Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-06-10
Civilians Start
Signing Up for
Defense Today
Registrars to Be Ready
At ~ Schools for
Volunteer Service

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Washington will begin this after
noon on its three days of registra-
ton designed to bind together into
a potential home defense army an
estimated $4,000 persons in all walks
of life and between the ages of is
and &c.
Final details were completed late
yesterday afternoon on the machin-
cry that will carry out the giant
task of listing names of volunteers.
Nearly 500 trained registrars will be
on hand at A local schools and at
the Central Volunteer Bureau. Sixth
street and Pennsylvania avenue
NV, from $3.50 to $50 pm, daily
through Thursday.
In sudden change of plans, it
was announced that the 1000 VOL
unteers needed to aid the District
Fire Department as auxiliary fire.
men will be registered along with
those who will be assigned to other
duties. This was done at the re-
quest of the Commissioners, officials
said. AS originally planned, a sep
arate registration would have been
held for the fire fighters.
Executive Secretary Chosen.
A meeting of the Steering Com
mittee of the Committee on Volun-
teer Service, the District Defense
Council group in charge of the reg
istration, was held at the District
Armory Yesterday morning under
the direction of Mrs. Harry S. Bern
ton, chairman.
The Steering Committee approved
during its session the appointment
of Mrs. Lavinia Keyes Ebbling. now
employed by the Civil Service Com
mission, as executive secretary OF
the Central Volunteer Bureau. She
will work on a full-time basis, it
was explained, and will coordinate
the activities of the bureau.
Others present at the meeting. IN
addition to Mrs. Benton, were Mrs.
Stuart A. Rice. chairman of the
Placement Committee; R. H. Mod
derman, chairman of the Subcom-
mittee on Finance: Mrs. G.. How
land Chase. chairman of the Com
mittee on Survey; Miss Elizabeth
Houghton. Mrs. John B. Blandford,
IT.. Publicity Committee repre-
sentative, and Otto Lund,. head Of
volunteer service for the Red Cross.
Registrars Schooled in Duties.
AS one of the last preparatory
moves the so woman registrars who
will represent the Central Volunteer
Bureau at each of the registration
places during the three days they
are open, were assigned to their
individual locations. For the last
three weeks these volunteers have
studied the routine to be followed
in registering people and will be
prepared to answer any questions
which may arise among the dozen
or other workers who will be on
duty at each school, Mrs. Bernton
said
Additional instruction was given
yesterday to the women who have
volunteered to keep the card filing
system on registraatS in order at
the Central Volunteer Bureau so
that the Defense Council can tap
its defense reservoir of workers at
q moments notice. Those who at
tended the class were Mrs. Eugene
Sugg, Mrs. Charles Suppler of Sill
yer Spring, Md; Mrs. Gustave Ring,
Mrs. Edward B. Somehow, Mrs E.
r. Haas. Mrs, Jerome F. Horwitz,
Mrs. Richard w. Cant, Mrs. Lewis
Ecker. Miss Ellen Knipe. Miss Dor
othy Dyar. Mrs. Merrill G.. Beede
of Alexandria, Va; Mrs. Milton w.
King and Mrs. Herbert L. Will
lett, jr.-
Wants Record Ready.
Mrs. Benton said yesterday she
was confident the public would
answer the call for defense aid. She
has asked all persons who can spare
the time, whether a resident of the
District or the nearby area, to regis
ter, and urged that persons who
plan soon to go away on vacations
also fill out blanks.
I'VE don't know how soon we will
call on volunteers for aid" she ex-
planned. but we want as quickly as
possible to compile the list of po-
tential workers so that we will have
the record at hand to draw upon
when needed
Several civic and political organi-
cations have indicated they plan to
register their members in a group,
and it was revealed yesterday that
the Committee on Volunteer Serv-
ice had received a request from one
Federal department to send regis
trars to enroll its 10000 employees in
a body.
SkillS to Be Recorded.
Applicants will be given their
choice of services, but they will be
asked to list their individual skills
and talents along with their prefer
ence. This will be done. it was ex-
planned, so the council will know
just what aid it can expect in case
of emergency.
EdCn person selected Tor place.
ment will be called before trained
volunteer personnel for interviews.
Placements will be made after care
full study and will be conducted
through the Central Volunteer Bu-
reau as a central agency.
AS the registration proceeds this
week, each registrant will be given
q red, white and blue button. bear
ing the words volunteer for de-.
Tense" to mark him as a volunteer.
He also will receive a card telling
him that he will be contacted as
soon as needed and that your CO.
opration today has confirmed our
belief that Washington can meet
any emergency"