Evening star., 1942-11-07
Federation Has Two
Principal Candidates
For Star Trophy
Health Committee and
Boxter Smith Up for
Consideration Tonight

The Health Committee and Baxter
Smith, chairman of the Safety Com
mittee of the Federation of Citizens
Associations, stand as the two con-
tenders for The Evening Star
Trophy award for 1912 at the fed
Grafton election at o'clock tonight
at the District Building.
Winner of the trophy last year
was Harry N. Stull, who is retiring
as third-term president of the
federation.
In the citation filed with the
secretary of the federation, it is
reported that the Health Committee
has kept its caledar up to date and
often anticipated activities that
were beneficial to the District of
Columbia" Some of the important
items, it was said, are:
determination of rats; obtaining
more school physicians; successfully
advocating five hours week of
physical instruction in the schools,
resulting in the appointment of IS
physical instructors, six more part
time school physicians and 20 more
nurses; advocating, with the Public
Welfare Committee, at least 1000
more hospital beds; presenting to
Senate committee the federation's
resolution for more thorough teach
Ing in the schools of the effect of
the use of alcohol and narcotics,
and appearing before Senate COM
mittee to oppose the change in the
coroner's Office to that of medical
examiner.
DR.. C. B. Campbell Chairman.
Or. Charles B. Campbell, delegate
from the District Medical Society,
Is chairman, and Mrs. Elizabeth T.
Sullivan of the Progressive Citizens
Association of Georgetown is vice
chairman.
Mr.. Smiths citation states that
"as a highway engineer with the
Public Roads Administration he has
been from the outset valuable
member of the Safety and Highway
and Bridges Commission of the fed
GRAFTON. In 1910, Mr.. Smith brought
credit to himself and to the fedora
ton by submitting an excellent re-
port on snow removal equipment,
which was directly responsible for
obtaining appropriations for equip
ment which had been needed for
many years"
Last year, according to the cita-
ton, Mr.. Smith testified before con-
gressional committees regarding the
need for an increase in the per-
sonnel of the Police Departments,
which received authorization for 180
additional men. He is also credited
with working "tirelessly" on the
creation of an accident-prevention
board and assembling data on the
establishment of the Minimum Wage
and Industrial Safety Board The
citation claims that his report on
the retention of the accident in
vestigation unit did much to pre-
serve this unit in the face of strong
opposition from District officials"
Studied Traffic Report.
Named as chairman of the special
1COCl W COllSlucI
the "Whitehurst report on street,
highway and related traffic prob
lems," Mr.. Smiths testimony, the
citation declares, was responsible
largely for setting the gasoline tax
increase at / cent rather than the
2-cent increase which seemed inevi-
table at the time"
Presented to the federation in
the winter of 1888, the inscription
on the trophy states that it is ITO
be awarded by the federation each
year to the committee or delegate
rendering outstanding public service
for the District of Columbia"
Nominees-additio ones may
be made from the floor-for prin-
cipal posts are: President, Harry S.
Wender; first vice president, Walter
F. Wasson; second vice president,
Mrs. Marie c. Mold, Mrs. Carrie G..
Smith. Mrs. Olive Faircloth and
Fred S. Walker; treasurer, Kenneth
p. Armstrong, and secretary, David
Babp. There are Is candidates for
10 posts on the Executive Board
r,h;oh o1ro hos tho fvo officers