Evening Star Newspaper, September 11, 1931, Page 21

THE EVENING STAR. WASHINGTON. OFFER OF DOHERTY DECLARED LIBERAL Engineer Says Research in‘l Unemployment to Be Worth | Great Deal. By the Associated Press | NEW BRUNSWICK, N. J., September | 11.—Dr. Roy W. Wright, engineer, to| whom Henry L. Doherty has offered $500.000 to substantiate his statement | that applied science 15 responsible for unemployment, was non-committal last night in_ discussing the utilities mag- nate's offer Dr. Wright, who addressed the Sixth Annual Industrial Extension Confer- ence at Rutgers University last night, termed Mr. Doherty’s offer “exceed- ingly generous.” He said: “T understand from a story in this morning's paper and from brief telegraphic_advices from Kansas City that Mr. Henry L. Doherty has made an exceedingly generous offer of £500.- 000 to finance a thorough and scientific tudy, under the direction of the en- gineers of this country. by means of alleviating the unemployment situation “This country is said to spend $200.- 000,000 annually on all sorts of re- search. Is there any more important study to be made, however, than one whose final outcome will be to assure more stable conditions in industry and commerce” “May not such a study mean in final analysis that every worker in our land will be assured stable employment at a comfortable wage? “I do not care to discuss the matter | further until I can have an oppor- | tunity of talking it over with Mr. | Doherty." i Dr. Wright is president of the Amer- | fcan Soclety of Mechanical Engineers | and managing editor of Rallway Age. His charge that acientists and en- gineers were responsible for the pres- ent unemployment situation was made in a speech delivered in Kansas City Monday_before the National Associa- tion of Power Engineers. | LEAP AND RESCUES | SAVE THREE IN FIRE Others Reach Bafety by Stairs and Windows in Blaze After % Cleveland Blast. ' | By the Associated Press. CLEVELAN September 11.—An explosion. believed caused by the igniting of escaping gas, leveled an unoccupied four-room suite in an East Side apart- ment house early today. Flames that belched forth in the blast ignited apartment houses on either side and occupants gained safety only after several dramatic rescues. Beyond a few minor bruises none was injured Ten-year-old Mary Agnes McGinty leaped from the second-story window | of a burning building into a neighbor's | arms. Her grandfather, trapped by flames, was rescued by others. Willlam E. Hildebrand was burned about the | face and hands rescuing his 5-year-old | daughter Rosalie. Other occupants | reached safety by stairway and window. | Firemen extinguished the flames before they made further headway. ] File Warden Patrick Ferrie, head of the city arson squad, said he believed the explosion was incendiary. Damage to the houses was estimated at $20,000. R MACNIDER COMING HERE i Minister to Attend Unemployment | Conference of Legion. ‘ OTTAWA. Ontarin. September 11 (/) ~Col. Hanford MacNider, United States Minister to Canada, will leave Ottawa | for Washington on Sunday to attend the unemplovment conference galled | by the American Legion. He will also attend the national convention of the | Legion in Detroit. ¥eturning to Ottawa _about September 25. ! For Police Post MENTIONED TO SUCCEED AL- COCK IN CHICAGO. MORGAN A. COLLINS Has been prominently succeed John H. Alcock as head of the Chicago Police Department A. P. Photo. ASK CONTROL OF STEEL Plan to Make Industry Public Util-| ity Indorsed by English Uniona BRISTOL. England, September 1. 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