Evening Star Newspaper, December 16, 1934, Page 9

WHITEFORD NAMIED HOUSING COUNSEL Prominent Capital Attorney Will Continue in Pri- vate Practice. Roger J. Whiteford, prominent cor- poration lawyer and attorney for the ‘Washington Real Estate Board, was naméd yesterday as general counsel for the Federal Housing Administration. He will assume office at once at & salary of $1 a year. Administrator James A. Moffett, who announced the appointment after a conference with President Roosevelt, said Whiteford had accepted the post on the understanding that his salary be fixed at the minimum so he could continue his private practice. The announcement said Whiteford is considered by both the President and Moffett as “ideally qualified” for the position because of his ability as a lawyer and his experience in hand- ling litigation affecting real estate and mortgages. Is Counsel for Tinkham. The senior member of the firm of Whiteford, Marshall & Hart, White- ford is now being retained by Repre- sentative George Holdham Tinkham, Republican, of Massachusetts, who has been sued by Bishop James Cannon, jr., for $500,000 damages for alleged libel as an outgrowth of a newspaper interview in which the cleric claims ‘Tinkham referred to him as “a shame- less violator of the corrupt practices act.” This case is scheduled for trial next month. Besides his Washington practice, Whiteford is a member of the Chicago firm, MacChesney, Whiteford & Evans, and of Whiteford & Cissel of Rockville, Md. During the Senate milk investigation here a year ago Whiteford represented the Chestnut Farms Dairy, a subsidiary of the National Dairy Products Corp. He is recognized as a legal authority on Washington dairy problems. Born in Maryland. ‘Whiteford was born September 23, 1886, in a Maryland village named | ‘Whiteford, 85 miles from Washington. After preliminary education in the “little red schoolhouse” in Whiteford, he attended the West Nottingham Academy in Cecil County, Md, whence he won a schoMrship to West- ern Maryland College. Graduating in 1906 at the age of | 19, he became the principal of the | first public school at Sandy Sping, | Md., and after two years in that posi- tion he moved to Rockville to become principal of the Montgomery County High School, where he remained three years. In 1909 he began studying law at National University. Two years later he passed the District bar examina- tion and was admitted to practice in February, 1912. First Job Paid $25 a Month. Whiteford's first law work was at $25 a month in the office of W. Gwynn Gardiner, with whom he remained until 1913, when he was appointed an assistant corporation counsel of the District. His ability as a trial lawyer became so apparent at this task that for three years he was used exclusiyely for this work by the municipality. In September, 1916, he re-entered private practice as & member of the firm of Darr, Peyser, Whiteford & | Darr, later Darr, Whiteford & Darr. Soon after he was retained by the ‘Washington Railway & Electric Co. In 1930, after five years of practice alone, he associated with him Attor- neys P. H. Marshall and Ringgold Hart. He and his wife, Mrs. Mary Edna Noyes Whiteford, newspaper and magazine writer, make their home at 101 Leland street, Chevy Chase, Md. AIR DEFENSE CLEAN-UP REVEALS GERMAN RELICS Valuable 0ld Coins and Docu- | ments Found in 0ld Lofts and Attics. ‘WEIL-IN-BADEN, Germany (#).— Clearances of old lofts and attics made compulsory throughout Ger- many as a measure of defense against air raids, have resulted in some curious discoveries in this neighborhood. Valuable old coins and documents have been found in nooks and cran- nies below the rafters, where they had lain in the dust for more than 100 years. In one old house a manuscript of | great interest in the old Alemannic language was found, dealing with local occurrences of centuries ago, also some unpublished verses by J. P. Hebel, a Jocal poet of the eighteenth century. Housing Counsel ROGER J. WHITEFORD. STRAVN DECLNES TONN HALL B Pleads “Previous Engage- ment” to Sit on Platform as Thomas Speaks. Pleading a “previous engagement,” Silas Strawn, former president of the United States Chamber of Commerce, yesterday declined an invitation to sit on the platform as a member of the panel when Norman Thomas, Socialist leader, addresses the Town Hall's weekly session at 8 o'clock tonight. Thomas is scheduled to speak on the topic “Is Socialism the Answer?” The invitation to attend the meet- ing tomorrow was extended to Strawn by Dr. John W. Studebaker, chair- man of the Town Hall's Executive Committee. The panel for the meeting tonight will include Edward Keating, editor of Labor; John Finerty, counsel for Tom Mooney and for President de Valera of Ireland; Ford Hinrichs, Bu- reau of Labor Statistics economist and former professor of economics at Brown University; Wilson Compton, head of the National Lumber Manu- facturers’ Association and member of the Lumber Code Authority; Albert Deane, author of the Deane plan and an official of the Housing Commis- sion, and Edward P. Warner, member of the Federal Aviation Commission and former Assistant Secretary of the Navy. WATER IS DECLARED | DRINK OF AMERICANS French Hotel Director Says Few Tourists Call for Cock- tails. PARIS (#)—A French hotel direc- tor, who has made a study of drinking habits, says ice water is the favorite drink of Americans who come to Prance, and not cocktails or wine. As an example, he cites a group of Americans from 25 States who stayed at his hotel for a week. Out of 125, only 15 drank-anything but water, he says, and some of these took iced tea. “During prohibition,” he says, “many Americans believed it their duty to experiment with the wine card. Now that Americans can legally drink what- ever they wish in their own country, they have relapsed into their water- drinking habits. “When Americans dine alone in Paris, water is usually the beverage on the table, although you see milk and iced tea occasionally. When they are accompanied by French friends, a bottle of wine is ordered, but the Frenchmen usually drink it alone.” DANISH PIANIST TURNS TO PRACTICE OF MEDICINE COPENHAGEN (#).—Victor Schi- oler, Denmark’s greatest pianist, who has played to many a crowded house in Europe and America, has changed his profession. Finding it increasingly difficult to obtain foreign engagements because of the many restrictions, Schioler took up the study of medicine. 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