Evening Star Newspaper, January 28, 1929, Page 13

The Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C, CAPT. WHITEHURST 10 QUIT POST WITH EAGIEERING CORPS Offers Resignation From the Army, Which Would Sever District Connections. SENDS LETTER TO LADUE EXPLAINING HIS ACTION Highway Department Reorganiza- tion Among His Achievements in D. C. Capt. Herbert C. Whitehurst, assist- ant Engineer Commissoiner of the Dis- trict since June 5, 1926, has offered his resignation from the Army, which would automatically carry with it his resigna- tion as assistant Engineer Commission- er. He has asked to be relieved at the end of June, which would mean that he would leave the District service at the end of February, as he has ac- cumulated four months' leave of ab- sence. Capt. Whitehurst said he planned immediately to enter private practice in the engineering profession. In a letter to Col. William B. Ladue, Engineer Commissioner of the District, Capt. Whitehurst said: “It is with deep regret that I am severing my connec- tion with the Corps of Engineers, but, as you well know, there is little future in the Army for an officer who was ap- pointed from civil life following the World War.” Came Here from Muscle Shoals. Capt. Whitehurst came to the Dis- trict from work with the Army engi- neers at Muscle Shoals, Ala. He has had executive supervision over the Highway, Sewer, Trees and Parkings and Bridge Departments and the sur- veyor's office, and has been the Dis- trict’s representative on the co-ordi- nating committee of the Park and Planning Commission. He is a former president of the city officials’ division, American Road Builders’ Association. “I had an attractive offer to leave the service last Summer,” he said to- day, “but I wanted to wait until I got the job of repairing the Chain Bridge off my hands. Now that that is done, I want to wait at least until the end of February to get our new program of co-ordinating mli\l involving cuts to streets going smoothly.” The ::omm referred to was adopted by the Commissioners last Friday, and is expected to save the District thou- sands of dollars by proper timing of work on the highways so as to save excessive cutting up of the surface after paving or repair work is done. Reorganized Highway m‘m: apt. Whitehurst'’s major achieve- mgnpwmu with the District was the complete reorganization of the Highway Department, made effective last year. He personally designed the new type of work now in'place on Highway Bridge, by which the old steel buckle plates under the paving were replaced with a wood floo! resting on steel I-beams and which given the bridge its first smooth surface in years. He used his acquaintance with the Army engineering ~work -at Muscle Shoals to bofrow the machinery used in replacing the Virginia abutment of Chain Bridge with a new concrete cture. : mé'm ‘Whitehurst is a Virginian. He lives with his wife ‘tnd two daughters 1 Calvert street. bes 160. ‘Whitehurst attended Virginia Polytechnic Institute, where he was graduated with the degree of bachelor of science, electrical engineering, in 1906. In 1907 he was awarded a simi- lar degree in mechanical engineering. He entered the Army Engineering Corps when the United States entered the World War, and attained the rank of major. When the war ended he was transferred to the regular Army as a captain. MOTHER LOSES TWO SONS ON SAME DAY |z Grief Causes Mrs. Anna Osborne, . @5 Years 014, to Collapse. i Believed Critically Ill. Death yesterday took a toll of two lives in the family of Mrs. Anna Os- borne, 75 years old, of 1102 E street southeast, when her sons, George M. Osborne, 47, and Harry O. Osborne, 53, died within & few hours of each other. As » result of grief over the loss of the two sons and of ceaseless care which she devoted to them recently during their illness, Mrs. Osborne was reported to have collapsed. While be- Heved in a critical condition, she was said today to have made some improve- ment in strength. ‘The younger of the two sons died yes- terday morning shortly before 6 o'clock of an attack of pneumonia. His broth- er Harry, who had been ill for several months, died eight hours later. During the illness of her two sons Mrs. Osborne labored to sustain the health of the two, relatives said today, spending much time at their bedsides. A joint funeral for the brothers will be held Wednesday morning at 9 o'clock from Holy Comforter Church. Interment will be in Mount Olivet Cemetery. Besides their widowed mother, the srothers are survived by two sisters, Miss Ada Osborne and Mrs. J. L. Weyrich, and two brothers, Dr. Raymond F, Os- borne and Bernard S. Osborne. Harry Osborne was