Evening Star Newspaper, December 13, 1921, Page 4

TELS HOW BOARDS OF TRAI DFFER Economic Adviser of British Government Addresses Local Body. An address by Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith, economic adviser to the British government, and formerly secretary of the London Board of Trade; a report by Edwin C. Brandenburg, representative of tae Boad of Trade at the hearings before the Senate District committee on national representation for the District, and reports of various committees, fea- tured the meeting last night of the ‘Washington Board of Trade at the Wil- lard Hotel. Sir Hubert outlined to the Washing- ton business men the activities of the London Board of Trade. He said that the British and Wasaington bodies were alike in name only and characterized the British body as “Trade without the Board” and the Washington body as “Board without the Trade.” London Body an Old One. In explanation Sir Hubert said that the London Board of Trade was founded in the time of Oliver Cromwell; had flourished for a time, died out grad- ually; had been revived in the time of King William; suffered another setback in the revolutionary war; had boen started again and at the time of the world war had been an active body dealing with the railroads, labor, com- merce, and many other industrial mat- ters. Sir Hubert pointed out t British body was.aiways a government body, and compared it to the Denart- ment of Commerce in this country. He said that there were no board meetings and that it did not function as a board, so that therefore he called it trade with- out the board. The local body, he asserted, was in- terested in civic development, so that it was certainly a board without the trade. He complimented the Wash- ington organization on its president, Thomas Bradley, and on its good work aceomplished. Brandenburg’s Report. Mr. Bradenburg, formerly president of the board, and an untir?;lt ‘worker for national representation for Wash- ington, made an interesting report on the progress of the hearings before the Senate District committee on na- tional representation for the District. “There is an apparent misunderstand- ing,” said Mr. Brandenburg, “as to the three bills before Congress for suffrage for Washington. They are the Poindex- ter, Capper and Jones measures. One provides for a non-voting delegate to Congress from the District. This the Board of Trade has refused to ap- prove. Anothc. is designed so that the District people can elect their i ials. We don't want The other is for full national representation for the Dis- trict, with the right to vote in the election of President and Vice Presi- dent, representatives in both houses of Congress and the right to sue and be sued in the federal courts. “The Jones resolution provides for these things. It is in the form of a constitutional amendment. “I think that the members of the board wili be very much pleased to hear that in & conversation with Senator Ball, chairman of the District com- mittee, he expressed himself in favor of a constitutional amendment provid- ing for votes for District people in the election of President and Vice Presi- dent; that he will advocate no bill which provides for a change in the local form of government, and that on the ques- tion of Washington representatives in Congress he has not made up his mind. Statisties Repeated. “‘Now every Washington business man has heard these statistics which I am golng to give, but they will re- peating, because they show just why ‘Washington wants, and should have, full national representation in both houses of Congress and in the electoral college. “In_the 1910 census the population of the District of Columbia was 331,000. ‘This figure exceeded in number the population of Nevada, Wyoming, Dela- ware, Arizona, Idaho and New Mexico. ‘Therefore, even in 1910, the population of the District of Columbia exceeded six other states in the Union. “In 1920 the census showed that the population of the District was 437,000, end the state of Vermont was added to the list of states that had less popula- tion than the District. That makes seven states. The last figure, incident- ally, is within 8,000 population of New Hampshire and Utah. ‘“Now let’s take up the question of taxes. It is a mistaken impression that Washingtonians live in a beauti- ful place where there are no taxes to pay. Far from it. While we do not have the varied taxes of states, we have a flat tax which is greater than that paid by the citizens of many states. In the year ending 1916 the federal taxes paid by the District of Columbia aggregated $1,506,000, great- er than that paid by