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> Federal City Dinner
Opens New Era in
Developing Capital
10 to 15 Year Goal Set
For Civic Leaders, U. S.
Officials and Planners
A new era in the development of
the Capital of the United States of
America started today.
Plans for the next 10 to 15 years
of Washington’s development were
unfolded last night by the Commit
tee of 100 on the Federal City, that
group of civic leaders, planners and
Government officials which in 1924
foreshadowed the Washington of
1940 with a similar set of plans.
The plans were made public by
the committee, a special organ of
the American Planning and Civic
Association, at a “Federal City
’ Banquet” given by the association
in co-operation with the American
Society of Landscape Architects at
the Willard Hotel in honor of the
National Capital Park and Planning
Commission, the instrument that
has fashioned the Washington of
today.
The new program envisions a city
of tomorrow in which an architec
tural board may supervise design of
private buildings. Pennsylvania ave
nue may be "one of the most distin
guished streets in the world, the
midcity section may have ample
park and recreation space and fa
cilities, antiquated schools on small
plots ol land may no longer exist,
all residents of Washington may be
well housed in sanitary dwellings
with adequate light, air and sun
shine, arranged in neighborhoods
uncrossed by arterial highways and
provided with parks, playgrounds,
schools, libraries and all other de
sirable facilities: apartment houses
may have off-street parking facili
ties, and a tricity park and plan
ning development will be the rule
where Baltimore, Washington and
Annapolis are concerned.
Scores at Banquet.
Approximately 200 persons, each
with a major or minor role in the
development that has gone before
and most with similar roles in the
development to come, -gathered in
the Willard ballroom as the new
program first saw the light of day.
Toastmaster and, in his own
words, “on the sending and receiv
ing end" of the banquet program,
was Frederic A. Delano, chairman
of the National Capital Park and
Planning Commission and chair
man of the Committee of 100.
He wTas introduced by Horace M.
Albright, president of the American
Planning and Civic Association, who
presided. Mr. Albright asserted
that “we can rest assured that the
United States of America has a
more adequate capital city than if
the capital had been located in a
metropolis already established for
other purposes.
“To the jaundiced eyes of New
Yorkers," he said, “the buildings
may seem ‘sawed off’ and. in com
parison with the modernistic mon
strosities of many another city, the
public buildings may seem to be
‘slavish copies of a dead past.’ But
’ better copy design of buildings on
models which have lived for two or
three thousand years than to make
9 the Capital a museum of short-lived
designs which may be as funny in
the year 2.000 as the atrocities of the
t ’70s and ’80s are today.”
Delano Tells of Activity.
Mr. Delano said:
“Every citizen of the United
States has a vital interest in Wash
ington, the Nation s Capital, from
the time of its organization, the
American Planning and Civic Asso
ciation participated in occasional
campaigns to protect the city from
threatened harm. In 1922 I was in
vited to become chairman of the
Committee of 100.
“At that time, 131 years after the
making of the L'Enfant plan, 121
years after the occupation of the
city by the Federal Government and
21 years after the McMillan report,
it seemed to some of us that Wash
ington was slipping.
“Collectively we joined in two sig
nificant recommendations:
“1. Just as the founders looked
forward 100 years in their planning,
so we must look forward. Correct
ing past errors is expensive. Intel
ligent planning for the future is
^ economy Some machinery ade
quate for such planning should be
set up.
“2. This Federal City was set
amid hills and valleys that were
notable for their trees and shrub
bery of a remarkable variety. If
that condition is to continue in the
future, ample reservations for for
ests and parks should be made.
Other cities in our country are far
in advance of Washington in these
respects.” Mr. Delano said, and went
on to chronicle what has come to
pass.
Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, mem
ber of the Advisory Council of the
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PLANNERS DINE—Shown at last night’s dinner of the American Planning and Civic Association
are Horace M. Albright, president; Mrs. Roosevelt and Frederic A. Delano, uncle of the President.
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Planning and Civic Association and
an honored guest, said she hoped
the Capital “is going to continue to
be planned along the lines you have
laid down.”
“It is one of the beauty spots of
the world,” Mrs. Roosevelt added.
“It should be a place to which
every one in the country could look
for inspiration for the betterment
of their own communities."