retired several years ago from the United States Navy Yard. His brother had been connected for a number of years with the post office. JOHN W. BRAWNER BURIED. Bervices for Lawyer and Realty Man Held at St. Margaret’s. Funeral services for John W. Brawner, prominent local lawyer and president of the real estate firm of Waggaman & Brawner, Incorporated, who died at his residence, 78 Kalorama circle, ‘Thursday night, were conducted in St. Margaret's Episcopal Church today at 11 o'clock. Rev. Herbert Scott Smith, rector, officiated. Interment was in Rock Creek Cemetery. Honorary pallbearers were as follows: Col. Leroy W. Herron, Dr. Paris E. Brengle, Dr. Lee Harban, F. W. Seibold, jant one to him Movie Star Reluctant to Dis- cuss Facts About Income Levy Tangle. Fair Admirers Throng Hall as He Stops in Bureau Office on Business. Richard Barthelmess, moving picture adjust a little matter with the income tax officials and threw the ordinarily business-like routine of the bureau’s offices in the National Press Building into confusion by merely walking down a corridor. Reporters, who had been admitted to the room, where the actor was having his conference, were besieged by anxious feminine employes as they were making an exit. “Gee,” one petite brunette asked, “is he going to be in there very much longer? I've been waiting here half an hour now, and if the boss finds out, it's good-night for me.” When Barthelmess finally concluded his discussion with officials and started out of the building, he had to make his way down a long corridor, every door of which was filled with girl admirers— both young and old. ‘Wife Scorns Photographers. ‘The movie star inadvertently led re- porters and photographers a merry cl when it was learned he was in the city. Mrs. Barthelmess, formerly Mrs. Jessica H. Sargent, was awakened at the Mayflower Hotel by newspaper representatives shortly after 9 o'clock. She insisted that she couldn't pose for a picture without her husband, and explained that such a thing was “un heard of anyhow before breakfast.” Learning that the husband had gone downtown to discuss income tax mat- ters, the delegation of reporters com- menced a search of numerous offices of the Internal Revenue Bureau until Mr, Barthelmess finally was located. | Returning to the hotel, it was found that Mrs. Barthelmess had gone sight- seeing with the wife of Rear Admiral Luke McNamee and would not be back. visitors were luncheon guests of Mrs. McNamee today at her home, 1637 Nineteenth street, Richard Reticent on Tax Question. Mr. Barthelmess was reluctant to dis- cuss the precise nature of his business with income tax officials, and made it clear that the subject was not a pleas- They came to Washington from New York last night and left this afternoon for Palm Beach, where they will spend a week before sailing for Honolulu. Barthelmess married Mrs. Sargent in Reno about a year ago after he had di- vorced his first wife, Mary Hay. Mrs, Sargent, who was formerly the wife of Henry Brooks Sargent of New York, se- cured her divorce in Reno shortly before she married the actor. GEORGETOWN GLEE CLUB GIVES FIRST CONCERT Singers and Orchestra Score Hit| Before Hundreds of Alumni and Friends. The Georgetown University Glee Club and 1ts accompanying orchestra, the Collegians, scored a decided hit in their first_concert of the season last night before hundreds of alumni and friends who crowded Gaston Hall, despite the inclement weather. While both aggregations shared equal- ly in the honors, the Collegians added “pep” to a program of unusually high standard for college clubs. Both the gleemen and the orchestra were com- pelled to respond frequently to encores. Prof. Edward P.. Donovan, pianist and director of the Glee Club, was heard In four solo numbers, and Barnet Breeskin, violinist with the Collegians, also scored individual honors in sev- eral well rendered solos. The Glee Club this year is under the direction of Henry Deane Benson, Hill- top senior, and numbers 48 voices. Members of the Georgetown faculty, including President W. Coleman Nevils, 8. J, and a list of prominent patrons and patronesses, attended the concert, which will be followed by a second re- cital, known as the Mi-Careme concert, during the Lenten season. Foch Continues to Improve, PARIS, January 28 (#)—Marshal Ferdinand Foch passed such a good night and his condition had so im- star, dropped into Washington today to | | RICHARD BARTHELMESS VISITS CITY TO ADJUST TAX MATTERS Above, Richard Barthelmess, snapped by Star photographer today. Below, Mrs. Barthelmess. FIFTY-YEAR JURY PREGEDENT BROKEN Rover Resumes Deliberation With Only 22 Grand Jurors on Body. A