twenty-one states of the Union. “In 1917 we paid $2,666,000, greater than any one of nineteen states. These are just some of the reasons why we are entitled to representation. “Let’s take up the contribution of trcops in the world war. The number of volunteers in the District was 8.314, greater in number than eight states. In the draft the District contributed 9,600 men, making a total of 17,945. And now let me tell you an astonish- ing thing. The District of Columbia had a greater proportion of volun- teers to the total number sent to war than any other state in the Union, with the exception of four. “And now here is one more thing that shows our fitness to have repre- sentation here. In the first liberty loan the District quota was $10,000,- 000; we subscribed $19,261,000. For the second loan our quota was $20,- 000,000: we subscribed $22,000,000. The third Toan ~ne quota was $12,870,000; we subscribed $25,992,000 one of eighteen states. t loan our quota was 608.000. and we subscribed $51,262,000. The per canita subscrintion of the District resident in this loan was 10le United States only averaged $67. few of the reasons men of Washington In 27, ‘why the busin want full national representation for | the District of Columbia. titled to it and should get i Three annual committee reports were submitted by their respective chaivmen cy were: Public order, are en- Odell S. Smith, chairman; rivers and. harvors, Frank P. Leetch, chairman, and parks and reservations, Fred G. Coldren, chairman. The reports were adopted unanimously by the board. Eleven recommendations were made by the public order committee. They ar “One hundred and fifty additional men immediately to adequately police the city and perfect a separate and distinct trafic squad, with an in- spector in command. New York has 1,400 men in its “trafic squad” — we have ten. “More — increased salaries for our men, to meet the loss of the bonus. which is sure to be discon- tinued in the very near future, and to put the men on the same basis as the men of the departments of our size arA character. “A clothing allowance for men, at Jerst oi rhe first year, so that in order to join the force each man wil} not be compelled to make an outlay of from $60 to $75—thereby making it | courses in East Potomac Park on the somewhat easier to obtain men. “One day in each week off duty for each man,. that he may be of more service to himself and the force and be afforded the opportunity’ to be- a Central Police Statiom. “’A central police station, not far re- moved from the Municipal building, with modern gonveniences and appl ances for all branches of the depart- ment: offices, 01 - sium, library, recfeation hall, dormi. tory—in short, a home, housing po- lice department proper, detective n‘- resu, traMo squad aod the | greater | ISWORD AND HONORS AS MARSHAL FOCH SAILS French Generalissimo Will Leave New York for Home ‘Tomorrow. NEW YORK, December 13.—Mar- al Ferdinand Foch, generalissimo France, will reach here late today to say his farewell to the metropolis and to the United States. He sails Wednesday on the steamer Paris for France. Since his arrival here October 27, a8 a guest of the American Legion, Marshal Foch had traveled 20,000 miles and ited nearly every large | city in the United States and Canada. | The conferring of honorary mem- i berships in four national engineering the American Society of : Civil Engineers, the American Insti- | tute of Mechanical Engineers, the | American_ Society of Electrical En- | ineers and the American Society of Mining and Metallurgical Engineers, iis on the program for the last day of his visit. After these exercises he will be presented with a sword by the French Institute of the United States. 1t will bear the arms of the United States and France and follow the pat- tern of the sword of a general in the American Army. In the evening Marshal Foch will be the guest of honor at a dinmer given by the state of New York, ¢ which Gov. Miller will attend. il e 8h; of ! societies, bureau—a benefit to the department, help for the men and the pride of our cit; % ation No. 12, at 17th street and Rhode Island avenue northeast. Land is already purchased and about one- half sufficient appropriated to erect the building. This will take care of the vaet territory very rapidly de- veloping—more than No. 9 and No. 10 can well take care of, being so far removed. “New cells at Nos. 2, 7 and 9, the present being of old formation, con- structed of brick and cement, dark and unhealthy. For humanity’s sake these should be replaced by cells of the cleanest and best type. “An auto patrol for every precinct; the