Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-01-25
Harmony to Be WatchWofd Of
the New Commissioners.
BOARD TO MEET. OFTEN
Three Days Of the Week Set Apart
for Them. I
FOR CITIZENS
HEARINGS
DR.. n. w. Wiley's- Views on Pro-
posed Bread Law May Be Fol-
lowed by Other Expressions.

The keynote of the new board of Com
missioners is Harmony-spelled with large
letters and emphasized.
That Is the imp ression one will get after
talking about one minute with Commits
sfoner Rudolph and Commissioner john
ston. Commissioner Johnston remarked
this morning:
1--WE all know that when we try to work
separately there are no results. When
the boys play foot ball they do not play
individually. but as a team. If they try
to play individually. then there Is no
team. So it Is going to be here. We are
going to work together" !.
The new arrangement by which much
Of the business of the District building
will be passed on at board meetings, to
be held Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri
days. is only one OF the things which will
have the effect, 1t is predicted. Of making
the three units Of the commissionership
more nearly uni,ed governing body.
Tri-Weekly Board Meetings.
Commissioner Rudolph explained the
arrangement by which the business would
be transacted in this manner:
That instead OF having a man running
into the District building to lay his prop
ositfon or make his kick before Commits
sioner Johnston and then waiting for an
opportunity to see Commissioner Judson,
and then waiting hours. or maybe days,
to get a chance to see Commissioner
Rudolph, he can go to the District build
Ing on some one Of the three days Of
the week indicated and lay the matter
before all three at once. There has been
day q week set aside for hearings from
the citizens of the District, but scarcely
half dozen persons have availed them
selves Of this opportunity.
1t IL hoped by the new board to ar
range matters so that much Of the busi-
ness can be transacted in the new way.
One Of the first Of the hearings will be
the one which DR.. Harvey w. Wiley, as
citizen. not as a government ohicial.
wishes to tell the Commissioners what
he thinks about bread and the proposed
bread law. DR.. Tindall was requested
by Commissioner Rudolph to send DR..
Wiley letter informing him that there
could be hearing at very early time.
Hearing on Bread Law.
This hearing. which will undoubtedly
have prominence because OF the presence
OF noted chemist and food expert will
be simply the kind OF hearing which the
new board desires to hold. 1t is simply
q citizen Of the District coming to tell
the Commissioners what he thinks about
the proposition to sell bread in certain
weight. and to allow the bakers to have
a certain amount OF leeway in the nois-
ture to be found in the bread.
Rudolph the Spokesman.
Commissioner Johnston is all for Har-
nony-speiled with large letters. The
newspaper men found 1t out In a hurry
when they went In this morning for their
first interview with him. He was asked
to express his views on the matter OF
the changes in the business Of the govern
ment. Wheeling about in his chair ne
pointed at one OF them:
Have you been to see Commissioner
Rudolph"
We'll. he is the spokesman for the
board on matters Of that kind. It would
not do for you to ask him what his ideas
are on given subject. and then come to
Commissioner Judson. I might have the
same thought that Commissioners Rudolph
has but the English language II very
flexible and in my expression to you, you
may get an idea somewhat different from
what I mean.
Il may mean white-but you may think
mean black, and il you write It down
black. then there Is the danger Of a dis
agreement
Commissioner Johnston made it plain
this morning that he was going to 20 to
the bottom OF every matter in his different
departments. that he understood that the
new board was going to be a unit and
that there Is perfect understanding among
its members.