.. and Mrs. Adrian
L. Brunett, in Rockville.
After spending the winter in St.
Petersburg, Fla, Mr.. and Mrs. Max
Wenner have returned to their home
near Rockville.
Evening star., 1939-04-30

OF the Royal naval COllege III Lon.
don, and Mrs. Stephens, who are to
come to Washington at the end of
the week.
Comdr. Stephens is making the
trip to this country to attend the
meetings of the Military Medical
Association, which will be held next
week.
Mrs. Walter Bogley Leaves
For California Visit.
Mrs. Walter Bogley of Friendship
Heights, who is en- route to Long
Beach, Calf, will stop until Tues
day in Nashville, Tenn, with Mrs.
William Grant, who will accompany
her on the trip West.
Mrs. Bogley's son, Ensign Jack
Bogley, who visited his parents sew
eral times during the last two
months while he was stationed in
Norfolk, Va, left with the fleet when
it was ordered to return to the
Pacific Coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. D. Amiss of Chevy
Chase Terrace and their son, John
Amiss, and their daughter, Miss
Helen Amiss, will leave tomorrow for
a weeks visit with Mr.. Amiss' sister,
Mrs. S. w. Platt, in Orlando, Fla.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Loveland OF
Alta Vista have as their guest Mrs.
Loveland's mother, Mrs Sarah Turk
of Columbus, Ohio.
Mrs. Carl Barclay of Sonoma Is
iy, D1oi1o 1aloHio
Mrs. Joseph R. Cant of Louisville,
KY, is the guest of her son-in-laW
and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs. Forrest
Morgan. in Bethesda.
Mrs. Alfred G. Olney has gone to
Spartanburg, S. c., to visit her son
and daughter-in- law, Mr.. and Mrs.
r. B. Olney, until November. Mrs.
Olney has spent the winter with
her son-in-law and daughter. Mr..
and Mrs. John B. Bowen, In Beth
esda.
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Bradley OF
Edgemoor are entertaining Mr.. and
Mrs. Dale Spoor of New York this
week end.
Miss Willie Patterson has come
from Cedar Lane Plantation, her
home in South Carolina, to spend
the month of May with Mr.. and
Mrs. Thew johnson at their home
on River road.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. B. Morris. jr., OF
Bethesda were hosts last evening
at the second of their series Of Sat-
urday evening bridge parties.
Among their guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Lou Mills, Mr.. and Mrs. Hardin
S. Chandler Mr. and Mrs. William
Mattingly and Mr.. and Mrs.
Charles Lanhardt.
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Scholarship Fund
Concert Planned

Plans are complete for the con-
cert which the Alumnae Associa-
ton of st. Cecilia's Academy Is
sponsoring this evening at $50
o'clock at the convent for the bene-
fit of the scholarship fund. Mrs.
James E. Colliflower is chairman
of the benefit.
The artists presented will be
Messrs. George. H. O'Connor, Ed
win c. Steffe, Charles Trowbridge
Tittmann, Bernard T. Fitzgerald,
William F. Raymond, Fred East,
William P. Shanahan, Thomas F.
Slattery, Lawrence Downey, Thomas
w. Brahany and George H. Wilson,
accompanist. This group will be
assisted by the Catholic University
Glee Club and Misses Agnes Fealy
Furmann, Margaret Stafford and
Grace Mary Colliflower.
On the committee assisting with
the arrangements are Mrs. Paul A.
Hurney, alumnae president; Mrs.
Lewis A. Payne, Mrs. Mary Manning,
Miss Virginia Manning, Miss Louise
Anselmo, Miss Ursula Anselmo, Miss
Angela Simone, Miss Rose Colli-
flower, Miss Josephine Reese, Miss
Iris Rowe and Miss Eleanor Neu-
land.
Evening star., 1939-04-30