replacement of worn-out motor and motor cycle equipment Wwith motors of high speed and power, 50 that fleeing criminals may be easier apprehended and box calls more quickly answered. “Higher caliber pistols or revolvers so that when they have to be called into:play- they will do effective work. The old .33-caliber was a miserable failure during the race riot & few years ago, also on several occasions since, when detectives have been fired upon and their return fire did not do the work. Trafie Court. “A traffic court. With 67,000 auto- mobiles, 15,000 to 18,000 arrests dur- ing the year for infractions of traffic rules, our Police Court over- crowded, judges, juries and court of- ficials overworked, tained in court when they should be on the street or at rest, ‘and the ac- cused and witnesses, business men of the city and perchance visitors, held in ‘durance vile’ for hours, awaiting the call of their particular case. Washington is no longer a small town; it is a big city and needs and deserves the rights, privileges and promptitude accorded to this kind of court procedure granted to other cities of our country. Every city having a trafic court, reports only beneficial results. We must have a traffic court here.’ Fourteen Recommendations. Fourteen recommendations are made by the parks and reservations committee. They are: Legislation authorizing the entire removal of the fence surrounding the present Botanic Garden and trans- fer of the conservatories of that gar- dn to the James creek canal reserva- tion or the Union station plaza, as may be preferred, in order to per- mit preper improvement of the grounds and approaches of Grant memeorial and to allow the con-. siruction of the memorial to Gen. Meade by the state W Pennsylvania, as_already ‘authorized by Congress. Leglalation for -adding the Mount Hamilton tract to. the adjacent Ana- costia flats fmprovement, thereby es-{ tablishing a national botanic garden and arboretum for introduction of foreign trees, shrubs and plants, to be on a scale somewhat commensu- rate with the botanic gardens of other nations, our recommendation being that acquisition of the necessary tract be at once authorized. the appropria- tion to be spread over a number of years. . “Sufficient annual appropriation for purchase of the remaining tracts for the Rock Creek parkway, so as to complete within two years the acqui- sition of the tracts authorized. “Striking out the provision in last year's District appropriation bill con- fining the improvement of the Ana- costia flats to the sections below Ben- ning bridge. This improvement ab- solutely requires the elimination of the extensive marshy sections above Benning bridge, for the health of the District if for no other reason. ‘Authorization, and initial appro- priation for construction of the me- morial bridge connecting the Lincoln Memorial with Arlington. This is especially urged, because the comple- tion of the Lincoln Memorial require: the development of the plans for the memorial bridge. “Passage of the pending bill, 8. 4 or H. R. 10635, for making survey and plan for acquisition of the civil ‘war forts encircling the city and a fort drive connecting said fort sites, this being an outstanding feature of the park commission plan of 1901. Of the 40 forts and batteries constructed on the Maryland side of the Potomac a large number are still well pre. served, but their destruction is seri- ously threatened and action to pre- serve them should not be delayed. “Passage of House bill 8105 or Sen- ate bill 2360, both of which provide for acquisition of the Piney Branch parkway extension, the Klingle Ford parkway and the Patterson tract. The included as they are in the park com- mission plan of 1901, wa$ never so urgent as at present. Almost dally building projects are inaugurated, in- {ing magnificent trees and making it imore and more difficult to carry out a comprehensive park system. “Legislation authorizing survey of both sides of the Potomac river, from this city to Great Falls, looking to it: preservation as part of the park sys: tem. “Appropriation for developing a great recreation park on the Anacos- tia river between bridge bridge, such a development providing very urgently needed recreation fa- oilities for the great eastern section of the city. i | 1 | | necessitating the diversion of the |wnnr courses feeding Rock Creek to the city sewerage system, to prevent ithe destruction of this stream. the most important feature of Rock Creek ' Park, it is essential that the federal government control portions of the ‘watershed in Maryland feeding this system. We urge immediate steps to acquire the bed of this creek above the District line and the forest areas and uvlnn“-mtmn‘ the streams . Golf Links. “A suitable appropriation for estab- {lishment of golf links.in upper Rock Creek Park. Illustrating the demand | for golf courses, no-less than 450 peo- i ple made use of the new nine-hole first day it was opened. An average | of 600 are now playing Saturdays and [ Sundays on the links in East Potomac Park, and many more are unable to obtain acco: on the police de- %] 1isun sets, 4: n necessity for acquiring such areas, | As| creasing the cost of the land, destroy.