Evening Star Newspaper, January 7, 1931, Page 17

SECURITIES LA RECOMMENDED 10 BLANE COMMITTEE Measure Would Regulate Brokers Rather Than Ap- prove Issues on Market. COUNSEL FOR BANKERS POINTS TO LACK OF ACT | Holds Mere Enforcement of Crimi- nal Statutes Inadequate to Con- trol Fraudulent Promoters. Enactment of a securities law for the District along the lines of the legisla~ tion proposed at the past session of Congress by Senator Capper, providing for regulation of securities brokers rather than for approval of the securi~ ties themselves, was rccommended to $he Blaine subcommittee of the Senate today by a joint committee of local in- terests. In a lengthy printed report on the subject, made at the request of counsel for the insurance and banks subcom- mittee of the Senate District Commit- tee, the joint body, headed by Paul V. Keyser, counsel for the Investment Bankers' Aswiciation of American for the Southeawern Area, asserts there is ® need for swch legislation, pointing out &hat there d» no such law now for the Wistrict. Securities Law Needed. “The mere enforcement of criminal statutes, it seems, 1s Inadequate to effectively control fraudulent promo- ters,” the report states. “Preventive legislation is important. Its enactment should not be regarded as a substitute ~Jor the stern enforcemsnt of our gen- eral fraud statutes already existing, but we are convinced that if Congress should enact a proper securities law for the District of it would undoubtediy tend to accomplish a much greater suppression of fraud in secur- ities transactions in this Distriet is possible to accomplish at the present time under the general fraud Jaws.’ ‘The report was drafted by Mary E. Croggon of the Women's Bar_ Associ tion of the District, Thomas P, Little honest and ‘honoral Cases in which fraud and fmproper | in dulln& occur are comparatively few, and the public interest which such cases naturally arouse tend to divert sttenticn from the great number of legitimate and honest transactions and to create an exaggerated idea of the ex- tent of the evils of securify frauds. “I¢ is Lher‘;r.ur‘e believed éehn t\::l; securities’ I ition as may enac - ould proceed from a an effective ; o ‘wrongdoer, to impose unnecessary unfair restrictions that would seriously hamper the business activities of honest men and would react unfavorably on the general business of this District.” The commi! reported it had made a study of the two bills introduced last session, one by Stnator Capper and onc by Senator Blaine, the latter drafted for the Senate subcommittee by. Oscar H. Brinkman, counsel for the investi- gating body, and that it favored legisl: tion of the type suggested by Senator Capper, with some amendments. good character. “These requirements,” the committee declares, “should succeed in driving out of the securities business in the District the crooked and intentionally dishonest operators. Their effect should | be to build up the existence of a body | of honorable men in the business. Such | results will accomplish effective pro- tection for investors becausc, in the opinion of our committee, the best pro- tection any investor in securities can liave is to deal only with an honorable house of established reputation and re- sponsibility.” ‘The following were cited by the Joint Committee as the advantages of this type of legislation. While securities may be sold without prior officials approval, offerings are ‘all-pervading provisions | eagainst fraud,” the United States Itwr,i ney being given “broadly inclusive powers #s to fraudulent and dishonsst practice. The United States attorney may ex-| person appeais to be cngaged, or | 2 any fraudulent act, may require h file statements. Th: United States attorney may ex- amine such person under oath, together ( with his books and papers; he may ex- amine witnesses and compel their at- tendance; he may cite for contempt pes sons who refuse to give testimony or who refuse to produce documents or who disobey an injunction; he may obtain an finjunction restraining the sale of securities by any one who does not obey the above requirements; he may obtain an injunction to stop any fraudulent ractites in the sale of securitles, and e may ask the appointment of a receiv- | er for property obtained by wrongdoers | through fraud. Would Establish Censorship. The essential objection