Evening star., 1901-07-13
MAI. TWOMBLY,s PAY.
hoard Gives Him Months Leave and
Then Withdraw 1t.

Board Gives Him Months Leave and
Then Withdraws 1t.
There Is a good deal of comment over
the recent action Of the board Of education
In resembling the agreement reached Just
before July to grant a months leave Of
absence with full pay to the retiring secre-
tary Major H. H. Twombly. The asser-
tion is made without contradiction that
shortly after reaching this conclusion Il
paper was circulated and signed by ma
tority of the members Of the board to
withhold Major Twombly's salary for the
month of July, amounting to about $16s.
and originally to be paid him, and to hand
1t to Mr.. w. F. Podrick the new secre-
tary, who assumed the duties of the secre-
taryship when Major Twombiy relinquished
them. Furthermore, 1t is asserted that Mr.
Rodr1ck under this arrangement, is to draw
two government salaries for the month in
question MIR. Rodrtck left the employ of
the government printing office when he
took charge of the secretary's Office Of the
board of education, and upon leaving the
former position was, 1t Is asserted, given
a full months leave Of absence by the pub
lie printer, with pey.s amounting to about
$125. For the month: of July. therefore,
Mr.. Rodriek will, itf the conditions are ac-
curately represented, draw a total OF about
s29s, part Of which Is paid by the general
government and the remainder by the Dis
trict government. 40
Major Twombly's friends assert that the
action Of the board in deciding to rescind
its original action in granting him full pay
for a month and then turning it over to Mr..
Rodrick Is entirely unjustifable. The
facts in the case. 1t is said, show that
when Major Twombly's resignation was
being considered by the board during the
latter part Of June motion was made to
accept the secretary's resignation and
adopted. No mention of date Of effect was
made, and a subsequent motion at that
meeting to select a successor for the office
was voted down.
serted that he could leave his office on
July 1 with the assurance that he would
have leave Of absence until August 1 with
pay, and that his successor would not be-
gin to draw compensation until August l.
Mr.. Rodrick had in the meantime secured
leave Of absence from the government
printing Office with full pay for the month
Of July, and having been elected to the
secretaryship took charge Of his new Of
flee on July l, after having drawn, 1t is
said, the months pay from the printing
establishment.
Shortly afterward a move was made to
secure action by majority Of the MEM
bers Of the board to annul the previous
action taken. petition was accordingly
circulated among the members for sigma
ture resembling the former decision to
pay Major Twombly his salary for the
month of July. the intention being to pay
1t to Mr.. Rodrick the new secretary. A
majority of the board affixed their sigma
lures to this paper, and shortly afterWard
Major Twombly was notified by Secretary
Rodrick that the board had decided not to
grant the months pay originally contem-
plated
1t is understood that Major Twonblv
will take some sort of action seeking to
recover the $168 which he claims Is law
fully due him as the secretary Of the board
until August i. the date originally decided
upon for filling the vacancy