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BROOKINGS REPORT
HITSONE-MANRULE
FOR CIVIL SERVICE
Three-Member Board Held
Less Susceptible to
“Pressure.”
EFFICIENT PERSONNEL
UNITS ARE PROPOSED
Lack of Funds Cited in Criticism
of Commission—Formation of
Advisory Group Urged.
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Roosevelt's plan to substitute a single
administrator for the three-member
bi-partisan Civil Service Commission
in a general revamping of the Gov
ernment structure, the Brookings
Institution, in a report today, declared
the move would tend to invite the
encroachment of politics in selection
of civilian employes.
The report, one of a series prepared
for the Byrd Committee, which origi
nally launched the Government re
organization study, was prepared by
Lewis Meriam, widely known in the
personnel field.
It sets out positive reasons for
maintaining the present system, ex
plains why the change would be
objectionable, and then suggests
betterments that are possible.
The commission, plan is best, it is
contended, because applicants, civil
servants and administrative officers
need protection against the arbitrary
action of a single administrator: broad
questions of policy come before the
commission and should be settled by
a deliberative body, and confidence
and public support of the merit system
“would, it is believed, be diminished
If there were only one civil service
administrator.”
Objections Summarized.
Objections to single control are
cummarized as follows:
The administrator would 'be affili
ated with or suspected of affiliation
with one political party.
He would be suspected of sectional
interests or prejudices, even though
this suspicion might be ill-founded.
* The advantages of having both
sexes on the commission, proven in
more than two decades, would be lost.
A one-man administrator would
have to be either of no religious faith
or of some one faith.
* Any organization or individual
Clashing with the administrator might
be permanently in the bed graces of
Ihe official.
There would be a tendency to breed
the autocratic power that wrecked
the same scheme in Australia.
One individual would be less able to
resist spoils “pressure” than three.
r-ninusiasm curued.
As another objection, it was pointed
out that “civil service commissioners
in the past, some of the best of them,
have had hobbies and acting alone
would have ridden them to extremes
to the embarrassment of administra
tive officers over whom they exercise
control. Their enthusiasms have in
a measure been curbed by their asso
ciates.”
Correctives proposed for admitted
defects in employment problems in
clude:
Merit system appointments through
t out the service, with “but a small
"handful of political directing officers
at the top.”
Strengthening of Civil Service Com
mission recruiting machinery.
Creating of efficient personnel units
In every agency.
Formation of a Federal Personnel
Board, representing all establishments,
• to act in an advisory capacity.
Provisioi for an aide to the Presi
dent who would be the liaison officer
between White House and Personnel
Board.
Lack of Funds Cited.
Criticism of the Civil Service Com
mission embodied in the Brownlow re
port which was the basis for the Presi
dent’s reorganization plan is answered
in detail by Dr. Meriam. Admitting
“it is slow and often far behind in its
Work,” he says lack of funds is re
sponsible and adds that the same goes
for shortcomings in tests for higher
professional, technical and scientific
work. He also takes exception tc
complaints that the Commission has
failed to develop in-service training
career service and an adequate trans
fer system, holding that these are mat
ters more properly for individual
agencies.
The part-time civil service boarc
that would act as “watchdog” for thi
administrator is impracticable, the re
, port contends, drawing a parallel witl
the old Board of Indian Commis
sioners abolished at the outset of thi
Roosevelt administration.
“The seven part-time commisisoner,
would be too largely dependent oi
what the one-man administrator toll
them and probably too much handi
capped by what he withheld fror
* them,” the report says. “At th
quarterly meetings, the board of seve:
would spend much of its time tryin
to find out what it was all about, witl
Individual members arguing about th
facts in controversial cases.”
THIEF STEALS PURSE
AND D. A. R. RECORD!
A sneak thief slipped into the livir
’ room of her apartment while she wi
In an adjacent room and stole a pun
containing $28 and valuable re con
of the Eleanor Wilson Chapter of tl
Daughters of the American Ftevolutio:
Miss Helen T. Van Denbergh of tl
Chastleton Hotel, 1701 Sixteen t
street, reported to police last night.