to the other type of proposed legislation, the com- mittee reported, is that it requires official approval of securities prior to thelr public offering. “3uch a practice has many disad- vantages,” the declared: contended that such a plan involves the establishment of a censorship with suthority to pass on what securities local citizens may or may not buy, that any such censorship be as liable to be decelved as the pro- moters of & venture and might at times sanction bad, and at other times, pre- vent good ventures. The committee argued that such a plan also places the Government in a Talse relation to investors and imposes on the Government a moral respon- sibllity for securities permitted to be so0ld, that such Government sanction of implies - of the value and worth. of A The committee also contended thet about to engage, 4| isted in authority would | o4’ e SO ADEPT HE ger Nearly 25 Years on Duty at Old Center Site. Drae Familiar Figure to Busy Shoppers and Praised for His Courtesy. Pbrlnn.rly 25 years Policeman Leon- daily thronged the old Center Market ite. ‘With the ease born of long practice, he kept the busy shoppers moving and unsnarled countless traffic jams. He so familiarized himself with his duties that his services became almost indis- pensable to the market merchants. Policeman Drager knew the loca- tions of the various stands as well as the merchants themselves, and the courteous manner in which he assistzd patrons of the market to find the things they wanted won for him a host of friends among the citizens of Washing- ton. The taking over of the market site for other Federal buildings, however, necessitated the removal of the stands from the jurisdiction of the first pre- cinct. official intervention, that new duties would have to be found for Policeman Dracger. His usefulness at his regular post, | however, had been well gstablished. In orde: that he might stay where his services were most valuable, the Dis- trict Commissioners issued orders that This meant, in the absence of | ¢ Foening Star WASHINGTON, D. C.,. WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7, 1931 |POLICEMAN ON MARKET BEAT | GOES WITH REST LEONARD E. DRAEGER. —=Star Staff Photo. | he be transferred to the second precinct, | where the Convention Hall Market site |is located. | As a result, Policeman Draeger was waiting to receive his old friends the day the new market stands opened for business. HALF OF DISTRICT FOUND EMPLOYED 243,859 Washingtonians Re- ported in Gainful Occu- pations. ' The Census Bureau declared today that more than half the population of thad | washington is: employed in gainful oc- cupations. Listing the employed at the time of the cepsus, taken in April, 1930, as gainful workers, the Census. Bureau found that 243,859 persons 10 years old and over had gainful occupations on that date. The number is almost ex- actly half the total population of the District of Columbia. 154,882 Males, 88,977 Females. Of the 243,859 Bainful workers in the District of Columbia, 154,882 were males, representing 66.8 per cent of the total male population. There were mnnm‘ Inciuding g d - armers an farm iaborers; 42,440 in manufacturing and mechanical industries, including 17,228 in the building industry; 7,338 in"paper and printing industries, 2,799 in food industries, 2,684 in fron and steel industries, 2,124 in clothing in- dustries, 21,428 in transportation, in- fxl‘udll:eg 5,634 on steam rallroads; 4,601 and 2,910 in and 7 sz,-m"m the public mu,m service and 49,185 in do- mestic and service, e are 11 unpaid family workers the District, and there are 24 farm managers and foremen. Sixty- five residents of the District are en- gaged in forestry and fishing, while 171 are engaged in the “extraction of minerals.” ‘The automobile industry provides em- ployment for 1,753 persons in factories and repair shops; 1,577 in garages, ai tomobile laundries, and greasing sta- tions, and 2,712 in automobile agencies and filling stations. ‘There are 168 residents of the District in blast IZAAK WALTON GROUP TO CONFER ON FRIDAY Session and Banquet in Baltimore To Discuss Proposed Mary- land Legislation. ‘The Maryland-District of Columbia Council of the Izaak Walton League of America will meet at the Lord Balti- more Hotel, Baltimore, Friday. this conference, which convenes at 10 am. and closes with a banquet in