Evening star., 1939-02-22
Birthday
Speaker Hits
Foreign |sms
Stornes Addresses
Patriotic Groups in
Constitution Hall

F'e1'e oOC OldIIle OF
Alabama warned against "the
spread of foreign isms" in an ad-
dress today at Memorial Constitu-
ton Hall, scene of one of the nu-
merous services in the District and
nearby Virginia paying tribute to
George Washington on the 2O7th
anniversary of his birth
Other services were held at Mount
vernon, the Washington Monument
and other patriotic shrines as busi-
ness and Government activities
STOOD virtually at standstill. Dis
trlct schools We're closed, but those
IN virginia and Maryland remained
open.
Congress halted it's regular busi-
ness for brief commemorative eyer
cises. Washington's farewell ad-
oress was read in the Senate bv
senator Taft of Ohio and in the
house by Representative Lanham of
Texas. "a
Inc services at Memorial Conti-
mental Hall were sponsored Jointly
oy the District units of the Sons of
tne American Revolution. the Sons
OF the Revolution, the Daughters of
the American Revolution and the
Chlloren OF the American Revolu-
'ioh' With the later group presiding.
Sectionalism Fading.
Representative Starnes. revieu,ino
the principles which George wash
lngtor advocated and promulgated
lor America, declared that section
alSm Is fading, but the dangers we
must guard against in these davs
are the demands Of organized mi
norltles seeking to impose their will.
the reign of class against class and
inc spread of foreign isms."
Capital and labor must be ac-
corded fair and just treatment, he
ueclared. There must be no persecu-
llon OF racial or religious minorities
Ahat all such groups and minorities
must remember they are but seq
mentS OF our society and the welfare
OF the whole is paramount to the
special interests of any segment
Recommending that every alien
VINO advocates theory of Govern
ment contrary to constitutional
democracy be deported, he urged
the pursuit of a national policy
which will establish beyond cayal
the advantages of democracy and
bringing to each citizen thereof the
more abundant life"
Refers to Bund Meeting.
Indirectly refeEing to the bund
meeting in New York, he declared
that speech and the press be free,
but devoted to the public interest
not the special interests" nor q
vehicle of hate by organized classes
and minorities.
Sound public credit, he said, was
believed by Washington to be a
source of strength and security, stat
ing that our public credit is good"
he said that every American citizen
must view with some degree of ap-
prehension the growth of our public
debt
Before the exercises, representa-
tlves OF the participating societies,
including the 81 D. A. r. and 18 c.
A. R. chapters in the District, filed
into the hall carrying the colors of
the national and local organizations.
Greetings were extended from the
National Society of the C. A. R. py
Mrs. John Morrison Kerr, national
organizing secretary; from the Ma
tional Society S. A. R. by Frank E.
Steele, secretary-r registrar general
from the National Society S. R., by
Charles Colfax Long, president of
the District of Columbia Society,
and from the Washington Society,
D. A. R., by Miss Lillian Chenoweth,
State regent for the District.
William G. Pennington. jr, junior
president of the District c. A. R. and
freshman at George Washington
University, presided.
A group of vocal selections were
given by the Gordon Junior High
School Glee Club. Capt. Taylor
Branson led the United States Ma
rlne Band Orchestra in a musical
program before the exercises.
During the ceremonies a large
wreath was taken from the hall and
placed at the base of the Washington
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