Miss Van Denbergh said most of tl
stolen money and the records pel
tained to benefit work being done l
the D. A. R. chapter in connectic
with the Tommassie School at Croa
more. N. c
iTie thief entered by the unlock*
• door of her apartment while she wi
absent from the living room only
few minutes, she said. A colored ms
had been seen trying to enter '
neighboring apartment a short tin
later, she was told.
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C. V. Graduate Dies of Injury,
Suffered Pole Vaulting in ’36
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Lioyd Wyble, Jr., .For
mer Track Star, Ex
pires in Hospital.
A spinal injury suffered a year and
a half ago when he fell while pole
vaulting proved fatal today to Lloyd
E. Wyble, jr„ former track star at
Catholic University and McKinley
Technical High School.
The 22-year-old youth, who grad
uated from the university last June
with a degree in aeronautical en
gineering, died this morning in Provi
dence Hospital. He was injured in
the spring of 1936 while participating
in a university track meet.
Although he had suffered con
stantly since that time, his condition
did not appear serious until last
August, when he underwent an op
eration at Johns Hopkins Hospital
in Baltimore. He remained there
three months and then was returned
to his home at 1707 Taylor street N.W.,
a little more than "two weeks ago.
He appeared to be improving steadily,
but his condition took a turn for
the worse Monday and he was re
moved to Providence.
Lloyd entered Catholic University
in the fall of 1933, and the following
year he made the track team, par
ticipating in pole vaulting, hurdling
and high-jumping events. A tall,
husky youth, he was considered one
of the team's outstanding athletes.
He first became interested in field
competition during his senior year at
McKinley High. In His first three
years he confined most of his extra
curricular activities to the Cadet
Corps, in which he held the rank
of sergeant.
Born in Kansas City. Mo., he was
the oldest of five children. The
LLOYD E. WYBLE, Jr.
family moved to Washington when
Lloyd yvas 2 years old. The father
has been engaged in the decorating
business here for many years.
Lloyd received his early education
at Sacred Heart Academy, which he
attended for eight years.
Besides his parents, he is survived
by two brothers. Jay, a third-year
student at Catholic University, and
Charles Richard, 8, a student at
Sacred F#rrt School, and two sisters,
Dolores, 18, a student at Holy Cross
College here, and Mary Jane, who also
attended Sacred Heart School.
Requiem high mass will be celebrated
at Sacred Heart Church at 10 a m.
j Saturday. Burial will be in Mount
[ Olivet Cemetery'.
PEDESTRIAN HIT
BY STREET CARS
Edwin W. Davis Seriously
Hurt at 15th and 6..
Other Accidents.
Struck by two street cars as he was
crossing G street at Fifteenth street
N.W. late yesterday, Edwin W. Davis,
74, president of the Davis-Wick
jtosengarten Co., building contractors.
was reported m a
serious condition
a t Emergency
Hospital today.
Mr. Davis’ left
arm was frac
tured and "«4lt8
head and face in
jured in the ac
cident. Police
said he was struck
first by a west
bound street car
turning into Fif
teenth street from
■■■M: anrei, nuu
e. w. d»vu. tossed into the
path of an east
bound street car turning into G street.
Mr. Davis was en route from his office
to his home at 3822 Eighth street N.W.
Charles Johnson, 71, of 810 Fourth
street N.E., escaped with minor in
juries when struck by a street car as
he was crossing H street at Fourth
street N.E. late yesterday. He was
treated at Sibley Hospital for head
cuts.
Hip Broken By Truck.
George M. Myers, 76, of 55 New
York avenue, suffered a broken hip
when struck by a truck that was back
ing away from the curb on N street
near New York avenue. He was re
ported in serious Condition at Sibley.
