Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1949-04-05
CitizensMeetinq
Ends Police
InvokeCurfew
Officers Stond Guard
At Heated Session of
Michigan Pork Group

night AT nSt-Shaklng, name
calling meeting of the Michigan
Park Citizens Association on
which the policemen invoked cur
few before the point at issue could
be acted on.
The uproar started and ended
over charges hurled from the floor
that President Phillip A. Dolan had
'railroaded through at previous
meeting resolution approving
establishment of liquor store at
1918 Allison street NE.
While policemen stood with
folded arms in the corridor
OF Bunker Hill School, Fourteenth
street and Michigan avenue NE.
more than $50 outraged property
owners and residents shouted.
glared, pointed fingers and shook
fists.
They finally compelled Mr..
Dolan to relinquish the chair.
Three Attorneys Seek Order.
Police arrived about 9 o'clock
on a trouble" call and interrupt
ed a close-quarters argument be-
tween Mr.. Dolan, Charles S.
Faller. whom the president had
challenged to prove his member
ship. and the latters attorney,
Nathan Lubar Mr.. Dolan then
stepped down on point of bias"
motion to allow an impartial" re-
count Of the vote taken at the
March meeting.
The first trouble" squad from
No. II precinct was reduced to
five members as the meeting
wore on.
At one time three attorneys
were trying to bring order to the
involved parliamentary proceed
ings-Mr. Lubar, Louis Charles
Smith, a professor of law and
chairman Of the associations
Constitution Committee, and Al
len Krouse, who arrived late at
the meeting to represent the pres
ident.
After Mr.. Dolan relinquished
the chair. three temporary chair
men" followed on quick order as
angry members voiced displeasure
with one selection after another.
Before police finally closed The
noisy meeting at 11:10 pm. the
original motion. much altered and
amended. had come up for vote
But Sergt. Ellis C. Helms of the
18th precinct stepped In and end
ed the meeting before any action
could be taken. The District code
requires that such meetings in
public school buildings close by
II pm.
1t all began when Martin Kelly
tried to get the floor. Mr.. Dolan
refused to recognize. him. saying
that he was not a member. Mr..
Kelly accused the president of
"railroading through" the resolu-
ton approving the transfer of the
liquor license.
Mr.. Dolan finally recognized
Mrs. Kelly as a certified member.
when she reminded the group she
and her husband each solicited
400 memberships last year. Mr..
Dolan reminded her that she got
paid for it,"
Mr.. Faller, whom Mr.. Dolan also
challenged to prove his member
ship, then asked the removal of
the president from the chair ION
a point of bias"
You all came here to fight me
tonight" Mr.. Dolan retorted.
New Association Proposed.
Il move we declare the chair
vacant by a standing vote" Mr..
Faller shouted. But after quar-
ter OF an hour of parliamentary
parrying, Mr.. Dolan refused to be
removed.
I. L. Murphy, who described
himself as "a new property owner
in this area who will not join this
association" suggested that a new
association be formed. His pro-
posal was greeted with enthusiast
tic cheers.
With Mr.. Smith presiding. Mr.
Faller. through his attorney. Of
cred a motion to expunge from
the minutes of the previous meet
ing the portion relating to the
vote on the liquor license trans
fer. The motion was ruled out
of order because Mr.. Lubar is not
a member of the association. Fiji
teen minutes later Mr.. Faller re-
peated it.
While the motion was on the
floor. a new chairman, Maj. Ed
ward Kane, was nominated by
reclamation" Under Mai. Kane's
Craftsmanship the motion was
passed 81 to 0. with the exhorta-
ton from the chair that non