Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1944-10-10
Tucker Resigns After so Years
As President Of Citizens Group
Missed Presiding
At Only One Meeting
During Tenure

Evan H. Tucker. 80-year-old civic
leader who has presided at every
meeting but one Of the Northeast
Citizens Association in the last SO
years, stepped down from that post
In a surprise move last night but the
membership promptly elected him
president emeritus.
His announcement, which ended
the longest tenure of office Of any
association president in the District,
was made at meeting attended by
only about IL persons. The member
ship at first refused to accept it,
but Mr.. Tucker insisted.
Fifty years are as much as I felt
could do" he declared later at his
home, 720 A street NE. II thought
it would be time to get out"
|. Mr.. Tucker, a retired grocer and
real estate operator, has been IA
miliar figure at committee hearings
| on District matters at the Capitol
for years. 1t was ex-senator King
one-time head of the Senate District
Committee, who observed that nc
District bill ever passed Congress
without first getting Mr.. Tucker
approval.
The white-haired civic leader was
succeeded In Office by Roscoe
Jenkins, the associations vice pres
ident. Mr.. Tucker described him as
an excellent man" for the job.
Elected President in 1893.
Mr.. Tucker became a member OF
the old No. 3 Association of North
east Washington in 1887 at the age
of %. In 1892 the association was
dissolved and the present organiza-
ton came into being. He was vice
president that first year and ir
1893 was named president. He has
held that post ever since. He wa:
born October 8, 1864, in South
Washington and at the age of l.
entered the grocery business.
Distinctly an iriividualist, Mr.
Tucker always opposed the group
becoming member of the Fedora.
ton of Citizens Association. HI
once served as a delegate to the fed.
Grafton, however, from the Societ,
of Natives, one Of many organiza.
| tons of which he is a member,
During an illness about 10 year
ago which sent him to the hospital
the Senate District Commute,
adopted resolution expressing re
grets on your illness and hope TO
a speedy recovery" 1t was this ill
ness which spoiled his record of 10'
per cent attendance at all associa
ton meetings The letter from tn,
Senate Committee more than mad,
up for it. however.
No Plans For Future.
Mr.. Tucker said he had nothing
in particular planned for the future
although his ambition still is Il
make Washington one of the grand.
est cities in the world"
He should have enough to kee.
him busy, for he Is vice president
of the board of Casualty Hospital, 6
member of the board of District
Family Service Association, ane
holds membership in the Washington
Committee Of the National Plan.
ming and Civic Association, the AS.
| ISOLATION of Oldest Inhabitants, the
Society of Natives and the Columbis
Historical Society. He also serves
on the Citizens Joint Committee or
National Representation and the
Citizens Joint Committee on Fisca
Relations between the District o.
Columbia and the United States.
Mr.. Tucker, who remembers wher
the District government was housed
in an old warehouse on First stree
NE. between B and C streets, re.
called only 20 per cent of the street.
had pavements and many did no
have even gravel roads with gutter
when he took Office in 1894.
He said the Northeast Citizens
Association pioneered in the ques
for viaducts to eliminate grad,
crossings, for reclamation of tn,
Anacostia fats area, and for con
struetion. of a sewage system. filtra
ton plant and District building.
| Lauded by DriscoIl.
A. ]. Driscoll, president of tn
Mid-City Citizens Association TO
n years and Mr.. fuckers closes
competitor in length of service. salt
mo man in Washington stand