practice in criminal procedure for more than 50 years in this jurisdiction was thrown into the discard today when United States Attorney Rover resumed grand jury deliberation with only 22 persons constituting that body. For years local grand juries have been com- posed of 23 persons and whenever a resignation occurred or a person was disqualified, special veniremen were summoned and the number restored. The condition arose by the appoint- ment of Mrs. Jeter C. Pritchard to a place on the board of jury commission- ers and her subsequent resignation from the grand jury, on which she was serv- ing. When the question of the validity of praceeding with only 22 persons was called to Mr. Rover’s attention last week, the é)mceedlngs before that body were halted and the matter taken under consideration. After a review of the common law and the Federal statutes, Rover reached the conclusion that he may proceed with less than 23 persons, provided the number is not reduced below 16. Under the common law, a grand jury is com- posed of not. less than 16 nor more than 23. The number of 23 was set as the limit because the law requires that 12 grand jurors must vote a presentment, as_otherwise a minority might control. This decision to proceed is a reversal by Mr. Rover of his action in the case The Star's exppse of arrests of jury members by Virginia police when re- turning from an official inspection of penal institutions in that State, no further matter was presented when three ‘members had resigned. No at- tempt was made to refer any case to report was received from that grand Jury, although nearly 50 cases had been heard by them. Members of the bar whose memorles run back more than 40 years point out that there has never been a grand jury of less than 23 persons, and suggest that in the absence of any statute fix- ing the number of grand jurors, the uniform practice existing for 50 years would be controlling over the provisions of the common law. MRS. BESSIE HILL DIES. Funeral Services Will Be Held at Epworth M. E. Church South, Mrs. Bessie G. Hill, for many years a resident of this city, died at her home, 113 Seventh street northeast, Sunday morning after a long illness. She was the wife of William W. Hill, lawyer and Spanish-American War veteran, and mother of Madison L. Hill, local attorney. Mrs. Hill was a native of Virginia and came to this city in 1879. She was one of the first members of the Ep- worth M. E. Church South and for years was active in church work. Funeral services will be held at proved generally today that his physi- cians thought it unnecessary to issue Floyd E. Davis, Joseph P. Hines, Albert W, Howard and Willlam A. Boss a bulletin. All visits to him, however, dare still prokdhited worth tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'cht&-. Interment will be Templeman's Cross Roads, Westmore- and Couptys Vae Weslnesdgls - of the preceding grand jury, when, upon | pys; the remaining 20 persons and no final | A; at_Lebanon Chureh, | Kans. VIEWS ON TEACHER QUOTA' PROPOSAL GIVEN AT HEARING Limit on Normal Graduates Understood to Have Been Opposed. BOARD OFFICIALS FACE SENATE SUBCOMMITTEE Twenty-five Per Cent Allowed Pref- erence for D. C. Jobs in House Amendment. Officials of the Board of Education today laid before the Senate sub-com- mittee, holding hearings on the Dis- trict appropriation bill, their views with regard to the House amendment which would give only 25 per cent of the graduates of the local normal schools a preference over outside applicants for appointments as teachers in the Dis- trict schools. It is understood the school board spokesmen asked the sub-committee either to strike out the limitations or take steps to give students in the local normal schools a training course that would enable them to compete with outside teachers. At the present time the local normal school does not have as long a training course as teachers’ colleges_elsewhere. The District Commissioners also at- tended the opening of the hearings to- day to explain to the Senate group the important features of the bill as it passed the House in relation to muni- cipal problems. The hearings are being presided over by Senator Bingham, Republican, of Connecticut, new chairman of the sub- committee, and indications are that they will continue for several days. What changes are to be made in the ibill will not be decided upon until the hearings are concluded. The sub- committee will meet again tomorrow morning to take further testimony. In addition to Charles F. Carusi, pres- ident of the school board, the hearing today was attended by Superintendent Ballou, Assistant Superintendent Kra- mer