Street lights in the vicinity of Thir
teenth and Emerson streets N.W. were
out for about an hour early today after
a taxicab driven by William T. Tiller,
25, of 1416 Longfellow street N.W.
smashed into a light pole near the
corner, breaking the pole. Mr. Tiller
was treated at Emergency Hospital
for cuts and bruises and possibly in
ternal injuries.
Otis M. Raines, 26, of Riverton,
W. Va., received a fractured right arm
when a truck he was driving collided
with a Capital Transit Co. bus at
Third street and Rhode Island ave
nue N.W.
A hit-and-run motorist knocked
down Alonzo Johnson, 7, colored, 1312
Union street S.W., as the boy was
crossing L street S.W. at Robinson
street, fracturing both legs. He was
treated at Providence Hospital and
later transferred to Gallinger.
Autopsy Today.
Coroner A. Magruder MacDonald
planned to perform an autosy today
on the body of Milton Eyeler, 67, of
912 H street N.W., to determine
whether his death yesterday was due
to Injuries reoeived when he walked
into the side of an automobile at
Tenth street and Florida avenue N.W.
last September. At the time of the
accident he said he was not hurt. He
was found unconscious, with a frac
tured leg and internal injuries, several
hours later near his home.
; Social Register,
3 Pages Thinner9
Makes 1937 Bow
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> Three pages thinner than the 1931
edition, the Washington Social Registei
g today made its annual bow, without
s any notable changes from last year.
e The White House list includes the
is President and Mrs. Roosevelt, Mr. and
e Mrs. James Roosevelt, Franklin D., jr.
i, and his bride, the former Ethel
e du Pont, and John, who is studying at
h Harvard. Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Roose
velt and Mrs. Anna Roosevelt Boettigei
e previously have been carried in the
. New York Register,
y Senator Hattie W. Caraway oi
n Arkansas is the only woman listed
from Capitol Hill.
The volume also notes the accessiot
d of Justice Hugo L. Black to the SU'
is preme Court.
a The 16 Republican members of th<
n Senatfe are in the book, but Sena to
a Lundeeh of Minnesota is the lone Rep
ic resentative of the Farmer-Labor-^
Progressive—Independent bloc.
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JAILER THWARTED
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Capt. Rives Is Refused Per
mission to Deny Nar
cotics Charges.
Capt. Thomas M. Rives, superin
tendent of the District Jail, made a
determined but futile effort in Dis
trict Court today to deny that Richard
C. Tackett had ever purchased beer
and narcotics while being held in the
jail as a witness for the Senate Civil
Liberties Committee last Spring.
A sworn statement that Tackett had
purchased narcotics and beer while in
the jail was introduced In evidence
yesterday by attorneys defending Ted
Creech, Harlan County <Ky.) mine
superintendent, who is on trial for
alleged perjury.
After the defense had rested its
case. Assistant United States Attorney
David A. Pine called Capt. Rives to
refute the statement by Tackett. Trial
Justice Joseph W. Cox ruled, how
ever, that the official's testimony was
not admissable for technical reasons.
Move Balked.
Capt. Rives then asked permission
to deny the statement, saying:
“The impression has been given
that such things have been permitted
to happen at the District Jail, and
the jail administration would greatly
appreciate an opportunity to refute
that statement. I am afraid a cer
tain part of the public wrill give cre
dence to the statement.”
Justice Cox said he was sorry, but
he could not permit the testimony.
An effort by the prosecution to re
fute allegations in the statement that
Tackett was "drilled” in his testi
mony by agents of the Senate Com
mittee met a similar fate.
The defense then called James
Allen, husky Kentucky miner, who
overheard a conversation between
Tackett and Creech last April, which
formed the basis of the present in
dictment. During the trial the de
fense placed three men, George Lee,
Daniel Boone Calloway and Perry
Noe, on the witness stand to sub
stantiate Creech’s version of the con
versation, which is disputed by the
Government.# Allen denied any of
VAiV ViUbV TT1W bUVMVi
Principal Issue.
