Evening star., 1944-09-29
Good Will Program
To Honor Camp Show
Entertainers !: Tonight
AlI-Stur Show to Be
Stoeed as Part Of
Weeks Observance

Special tribute will be paid TO l25
volunteer entertainers of the VOL
unteer Camp Shows tonight at the
Departmental Auditorium when the
District Of Columbia Department
and the War Hospitality Committee
sponsor an all-Star show as their
part in the Good Will week program
of the Junior Board of Commerce.
The entertainers, IS of whom have
served more than 500 hours, will be
awarded Civilian War Workers Ger
tificates. The free show will include
two typical camp shows similar to
those now touring the service camps
and hospitals as well as several
guest stars from the entertainment
field.
Badges To Be Given Out.
Throughout the day "Howdy,
Neighbor" badges will be given out
on the streets and in stores and res
taurants. The flrst badge was given
to DR.. John w. Rustin, president of
the Washington federation Of
Churches, yesterday at the Junior
Board Of Commerce luncheon at the
Statler Hotel. The program for the
week was outlined for the represent
atives of the churches and civic
groups at the luncheon.
Tomorrow hay wagons drawn by
teams Of horses will haul servicemen
from Union Station to the Stage
Door Canteen and back. Hill Billy
bands will be on the wagons and
members OF the Junior Board will
dress in overalls and farmers hats
ana Will endeavor to show out-of-
town servicemen that this is a
"neighborly" city.
Fifty members of the Future
Businessmen,s Club will be the
guests of the Junior Board at a
picnic and athletic : program at
Hains Point at 2 pm. tomorrow
Army jeeps will help carry the boys
to the picnic and back. A football
game will be the main feature of
the sports program for the boys,
none of whom is over Is years Of
age.
Plan International Day.
International day will be held
Sunday with Washington club
women sponsoring an "1nterna-
tionap' program at the United
States Chamber of Commerce audi
torium at $3.50. Churches will use
the theme of good will for their
services and Government employees
Will discuss questions about neigh
borliness on the Battle of the
Bureaus" radio program at pm.
over Station WTOP. q
Monday will be known as Civic
and Citizens day and will be cli-
NAKED with massing of the colors
and memorial service for Dis
trlct men and women who have
lost their lives in the service. The
program will be sponsored by the
Disabled American Veterans and
other veterans organizations.
Government day on Tuesday a.
well as the program for Wednesday
are still being developed and plans
have not yet been announced.
Speaking before the luncheon yes
terday DR.. Rustin pointed out that
If "A general feeling of good will is
not developed, then we will surely
lose the peace after winning the
war"
Warns of Division.
THE country is becoming divided
into small camps, capital against
labor, white against Negro, Catholic
Jew and Protestant against each
other" DR.. Rustin said. That is not
the ideal for which our men are
fighting"
He stressed that good will was
needed to insure q lasting peace
and added that the Junior Board
OF Commerce was to be commended
for taking the initiative in prepar-
ing for the world after the victory
Is won on the field of battle.
Ten disabled servicemen will be
the guests Of the leading hotels and
restaurants on the final day of the
weeks projects and will be treated
to dinner-anything on the menu
and cocktails.
j. Woodrow Thomas is the chair
man for the weeks activities and
John A. Mack, co-chairman.