the evening, the two bills to be pre- sented to the M‘rfllfld Legislature, one closing the markets of Maryland to the shipment and sale of black bass and the other prohibiting purse netting in Chesapeake Bay, will be discussed. Delegates representing the District of Columbia Chapter will attend to discuss conditions with the representatives from the many Maryland chapters. The president of the Marylan Columbia Chapter, Dr. M. D'Arcy Magee, who also is national representa- tive of the Izaak Walton League of America for Maryland, Virginia and the District of Columbia, has invited all Waltonians to attend the conference and banquet. Fu7E A A DR. RUSSELL, SPEAKER Addresses Dental Hygiene Associa- tion at Business Sesslon. Dr. Bruce Russell addressed the meeting of the Dental Hygienists’ As- sociation of the District last night in the office of Dr. T. L. Rust, the Hill Building. Each dental hygienist, it was de- cided, will devote one afternoon a week to work in the dental clinic at Chil- dren’s ‘The association arranged an enter- tainment committee “and appointed Miss Gertrude Bertrand chairman. Dr. A. E. Russell will be the speaker next to be held in The Star B bruary 3. The class of 1931 of Georgetown Uni- versity School of Dental Hygienics will will be invited to attend. the taking as ought . right kind of examination, as pains- O gt vernment's res - 0 3 passing on securities in sdvance, -District of | ARGUMENTS BEGUN IN'WARDMAN SUIT Testimony of Defendant Cor- poration President Given Yesterday in Algxandria. Pinal arguments in the suit of minor- ity stockholders for the appointment of a receiver for the Wardman Mortgage & Discount Corporation, being heard before Judge William P. Woolls in Cor- ration Court at Alexandria, got under ay this morming, with attorneys for each side limited to two hours each by Judge Woolls. Harry Wardman, president of the de- fendant corporation and widely Known local real estate operator, occupied the stand for more than six hours yester- day. His testimony closed the-case of the defense as presented by the cor- tion's attorney, Judge Daniel Thew right. Plaintiff attorneys lost & point yes- terday when Judge Woolls announced, as. for the day closed, that he had already decided not to com- ply with their prayer to cancel the ap- proximately 24,000 shares of common stock of the defendant corporation held by Wardman, Bones and Hobbs, which nlaintiff attorneys contended was given them for “services” and allowed to be issued through an error on the part of the State Corporation Commission of Virginia. New Development Planned. ‘Wardman said on the stand that he could make $1,000,000 with the equities of the defendant corporation if he were let alone. He also said that he was starting a new real estate development rounlmk of 10 houses within the next ‘week. Asked why he had allowed his name to be used for the defendant Ta- tion, Wardman replied that he did so because he thought the company was good and that his name was good. ‘Wardman said he had personally put $40,000 ipto the defendant corporation, although plaintiff attorneys _showed stock ledgers to show that only 39 shares | of preferred stock were in Wardman's name. ‘Wardman said that when the re- neing of the Wardman companies involving a $16.000,000 bond issue was completed in 1928 he estimated that the companies had $10,000,000 equities in the various properties. Organization Outlined. Plaintiff attorneys in their final argu- ment morning outlined the organi- an ¢ court to \Inplyld and partially paid divi- dends, interlocking directorships and the manner in which accounts were keg’t‘.‘ e plaintiff attorneys then called attention to so-called “blue sky” laws, the error which they contend the Vir- ginia State Corporation Commission made in allowing the issuance of the approximately 24,000 shares of common stock to Wardman, Bones & Hobbs, and the “Rankin deal” involving 875,000. They called attention to the checks received from Wardman and the An- nl?olh Hotel to pay dividends of the defendant corporation, and the manner in_which the stock sales were handled. In summing up the side of the plain- tifs, the attorneys' con! that the Wardman interests had taken a “to- hell-with-the-chauffeur” attitude to- ward the minority stockholders, and asked the court to view Mr. Wardman’s statement that h» could work out