The principal issue in the present
trial is whether Tackett, while under
subpoena by the La Follette Civil
Liberties Committee last April, told
Creech he “came up here, got himself
drunk and messed things up.” Tack
ett, Harlan County coal miner and
self-styled "bad man,” denied before
the Senate committee and during the
trial that he said he got drunk. Creech
told the committee he did say he got
drunk, and that discrepancy in testi
mony is the principal basis of the
indictment.
As lyad to the jury yesterday bj
Defense Attorney William E. Leahy, t
statement by Tackett, supposedly hi!
life story, not only repudiated his tes
timony with reference to the conver
sation with Creech, but asserted hi!
testimony before the Senate commit
tee was “prearranged and bargainee
for.”
Extremely vague as to details anc
names, the 4,500-word statement said
in part:
‘■My testimony before the SenaU
committee was prearranged and bar
gained tor. During the hearings, Bot
La Follette acted like a ringmaster ii
a three-ring circus, cracking the whij
over the performers.
t Drilled in Testimony.
“I was drilled (coached) concemlni
my testimohy in Senator La Follette’
office, and I was under the influents
of drugs at the time. And after m;
conversation with Creech I was drillet
again before telling the committei
what was said by us.”
The Rev. Henry Henses, Catholt
priest at Lynch, Ky., was called ti
verify the signatures on Tackett’
statement, supposedly made to i
newspaper woman named “Mis
Juneau.”
Father Henses said Tackett sent fo
him and asked if there was anythin
in the statement that would get hin
in trouble if he signed it.
‘I didn't read it thoroughly,” th
- priest said, "but I told him it couldn’
■ hurt him if it was the truth.”
“It certainly is the truth,” Fathe
Henses quoted Tackett as replying.
SET-UP IS ASSAILED
Union Protests Inclusion of
Other Instructors on
Rating Group.
BAN ASKED ON PERSONS
WHO ARE “INTERESTED”
Number of Lawsuits Filed and
Requests for Reconsideration
Are Held Revealing.
Protest against the present organi
zation of the Board of Examiners for
the District schools was lodged with
the Board of Education yesterday by
Local No. 27 of the Washington Teach
ers’ Union.
In a letter to the board, Mrs. Mary
Mason Jones, president of the local,
questioned the practice of including
on the examining board both admin
istrative officials and classroom teach
ers of different grades and recom
mended a board whose personnel
would include individuals of unques
tioned administrative ability who have
no “personal interests" in the out
comes.
Referring to the presence of the
classroom teachers on the board, Mrs.
Jones explained, “it would seem a
difficult matter for teachers to main
tain an impartial attitude in the rat
ing of candidates who are fellow
teachers."
The union also contended that the
number of lawsuits filed, requests for
reconsideration of the findings of the
examiners and the amount of dis
cussion reflecting dissatisfaction, re
vealed that something is wrong. It
asked that if no change in set-up can
be made, the criteria used as a basis
for choice of members of the present
type of board should be made clear
to all within the school system.
The matter was referred to Supt.
Frank W. Ballou.
Salary Procedure Approved.
The board members also approved
a new procedure regarding class B
salaries prepared by Dr. Ballou and
referred it to the Legislative Committee
to draw up a bill to amend the Teach
ers’ Salary Act to permit operation of
the plan.
The plan of the superintendent
provides that in lieu of carrying in
the annual school estimates a separate
item for the oromotion of teachers to
a higher salary group, that a portion
a. ,k.A . .. . . .... . .—. n .. A ).nlnnnn At thA
end of each school year in the salary
item for teachers and librarians be
used for such promotions.
Secondly, the plan proposes that in
lieu of allowing group B salaries to
lapse as they are vacated by teachers
through death, retirement or pro
motion, they should be filled from
existing rated lists for promotion.
A teacher becomes eligible to take
examinations for a group B salary
rated list after she has reached the
limit of her original salary group,
which is $2,200 for elementary school
teachers, $2,400 for junior high school
teachers and $2,800 for senior high
instructors. The group B salary adds
to this $400 in $100 increments.
