Evening star., 1941-03-02
District Prepares to Entertain
$4,000 Soldiers on Week Ends
Committee Hopes Citizens Will Treat
Boys Like Neighbors and Visitors

the committee that they hope
Washington will send enough en-
tertainment to the camps to make
the men content in their new
home"
When the visitors pour into town
they are going to want to do some
thing that is different from camp.
The Army men feel that if Wash
ington offers enough interesting,
intelligent entertainment the young
men will grab at the chance.
Otherwise the soldiers will go for
whatever is offered-and that raises
the specter of military police swarm
ing all over town to keep order.
One of Mr.. Bondy's subcommit-
tees is called the Committee on
Liaison. of which Otto Lund is
chairman. This committee will
keep in touch with camp command
ers 10 find out what sort of enter
tainment the camps can use during
the week and to tell the camps
what ball games, what shows, what
dances and what other entertain
ments will be available in Wash
ington.
To take care of sending entertain
ment to the camps and of provid-
ing it in town, there is a Commit
tee on Hospitality and Recreation
and another on Commercial Amuse-
ments.
Program to Be Prepared.
Minor Hudson is chairman of the
hospitality and recreation group.
This group will line up community
dances, shows by amateur dra-
matists, magicians, musicians, sports
programs. etc.
The commercial amusements
group is headed by Ray Everett.
Local theaters are represented and
they will send their talent to the
camps. Liquor dispensers are rep
resented and they are an important
group. For on their cooperation
depends much of the success of the
program. They must protect the
soldier and the community, the
committee feels.
Paul Edwards is chairman of the
Information Committee. His group
hopes to establish booths in i'm
portant parts of town. At these
booths men in uniform can find
out where they can spend the night
in town, what sightseeing tours are
available, where they can park their
bundles, who's playing baseball or
what night clubs cost how much.
This committee hopes to utilize
w. P. A. services to gather and
disseminate information.
A. committee on church and
fraternal liaison will attempt to
put local church groups in touch
with their members in camps. They
hope that homes of church people
here will be opened to visiting SOL
diers and that fraternal organiza =
tions will entertain their members.
Social Activities Planned.
The Committee on Government
Employees Service, headed by Archie
c. Edwards, will be primarily re-
sponsible for planning social activi-
ties for the thousands of new Gov
ernmenC workers.
This group plans big things and
Mr.. Edwards is little worried be-
cause he doesn't believe Washing
ton realizes the changes that are
being wrought in the city by the
advent of new Federal personnel.
The committee is working for
the construction of more tennis
courts and other sports facilities,
for big public dances and shows.
They hope to bring the defense
workers and the soldiers together
to lessen the loneliness of both.
Maj. Charles H. Dodd of the
Salvation Army is in charge of the
Committee on Lodging. This group
is seeking to establish a number of
weekend dormitories" for soldiers.
These would be in gymnasiums or
fraternal halls or auditoriums. They
would consist of nothing but cots
and washrooms, where for 25 or so
cents a soldier could get nights
sleep.
The chairmen of these subcom-
mittees are going to hold meeting
on Tuesday at pm. at the Taft
House. They'll have lot to talk
about, for they've a lot to do be-
fore Washington is prepared
mentally or physically-for that
week end in June or July when the