Senator King and Representative
Randolph, respective chairmen of
the Senate and House District Com
mittees and both ex-offlcio mem
bers of the Park and Planning
Commission, spoke next.
“I wish more men like Mr. Delano
were willing to dedicate their lives
to making better cities in this coun
try- It is our municipalities which
have committed the transgressions
against society," Senator King said.
“Those born and reared in Wash
ington and those who come here
from other parts of the country
should make this city, great today,
even greater tomorrow," Mr. Ran
dolph said.
An account of what were the
recommendations made by the
Committee of 100 and how far they
have been adopted was given by
Charles F. Consaul, vice chairman
of the Committee of 100.
Speaking for the National Com
mission of Fine Arts, its chairman,
Gilmore D. Clarke, told the assem
blage that the modern trend must
come and seem at variance with the
classical style in which the public
hnilriinirs havp hppn ripsiernpd so far.
Warns Against Sharp Break.
j “It is up to us, however.” he said,!
“to see that the transition is gradual
and fits in well with what is already
here. There should not be a sharp
break in the architectural design
of the Capital.”
Speaking for the American So
ciety of Landscape Architects, which
has just completed a three-day ses
sion at the Mayflower Hotel and
co-operated with the American |
Planning and Civic Association in i
giving the banquet, A. D. Taylor
pointed out that' structures can
come and go, become outmoded and
De replaced, but that natural beauty,!
once thoroughly violated, cannot be
so replaced.
“Landscape architects have been
one of the active influences in de
veloping Washington,” he said.
“They will continue to help make
the Federal City what it ought
to be.”
Among the speakers were Senator
Arthur Capper of Kansas and
Judge Louis C. Cramton, former
Representative of Michigan and
co-sponsor with Senator Capper of
the act authorizing expenditure of
funds for the land acquisition which
is gradually making the park, park
way and playground system of the
city a reality.
Thankful That Slums Are Going.
Speaking of the slum-clearance
program now being carried forward
in Washington, Senator Capper
said:
“I am glad to see the slums being
cleared up. Give a man a home and
he will take a far greater interest
in his country.”
Judge Cramton cautioned his
audience never to consider the plan
for Washington as one merely for
the District of Columbia, but for the
“whole country.”
Col. U. S. Grant, 3d, former mem
ber of the Park and Planning Com
mission and former superintendent
of Public Buildings and Grounds,
said that it is through giving people
a decent, well-planned city that the
greatest human values can be real
ized.
It was Col. Alvin B. Barber of the
United States Chamber of Com
merce who presented the commit
tee’s recommendations for the next
10 to 15 years.
At the Speakers’ Table.
Seated at the speakers' table be
side those already mentioned were
Thomas S. Settle, secretary of the
Park and Planning Commission;
Mrs. Consaul, Dr. J. Horace McFar
land, former president of the Amer
ican Planning and Civic Associa
tion; Prof. Henry V. Hubbard, mem
ber of the Park and Planning Com
mission; Capt. John L. Person, as
sistant Engineer Commissioner for
the District of Columbia, and Mrs.
Person; Earle S. Draper, third vice
president of the American Planning
and Civic Association; Col. Richard
Leiber, second vice president of the
American Planning and Civic Asso
ciation; Lt. Col. George Mayo, repre
senting the Chief of Army Engi
neers, and Mrs. Mayo; Mrs. Albright,
Col. Samuel P. Wetherill. first vice
president of the American Planning
and Civic Association, and John
Nolen, jr., director of the planning
for the' Park and Planning Com
mission.
Guests attending the banouet in
eluded:
Albright. Horace M. De La Mater. John
Albright. Mrs De La Mater. Mrs.
AJJen. Thos. J.. jr. Delano. Frederic A.
Allen. Mrs. Demaray. A. E.
Ambler. Louis B. Demaray. Mrs.
Anderson. Lester H. Downer. Jav
Anderson. Mrs. Draper. Earle S.
Astrup. Mark H. Draper. Henry
Baggley. George F. Draper. Mrs.
Ballard Edward B. Eberharter Rep.
Ball. Representative Eliot. C. W., ’Jd
Ball. Mrs. Elwood. Philip H.
Barber. Col. A. B. Evans. Joshua, ir.
Bates. Rep. J. Frantz. Harry W.
