Evening star., 1940-03-26
Washington-Born
Commissioner Urged
BySociety Of Natives
Pine, New Member,
Suggests CordioIity
To Non-Residents

Appointment of native WASH
ingtonian to the office of District
Commissioner to succeed Commits
sioner George E. Allen, whose
resignation becomes effective April
IS, was urged last night by the
Society of Natives in a resolution
adopted at its monthly meeting in
the Continental Hotel.
Earlier the society adopted a res
olution recommending William E.
Richardson, prominent lawyer and
past president of the society, for
the Commissioner post, but Mr..
Richardson explained he could not
even consider the position"
The retiring district attorney, Da-
vid A. Pine, recently appointed asso-
ciate justice of District Court, and
scheduled to be sworn in early next
month, spoke and was enrolled as a
new member of the society.
Urges Welcome to Nom Residents.
Mr.. Pine stressed the value of the
society from standpoints of social
contacts and promoting civic pride
and betterment. He warned it,
however, not to become exclusive,
but to extend welcoming hand to
non-native Washingtonians who
have come here to live, declaring:
They must be cordially brought
into the fold of your general for
ward movement for betterment and
improvement and urged to take the
same interest and to have the same
pride as you in the great city which
they have adopted as their own. I
urge you to keep this thought in
mind and invite these newcomers
into your other civic groups so that
they may take an active interest
in the affairs of the city and come
to love their foster parent-the City
of Washington.
IN this way" added Mr.. Pine,
'you can avoid the charge that I
hear uttered, that this is city of
transients, having no community
interest and who are merely here
to do certain task and make a
little money. If this city is to con-
tinue to be great, and I have no
doubt that it will, you must bring
newcomers into your homes and
into your hearts and urge upon
them the wisdom and desirability
Of becoming one of us in our joint
and joyous adventure of making
this city the finest city in the land"
Changes to BE Considered.
Proposed changes in the society's
constitution and bylaws, including
changing its name to the District
of Columbia Society and of giving
its Executive Committee greater
powers, as suggested by Louis
Bowdler, the president, were read
at the meeting and are to come up
for further consideration at the So
ciety's annual meeting in May
Mr.. Howard. the first vice presi-
dent, announced that string quar-
tet from the Chesapeake & Potomac
Telephone Co. Glee Club, under di-
rection of Robert H. Davidson, will
entertain at the societys annual
banquet on April % in the May
flower Hotel. Other details of the
banquet program. including the
name of speaker, are to be an
nounced later. Commissioner Mel
vim c. Hazen and Representative
Randolph of West Virginia, chair
man of the House District Commit
tee, are among invited guests who
already have accepted invitations
to attend, Mr.. Howard said
Besides Mr.. Pine, other new men,
bers enrolled at last nights meeting
were William J. Taylor, Frederick
j. Blumer, Mrs. A. j. Hendley Vim
cent L. Toomey, Mrs. Julia D. De
Land and John B. Robson.