Evening star., 1942-05-31

tertainment facilities and general
cultural facilities, Is being compiled
by the boards Cultural Develop
ment Committee.
The Highways Committee has
pushed the Fourteenth street and
Maine avenue grade separation: the
extension of Independence avenue;
the widening of Twenty third street
and reconstruction of the railroad
bridge over the Potomac River.
Work of the other committees in
the Board of Trade include: The
work OF the American Ideals Com
mittee in the education and nat
urallzation of aliens and co-opera-
ton with the AmericaniZation
School Association; the award Of
biennial certificates of merit by the
Committee on Architecture and
Architectural Awards for excellence
in architecture in the District of CO.
lumbia; the Charities and Correc-
tions Committees study OF various
phases of the charity field, public
correctional activities, charitable &C
tivitieS, public relief and private
charities; the Insurance Committees
attention to pending insurance leg
islation; the Committee on National
Representations efforts to obtain for
washington representation in Con-
gress; the Public and Private Build
lngS Committees studies of building
codes and support of the Commits
sloners' recommendation that fire.
escapes should be governed by reg
ulatlon rather than by law; the
Public Library Committee to secure
Tor Washington an adequate munich
pal library; the Public Utilities and
transportation Committees studies
on the proposed railroad shuttle
service, taxicabs and their status in
the local transportation system. in
terstate operation of commercial
trucks and the provisions of the
Public Utilities Commission budget:
the Afraid Protection Committees
eHorts for civilian defense in in
oustrlal and commercial establish
ments.
The Greater National Capital
Committee, one of the first COM
mlttees to feel the effects of the
oe1ense program because opportun-
itles for the encouragement of
conventions and visitors to the
Nations Capital were necessarily
curtailed, has operated for some
months a hotel-transient clearing
mouse which finds Accommodations
for business men and others coming
here on the defense program who
previously had had difficulty in
locating hotel rooms. It is getting
further and further into the activity
OF the better oEentation of new
corners to Washington and Is max
Ing every effort to supply services
TO these newcomers in order that
they may feel that Washington is
their home. 1t has issued many
statements of facts about conditions
here and has helped considerably in
counteracting the unfavorable pub
licity which Washington has re-
ceived throughout the country
since the inception of the defense
program. 1t also continues to
handle the thousands Of INQUIRIES
which come into it every year re-
garding local events, points of
interest and activities in the Ma
tion'S Capital. In addition, the
Greater National Capital Committee
is maintaining in current order it's
convention and visitor files so that
at the conclusion of the present
emergency, Washington may again
assume its place as the Nations
No. l tourist and convention center.
In relating the above activities of
the Board Of Trades Committees,
Mr.. McLachlen emphasized that
probably too few people are aware
of the ground covered by the Board
of Trade. He stated, I'VE will strive
to maintain a constant vigilance
over all affairs affecting the Dis
trict of Columbia and even during
these uncertain times, continue our
efforts to make Washington a better
place in which to live and bring
home to its residents the fact that
Washington is not curiosity piece
to be viewed with awe by other
people Of this country but is a
fundamental American city. alive to
its responsibilities to its citizens"