Evening Star Newspaper, December 22, 1926, Page 10

PAY RAISE URGED FORDISTRICT HEADS). Chamber of Commerce Votes . to Ask Commissioners’ Salaries Be $10,000. The Washington Chamber of Com- mmerce unanimously voted to recom- mend to Congress a raise in salary from $7,500 to $10,000 for the District Commissioners at the monthly meet- ing of the organization at the Wil- lard Hotel last night. This action followed an address by Robert N. Harper, a director of the chamber. A committee of five will be appointed by Martin A. Leese, president of the chamber, to urge upon Congress this increase in salary. The unsightly condition of grounds surrounding the public schools of the District was deplored in a report of the schools committee read by Milton | | Fairchild. The report stated that the work of the five-year school program 18 behind, and only $260,000 was pro- wvided this vear for repairs, while there 4s more than $1.000.000 worth of urg- ent repairs needed at once. Burden Put on Budget Bureau. The report put the responsibility for Commissioner Sydney F. Taliaferro, one of the guests of the evening, made a short address, in which he urged that every effort be made to make Washington the most beautiful city in the world. He praised the work of the Chamber of Commerce, the Board of Trade and similar or- ganizations, and expressed his hope that they would assist him In carry- ing out his desire to make a greater ‘Washington. Representative Charles Eaton of New Jersey expressed his favorable attitude toward an increase in the salary of the District Commissioners. “Fewer and better men handling public affairs ought to be our motto,” said Mr. Eaton. He deplored the man- ner in which American diplomats nabroad are forced to live. He outlined the industrial prosperity of the coun- try and declared that at the time of the Revolution the wealth of the en- tire world was $150,000,000,000, while today the wealth of the United States is more than $400,000,000,000. He de- clared there is enough money in United States savings' institutions to pay off the national debt. Favors Industrial Development. Following a report on industrial in- terests by John A. Eckert, which urg- €d the iIndustrial development of ‘Washington on a scale commensurate with its beauty. Mr. Eaton declared he could- see no reason why there should not be an industrial develop- ment “of a_ certain kind" here. The report stated that there were three of the largest industrial organizations of ‘their kind in the world already in ‘Washington and that they do not mar the beauty of the city, namely: The Bureau of Engraving and Printing the Government Printing Office and |§ the Navy Yard. . Among those who were guests at the meeting were Edwin C. Graham, &r::dem of the Board of Trade, and , president of the Merchants and - Manufacturers’ Asso- clation. Following the meeting and an nherulnme:vt.dmwnm a buffet sup- per was sel Mr. Leese presided. —— Army Officers Transferred. Lijeut. 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