to be gone until some time in June
At Springfield, Mo- she was joined
by her mother. Mrs I. N. Rogers,
who is making the trip with her
Their first stop will be San An
tonic, and from there they will go
to Long Beach. Tulare and San
Francisco. At Tulare they will visit
Mrs. Browns brother and sister
in-law, DR.. and Mrs. Sherman Rog-
ers, and later go to Portland. Seat
tie, Vancouver, British Columbia,
and en- route home stop at Mis-
soula, Mont, and at Chicago.
Mrs. Brown was accompanied as
far as Springfield, Ill, by Mrs. Dora
Griffith OF Delaware. Ohio, who has
spent the past winter and early
spring with her son-in-law and
daughter, DR.. and Mrs. j. Frank
Kendrick Of Aurora Hills.
Mrs. w. o. B. Hillman
Hostess Yesterday.
Mrs. William o. B. Hillman of
Arlington entertained small COM
pany at luncheon yesterday In COM
pliment to her mother -in-laW, Mrs
F. T. Hillman of Los Angeles, who
is visiting her son-in-law and
daughter during the senior Mr.. Hill
mans absence in South America.
Mrs. Mary Ilderton of Lancaster.
Ohio, who has been with her SON.
in-law and daughter, Mr.. and Mrs.
E. F. Inbody, for the past few
months, has gone to visit in Charles
ton, w. Va, and at Ashland, KY.
She made the trip with her niece
and nephew, Mr.. and Mrs. Fred A.
Haller, and their daughter, Miss
Edna Haller of Washington, and
her granddaughter, Miss Mary
Louise Inbody
They are making the trip pri-
marily to attend the golden we'd
ding anniversary celebration Tues
day of Mrs. Haller's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. William Samuel Wheat
ley, at their country place near
Ashland.
Mr.. and Mrs. Conrad Ottgen are
spending several days with their
daughter, Mrs. Nat Hynes, on North
Edgewood street, en- route to their
home in Adrian, Mich, from St.
Petersburg, Fla.
Mrs. Margaret See returned yes
terday to her home in Cincinnati,
after spending the past two months
with her son and daughter-in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. o. F. See of Aurora
Hills.
Mr.. and Mrs. Lemuel Chester
Sansbury have returned from their
wedding trip and are at home at
600 Twenty ninth street South, Ar
lington. Mrs. Sansbury is the for
mer Miss Helen Marjorie Camp
bell, daughter of Mr.. and Mrs.
Frank G. Campbell of Arlington.
Miss Phyllis Moore, who will leave
this afternoon for Kent, Ohio, to
resume her studies at Kent Uni
versity, will be accompanied by her
mother, Mrs. Stanton Moore, and
Mrs. Edward Tyler, who will re-
turn to the county the middle of
the week.
Evening star., 1939-04-30
Lee Memorial
Foundation
Meeting Today

The annual meeting OF the
washington Committee of the
Robert E. Lee Memorial Founda-
ton. which will be held at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Pierre
Gaillard this afternoon, is draw
ing many officials of the founda-
ton and of the National Society
of the Colonial Danes Of Amer
lea to the city. Mrs. Charles u.
Lanier. president of the founda-
ton. and Miss Helen Knox,
treasurer, as we'll as Mrs. Joseph
B. Hutcheson, president OF the
Colonial Danes, will be among
those attending, as will many
members of the Biennial Coun-
Gil of the Colonial Danes who
will meet here this week.
Mrs. Lanier will bring greet
ings from the national organi-
zation, which is restoring STRAIT
ford Hall, the historic home of
the Lees of Virginia.
Mrs. George Maurice Morris is
in charge of the arrangements
for the meeting, at which Mrs.
Cazenove Lee, chairman of the
Washington Committee, and Mr..
Morley J.. Williams, director OF
research and restoration, Mount
Vernon Ladies' Association. will
speak.
On the Arrangements Commit
tee are Mrs. Francis G. Addison,
jr.; Mrs. John w. Burke, Mrs.
Hawes Dunn, Mrs. Harry S.
Grant, Mrs. Walter B. Guy, Mrs.
Beaudric Howell, Mrs. Wilson
Lee, Mrs. Albert Lucas, Mrs.
Daniel B. Moffett. Mrs. Benja-
min Weems and Mrs. Richard
Wigglesworth.