The situation this program is de
signed to correct is caused by the
clause in the Teachers’ Salary Act that
group B salaries be divided propor
tionately between the white and col
ored schools on a basis of enrollment.
Dr. Ballou cited as an example of
the failure of this regulation the situ
ation now obtaining under which there
are nine class B salaries in junior
highs of both white and colored di
visions. Under the present rule, he
pointed out, if one of those salaries
is vacated in the colored schools, no
appointment could be made as they
are already over their quota on the
2-1 enrollment basis generally taken
The salary would therefore lapse.
Under the plan of the superintend
ent, the money could be put in the
unexpended balance fund and used
tor promotion of teachers.
The board also approved reappoint
ment of two teachers who resigned
under section 213 of the Economy Ad
under a waiver of rating requirements
because of their good records.
Figures presented the members
showed more than 500 pupils hav<
moved into the District from States
and Territories and foreign countries
over the number that came in las
year. There were also fewer with
drawals from District schools.
MEMORIAL HIGHWAY
WILL BE RELIGHTED
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Park and Planning Commissioi
Finds Funds to Illuminate
Road Next Spring.
The National Capital Park am
Planning Commission today reportei
to the Secretary of the Interior th
Mount Vernon Memorial highway
after nearly four and a half years o
darkness at night, will be relightei
, early next spring.
Funds are available, the commissioi
, reported, for lighting the highway, a
, well as Memorial avenue from th
i Lincoln Memorial Bridge to the deai
end at Arlington National Cemetery
Because of economy measures at th
time, the memorial highway light
; were turned off June 30, 1933. Th
i commission officials said today fund
! are available for operating the light
r only part of next year and that is wh
1 lighting is being delayed until sprint
• Arlington County Manager Frank C
Hanrahan was notified of the nei
: order to turn on the lights and h
i has. filed with the commission a re
i quest to consider a proposed chang
i in the curb where Memorial avenu
i meets Arlington Ridge road. Th
present sharp curve at this point con
: stitutes a traffic hasard, he said.
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1 BAND CONCERT
> By the United States Army Bam
l this afternoon at 4:30 p.m., in th
Army Band Auditorium: Capt. Thoms
r r. Darcy, leader; Karl Hubner, eecon
I leader.
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Two More Santa Claus Lanes Opened
St. Nick played second fiddle to a pair of former baseball teammates at the opening of
Georgia avenue’s Santa Claus lane last night. Joe Judge (left) and Walter Johnson are pictured
giving autographed baseballs to admiring youngsters.
^ .
Santa was the No. 1 guest, though, at Twelfth and Monroe streets N.E. when the Northeast
lane in Brookland teas inaugurated. Santa was holding Patricia Walsh when the picture was
snapped.—Star Staff Photos.
WREN’S HOUSE
Tea to Be Held Tomorrow
at hoomier Place at
3224 N Street N.W.
Capable of accommodating several
hundred more children than in its
last home, the Georgetown Children’s
House will open its new' quarters at
3224 N street N.W. to public inspec
tion tomorrow afternoon and eve
ning. A tea will be held from 3:30
to 6 p.m., w'ith Miss Winona Rorby
and Miss Elsie Lawrence, who direct
the work at the House, receiving.
Ten years ago. when the settlement
started out. it was financed only by
proceeds from the annual Georgetown
garden tours. At present, part of its
expenses is met from Community
Chest funds.
A’special gift received this fall en
abled the House to leave the small
rented quarters at 3238 N street which
it had occupied since its organiza
tion and to make a down payment
on and remodel the more adequate
house a few doors down the street.
Game rooms have been constructed
in the basement for boys too young
for the Boy Scouts or similar organiza
tions. Large sunny rooms for craft
classes, handiwork and games have
been outfitted for the older children's
after-school hours.
Two nursery schools are operating
in the new building. One, a W. P. A,
school, is sponsored jointly by the
Board of Education and the settle
ment. The other is the house’s own
> project.
