Evening star., 1943-05-09
Four More Members
Appointed 10 District
.0CD Planning Unit:
Steering Committee
Considers Means Of
Continuing CWS Work

Four additional members were
named yesterday by the Commits
sioners to the Central Planning
Committee of the embattled Civilian
War Services unit Of the local ci-
villain defenses setup as the city
heads acted on request from the
units leaders.
The action was taken as a steer
Ing committee Of the unit con-
sidered means Of continuing its pro-
gram in view of the action OF the
city heads in deciding against in
cooperating the unit as an official
part of the District Government
Civilian Defense Department and
against financing its program
Last Wednesday, Clarence A. As
pinwall, chairman of the Executive
Committee in charge of the CWS
unit, wrote the Commissioners ask
ing that four additional members
be named to the Central Planning
Committee in view OF the fact the
four were among members of the
Emergency Steering Committee. The
four are Harry Wender. president
of the Federation of Citizens Asso-
Citations; Leonard Tucker, president
of the Civilian Defense Council;
John Ihlder, president of the Coun-
Gil of Social Agencies, and E. H.
Harris, president of the Federation
OF Civic Associations.
Will Drop Six Clerks.
The additional four members were
named Thursday and formal an
nouncement was made yesterday.
Other members Of the Steering
Committee are Joseph D. kaufman,
temporary chairman; Mrs. Frederick
Brooke of the Citizens Service
Corps, Frederick McReynolds, chair
man of the Board of Public We'll
fare; Granville Guide, president of
the Board OF Trade; Sidney r.
Katz Of the CIO, and Mrs. Charlotte
Warner, head Of the Consumer Com
mittee Of CWS.
Meanwhile, 1t was announced the
Commissioners had approved rec
concentrations for the dropping
from the District payroll q six of
the seven clerks who have been
serving the communications control
centers, as being extra help no
longer needed. This was calculated
to save $9,720 a year, now charged
to the blackout fund.
The seventh clerk, Eugene Eby.
now attached to Control Center No.
3, is being transferred to the office of
Communications Controller Herbert
A. Friede. to serve as iaison between
the control center and the deputy
controllers, some of whom are in
regular District service.
LANCER to Address Rally.
Previously, the Commissioners, in
acting on suggestions from Charles
Stofberg, assistant to Commissioner
John Russell Young. dropped the 80
civilian defense telephonists posi-
tions at police stations, returning
this work to police personnel, result
ing in a blackout fund saving of
some $4,000 a year.
The Civilian Defense Department
announced that Senator LANCER,
Republican, Of North Dakota, will
address a mass meeting of civilian
defense workers of the Bloomingdale
area at the Tabor Presbyterian
Church at Second and S streets NV.
at pm. Tuesday. The objective of
the meeting is to recruit the civilian
defense organization of the area to
full strength. now lessened by in
duction of members into the armed
services.
The same objective is set for
mass meeting for the Southwest
area, to be held at the Thomas
Jefferson High School, Eighth and
H streets S.W., at pm. tomorrow.
DR.. Paul Douglass of American Uni
versity is scheduled to speak on THE
Drastic Need to Keep Our Protec-
tive Services Up to Full Strength" I"
according to T. H. Doran, director of
civilian defense training for the
Southwest area.