Evening Star Newspaper, November 27, 1930, Page 5

i WILSON IS BOOMED FOR LABOR PLACE - “Uncle Billy’s” Cabinet Claim Is Based on Respect and %: Coalition Idea. r BY FREDERIC WILLIAM WILE. On the eve of Thanksgiving day Presi- i dent Hoover received suggestions that | he should appoint to the Secretaryship of Labor, about to be vacated by Sen- ator-elect James J. Davis, another Pennsylvanian—William B. Wilson, who | ‘was Secretary of Labor throughout the ! eight years of the Woodrow Wilson ad- | ministration. Mr. Wilson is a Demo- | crat, but is a veteran and highly re- spected figure in the labor movement. whose partisanship has never been especially militant. “Uncle Billy,” as he is affectionately lown in workers' circles, ran for the United States Senate against William 8. Vare in Pennsylvania in 1926. Carry- ing the Democratic colors against the Philadelphia Republican boss, Wilson won a majority of the counties of the | State, and for more than two years | conducted a contest for the Vare seat | before the Senate Committee on Priv- ileges and Elections. Later, the Senate refused to admit Vare on grounds of excessive campaign expenditure. ‘Wilson Is Respected. Although William B. Wilson is 68 years qld, he still is active in the labor fleld. About a year ago he was en-| as permanent arbitrator between | e miners and operators in the Illinois coal industry. Few spokesmen of Amer- ican workers enjoy higher repute than “Uncle. Billy,” both among organized and unorganized labor. Wilson also commands unusual respect among the country's captains of industry. He is a conservative of the type of Samuel Gompers and William Green in the domain of labor policy. Incidentally, ‘Wilson is a strong dry. Wilson's friends think it would be a Hoover ten-strike with the Republican ive element now so aggressive in Senate to ask it to help confirm the Pennsylvanian's nomination to the Labor cabinet post. Senator Norris of Nebraska, Progressive commander in; chief, campaigned for Wilson during the Pennsylvania senatorial fight in 1926. Wilson also measures up to Presi- dent Gréen's demand that Davis' suc- cessor shall be a Federation of Labor man. The country's only two Labor Secretaries—Wilson and _Davis—are both affiliated with the A. F. of L. Apparently President Hoover is con- fronted by the same set of embarrass- ing circumstances which harassed him two years ago when he was building his cabinet and looking for a Secretary of Labor. First this man then .that one upon whom the President-elect’s favor fell proved to be unsatisfactory to this or that group in the labor world. As many as half a dozen different men were gcked out for the labor portfolio in the loover administration only to be dropped, one by one, as a result of drum-fire from some direction or other which the incoming President did not desire to offend. The net result was Mr. Hoover's decision to keep “Jim” Davis in the job. Coalition Idea Argued. ‘The idea that William B. Wilson should now be put in Secretary Davis lace is that the former's appointment President Hoover might justifiably be made effective for a period of the next two years at least. His friends argue that as Washington is about to enjoy the blessings of the coalition era, thanks to the offer of the Democrats to co-operate with the administration in measures for economic recovery, Mr. ‘Wilson might well be renamed Secre- ufi of Labor, even though his party tion is Democratic. Wilson is a Scotsman by birth, but came to the United States when he ‘was eight years old. He began life as & miner in the Pennsylvania anthracite fields. He was an official of the old National Union of Miners for eight years, and in that capacity was elected to the House of Representatives, in ‘which he served for six years. At the service Wil- son became Secretary of Labor in the | cabinet of President Woodrow Wilson, @ portfolio he occupied uninterruptedly from 1913 to 1921, “Uncle Billy” ran against Vare for Senator four years ago as the coalition candidate of the Democratic and Labor | jes of Pennsylvania. The Repub- n majority against him, due to the | heavy vote in Philadelphia and Alle- | ghany Counties, was 173,447, as against the 500,000 and more which “Jim” Davis recently secured as the regular G. O. P. candidate in the Keystone State. Wilson is now required to spend & good deal of his time in Illinols un- der his arbitrator contract, which ex- pires March 31, 1932, but his official domicile is Blossburg, Pa. (Copyright, 1930.) —e COUNTY GIVEN THANKS FOR IMPROVEMENTS | Montgomery Commissioners Re- eeive Letter From Fairland Parent-Teacher Body. Special Dispatch to The Star ROCKVILLE, Md., November 27.