Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1941-10-25
Patriotic Talks
And Music 10
Mark Meetings
Programs Planned
At Gatherings for
Defense Setup

OerenSe SetuP
A swelling volume of patriotic
music, song and oratory will fill
Washington's community meeting
places tonight when citizenry
conscious of the dangers lurking in
an uncertain world meets for the
grim purpose of safeguarding their
Nations Capital against havoc
from the air.
Although incidental to the primary
objective of nominating air raid
wardens to form protective ground
network and of setting up perma-
nent Executive Committee on Civil
ian Defense, many of the more than
so mass meetings scheduled through
out the District Will be devoted to
some form of reassuring expressions.
Formal programs have been ar
ranged for some of the gatherings,
and in nearly all cases the massing
citizens will intersperse the business
of the evening with singing, prayers,
pledges, speechmaking or other va
rieties Of appropriate diversion.
Allow Time for Objective.
All the programs, however, have
been planned with an eye to allow
ing ample time for the mission
which the meetings have been called
upon to fulfill. The main job is for
each meeting to name candidates for
deputy warden and three assist
ant deputy wardens in each Of the
Sc areas into which the District has
been divided.
! The groups also will have the task
OF naming a permanent Executive
Committee to work with the war
dens when appointed. The size OF
these committees has been left to
the discretion of the meetings, al
though civilian defense headquar-
tiers has suggested that units of
three or five persons are most de-
sirable.
Engineer Commissioner Charles
w. Kutz will headline a l5-minute
radio broadcast at BIS pm. over
radio station WMAL to touch off the
sessions. Other speakers will be
Harry N. Stull, president of the Fed
Grafton of Citizens Associations, and
DR.. E. F. Harris, acting president of
the Federation of Civic Associations
Col. L. L. Bolles, executive director
of civilian defense, has asked chair
men of the various mass meetings
to tune in the broadcast for the
meetings.
Among the more elaborate pro-
grams prepared is that of the Ar
kansas Avenue Community Associ-
alton, scheduled to meet Jointly
with the Crestwood Association. at
Roosevelt High School, Thirteenth
and Upshur streets NV.
Two Representatives to Speak.
Two members of Congress, Rep
resentatives Patrick of Alabama
and Robson of Kentucky will speak
at this meeting. which will be pre-
sided over by Hugh v. Kaiser, presi-
dent of the Arkansas avenue group.
The Roosevelt High School Orches-
ira will play and Miss Helen Gill
crest will sing the Star Spangled
Banner" The Rev DR.. John Queal-
ly of the Church of the Transfgura-
ton will open the meeting with a
prayer and the Rev. John Tenneally
director Of Indian affairs for the
Catholic church will close it with
his benediction. An American
Legion unit will mass colors and
Boy Scouts from Troops 80 and soc
will act as ushers.
The Georgia Avenue Business
mems Association. along with Par
ent-Teacher associations and minis
tiers of all churches in the Arkansas
avenue area, have been extended
invitations to participate in the
meeting at Roosevelt High.
In fact, organized businessmen
will have a part in good many Of
the meetings. William j. Mileham
president of the Federation Of
Businessmen Associations, has lei
it be known that he guarantees thai
each of the % constituent associa-
lions, numbering around 1000 per-
sons, will be represented at the
various gatherings. I'VE realize the
necessity of this emergency move,
Mr.. Mileham said, and we are
willing and insistent to carry il
through efficiently and quickly"
Three Join In One Meeting.
Community singing, an organ re.
cital a pledge to the flag anc
speeches will be in order at meet
ing at the Columbia Heights Christ
ian Church, 1885 Park road NV.
which will find three civic bodie!
turning out in force. The Columbia
Heights Citizens Association. thu
Citizens Forum of Columbis
Heights and the Mount Pleasan
Citizens Association will be repre-
sented in this instance.
They will hear Miss KATHERINE
Fowler at the organ and listen tt
the radio broadcast arranged TO
all the meetings. Prayers will be of
fered by the Rev. James H. Mier
of the Fourth Presbyterian Church
and the Rev. A. P. Wilson of Co
lumbia Heights Christian Church.
Surg. Gen. Thomas Parran, re
Gently back from an inspection tou
of England, will speak at the mass
ing of the Citizens Association o
Chevy Chase and the public at larg
at the E. v. Brown School DR.. Par
rams topic will be What We Cal
Learn From the British" Other
down to talk at this meeting ar
Capt. William L. Clemens. assistan
to Col. Bolles, and Theodore West
rope. assistant financial adviser t
the British Embassy.
Col. Snow to Speak.
Col. Beverley Snow, Assistant En-
gineer Commissioner, will speak q
a meeting at Masonic Hall, Twelft
and Monroe streets NE, which wi
be attended by groups representa-
tive of the Brookland and Dahlgre
Terrace Citizens Associations, tn
Brookland Civic Association an
, Bunker Hill Post. American Legion
, as well as unaffiliated citizens.
A meeting at Stuart Junior Hig