Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1942-05-24
Bankers 10 Open
3-Day Conc|ave
Here Tomorrow
24th Annual Event
At Columbia Club
To Draw Big Crowd
By EDWARD C. STONE.

BY EDWARD C. STONE.
More than 200 Washington
bankers and their guests will intend
the opening session of the three
day oath annual convention Of the
District Bankers Association, at the
Columbia Country Club tomorrow
morning. This will be the largest
attendance in years.
The morning sessions will be de-
voted to addresses by outstanding
speakers, serious consideration of
banking problems brought about by
the war, and important annual re-
ports: also the election of officers
for next year.
Tomorrow's program includes the
annual address by T. Stanley Hol-
land, association president, who
will review banking, business and
other economic conditions in the
Capital; and an address of ma
tional Importance by Mariner S.
Eccles, chairman of the Board of
Governors of the Federal Reserve
System.
The session will be opened with
invocation by the Rev. DR.. Charles
T. Warner, rector, Mount ST. AL
bans Church. The annual report
OF the Auditors Section will be pre-
sented by Chairman Lewis E..
Thomas, assistant cashier, Liberty
National Bank. The four sections
of the American Bankers Associa-
ton will also have brief meetings.
Brown and Alvord to Speak.
Following the annual report of
the Fiduciaries Section by Chair
man j. Wesley Clampitt, jr., assist
ant trust officer of the Union Trust
Co., the Tuesday session will feature
addresses by Constantine Brown,
foreign commentator of The Eve
ming Star. on America and the
War;" and Ellsworth c. Alvord,
chairman of the Committee on Fed
eral Finance of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, his subject
being Taxation"
Preston Delano, Controller of the
Currency, and D. J. Needham, gen.
eral counsel of the American
Bankers Association, will be intro
duced as guests of the convention
and invited to speak. In other years
they have made most timely re-
marks.
The Wednesday business session
will open with an address by John
M. Christie, Riggs National Bank
retiring president of Washington
Chapter, American Institute of
Banking. The guest speaker will
be the Rev. John j. Riley, director
of the National Shrine of the I'M
macu1ate Conception, Catholic Uni
versity. his subject being mo
Funds"
Election Set For Wednesday.
Election of officers is set for the
closing session, John A. Reilly,
president of the Second National
Bank, being slated for the presi-
dency. He is now first vice
president. Other present officers are
A. Scott Offutt. second vice presi-
dent; Sidney F. Taliaferro, third
vice president; Albert S. Galley,
treasurer and Donald w. Larson,
secretary.
Afternoons will be given to golf
and all the other sports events
which the out-of- town conventions
have offered. Mrs. T. Stanley Hol-
land, chairman, and Mrs. John A.
Reilly, vice chairman of the Ladies
Committee, have arranged a most
elaborate program of sports and
social events for all three days.
The grand finale will be the re-
ception and family dinner" at the
Mayflower Hotel on Wednesday
evening, for which more than 400
reservations have already been
made. The entertainment commit
tee for the dinner includes Francis
E. Robey, chairman, and Willard G.
Barker, vice chairman.
Special Committees Report.
During the convention these COM
mittee reports will be filed by their
chairman: Accountants, Arthur j.
Linn; Advertising, Hubert T. Bis
selle; Auditing. H. Norman Glasco;
Trade Activities. Bruce Baird; Con-
sumner Credit, Clarence F. Burton;
Credit Bureau, Julius E. Lob; Gov
eminent Regulations, William B.
Willard; Insurance, George M.
Fisher; Personnel, Willard G. Bar
ker; Protective. Richard A. Norris:
Public Relations, S. William Miller:
Publicity, Robert L. Father; Bank
ing Forms, Horace F. Stokes; Treas
ury Relations, Nelson B. O'Neal;
Speakers Unit, w. T. Vandoren;
Trust Funds, Stanley D. Willis; and
Safe Deposit Section, Guy D. Cowl.
Groom on First Federal Board.
Thomas j. Groom, president of the
Bank of Commerce e. Savings, has
been elected a director of the First
Federal Savings & Loan Association,
President A. E. Giegengack an
nounced yesterday. Mr.. Groom has
lived in Washington 20 years and is
a former president of the District
Bankers Association.
He is a member of the Washing
ton Board of Trade, Rotary Club and
Congressional Country Club. A ma
tive of Mobile, he is a graduate of
the University of Alabama, George
town University and Columbia Uni
versity. where he obtained his law
degree.
Keezer to Talk on Prices.
Dexter M. Keezer, deputy admin
istrator OF the Office of Price Ad-
ministration, will address the men,
bers of Washington Chapter, Con-
trollers' Institute of America, at the
May meeting Tuesday, on the gen.
eral price freezing orders, a topic of
much interest at this time.
o. H. Ritenour, president of the
Capital group, will preside at the
meeting and at the dinner to pre-
cede it, to be held at the Carlton
Hotel starting at $50.
Over $50 to Attend Outing.
Members of the District OF Colum-
bia Building and Loan League will
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