and Maj. R. O. Wilmont, in charge of business affairs of the schools. BOLLING FIELD GETS QUESTION MARK Big Army Transport Plane Becomes Part of Station’s Regular Equipment. ‘The Question Mark, Army tri-motored transport plane which holds the world’s alrcraft endurance record following a six-day flight over Southern California early this month, and which today is one of the world's most famous air- planes, is to remain at Bolling Field as a part of the fleld’s regular equip- ment, it was learned today. The big plane probably will be flown to -New York tomorrow by the four local members of its original crew, who will be guests of honor at an aviation dinner tomorrow night. In about a week the plane will be taken to the Army Air Corps shops at Middletown, Pa., for a complete overhauling follo ing a strenuous month of activity, dur- ing which it crossed the continent twice'in addition to making the 12,000~ mile record flight. Local Aeronauts to Attend Dinner. The leaders of Washington's aero- nautic officialdom will accompany the Question Mark crew to New York to- morrow for the dinner. Members of the crew who will be honored there are Maj. Carl Spatz, commander of the plane; Capt. Ira C. Eaker, chief pilot; Lieut. Elwood R. Quesada, night pilot, and Staff Sergt. W. Hooe, me- chanic. Among the party going to New York from this city will be F. Trubee Dav- 1son, Assistant Secretary of War for Aeronautics; Edward P. Warner, As- sistant Secretary of the Navy for Aeronautics; iam P, MacCracken, jr, Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Aeronautics; Maj. Gen. James E. Fechet, chief of the Army Air Corps; Rear Admiral William A. Moffet, chief of the Navy Bureau of Aeronautics, and Merle Thorpe, editor of Nation's Busi- ne ess. ‘The dinner will be given at the Hotel Commodore by the National Exchange Club of New York for members of the aviation industry. A movement to fos ter aeronautics throughout the coun- try will be launched at the dinner, the National Exchange Club having under- taken a Natlonwide program of “serv. ice to aviation” through 800 branches in 44 States by assisting in the estab- lishment of improvement of airplane landing flelds and other. facilities, as well as. by interesting its membership of iness men in aviation. Motors Given Thorough Test. The three motors used on the Ques- tion Mark during its record flight are undergoing the most searching scientific study at Wright Field, Dayton, Ohio, the aeronautical laboratory of the Army ir Corps. Every part of the motors is being subjected to rigid t~~'~ which go S0 far as to determine t* tigue” of the various pleces of me’ * exami- nation, which probar require many weeks to comple: scted to be of great importance design- ing and building of future airplane motors. ‘The automatic barographs carried aboard the plane are undergoing official examination at the Bureau of Stand- ards. Upon the result of this examina- tion will depend the granting of a world record for the flight. ‘The Bureau of Standards probably will com- plete its work this week and will certify its report to the National Aeronautic Association, which will certify the American record and send its findings to the Federation Aeronautique Inter- nationale for certification of a world record. The official report of Maj. Spatz on his flight, including his recommenda- tions for making practical use of the results of the experiment, probably will not be completed for n & week, he said todsy. This report be submit- ted to Gen. Fechet. Ordered Here for Duty. Capt. Royden . Williamson, United States Cavalry, at Fort Leavenworth, A T uf e 3 » MONDAY, JANUARY LORD WOULD LIKE TOKEEPHISPOST, FRIENDS DECLARE Question Debated Whether He Will Be Continued as Budget Chief. FINAL U. S. BUSINESS MEETING SET TONIGHT His Last Message on the Fi- nances of the Nation. When the last semi-annual meeting of the business organization of the Government convenes tonight in Mem- orial Continental Hall, President Cool- idge will deliver his last message on the finances of the Union, but a ques- tion of lively interest in Government circles today was whether it will be the last message also of Director ‘Herbert M. Lord of the Bureau of the Budget, or whether Gen. Lord will be continued in this post by President-elect Hoover. Gen. Lord has served as Director of the Budget under two Presidents, Hard- is noncommittal, his friends admitted continue in his present post. The work of Gen. Lord as director of the budget is well known to the incom- ing President. Herbert Hoover was one of the original Harding cabinet, which took office nearly eight years ago, and Gen. Lord has served nearly that long