Evening star., 1941-11-09
Program Is Mapped
For Observance Of
Civil Defense Week
Round-Tuble Discussion
Of Recreation Will Be
Held Tomorrow

Washington joins with the Nation
in the observance of Civilian De-
fense Week which opens Tuesday
and continues through next Sunday.
President Roosevelt has proclaim
ed the six-day period as time for
all Americans to consider their re-
sponsibilitieS in defense OF the coun-
try. The Presidents summons was
issued at the suggestion of Civilian
Defense Director Fiorello La
Guardia.
With the Capital the center of the
national defense effort, the District
Defense Council is making extensive
plans for the celebration here.
Although the observance does not
start until Tuesday, a round table
discussion on Recreation in Ma
tional Defense" will be held tomor-
row at 9:l5 am. at the Jewish Com
munity Center. Sponsored by the
Community Center and Fairgrounds
Department, in cooperation with
the District Defense Council, the
discussion will be led by Mark A.
McCloskey, recreation director of
the Federal Security Agency.
Exhibits at Dunbar School.
Opening exercises Tuesday will be
linked with observance of the sign
ing of the armistice. Wednesday
however. has been designated as
War Against Waste Day" here Ex-
hibits and motion pictures on how
and what can be saved for defense
will be shown at the Dunbar High
School, First and o streets NV,
from 9 am. to 5 pm.
Mrs. Roosevelt. assistant director
of the Office of Civilian Defense,
will visit Dunbar and Woodrow Will
son High Schools Thursday morn
ing, the day being designated as
Sign Up for Defense Day"
Arriving at Dunbar at IL am.
Mrs. Roosevelt will view a demon
stration of civilian defense volun-
teer registration. She is scheduled
to appear half an hour later at
Wilson, where the exhibits will in
clude Red Cross activities. Both
schools will be open to the public
from m. to pm.
High light of the Friday program
will be public meeting at Wilson
at 8 pm, where speakers will in
clude Aubrey Williams, administra-
tor of the National Youth Admins
tration; Col. Lemuel Bolles, execu-
tive officer of the District Defense
Council; John B. Kelly, director OF
physical fitness for the Office Of
Civilian Defense, and Eugene Meyer
publisher of the Washington Post
Admiral Clark to Speak.
At Dunbar that evening the pro-
gram includes an address by Ad-
miral Clark H. woodward, Navy
Department member Of the Boarc
for Civilian Defense.
Incendiary bomb demonstrations
will be held the same night at both
schools, at Wilson at 9:15 O'Clock
and at Dunbar at 7:3O o'clock.
With Friday set aside as Health
and Welfare Day., the country'l
outstanding sports stars will make
appearances at both schools. They
include Jack Dempsey, former
heavyweight boxing champion: Alice
Marble and Mary K. Browne. tennis
champions now affiliated with the
Office of Civilian Defense; Jack
Kelly, former Olympic rowing cham
pion: Dutch Bergman. one time No.
ire Dame football star and former
Catholic University coach, and A
Blozis, intercollegiate shotput cham
pion.
Miss Katherine F.. Lenroot, CHIEF
of the Children's Bureau, Labor
Department, in letters to all State
departments of health, welfare and
labor yesterday called attention tt
the importance of adequate plan.
ming to assure the health and well
fare of children in the nationaI
emergency.
She said the theme of the week /.
the only effective answer to tota,
war-tOtal defense" She defined II
objectives for defense program fol
children.