Mrs. Robert F. Whitehead, chairman
of the Georgetown Children’s Com
mittee, sponsor of the settlement
pointing out that the house can now
serve twice as many children as for
merly, said:
‘‘A study made recently by th«
| Georgetown Neighborhood Counci:
showed that one of the greatest needs
in this section was wholesome recrea^
tion for our young people. While oui
• new quarters will not be large enougl
to meet the full need, they will mear
that we can open our doors to severa
hundred more children than in thi
I past.”
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: SCHOOLS WILL GIVE
! FREE LUNCH SHOWS
i _
! Previous Programs Staged at Be
1 lasco Did Not Bring in
i Amount Expected.
5 The magic shows given during thi
5 first week of November at the Belasci
5 Theater as a benefit for the free ho
5 lunch fund for the 5,200 needy schoo
V children will be given again in thi
'• various schools which have audt
■ toriums.
^ The Board of Education yesterda;
- approved such a proposal at the re
• quest of Mrs. John Boyle. jr„ heai
5 of the group trying to raise the $67,501
5 necessary to operate the project foi
s a year.
- Mrs. Boyle explained to the boari
that the previous shows had no
brought in the income expected am
asked that :they be permitted to stag
the shows in the school buildings.
I, The chairman also announced i
e benefit football game December 11
s between local football stars and thi
1 State scholastie champion of Georgii
the A. and M. school of Monroe, Gi
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Wish Written in 1881 to Bar
Columbia Heights Liquor Sale
Justice Wheat to Enjoin TrafRc Because
of Provisions of Deeds Made Out by
Original Owner of Area.
The wish of John Sherman, pioneer
real estate operator, that liquor should
never be sold on his land—a wish
which he wrote into the original deeds
of the Columbia Heights subdivision
in 1881—rose up today to bar the sale
of spirits in that area.
Late yesterday. Chief Justice Alfred
A. Wheat of District Court said he
would enjoin the sale of spirituous
beverages at five establishments on
Fourteenth and Eleventh streets N.W.
The five are the only places in Colum
bit Heights subdivision where liquor,
beer or wine now can fee purchased, it
was stated.
A decree embodying the injunction
is expected to be signed shortly. Chief
Justice Wheat indicated, however, he
would stay its effect, pending the
appeal which was predicted.
All land in the original Columbia
Heights subdivision—an area of about
20 city blocks—is affected by the
ruling. The subdivision runs from the
east side of Fourteenth street to the
west side of Eleventh street, and from
Park road on the north to Florida
avenue on the south. The establish
ments concerned in the present suit,
which was brought by eight Columbia
Heights residents, are located at 2435
Fourteenth street, 2825 Fourteenth
street, 3101 Fourteenth street, 3031
Fourteenth street and 2900 Eleventh
street.
Shortly after repeal of prohibition,
a group of residents of the neighbor
hood, including George H. Brown,
1357 Euclid street N.W.; Clifford E.
Kettler, 1316 Euclid street N.W.: John
H. Stewart and Edie Gertrude Stewart,
both of 1353 Euclid street; James W.
Crabtree, 1304 Euclid street N.W., and
Doshia B. Murray, 1363 Euclid street,
filed suit in District Court for the
injunction.
They previously had protested to the
Alcoholic Beverage Control Board
against granting of liquor or wine and
beer licenses in the subdivision.
Nevertheless, the licenses were granted.
Through Attorneys James C. Wilkes
and James E. Artis, they contended
that covenants running with the land
banned forever the sale of spirituous
beverages or the conducting of manu
facturing or mechanical businesses.
The defendants contended the char
acter of the neighborhood had sc
changed since the covenants were
executed that they were no longei
binding, and also the plaintiffs had
delayed too long in bringing their suit
Chief Justice Wheat disagreed,
holding that the provision concerning
spirits, at least, was binding. H«
made it clear that in his opinion th«
covenant covered the sale, not only oi
hard liquor, but of wine and beer aj
well.
SIX FIRMS SUBMIT
BIDS ON NAVY SHIPS
Three Offer to Build Two Tenders
and Three Would Furnish
Machinery.