- | B the Anacostia | Los and Pennsylvania Avenue: “Since the flow of water in Rock | Pliceniz, Aris Creek has already been very largely reduced by building developments P s SRR | TORXPAY SUALE D. C. Commissioners Take Up New Plan to Secure Action on Salary Increases. If the House appropriations com- mittee takes the view that it should not recommend salary increases for'! statutory empioyes of the District |.nl the appropriation bill the Commis- sioners may send to Congress a sep- arate bill providing for a revision of the statutory pay scale. The city heads incorporated in their estimates request for increases in sal- ary for many of the statutory work- ers, whose basic rates of pay have not been revised for years.- It- has been indicated, however, that the ap- i propriations committee may regard these increases as improper in an sp- propriation bill. . Think Increases Deserved. The Commissioners, it is known, feel that the statutory, or annual, em- ployes of the city are more entitled to an advance in pay than any other group of city workers. The police, firemen, school teachers and per diem laborers and mechani all had their salaries increase elther during or since the war. The statutory employes as a group have had nothing but the bonus, which also + has been applied to the other groups. The statutory force includes many clerks, who for years havé received $720- and $900 per annum. - There are others receiving $1,000 and $1,200 for Iwurk for which federal departments pay several hundred dollars more. ‘The Commissioners themselves are in the class of statutory employes, whose salary of $5,000 per year has not been increased. School Head Gets $6,000. The superintendent of schools re- ceives $6,000 a year. The corporation counsel, through his work as counsel for the utilitiés commission, Teteives a total salary of $5,500. The super- intendent of police receives only $500 less t the Commissioners. The District wage board, composed of two department heads, two em- ployes and an assistant engineer commissioner, will meet within a few days to determine what changes, if any, should be made at this time in the wage scale of the 2,000 per diem laborers and mechanics. The pay of these men is fixed from time to time by the Commissioners u_;;i‘ met by & lump sum appropria- i ‘Will Oppose Cut in Wages. The per diem workers will ask the wage board not to reduce salaries at this time, contending that the every- day necessities of life have not de- clined in price sufficiently to warrant * Bhe Gty mmpt e mployes’ Asspcia , which ineludes nearly all of theug:r diem workers, will meet Thuraday nlshtt:ln the O Sireet Armory to dis- cuss the wage question and officers for the yqu.r. FoRelece | THE WEATHER District of Columbia, generally cloudy tomight and tomorrow, prob- ably ligh. snow by tomorrow after- noon or night; slightly colder to- night, lowest temperature about 28 degrees; moderate winds, mostly north and northeast. Virginia, generally cloudy tonight and tomorrow; probably light snow tomorrow afternoon or night in north portion;’ slightly colder tonight; fresh, possibly . strong northwest wlnds.l - S ;| . Maryland, cloudy .and . slightly colder tonight; tomorrow unsettled, possibly Tight snow by afternoon or ght; moderate to fresh northeast and north winds. West Virginia, cloudy and some- what colder tonight; tomorrow, um- settled, probably snow. Thermometer—4 p.m., 44; 8 p.m., 39; 12 midnight, 38; 4 am., 33; 8 am., 34; 34 p.m., 29.5: 8 a.m., 29.44; moon, 29.47. perature, 50, occurred at 6 p.m. yesterday. Lowest tempera- ture, 33, occurred at 4 a.m. today. Temperature same date last year— Highest, 54; lowest, 43. Condition of the Water. Temperature and condition of the water at 8 a.m.: Great Falls—Te; condition, slightl; perature, 36; muddy. i . Tide Tables. (Furnished by United States coast and geodetic survey.) Today- 'w tide, 6:32 am. 7:00 p.m.; high tide, 12:20 p.m. Tomorrow—Low tide, 8:03 p.m.; high tide, 12 1:19 p.m. ‘The Sun and Meen. ‘Today—Sun rose, 7:28 a.m.; 4:48 p.m. SEnigets Tomorrow—Sun rises, 7:23 am. 47 p.m. Aitomobiie 1aaps Lo be ligh .utomobile lamps. t - half hour after n,mut. Sishtet ons ‘Weathe: gS sumar @ Westher. Fortland, i 8. Lal i San Anf | San 8. T St. Paul. . Beattle ... 