the salvation of the defendant company if let alone, in the light of the attempt made to dissolve the company which brought absut the present suit. HEARING ON TRAFFIC Bllg. Senate Subcommittee to Get Opinions Monday Morning. A public hearing ‘on the Commission- ers’ new traffic bill will be held at the Capitol, at 10 o'clock, y morn- ing, by the Senate .subcommittee on traffic matters, it was announced tod: by Senator Kean, Repuhlican, of New Jersey, subcommittee chairman. ‘The bill would “place authority to | make traffic rules in the District Com- | missioners and would abolish the office of traffic director. The measure also would provide an automebile title law for the District. SONS GET FARRAR BODY Legation Secretary Cleared by Ve: dict at Crash Inquest. ‘The body of J¢ W, Farrar, 65 years old, who was in an auto- mobile accident Sunday night, has been removed to the funeral chapel of W. W. Chambers Co., at 1400 Chapin stree! to await arrangements for funeral services. ‘Two sons climed the body, following an inquest held yesterday at the Dis- triet The driver of the car which Ricardo Gomez “thé death BIGGER VALUATIN | STAFF SOUEATBY ITLITES BOAR Commission’s Budget Re- quests Include Funds to Hire Accountant and Engineer. WOULD KEEP CONSTANT COST INVENTORY OF FIRMS District - Repair Shops Also Ask More Money for New Quarters and Efficient Machinery. NOTE:. This is the second of a series of stories analyzing the District budoet for the 1932 fiscal year, which is now under. consideration by the House sub- committee on appropriations. BY JAMES E. CHINN. The District appropriation bill for the 1932 fiscal year, now under con- sideration by the House Subcommittee on Apprepriations, provides funds to enlarge the permanent valuation staff of the Public Utilities Commission, which was created within the last six months. The commission is seeking $102,700, | an increase of $9,860 over the appro- priation for the current fiscal year. The additional funds are wanted chicfly for the creation of two new positions— ! a valuation engineer and a valuation| accountant. Funds also are asked to employ valuation experts by contract. Salaries Set at $3,800. Salaries of $3,800 a year each are proposed for the valuation accountant and the engineer. The engineer would have supervision of all engineering fea- tures of valuation work. -His duties would consist primarily: of making physical inspections to determine de- preciation and verify reported addi- tions and betterments to the property of the utility corporations. The duties of the valuation accountant would be to verify reported additions and better- ments, supervise maintenance, repairs and operating expense accounts and maintain a perpetual cost inventory of property of all utilities in collabora- tion with the valuation engineer. The commission points out that it is essential in its routine work to have more recent valuation data upon which to rely without constant revaluations. ‘This need, the commission contends, is “very pressing” in connection with sev- eral matters now before it. Larger Force Held Necessary. ‘The commission also declares it is essential to enlarge the accounting force to make it possible effectively to carry out the valuation and deprecia- tion” provisions of the public utilities act. An Increased force, it claims, will make it possible to rewrite the invest- ment accounts of the carriers, and thus make available accurate investment and original cost figures, as well as a more thorough account investigation of the reports of the utility corporations con- cerning additions and betterments to their property. It is important, too, the commission says, -that further investi- gation be made of many of the charges to_operating expenses. Of the increased funds requested $1,000 would be used, if necessary, to employ experts for short periods by contract and without reference to the classification_act to assist the commis- sion in connéctlom cases be(::r u: courts. These e would api commission witnesses in rebuttal to tes- timony of the witnesses of the utility concerns. Six Added Last Year. Steps to reorganize and enlarge the commission personnel were taken soon after the appointment of Maj. Gen. Mason M. Patrick and Harleigh H. | Hartman as members of the commis- glen. Six additional employes, consist- ing of accouniants, engineers and