directly under the President a< director of the budget since July 1, 1922. At that time he succeeded the first director of the budget, Charles G. Dawes, now Vice President. Record Pleases Coolidge. Gen. Lord is known to have made a record very pleasing to President Cool- idge, and in his association with not only the President, but all members of the cabinet, he has come closely in con- tact for years with the work of Herbert Hoover as Secretary of Commerce. Ac- cording to all indications, Mr. Hoover is thoroughly familiar with the methods of Gen. Lord and his record as director of the budget. As a matter of fact, the cabinet officers, including Mr. Hoover himself, have been in the position of having to submit their annual estimates of ap- propriations to Gen. Lord as an inter- mediary between the cabinet officers and the President. Strangely enough, the budget director who thus wields of the cabinet himself, but operates directly under the President. Curiously, also, the Bureau of the Budget, according to the budget and lcwunnntact which established it, is for administrative purposes a bureau of ury Department. Gen. Lord has called upon the President at the White House about once a week during his administration. He usually sees the President on Friday during busy periods when the budget is being shaped. He sometimes sees the President oftener. Was Chief of Finance. Gen. Lord, who comes from Maine, was promoted to budget director from the post of chief of finance of the Army, where he held the rank of brigadier general. He was not a West Point. graduate, but rose from the com- missioned ranks of the Army, which he entered first as a major, serving as an additional paymaster. He was for- merly ln'mwmrr work and at one time was clerk of the House ways and means committee. He was decorated with the Distinguished Service Medal for his work in the Army during the World War. He is a member of the Christian Science Church. ‘The business meeting tonight at Memorial Continental Hall will open at 6:30 o'clock. THREE-DAY TRIBUTE TO DR. SIMON ENDED | Hebrew Congregation and Auxil- iary Organizations Honor Rabbi on 25th Anniversary of Service. A service of tribute yesterday morn- ing, in which students and faculty menibers of the religious school partici- pated, closed the three-day celebration which the Washington Hebrew Congre- gation has held in honor of Rev. Dr. Abram Simon, rabbl, on the occasion of his twenty-fifth anniversary with the congregation. Dr. Simon, speaking before several hundred people assembled at the Jewish Community Center, responded to trib- utes paid him by Elizabeth Ann Kauf- mann and Arthur Stein, undergraduate: Frank Luchs, post-graduate studen Henry King, jr., alumnus; Maud Fell- heimer of the faculty, and Max and Norman Fischer of the religious school committee. Following the speaking program, con- firmants from 1005 to 1928 formed a procession as part of the tribute. The service was closed with an adoration by Rabbi William F. Rosenblum and a closing prayer by Lillian A: Kleeblatt, Byrd Aide Radios Greetings to D. C. Girl in Navy Office “Best Regards to Gang” Sent From ““Somewhere Near South Pole.” From ‘“somewhere near the South Pole to the pressroom at the Navy De- partment” is a far cry, but the distance was bridged today by a radio message via the New York Times service from Charles L. Kessler of 40 Foxhall road, Vith the Byrd cxpedition, sending Srects e Byrd e: , Sen pe ings to Miss Helene M. Philibert, assist- ant to Lieut. A. P, Moran, naval officer in charge of press relations. “Well into the Ross Sea, but still in the ice,” said the message from Kessler, who formerly was a in the Marine and 28, 1929. such influence in the shaping of Gov-| ernment appropriations is not a member | President Coolidge Will Deliver : ing and Coolidge, and while personally |- today that the general would like to| | * CAPITAL GETS FIRST 1929 SNOW Above: The Capitol grounds covered with the first i kly meited most of the snow. Below: Some of youngsters on to right: Margaret, Louis and Patricia The sun this CHANGE IS URGED INDRY FUND BILL Law Enforcement Committee Would Shift Wording to Aid All Departments. Wording of the must disputed prohi- bition appropriation item for $24,000,000, inserted in the deficiency bill by the Senate and sent back to the House, should be changed to make it available for enforcing the “eighteenth amend- ment” instead of “the national prohi- bition act,” it was recommended in a resolution adopted yesterday by a mass meeting at the Mount Pleasant Congre- gational Church, under the auspices of the National United Committee for Law Enforcement. The change should be