30.34 | WASH., D6 20,44 e ‘trees in the Capitol grounds, the Mall ;and the smaller parks with labels in. BRBRASSRAREBRSNUTLTRERRERINBREVRRARAEN I [N DECEMBER 13, 1921 STORY; : FORU.S. ENPLOYES , Secretary Hoover, in Annual Twe automobiles were badly damaged as a result of a collision at 10th and R streets this moraing about 8130 o’clock. The ear of D. C. Brifl, 631 8rill, an occupant of the car, recefved o the Brill SHOWER FLOWERS ONDEAD BANDIT No Names With Tributes to Slaughter—Convict Slayer - Charged With Murder. By the Associated Press. LITTLE ROCK, Ark., December 13. —The body of Tom Slaughter, the bandit who seized control of the Ar- kansas state prison and offered free- dom to all the prisoners, was sur- rounded by scores of floral tributes when viewed by thousands of persons here last night. The casket arrived here this evening, and, at the request of his wife, of Eldorado, Ark., will be buried in & cemetery here at 3 o'clock tomorrow. None of the bouquets of flowers bore the donors’ cards. One anonymous order received by a florist called for $250 worth of roses and the money was sent by messenger. At a coromer's inguest this after- noon at Benton Jack Howard., the convict who shot Slaughter in the back during the flight from prison, was ordered held to the Saline county grand jury on a charge of first-degree murder. Howard was returned to the penitentiary. Capture of the three negro con- victs still at large is expected by offi- cers of Saline and Garland counties, who have two posses on the trail of the men. According to Slaughter’s widow, the bandit was only twenty-five years old. He was born in Louisiana, she said, and is survived by nis mother, three sisters and three brothers. $102,500 IN AUTO TIRE. Slaughter’s Bank Loot Said to Be Hidden in Northern Texas. NEW YORK, December 13.—A cial dispatch from Pine Bluff, to the New York Herald says. Buried fn a motor car tire some- where in northern Texas is $102,500 worth of securities, Tom Slaughter's share of loot obtained by his band in bank robberies, according to A. W. Mills, local agent for an insurance company. Mr. Mills said he had an appoint- ment to meet Slaughter at the peni- tentiary tomorrow, when the bandit was to have told of the hiding place of the money, so that it could be re- turned to the banks before Slaughter was to have gone to the electric chair. Mills said that following Slaughter's conviction of the murder of Roy Brown and incarceration at the state farm at Tucker, the bandit professed gion to the Rev. W. B. Hogg of Little Rock, and that the clergyman told him he would Lave to return the money before ke could be forgiven. Mr. Mills had received instructions from the insurance company to try to locate the loot and had conferred with the Little Rock pastor. Mills had an appointment to see Slaughter at the Tucker farm on September 20, when the bandit was to have reveal- ed the hiding place of ths money, but on September 18 Slaughter tried to shkoot his way to freedom and killed & guard at the prison farm. After Slaughter was sentenced to the electric chair for the killing he again told Mr. Hogg he wanted to have the money recovered and wanted to give it to the minister. The min- ister refused to take money and told Slaughter the only way he could go to the chair with a clear con- science was to tell Mills the hiding place of the money. This Slaughter agreed to do, and told Mr. Hogg to have Mills with him at prison on De- cember 13. spe- k., 8 Sth slight injuries. cident happened. AUTOISTS WARNED TO GET THEIR LICENSES FOR 1922 cmmidonmrmherl;mptk- rests on January 1 if New Tags Are Not Shown. Any motorist who ventures forth January 1 without a 1922 tag will be arrested, the Commissioners warned today, in urging owners of motor cars 10 get their tags now. In view of the fact that tags have been available since December 1, Su- perintendent of Licenses Wade H. Coombs recommended to the city heads that no extension of time be al- lowed after December 31. The Com: missioners approved the recommenda- tion. Although twice as many persons ob- tained tags during the first ten days of this month as during the same pe- riod of last year, there still are thou- sands who have not applied. Up to December 10 Mr. Coombs had jssued 14,333, which netted the city $55,963 in revenue. For the same pe- riod of 1920 the license office so0ld only 7,893 tags, bringing in $30,866. Mr. Coombs reminded