Evening star., 1940-02-04
'Tomorrow's Citizen
Exhibit 10 Boost
D. T.. Civic Interest
Talking Robot Only One
Of Many Attractions
For Formal Opening

Featuring a talking robot, called
the Professor" and q wide variety
of demonstrations, charts and pic
lures. "Tomorrow's Citizens" COM
prehensive exhibit designed "to fur
ther stimulate public interest IN
civic and social problems IN WASH
ington," will open formally to-
morrow night at the National
Museum.
The project is presented by the
Social Studies Committee Of the
Washington branch, American As
sociation of University Women, with
the cooperation of the Labor De-
partment and other Federal and
District agencies and private or
ganizations afnliated with the
Council Of Social Agencies and the
Community Chest.
A distinguished gathering is ex-
pected at the formal opening at
8 pm. tomorrow. Invitations have
been sent to more than $500 leaders
in the civic, social, educational, re-
ligious, business and professional
life of the city.
First function of the exhibit was
a press review yesterday. Many
officials who had co-operated IN
committee work on various booths
dropped in to look over their partic-
ular projects. Among them were
Herbert L. Willett, jr, director OF
the Community Chest, and William
A. Van Duzer, director of traffic.
Poster Entries Judged.
Judges of posters went over the
many entries in a poster contest
Yesterday afternoon at the museum.
The posters came from contest
conducted in the junior and senior
hirh schools of the public schools
to interest students in the exhibit.
Posters were judged on Originality,
effectiveness and FORM" by the fol-
lowing: Mrs. Henry Grattan Doyle,
president of the Board OF Educa-
ton; Miss Ethel Bray and Mrs.
Rosa N. Hampton, directors of art,
public schools; w. L. Wardrip, dis
play manager, Hahn and Co., and
Miss Margaret Klein of the Depart
fnent of Labor, who is technical
director of Tomorrow's Citizen. The
best poster is to be displayed in the
museum hall, and others will be
shown in schools and public build
ings Final decision will be reached
by the judges tomorrow morning.
Mrs. Charter Heslep, chairman
of the Social Studies Committee
of the A. A. U. w., who is general
chairman of the exhibit, was in
conference late yesterday with Miss
Klein, technical director; Mrs. w.
w. Werntz, assistant director, and
Mrs. F. Norman Hearn, hostess
chairman, concerning plans for the
opening tomorrow night.
Guests will be received by Miss
Mary Anderson, chief of the
Women's Bureau, Department of
Labor, representing Secretary of
Labor Perkins; Senator William
King, chairman of the Senate Dis
trict Committee; Chairman Jen-
nings Randolph of the House Dis
trict Committee; Mrs. William c.
Van Week, president of the Wash
ing branch, A. A. U. w.: Miss Klein,
and District Commissioner Melvin
G. Hazen.
Exhibit Runs for Three Weeks.
The exhibit, which will run. for
three weeks daily from am. to
4:30 pm. and Sundays from 80
pm. to 4:30 pm, is in 10 alcoves
around a center exhibit hall The
central hall has an elaborate dis
play devoted to the Council of So
cial Agencies and the Community
Chest, whose work covers all of the
special fields. There is consider
able overlapping of subject matter
as shown in the hall and the alcoves,
but this was done deliberately, Miss
Klein explained, in order to pre-
sent the complete picture of the
District.
The 10 subjects of the displays
include recreation, safety, civic re-
sponsibility, health, crime preven-
ton, education, labor, consumer
problems, housing and public well
fare.
Voteless Washngtontians are given
q chance to vote in the safety al
cove. On the automatic voting ma
chine Traffic Director Van Duzer
yesterday tried his hand at voting
on questions on safety in ques-
tionnaire prepared by the Amer
lean Automobile Association. There
is a glare machine to test speed of
recovery of eyes from glare in night
driving, some flashing red, amber,
and green traffic lights, and even
sample of the parking meters used
along curbstones.
Leading the list of questions on
traffic in the voting machine is this:
''Should all gasoline taxes and regis
tration fees be used for highway
purposes?'
d. C. Housing Costs Highest.
The cost of living in Washington
for a manual workers family of
four persons at maintenance level
is higher than any other city in
list Of seven except New York City,
according to one chart. But hous-
ing here is higher even than in New
York. The total budget for the
family in Washington is listed at
$1,5O3, as compared with the slightly
higher $3.50 for New York, but
these lower budgets elsewhere: Den
yer. ST 800; Mobile, $1,196; New Or
leans, $1,279; Portland, Greg, ST.
337; San Francisco, $1,462. Housing
here costs the family 1851 a year
compared to 5000 in New York.
The District has made striking
progress in health of her people, ac-
cording to a series of charts in the
health alcove. One of the most
amazing is the sharp decline In
deaths from diphtheria, which has
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