clerks, were added to the staff last year. The new employes sought in the 1932 appro- priation bill will virtually complete the reorganization. Gen. Patrick and Mr. Hartman dis- covered soon after their appointment that there were several mandates con- tained in the laws under which the commission operates that could not be reasonably carried out with its existing organization and force of employes. At that time they pointed out the im- perative and immediate necessity of augmen the engineering and ac- counting staffs so that the commission would have before it current inventories and appraisals of each of the several utilities; data which would enable it to establish depreciation rates as required by law; cost indices; data on methods and cost of manufacture, transmission and distribution, and information to be used in connection with the establish- ment of uniform systems of accounting. Only by and through this means, the commission ateraed, could it be cur- ren‘ly informed on all vital questions relating to the public service corpora- tions under its jurisdiction. $33,900 for Repair Shop. Following close behind the items of the utilities commission, the appropria- tion bill contains a recommendation of the District repair s for $33,900 with which to make extensive altera- tions and improvements in its maki shift quariers in the old Bryant street water pumping station. These changes the repalr shop regards as urgent in the interest of eMciency because of the marked increase in its work due to in- creased appropriations for repair work to the public schools an® other muni- cipal buildings. The carpenter, metal and machine shops are now quartered in the old pumping station building. These shops are poorly lighted, and the storage space and office arrangement are con- sidered inadequate. ‘With the $33,900 it is proj to erect a new building on District-owned property in the vicinity of the pumping station to house all of the shops. The pumping station bullding would then be utilized for the storage of materials. Would Replace Old Horses. These alterations, according to District officials, will make it possible properly to control the valuable storage property and arrange the shops to develop greater efficiency in the manufacture of the various articles incidental to the wned buildings. i | is cause of the inability of the animals to work more than three or four days a week. In addition to the motor trucks, the repair shop also wants a variety of new equipment for its different shops. Spe- cifically, it has asked for a motor- driven saw for cutting iron, inder and the unusual model, using mirrors, for the the The This photograph shows is to be occupled in the future by only * State Department. arel this model by constructing only one-quarter of the building and placing ‘this in reflection the rest of the structure. This plan has just been tentatively approved by the Fine HOWELL BILL GIVEN PREFERRED STATUS Consideration of District Dry Enforcement Proposals Likely This Session. ‘The Howell prohibition enforcement bill for the District-of Columbia was given a preferred status today on. the Senate program when the Republican Steering Committee placed it -at the head of a group of four bills recom- mended to be taken up at this session. Senator Guy D. Goff of West Virginia, chairman of the Steering Committee, announced this deecision following a meeting of the committee this morning. Postal Half-H y Bill Next. Next to the Howell bil], the committee recommended consideration of the bill, which has already passed the House, to provide a shorter work week for postal employes by giving them a half holiday on Saturday, or on some other day for ;hose who cannot be spared on Satur- ay. ‘The Jones bill to promote the health of mothers and infants is the unfinished business of the Senate at the present time, and the Howell bill will not be taken up until some disposition is made of that measure. It is also a customary understanding in Senate procedure that bills recom- mended for preference by the steering committee must give way, from time to time to the annual appropriation bills for the various branches of ihe Government. The action of the Steer- ing Committee virtually assures the i{owell bill's consideration at this ses- sion. Would Supplement Voistead Law. ‘The bill would supplement the Vol- stead