car owners that if they put off getting tags until the last few days of the month they will find themselves standing in & line several hundred feet long to reach the license office. WININTEST CASE OF AUTO PARKING Motorists Whose Cars Were “Ticketed” Fronting Thea- ter Get Charges Dismissed. Automobilists made a test case on parking regulations on Pennsylvania avenue southeast between 6th and 7th streets in the Police Court yesterday fore Judge McMahon and won their case. George C. Blick, with eleven other motorists, upon emerging from a mo- tion picture show a few nights ago found little cards in their cars placed there by Policeman T. Hayden of the fifth precinct, notifying them to de- posit_collateral for appearance in Po- lice Court on a charge of infringing trafic regulations by failing to dis- play a parking lamp which adequately warned approaching vehicles of the parked cars. Six Decide to Fight. Six decided to fight the case. Blick made his case a test. Evidence de- veloped that the south side of Penn- sylvania avenue southeast is allotted to parking of automobiles both near and parallel to the crub and also next to the grass plot marking space which divides the two sides of the roadway. The cars charged with violation of regulations were parked near this grass plot. Parking lights were on the left side, which was also the in- side_and the one farthest from approaching vehicles. Parking in this manner was allowed under Capt. Headley's traffic rules, but the case was based on the display of lights. Cases Dizmissed. Blick’s case was dismissed. Five others, following this action, were dismissed. Six failed to answer their names yesterday morning, and their collateral was declared forfeited. The crown of Hungary consists of two diadems, one dating back to 1000 and the other to 1072. street, striking a lamp post and crossing the sidewalk. Mrs. Mary F. rge W. Farmer, 323 H strect northeast, was driver of the other car. He was driving west ¢n R street, while ear was going morth om 10th street, when the PROSECUTOR DROPS GRONKHITE INQUIRY Will Not Initiate Charges. Capt. Rosenbluth to De- mand Investigation Here. By the Associated Press. TACOMA, Wash,, December 13.— James W. Selden, prosecuting attor- ney of Pierce county, announced yes- terday he would not Initiate prosecu- tion as a result of the killing at Camp Lewis in October, 1918, of Maj. Alex- ander P. Cronkhite. The prosecutor is preparing a state- ment of the result of his investiga- tion. Copies will be sent to Maj. Gen. Adelbert Cronkhite, New York, father of the dead officer, and to Capt Robert Rosenbluth, New York, arrest- ed by federal authorities on a charge of having slain Maj. Cronkhite after Sergt. Roland R. Pothier made a pur- ported confession in which he de- clared he shot Maj. Cronkhite at the instigation of Capt. Rosenbluth. Pothier retracted this statement and Capt. Rosenbluth was released. Accepted as Exenmeration. Mr. Selden's announcement was made in a public statement, and offi cials of Pierce county accepted it as an exoneration of Capt. Rosenbluth. At the time of Maj. Cronkhite’s death a military board of inquiry at Camp Lewis found that his death re- sulted from an accidental self-inflic ed wound caused by shooting himself in the right breast with a pistol dur- ing target practice. The finding of this board of inquiry was not ques- tioned until Pothier made his s called confession more than two years later. WILL DEMAND INQUIRY. NEW YORK, December 13.—Follow- ing receipt of news from Tacoma, Wash., that Prosecutor James W. Sel- don would not prosecute him on charges of killing Maj. Alexander Cronkhité at Camp Lewis in Octobe: 1918, Capt. Robert Rosenbluth an- nounced he would demand an investi- gation of the machinery of the De- ent of Justice. “I shall ask,” he said, “and I hope all justice-loving Americans will join me in asking, a complete and impar- tial investigation as to how the ma- chinery of the Department of Justice can be so terribly perverted, first to wrong a citizen of our country, and then to prevent in so far as it can the righting of that wrong. “Challenge to Mr. Daugherty.” “Prosecutor Seldon's manliness and courageous expression of the broad duties of prosecutors to ‘help undo the wrong’ is a direct challenge to At- torney General Daugherty to invite such & sweeping and impartial inves- tigation, preferably by Congress, Thus, and thus only, can he hope to restore the confidence of our people in the Department of Justice, which ‘ he heads.” Capt. Rosenbluth said the prose- cutor’s offer to “help undo the wrong™ { was contained in a letter received by him from Mr. Seldon. GEN. HODGES TO RETIRE. Brig. Gen. Harry F. Hodges will be promotéd to the grade of major general on the statutory retirement of Maj. Gen. John F. Morrison De cember 20 llllifl :‘lll retire at once on wn_application. h"Bl?ig. G:!Z Omar Bundy will then be made a major general and Cols. Benjamin A. Poore and George V. H. Moseley promoted to the grade of brigadier ge: Gen. Hodges is enabled to retire at once by reason of his service in the construction of the Panama canal __——d—.