Beatty. Geo. W. Frantz. Mrs.
Benson. Mrs. J. C. Gardner. Joseph C.
Bettman. Aired Gardner. Mrs.
Billings. John Gilchrist. E.
Black. Russell V. Goodman. Mrs. Jos.
Borchardt. Miss S. Gordon. George B
Boss, Harry K. Grant. Col. U. S.. hd.
Boykin. Rep Greenough. Carroll
Boykin. Mrs. Greenough. Mrs.
Brown. Norman C. Gregg. J. W
Burney, A. W. Guthridge Clay J.
Burney. Mrs. Guthridge, Mrs. •
Buttenheim H S. Guttersen. Alston
Bursley. Harold B. Hare. S Herbert
Caemmerer. H P Hare. Mrs.
Cahalane. Victor H. Harrison. Shelby M
Cammerer. Amo B. Haussmann. W. E
Cammerer Mrs. Heaton. Arthur B
Calvert. A. D. Hill. Representative
Camp. Rep. Hoffman. Mrs. H. D
Caparn. Harold A. Holcombe. Mai. A M
Capper. Senator Holcombe, Mrs
Carr. Edward R Howlett., Miss B C.
Chandler. Henry P. Hoyt. John C
Chavez. Senator Hubbard Henry V.
Chavez. Mrs. Hunter. Rep.
Clarke. Gilmore D Ihlder. John
Clavton. Wm. McK. James. Miss Harlean
Cleveland W. I. Johnston. Fred T.
Clover Dolores C. Mrs Johnston
Coe. Theodore I. Kibbey. Miss Bessie
Collins. George L. Kennedy. Sidney S
Coffman. John D Kingsbury. F. S.
Consaul. Charles F Kingsbury. Miss J R
Consaul. Mrs. Kieley. James F.
Coulson. Miss M E Kneipp. L. F.
Cramton. Judge L. C. King Senator
Crowe Rep. Le Compte. Miss_
Le Compte. Mrs. Karl Simonson. Wilbur H.
Leetch, Frank P. Sluder. Mrs Joseph
Lewis. M. W. Smith. Rep C H.
Lewis. Miss E. S. Smith, j Bond
Libbey. D. S. Mrs. Smith
Lieber. Richard Stafford E. E.
Ltngenfelter. Miss H. Starr, Mrs. Helen J.
Long. Henry Stein. Miss Carrie
Mrs. Long Stevens, Lewis
McFarland. J. H. Stevenson. Markley
McGrath, Miss M M. Story. Miss Isabelle
Manley. Mrs. Uolda Stratton. MiS'
Mattern. Robert A. Sullivan Francis P.
Mayo. Lt Col. Geo. Suter. Je.-se C.
Mrs. Mayo Sutton, Charles R.
Meigs, Mrs. E. B. Swartzlow, Carl R.
Middleton. F. Eliot Mrs. Swartzlow
Miles, Vincent Sweenev. Edward C.
Mrs Mile' Mrs. Sweeney
Moskey. George A. Taylor. A D.
Mrs. Moskey Taylor, Oliver G.
M'llylhlll, Francis J. Mrs. Taylor
Newton. K. H N. Thompson. Ben H.
Mrs. Newton Mrs. Thompson
Nolen. John, Jr. Timchenko. Boris
Park Miss Marion Tolson. Hillory A.
Peaslee. Horace W. Trager. Earl A
Peets Elbeit Tucker. Evan H.
Pond. Bremer W. Vint, Thomas C.
■’ons. M" Hortense Mrs. Vint
Ramsdell. Charles H. Walcott Mrs C D.
Randolph. Rep. Watt. Misr Lucy
Reed, William V. Wehr’.v M 8
Roby. Herbert Wells. Capt. Chester
Mrs. Roby Mrs. Welle
Rockwood. Miss E West. Mrs Frank
Rogers. Edmund B Wether!,1. Samuel P.
Roosevelt. Mrs. F D White, Miss Ida May
Root. Irving C. White. Col. John R.
Sager. Merel 8 Mrs. White
Sandager. Rep White. Mrs Rooker
Schafer Rep. J. C. Whittington. Rep.
Mrs. Schafer Mrs Whittington
Schafer. Miss Shirley Wightman. R A.