law in Washington by making all local policemen prohibition enforcement officers and by fixing penall for drinking in public, furnishing liquor to minors and other offenses er) covered by the Sheppas o The most frequently discussed feature of the bill is the section which would broaden the authority of local officials in obtaining search warrants. WIFE GRANTED DIVORCE ON CHARGE OF DESERTION Declares Husband Left Her for An- other Woman, Named as Co- respondent. On the ground that her husband had left her for another woman, Mrs, Rose M. Mangum, 626 Otis place, was today awarded an interlocutory decree of absolute divorce by Justice Balley in Equily Court from James W. Mangum. The parties were married in this city October 15, 1920, and have two children, whose custody was awarded to the mother by the terms of the decree, Through Attorneys Raymond Neu- decker and Willlam C. Ashford, the wife complained that Mangum deserted her February 25, 1926, and continuously thereafter was in the company. of the Numerous acts of mis- harged by the wife, who stated that after her desertion by Mangum he took their two small chil- dren to various places in company with the corespondent. By a pre order 15-Minute Holidays Of Census Bureau Employes Ended Director Halts Practice of Taking Annual Leave in Driblets. Fifteen-minute holidays for the clerks of the Census Bureau to visit the peanut vender or to go around the corner for a package of cigarettes havc been banned by Director of the Census{" Steuart. Moving to insure uninterrupted progress of the tabulating and compil- ing work, whioch is now the chief job of tre 7,000 clerks employed at the bureau, Mr. Stuart has issued an order that no rcrflu day absence to apply on annual eave will be granted the clerks for a period of less than three and a half hours. An official of the bureau explained that the high production machines must be kept going and a substitute may be found to replace the employe on annual leavesfor a half day or more, but cases of a few minutes off a substitute is difficult to find and "the machine stops production while the employe g takes time off. Furthermore, it was stated that the bookkeeping necessary to keep track of the driblets of days, min- s of annual leave is tre- to annual leave T o it S ‘Wood, of two Arts VIEW OF CAPITOL GUESTION FOR SITE Building Location Rajse : Issue. BT e, si lor ar and Navy De nt Bulldings, under serious consideration for the past several weeks, aros> ts of the o there, height comparable to that of the “tri- angle” area ‘would shut off . view of United States Capitol from some points on the new Boulevard the Mount Vernon across Potol in | Spen ting places in the hands of the director of | eree the bureau discretionary power to award or reject requests for annual leave, but Director Steuart has no wish to cut down the total of annual leave of his employes. BY BARTON EWERS &2 {\Choice of Foreman and List | & of Members Announced in Criminal Court. Barton Ewers, 62, manager of the W. E. Miller Purniture Co., nddt':s W at 3640 Thirteenth street, was selec toda; Adolph Duchon, 3 Mrs, Kathryn Harvey, 130 Todd place northeast; Mrs. Jenifer, 2031 Eleventh street; Edward F. McCarthy, 821 Maryland avenue northeast; Cecll H. Naylor, 54 M streef; Mrs. Thelma E. O'Brien, 202 Adams street Be P. Pope, Twel of the court the husband was restrained | C. from taking the children in the presence of the woman named by Mrs. Mangum as responsible for her -marital un- happiness. REHABILITATION BUREAU RECEIVES MANY APPEALS Organization Spends $2,238.98 in Nine Months—Program for 1931 Calls for $12,435.50. More than 300 persons per month P;Ve applied to the Bureau of Rehabil- | ture tion, 507 E street, for assistance since it was established last April, J. E. Dayton, director, announced yesterday. Out of 46 who sought employment in December the bureau placed 14 per- sons in jobs. A total of 205*asked for relief. Lodgings were provided for 42 and meals for 153, while 23 persons received clothing. During the nine- month period a total of $2,238.98 was spent on relief. “Providing material relief is just one phase of the bureau's work,” said Mr. Dayton. “We visit jails and other penal institutions and refer certain cases to other agencies.” The 15 paroled persons under its supervision. It is one of the newer agencies of the Community Chest. Its program for the coming year calls for a budget of $12,435.50. DARROW WILL SPEAK ‘Will Pay Homage to Anti-Slavery Movement Leaders. Homage will be paid to the leaders of the anti-slavery movemex;: by Ch’.