made, the reso- lution said, “to make the appropriation avallable for every department of the Government that has to do with defend- ing the Constitution.” The resolution was presented by Clinton N. Howard, chairman of the committee, who is con- ducting a campaign to dry up Washing- ton. With the amendment suggested, the resolution favored passage of the measure. Representative Brooks Fletcher of Ohio, addressing the gathering, declared that one of the several reasons “why we. do not have prohibition” is that "‘pmhi- bition really has not been tried.” “Dry Democrats, and Republicans alike,”” he said, “are putting their faith and their hope in President-elect Hoover. If Hoover is big enough to rise above the politiclans that surround him, if he is really and truly dry at heart, and if he has vision and the courage to back that vision, then pro- hibition will be tried for the first time. Otherwise the bootleg industry and the lawlessness and = murder, moral de- pravity, highjacking and blackmail will continue to thrive as they have done so amagingly in the last eight years.” Discussing the question of liquor at embassies and legations, Clinton N. Howard declared: “The country has been shocked and is indignant at the statements made from the floor of the Senate. that foreign embassies are being used as a cloak to bootleg the American Constitution, and that liquors obtained by Government permit for embassy use is being diverted into the bootleg trade. \ “We do not for one moment suggest that this discourtesy to the. American fundamental law is practiced with the consent of the Ambassadors themselves, but such a perniclous practice can hardly grow to-its scandalous propor- tlons as charged. without their knowl- edge and the collusion of their em- ployes. S “It is common report that enough liquor is coming in under protection of foreign privileges to. -float the ark. ‘What other government on' earth would tolerate such an assault upon its domestic policy under the disguise of !x".wm“rdh“:i’y? wa e ulénm nlsonn in the world why any foreign property should enjoy an immunity from the laws of our country, or why the Con- -mug:n of the United States should not. foreign flag should protect a speakeasy Tended for personal use of Toreigh oon- orel con- sulates should 1o m‘nfi Hill get ont their 219 First street. —Star Capitol sleds, Left Sall ¥ AN, T BY AUTO Is Returned Following Inquest. Charles Fagan, 73, of 123 K street, formerly employed at Wardman Park Hotel, died at Emergency Haspital yes- January 17, when knocked down by an automoblle at New Jersey and Massa- chusetts avenues. Richard C. Schonrank, 21, of 1207 G street southeast, driver of the automo- bile, took the injured man to Emergency Hospital, where he was treated for an injury to “his elbow, police station after the death of Fagan. He sald the affair was an accident, and was paroled to appear at the in- quest at the morgue today. A verdict of accidental death was rendered at the inquest. Three Hurt As Car Skids. One person was seriously injured and two others received minor hurts when a skidding automobile left the roadway and struck a tree on the highway near Shady Oak, Md., last night. fractured skull and was still at Casualty Hospital this morning. Joseph C. Hawkins, 19, also of the Ninth street address, another occu; of the car, escaped with less serious injuries, while a woman who gave her name as Miss Kehoe, of 479 E street, third member of the party, was shocked. ‘The three injured persons were brought to the city by passing motorists and the men treated at Casualty Hospi- tal, Miss May Kehoe refusing hospital treatment and going home, Two Girls Bruised In Crash. Nicholas K. Pappas, 6306 Fourth street, and Paul J. Brandon, 1387 F street. northeast, were drivers of auto- mobiles that collided near Rock Creek Church road and Park place yesterday afternoon. 'Two occupants of the latter car, Helen and Elizabeth Brandon, were bruised and shocked. They were treated at_Emergency Hospital. Frank Marcellino, 16, 2138 Pennsyl- vania avenue, received injuries to.his | snow of the season. .M Photos. & INUARY 17, DS Verdict of Accidental Death| posed terday as a result of injuries sustained | skull and a fractured 1l Schonrank was summoned to No. 6|39 pose, , scope Alexander B. Kennedy, the driver, 30, | classification act. 205 Ninth street w\l:g{lest, syffered a! at a) e pant | to correct errors in initial allocal forehead yesterday afternoon when the automobile of Peter Lomedico, 2202 I street, in which he was a passen; was _in-collision- with the car of Christian, colored, 2115 Ward place, at Twenty-third and H streets. Marcel- lino was treated