Evening star. [volume], December 04, 1938, Page A-18, Image 18

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Office Appropriation
Hearings to Open
Here Tomorrow
Woodrum Committee
Will Hold Sessions
Behind Closed Doors
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A subcommittee of the House Ap
propriations Committee headed by
Representative Clifford A. Woodrum,
Democrat, of Virginia, will begin
hearings tomorrow on the independ
ent offices appropriation bill, the
first of the big supply measures to
be presented to Congress when it
convenes January 3.
The hearings, to be held behind
closed doors, are scheduled through
out the week, with representatives
of the American Battle Monuments
Commission as the first witnesses.
Budget estimates for the 1940 fis
cal year of the Employes Compen
sation Commission, the General Ac
counting Office and the National
Mediation Board also are to be con
sidered at the initial meeting of the
subcommittee. Representatives of
the District Alley Dwelling Author
ity have been notified to appear
Tuesday at 2 p.m.
Within the next 10 days another
subcommittee of the Appropriations
Committee will begin hearings on
the Treasury-Post Office supply bill.
According to present plans of House
leaders this will be the second of
the major appropriation bills to be
placed on the House calendar.
Hearings on the 1940 District ap
propriation bill probably will be de
layed until after Congress convenes.
Representative Ross A. Collins, Dem
ocrat, of Mississippi, chairman of
the subcommittee in charge of this
measure, will not return to Wash
ington until December 21. And it
is strongly unlikely he will begin
hearings during the holiday period.
Moreover, Mr. Collins is faced with
a probable change in the personnel
of his subcommittee in view of the
efforts being made by Representa
tive Albert J. Engel of Michigan,
only Republican member, to be re
lieved of that assignment. If Mr.
Engel is successful his successor
cannot be named until the new Con
gress swings into action, another
factor that would preclude early
hearings on the District bill.
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Mission Guild Suggests
Gifts for Children
Printed suggestions for gifts ac
company each name tag on the
cloth bags now being made bv the
Woman's Guild of the Central
Union Mission for distribution by
groups or individuals to Washing
ton's underprivileged children on
Christmas eve.
Mrs. Jean Bennett, superintend
ent of the mission, who organized
the first children's party in 1916,
originated the idea of giving needy
children individual gifts suited to
their needs.
"These youngsters came to our
first party, held in the old mission
building, with cold fingers, their
shoes full of holes and their coats
a mere suggestion of warm cover
ing,” Mrs. Bennett said yesterday.
She said she realized then that
candy and little stockings full of
toys didn’t begin to fill their needs.
"Their shoes kept haunting me,”
she said. “To this day the mission
Christmas bags carry the shoe size
of every child to whom the bag is
going, in the hope that somewhere,
somehow there will be shoes for
them.”
It is expected that nearly 2,000
bags will be given away at the party
at the Capitol Theater Christmas
eve. The 1937 party distributed
nearly 1,700 bags from the theater,
with each bag arranged on the
atage to correspond with the num
ber held by the child to expedite
the distribution. The party will be
held at 9 a.m.
Chapel Players to Plan
-Otherwise Man'
Plans for the 14th annual Christ
mas drama, "The Other Wise Man,”
to be presented by the Chapel Players
the week following Christmas at the
Luther Place Memorial Church will
be discussed at a meeting of the cast
at 4:30 o'clock today at the church.
Definite dates for the perform
ances have not been set, though it
is expected that there will be at
least three evening performances.
The story, written by Dr. Henry
Van Dyke, was arranged in dramatic
form by Miss Bess Davis Schreiner
and was first produced in Washing
ton in 1925 with well-known Wash
ington players taking the leading
roles each year. Men and women
of all church denominations take
part in the performances.
Members of the cast who will at
tend today’s conference include Miss
Schreiner, Denis E. Connell, Kath
erine Riggs, J. Edmond Veitch,
Thomas M. Cahill, Wade Robinson,
Nina Norman, Christine Irish, Hugh
Smith, Elliott Button, Eugene Kres
sin, Mary Apple, Elinor Evans Ca
hill, Yerby Pannill, J. A. Bishop,
Clifton P. Clark, Christine Stewart
and Frank Stewart.
Broader Recreational
Program Outlined
A program to improve recreational
instruction in the District was out
lined yesterday at a meeting of 250
workers in the North Interior
Building.
As outlined by Herbert W. Price,
director of Works Progress Admin
istration recreational project 238 in
the District, the program will be
broadened culturally and intellectu
ally to reach all levels of participants.
Mrs. Mary Steele, W. P. A. director
of education and recreation, dis
cussed the administrative phases of
the program. Mrs. Hazel Taylor,
assistant director, also spoke. Sim
ilar meetings will be made a monthly
feature of the program.
Near East Foundation
Exbibit Scheduled
The annual Near East Foundation
exhibit will be held at the Carlton
Hotel tomorrow and Tuesday from
10 am. to 6 pm. Articles of handi
craft made by refugee women in
the Near East, including embroid
ered and woven fabrics, a variety
of dolls, Armenian silver, jewelry,
Egyptian prints, copper and novel
ties, will be shown and offered for
sale.
This exhibit is directed this year
by Mrs. Walter R. Tuckerman,
assisted by a committee of Washing
ton women.
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