Evening star., 1941-04-25
10 Board Of Trade
Directors Elected;
Membership Gains
Officers To Be Chosen
Tomorrow; Overton
Formula Victory Seen

The Washington Board of Trade
elected 10 members of its board Of
directors at its annual meeting last
night at the Mayf1ower Hotel. These
10, who will serve for three years, will
meet with the other 20 members of
the board tomorrow morning to elect
officers for the year.
Those elected last night were Karl
E. FARRELL, vice president, Thomas E.
FARRELL Co., real estate; Robert V.
Fleming, president Riggs National
Bank; Edwin C. Graham, president
Hamilton National Bank; Joseph c.
McGarraghy, lawyer, of the firm of
Wilkes, McGarraghy & Arts; Fran
cit G. Addison, jr., president Security
Savings g. Commercial Bank; Henry
S. Owens, certified public account
ant. Henry S. Owens & Co.; B. M,
McKelWay, managing editor, The
Star; Lloyd B. Wilson, president
Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone
Co.; Odell S. Smith, secretary
treasurer, Norfolk & Washington
Steamboat Co.; P. Y. K. Howat,
president Howat Concrete Co, Inc.
Results of the election were an
nounced at the end of the meeting
by Joseph A. Burkart. who, with
Richmond B. Keech, constituted the
judges of the election.
ID. c. Officials COmplimented.
James E. Collif1ower, president of
the Board of Trade, paid tribute to
District officials for their part in
helping win for Washington the Ma
tional Safety Council award for hav-
ing the best traffic safety record OF
all cities in the Nation with a popu-
lation of 100000 or more.
Among these was Capt H. c.
Whitehurst, director of highways
the principal speaker of the evening
who made public the new prelimi-
nary report on highway, parking and
related traffic problems, and dis
cuSSed it at length. Others praised
in connection with the safety award
were District Commissioner David
McCoach, jr.; William A. Van Duzer
director, Department of Vehicles and
Traffic; Maj. Ernest w. Brown, su-
perintendent of police, and others.
In making his report to the Board
of Trade as president, Mr.. Colli-
flower characterized it as the most
venerable, articulate and effective
civic organization in the Capital"
Nearly 800 New Members.
Reporting the Membership Com
mittee had brought nearly 600 new
members into the organization. he
said the total membership now stood
dt about 1000 Finances, he char
acterized as in excellent condition,
referring to the report of the treas
urer, George Pitt, sr. previously
read in detail to the gathering.
Support had been rendered by the
Boaro of Trade during the year to
two important measures, Mr.. Colli-
flower declared, predicting they
might become law IN the reasonably
near future" These were the Over
ton-Hunter bill to provide more ade-
Quate payment by the Federal Gov
ernment toward the expenses of the
District of Columbia and the Cap
per-SumnerS resolution for national
representation.
Praising the new National Airport
on Gravelly Poin. as wonderful
adjunct for our city in the very near
future" Mr.. Collifiower said the site
was first suggested by the Airport
Committee of the Board of Trade
10 years ago He reviewed much
other work of the organizatio dur
ing the past year.
Horace Peters. staff assistant tc
the Secretary of the Treasury, ex-
planned the Government program
opening May to sell defense saw.
ings bonds and defense saving.
stamps. He called upon the Boarc
of Trade and the public for sup.
port of the issues and announced
he already had promise from Dis.
trict Commissioner McCoach of 10(
per cent cooperation from Distric
officials in setting up local or
ganization to promote the sale o.
the securities.
Warns Against Coercion.
Mr., Peters warned against usine
anything that smacks of coercion
in the sale of these defense securi.
ties. The Government does no
countenance the use of Stacker
lists" he said, nor involuntary de.
ductions from pay rolls to fore,
purchase of the bonds or securities
DR.. Paul F. Douglas, new presi.
dent of American University. Spok,
on the aims of his administrati ton.
Edgar Morris. chairman of tn,
Greater National Capital Commit.
tee, used series of illustrated
charts to show what has been don,
in 10 years by. that committee il
stimulating tourist and convention
business for Washington. He char.
acterized the tourist trade as sec.
ond only to the Government pay rol
and estimated it as worth $4,000 ,OOt
to the city. The flow of visitors. h,
showed, had increased from 1,70O..
600 in 1880 to 1881 900 in 1910
He introduced Wilmer J. Waller
chairman of the campaign to rails,
$62, 500 for the committee this yea
In a drive opening May /. Already
Mr.. Waller explained in asking TO
cooperation, there had been prelim
mary pledges amounting to $4,000
Henry S. Owens, chairman of tn,
Membership Committee, presented
the Ben Temple Webster Memoria
awards to six men-one postum
mously-for bringing in the larges
number of new members annually
The list was headed by Mr.. Coli
flower, with As new members. Other
honored were j. Merrill Conner
Harold o. Payne, H. Campbell
Dance, who died during the year
Clarence w. Gosnell and Garrett A
Pendleton.
Operations of the Better Business
Bureau were explained by Charlie
L. Skarren, jr., of the bureau.
The invocation was pronounced b,
the Right Rev. James E. Freeman
Episcopal Bishop of Washington.
Among other guests introduces
were Senator Capper of Kansas
Representative Dirksen of Illinois
Representative Collins of Missis