\'nem ‘hicago lawyer, in an Friday night at paper edited by William Lloyd Garrison, ONE HELD IN SHOOTING Orlean Taxanna Glover, colored, 22, was arrested yesterday at-her home, 604 M street, and charged with col bureau also has| & 1718 E street southeast, and Rayner D. 'l‘niemln, 918 Fourteenth street south- east. SRR | oS o SHOW REMAINS OPEN Wide Interest Shown in Wool! Utilization Exhibit. use of widespread interest, the wool utilizatioh and clothing exhibit in the Administration have beén invited by the department officials to visit the show. et Charges Personal Injuries. Augustus B. Fauntleroy, 3201 Six- teenth street, has filed suit to recover $10,000 damages from Gustav Ring, Tower Building, for alleged personal in- juries. He says he was injured when an agent of the defendant backed an automobile oum & garage near Thomas CRAND JURY HEADED proper | rupt. or both, structure would have to be to a height of a) tely cal 130 feet, consi ment vould have to erect its structure lz!;hl:: :Patg T;e preunnt‘ l:mlu. 'n’:: heig) 2 Government buildir; the triangle is 97.5 feet. - i s e 1233/ CIVIL SERVICE BOARD LISTS EXAMINATIONS Commission Gives Notice b0’ AppH- cants. for Various Positions in Federal Government Service. The. Civil Service Commission anng its new examination ule. Applicants should apply to commission. The following ~ positions are open for examinations: Associate medical officer (female) $5,200 & year, Public Health Servie |senior medical technician (roentgenol 0gy), $2,000 a year, Veterans' Hospital (colored), Tuskegee, Ala.; girls’ adviser, Sel scheol, $1,500 year; matron, reservaf and high school, $1,200 a year; assistant matron, $1,080 a year, Indian Service; inspector, Bureau of Industrial Alco- hol, $2,600 a year; research assistant in personnel administration; $3,200 a year, Personal Cla: tion Boa: farm agent, $1,860 a year, Indian Service. - Mt 73! Creditors Compl-i;. Certain creditors of Hyman - Tabb, shoe dealer, trading as H. Tabb and Gilbert’s, at 1128 and 1200 Seventh street, have asked the District Supreme Court to ldjudxeh-thz merchlnne a bank- They charge insolvency - and assert an atterhpted. preference for one creditor. Attorneys ing & Hamner appear for the complaining creditors. 91,487 OF WHITE FOREIGN STOCK LIVING IN D. C,, CENSUS REVEALS Russia Most Largely Represented in Population, With Italy Second and Germany Third. increase from 3,764 to 4,330. The list of 61,555 per sons classed as native born.of fo Opponents of War and N:ivyI mixed par- | nial the PAGE B-1 . }BUMMISSIUN KNEW 1930 WOULD BE BEST YEAR FORP. E.P. CO. Chairman Patrick Explains Hesitancy Toward Chang- ing Consent Decree. REPLY GIVEN TO KEECH'S REQUEST ON EARNINGS People’s. Counsel Had Sought Data on Power Sold Throug] Traction Company. The Public Utilities Commission aware as the monthly reports of Potomac pany’s most prosperous year, Gen. M. Patrick, chairman of the commis- sion, stated in a letter sent yesterday wmmnmnm E 8 g » i | - i e i i i i sgi i ¥ 5t ! 5 g8 I i i I ] 2 ; 8 i E § i £ 5 ! i £ w K ; i i 3& T Fike Wwhether there was: any tween the rajlway and the pany as to the value of power 's plant B 3 T B 3 [ g & H y in i3 “an_approximation of their value and has not' felt justified quiring the expenditure which d necessary to secure a detailed alloca- tion,” Gen. Patrick wrote. “As ‘to the latter search assistant, began x extracting from the ’s the figures on resale of power by ‘the rallway comj today. Hi doing this szuyv:rlnti w.’!ld:nl:n, the commission’s chief accountaitt. DRIGGERS RE-ELECTED KENILWORTH HEAD Will Lead Citizens’ Group for Sev- enth Consecutive Year. Other Officers Chosen. gfii the Federation of Citizens’ Jesse C. Suter, member of the ers’ unit of the Community CI former president of the Citizens’ Associations, body on the need and work of the m%"mum Committee of the A850- ciation reported that $40 on hand to take care of the mmdm needs of the loeal unemployed. SEEK GRANT’S SUCCESSOR lxmdu Committee of Bicenten: nial Fails to Reach Decision. Choice of a successor to Lieut.: U. 8. Grant, 3d, as associate o for the George Wi 1 Celebration ve Com:- “mw.