Evening star. [volume], May 09, 1948, Page A-8, Image 8

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New Car Tagged'Uncle Joe'
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Lt. “Uncle Joe’’ Harrington, (center) retired hack inspector,
receives the shiny new automobile shown in the background
and a trust fund from Washington’s taxi drivers over whom
he rode herd for more than a decade. Presenting the keys to
the car qt Griffith Stadium yesterday was Benjamin M. Posey,
1320 Staples street N.E., (right), while William A. Walters, 55
Rhode Island avenue N.E. (left) presents a certificate for a
$2,000 trust fund. —Star Staff Photo.
Most good cops find their rewards
in heaven.
“Uncle Joe” Harrington collected
at least part of his yesterday in
the earthy atmosphere of Griffith
Stadium.
He sat in the box where Presi
dents since the time of Taft have
sat, a bit off the beaten path of a
cop who had worn a badge for
30 years.
Thin from illness, buttoned tightly
in a topcoat. “Uncle Joe’’ Harring
ton sat there surrounded by his
friends. Not the dignitary type
usually found in a Presidential box.
Nor yet the sort one might expect
around a retired hack inspector.
“Uncle Joe’s" boxmates were cab
drivers, the same fellows he had
cracked the whip over for a dozen
rears while he was head man in the
hack inspector's office. They were
the boys he called on the carpet
when their licenses were at stake.
But there w'ere more hackers than
this handful in the box. There
were hundreds in the stands and
thousands rolling on the streets
who had gfcie to bat for a good
policeman—the greatest United ex
pression of appreciation Washington
cabbies had ever shown.
The brightly uniformed Police
BoJ’s Club Band paraded before the
stands, and Clark Griffith, owner of
the Nats, introduced “Uncle Joe's”
friends in the box.
Then a shiny black 1948 Dodge
sedan—the one Lt. Harringtbn had
picked out—came on the field. This
was what the day was all about—a
car for*“Uncle Joe" from Washing
ton’s cabbies.
Introduced by George E. Keneipp,
director of Vehicles and Traffic, aS
a hacker who had driven 35 years
without accident, Benjamin M.
Posey handed fct. Harrington the car
keys and said:
“God bless you, Joe.”
But that-wasn’t all. There was
another introduction, this one of
William A. Waters, a cabbie with 33
years of safe driving behind him.
He handed “Uncle Joe” a trust fund
certificate for $2,000.
Somebody got the idea a month
ago, about the time Lt. Harrington's
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retirement was becoming effective.
It started with a plan to collect
money from the drivers for a car.
“Uncle Joe’s” was getting old, and
perhaps he would want to take a
trip to improve his health.
There wasn’t much trouble about
soliciting funds. In three weeks
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So the first thing the isuto-for
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swelled beyond expectation. Some
body else got the idea of lapel but
tons with "Uncle Joe’s” picture on
them and the words: I am a mem
ber of the ‘Uncle Joe Harrington
Club.” Somebody else thought of
membership cards, and most drivers
carry them in their billfolds today.
They contributed $1 or more for
membership dues. When the car
Was paid for, the trust fund idea
followed. It will go to Lt. Harrlng
ton in monthly installments for 18
months. Any residue win be given
to the Police Boys Club.
Lt. Harrington thought the car
was swell, but maybe a bit too lavish
—white sidewall tires, radio, heater,
and all the trimmings.
How did he get along with hack
ers?
“Why, I always stayed a, lump
ahead and if I didn’t know' what
they were talking about, I pretended
I did,” Lt. Harrington said for a
laugh.
That wasn’t the way the others
had heard it. He was never too
busy to tglk to a cabbie, he gave the
drivers the benefit of the doubt, he
tried to make a little lecture take
the place of a license suspension, he
helped war veterans get a new start.
That was how the boys had heard
itjrhen they decided to let "Uncle
Joe” Harrington know they appreci
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