—-—————_————___-——_— SHIP MAGNATE, CALLED FROM EUROPE BY THE ATTORNEY GENERAL, CONFERS WITH HIS ATTORNEY HERE. cluding the scientific and the popular] names. Two Recommendations. Two recommendations were made by the committee on rivers and har- bors. They are: “That Congress be urged to make liberal appropriation for the dredg- g and continued improvement of | Anacostia river, both aboye-and b ilow the Benning bri B that ‘the im- | Report, Declares Govern- ment Clerks Underpaid. “The government employe as a class is greatly underpaid for the qualifi- cations he must pgssess and the work | he has to undertake,” Secretary of { Commerce Hoover declares in his { annual report, made public today. This is more apparent in the sci- entific and supervisory positions, Mr. { Hoovér 'adds, declaring that “in spite of promising prospects which have presented themselves from time to time for some years, salaries re- main practically unchanged.” Recent compilation of the average ! salary of clerical employes of the | Department of Commerce, the report | says, showed it to be less than $1,250 per annum. “A comparison of these figures not only presents the inade- quacy of the salaries offered, but the comparatively limited promotion op- portunities as shown by the slight difference between the entrance sal- ary and the average salary of ex- perienced clerks. Talks of Trade Workers. “The trade workers of the govern- ment and mechanical employes in the field service, where local conditions permit of equal competition, are get- ting wages equivalent to from $2,000 to $3,000 a yeur. Laborers can get wages approaching the average sal- aries of experienced clerks. If it is considered advisable to keep a low entrance .salary there should be a sufficient proportion of the higher grades to permit prompt and reason- ably frequent promotion scheme. Out of 1,000 clerical positions in this de- partment the compensation of six is over $2,000 per annum, of 152 between $1,500 and $2,000 per annum, of 577 between $1,000 and $1,600 per annum, and of 278 in grades below. It is ex- pected that reclassification will rem- edy some of these drawbacks, but al- though for several years the question Bbes been under consideration and con- siderable labor and expense have been devoted to it, reclassification does not appear to be appreciably nearer than it was a year ago. Various plans in the form of bills introduced into Con- gress are suggested, one desirable Jm is common to all, the differences are secondary and should not be per- mitted to further postpone so advan- tageous a movement. Would Amend Retirement Law. The first vear's operation of the retirement system has developed some of its shortcomings which should be amended, the report says. Among these may be mentioned the low rate of pension, which is in- ufficient to t an annuitant Such & condition,” the report adds. has a tendency to minimize one of the great advantages of the system. ‘The superannuated emplo¥e is un- | willing to retire, and out of considera- tion for him his superior officers may, against their good judgment, ap- prove his retention beyond retire- ment age. It is understood that the cost of the system is much less than was anticipated, and it is hoped that favorable consideration may be given to the increase of the amount of annuities. An inequality in the act is that of compelling employes receiv- ing over $1,200 per annum to con- tribute the usual percentage of the Sull amount of their compensation while the maximum annuity is that which might be earned by a $1,200 clerk. In all equity if such a limi- tation is placed on ¢he annuity, a comparable limitation should be plac- ed on the deductions from his salary. The matter of refundment of deduc tions to employes leaving the serv- ice has been a source of considerable trouble and delay. Under the law such deductions can be made only after reference to and the necessary opera- tion in the immediate office of the employe, through the department headquarters to the Civil Service Commission. thence to the pension office. Simpiification and promptness would be secured if the refunds would be made by the