Evening star., 1949-10-25
New Trustees SET Out tobacco Men Indorse
To Untang|e Finances Naming Of Envoy to
IL 0fUnited Nations Club Seek European Sales
A newly elected board of trustees

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A newly elected board of trustee,
sets out today to untangle tn.
knotty financial problems of thu
United Nations Club.
Supported by a membership de-
termined to keep the club aliv.
despite $4,000 in debts, the nev
board scheduled a meeting fol
4:30 pm. today to map plans fol
reorganizing the club along finan.
cially sound lines.
The war-born club, scene oI
numerous social activities ane
patronized by socially prominent
Washingtonians and members oI
foreign missions, lost most Of it.
officers and trustees by resigna.
tions before its financial trouble.
were revealed.
Special Assessment Considered.
Joseph Stands. a lawyer ant
one of the two trustees carried
over from the old board, said the
new board today would consider
changing the bylaws and electine
officers.
The board. he said. would work
out financial recommendation
and report them to the member.
ship. Under consideration, it wa,
learned. are such methods Of in
creasing revenue as levying q
special assessment on club mem
bers and raising the dues from $3e
annually to possibly $50.
Mr.. Stands said the clubs cred
itors had indicated they would be
willing to wait for their money
while the club reorganizes.
First steps toward reorganiza-
ton were taken last week, when
the few remaining members OF
the old board, prompted by the
membership, changed the bylaws
to permit the entire membership
OF the club to elect trustees.
Election Meeting Held.
At an election meeting of the
membership last night, attended
by more than 100 club men,
bers, the following trustees were
elected:
Mr.. Stands, who lives in Nc.
Lean, Va, and is president Of the
National Capital Area Council oi
the Boy Scouts; DR.. Walter w
Boyd, pediatrician who lives al
River road and Wilson lane, Be-
thesda, and is the other hold-ovel
from the old board: Mrs. James
w. Sinclair, Warrenton, Va. a
doctors wife who is a board men,
ber of the Virginia Cancer So
ciety: Mrs. Paul B. Magnuson
1921 o street NV, wife Of the
chief medical director Of the Vet
Grams" Administration and board
member of the Washington Home
for Incurables.
Also. Mrs. Theodore Babbitt
1908 Macomb street NV, men,
Der OF the Ladies Board Of Emer-
gency Hospital: Miss Marion A.
DeLano. 3700 Massachusetts, ave-
niue NV. chairman of the Arts
Committee Of the United Nations
Club; Mrs. Avon M. Nevius, 1888
Nineteenth street NV, wife OF
the former vice president OF
Riggs Bank and member Of the
Board Of Lady Visitors of Chill
drenS Hospital.
ss Other Trustees Named.
Also. Miss Mary M. Stuart
Price, 70l5 Rolling road, Chevy
Chase. Md, chairman of the
Speech Clinic Foundation: Mat.
thew &. Jones, 1850 Forty seventh
place N.W.-. treasurer OF. the
tGeorge Keiser Foun1ation;
Frank G. Salisbury. attorney with
ofnces In the Munsey Building
and Maj. John r. Huba, Army
engineer who lives at 21oo n
street NV.
Mrs. Robert Freer. 32ls Cleve.
land avenue NV. radio commen.
tator and wife of the former
chairman Of the Federal Trade
Commission, was elected a trustee
but notified the committee today
that she could not accept.
Before the election, held in the
clubs quarters at 1701 Nineteenth
street NV, the members were
given a biographical sketch o1
each Of the nominees in accord
with a decision Of the previous
membership meeting that the
board should be made up Of sub.
stantial citizens with previous ex.
perience in community activities