—A Jetter the county commissioners ex- pressed pleasure at receiving was sub- mitted to them yesterday from Mrs, Odorian W. Roby, secretary of the Fair- land Parent-Teacher Association, thank- ing them for road and other improve- ments in the Fairland neighborhood. It was as follows: “The members of the Fairland Parent-Teacher Associa- tion extend to your honorable board our deep appreciation of the interest you have shown in the building of the 5 miles of road from Keilers Corner to the Prince Georges County line during the Summer of 1930. Our school, be- sides being a school, means much to us as the center of community life, and the building of the State road as part of Gov. Ritchie’s program is a splendid help in our program of development Also the widening of the Lansdale Hill Bridge over Paint Branch is a most de- sirable’improvement, lessening as it will | the ever-increasing menace of traffic | congestion. For these things in par- | ticular, and for your ever r?ld‘nefl to help us in general, we send You our thanks.” 0DD FELLOWS NOMINATE | EBpecial Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va., November 27 - D. Leary was nominated for the office of noble grand of Arlington Lodze, | No. 139, . O. O. F.. at a meeting of tho | lodge in Odd Fellows' Hall here last night. Others placed in nomination are Charles Edwards for vice grand, Thomas 8. O'Halloran for recordimg secretary, W. J. Meyers and Walter B. Huffman for treasurer and J. B. Heins for finan- cial secretary. Further nominations | will be made at the meeting Tuesday | night, it was announced. The election will take place December 9. Herndon Meeting Announced. HERNDON, Va., November 27 (Spe- eial) —Dr. Ernest Lee Robey, president of the Citizens' Association -and Com- ! munity School League, has announced 8 meeting for tomorrow evening, with Mrs. Floyd Thompson in charge of the :o'run. It is expected the league will represented in Richmond this week 8t the State meeting by Mrs. O. P. Northington, jr, of Herndcn. Prof. Northington, principal of the High Bchool, is attending the sessions of the ucational Association meeting in 1 Hobbs of Laurel. Wielder of Gun Given Light Fine On Plea of Mother But Mt. Rainier Resident Is Given Severe Lecture by Judge. By & Staft Correspondent of The Star. HYATTSVILLE, Md., November 27.— John H. Gordy, Mount Rainier youth, who ran amuck with a revolver in the streets of that town and was finally dis- armed in the entry of a dance hall Tuesday night, was fined a total of $26 in Police Court yesterday for carrying a concealed weapon and being drunk and disorderly. Telling the defendant there was no excuse for him behaving “like a second | Jesse James,” Judge J. Chew Sheriff lectured Gordy severely, but imposed the minimum penalty in response to his mother’s plea. Chief of Police Eugene Plumer of Mount Rainier, who arrested Gordy, said the youth shot at Robert Briggman and 8. Donohue on the street before entering the dance hall, where he at- tempted to hold up Edward T. Smith, an employe. Gordy turned his revolver on Chief Plumer when the officer ap- peared and pulled the trigger, but the weapon luckily misfired, the policeman reported. Three men, accused of driving while drunk and reckless driving, forfeited $103.50 collateral each when they failed to appear to answer the charges. They were George H. Barrett of Hyattsville, Charles L. Dodson of Berwyn and Frank The latter two were arrested by State Patrolman C. W. Cub- bage, while Chief of Police Harry An- derson of Hyattsville arrested Barrett. Allen J. Richardson, race horse owner, of New York City forfeited $37.50 col- lateral on charges of speeding in excess of 40 miles an hour, preferred by Officer Ctibbage. Michael Sullivan, jr. of Cheverly, a Bladensburg Junior High School stu- dent, was convicted of destroying public property and fined $20. Witnesses testi- fied he broke several electric lights in the school. Hrnest Smallwood, colored, whose home in Bladensburg was raided under the direction of County Policeman Claude Reese, was fined $100 for illegal possession of liquor. Warrants charging Charles Sword, Frank Bowman, Frederick Finegan and Grafton Wiler, all of Mount Rainier, with tampering with the automobile of Frank Disney, pool room manager, were withdrawn when the case was called. The quartet still faces charges of dis- orderly conduct and are scheduled to be tried in Mount Rainier Friday night. The warrants were issued following an altereation. which police attribute to pool room business rivalries. TWO PARTIES LIST $15,605 AT FREDERICK November Election Cost in County $8,516.56 for G. 0. P. and $7,088.80 for Democrats. Special Dispatch to The Star FREDERICK, Md., November 27.