at-Emergency Hospital and taken -home. Dominick Pinto, 16, riding a bicycle near. Second - and, B, streets yesterday morning, was shocked when his bicycle collided with an automobile driven by Nick Scaldaferri, 202 Indiana avenue. He was taken to Sibley- Hospital in a passing automobile. aul . Robert Thayer, - 15, 238} Twelf! lace northul{,! received nhuver:i::xz Blcyele Strice- & ey slat a sal lorm at MQML Island avenue and. Fourteenth He was given first gency Hospital. Army Officers Reassigned. Lieut. Cols. Edwin Butcher Ed- ‘ward J. Moran and Maj. nmn-.;.dl! 3 Infantry, at the Army War College, e o e T e e et | o i Ay Bulding, - PAGE 13 LEHLBACH ATTACKS MCARL FOR STAND AT PAY HEARINGS Criticizes Methods in Which “Testimony Was Evaded Before Committee.” “PEDDLING” STATEMENT ALSO IS CENSURED Representative Charges Move Was “Supplemented by Active Pro- paganda by Employes.” Chairman Lehlback of the House civil service committee today sent a letter to Controller General McCarl, sharply criticising the method in which he “evaded giving testimony before the committee” on the pay bill, Mr. Mc~ Carl's “method of escaping examinas tion” and censured him for incorpora~ ting in the record his opinions “as an expert statement free from customary cross-examination.” Mr. Lehlbach stated that the civil service committee is not favorably im= pressed. He also censures Mr. McCarl's reported his statement throughout the Government depart~ ments, “supplemented by an active propaganda by e(r)n‘glons of the Gene eral Accoun ce.” Mr. Lehlbach’s letter to the controller general is, in part, as follows: “Under date of January 16, I wrote you requesting your attendance at the hearing held on bills affecting the Welch act, specifically to testify as to certain provisions and generally to express your views and opinions on the merits of the various proposals before the committee and the desirability of | enacting them into law. ; In response to this letter you mads an appointment by telephone and called at the office of the committee on the afternoon of January 17. You told me that the General Accounting Office of which you are the head would be glad furnish Congress or any committees opinion in writing whether in a bill would be con« q i s you 2. agreed lnd"mhm specific ques- and later malled you. o oo oenet Recounts Views. “‘As to the views on the merits of the propositions under consideration you stated positively you held none which you wished to express and that your sole concern was to ascertain what Congress T the committee thereof desired to effect and to assist in making effective view B0 otk commmine Sttt Tes in the merits of the legislation, m your signature a reply to the for construction of the e propositions subs questions were answered sentences and the rest of tion he merits legislation :pros mitted. These in a few brief 2 has refused tcmu:‘onyh before the cerned when so requested. Your met! of escaping examination as to 'lfifi validity of the premises upon which you base your opposition, and of incorporate Ing it in the record as an ex parte state~ ment freed from customary amination does ably. con= the :omxal’txhe be-hn‘ng on this - ve been wit] from publication -and will aj in :hl: inter- report of the hearing so that all & complete picture of ested have the situation. “I do not now desire to comment on your fantastic conception of the pur~ , plan, nnJ Pprovisions of the ek occasione ppropriate times . unconscious | Permit_me, however, to make an in quiry: Why do you now deny the right of the Personnel Classification Bo,{rd tions When for the last five years you person- ally have invoked the exercise of that function for the benefit of employes in your office and have sanctioned hun- dreds of such instances by approving the resultant change in salary and ipre o Bt ” ‘W of e pul ity given your communication to the eomm‘:tue ,!ms let:'l“ Wwill be given to the press immedi- ately.” 20 SPEEDERS CONVICTED. Officer Sinclair Says Cold Weather Causes Violations. Officer Raymond V. Sinclair, arch foe of speeders, raised his average when he secured convictions of 20 violators in Police Court today. ccording l“r‘," weather their fortable q g&m&m:n g.in. Saturday PAIR WED AT CAPITOL. Visitors in the Capitol this morning were treated to an unusual spectacle when the chaplain of the House, Rev. Jmhen Montgomery, officiated at. the hours the officer in when his | office otd.!l:h‘nl. McKeel, McKeown Representative to Miss aid at Emer- | Okla. Virginia U. §. Attorney Namee. Joho Paul °f Harrisonburg, V.. was. nominated by President Cool vm, be United States attorney for the, Weslern. distsict of Visglales e 8 e