Two firms yesterday submitted bids
to the Navy for constructing the hull
of a destroyer tender, one for building
! the hull of a seaplane tender and
three contractors submitted estimates
for supplying the propelling machinery
for the latter.
For the destroyer tender, the New
York Shipbuilding Corp. of Camden,
N. J„ offered an indicated low bid of
(11,690,810 and agreed to complete the
, job in 36 months, with an alternative
bid of (10,737,555 for adjustments in
Increased costs of labor and materials.
The Federal Shipbuilding and Dry
Dock Co., Kearny, N. J„ submitted a
1 main proposal of (18,150,000 for com
' pletion in 36 months and, under the
' adjustment for labor and materials,
| a bid of (17,150,000.
For the seaplane tender, the New
York Shipbuilding Corp. submitted
r three bids under varying classes
. calling for alternative designs—(10,
[ 406,000, (10,391,750 and $10,831,770—
i all for completion in 36 months. Un
der the adjustment provision for in
creased material, and labor during
1 construction of the vessel, this firm
t submitted the following alternatives:
y (9,505,000, (9,490,750 and (9,943,000.
> For supplying the engines for the
seaplane tender, the American Loco
i motive Co. of New York City, asked
I (2,355,000, Hoover-Owens-Renlschler
! of Hamilton, Ohio, asked (1,468,444,
, and Nordberg Manufacturing Co., of
. Milwaukee, Wise., (1,973,000.
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TWO NEW GENERALS
IN MARINES PICKED
President Approves Them, anc
Five Colonels—Names Now
Go to Senate.
President Roosevelt will shortly sene
to the Senate for confirmation th<
names of two new brigadier general!
and five new colonels of the Marin<
Corps.
The Chief Executive yesterday laic
aside his fishing lines off the Florida
coast aboard the U. S. S. Potomac anc
approved the findings of a Selectior
Board that has been in session al
the Navy Department for the pasl
two weeks. Col. Emile P. Moses, chief
of staff to the commanding genera
of the Fleet Marine Force, San Diego
Calif., was selected to be a brigadlei
general of the line, while Col. Bennet
Puryeai, Jr., post quartermaster al
the Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va.
was chosen to be available as the
quartermaster of the Marine Corps
should anything happen to Brigadiei
Gen. Seth Williams, who was swon
in yesterday.
Recommended for promotion t<
colonels were these lieutenant colonels
Earl C. Long, Depot Quartermaster a
San Francisco, Calif., who has servec
in Washington and had charge of thi
construction of the presidential cam]
on the Rapidan in nearby Virginia
when Herbert Hoover was the Chie
Executive; Seldon B. Kennedy, oz
duty at the Marine Barracks, Quantico
Va.; Miles R. Thacher, commandini
officer, Marine Barracks, Navy Yard
Cavite, P. I.; Henry L. Larsen, alsi
on duty at Quantico, and William H
Rupertus, serving with the 4th Regi
ment, 2nd Brigade of Marines a
Shanghai, China.
I
*
Randolph Makes Definite
Plans to Resume It First
Week in That Month.
HOLDING FIRM ALSO *
TO BE INVESTIGATED
Dirksen Receives Protest by At
torney Against Bus
Fumes.
By JAMES E. CHINN.
Definite plans were made today to
resume the Congressional investiga
tion of the Capital Transit Co. the
first week in January.
Representative Randolph, Demo
crat, of West Virginia, chairman of
the investigating committee, said by
that time it would be possible to re
new the inquiry without having it
conflict with other activities of the
members.
Meantime, Representative Dirksen,
Republican, of Illinois, whose moves
at the last sessiorf of Congress to
abolish one-man car operations and
fix the maximum rate of bus and rail
fares at 7 cents led to the investiga
tion, intends to complete a study of
a mass of data relating to the transit
company recently turned over to him
by the Public Utilities Commission.
