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LIBRARY REPORT EVOKES PROTEST Jacobs Committee’s Own Statistics Disprove Find- ings, Official Says. One of the generalizations reached | by the Jacobs Fiscal Relations Com- mittee that the District Free Public Library system is “used less” by the public than those of 15 comparable cities today drew a protest from Dr. George F. Bowerman, librarian. He showed from statistics used by the committee itself that registered borrowers of the District actually used more books than the average, per reg- istered borrower, in the other 15 cities. In other respects, Dr. Bowerman found the committee statistics sup- ported requests made by the Board of Library Trustees and the librarian for expansion of the library plant, its equipment and personnel. Scope of Report. The committee reported that the total number of volumes, the total eirculation, the personnel, the total of registered borrowers and the number of branches and subbranches of the system here are lower than the average for the other cities. Dr. Bowerman explained that the trustees and the | librarian repeatedly have pointed out | that persons residing in fully half of the area of the District have no branch libraries convenient to their homes. Statistics found in section 13 of the fiscal report (page 118) show the fol- lowing, as of 1935: Average other 15 cities. Basis of comparison BIC. Number of volumes (in usands) o circulation (1R thousands) ___ tal registered borrows ers (in thousands) umber ~ of _emploves (full-time_equivalent) Number of employes per 10.000 population Number of employes per 1.000.000-volume ~ cir- eulstion oo <o umber of ‘volumes per thousand population_ . Book circulation 761 3882 Per employe Registered borrowers, per cent of population Tes- T Number of branches and subbranches ‘The report sald: “The District library system is smaller, used less and manned with fewer employes than one typical of other cities.” This comment, particularly the phrase suggesting that the local Pub- lic Library is “used less” by the public, Dr. Bowerman said slurring one.” He added: “It is unfair since the very compar- ative table shows that the registered borrowers of the local Public Library actually borrow more books per regis- tered borrower than the average of the other 15 cities with which the comparison is made (23 volumes here compared with the average of 22.4 vol- umes in the 15 other cities). This shows that Washingtonians have a | bigger appetite for public library books than do the average readers in these 15 other citles. Number of Branches. “The most striking comparison in this table is that of the number of branch libraries in Washington as compared with these other cities with ‘which the local Public Library is com. pared. According to this table Wash. ington has nine branches and® sub- branches as compared with an aver. age of 285 in the 15 other cities. | ‘This, of course, means that the local | library system has too few agencies | EISEMAN'’S SEVENTH AND F Special Offer—435 ALL-WOOL SUITS 1 OFF A marvelous opportunity to buy splendid all-wool suits at exactly 1/3 off. Choice new patterns and models—handsome blues, browns, tans, greys and mixtures in sport and conservative types. All beautifully tailored to insure perfect fit and long wear. Don’t miss this great sale. Sizes for every man. Y5 off 5 off 5200 " off. 32,333 525 SUITS 530 SUITS 35 SUITS 530 ALL-WOOL O’COATS _ . __%24™ “sounds like a | to give service to the people of Wash- ington. “The library trustees and librarian have many times pointed out that the people residing in fully half the area of the District have no branch li- braries convenient to their homes— that the library practically does not exist for them. If there is any justification for the use of the phrase ‘used less’ it is because this half of the population—and especially the children—does not have any public library facilities that it can use. ““The table also-shows that the local Public Library’s book stock, actual and per capita, the number of its registered borrowers and its book cir- culation, actual and per capita, the number of library employes, actual and per capita, are all smaller than the average of the 15 other cities with which the comparisons are made. “All of this means that the Dis- trict’s library system has too few agencies for service to all the people, that it has too few books (and too little money with which to buy books) and too few employes to give ade- quate library service. These are the reasons why the library is ‘used less’ and not any lack of need or desire on the part of Washingtonians for books and library service.” TWO SEEK CADETSHIPS 0. C. Foote, Jr., and E. F. Harding, Jr., Presidential Appointees. Two Washingtonians are among candidates designated for the March 2 entrance examinations for admission to the United States Military Academy at West Point, the War Department announced today. ‘They are Ovid Clemmons Foote, jr., 5112 Connecticut avenue, and Edwin Forrest Harding, jr., 3007 Albemarle street. Both were designated as presi- dential appointments from the United States at large. They will take the examination July 1. EISEMAN’S SEVENTH THE EVENING S TAR, WASHINGTON Edison Will Join Little Cabinet At Sacrifice of Business Plans < He Had Planned to Re- tire to Private Life, Aide Asserts. By the Associatea Press. WEST ORANGE, N. J.,, January 15. —A keen sense of duty to his country, inherited from: his famous inventor- father, led Charles Edison to Wash- ington and his new post as Assistant Secretary of the Navy today despite a strong personal desire to quit public | life. “He had made up his mind to de-| vote his entire time to his private interests and had planned to retire as State director of the National Emer- gency Council,” an aide said. “Then President Roosevelt asked him to call at the White House. When he left, he was Assistant Secretary of the Navy, He just couldn’t say ‘no.”" ‘That Edison wished to remain in New Jersey so he could direct the Edison industries was shown in previ- ous actions. He withdrew as assistant Federal housing administrator after a brief term in Washington to become State N. E. C. director and about a | year ago he declined to run for the United States Senate. He said then he preferred to stay here. “He feels that since he hasn't the PRESCRIPTIONS PETWORTH PHARMA C Y* GEORGIA AVE at UPSHUR ST. K. W. PHONE COLUMBIA 3856 & F S7s. It’s Eiseman’s for Special $ TROUSERS 95 uP We Can Match Your Odd Coats It isn’t necessary to shop the town for trousers— run right to Eiseman’s and get exactly what you want. Over 5,000 pairs of special trousers on display. All patterns, materials and sizes in this vast collection. | Bring in your odd coat or vest—we'll match it. # L 167 CHARLES EDISON. JANUARY 15, 1937. plained, “he should make up for it in some other way. He's a business man and it's as & business man that he is serving.” Quiet, reserved and modest, Edison, now 45 years old, doesn’t like to talk about himself. He says he is “happy” to take the new job but that he's afraid he'll be “homesick.” He has “torn up about all my roots” here, he said, before leaving with his wife for ‘Washington and a new home. He bears a striking resemblance to his famous father. Like Thomas A. Edison, he is slightly deaf and often cups his hand behind his ear to catch what is being sald. Like his father, t00, he never seems to tire, works long hours every day. He's of medium height and carries no excess pound- age. His hair is graying but he looks like & young man. —_— Auto Strike to Be Topis. Current aspects of the automobile Industry strike will be discussed by Benedict Wolf, secretary of the Na- tional Labor Relations Board, before the Woman's Trade Union League at 8 o'clock tonight at the Y. W. C. A, Seventeenth and K streets. great inventive genius of his father to give to the Nation,” one associate ex- . Belgium will encourage collective wage agreements. 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