— ‘Two political parties spent $15,605.36 in their efforts to carry Frederick County in the general election held November 4. A report filed in the office of Clerk of Court Eli G. Haugh showed that ¢he Republican County Central Committee spent $8.516.56. A report from the Democratic County Central Committee showed that it spent $7.,088.80. The Republican account was in a single statement filed by S. Elmer Brown of W. treasurer. It showed a balance of $3.01. The sum of $1,000 was contributed from the State Cen- tral Committee, of the Republican party through Clarendon Gould, treas- urer. Other contributions were local. ‘Three statements, the last of which was filed Tuesday morning, constituted the Democratic report. F. Ross Myers, treasurer of the local State Central Committee, reported receipts of $1,500, fro mthe Maryland State Central Com- mittee. Edward J. Smith, county committee treasurer, reported total receipts of $7.650.64, combining the $1.500 from State sources with $5845 contributed locally through the county finance committee. The Democratic account showed & balance of $561.84, with un- paid bills of $90.95. CARD PARTY BENEFIT FOR DISABLED VETERANS 0dd Fellows’ Hall Scene of Enter-| tainment December 3 for Inmates of Two Hospitals. Special Dispatch to The Star. CLARENDON, Va.,, November 27— Disabled war veterans confined in the Hampton Hospital in Virginia and | Walter Reed Hospital, Washington, will benefit by a card party to be held De- cember 3, in Odd Fellows Hall here, under ‘auspices of the Woman's Aux- iliary of Arlington Post, American Legion, Articles made by the veterans will be purchased by the auxiliary and disposed of at the party. Last year $115 was raised in this way and this year it is expected the sum to be sent to the veterans will exceed $200. ENGRAVED RING IS GIFT Recently Retired Legion emander of Virginia Honored. WINCHESTER, Va., November 27.— An engraved past commander's ring was presented Tuesday night to Col. B. M. Roszel, Winchester, who recently retired as commander of the Virginia department, American Legion. The presentation, a surprise, was made at a testimonial banquet in his Com- honor. tendered by members of Robert | Y. Conrad Post, and was presented by Dr. Hugh Clark, post commander. The ring was engraved with appropriate in- scriptions, mounted on the official American Legion crest. Out-of-town speakers included Dr. James Duff, Martinsburg. W. Va., ome of the vice commanders of the national organiza- tion. 5 Rooms and Bath $65—875 SAVOY 2804 14th Street Decidedly . Reduced Rates ' Fine Room and | ' Bath—Part or all of | ~ Winter Months. - THE LEE HOUSE | 15th and “L” Sts,N.W. || THE EVENING STAR, WASHINGTON, d r»-1’ =z Or# MONTGOMERY AUTO) TR BILLS READY 13,700 Statements to Be! Placed in Mails To- morrow. | Special Dispatch to The Star. ROCKVILLE, Md., November 27.— Appr-ximately 13,700 bills for State and { county taxes due for the current fiscal | | year cn as many automobiles owned in Montgomery County will be placed in | the mails tomorrow morning, County | Treasurer J. Forrest Walker stated to- day. At the same time, he said, in accord- | | ance with prearrangement, the office of | the State M-tor Cycle Commissioner will ‘send_out the blank application cards for the 1931 license tags. | When the automobile taxes are paid the license application cards will be| perforated, showing payment of the taxes. The State motor vehicle commissioner | will issue 1931 license tags only to owners whose application cards are per- forated. SIBI51IEINFUND FORCOUNTY ROADS State Board Reports Sum Available Next Year in Prince Georges. By a Staft Correspondent of The Star. UPPER MARLBORO, Md., November 26.—Prince Georges County will have $178,151.16 to spend for roads next year, according to a statement furnish- ed the county commissioners by the State Roads Commission ‘The chief item in the estimates is $88,446.91, -which the county is expected to receive from the lateral road tax of 135 cents. Prince Georges share of the post. road income for 1931 is estimated st $80,813.93. The statement of the r uds‘ commission also sho the county has | a balance of $8,890.32. | ‘While these figures are only tentative, the State Road Commission will fur- nish a detailed and exact statement of the funds available for road building shortly after January 1. In the mean- time the commissioners have been asked to confer with the State Roads Commis- sion in regard to their 1931 road pro- gram, but no date has been set for the conference. The commissioners point out about $25,000 of the $178,151.16 will be used for projects already recommended but not yet begun. These include the twin bridges in Riverdale, and 1 mile of gravel road near Piscataway. POLLARD ASKS AID IN RESTORING STATUE Public Asked by Governor on Radio to Join Search for Wash- ington Sword Hilt. By the Associated Press. RICHMOND, Va., November 27.—Gov. John Garland Pollard yesterday broad- | cast an appeal for assistance in his ef- forts to find the hilt that has been lost from the sword of Houdon's statue of Washington that stands on the main floor of the Capitol under the dome. ‘The hilt, Gov. Pollard said, was last seen at the Capitol about eight years ago after it had fallen from the statue that Washington saw and approved. The Houdon statue of Washington was authorized by the General Assem- bly in 1784 and was erected in 1796, His search for the hilt is a part of Gov. 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