Dr. Dirksen said the inquiry will
cover not only rates of fare and one
man car operations, but will concern
the financial structure qf the transit
company as well as the North Ameri
can Co. o' New York which con
trols it.
The inquiry was started last July,
but was abruptly halted shortly after
ward because of the rush for ad
journment of Congress. E. D. Mer
rill, president of the transit company,
and William A. Roberts, former peo
ple’s counsel, were the principal wit
nesses. Both are expected to be re
called when the investigation is re
opened. ., i g
Before the inquiry is resumed,
Chairman Randolph said he planned
to make a thorough study of recent
developments in the mass transporta
tion situation in the District, espe
cially the action of the Public 111111
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fares to six for 50 cents. He already
has assembled for future reference
the series of 12 articles on the transit
situation which recently appeared in
The Star.
While declining to comment on pro
posals for public ownership and op
eration of the transit lines, Mr. Ran
dolph pointed out that about 18
months ago, employes of the transit
company in Wheeling, W. Va„ bought
the nearly bankrupt concern and are
now operating it at a profit and pro
viding improved service.
The transit investigating commit
tee is composed of Mr. Randolph, Mr.
Dirksen, and Representative Arnold,
Democrat, of Illinois.
Meanwhile a protest against gas
fumes in buses of the Capital Transit
Co. was filed with Mr. Dirksen by
Robert E. Acorn, Washington attorney.
Mr. Dirksen received the complaint
when Mr. Acorn said he had been
"sidetracked” by the Public Utilities
Commission.
Mr. Acorn explained he asked the
commission November 17 for an op
portunity to present his protest, and
was advised to communicate with
Fred A. Sager, chief engineer.
“It is quite evident that this is
merely a means of sidetracking me,”
he told Mr. Dirksen. "If Mr. Sager
were going to make any recommenda
tions to the commission, he would
have done so before now. If he de
nies that a deplorable condition ex
ists in most of these buses, then he,
together with the commission, must
have closed his eyes—and nose—to a
situation that every rider of these
buses knows to be a fact.”
Mr. Acorn called particular atten
tion to the condition on the Connecti
cut Avenue buses, which he said, are
regarded as the best in the transit
service. "If this is the case.” he de
clared, "my sympathy goes out to
those who have to ride the others.”
“The sight of a half-dozen or more
persons in the rear of a bus with
closed eyes, and apparently asleep,”
Mr. Acorn added, "is too common to
admit of denial by anyone. I believe
that every person who has ridden
these buse. has had a burning feel
ing of the eyes. Often, one may see
people changing their seats, always
moving forward. As one bus driver
remarked to me: 'You only have to
ride them a half hour or so, I am on
them eight hours a day.”’
Mr. Acorn suggested the condition
might be remedied by connecting a
pipe to the exhaust of each bus and
run it about a foot above the roof
as was done on buses of the Alexan
dria, Barcroft and Washington line.
“The time will come,” he predicted,
“when exhp^ts on all automobiles
will be placet in the middle of the
roof where they belong.”
NEW TENNIS COURTS
ARE OPEN FOR PLAY
Concrete Ones at Seventeenth and
Constitution Beady—Skating
Plans Laid.
The concrete tennis courts at Sev
enteenth street and Constitution ave
nue N.W. are open for play, and
permits for their use may be secured
at the permit office, National Capital
’ Parks, at the Eighteenth* street an
i trance to the new Interior Depart
ment Building, it was announced to
, day by Albert Clyde-Burton, in charge
of recreation in the Washington park
; system, who said previously announced
1 plans for flooding the courts so that
< they might be used for skating are
i' being held in abeyance.
Mr. Clyde-Burton has completed
; plans for having skating on the re
i fleeting pool of the Lincoln Memorial
, If the weather is suitable. He has
; erected some 50 flood lights, two
, shelters tor the skaters, an open-4ir
> fireplace and a refreshment stand.
. Rental of skates will be carried on
■ by Sydney Leach, who has the cfh
; cession stand in the National Zoologi
cal Park.
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