disbursing officers by whom the deductions were made.” Regrouping Is Advised. The Secretary says establishment of a real Department of Commerce, “effective in service to producers, manufacturers and distributors, able to give economic interpretation of importance to the American public generally and to stimulate American trade and merchant marine,” requires “a thorough reorganization and en: tire regrouping of the federal func tions bearing on these problems.” He adds, however, that inasmuch as these matters are now actively before Congress and the administra- tion it is not necessary on this oc- casion to enter into discussion of them. | Secretary Hoover says that while ! || the total foreign trade of the nation decreased by $3,176,626,000 during the past fiscal year, there was a slight increase in the visible balance of trade in favor of the United States as a result of the year's operations. ; Exports and Imports. Exports for the year totaled 36.. 385,636,039 against $7,950,429,180 the year before, while imports were $3,. 654,449,430 against $5,238,352,114. The balance of trade for the year was $2,731,186,609, compared with $2,711, 807.512 the year before. “It is, therefore, increasingly im- portant,”™ it is added, “that the serv- ices of the bureau of foreign. and, i domestic commerce be developed and ! intensified to meet the.increased de- mands of Arherican manufacturers who are planning to hold and extend their markets abroad. In this connection, Mr. Hoover :re-- views the work of the various di- visions of the bureau, noting that the Latin-American division “has render- ed notable service to American busi- ness men during the year.” He also calls attention that the far eastern work has been expanded and de- veloped. A request is made for additional vessels for the coast and geodetic survey, the report declaring that if the much-needed speeding up of sur- | | | 'ASKS MORE SALARY |STADIUNE PLANNED T0 G5 S3000 ing Events Proposed for Potomac Park. An athletic stadium, to be erccted in Potomac Park, at a cost of $3,000.000 and with a seating capacity of 100,000, in which national amateur sporting events, including possibly the Olympia games, will be staged, received its nu- cleus last night withthe organjzation of the National Athletic Federation, at a meeting in Wilgon Nogmal School, The funds for the stadium, which is to be a national memorial to world War veterans, will be raised through a campaign in which- cach- state will be asked to subsgeribe. In addition to fostering amatcur sports in the new stadium. tite organ- jcal ec championship events . Julian S, Carr Chosen Prestden Julian S. Carr, national commander of the Confederate Veterans, was elected president . of the federation. Control of the project is vested in a board of governors, including twenty men, fourteen of whom will be elected by constituent organizations and six by the board. The fourteen members of the board elected last night include: President Julian 8 Carr, retired North Carolina banker; First Vice President William Gude, Washington florist; Second President Herbert T. nnon. shipgton realty dealer: Third Vice President Hanford McNider, national commander of the American Legion; Fourth Vice President D. J. Callahan, general manager of the Norfolk and Washington Steamboat _Company Fifth Vice President Mrs. Susie Root Rhodes, director of District play und: Secretary Benjamin Sum- merhays, Washington; Treasurer George W. White, president of the National Metropolitan Bank; Finance Officer B. A. Bowles, cashier of the Potomc Savings Bank: Legal Counsel Allen G. Thurman, Washington attor- ne; Lieut. Col. Waite C. Johnson. director of the Army athletic activi- ties; Mrs. James W. Wadsworth, jr. Rev. Father J. Carroll Moore, forme: Army chaplain, and John E. Haas, vice chairman organization comm tee. Committee on Organization. The organization committee includ ed William F. Gude, chairman; Johr. E. Haas, Benjamin J. Summerh: A. Bowles, Representative Israel Foster, Dr. Abram Simon, Mrs. Susic Root Rhodes, Rev. J. Carroll Moor William Knowles Cooper, Dr. Morris S. Shefferman, Ralph Sherline. Licut Col. Waite C. Johnson, R. J. Leimer Lucy R. Swanton, C. H. Hites, Charles H. Storms, Allen G. Thurman and Ru- dolph Rice. Last night's meeting w. presided over by George H. Winslon of the Railroad Y. M. C. A. JERSEY WANTS LORENZ. J., December 13.—Dr Craster, municipal health officer, has announced that he would go to Trenton to get a medical cer- tificate which would permit Dr. Ado! Lorenz, Viennese orthopedic_surgeon to practice in New Jersey. 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