Schrtigham. Reo Williams. Morley J.
Seldenspinner. A H. Winton A C.
Mrs Seidensoinner Wirth. Conrad L.
Settle. T S Mrs. Wirth
Mrs. Settle Wood. W» Mv B
Shaw Lacy Woodard. Mi£S C.
Shurtleff. Flavel Nerkes, D's-TT N.
Simmons, K B Mrs iferkes
Simon. Louis A.
Children's Diseases
Held No Necessary Evil
Branding as a falfacy the belief
that children “just have to have
diseases.” Dr. Robert A. Bier, spe
cialist in child welfare, yesterday
recommended early and regular ex
amination of babies and children by
their family physician or at public
clinics.
“Even fat, fast-growing babies
may seem healthy,” he told 500 men
and women attending a session of
the District of Columbia Works
Projects Adiminstration Health In
stitute in the National Museum,
“but they often suffer from unsus
pected diet deficiencies. These
deficiencies often lead to rickets
and to other diseases.”
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Shot With Blow Torch
EMPORIA, Kans., Feb. 1 f/P’)-—
Plumber Frank Krueger shot him
self with a blow torch. He was
thawing a frozen water pipe in the
Emporia Gazette’s basement. Some
one had left a rifle shell on a wall
near the pipe. The heat exploded
i the cartridge and the lead grazed
Mr. Krueger's cheek.
American Coalition
Urges Suspension
Of Immigration
Conference Hears
Influence of Labor
On Government Hit
The American Coalition of Patri
otic, Civic and Fraternal Societies
was on record today for suspension
of all immigration into the United
States for a five-year period "or
until such time when unemploy
ment does not exceed 3,000.000 an
nually.”
The coalition took its stand at a
one-day convention at the Willard
Hotel yesterday after hearing Sen
ator Rufus C. Holman, Republican,
of Oregon lash out against the in
flux of aliens.
At the same time the 400 dele
gates, representing 114 patriotic
groups, praised the Dies committee
and demanded withdrawal of Amer
ican diplomats from Russia.
In another resolution the coali
;ion expressed emphatic opposition
to the Government’s "taking cog
nizance of internal policies of for
eign governments which do not di
rectly affect the interests of the
citizens of our country."
During his speech Senator Holman
said he hoped “to see the day when
Government will go back to town
meetings, city halls and State
capitols, and we will no longer get
our orders from labor temples and
Communist halls.”
Senator David I. Walsh, Democrat,
of Massachusetts warned against
allowing "our natural sympatnies
for certain belligerents, our natural
abhorrence of tyranny and war lust
and persecutions by dictators to
draw us into the maelstrom of Eu
ropean politics and European con
flicts.”
Bainbridge Colby, former Secre
tary of State, presided at a luncheon
meeting at which the Senators
spoke.
Among the groups represented
were the National Society of New
England Women, the Sons of the
American Revolution, General So
ciety of the War of 1812, Patriotic
Order of the Sons of America, Mili
tary Order of the Loyal Legion,
American Vigilant Intelligence Fed
eration, Daughters of the Defenders
of America, American War Mothers,
General Society of Mayflower De
scendants, Old Glory Association,
Order of Colonial Lords of Manors
in America and the Order of Inde
pendent Americans, Inc.
John B. Trover of this city was
re-elected president of the coalition.
Old fishermen in the Isle of Man
are going back to work so that
younger men can volunteer for mine
sweeping.
A. F. L. Council Studies
Jurisdictional Disputes
By the Associated Press.
MIAMI, Fla., Feb. 1.—The Ameri
can Federation of Labor’s executive
council turned today to settlement
of jurisdictional disputes within its
own ranks after having asked Presi
dent Roosevelt and Congress “to
restore business confidence” and
“encourage” industrial expansion.
The council had for consideration
a brief from a neutral labor com
mittee reporting its inability to
reach solution of a 38-year-old juris
dictional dispute between teamsters
and brewery workers over the right
to organize beer truck drivers.
In a statement released yesterday
through President William Green
the council asserted that unemploy
ment “still is the mast acute do
mestic problem of the Nation," and
urged that "all Government action*
that tend unnecessarily to discour
age business expansion cease and
that a positive effort be made to
encourage greater industrial ac
tivity.”
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